November 26, 2001
BANKRUPTCIES R US: FILINGS ROCKET DESPITE CONFIDENCE GAINS
Americans crowded shopping malls as the holiday shopping season kicked off over the weekend, lending credibility to the thought that the economic turndown is behind us. Think again. Corporate bankruptcies...
LOW-TECH TACTICS BY HIGH-TECH B&N.COM
Barnes & Noble.com, the money-losing online retailer, appears to be trying to boost its fortunes this holiday season with a low-tech marketing gimmick - colorful flyers under the windshields of...
HEARST WANTS TO UNLOAD TALK STAKE: REPORT
Hearst Corp. is reportedly looking for a way to bail out of its joint venture with Miramax Films in backing Tina Brown's Talk Magazine. An unnamed Hearst official says "everything...
DENIRO GETS CPW PAD ATBARGAIN-BASEMENT PRICE
Actor Robert De Niro is getting a great deal on his temporary move to the Upper West Side from TriBeCa. Earlier this month, De Niro, whose relocation was first reported...
TV'S FIRST JAVA TEEN: IN 'GILMORE GIRLS,' COFFEE IS MORE THAN A PICK-ME-UP. IT'S ONE OF THE CHARACTERS.
LOS ANGELES - 'Gilmore Girls" loyalists take their sassy comedy with cream and sugar. On paper, at least, the WB's "Gilmore" tells the story of 32-year-old (going on 16) single-mom...
GREETING RAUL ; EX-MAV IS SOLO AT IRVING PLAZA
RAUL Malo, formerly with the Mavericks, has unveiled a spectacular first solo effort, "Today," featuring his Latin-tinged pop. The singer/songwriter, raised in a Cuban-American household in Miami, is quite entertaining...
STARR REPORT
Rainbow coalition to fete AOL's Levin "Extra" anchor Leeza Gibbons will host the John A. Reisenbach Foundation's 10th anniversary gala on Dec. 3 - which will honor AOL Time Warner...
DON'T TELL ME : FIRST, IT WAS HER BOYFRIEND - NOW IT'S THE FANS WHO ARE DUMPING 'ALLY'
'ALLY McBeal" is suddenly starved for ratings. The quirky, working-girls comedy has taken a serious downturn and the reason can probably be summarized in four words - no Robert Downey...
SUGAR AND SPICE MAKE SPA TREATMENTS NICE
IF you didn't get your fill of pumpkin pie on Thursday, cosmetic companies and a number of local spas are offering seasonal beauty treatments that'll satisfy your sweet tooth -...
BOOK 'EM, SANTA : HOLIDAY READS TO PLEASE EVEN THE PICKIEST FASHION LOVERS
DON'T know your favorite fashionista's dress size? Don't sweat it: Coffee table books fit pear shapes and stick figures alike. Covering subjects ranging from vintage Hollywood costumers to modern bridal...
WHO IS . . . CATHERINE HICKLAND?
Where's she from? Born in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Hickland currently lives in Manhattan with her husband, actor Michael E. Knight ("All My Children" cutie Tad Martin). What does she do?...
HARLEQUIN GETS HIP: PULP-FANTASY PUBLISHER WOOS YOUNG CITY WOMEN WITH NEW LINE OF BOOKS
BRIDGET Jones, meet Harlequin Romance. The pulp-fantasy publisher is out with a new line of titles by, for and about young, single, city-dwelling women. Red Dress Ink was created to...
AL QAEDA BIGGIE DEAD AS OSAMA STAYS HOLED UP
One of Osama bin Laden's key military chiefs is dead - but the terrorist leader is believed to be still hiding in a mountain fortress only accessible by horseback. Juma...
SLAIN KID'S DAD AIDED BY SECRET SAMARITAN
The down-on-his-luck father of 5-year-old Romel Jenkins, the boy killed in the crossfire of a Bronx drug shootout last week, has been offered a helping hand, The Post has learned....
RAIDER PLAYS THROUGH PAIN
Raider linebacker William Thomas received the shock of his life Friday afternoon as he was boarding the team plane bound for the tri-state area. His mother called to tell him...
'BAN ON THE RUN: GIS MOVE IN ON KANDAHAR AS KUNDUZ CRUMBLES, PRISON REVOLT CLAIMS HUNDREDS OF BIN LADEN ELITE
Waves of U.S. troops hit the ground for a mass attack on the Taliban's last stronghold of Kandahar last night, as Northern Alliance troops secured the militants' final northern refuge....
CITY PEEPS ON TRUCKIN' - SATELLITE UNITS TO KEEP TABS ON WTC HAULERS
The city will begin using eye-in-the-sky technology today to track debris from ground zero as it is trucked to the Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island, The Post has learned....
U.S. RENEWS PEACE EFFORT ; NEW WAVE OF VIOLENCE IN MIDEAST
JERUSALEM - A new U.S. peace effort begins in the Middle East today on the heels of a surge in violence - including a suicide bombing at a crossing between...
MIRACLE SURVIVORS TELL OF FIERY ESCAPE - INFERNO 'WAS LIKE A HORROR FILM'
The terrifying Swiss air crash that killed 24 people was a fiery "nightmare," according to one of the nine people who miraculously escaped the doomed jet. Three of the survivors...
CLONING STUNNER: NOW IT'S HUMAN
A Massachusetts company says it has made modern medical history by cloning a human embryo for the first time ever. Advanced Cell Technology of Worcester insists it's not aiming to...
DOCS' GOOD INTENTIONS PAVE ROAD TO HELL
WE MIGHT as well give a detailed blueprint to every egomaniacal, crazed Frankenstein scientist in the world. Then, fact would follow fiction, as in the movie "The Boys From Brazil,"...
THE 'DRIVING' FORCE BEHIND GULF CRISES
HAVE you noticed that our symbol of patriotism and national unity - the hero fireman and cop - has been replaced by a gas-guzzling SUV covered with American flags? Anyone...
TRAGIC POP STAR'S ALBUM SUDDENLY EERIE
European pop princess Melanie Thornton's latest album was chillingly titled "Ready to Fly." Thornton, 34, a native of South Carolina, was one of 24 people killed in Saturday's Swiss plane...
DIXIE DEVASTATED
The dry fall weather New Yorkers have been enjoying is spelling bad news for the city's reservoirs - and officials warned yesterday that city residents could be facing a drought....
FOREST YIELDS CLUES IN SWISS JET CRASH
Swiss officials are hoping flight-data recorders recovered yesterday from the scene of a horrific plane crash that killed 24 will shed light on the tragedy. The 97-seat Crossair Jumbolino RJ-100...
BASH ENDS WITH A SPLASH ; PARTIERS HURT AS DANCE FLOOR PLUNGES INTO POOL
A packed party in Rochelle Park, N.J., went from hot to ice cold when a temporary floor - propped over a swimming pool - collapsed, plunging dancers into the frigid...
DEAD HERO'S KIN IN COURT BATTLE FOR HIS SURVIVOR BENEFITS
A feud over next-of-kin status has broken out between the daughter of a Port Authority cop killed in the World Trade Center collapse and the officer's longtime live-in companion. At...
FLIGHT 93 TERROR PILOTS PUT JET INTO NOSE-DIVE
New details from the cockpit voice recorder of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania, suggest hijackers intentionally flew the plane into the ground after passengers revolted, it was...
HAMMERSTEIN SHOOTING VICTIM WASN'T TARGET
A man killed in a wild shooting outside the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan likely was an innocent bystander, as were two other people wounded by gunfire, police said. Cops say...
'WEATHERING' SLOW SALES ; WARM DAYS LOUSY FOR BUSINESS
Unseasonably warm weather thinned out the New York shopping crowds yesterday following a buoyant Black Friday. While Times Square was buzzing and the streets around Macy's were jammed, there were...
LANDLORD KILLS TENANT, FAILS AT SUICIDE: COPS
A 59-year-old Queens woman was slain by her landlord, who then tried to kill himself, police said. The woman was found dead with her head bloodied Saturday night in her...
BIN LADEN HUNT COULD LAST 10 YRS., BUSH WARNS
President Bush vowed the U.S. will "get" terror chief Osama bin Laden - but warned in an interview printed today that it could take as much as a decade. "We're...
FERRIES TO HONOR HEROES OF 9/11
The names of a World Trade Center official and two of Sept. 11's fallen heroes will grace the bows of new ferry boats headed for New York's waters. And Mayor...
ALLIANCE WILL HAND PRISONERS TO U.N.
The pressured president of the Northern Alliance yesterday pledged to let the U.N. oversee the future handling of captured foreign Taliban soldiers. President Burhanuddin Rabbani's comments came as alliance leaders...
TOP SECOND AVENUE SUBWAY ENGINEER RIPS NEW DE$IGNS
The MTA is set to approve more than $200 million for the design of the long-awaited Second Avenue subway tomorrow - but one of its former engineers says it's a...
INDICTMENTS MAY COME SOON AGAINST 2 FUGITIVES
Federal prosecutors may soon seek indictments against fugitive backers of the terror strikes on America. The most likely plotters to be hit with the first indictments relating directly to the...
MISHAP SOCKS AMTRAK SKED
A knocked-down electrical line wreaked havoc with Amtrak trains passing through The Bronx yesterday, one of the biggest traveling days of the year. Service on Amtrak's Washington-to-Boston route was severely...
CIA MAN MAY BE DEAD IN RIOT - HUNDREDS OF POWS KILLED IN TALIBAN'S SUICIDAL JAIL REVOLT
An American described as a CIA operative was feared dead last night after hard-core Taliban prisoners seized weapons from Northern Alliance guards and staged a bloody uprising in a northern...
LANDLORD NABBED IN TENANT SLAY
A 59-year-old Queens woman was killed by her landlord, who then tried to kill himself, police said. The woman, her head bloodied, was found dead Saturday night in her basement...
PASTOR IN TRYST TROUBLE
A charismatic Brooklyn preacher had a 14-year, booze-fueled extramarital affair with a sweet-voiced choir member - then attempted to toss her out on the street when the relationship ended, according...
MCCALL VOWS TO TAKE PAGE FROM RUDY'S BOOK
STATE Comptroller Carl McCall will relaunch his campaign for governor tomorrow, pledging to reform state finances and help lead the fight against terrorism. Democrat McCall, in a half-hour policy speech...
NEW MIDEAST VIOLENCE ON EVE OF U.S PEACE BID
JERUSALEM - A new U.S. peace effort begins in the Middle East today on the heels of a surge in violence - including a roadside bombing that nearly blew up...
'RUMBLINGS' OVER SECOND AVE. SUBWAY PLAN
The MTA is set to approve more than $200 million for the design of the long-awaited Second Avenue subway tomorrow -but one of its former engineers says it's a huge...
STORM COMING TOGETHER
ANCHORAGE - The bonding began about a week after last season ended when the St. John's Red Storm gathered in Alumni Hall for their final team meeting. One by one,...
BO KNEW HUMOR
Bo Belinsky, NYC-born pitcher/playboy/character of the '60s, who died over the weekend of a heart attack, at 64, used to tell of dating a woman who lived in a high...
IRON DEPUTY RALLIES TO COP HUNTINGTON
It was an up-and-down weekend for the Jerkens family. Saturday morning, 72-year-old Hall-of-Fame trainer Allen Jerkens fell trying to mount his pony at Belmont Park and broke his right wrist....
TIKI: PRIDE WILL BRING US BACK
When the Giants gather today to watch yesterday's 28-10 horror show against the Raiders, they ought to pay particular attention to Tiki Barber. Barber played the game the way you...
RAIDER WRS MAKE ROOKIES FEEL BLUE
Experience is the best teacher, but rookie cornerbacks Will Allen and Will Peterson wouldn't say they were schooled by veterans Tim Brown and Jerry Rice yesterday. Raider receivers Brown and...
NETS' TRIP ENDS WITH A THUD
Warriors 101 Nets 85 OAKLAND - Throughout these early days of the NBA season, the Nets have done everything possible to gain the respect they've sought for so long. They...
NO GOLD RUSH FOR BRODEUR
PITTSBURGH - Despite Patrick Roy's withdrawal, Martin Brodeur will likely not win a playing berth on the Canadian Olympic team, a high team official has told The Post, saying that...
FANS QUITTING PRO SPORTS COLD TURKEY
JUST as you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, you don't need an economist to understand the state of pro sports. For years, the Thanksgiving...
BOMBERS WANT JASON DECISION
The Yankees hope to know by Wednesday if their anemic lineup will be adding Jason Giambi's muscle. With George Steinbrenner's Inner Circle meeting today in Tampa, the plan is to...
CAMBY FULLY HEELED FOR RETURN
It's a late November game against the Hawks, but to Marcus Camby it's a great deal more than. "I'm excited," Camby said yesterday after practice at Purchase College. "It's like...
LOOK WHO KEEPS WINNING ; RED-HOT SKINS CLIP EAGLES
Redskins 13 Eagles 3 PHILADELPHIA - With three yards of Stephen Davis and Ki-Jana Carter, the Redskins have clouded the NFC East race considerably. They appeared to be dust at...
FRIARS FINALLY GET IT DONE
CHSFL FINAL St. Anthony's 28 St. Francis 14 Chris Auletta and some of his teammates went out to dinner Saturday night, just like they do every week before a game....
DOLPHINS AREN'T DEAD YET
Dolphins 34 Bills 27 ORCHARD PARK -As dysfunctional as the Dolphins were on offense against the Jets last week and for three quarters against the Bills here yesterday, you figured...
REIGN'S ABOUT OVER ; BIG BLUE EXPOSED AS FRAUDS IN ROUT
All week, the Giants spoke of their desperation, of their tiny margin for error but also of the possibilities that awaited them if only they started playing like the team...
IT'S THE BLAME OLD STORY ; BLUESHIRTS CAN'T PASS BUCK IN LOSS TO DUCKS
Ducks 3 Rangers 2 They have been shorthanded more often than any team in the NHL and it isn't all on the referees, certainly not every night. Last night, in...
THESE GIANTS ARE A DISGRACE TO THE UNIFORM
THE Real Giants stood up yesterday, and they're awfully small. What's wrong with the Giants? Only everything. It's open season today on the Giants, and if those were indeed The...
EVEN SO-SO GIANTS NOT DEAD YET
ACCORDING to their head coach's arithmetic, the Giants went into yesterday's game against the Raiders needing to win five of their last six games if they were to retain any...
BROWN-RICE COOKS JINTS
Oakland's passing game was predictable yet unstoppable yesterday. There may have been a slew of formations and the play-calling may have been complex. But you just knew Jerry Rice and...
GIANTS' LB CAUGHT SHORT ON GAME'S FIRST PLAY
GIANT NOTES Nice way to start the game. "I was being too greedy, an undisciplined play on my part," Brandon Short said. The second-year Giants' linebacker messed up on the...
ONCE-SUPER JINTS EXPOSED AS FRAUDS
Raiders 28 Giants 10 One-shot wonders. The three little dirty words the Giants once promised would be proven false now ring loud and clear. Any semblance between this rag-tag outfit...
IT'S ONE & DONE NOW FOR GIANTS
THE defending NFC Champions came into their pivotal game against the Raiders yesterday knowing that, by their head coach's arithmetic, they needed to win five of their last six games...
BARBER'S ONLY JINT ABLE TO CUT IT
GIANT NOTES All week - all season, really - the cry has been to get the ball to Tiki Barber. The Giants did just that yesterday and Barber delivered with...
BROWN-RICE COOKS BIG BLUE
Oakland's passing game was predictable yet unstoppable in the first half yesterday. When the Raiders needed it the most in the fourth quarter, they found it again. Maybe the most...
KIDD MEMORIES ARE ALL GOLDEN
OAKLAND It was on the playgrounds here where Jason Kidd molded his game. Younger kids always were picked last unless they were willing to pass and set up the older...
DURABLE DVORAK PUT ON ICE: AILING KNEE SNAPS RADEK'S STREAK
The third-longest consecutive games played streak in the NHL came to an end last night when Radek Dvorak missed the Rangers' match at the Garden against the Mighty Ducks. The...