November 27, 2001
NO KIDDING, THE RECESSION IS OFFICIAL; WHAT'S NEXT?
SOMEONE asked Paul Volcker the other night for his opinion on the economy. The former head of the Federal Reserve thought for a minute and then announced that anyone who...
CNBC'S FABER SIGNS ON FOR 4 MORE YEARS
The Brain is staying put. CNBC's "Squawk Box" Wall Street correspondent David Faber has signed a new, four-year contract to stay at the financial news network, said sources familiar with...
7-ELEVEN EYES TIMES SQUARE
CONVENIENCE store 7-Eleven has its eye on Times Square, The Post has learned. The worldwide franchise has made an offer on a portion of the shuttered Warner Bros. store at...
IT'S GRANN TO RANDOM HOUSE INC.
Phyllis Grann, former CEO of Penguin Putnam, is heading to Random House Inc. as vice chairman. In her new post - which she assumes Jan. 2 - Grann will have...
BAD NEWS = GOOD NEWS - REPORT OF DOWNTURN COULD; SIGNAL A RECOVERY
It's official - the nation's economic wonks yesterday declared the U.S. is in its first recession in a decade. Duh! The most anticipated recession on record was formally announced by...
WARNER MUSIC: AMEN! - TAPS INTO CHRISTIAN MUSIC REVIVAL WITH WORD
Roger Ames is the new savior at Warner Music for beating his rivals to buy one of the biggest producers of Christian pop music. The huge surge in inspirational music...
STARR REPORT
Cable king O'Reilly in broadcast arena Fox News Channel anchor Bill O'Reilly ("The O'Reilly Factor") will host a series of four specials for sister network Fox Broadcasting. O'Reilly's first special,...
AVALANCHES RUMBLE INTO NEW YORK
THE Avalanches, a hip dance-music collective from Down Under, tumbles into S.O.B's as deejays tonight. The Melbourne band has the street cred. "Since I Left You," the group's debut album,...
TOY STORE CHALLENGE - FAO SCHWARZ VS. TOYS 'R' US
SHOPPING for toys is serious business, especially now that venerable Fifth Avenue toy emporium FAO Schwarz is being challenged by new kid down the block, Toys 'R' Us in Times...
KERMIT IS RIBBETING
Kermit's the top vote-getter. IT'S not easy being green - but Kermit the Frog's made it pay off, big-time. He's America's favorite Muppet, according to a recent survey, ahead of...
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY - COMBO CRUISE AND TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING PROVIDE PERFECT ESCAPE
SOMETIMES you need a vacation from your vacation. After blitzing through Europe, sightseeing and shopping, you'd like a chance to unwind - rather than spend hours at an airport and...
NEW SHIP FOR CRYSTAL
CRYSTAL Cruises, which operates two luxury vessels, has announced plans for its third ship - the Serenity - expected to set sail in 2003. The 1,080-passenger ship will feature private...
WHO IS KATIE TALKING TO NOW? - SAYING 'BYE TO 'TODAY' GETS HARDER
IT may not be as easy as expected for Katie Couric to leave the "Today" show. It was thought by many that Couric would bolt for a cushy syndicated show...
OSAMA'S BIN FOUND GUILTY
"Osama bin Laden on Trial" [ ] Thursday at 10 p.m. on Court TV -------- THE way things are progressing in Afghanistan, I wouldn't put any money on Osama bin...
JACKO GETS DIGITAL TAN
WHAT you saw was not exactly what you got during the recent televised Michael Jackson concert. After the performance was filmed in September, Jackson and Whitney Houston used computer generated...
THIS BED-STUY DIET LETS YOU EAT YOUR LARD OUT
THE day Doris Smith showed up at church in a sexy pink dress, her calves exposed for the first time in a while, her friends stared. "Good God, you lost...
GALAXY'S FLOATING FEAST - IT'S GOURMET ALL THE WAY WITH CELEBRITY
HOW'S this for a shopping list: 21,600 pounds of beef; 11,760 pounds of fish; 3,250 pounds of lobster; 21,500 pounds of fresh vegetables; 8,650 dozen eggs and 1,600 pounds of...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
Brown sugar Life is sweet. And it gets even sweeter on Dec. 2, when the Hudson Valley Chocolate Festival & Holiday Craft Show entices chocoholics to Suffern, N.Y., for an...
AMAZON GRACE
JOANIE Laurer, who went by the name Chyna when appearing with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), has been working out since age 15. It all began with Jane Fonda videos....
CARING IN CONCERT
WHEN Joan Kwuon plays a star-studded benefit concert for breast cancer Friday, there'll be more on her mind than music. Two years ago, the violinist was treated for breast cancer....
TRAGIC BOOBY TRAP WAS OURS: ISRAELIS
JERUSALEM - The Israeli army yesterday admitted it had planted the explosive device that detonated last week, killing five Palestinian boys on their way to school in the Gaza Strip...
E-SCAM GAVE 35G 'BUG' BYTE: DA
An exterminator-turned-cyber parasite preyed on unsuspecting eBay shoppers by selling them dozens of state-of-the-art laptop computers that didn't exist, prosecutors said. Using the online name "bugkiller," alleged e-crook Scott Feinstein,...
REBUILDING UPSTATE, BY GEORGE
YESTERDAY, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Carl McCall took off the Sept. 11 gloves with his 2002 rival, Gov. Pataki - and got it exactly wrong. Pataki, McCall charged, has become a...
THIS HEINOUS CRIME DOES PAY
THERE is a perfect crime. Our society allows an adult to kill another human being without fear of punishment or stigma. The criminal is paid for her cruelty with an...
CAP IS RAISED ON NEWSSTAND SALES
The Giuliani administration agreed yesterday to lift the price cap on goods sold at newsstands from $2 to $5. Newsstands are currently banned from selling any nonprinted items that cost...
MISSIONARIES IN POSITION TO CASH IN
Three months in an Afghan jail is turning into 15 minutes of fame for the two American missionaries held prisoner by the Taliban. Heather Mercer, 24, and Dayna Curry, 30,...
NO 'FLEE' MARKET AS VENDORS FLOUT COPS
Street peddlers selling everything from phony designer watches to bootleg videos have deluged city shopping districts, clogging sidewalks and diverting customers from stores. This latest quality-of-life reversal comes as cops...
RUDY: A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE WILL STAY ON AT CITY HALL TO WORK FOR BLOOMBERG
Mayor Giuliani said yesterday that he expects a large number of his second- and third-level administrators to keep their jobs in the Bloomberg administration. "Most of the commissioners will leave....
WRAPPED IN DADDY'S 'ANGEL WINGS' - WTC HERO'S ALIVE IN FAMILY'S HEARTS
Four-year-old Juliet Scauso insists her dad, city firefighter Dennis Scauso, hasn't left her side, even 2½ months after his death in the World Trade Center collapse. "I tell Mommy I...
HOW TO HELP KIN OF FLIGHT 587 VICTIMS
City officials yesterday set up a fund to help the families of those who died in the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 on Nov. 12. Donations should be sent...
FEDS BLOCK SMALLPOX SHOT FOR RESCUERS
WASHINGTON - Police, firefighters and EMS workers won't get any advance smallpox vaccines to protect them from the deadly bacteria, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said yesterday. Yet front-line...
COPS: GAL PALS FOIL LOVERBOY THIEF
A ladies' man con artist who stole valuables from some women and gave them to others was busted after his victims compared notes, police said. John Harrington, 36, a medical-lab...
'GOOD KIDS' DENY HS MASSACRE PLOT
Three teenagers accused of plotting a Columbine-style bombs-and-bullets bloodbath at a Massachusetts high school pleaded innocent yesterday - as their parents said the episode was blown out of proportion. "These...
EVEN ON PARK AVENUE, A RAT'S STILL A RAT
IN the rarefied atmosphere of the art world, I wouldn't know a Picasso from a Peanuts cartoon. But my olfactory glands work splendidly, and when I smell a rat, a...
LANDLORD IS SURE SORE OVER SNORES
A man's buzzsaw-like snoring could get him and his family evicted from their apartment in an Albany suburb. Bruce Menia's landlord has ordered him out of his apartment by Dec....
FIRMS MADE MOVING HELL ON WHEELS, STATE SAYS
Four scheming Brooklyn moving companies have been shut down for bilking hundreds of unsuspecting customers out of thousands of dollars, state probers said yesterday. The businesses - Best American Movers...
ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS TAXI FIRE
A string of at least four cabs catching fire - including two in one day and one yesterday - has city officials scratching their heads. Taxi and Limousine Commissioner Matthew...
SALES BOO$T HOLIDAY KICKOFF
The results are in: The kickoff to the holiday shopping season was not as bad as a lot of people were expecting. Retailers looking to lure shoppers on "Black Friday"...
BUSH GIVES SADDAM AN ULTIMATUM ON WEAPONS
WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday trained his sights right at Iraq and warned Saddam Hussein to let U.N. weapons inspectors back in - or else. Amid growing hints that Iraq...
SOTHEBY'S SLEEPER - TAUBMAN TIRED BUT NEVER CONSPIRED: WITNESS
Sotheby's tycoon Alfred Taubman was "obsessed" with beating arch rival Christie's, but so uninterested and incompetent with the firm's bottom line that he sometimes fell asleep at board meetings, a...
CALL 9/11: TERROR THREAT HAS ED BD. RETHINKING CELL-PHONE BAN
The Board of Education is considering lifting its student ban on cellular phones in the wake of the Twin Towers attacks. "Because of what happened on Sept. 11, we are...
W. RIPS CLONE BREAKTHROUGH
President Bush yesterday denounced the breakthrough cloning of a human embryo as "morally wrong" and urged the Senate to pass an anti-cloning bill already approved by the House. "The use...
NAZI VICTIMS TO GET BACK ART
ALBANY - Two paintings stolen by the Nazis will be returned during an emotional ceremony today to the heirs of the art collector who owned them. Ruth Haller and her...
CLOCK IS TICKING AS AFGHANS HUDDLE TO FORM GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON - Under pressure to act fast, four groups of anti-Taliban Afghan leaders will get together today in Germany and try to build a bridge to the future for their...
'NEW' ISLES POOH-POOH CAPS HEX
To say that the Capitals have owned the Islanders in the last few seasons is a gross understatement. The Islanders (15-5-2-1) have not beaten the Caps (9-12-2-0) in the last...
CATHOLIC HS STRIKE MAY COME BY TOMORROW
The union representing teachers at 10 Catholic high schools say they'll go on strike against the Archdiocese of New York as early as tomorrow if there's no breakthrough in talks...
PETER LUGER OWNER SOL FORMAN DIES
The 98-year-old owner of Peter Luger Steakhouse, Sol Forman, has died, his family said yesterday. Forman died Thanksgiving Day at Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn. He bought the Williamsburg, Brooklyn, restaurant...
AU, NO: BAR OWNER SUES 'SCAMMER' EMPLOYEES
They apparently don't call them barkeeps for nothing. The owner of the posh Midtown hot spot Au Bar says his former bartenders skimmed a bit of his profits - about...
KILLER PROM MOM IS FREED
The New Jersey teen who gave birth to a baby at her high-school prom and then strangled him was released from prison yesterday after serving only three years of a...
JAILED PAIR WERE IN ON WTC PLOT, SPAIN SAYS
Two terror suspects arrested in Spain knew the Twin Towers and the Pentagon were targeted for attack, that country's national police chief said yesterday. The men were leaders of separate...
MIKE JETS TO DOMINICAN TO CONSOLE FLT. 587 KIN
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Mayor-elect Mike Bloomberg, who captured City Hall with a big push from the city's Latinos, put his transition planning on hold yesterday for a whirlwind...
BUSH: BE PREPARED FOR MORE CASUALTIES AS MISSION HEATS UP
WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday warned Americans to brace for "loss of life" now that Marines have landed in Afghanistan to hunt for Osama bin Laden. "This is a dangerous...
CAP RAISED ON SALES AT NEWSSTANDS
The Giuliani administration agreed yesterday to lift the price cap on goods sold at newsstands from $2 to $5. But administration officials said they would oppose a bill before the...
CAMBY DEBUT SLAM DUNK FOR KNICKS - MARCUS' 6 JAMS, 10 BOARDS HELP KNICKS SHADE HAWKS
Marcus Camby's mother Janice and two younger sisters watched from Marcus' Westchester home. They were too nervous to show up at the Garden last night. Maybe they remembered Camby's last...
SPREWELL PLAYS LATE-GAME HERO
Latrell Sprewell called it a broken play, but the only thing it broke was the backs of the Hawks. The Knick forward scored a game-high 29 points last night, including...
TIKI GETS NO HELP
GIANT REPORT CARDQUARTERBACKS C- Not enough zip cost Kerry Collins (19 of 38, 184 yards) shot at TD pass and there were not many big plays from his right arm....
CAMBY: I'M NO SAVIOR
KNICK NOTES Amid all the hoopla attached to his season debut last night, Marcus Camby cautioned before and after that he's no "miracle man," and gave the sobering analysis that...
FASSEL: KERRY MUST IMPROVE
GIANT NOTES In what easily qualifies as his most harsh criticism of Kerry Collins' overall play, Jim Fassel yesterday admitted, "I was hoping to make some more progress and we...
GIANTS REALIZE 5-6 IS ALL THEIR FAULT
If the Giants do not make the playoffs this season - and they certainly appear headed in that direction - many unflattering labels will get stuck to them. Michael Strahan...
JETS: WE'RE TOO LEGIT TO QUIT - FOCUS, MATURITY KEYS IN STRETCH
The parade of sports-utility vehicles, in various shapes, sizes and colors, slowly filled the Weeb Ewbank Hall parking lot yesterday as the Jets players arrived back to work after a...
CAMBY: DON'T EXPECT MIRACLE ON 33RD ST. - RETURNING KNICKS' CENTER CAUTIOUS ABOUT HIS IMPACT
To a man, the entire Knick franchise - from management, to the coaching staff, to the players - was psyched that Marcus Camby was taking the opening tip last night...
SPITE NIGHT FOR RANGERS
Revenge, they say, is best served cold. How does the ice at Buffalo's HSBC Arena sound? The Rangers are up there tonight, battling the Sabres as the Blueshirts attempt to...
BILLS' COLLAPSE WAS PAINFUL TO WATCH
JET NOTES A number of the Jets' players and coaches watched with their guts wrenched as the Bills gave away a sure win over the Dolphins Sunday, blowing a 10-point...
HOLIK WILL BE MISSED WHEN HE'S GONE
PITTSBURGH -At a time when the widespread call is for Devils GM Lou Lamoriello to make a major trade for a goal-scorer, Bobby Holik believes Larry Robinson's breakup of the...
BRO: IT'S TIME TO GO - YANKEE HERO SET TO RETIRE
Deciding it was time to be a full-time father and husband instead of a big-league third baseman, Yankee Scott Brosius has decided to retire. Brosius, 35, plans to announce the...
BOMBERS LOSE FINE PLAYER, FINER MAN
PAUL O'Neill took a lot of fire and emotion with him when he left the Yankee clubhouse upon his retirement earlier this month. Today, Scott Brosius removes a large amount...
BAKER OR MAILMAN RIGHT FIT FOR KNICKS
LIKE many teams, the Knicks are making a pitch for Raef LaFrentz. Most suitors understand they must give up something "almost unfair" to obtain the 6-11, 3-point shooting, shot-blocking free...
METS MAY DEAL GLENDON, MATT FOR BURNITZ
A year ago, Gord Ash's anger saved Glendon Rusch. The former Blue Jays GM was so peeved about David Wells expressing his desire to come to Flushing, he traded Wells...
LEDGER SHOWS NO NET GAIN
Before they embarked on their West Coast trip, the Nets spoke about going 5-0. Didn't happen. Took one game for that to become impossible. But they began learning about themselves....
TEARS, TRIBUTES FOR TRAGIC H.S. CAGER
Marlon Smith and his friend Nigel Polite talked to each other every day. "I told him things about myself that I never thought I would tell anyone," Smith said. "There...
KNICKS NOW WHOLE IF NOT GREAT
THE Knicks are whole again. Marcus Camby was home again last night on the court. Camby made a triumphant return, supplying inside presence, points and rebounds in an 88-83 victory...
GIAMBI NEAR AS JOE MAKES PITCH
The Yankees have gone to the whip in the Jason Giambi Derby. Manager Joe Torre has talked to Giambi - and the chat had an impact on the free-agent slugger,...
JACKSON'S BEST OF WORST AT POINT
Before last night's game with Atlanta, Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy said point guard Mark Jackson was playing better lately. Jackson went out and proved him right, scoring six points...
MARCUS' 6 JAMS, 10 BOARDS HELP KNICKS SHADE HAWKS
Knicks 88 Hawks 83 Now you see what all the fuss was about. Not only did the Knicks' season change last night, their entire look did. With Marcus Camby going...
MIRACLE ON 33RD ST.: ON YOUR MARCUS, GET SET, GO
THE Excuse Meter just ran out on the Knicks. Marcus Camby returned last night and so did higher expectations. Not the highest of expectations, no one's expecting the Knicks to...
WITHOUT BIG BAKER, FRONTCOURT JUST SMALL
KNICK NOTES Fifteen months ago, GM Scott Layden thought he had Vin Baker sewed up in the Patrick Ewing blockbuster, only to have the deal fall apart. At the time,...