December 3, 2001
HOT SITE ON 7TH GOES TO A WTC FIRM
Powerhouse Wall Street law firm Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, uprooted from the World Trade Center, nailed down one of Manhattan's most hotly contested blocks of office space over the...
ENRON FILES FOR CHAPTER 11, SUES DYNEGY
In one of the largest bankruptcy filings in history, Enron Corp. filed for Chapter 11 protection. The energy trading company that has lost $26 billion in market value in the...
PAPER-THIN SUN PLANS FOR TINY MANHATTAN RUN
The New York Sun, the neo-conservative daily paper that plans to debut next spring in the city, will be a razor-thin broadsheet with a tiny circulation. The company is said...
IT'S NOT WORTH A PIT STOP
ROADSIDEAt the York Theatre, Saint Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Ave. Through Jan. 13. Call Telecharge, (212) 239-6200. YEE-HAW. Ever hear the one about the smart and sassy gal who yearns...
THE FIERY FOURSOME ; YAYHOOS ROCKET TO MERCURY
THE Yayhoos rock the old-fashioned way, straight-up, no ice.Featuring singer/guitarist Dan Baird (ex of roots-rockin' '80s outfit the Georgia Satellites), the fiery foursome bring their old-school, Southern-tinged, electric guitar-fueled rock...
STARR REPORT
'Millionaire' this - 'Live' ratings strongRegis Philbin's status on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" may be in question - as is the show's very future - but there's no...
THE JOY OF 'SEXAHOLIX'
SEXAHOLIX 1/2Royale Theatre, 242 W. 45thSt., between Sixth and Seventhavenues; (212) 239-6200. JOHN Leguizamo is a force of nature, a volcano of words, a torrent of ideas. He moves a...
'GODFATHER' GETS RESPECT
IT'S the network of "Baywatch" and the World Wrestling Federation, yet TNN is showing more respect for a pair of revered old movies than other cable networks that would have...
HOLIDAY BARGAINS FOR BILLIONAIRE WANNABES
TO paraphrase Mick Jagger, you can't always give what you want during tough economic times. But if you try, sometimes, you might just find you can give the folks on...
BAZAAR BUYING HABITS: IT'S THE MORE, THE MERRIER WHEN IT COMES TO HOLIDAY SHOPPING
DESIGNERS and retailers are embracing the bazaar this season. Wrap-dress queen Diane von Furstenberg has gathered a few of her favorite international merchants for her first annual Luxury Bazaar. Floral...
GOING TO EXTREMES : THE COSTUME INSITITUTE'S NEW EXHIBIT EXPLORES THE OUTRAGEOUS THINGS WE DO AND WEAR IN THE NAME OF BEAUTY
WE'VE been padded and constricted, truncated and extended, and wrapped in everything from silk to iron. Just to what lengths we'll go to look good is made painfully clear in...
APPLE'S WARMING TO WEIRD WINTER
The unseasonable temperatures baking the Big Apple have Jack Frost hot under the collar. And the sultan of shiver isn't likely to get his wish for a winter wonderland anytime...
GEORGE'S GOOD WILL : $300M LEFT TO KIN, CHARITY & KRISHNAS
Generous George Harrison has left his massive fortune - valued at just under $300 million - to his family, to his religion and to his favorite charities. The will of...
STUDIES ON RITALIN ARE 'CHILD ABUSE'
THE federally funded abuse of children, some as young as 3, has begun in New York City, critics charge. The alleged torture chambers are located at two city locations where...
RIGHTS ADVOCATES HAVE IT ALL WRONG
BENJAMIN Netanyahu, the former prime minister of Israel who lost a brother, so many comrades and countless constituents to the bloodlust of terrorists, shouted volumes yesterday in a few quiet...
GEORGE'S GOOD WILL: MINUTE OF SILENCE THIS AFTERNOON
The grieving family of George Harrison has asked fans of the beloved former Beatle to join them in a worldwide "minute of meditation" today. Olivia Harrison and son Dhani want...
ANGRY MOB'S MESSAGE TO U.S. ENVOY: 'GO HOME!'
An incensed crowd of Israelis heckled U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni as he laid a wreath of flowers for the 10 victims of Saturday's double suicide-bomb attacks in Jerusalem. The crowd...
MUJAHEDEEN CHIC HITS CITY 'HAT' COUTURE
THE hat that liberated Afghanistan is coming to New York. You've seen them on the front line and on the front page, our heroic Northern Alliance allies donning their supersized...
SHARPTON 'CLOUTS' TOP DEM
ALBANY - The Rev. Al Sharpton has a warning for the incoming chairman of the state Democratic Committee: You're going to have to deal with me. Assemblyman Herman "Denny" Farrell,...
POLS WANT 10-DAY SALES-TAX HOLIDAY
A break from the sales tax would provide just the right motivation to get New Yorkers shopping again - providing an instant stimulus to the city's battered economy, Sen. Chuck...
WHERE TO SAVE ON TOYS ; NEW SURVEY BARES CITY'S BEST BARGAINS
There's no need for belt-tightening New Yorkers to feel like babes in toyland as they wander the aisles with their holiday wish lists and shrinking wallets. Shoppers can save up...
CRUISE DROPS $100M SUIT AFTER 'GAY NAY' CORRECTION
Tom Cruise has dropped a $100 million lawsuit after a publisher retracted his claim of possessing an X-rated videotape showing the Hollywood superstar engaged in homosexual acts. "No such videotape...
BRAIN CELLS DEVELOPED IN LAB TESTS
A stunning breakthrough in stem-cell research is expected to greatly improve treatments for brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Two teams of scientists have succeeded in making stem cells, originally...
RUMSFELD: FOREIGN TALIBAN WILL HIT US HARD
WASHINGTON - U.S. troops are entering a "dirty" phase of the war and should expect casualties as they butt heads with the Taliban's last fanatic foreign fighters, Secretary of Defense...
U.S. WILL SHED NO TEARS ABOUT GASSING THUGS
WASHINGTON - After using freezing water and crude oil to force Taliban fighters out of a basement, U.S. authorities said yesterday they are open to pumping tear gas into remote...
CYBER PIRATES GAINING 'CLASS'
In one of the most glaring examples of technological chutzpah ever, a school for computer hackers has opened in France. It's called "The Hackademy." Inside the Paris school, would-be cyber...
AIRLINE'S RUDDER TRAINING EYED IN FLT. 587 CRASH
American Airlines was warned four years ago that its pilots were trained to dangerously overrely on rudders to the point of potential structural weakening - a possible factor in the...
JEWS AND ARABS UNITED ; ALL PITCH IN TO HELP AT BUS HORROR
In a rare display of unity, Arabs and Jews rushed into the blood-soaked street to help the wounded victims of yesterday's suicide bomb attack on a bus in the Israeli...
HIZZONER: ADVI$ERS WILL ASSIST 9/11 FUND RECIPIENTS
The Twin Towers Fund is looking into setting up beneficiaries with advisers who can help them manage the cash they receive as well as direct them to other entitlements, Mayor...
BROWN SURVIVES HOT TEXAS FIGHT
New York's one-time top cop, Houston Mayor Lee Brown, won a close re-election vote against a Latino challenger who was boosted by Mayor Giuliani and President Bush. Brown won the...
HERO'S BIRTHDAY BECOMES A SAD MEMORIAL
A three-year firefighting veteran who perished during the World Trade Center attacks was saluted as a hero yesterday on what would have been his 33rd birthday. Mourners turned out to...
'IT'S US - OR THEM' - SHARON'S WARNING ON ARAFAT
Israel will unleash its own war on terrorism after a weekend of bloody violence spurred Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to issue his battle cry: "It's either Israel or Arafat." Hours...
NEW NYSE PLAN LOOKS LESS LOFTY
City officials expect to go ahead with a new $1.1 billion building for the New York Stock Exchange, but a grand vision - which included a 900-foot skyscraper - will...
BUSH HAS ABOUT HAD IT WITH ARAFAT
It came close to a green light - this time, President Bush and his top aides didn't make the usual public calls for Israel to show restraint. Instead, they demanded...
NEW CLUES SURFACING IN CONN. LADY'S SPORE DEATH
Evidence mounted yesterday that an elderly Connecticut woman who died of anthrax was the victim of letter cross-contamination - after her local postal center tested positive for the bacteria. Several...
ANDY, CARL HEAT UP DASH FOR CASH
Their Democratic showdown is more than nine months away, but Andrew Cuomo and Carl McCall are already hard at play in the money game, trotting out big names and high...
FUMING SCHUMER: YASSER = TALIBAN
Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority are no different from the Taliban and should be treated the same way, a furious Sen. Charles Schumer said yesterday. Schumer was reacting to...
'IT' WILL SOON LET YOU GLIDE AND RIDE
Is IT a bird? Is IT a plane? IT's a super-scooter! One of the new millennium's most hyped inventions - which generated reams of publicity before anybody even knew what...
GIRL, 3, TIED UP AS ROBBERS SLAY GRANDMA, BEAU
A 3-year-old girl who was bound and gagged during a botched robbery in East Harlem struggled free and alerted her mother that her grandmother and a friend had been killed,...
BOMBERS' FAMILIES ARRESTED
WASHINGTON - Israeli authorities yesterday arrested nine relatives of the suicide bombers in Saturday's carnage in Jerusalem, while the terrorist in an Israeli bus attack was identified as a plumber...
HOW 'SWEET' AMERICAN KID JOINED TALIBAN
The only American fighting for the Taliban is a "sweet, shy" ex-Catholic from northern California who wanted to help poor people and work for social justice, his parents say. Newsweek...
$CHOOL DAZE PUTS PROJECTS IN LIMBO
The Board of Education appears paralyzed in trying to remedy a staggering $2.3 billion shortfall in its $7.7 billion, five-year school-construction plan - six months after the problem was first...
ARAFAT'S SUICIDEBOMBINGS KILL LAST HOPES THAT HE CAN BRING PEACE
FOURTEEN months ago, a desperate Israeli and Jewish illusion died when the Palestinians launched Intifada II - the illusion that it would be possible to negotiate a deal with Yasser...
THE PHANTOM KINGMAKER
AL Sharpton says, and seems sincerely to believe, that he holds the keys to next year's gubernatorial election - or, at least, to the Democratic Party's nominating process. The conventional...
SEXUAL TORTURE VIDEOTAPED
ALBANY - Police are investigating a twisted sexual attack on a woman who was assaulted by a gang that taped the incident. The horrific eight-hour ordeal began late Thursday afternoon...
TERRORIST WAS SET TO BE WED
WASHINGTON - The young man who killed himself and 15 others yesterday when he detonated a bomb on an Israeli bus had recently become engaged, and his family said they...
NETS' INABILITY TO FINISH FOES PROVING COSTLY
Nets games all too often have turned into Grade B, slice-and-dice horror movies. Our heroes, the Nets (or some half-drunk teens), seem to have defeated the opponent (or an escapee...
THE BENCH HASN'T BEEN SOLID
KNICK NOTES The Knicks' bench has struggled lately and played a late role in the huge collapse vs. Detroit Saturday night. Reserves Shandon Anderson and Howard Eisley have underwhelmed, and...
SHEEPSHEAD LICKS LEHMAN; SHARKS TAKE PSAL TITLE
Sheepshead 26 Lehman 16 Glenroy Watkins knew something had to change. "We didn't come all the way here so we could lose this game in the first quarter," the Sheepshead...
DQ COSTS FAN 5G
A disqualification in yesterday's sixth race at the Big A cost one very unlucky racing fan a $5,000 payoff - without her even placing a bet. Griffinite, the heavy favorite...
KNICKS GEARING FOR RICE RETURN
The Knicks host an old friend tonight - or at least a former teammate - when Glen Rice and his struggling Rockets come to the Garden. It was Rice's presence...
HBO HITS PAYDIRT WITH A FASCINATING 'GAME'
AS long as HBO Sports keeps hauling up buckets of treasure, going to the well once too often is a risk well worth taking. HBO, this time teamed with NFL...
GHOSTS STILL HAUNTING JETS
ALL together now: "Twas the start of December, and down on the field . . . Tom Brady had just taken the football and kneeled. A gunshot was heard to...
FISH FLOAT TO THE TOP
Dolphins 21 Broncos 10 MIAMI - For three agonizing quarters of football, the tanned and beautiful people of South Florida watched their beloved Dolphins get nowhere but behind to the...
CURTIS: CHOKE NOT ON US
Curtis Martin is well aware of the opportunity the Jets threw away yesterday and he, too, is aware of this team's history of choking in December. That, however, didn't dampen...
PATRIOTS INT-ERESTS PRESERVED
Amtrak is much more enjoyable after a victory, according to Mike Vrabel. The Patriots linebacker was too modest to accept his third-quarter interception as yesterday's turning point to a 17-16...
BRADY STORY HAS HAPPY END
They call the Patriots the Brady Bunch, and - with apologies to Florence Henderson and company - quarterback Tom Brady looked about as intimidating as Cindy Brady in the first...
GLENN TO HAVE MRI TODAY
JET NOTES The Jets appear to have lost starting cornerback Aaron Glenn for a significant amount of time with a sprained right knee suffered in the second quarter yesterday. Glenn...
JETS' MELTDOWN: 2ND-HALF COLLAPSE STIRS MEMORIES OF RECENT SWOONS
Patriots 17 Jets 16 Oh, was this going to be a glorious December Sunday for the Jets, who stormed out of the Giants Stadium West tunnel yesterday with the kind...
'BOYS ARE LESSER OF TWO FEEBLES
Cowboys 20 Redskins 14 LANDOVER - Hail to parity, not the Redskins. Washington still has a chance to win the NFC East. So do the Giants. So do the Cardinals....
RICHTER'S MONEY IN THE BLANK
Rangers 1 Lightning 0 In a season where only two of 30 teams are managing to average three goals a game - as recently as 1993-94, 21 of the 26...
KLOUCEK KNEE NO MATCH FOR NHL
Perhaps it was simply lost in the translation, but the match penalty that apparently had been assessed against Tomas Kloucek for kneeing Jan Bulis during the second period of Saturday...