December 8, 2001
442 ARE AXED IN CSFB MACK ATTACK
FB's chief exec John Mack is slashing staffers again. "Mack the Knife" said yesterday he will lop off an additional 2 percent, or 442 workers, from staff rosters at the...
UNEMPLOYMENT AT 6-YEAR HIGH
The nation's unemployment rate soared to a six-year high of 5.7 percent, after U.S. companies laid off 331,000 workers in November. The higher-than-expected unemployment rate took some steam out of...
AILEY RENDERS 'NIA' WITH GRACE
ALVIN AILEY> City Center, 130 W. 55th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues; (212) 581-1212. Season runs through Dec. 31. TWO years ago, 33-year-old choreographer Ronald K. Brown had a...
COME LIGHT THE MENORAH
It's the Festival of Lights -a time of latkes and love. It's Hanukkah, a celebration of the Maccabees and the little oil lamp that could -and did -last eight days,...
CHEESE IT!
Entertaining at home is popular again. One of the easiest things to serve is cheese - it's a natural with wine, stays fresh for hours and is self-serve. Putting out...
LICORICE WISHES AND JELLYBEAN DREAMS
Other artists may be better known, but Dylan Lauren will probably find the sweetest reception at today's ARTrageous benefit. Lauren, who recently opened the uptown confectionery emporium Dylan's Candy Bar,...
FAMILY TIME IN TRIBECA: SHOPPING, BRUNCH AND MORE BECKON KIDS OF ALL AGES
Everyone knows TriBeCa's trendy. But what many don't know is that what's home to Robert De Niro and Nobu is also home to many kids - and the places that...
ICE, ICE BABY
Cold enough for ya? Of course not, but at least you can pretend you're living in a winter wonderland by drinking beside the chilliest place in town. The newly refurbished...
UN-CIVIL UPROAR AS BOARD BOSS BARS BUSH PICK
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Civil Rights Commission erupted in turmoil yesterday when the chairwoman refused to let President Bush's appointee take a seat and a Bill Clinton appointeerefused to leave....
BLOOMY IN SURPRISE SELECTION FOR DEPUTY
Mayor-elect Mike Bloomberg yesterday made three key appointments to his inner circle, including a surprise choice for deputy mayor - New York Urban League head Dennis Walcott. "Dennis is the...
CANNIBAL VICTIM'S DAD THANKS 'MOLEST' WITNESS
The father of the victim of cannibalistic killer Albert Fentress expressed his heartfelt thanks yesterday to the 28-year-old man who has come forward to say he was molested by Fentress...
MIKE AND FREDDY FAST FRIENDS
BRONX Borough President Fernando Ferrer - defeated in the bitter Democratic mayoral primary by Mark Green - is chatting regularly with Mayor-elect Mike Bloomberg. Bloomberg met with Ferrer publicly after...
DUBYA HAILS HEROES WITH DIG AT TALIBAN'S CAVE-IN
WASHINGTON - President Bush used the 60th anniversary of Pearl Harbor to celebrate the fall of the Taliban - saying they "celebrate death" and will be pounded without mercy. With...
KANDA-HEARTY CITIZENS HAIL TALIBAN'S FALL
Overjoyed citizens poured into the streets of Kandahar last night, carrying pictures of Afghanistan's deposed king and tearing down the Taliban's white flag to hoist the royal red, black and...
FAREWELL TO A 'SYMBOL OF COURAGE'
In an outpouring of love, support and respect, hundreds in the Throgs Neck section of The Bronx came out yesterday to bid farewell to fallen firefighter hero Michael Lynch. Remembered...
BRITNEY 'BONDAGE' BALLAD HITS SOUR NOTE
Pop tart Britney Spears has rubbed anti-slavery activists the wrong way with her latest single "I'm a Slave 4U." The song, which seems to be more about a romantic entanglement...
KOOKY COLLEGE CONDEMNS WAR
A small liberal arts college in Massachusetts has won the dubious distinction of being the first to officially condemn the American war against terrorism in Afghanistan. Hampshire College students and...
TOURISM BIG WOULD SURE " MORE STATE $
The head of the city's tourism bureau yesterday pleaded with state officials for a $25 million budget infusion to help draw visitors to boost the Big Apple's battered economy. Citing...
$25M REMINDER FROM THE SKIES
Heads up, bounty hunters - U.S. planes in Afghanistan yesterday were dropping leaflets as a reminder of the hefty $25 million reward for the elusive terror chief Osama bin Laden...
GROUND ZERO CLEANUP TO REMAIN A CITY JOB
Mayor Giuliani is heeding the advice of federal experts not to replace city workers overseeing the World Trade Center cleanup and will not be hiring the Bechtel construction company for...
TALIBAN PUT WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST - AT THE FRONT
WASHINGTON - Osama bin Laden's elite Arab fighters fired mortars and rockets - and even armed their wives and children - in a desperate last stand yesterday against U.S.-backed Afghan...
GEM OF A WTC LAWSUIT VS. CHASE
Grandmom's 24-carat gold bangle bracelets. Mom's engagement ring. Jade and pearls for her college graduation - another gift from mom. Sylvia Yamamura, a 30-year-old Manhattan lawyer, knows these precious heirlooms...
COPS HUNT FOR DURST CASH ACCOMPLICE
Cops want to know whether an accomplice helped millionaire murder suspect Robert Durst get the $37,000 that was in his car when he was busted and whether he visited the...
BROKER ADMITS $100M SCAM
The president of a World Trade Center clearing firm admitted to scamming investors out of more than $100 million and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors working to track down the...
B'KLYN HS MOURNS ALUM SAILOR WHO DIED IN CAMPAIGN
Midwood HS in Brooklyn yesterday fondly remembered alumnus Michael Jakes Jr., a sailor who died in a freak accident on a ship in the Arabian Sea. Jakes, 20, graduated from...
APPLE TURNOVER: METS, YANKS PULL OFF 1ST DEAL IN 8 YEARS
The Yankees and Mets pulled a subway swap yesterday as the Bronx Bombers sent slugger David Justice to the Amazin's for third baseman Robin Ventura. And fans are as divided...
DEPUTY INSPECTOR GETS SLAPPED DOWN TO CAPTAIN
Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik yesterday demoted to captain a Bronx deputy inspector for allegedly slapping his former cop girlfriend during a drunken confrontation inside a Harlem station house. "I am...
ARAFAT RANTS UNDER FIRE PALESTINIAN POSITIONS POUNDED
JERUSALEM - Israeli helicopter gunships pounded a Palestinian military compound in the Gaza Strip yesterday as Yasser Arafat accused the United States of favoring Israel. Palestinian officials said at least...
RAP BIG IN GRAVE SHAPE AFTER BRONX CYCLE CRASH
Rap mogul Darrin "Dee" Dean was clinging to life last night after a motorcycle accident left him with severe head and neck injuries. Dean, 35, was riding a three-wheeled motorcycle...
3 INJURED IN WILD STOLEN-CAR CHASE
Three people were seriously hurt in a wild car chase on the Upper East Side yesterday as police officers sped after a vehicle stolen hours before in a gunpoint robbery....
CONDIT'S HAT IN RING AT LAST MINUTE
WASHINGTON - Scandal-scarred California Congressman Gary Condit, who made headlines for carrying on a racy affair with young intern Chandra Levy before she went missing, wants to keep his job....
RANGEL: I'D BACK PATAKI OVER ANDREW CUOMO
Democrat Charles Rangel dropped a bombshell last night when he said he'd support Gov. Pataki, a Republican, over one of his own party's nominees for governor. Appearing on New York...
WALLOPIN' SENDS OSAMA GALLOPIN' KING RAT IN A DESPERATE DASH FOR BORDER: OFFICIALS
WASHINGTON - U.S. forces were in hot pursuit of Osama bin Laden last night after the collapse of the Taliban's last remaining strongholds inside Afghanistan. American commando and CIA paramilitary...
FLEEING OMAR THROWING BRIBE CASH AROUND
WASHINGTON - Taliban chieftain Mullah Omar is trying to bribe his way through enemy troops in the chaotic fall of Kandahar. Omar is believed to be fleeing the city with...
KILL-PLOT STRIPPER'S SOB STORY TO 'DADDY'
The sultry Swiss stripper accused of plotting to murder her sugar daddy's estranged wife and frame him for it broke down in tears, blurting out, "I didn't mean to hurt...
TOT BURNED AS PARENTS BATTLE: COPS
A drunken row between a Queens man and his live-in girlfriend led to their 5-month-old daughter being hospitalized with burns and each of them being arrested for child abuse, police...
S.I. MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN BABY-POWDER MAIL THREAT
A 19-year-old hoaxster pleaded guilty yesterday to sending a letter filled with baby powder to his cousin's girlfriend - and telling her it was anthrax. "My Dearest Julie," Joseph Impasto...
SJU'S SHAW MAKES PLANS TO STORM STARTING LINEUP
It was a wasted summer for St. John's sharpshooter Willie Shaw. Some of it was his fault; some was not. The bottom line: When the season started, Shaw had lost...
PEEVED VG RIPS TEAM, NIXES PRACTICE
So much for the feel-good vibes flowing around the 10-9 Knicks. Jeff Van Gundy went ballistic during yesterday's mistake-ridden practice at Purchase College. The Knicks coach abruptly cut off the...
ATKINS STEPS UP FOR ST. RAYMOND'S
St. Ray's 56 All Hallows 46 It wasn't exactly the matchup it will be later in the year, but St. Raymond's isn't complaining. The Ravens beat All Hallows, 56-46, yesterday...
JETS BRACE FOR BLITZ-BURGH: STEELER D POSES BIGGEST TEST YET
It's a new generation and there's a different stadium, but Pittsburgh's defense still is constructed from stainless steel. The Jets have one option on Sunday: thwart the Steelers' devastating D,...
TIME IS NOW FOR STRUGGLING DEVS
The glass is about two-thirds empty as they approach the one-third point of the season. It requires wild optimism, but Larry Robinson believes the Devils can turn this year around...
A HEISMAN TO REMEMBER: RACE GOES TO WIRE, BUT WON'T END AT DAC
Tonight's Heisman Trophy ceremony at the Marriott Marquis (7:00, ESPN) will be one of the most special and most memorable in the award's 67 years - for all the right...
'BOYS WILL STICK TO GROUND VERSUS JINTS
So, Mike Barrow, what are your impressions of Quincy Carter, the Cowboys' rookie quarterback? "It's hard to get a good feel on him as far as the passing aspect," Barrow...
PHILLIPS: I DON'T KNOW'S ON THIRD
Who's on third? After trading Robin Ventura, GM Steve Phillips doesn't know yet. But by unloading Ventura's $8.25 million for David Justice, Phillips created a hole and flexibility. "It really...
BUT BOTH PLAYERS ARE TOTING BAD BAGGAGE
EVEN IN a down season, Robin Ventura was better than Scott Brosius in 2001. Even in a down season, David Justice would have been the shining light of the Met...
WILPON: JUSTICE DEAL JUST THE BEGINNING
Co-owner Fred Wilpon promised yesterday the Robin Ventura-David Justice Subway swap is just the start. "This is only one piece of a whole series of pieces," Wilpon told The Post....
KARSAY: GIAMBI'S GOOD FIT FOR N.Y.
Having played with him in Oakland, reliever Steve Karsay understands what type of teammate Jason Giambi is. And the picture Karsay painted yesterday reinforced why the Yankees are hoping to...
YANKS LEAVE LIGHT ON FOR TINO
The Yankees left the door open for Tino Martinez to return yesterday when they offered the free agent first baseman salary arbitration. Had they not offered, the Yankees would have...
LINDROS, RANGERS LOOK TO REBOUND
TORONTO - So why exactly is it that, for so long, Eric Lindros had his heart set on playing in this city and wearing the historic Maple Leafs crest? "You're...
NETS OPEN FLAT, CLOSE SOLID NO LETDOWN AFTER SUNS SHOWDOWN
Nets 96 Cavs 84 The Nets' concern last night against the Cavs was suffering an emotional letdown after the remarkable high of Wednesday's Phoenix game. The Nets had seen the...