December 28, 2001
U2 RATTLE MOST $$ IN TICKETS
The sweetest thing to your ears may be music, but to U2 it's money in the pocket. The Irish rockers scored the biggest take of the year in the concert...
DAY TRIPPING: FUN AND SAFETY ON THE ROAD
SINCE September 11, more people are taking to the road. "Here in the northeast region of the nation, car travel is up a whopping 6.6 percent," according to Robert Sinclair...
CZECH SPIN ON SAME OLD WWII TALE
DARK BLUE WORLD 1/2 A Czech "Pearl Harbor," minus the attack.In English and Czech, with English subtitles. Running time: 119 minutes. Rated R (war violence, sex, profanity). At the Lincoln...
STARR REPORT
Welles dry on 'Ambersons' remake A&E's three-hour remake of Orson Welles' classic "The Magnificent Ambersons" is off to an inauspicious start - even before it's hit the airwaves. First, actress...
DRAB 'GRAY' DESPITE BRILLIANT CAST
CHARLOTTE GRAY ½ Not-great Cate.Running time: 120 minutes. Rated PG-13 (moderate violence, sexuality). At the Lincoln Square and the Angelika. TWO of the best actors in the business - Cate...
PENN 'AM SAM'
I AM SAM Get out your handkerchiefs.Running time: 130 minutes.Rated PG-13 (mild vulgarity). AtCinema 1, Third Avenue and61st Street. NOT all the movie wizardry this season is being performed by...
THE DOMINO EFFECT
"Domino Day 2001" Tonight at 9 on WABC/Ch. 7 ½ LEAVE it to the network that brought you "The Mole" and "The Mole 2" to screw up what could have...
MR. NEW YEAR'S EVE ; DICK CLARK ALWAYS HAS A BALL ON DEC. 31
DICK Clark, America's perennial teenager, says staying young is a snap."It's easy," the 72-year-old told The Post. "I've been a part of the American music scene for more than 50...
B'WAY FARE PRETTY FAIR
SO what kind of a year was it on Broadway?Broadway had a pretty good to average year, with its customary quota of winners and losers at the box office, saints...
BRIGHT & DIM LIGHTS OFF-B'WAY
OFF-BROADWAY offered a gutsy, crazy mix of old veterans and new voices, the classics and the innovative in the taut year of 2001. And that's just the good news -...
DON'T BE FOOLED; WHY DAN SHOULDN'T HAVE CRIED AND OTHER MYTH-BUSTERS
I'VE been reading other critics' lists of the year's most memorable TV moments and, as usual, I'm feeling disagreeable. So help me, I just don't see things the way everybody...
2001: FIGHT TO SURVIVE ; SEPT. 11, 'PRODUCERS' TOP NEWS IN THEATER
THEATER news, by its very nature, is lighthearted fare, consisting for the most part of backstage feuds, Tony Award horse races and box-office winners and losers. This year was different....
'DOWN' TIME: GRIPPING DEPICTION OF ILL-FATED U.S. MISSION IN SOMALIA
BLACK HAWK DOWN Powerful, realistic but ultimately unsatisfying depiction of urban combat. Running Time: 144 minutes. Rated R (graphic violence). Loews Lincoln Square, Union Square Stadium 14. RIDLEY Scott's "Black...
TWO DEAD IN CRASH ON BQE
Two people died last night when their car smashed into a guardrail exiting the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway near Queens Boulevard. The accident happened at at 11:16 p.m. as the driver lost...
U.S. PREPARES GUANTANAMO POW CAMP
Preparations are under way to hold captured al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, 500 miles from the United States. The base...
CLOSEST PALS NEVER KNEW OF CON JUAN'S SECRET LIFE
The skirt-chasing broker fined $429 million by the NYSE for allegedly swindling clients lived a secret life his friends and lovers knew nothing about, a former pal told The Post....
GIULIANI TO DINKINS: DROP DEBT
Mayor Giuliani yesterday used one of his final vetoes in office to kill a bill that would have allowed an old rival and sometime critic to pay off a campaign...
NEW YASSER BID TO DEFY TRAVEL BAN
JERUSALEM - Yasser Arafat may try again to challenge Israel's travel ban, by attempting to attend two other Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, authorities said. Arafat, barred by Israel from leaving...
TEAM BLOOMY ADDS 5 'BELT TIGHTENERS'
Mayor-elect Mike Bloomberg yesterday added five new names to his administration, as he warned that all city agencies will have to do "more with less" because of budget belt-tightening. At...
STUDY: NEW YORK'S ROADS STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO
New York motorists have been experiencing "road age" - horribly bouncy rides because of crumbling roads. Our state ranks 31st in poor or mediocre roads, according to a state-by-state study...
CAB-FARE HIKE HAS TO WAIT FOR MIKE
The fate of the taxi fare hike is now in the hands of Mayor-elect Michael Bloomberg. After a long public hearing yesterday, the Taxi and Limousine Commission's board voted to...
'WE'VE ALREADY WON THE WAR': MAYOR'S MOVING FAREWELL SPEECH
An emotional Mayor Giuliani told New Yorkers in his moving farewell address yesterday that they have already overcome the terrorists who tried to demoralize the city on Sept. 11. "The...
THE DESIGNER SHOE BOMBER: TERRORIST SAYS HE RIGGED SNEAKERS
Globe-trotting sky-terror suspect Richard Reid told FBI agents he built his sneaker bombs on his own after buying the materials from a dealer he found through the Internet, it was...
BIG IDEAS TURNED BIG APPLE AROUND
AT 11 p.m. on Nov. 2, 1993 - the night Rudy Giuliani was elected mayor of New York City - a dead man lay face up on the sidewalk behind...
RUMSFELD: BIN THERE, DONE THAT
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday he's not giving much weight to an Afghan government official's claim that Osama bin Laden is alive and hiding with "friends" in...
CITY PANEL MUST DEAL WITH MOGUL'S BUSINESS CONFLICTS
A city ethics-board ruling about how Mayor-elect Mike Bloomberg must avoid conflicts with his media empire likely won't be made before he's sworn into office Tuesday, sources said. Bloomberg approached...
MARINES MOVING BASE TO KANDAHAR
WASHINGTON - The Marines are clearing out of Camp Rhino in Afghanistan and relocating their forward base to the Kandahar airport. They're moving out of the desert camp they occupied...
FBI GUNS STOLEN FROM AGENT'S CAR
Three high-powered FBI guns - along with a laptop computer and a digital camera - were stolen in Queens from an agent who left them overnight in a parked car,...
LEGAL & PHILANTHROPIC LEADER SQUADRON DIES
Howard Squadron, who rose from humble beginnings in The Bronx to become a leading philanthropist and one of the country's most powerful lawyers, has died. He was 75. "He was...
CHRISTMAS JEER FROM LIZZIE: SEE YOU IN COURT
Merry Christmas, white trash! Lawyers for publicity princess Lizzie Grubman - who mowed down 16 people last summer with her Mercedes-Benz - played Scrooge by slapping a subpoena on the...
HIZZONER'S LONG GOODBYE ON 'TWICE HALLOWED GROUND'
Another chapter was written yesterday in the long and storied history of St. Paul's Chapel when Mayor Giuliani selected it to deliver his farewell address. George Washington prayed in the...
SHOOTINGS DECLINE IN APPLE
The number of people shot on the Big Apple's streets has fallen by 11 a day from the average of eight years ago, as gunplay in the city plunged to...
IT WOULD BE A CRIME NOT TO GLOAT A LITTLE
Scores of stories have been written about Mayor's Giuliani's war on crime. But only one infuriated the mayor to the point where he saved it for nearly two years -...
RAY VOWS TERROR TRAINING FOR COPS
Incoming Police Commissioner Ray Kelly plans to have every NYPD cop trained to respond to "a terrorist situation." In an interview with The Post yesterday, Kelly said the attack on...
OSAMA VOWS DOOM EVEN FROM THE TOMB
"End . . . is imminent."Whether he lives or dies, the United States is doomed, Osama bin Laden warned in 33 minutes of rambling anti-U.S. rhetoric broadcast yesterday on an...
BUSTLE BECOMES BLOODY HYSTERIA
When James Rosado saw the carnage at Herald Square, in the shadow of the Empire State Building, he was sure he'd happened on another terrorist attack. "People were lying all...
7 BUSTED AS COPS CLEAR ARTS SITE
A long-running battle over an East Village community center ended yesterday when cops stormed the building, arresting seven protesters who refused to comply with an eviction order. Protesters chanted "shame,...
VAGRANT HELD IN QNS. DOG HORROR
A homeless man was charged yesterday with letting his dog run amok after a pack of five snarling canines mauled two people on the Rockaway boardwalk, critically injuring an elderly...
COP KILLS CHARGING PIT BULL
A Brooklyn cop shot and killed a pit bull yesterday after the dog lunged at him, police said. The incident occurred at about 9:45 a.m. at the Marcy Houses in...
COPS PROBING EAST SIDE SLAY
Asphyxiation was the cause of death of an Upper East Side man found murdered in his apartment, police said today. William Pincus, 64, was found dead Wednesday morning in his...
JUDGE STRAPS MIKE DOWN FOR DEPOSITION
Billionaire Mike Bloomberg must be grilled by lawyers in a legal fight with several ex-employees, a Manhattan judge has ruled. Federal Judge Richard Casey ordered the mayor-elect to sit for...
RACCOON RAIDERS ON BOOZE BINGE
Booze-guzzling raccoons are breaking into houses in Florida and helping themselves to beer and bread, authorities say. At least four homeowners have complained to animal control officers in the Fort...
STOLEN TORAH SCROLL RETURNED
A silver-cased Torah scroll stolen last week from a Brooklyn synagogue has been found, and cops are questioning a homeless man who sometimes eats and sleeps at the temple, a...
ROAD WARRIOR HILL SEEKS HOU$E HELP
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called on House leaders yesterday to follow the Senate's lead and lift a $100 million limit on federal aid to fix streets in and around lower...
WORKING NIGHTS CAN BE A REAL HEARTBREAKER: STUDY
People who work the night shift have an increased risk at developing heart disease, a new study concludes. Researchers looked at 12 healthy night workers - ages 24 to 34...
INSURANCE GIANTS RATE POORLY: STATE
ALBANY - Top auto insurers AIG and Allstate were among the worst on a new list of companies ranked by consumer complaints, the state Insurance Department said yesterday. AIG and...
RED CROSS HIRES EX-SENATE BOSS
American Red Cross brass announced yesterday they would appoint former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell to oversee the massive Liberty Disaster Fund collected for victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist...
CHARITABLE EX-COP'S FINEST HOLIDAY
An ex-NYPD cop turned Texas restaurateur served up a $20,000 donation yesterday for the widows and children of cops and firefighters killed at the World Trade Center. Joseph Palladino, co-owner...
YOU ARE NOW ENTERING RUDYTOWN
LaGuardia Airport, the George Washington Bridge, the FDR Drive. New York has a history of naming it's greatest public works after leaders who paths to greatness have passed through the...
MIDTOWN BUSTLE TURNS INTO BLOODY HYSTERIA - FEARS OF TERROR AMID SCREAMS OF THE INJURED
Many people who came upon the carnage at Herald Square yesterday were sure they'd happened upon another terrorist attack - while others frantically searched for co-workers or family members they...
JUDGE STRAPS MIKE DOWN FOR LAWSUIT DEPOSITION
Billionaire Mike Bloomberg must be grilled by lawyers in a legal fight with several ex-employees, a Manhattan judge has ruled. Federal Judge Richard Casey ordered the mayor-elect to sit for...
NIGHTMARE ON 34TH ST.: SIX DEAD IN HOLIDAY VAN CRASH
Six people died and 11 were injured yesterday when an out-of-control delivery van lurched into a Herald Square crosswalk jammed with pedestrians at rush hour. Several victims were crushed between...
GAEL FORCE STOPS HALL
MSG HOLIDAY CLASSIC Iona 73 Seton Hall 70Manhattan 82 Fordham 72 The best team in the city may not be the best team in the MAAC. With its 82-72 win...
BIRD 'D' CLAMPS DOWN IN RED ZONE
GIANT NOTES If the Giants' late-season playoff run falls short, many people will remember the team's 10-9 loss to the Eagles earlier in the season, when the Giants managed just...
THE NOT-SO-SPECIAL RANGERS ; PP, PENALTY-KILL UNITS INEPT
SAN JOSE - Same team, different team. The numbers are not only stunning, they are downright inscrutable. For when the Rangers, who open a demanding six-game road trip here tonight...
THOMAS: I WON'T KISS UP TO REFS
KNICK NOTES CLEVELAND - Kurt Thomas doesn't plan to change. Responding to Knicks coach Don Chaney's wish that he establish a better relationship with the referees, Thomas said he's not...
FRIEND'S DEATH LED VG TO TRANSFORM LIFE
CLEVELAND - While the Knicks may or may not be battling in the first round of the playoffs on April 29, Jeff Van Gundy has definite plans. Van Gundy will...
JINTS HAVE CONFIDENCE IN COLLINS
While observers have seen many versions of Kerry Collins during his time with the Giants, his teammates have seen only one. "He's always the same," said Ike Hilliard, who caught...
CRABBY CAMBY VOWS TO PLAY
CLEVELAND - A surly Marcus Camby vowed to play tonight when the Knicks visit the Cavs, temporarily ending the team's worst fears his sore left foot would keep him out...
NUGGET GOLD MAY TEMPT BROWN TO HEAD OUT WEST
AS MUCH as Larry Brown has flourished in Philly since assuming command in 1997 and as much cheese ($6 million) as he annually stashes, nobody in the NBA vaguely familiar...
HERM TAKES WEIGHT OFF JETS
JET NOTES In a move that has a lot of "smiles on players' faces," according to Vinny Testaverde, Herman Edwards revealed yesterday that he plans to practice the players without...
JET O-LINE WORKING ON DOUBLE DIP
In Pittsburgh, Jerome Bettis is "The Bus" the Steelers are riding into the playoffs. In New York, the bus the Jets will ride into a first postseason berth since the...
BAN NO LONGER THORN-Y ISSUE
NET NOTES AUBURN HILLS - Rod Thorn sounded pretty ticked off when Kenyon Martin was slapped with a one game suspension by the league. But last night the Nets team...
YEAH, BUT WHO'S GONNA GET THE OTHER GUYS OUT?
NOW that the Mets officially have added Mo Vaughn to their run-starved offense - and Juan Gonzalez is right around the corner - there is the real chance that next...
MO FINALLY JOINS SHEA SWAT TEAM ; VAUGHN-FOR-APPIER GOES DOWN AT LAST; GONZO STILL IN LIMBO
Think of all this as back-to-back, tape-measure home runs. That's what these new Monster Mets will be hitting and most likely surrendering next summer. Continuing the Amazin' transformation from major...
NETS FIND FORMULA FOR PALACE SUCCESS
Nets 88 Pistons 75 AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - For nearly eight years, covering 14 games, the secret to winning here had befuddled the Nets like the mystery of life. Nothing...
ONE MO ROADBLOCK FOR METS TO BYPASS: APPIER-ANGELS PACT LAST STICKING POINT
If all goes right for the Mets, think of this Slow-Mo trade week as back-to-back monster home runs. That's something these new-look Mets will be hitting and most likely surrendering...
NETS CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE MARTIN'S FIRE
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Something was missing. Richard Jefferson stepped in nicely netting points and rebounds and did as well, if not better, from a statistical viewpoint. But the Nets...
STEPPING UP TRIPS UP KEITH
NET NOTES AUBURN HILLS - With Kenyon Martin out Wednesday night, Keith Van Horn decided to step up and do more. It was a bad decision, one of many. Instead...
HUNTING BOOKLET DEFINES GROUPS
THE number of conservation groups grows ever larger and while some are there to protect hunting, others are there to try to end the sport that we love so much....
RULAND'S RULES GET GAEL FORCE MOVIN'
Iona had just lost to, check that, had been blown out by Wagner, 88-73, a game in which the Gaels had committed 21 turnovers by halftime, to fall to 0-6...
JASPERS GREEN ALL OVER
Manhattan 82 Fordham 72 With 5:29 left and his team clinging to a four-point lead, Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez looked his point guard, VonDamien Green, square in the eyes and...
YAHOO! GETS HOTJOBS FOR $436M; MERGER OFF
Yahoo! Inc. clinched its deal to buy Hotjobs.com Ltd. for $436 million in cash and stock, after spoiling the second-biggest online career site's planned merger with TMP Worldwide Inc. Earlier...
STATE SUES A DEADBEAT WTC TENANT
New York State is going after a World Trade Center tenant for $1.44 million now that it has signed a lease for New Jersey offices. The company, Garban Intercapital, reneged...
NESTLE'S APPETITE NOT YET SATISFIED
It just laid out $641 million to become the sole owner of Haagen-Dazs ice cream, but Nestle SA may be screaming for more. Besides Haagen-Dazs, the company also bought European...
CABLEVISION AXES 600 TO HELP SAVE $55M
Cablevision, the cable TV operator that owns Madison Square Garden and the New York Knicks, will lay off about 600 employees, or 4 percent of its workforce. The job cuts...
BRITNEY BEATS BIN LADEN ON YAHOO!'S BUZZ INDEX
Teen popster Britney Spears narrowly missed the top spot on Yahoo! Inc.'s Buzz Index - edged out by Sony PlayStation 2. But the not-so-innocent teeny bopper ranked above Osama bin...
BEAUTY'S FACELIFT ; $16B INDUSTRY GETS NEW LOOK
When beauty is pain - the truism warns - it's time for a change. The $16 billion beauty industry has hit another crossroads in its perennial effort to keep women...
BABA SNAGS JFK JR. AUTHOR
ABC's "20/20" has apparently snagged the first TV interview with Richard Blow when his controversial John F. Kennedy Jr. book, "American Son," appears this spring, sources have told Media Ink....