January 14, 2002
SOHO HOUSE SETS OPENING
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amOne of London's most exclusive private clubs has landed a New York outpost for its first stateside hotel - right over Jean-Georges Vongerichten's new restaurant, Spice Market. The Post has...
'OPRAH' TAKES A TUMBLE
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amOPRAH Winfrey, now in her 15th year, has scored her worst ratings ever. In the most recent ratings - for the final week of the December - she dropped below...
'MILLIONAIRE' MAY BE TOO FAR GONE TO SAVE
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amPASADENA, Calif. - Red-faced ABC execs admitted yesterday the network has come close to killing "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire" with too many celebrity gimmicks. "It got away from...
ROBBINS' TWOFER BY NYCB
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amNEW YORK CITY BALLETAt the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. Through Feb. 24. (212) 870-5570. ------------ JEROME Robbins may have been a king on Broadway but with New York...
IT'S NOT A CLEAR 'CHOICE'
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amHOBSON'S CHOICEAtlantic Theater Company, 336 W. 20th St. Through Feb. 10. Tele-Charge (212) 239-6200. ------- IT'S one of the oldest patterns in comedy. The daughter of a successful businessman can...
JAYHAWKS UNPLUGGED
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amIN the mid-'80s, the Jayhawks struck a chord with their roots-rock music and the vocal harmonies of Mark Olsen and Gary Louris. After Olsen left, the Minneapolis band played on,...
CURSE OF 'THE FULL MONTY' - WILL DIRECTOR EVER SCORE ANOTHER HIT
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amPARK CITY, Utah - British director Peter Cattaneo is back at Sundance for the first time since 1997, when his debut film, "The Full Monty" won the audience award on...
THE MAMA'S BOY WHO DREAMED UP SEPT. 11 - VISITING THE APARTMENT WHERE THE HIDEOUS KILLERS MET
January 14, 2002 | 5:00am"Investigative Reports: Portrait of a Terrorist" [ 1/2] Tonight at 10 on A&E * "Frontline: Inside the Terror Network" [ ] Thursday night at 9 on WNET/Ch. 13 ----- THEY...
FOOTBALL FOLLIES - TELLING TALES ABOUT WHAT REALLY WENT ON BEHIND THE MIC DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF 'MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL'
January 14, 2002 | 5:00am"Monday Night Mayhem" [ ] Tonight on TNT at 9 ------ IN my house, Monday night was party night. My dad, my brother and all his friends who wanted in...
STARR REPORT
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amLeno to address Rudolph-Adolf comparison? The fact that ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani is visiting Jay Leno's "Tonight Show" on Wednesday isn't that interesting - until you remember that, last April, Leno...
THE SOUND OF SILENCE
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amPARK CITY, Utah - Christopher Plummer steals the show in "Lucky Break" as a warden who is so thrilled prisoners are staging his musical about Admiral Nelson that he's oblivious...
BEEP PULLS PORTRAIT OF QUEENS' QUEEN
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amNew Queens Borough President Helen Marshall is yanking down the portrait of a British queen who has rankled residents because she profited from slavery. Marshall plans to remove from Borough...
HELL-RAISER HARRY - LURED GIRLS TO ESTATE FOR BOOZE-&-DOPE FESTS
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amPot-smoking Prince Harry was described last night as a party animal who lured teenage girls back to the basement of his dad's country home for private booze parties. The royal...
SHEIK-DOWN TO BOO$T AFGHANS - U.S. PRODDING GULF NATIONS TO PAY FAIR SHARE
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amThe United States is asking oil-rich Arab countries in the Persian Gulf to pour cash into rebuilding Afghanistan - a task Afghan leaders claim will cost a staggering $45 billion....
RIVAL: MISS FRANCE DOESN'T MEASURE UP
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amScandal has rocked the Miss France contest for the second straight year over claims the winner is too short to claim the title. Petite stunner Sylvie Tellier, 22, was recently...
MEMO WARNED 'SPY' PROBE OF WEN HO WOE
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amTop Justice Department officials sent up warning flares about the Wen Ho Lee espionage investigation long before the probe crashed and burned, a new report says. John Dion, chief of...
ATTA'S GERMAN MENTOR DEVASTATED BY ATTACKS
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amA retired teacher says she had a mental breakdown after learning Mohamed Atta, the student she brought to Germany to foster international friendship, was the ringleader in the Sept. 11...
HUNG-UP PHONES ARE THEIR CALLING
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amTHE weather was a blustery 25 degrees and there was a hard, frozen rain blowing into Stu Abrams' face as he arrived at the corner of Liberty and Grant avenues...
FINAL JOURNEY FOR HEROES
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amThe bodies of six Marines killed when their refueling plane crashed in Pakistan were on their way home yesterday. Meanwhile, the U.S. military transported another 30 al Qaeda and Taliban...
PATAKI IN PUSH FOR VOTE ON SECRET HEALTH DEAL
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki and state lawmakers continued secret talks on a multibillion-dollar health-care deal yesterday, as Pataki appeared ready to take extraordinary action to get it quickly approved. Legislative...
MCCALL & CUOMO AGREE ON ACCESS TO ABORTION PILL
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - The two leading Democratic contenders for governor say the state should follow California and Washington's lead by making the "morning after" pill available without prescription. Former Housing and...
NJ TRANSIT BOOSTS SERVICE IN BID TO EASE 9/11 BURDEN
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amNew Jersey Transit commuters are in for some changes today as the agency shuffles schedules and adds rush-hour trains to accommodate increased ridership. The changes include four extra Midtown Direct...
IT'S SLOW GOING FOR WTC BOARD
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amSix weeks after its creation, critics have said the city-state panel charged with rebuilding Ground Zero is moving too slowly and the scope of its powers is still in question....
DRIVER BILL GIVES TERRORISTS LICENSE TO KILL: CRITICS
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - The lawmaker who brought you the ban on hand-held cell phones while driving is now pushing a controversial plan to allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses, The...
ESU'S 'BEST' CALLS IT QUITS AFTER 28 YRS.
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amVeteran Emergency Service cop Mark DeMarco was nearly killed in the WTC disaster - but he survived to preserve the memory of the men who never made it out. Last...
EX-NYPD FLACK TO JOIN BARBARA AS '20/20' HOST
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amBarbara Walters finally has a new partner in prime time. ABC newsman John Miller - who was once chief spokesman for the NYPD - has been tapped to fill one...
ASSASSINS ACT OUT ON VILLAINOUS VIDEOTAPE
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amA chilling new six-hour video shows al Qaeda terrorists training for deadly missions - including an apparent attack on a Washington motorcade and another on world leaders at a golf...
ISRAEL 'DOZER DEBATE - DEMOLITION OF GAZA HOMES HAS NATION IN AN UPROAR
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Debate raged in Israel yesterday over the bulldozing of two dozen Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip, with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon saying the demolition was part of...
SCA GIVES $40,000 CONTRACT TO EX-BOSS
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amAt a time of belt-tightening, the School Construction Authority approved a $40,000 consulting contract for its former president Milo Riverso, officials said. The SCA - whose trustees include representatives of...
GARDENS ARE THE ROOT OF HUBBUB
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amLower East Side housing advocates are fuming over a battle to save a pair of community gardens that they fear will cost the neighborhood $16 million worth of federally funded...
'BURB BIGS BOOST CUOMO CAMPAIGN
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amDEMOCRATIC gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo is close to winning support from New York's most important suburban party leaders, sources have told The Post. Former federal Housing Secretary Cuomo, battling state...
DEPUTY MAYOR ONCE HATED N.Y.
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amThe new deputy mayor for economic development didn't always love New York. In fact, Dan Doctoroff, who was raised in the Midwest, remembers hating it - until a view of...
POLICE OUT IN FORCE TO POUNCE ON PEDDLERS
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amCops yesterday blitzed Ground Zero vendors with a barrage of tickets as authorities continued their campaign against peddlers capitalizing on the Twin Towers tragedy to sell counterfeit NYPD and FDNY...
KARAN CLERK ACCUSED IN $1M SCAM
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amA former Donna Karan employee was involved in an elaborate scam to steal more than $1 million from the New York fashion queen, authorities say. Helen Monaco, 32, a former...
NEWS CORP. VEEP O'NEILL RETIRES
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amBill O'Neill, executive vice president of human resources for News Corp., is retiring today on the 50th anniversary of his employment at the company, where he has served in many...
ENRIQUE HITS SOUR NOTE WITH OLD BITTERNESS TOWARD DAD
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amEnrique Iglesias says his superstar dad Julio cruelly taunted him earlier in his career - insisting he would flop as a Latin pop singer. The insults even continued, Enrique says,...
'SHOE' PROBE EYES FRENCH CONNECTION
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amInvestigators are searching for a link between airline shoe bomber Richard Reid and a French terror suspect tied to Osama bin Laden's European network. Probers believe Reid may have been...
LET RIDGE TOSS OUT CIVIL LIBERTIES
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amI SUSPECT there are not too many citizens of the terrorists' favorite countries who are interested in Olympic bobsled races. That gives us all an edge as far as security...
'FANTASTICK' FINISH - LEGENDARY OFF-B'WAY HIT SHUTS DOWN AFTER 41 YRS.
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amThe curtain finally came down on "The Fantasticks" last night after nearly 42 years and a staggering 17,162 performances at the Sullivan Street Playhouse. The legendary musical has entertained generations...
MCCALL RIPS DEMS AS UN-GAL-LANT
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - In a surprising rebuke, Democratic gubernatorial wannabe r Carl McCall yesterday attacked his own party. "The Democratic Party, as an organization, really does not exist," the comptroller told...
MULLAH'S WACKY RICKSHAW ESCAPE
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amAmerican forces came within a whisker of killing elusive Taliban chief Mullah Mohammed Omar last fall - but he fled his Kandahar compound in a rickshaw, it was reported yesterday....
BUBBA'S $200,000 PAYDAY - LECTURE FEE SETS NEW HIGH
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amFormer President Bill Clinton is expected to be paid an astounding $200,000 for a speech he'll deliver tonight in Los Angeles - apparently the highest-ever lecture fee in the United...
RETURN OF COMMUTER TAX COULD BE FUND-AMENTAL
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amThe restoration of the commuter tax may be in the cards again in a different incarnation: as a fund dedicated to specific city projects, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said yesterday....
IT'S HASTA LA VISTA, BABY, AFTER CUBA-BOUND CAPT. WEDS
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amHurry up and marry. An officer - who's reporting for duty today - and his bride tied the knot on the double yesterday in a casual Brooklyn Bridge ceremony. "Did...
MIKE AGREES: BETSY SHOULDN'T BE HERONNER IF HE'S OUT OF PICTURE
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg said yesterday that he agrees with the public advocate that she should not be the one who ascends to the mayoralty if he cannot serve. "People vote for...
ENRON PROBERS SEEK SOMEONE WHO'LL SING
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Federal investigators are reportedly looking for a rat to finger the big cheeses who may have run afoul of the law during Enron Corp.'s colossal collapse. The Los...
DOOZY OF A BULLDOZING - GAZA HOME DEMOLITIONS HAVE ISRAEL IN AN UPROAR
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Debate raged in Israel yesterday over last week's bulldozing of two dozen Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip, with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon defending the demolition as a...
GOV IN PUSH FOR SECRET HEALTH DEAL
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki and state lawmakers continued secret talks on a multibillion-dollar health-care deal yesterday, as Pataki appeared ready to take extraordinary action to get it quickly approved. Legislative...
CHAPLIN COLOR REEL IS FOUND
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amRare color footage showing Charlie Chaplin filming his 1940 classic, "The Great Dictator," has been discovered in a suitcase at his former Swiss home. The home movie, hailed as one...
BUSH AGENDA HAS TEETH IN IT
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amEven presidents have to go to the dentist. President Bush usually weekends at the rustic Camp David presidential retreat, but this time, he had a date with the tooth-man Saturday...
FINAL JOURNEY FOR HEROES ON TRAGIC TANKER
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amThe bodies of six Marines killed when their refueling plane crashed in Pakistan were on their way home yesterday. Meanwhile, the U.S. military transported another 30 alQaeda and Taliban prisoners...
ENRON DIDN'T OPEN CABINET: WE BLEW OFF CALLS FOR HELP, BUSH BIGS SAY
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -Two Bush Cabinet members said yesterday they never considered intervening during Enron's collapse into bankruptcy -and didn't bother to tell President Bush about the energy trader's calls for help....
FEDS SEE THE LIGHT AT END OF RECESSION
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amTwo top members of President Bush's team yesterday suggested the worst of the recession is behind us now. "We're probably a little closer to the end than we are the...
LOU HAS DEVIL OF A MOVE TO MAKE
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amTHE time has come for Lou Lamoriello to decide about this Devils team of his - the one that hasn't won three games in a row since Nov. 1 but...
A 'D'-FLATING END
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amJET REPORT CARDQUARTERBACKS: A Vinny Testaverde (27-41, 277 yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs) was at his best, keeping the Jets right in the game while Oakland threatened to run away.RUNNING...
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, JETS'LL BE BACK - HERM HAS GANG GROWING
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amBE honest, now. You didn't really think the Jets were going to the Super Bowl this year, did you? I mean, after all, it is the Jets we're talking about...
COLLINSWORTH DROPS BALL ON GILBERT
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amNONSENSE served as analysis before, during and after yesterday's Niners-Packers broadcast. In the pregame, Fox's Cris Collinsworth said that Green Bay would be stronger with the return of corpulent DT...
HERM'S DBS COME UP EMPTY
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amHerman Edwards is not the sort to look back on losses or rue failures gone by. But as a detail-minded perfectionist, he can't help but look back at his Jets'...
CHANEY: KNICKS' BIG 3 STAYING PUT
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Don Chaney's conversations with GM Scott Layden have been about trades issues rather than his own job security. But Chaney said the Knicks aren't going to rush into...
WASHINGTON'S HEROICS POWER DOUGLASS IN OT
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amOVERTIME: Douglass 80 - Park West 70Lewis 50 - Bergtraum 44 In its run to the PSAL quarterfinals last year, Frederick Douglass learned to make do with the players it...
CHAMBERS SPRAIN STRAINS FISH
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amAFC NOTES MIAMI - The Dolphins' offense suffered a blow before yesterday's AFC Wild Card game when rookie wide receiver Chris Chambers was placed on the inactive list. Chambers sprained...
CAP HOLDS KEY TO HOW MANY WILL BE BACK
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amJET NOTES Herman Edwards said yesterday that he wants "all my good players back" on the team for next season. He went on, however, to say that many would be...
ROUGH WEEK TO HAVE NETS SEEING STARS
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amTim Duncan, Michael Jordan, Vince Carter, Steve Francis. And that's only half of the dilemma immediately laying in front of the Nets. After the Nets wade through this minefield week...
RANGERS CAN'T WAIT FOR LOW ANY LONGER
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amWE'RE loathe to add insult on top of injury, but still, while the Rangers wait for Eric Lindros, the head coach can't. Which is to say that Ron Low, whose...
PACK RIDES WAVE OF LAMBEAU LORE - GIVES SAN FRAN BOOT IN FINAL GAME BEFORE STADIUM MAKEOVER
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amGREEN BAY - The reshaping of Lambeau Field in the name of progress begins tomorrow, when wrecking balls start a facelift that will result in expanded capacity and snazzier luxury...
AIRING JON'S GUTTERMOUTH EARNS ABC 'F'
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amSHORTLY before 10 p.m. ET, Saturday, ABC, the Disney network, treated the kids in its national audience to a closeup, slo-mo replay of Raiders coach Jon Gruden unmistakably shouting the...
THE KNICKS JUST CAN'T GET A BREAK
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amAnd on the Seventh Day, the post-Van Gundy Knicks did not rest. Breaking with custom, embattled Don Chaney staged an emergency Sunday practice at Purchase College, showing 45 minutes of...
EDWARDS: WTC MADE US CLOSER
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amMuch of what makes Herman Edwards such an effective football coach and leader of men is the trust he gains from his players. Edwards is anything but superficial. Asked yesterday...
MARTIN'S MANTRA: ONE MORE YEAR
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amTHE Jets don't have to listen to me telling them to bring Vinny Testaverde back, because I'm partial to the guy, and they don't have to base their ultimate call...
FAVRE PSYCHED FOR CLASH OF QBS
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amGREEN BAY - The best quarterback doesn't always win the game, but this coming Sunday this much is a given: Either the best or second-best quarterback in the NFL will...
VIN'S FUTURE UP IN THE AIR - DECISION ON TESTAVERDE EXPECTED SOON
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amThe final result was a bitter one. The Jets' 2001 season, however, has to be considered at least a moderate success with a new head coach and an entirely new...
RAVENS RUN WILD IN MIAMI - BILLICK'S BUNCH IN CHAMPIONSHIP FORM
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amMIAMI - It's time to be afraid. Be very afraid. The Ravens are back, and looking every bit as intimidating as they did this time last year. In the aftermath...
MONEY MAN MCNABB CASHES IN - SAPP SAYS DONOVAN MAKES PHILLY SPECIAL
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amThe big man was getting irritated. The big, beaten man, Warren Sapp, had just endured the indignity of a 31-9 loss to the Eagles in a game where his Buccaneers...
RAVENS KEEP ON FLYING - DOLPHINS CAN'T SOLVE BILLICK'S FORMULA
January 14, 2002 | 5:00amMIAMI - The formula as explained by Ravens head coach Brian Billick, seems almost too simplistic for today's high-tech era of football: "Play good defense, try to run the ball,...