February 3, 2002
CAUTION PAYS OFF IN RETURNS FOR VONTOBEL FUND
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amAFTER the market plummeted last September, Edwin Walczak, like many other value managers, jumped on the opportunity to buy many stocks that he'd had his eye on - and were...
WHERE DONNY DEUTSCH WORKS
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amIt's not about the desk for Donny Deutsch. The chairman and CEO of Deutsch, a division of the Interpublic Group of advertising agencies, rarely sits there. "I manage by walking...
STOCKS ARE VERY CHEAP : PRO THINKS NOW'S THE TIME TO BUY
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amIf you're one of those investors who is staying out of the market because stock valuations are too high, Lehman Brothers strategist Charlie Reinhard has three questions for you: *...
WINNICK'S WILD RIDE : GLOBAL CROSSING HIGH-FLIER CRASHES TO EARTH
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amGary Winnick isn't a household name, but he does hold the record for becoming a billionaire faster than anyone in U.S. history. He also lost his $5 billion fortune even...
BULL'S EYE
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amWE'RE GIVING ENRON $245M? Bush was touting the stimulus package in Tuesday's State of the Union address, but maybe he should take another look at it. We were just wondering...
INVESTORS: LISTEN TO W; THE PRESIDENT SAID, 'DEFENSE'
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amForget your broker - you should be listening to President Bush. Bush's annual State of the Union speech Tuesday did more than outline his goals and agenda for the year....
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: SHANE WEST
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amHeartthrob Shane West may play a reformed high school punk in the movie "A Walk to Remember," opposite pop star Mandy Moore, but in real life, the Louisiana-born actor was...
IT'S SLOW TIME, FOLKS!
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amWhenever I see an actor bust up a roomful of furniture while trying to tie his shoe or utter lines that can only be deciphered by Dr. Dolittle, I have...
TOXIC AVENGER'S CLASSY COMPANY
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amWhat do Sissy Spacek and the Toxic Avenger have in common? They share, in a manner of speaking, a shabby brownstone on Ninth Avenue that has been home to Troma...
COIL SCULPTURE HELPS KEEP HIM WIRED
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amNear the corner of West Broadway and Spring Street on a recent sunny Sunday, Pat Stecher sits at his sidewalk card table and takes requests. "Make a likeness of Tiger,"...
UNACUSTOMED TO YE OLD ENGLISH WAYS
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amI have lived in New York for 18 months now, but there are quite a few aspects of American life I still find hard to accept. Like obsessive coffee drinking,...
BIO PLAYS FAIL TO KEEP THINGS REAL
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amWe are a society obsessed with biography. So it's not surprising that the theater, following in the wake of television and the movies, is providing us with a few choice...
LOCAL FILM CO. GOOD MACHINE BULKING UP WITH BIG BUDGET 'HULK' FLICK
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amWhen the name Ang Lee, who directed "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," is mentioned, few people might conjure the image of a TV junkie hooked on ballroom dancing. But that's just...
CAREFULLY CRAFTED BAR WORTH TOASTING
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amCraft Bar 47 E. 19th St. (between Broadway & Park Avenue South) (212) 780-0880 One of the winningest concepts to come down the dining pike is the casual annex to...
DIPPITY DO : GET READY FOR THE BIG GAME WITH A SUPER BOWL OF DIP
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amCall it the Scooper Bowl. Should you doubt that sports fans are big dippers, consider this: Some 26 million avocados will be consumed today, mostly in the form of guacamole....
MAXIM-UM GAFFE : NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT MAG'S CRUEL JOKES
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amA tasteless joke published in a recent issue of Maxim magazine has animal lovers in an uproar. The source of the outrage, submitted by a San Francisco reader named John...
BIG SHIELD IN BIG EASY : SUPER BOWL IS NO MARDI GRAS AMID DRUM-TIGHT SECURITY
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amAmid heightened security and the hoopla around football's biggest bash, Super Bowl XXXVI kicks off today in New Orleans between the New England Patriots and the St. Louis Rams. The...
DUELING GROUNDHOGS' HAZY FORECAST
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amIt's getting so that you don't know which groundhog to trust. Staten Island Chuck says spring is right around the corner. But gloomy Punxsutawney Phil says we're due for six...
VEGAS PROBERS AIM TO KO TYSON ON RAPE RAPS
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amEmbattled boxer Mike Tyson could get slammed by a one-two punch - now that Las Vegas police have recommended the former heavyweight champion be charged with sexual assault in two...
3 BADLY INJURED IN BRONX APT. INFERNO
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amTwo adults and a 3-year-old girl were critically injured early yesterday when a fire broke out in their Bronx apartment. The blaze erupted at 4:16 a.m. on the top floor...
SWAN SONG? IT'S MARIAH ON THE LINE
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amFallen pop diva Mariah Carey hopes her "Emotions" don't get in her way when she sings the national anthem at today's Super Bowl - a patriotic performance that could make...
BUSH: MY REFORM SAVES SAVINGS
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amPresident Bush said yesterday his proposed changes to 401(k) retirement plans will allow employees to more easily sell company stock and greatly reduce the risk of Enron-type losses. "Employees who...
HERO CRAFTED LEGACY OF GOOD WILL
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amTears flowed in the icy wind yesterday as hundreds of New York's Bravest, friends and family braved the freezing cold and said goodbye to firefighter Robert King Jr. The Engine...
EX-ENRON BOSS TO LAY IT OUT FOR CONGRESS
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - His last high-risk venture crashed and burned, but disgraced former Enron chairman Kenneth Lay appears ready to gamble again. Against the ardent advice of his lawyers, Lay is...
DIMWITS ONLY DEMONSTRATE THEIR OWN IGNORANCE
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amJOHN KEATING of Manchester, N.H., was standing diagonally opposite the Waldorf-Astoria, fiercely waving his sign: "No New War Against Somalia." He was asked politely, "Where is Somalia?" Equally politely he...
SHARON WARNS PLO IN PARLEY
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - A tough-talking Ariel Sharon dished out five preconditions for peace talks to Palestinian officials last week, a top Israeli official revealed. The Israeli prime minister met three top...
NO CATFIGHTING IN MIKE'S INNER FAMILY CIRCLE
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amIF Mayor Bloomberg could pull off this one, then taming the unions should be a jog on the beach. By the end of his first day in office, Bloomberg accomplished...
SNITCHES IN A SNIT OVER SLOW-GOING UNION PROBE
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amThe feds are dragging their feet in cleaning up a powerful city union whose officials allegedly dole out no-show jobs and pay the mob, whistle-blowing members of the local told...
QUEEN TO VISIT DIANA'S GRAVE
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amQueen Elizabeth is going where she's never gone before - to visit Princess Diana's grave. It would be the first time the queen would get a chance to visit the...
NAMATH-VILLE NEGLECTS HOMETOWN HERO
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amBEAVER FALLS, Pa. EVERYBODY knows about the greatest upset of them all and how Joe Namath guaranteed the Jets would topple the Colts in Super Bowl III. One man above...
NEW HOPE FOR REPORTER : PAKISTAN CALLS KIDNAP-EXECUTION CLAIM A HOAX
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amReports of kidnapped journalist Daniel Pearl's execution are likely a hoax, the Pakistani government said yesterday, raising hopes the Wall Street Journal reporter might be rescued alive. As his pregnant...
CANDLE EYED IN UPPER EAST SIDE BLAZE
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amA candle may have sparked a smoky three-alarm blaze in an Upper East Side high-rise yesterday that slightly injured three and forced a handful of residents to flee to the...
COPS: PHONY CALL LEADS TO BUST OF PERV SUSPECT
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amAn alleged serial child-molester stumbled into his own arrest after faking an assault, police said. Officers from the 105th Precinct responding to a sexual-assault call Friday were diverted to a...
MORE SELLERS SLIP AND FALL IN HUNTS PT. BANANA WAR
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amThe Hunts Point banana drama has claimed the skins of three more veteran produce sellers, The Post has learned. Unfair tactics by a major banana importer that some say inflates...
BLOOMBERG PLAN TO TAP HUDSON ALL WET
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amA leading environmentalist is throwing cold water on Mayor Bloomberg's last-resort drought plan, saying the city can't tap the Hudson River without first committing to a new $6 billion filtration...
HE'S A 'DAD' RINGER : CHELSEA'S BEAU LOOKS JUST LIKE A YOUNG BUBBA
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amThere may be one very good reason why Chelsea Clinton has fallen for her new man, fellow Oxford University student Ian Klause - he's a dead ringer for her father...
POWER ELITE CAN'T DIM VOWS OF LOVE
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amA billion watts of power surged through the World Economic Forum this week - but it wasn't enough to top the power of love. The bigwigs, billionaires and assorted celebrities...
ROWDY FEW SHAKE CALM OF PROTEST
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amThe sting of pepper spray filled the air in Midtown yesterday, as the first raucous, large-scale demonstrations struck the World Economic Forum. Despite a few dozen arrests - and one...
HOSP HERO COLLARS THUG PREYING ON PATIENT: COPS
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amA brave female hospital worker single-handedly captured a would-be rapist who attempted to pounce on a sedated patient at a Brooklyn hospital, cops said. "I wasn't going to let him...
YANKS & METS PARKS LOOKING SAAAAFE!
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amEven with all the huffing and puffing of recent weeks, the House that Ruth Built shows no signs of being blown down any time soon. The same goes for the...
COZY COTTAGE IS HER MERRIE OLDE LOVE NEST
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amWhen she's not hanging out in London with her showbiz pals or drinking cocktails in Oxford's hippest bars, Chelsea Clinton escapes to a secret country pad for romantic weekends. It's...
HOT TICKET: BLOOMY'S BIG-BUCKS GOV BASH
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amIt's the ticket money probably can't buy in New York this week. At $15,000 a plate, the megabucks soiree that Mayor Bloomberg is hosting for Gov. Pataki on Wednesday -...
STATE-OF-CONFUSION ADDRESS SCARES US
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amLAST week, President Bush gave such a rousing State of the Union Address that he got more standing ovations than all 17,162 performances of "The Fantasticks" combined. Rousing, sure -...
DOC'S TRAGIC MIND GAMES : HOW INSANITY LED HER TO KILL PARENTS
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amEverybody saw her "beautiful mind" unraveling, but no one could do anything to stop it. Kathleen Hagen was a brilliant doctor and rising star in the traditionally male world of...
VICTORIA GOTTI
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amARE the city's political powerhouses committed to rebuilding New York? Do they really expect us to heal post-9/11 with added chaos and confusion caused by an event we could all...
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ARRESTS
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amThe NYPD's arrest tally for the World Economic Forum reached double digits for the first time yesterday. At 9:50 a.m., police arrested Nicholas Taylor, 21, of Columbia, Mo., with disorderly...
NO SYMPATHY FOR SUMMERALL : FRAUDULENT PAT WAS BAD GUY IN SPLIT WITH FOX
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amI HATE writing this. I don't like kicking 71-year-old men who are perceived to be down. And out. But enough is enough. Since Pat Summerall, nearly two weeks ago, announced...
IT'S A CASE OF DYNASTY VS. DESTINY
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amNEW ORLEANS - For the Rams, this is about forging a dynasty. For the Patriots, it is a matter of destiny. A place of honor among the great NFL champions...
HEY, RAMS: THIS WON'T BE EASY ;:BELICHICK'S UNDERDOGS ARE NOBODY'S PATSIES
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amNEW ORLEANS - A season that began with tragedy, Korey Stringer dropping dead in the swelter of summer, and was then interrupted by the unimaginable, unthinkable terror and atrocity of...
MAGIC UP A CREEK WITHOUT A BIG MAN
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amANY day now, expect Doc Rivers to start grousing about the undersized Magic not being able to compete with the big boys, which was evident from training camp and has...
SUCCESS HAS LEFT DEVILS SPOILED ROTTEN
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amWHETHER the Devils won or lost, you always had a pretty good idea of what the organization stood for, what it represented. Now, in the wake of Larry Robinson's dismissal,...
AT 80, GOWDY STILL THE AMERICAN SPORTSMAN
February 3, 2002 | 5:00am'THE American Sportsman" and Curt Gowdy were a perfect fit. For a score of years the popular host took us on hunting and fishing trips with characters such as Phil...
THE HITS WILL KEEP ON COMING :OLYMPIANS MUST PUT TEAM ASIDE
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amSO WHAT if it's for the gold medal? What if the U.S. is playing Canada, what if Eric Lindros is in vulnerable full flight and it's Brian Leetch's responsibility to...
HOT-STOVE HEROES AND ZEROES : BUD'S A DUD; YANKS & METS CREAM OF CROP
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amTHE embers of the Hot Stove League have been extinguished. The scent of the ocean breeze of spring training is so close you can smell it. It's time to assess...
ARROMANCHES RUNS WIN STREAK TO 10
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amThe hard-knocking claiming horse Arromanches will never be mistaken for a Hall-of-Fame stakes runner. But yesterday the grey, nearly-white 9-year-old took another step toward the record of 16 straight victories...
STORM SEEK HOKIE REVERSAL
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amBLACKSBURG, Va. - St. John's coach Mike Jarvis defiantly told reporters Friday that anyone who believes last season's loss at Virginia Tech was the beginning of the end for the...
MENDOZA, EL DUQUE OK PACTS
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amThe Yankees signed both Orlando Hernandez and Ramiro Mendoza yesterday, but speculation remains that only one of them will be with the club on Opening Day. Hernandez and Mendoza avoided...
PARCELLS GETS SNUBBED AGAIN : LATEST FILET OF TUNA IS A FOUL-SMELLING DISH
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amNEW ORLEANS - Tuna got cooked, charred, and broiled here yesterday. Bill Parcells was robbed. Bill Parcells deserves to be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But at least...
KIDD RIPS UP RAPTORS : HITS 31 AS NETS WIN 31ST
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amNets98 Raptors91 When in doubt, use the KISS method: Keep It Simple, Stupid. And in the end-game yesterday at the Meadowlands, the Nets saw some definite doubt, courtesy of the...
K-MART WILL PAY A LOT FOR NEXT FLAGRANT FOUL
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amThe flagrant-foul point count is about to blow up on Kenyon Martin. Unless there is a reversal on one of his fouls by the league - about as likely as...
CITY FAIR CRUISES HOME
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amUnder a sterling ride by Shaun Bridgmohan, the 4-year-old filly City Fair swept from off the pace to win yesterday's $75,000 Correction Handicap at Aqueduct by two lengths in 1:11.2...
HALL CALLS BUFFALO'S KELLY, FOUR OTHERS
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amNEW ORLEANS - Super Bowl champion Giants Bill Parcells and Harry Carson failed in their latest bids to join the Pro Football Hall of Fame yesterday. The Class of 2002...
SPOON STARTING TO LOOK LIKE REAL DEAL
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amNo, Clarence Weatherspoon has not been as durable as GM Scott Layden had hoped. But Layden was right on with his other attributes after signing him to a $27 million...
CAMBY MIGHT BE SIDELINED TWO MONTHS
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amResults of Marcus Camby's MRI last night were as painful as his fall Friday night in Indiana. The snake-bitten forward could not make it to the back of the charter...
ERVIN POINTS WAY FOR ROBESON : GUARD'S 24 POINTS HELP KO KENNEDY
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amSo what does an NBA prospect do when he has nothing else going on? He goes to watch one of his best friends play basketball. Yesterday, Lenny Cooke, who is...
BLACK COACHES HOT OVER COTTRELL SNUB
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amSUPER BOWL CONFIDENTIAL NEW ORLEANS - NFL assistant black coaches are not happy with the turn of events in the league's hiring practices. The coaches, according to sources, are particularly...
KNIGHTS DREAMIN' OF DANCE : RUTGERS JUST KEEPS ON ROCKING
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amAs the final seconds ticked away last night, Rutgers guard Jerome Coleman heaved the ball into the air and roared at the top of his lungs - not that anybody...
BRADY EMBRACING DATE WITH DESTINY : QB'S ALWAYS BEEN A TRUE COMPETITOR
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amNEW ORLEANS - There are 26 pages in the Patriots media guide devoted to Drew Bledsoe. As for Tom Brady? Not quite one. Brady is given about four-fifths of a...
CARDOZO GETS ITS DAILY WIN
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amPSAL BOYS HOOPS Cardozo 53 Gompers 37 Cardozo head coach Ron Naclerio has tried all year to figure out how to get a consistent performance from his team. Maybe he...
FLANNERY TAKES CUTS AT GAME'S PROBLEMS
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amThere's a remarkable new song and video out that tells us what's wrong with major league baseball and, sadly, what used to be so right about the game. "The Baseball...
KNIGHTS MAKE THEIR MOVE
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amWhen the basketball season started, long-suffering Rutgers fans were just hoping their downtrodden Scarlet Knights could avoid yet another losing season. A winning record (they've had just one in over...
BRINGING IT HOME: LOCAL OLYMPIANS HAVE EYES FOR GOLD
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amThey got their start in the sports in which they seek to capture Olympic gold the same way millions of boys and girls in this nation got their start. A...
HOW TWO DO IT: WITH NOTHING UP HIS SLEEVE, WARNER STILL MAKES MAGIC
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amDID YOU KNOW Kurt Warner has his own cereal called "Crunchtime." All proceeds for the cereal go to Camp Barnabas, a Christian summer camp for disabled children. NEW ORLEANS -...
RAMS RECEIVERS READY TO RAISE ROOF
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amNEW ORLEANS - It might be years from now when the players of this era of Rams football are creaky and gray, before they'll truly be appreciated for what they...
PATRIOTS' TROY CAN DO IT ALL
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amNEW ORLEANS -So what exactly is Troy Brown. Is the Patriot an unstoppable receiver who caught more passes (eight) than anyone on the field in last Sunday's 24-17 win over...
THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW: AFTER LONG LAYOFF, HERB'S BACK WHERE HE BELONGS
February 3, 2002 | 5:00amNO one has ever had a greater sense for, and appreciation of, time and place than the coach who sent his players out to pull off the upset of the...