February 16, 2002
ICAHN HELP IMCLONE - TAKING $500M STAKE IN EMBATTLED CO.
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amInvestor Carl Icahn may be riding to the rescue of his tennis partner Sam Waksal and his embattled biotech dud ImClone. Icahn made filings yesterday showing that he intends to...
PERELMAN PURGE AT REVLON MORE THAN COSMETIC
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amRonald Perelman is finally getting down to business at Revlon. And it could use his help. Just weeks after canning the makeup giant's advertising agency, the Revlon chairman is now...
TEARS OF THE INNOCENT - BYSTANDERS AND BULLETS IN BLODDY IRELAND
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amIN Northern Ireland, "the road to reconciliation" is so rife with potholes that it might just be impassable. And yet, some people in that war-torn region still manage to be...
NO CLAWS ON CATWALK - BACKBITING AND PRIMA DONNAS IN SHORT SUPPLY AT FRIENDLIER FASHION WEEK
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amWHERE are the catfights, the gossip, the hissy fits? There's something different about fashion this year. Sweetness and smiling faces replaced the usual couture attitudes, entourages, and showy events of...
RILED RUSSIANS SKATE INTO FLAP: WE WUZ ROBBED
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY - As Canadian outrage turned to joy yesterday, a cry of "We wuz robbed" went up from the Kremlin. The Russians were furious over the International Olympic...
DEM BIG: SEX ACCUSER LYING
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amThe lawyer for a Democratic boss charged with sodomizing a 13-year-old girl told a judge yesterday the teen is nothing but a liar who has told incredible fib after fib...
MIKE'S DEM DEFENDERS - KOCH, RANGEL LAUNCH 'BE FAIR TO BLOOMY' CLUB
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amMAYOR Bloomberg doesn't know it yet, but the unlikely duo of Ed Koch and Charlie Rangel are considering forming a "Bloomberg Protection Society." The ex-mayor and the Harlem congressman -...
WHEN WHINING LEADS TO WINNING
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amI COULDN'T skate a lutz to save my kneecaps, but I'm a world-class whiner. So I demand an Olympic gold medal. And why not? This approach worked for the Canadian...
HIGH-SPEED SPIN THROUGH THE MIND OF MADNESS
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amTHE broken bones, the shattered moments and the cold body lying in a morgue were all triggered by unrequited love - the worst of its kind. It started in Elmwood...
GENEROSA'S HUBBY PUT FEAR IN JURY
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amSeveral jurors in a Long Island civil injury case filed by electrician Danny Pelosi were so afraid of him they asked the court for protection, The Post has learned. In...
JUDGE TELLS LINDH: SEE YOU IN SEPT.
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - John Walker Lindh's lawyer pleaded with a federal judge yesterday to delay the accused traitor's trial so that it doesn't happen during Sept. 11, but the judge refused....
STING BOOK DEAL CREATES BUZZ
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amAt age 50, British rocker Sting is embarking on a new career as a writer. He just sold his memoirs for $1.5 million to Bantam Dell, a unit of the...
CHEF'S 'VIAGRA' DISH GETS RISE OUT OF DRUG GIANT
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amA famed Manhattan chef is getting a hard time from the makers of Viagra. Drug giant Pfizer has warned Chicama chef Douglas Rodriguez that stiff penalties are in store unless...
LESS $TING FOR FANS IN YANKEE CABLE PACT
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amWhat a difference a day makes. Just 24 hours after The Post reported two of the biggest New York cable systems were set to tack on an extra $2 a...
9/11 KIN DEMAND MEETING WITH MAYOR OVER $$-FUND CONCERNS
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amFamilies of more than a dozen police officers slain on Sept. 11 sent a letter to Mayor Bloomberg yesterday asking for an immediate meeting to discuss their fears about the...
MAN, 72, STABS GAL PAL TO DEATH
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amA 72-year-old Bronx man stabbed his 47-year-old girlfriend to death last night following a fight, police said. Cesar Lopez and Nilda Torres were having an argument in their first floor...
EGYPTIAN FRAUD GETS 6 MONTHS
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amAn Egyptian wanna-be pilot who lied to the feds after carrying a fake pilot's uniform and forged documents on a Sept. 19 flight into JFK was sentenced to six months...
2 GUARDS BOOTED IN KING HS INCIDENT
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amThe NYPD removed two security guards from violence-plagued Martin Luther HS after a teenager slipped a knife past metal detectors and threatened another student, The Post has learned. The Board...
MOTHER KILLED NEWBORN SON ON CHRISTMAS: COPS
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amLast Christmas was a black day for the family of Kathleen Brown. Police say the 25-year-old pregnant woman snuck away from the clan's Yuletide festivities, secretly gave birth to a...
'T' IS FOR 'TERROR' ON NIKE T-SHIRTS
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amSports giant Nike has been selling Michael Jordan jerseys printed on T-shirts made in Syria - a nation on the State Department's "terror list," The Post has learned. The shirt...
UNION WANTS $204M HIKE ON TABLE IN CONTRACT TALKS
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amThe teachers union lobbied for at least an additional $200 million in salary hikes during its first face-to-face contract talks with the Bloomberg administration, sources told The Post. United Federation...
SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO SHUT DOWN
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amOne of Manhattan's school boards has voted to put itself out of business. Community School Board 2 unanimously approved a resolution calling for the elimination of the city's 32 local...
TRANSFER 'CHIN' TO HOSP: LAWYER
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amVincent "Chin" Gigante isn't just sick in the head - he could die at any time if he is not transferred to a hospital for heart tests, the mob boss'...
DEATH AT JAYSON'S 'NOT MURDER' - EX-NET'S GUN WENT OFF IN ACCIDENT: DA
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amA limo driver may have been accidentally slain at the New Jersey mansion of ex-Nets star Jayson Williams when one of his shotguns went off while being shown to guests,...
MIKE'S GONE A BRIDGE TOO FAR: BOROUGH BIGS
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday defended the idea of charging tolls on East River bridges as a budget-filler, but borough officials said it would unfairly hit people living outside Manhattan. "I've always...
LAY, BUSH WERE NOTEWORTHY PALS IN TEXAS
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amPresident Bush and former Enron chairman Kenneth Lay were Texas pen pals - exchanging a raft of chatty letters about everything from their families to energy policy, it was revealed...
MURDER RAP DUE - ONE OF 19 PEOPLE HIT DIES
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amMidtown hit-and-run madman Ronald Popadich may face a murder charge after a pedestrian mowed down in the first of two bizarre driving rampages died yesterday, officials said. Neal Spicelander, 41,...
HIDDEN GUN LEADS TO HS BUST IN QNS.
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amA 16-year-old Queens student was arrested yesterday after police linked him to a loaded .380-caliber automatic pistol that a janitor found under a garbage can in a high school hallway....
MADONNA'S 'GUYS' HIT THE STREETS
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amThey may be baby steps, but Madonna's son seems to be headed in the right direction. Rocco Ritchie hit the streets yesterday with his film-director dad, Guy Ritchie, and his...
KILLER LANDLORD'S 'SPY' PHOTOS - JURY SEES SHOTS HE TOOK OF TENANT BEFORE SLAY
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amThe jury in the case of a wealthy landlord accused of murdering a tenant got a close look at their bizarre relationship yesterday - poring over pictures the millionaire kept...
SO LONG TO FASHION WEEK - DESIGNS WERE FINE, BUT SHOWS LACKED PIZAZZ
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amOne of the tamer New York Fashion Weeks in recent memory ended yesterday without a bang or a whimper, but a shrug. The Fall 2002 New York shows weren't bad...
SO LONG TO FASHION WEAK - DESIGNS WERE FINE, BUT SHOWS LACKED PIZAZZ
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amONE of the tamer New York Fashion Weeks in recent memory ended yesterday without a bang or a whimper, but a shrug. The Fall 2002 New York shows weren't bad...
NETS GET WELL VS. HORRI-BULLS
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amCHICAGO - At one point last night here, the overhead board flashed highlights of the Michael, Scottie and Horace Bulls. Yeah, they used to play basketball here. Or so the...
YANKS SAY GIAMBI WILL FIT IN JUST FINE
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amTAMPA - He cruises the skies in a private jet. He shipped two autos to spring training. He employs a personal trainer who will travel with him all summer. Jason...
TEXAS REJECTS TYSON
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amYesterday, Mike Tyson's world shrunk by another state when the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation decided to deny him a license to box in the state, reducing the states...
STORM LOOK TO REBOUND VS. HOKIES
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amAs ugly as St. John's loss in Miami was, it was hardly damning to the Red Storm's NCAA Tournament hopes. After all, Miami was ranked 13th in the country, and...
PHILLIPS, BOBBY BEG TO DIFFER
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - It didn't take long for Steve Phillips and Bobby Valentine to have two completely different takes on the same situation. Namely, the Mets. On...
PEDRO NO FAN OF ICE-COLD COORS
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Growing up in the Dominican Republic, Pedro Astacio closely watched Pascual Perez. And you can tell. "I want to live close to [Shea Stadium]," the animated...
HATS OFF TO MERCHANDISE SELLING AS GOOD AS GOLD
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amOLYMPIC NOTEBOOK SALT LAKE CITY - It is 11:30 p.m. local time Thursday night and customers are waiting in 20-minute lines outside the two Roots sportswear stores in the Gateway...
'YOUTH' WILL BE SERVED AT GULFSTREAM TODAY
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amThe first key Kentucky Derby prep on the East Coast will be run at Gulfstream Park today as a field of eight 3-year-olds goes to post in the Grade 1,...
OPEN AND SHUT ON ICE - U.S. KOS FINLAND; CANADA THUMPED
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY - The first three games, only for seeding, are mostly for practice. But the experience from the first Olympic tournament to include NHL players, at Nagano in...
GUTTY KLUG CAPTURES A BRONZE
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amPARK CITY, Utah - There probably have been more bad days than good - more days filled with pain than peace - for U.S. snowboarder Chris Klug. But the good...
INT'L SKATING BODY IS STILL DINKY-RINK
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY - Madame Le Gougne has been shipped off for candidacy at Madame Tussaud's, waxed and stuffed forever more in the Hall of Infamy. The French figure-skating judge...
KNICKS KEEP ON CHOKIN' - BLOW 17-POINT LEAD, DROP TO LAST IN EAST
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amPistons 101 - Knicks 90 Knicks GM Scott Layden unveiled new, frameless eyeglasses last night. But what Layden saw through the new lenses was the same old Knick choke job....
TOPS ON METTLE STAND - COURAGEOUS KLUG CAPTURES BRONZE
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amPARK CITY, Utah - There probably have been more bad days than good - more days filled with pain than peace - for U.S. snowboarder Chris Klug. But the good...
CAMBY'S REHAB UNSETTLED BY TRADE RUMORS
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amMarcus Camby vowed he'll be back this season, but said his main goals are being healthy enough to just sit on the bench and surviving another trade deadline in which...
NETS AIM TO STOP SLIDE MINUS K-MART
February 16, 2002 | 5:00amCHICAGO - Maybe the Nets spent too much time at the All-Star break listening to the NBA world sing their praises. Maybe they got a little full of themselves. Maybe...