February 24, 2002
FINALLY! EARNINGS! : ANALYSTS SAY Q2 WILL SHOW CORPORATE GROWTH
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amWall Street wonks predict the end of the earnings recession will arrive with the crocuses this spring. And they have the numbers to prove it. Thomson Financial/First Call analysts say...
BULL'S EYE
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amEnron joke Making the rounds of Wall Streeters while markets were in the dumps this week was a recording from the following number: 510-809-4466: "Thank you for calling Enron, please...
AMEX WADES INTO FUND MARKET WITH MIXED BAG
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amAMERICAN Express is not a name readers usually see in this column, since it offers a family of load funds. But the company clearly seems intent on making a name...
COSI CEO HAS WINDOW SEAT
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amThe bread bowl is missing. Regular customers of the Cosi sandwich chain are likely to be familiar with the big bowl filled with hot pieces of bread that greets them...
THE ART OF SCHMOOZING : SMOOTH DE PURY STEPS IN WHERE ARNAULT FAILED
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amElegant and a great schmoozer, Simon de Pury is at his best when helping billionaires like Ron Lauder, Paul Allen and Leon Black buy their art. De Pury's hardest job...
GORILLAZ GO APE OVER AWARD NOMINATION : GRAMMY HAS 'EM ANIMATED
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amDon't expect the Gorillaz to come to the podium Wednesday night if they win a Grammy. They don't exist. The British rapping pop band is a virtual one, with four...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: SHANNYN SOSSAMON
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amShannyn Sossamon could be the real-life, brunette version of Cinderella. The five-foot-eight beauty was "discovered" by a casting director while helping a friend deejay at a birthday party for Gwyneth...
SUMMER IN THE CITY
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amSummer arrives early this year. Friday, to be exact. That's when "Esther Khan," featuring a dandy performance by Summer Phoenix, opens at the downtown Angelika. The exotic-looking 24-year-old actress -...
WHAT I WATCH
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amVINCENT PASTOREACTOR"GROUNDED FOR LIFE." I'M HOOKED. IT'S ALL NEW YORK HUMOR AND I CAN RELATE TO THAT. IT'S BLUE-COLLAR STUFF, NOT YOUR USUAL "DALLAS" STUFF. I HOPE EVERYONE ACROSS THE...
NOT STEVE ANYMORE
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amSTEVE is out and Joe is in. For most Americans, it may not be quite the same as when Carson left the "Tonight" show. But for pre-schoolers, the upcoming changing...
HOOKING UP, BRAZILIAN STYLE
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amHooking up in New York can be a pretty convoluted affair - what with e-mailing, setting dates, waiting to call and all that temptation to play by The Rules. Not...
TUNE IN TO MUST-NAZI-TV
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amCould Adolf Hitler win an Emmy Award? If so, would he wear lederhosen to the ceremony? These are just two of the many questions I have for the programming chiefs...
NOT A 'STAR'? BERKOFF MAY BE THE BEST
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amWhat is the special theatrical magic of stardom? Star quality is to some extent a name brand in the eye of the purchaser. If you pay to see Nathan Lane...
COOKING CLASSES AIM FOR SMALL FRIES
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amIf your kids think waffles come from cardboard boxes, maybe it's time for a little talk about how they're really created. And chef Aaron Bashy is just the man to...
CAN'T CLONE ME LOVE: NOT EVEN PET NUTS ARE SOLD ON COPY CATS (AND DOGS)
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amIt's a dream of every animal lover who's ever lost a beloved pet: keeping Fluffy or Fido around forever. But now that science has made that dream a possibility -...
APPLE SOLDIERS GUARDING GITMO GARBAGE
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amGUANTANAMO BAY. THE joint military task force guarding al Qaeda and Taliban detainees includes dozens of New Yorkers who have mixed emotions about coming in daily contact with those responsible...
PORN-AGAIN AL HAS SCREW LOOSE
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amJUST when things couldn't get any duller around here, along, er, comes the trial of porno pusher Al Goldstein. Imagine being a juror. You'd have to put paper down on...
SGT. TOM'S RETIREMENT SHOULD GIVE US ALL PAUSE
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amIt is difficult to harness the exasperation I felt when Police Sgt. Tom Kennedy called it quits and I had to choke back emotion. "Hey cut that out, I don't...
VICTORIA GOTTI
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amMAYOR Koch set the standard with his undying, totally devoted romance with New York and New Yorkers. His private life was his full-time position in public office! Our newest mayor,...
EERIE REPLAY AIDS WTC PROBE
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Investigators probing the destruction of the World Trade Center have developed a computer model that shows with precise detail the spread of the deadly inferno that preceded the...
COLD CASH TURNS GIRLS INTO ICE PRINCESSES
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amCoaching fees: $520,000. Costumes: $65,000. Ice skates: $26,000. Winning a gold medal: Priceless. Well, almost. The cost of nurturing a figure-skating star like Sarah Hughes between the ages of 3...
THE KIN-DO KID: LITTLE SIS LOOKING GOLDEN, TOO
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amAngel-faced figure skating gold medalist Sarah Hughes isn't the only one who may be twirling on the ice at the next Olympics. Her 13-year-old sister, Emily, is a budding skating...
PESKY PUCK PATRIOTS NO MATCH FOR U.S.A.
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amThe Canadians might be the ones who need a miracle on ice against Team U.S.A. in the blockbuster hockey gold medal finale to the Winter Games today. Now that the...
MARY RIDES SLED JOB TO TOP TV GIG
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY - Don't be surprised if NBC commentator Mary Carillo is in a party mood when she calls the Closing Ceremony tonight. Carillo began the Games covering bobsled...
PERV MOM CHARGED IN KID-PORN OUTRAGE
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amA Staten Island school-bus driver was arraigned yesterday on charges of photographing eight minors, including her two daughters, performing sex acts for the camera while smoking and boozing it up....
ABANDONED BX. BABY TOUCHES APPLE'S HEART
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amSeveral big-hearted New Yorkers yesterday offered to adopt the newborn girl abandoned at a Bronx medical clinic by a mom who left an anguished note saying she couldn't "afford" the...
BUBBLY DUBYA MAKING HIS FILM 'COMEDY' DEBUT
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amA hot new home movie of President Bush on the campaign trail reveals him as funny, kooky - and ultimately very human. For example: He proudly models his Western wear....
BLOOMY TO BEEF UP RESERVOIR AIR PATROL
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amThe Bloomberg administration wants to hire U.S. Air Force auxiliary pilots to patrol the city's water supply for the next three years, The Post has learned. The long-term contract is...
TRIBECA 'AIRS' ITS EPA BEEFS
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amThe air in Lower Manhattan might not be as safe as the Environmental Protection Agency has suggested, TriBeCa residents were told at a hearing yesterday. Thomas Cahill, a professor at...
POLICE BUST BRONX MAN IN SHOOTING OF 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amA 22-year-old Bronx man has been charged with the shooting of a 5-year-old girl last week, cops said. Joseph Bermudez, of Taylor Avenue, was charged with reckless endangerment and assault...
WHOA, CANADA! IT'S ONLY A HOCKEY GAME
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY. WE'RE awfully proud to be American, of course. But before we go ahead and beat Canada at its own game for a gold medal today, perhaps we...
JAYSON'S LAST DAYS BEFORE SURRENDER
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amEx-Nets basketball star Jayson Williams was holed up in his New Jersey mansion yesterday, enjoying a last weekend of freedom before surrendering to face manslaughter charges that could put him...
E-MAILS LURED PEARL : THUGS' CHILLING RUSE SET UP DEADLY TRAP
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amA succession of amiable e-mails, allegedly written by a ruthless suspect, reportedly reeled in Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and set the stage for his brutal death. According to...
QUEENS SLAY SUSPECT NABBED IN N.C.
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amAn alert North Carolina state trooper yesterday nabbed the man who allegedly shot and killed a Queens deli employee and father of six last week, police said. James Burke, 26,...
FLIP-FLOP HILLARY IN BLAST AT ARAFAT
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amSenator Hillary Clinton blasted Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat yesterday during a solidarity visit to Israel, saying the Palestinian leader "has failed as a leader." "The responsibility for the violence since...
COLUMNIST ASSAULTED HIS EX: COPS
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amTroubled Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund was arrested yesterday and charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend, police said. Fund, 46, had a stormy relationship with Morgan Pillsbury, the 27-year-old daughter...
LIBRARIES LEND TAX-TIME HELP
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amThis can be a taxing time of year - slaving over W-2s and 1040s, crunching numbers and hoping not to get audited - but the New York Public Library is...
'HELLRAISERS' BRAWL : L.I. BIKER-GANG RUMBLE LEAVES 1 DEAD, 10 HURT
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amBullets flew and blood flowed inside a Long Island convention hall yesterday as members of the Hells Angels and Pagan biker gangs clashed during the Hellraiser's Ball, a tattoo and...
COPS NAB RAPE SUSPECT
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amA man believed responsible for 15 rapes during a four-year terror spree was being questioned by police early today - linked to all but one of the crimes through a...
WTC WIDOWS RUSHING TO RUDY'S DEFENSE
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amTHEY buried their husbands with Rudy Giuliani. Now some Sept. 11 widows feel they must defend the former mayor, who held their hands when they felt most alone. And the...
HOW FEDS WORE DOWN THE TEFLON DON
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amJohn Gotti earned the "Teflon Don" moniker by beating criminal cases for years. But the feds began turning the screws as soon as he was behind bars. For starters, Gotti...
PSYCHIC 'SEES' GIRL BURIED AT DURST'S HOUSE
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amA psychic probing the disappearance of a California teenager says she was led to a swank home once owned by murder suspect Robert Durst - and felt powerful sensations the...
SPEAK NO EVIL : THROAT SURGERY LEAVES AILING GOTTI MUTE
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amCancer-stricken mob boss John Gotti, who once ruled the most powerful crime family in the nation, can no longer speak after emergency throat surgery three weeks ago, The Post has...
'NO CLASS' PARENTS IN HOOKY SURGE
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amSchool officials and child-abuse investigators are flunking parents in record numbers for not sending their kids to class, The Post has learned. Allegations of "educational neglect" committed by parents has...
TIGHTFISTED FEDS STIFFING US : FEMA IS WITHHOLDING BILLIONS IN 9/11 HELP
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amThe Federal Emergency Management Agency is sitting on billions of dollars earmarked to help the World Trade Center area rebound, while saying "no" to various requests for desperately needed aid....
CITY HIRED BRIBE-FLAP FIRM FOR $141M JOB
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amThe city has awarded a lucrative contract to a firm under scrutiny in Boston's $14 billion "Big Dig" boondoggle and whose vice president is a felon, The Post has learned....
THIS IS YOUR MISSION: IMROVE THE SMILE THAT HAS MELTED A MILLION HEARTS
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amHey, Tom Cruise fans, you want the tooth? Well, you can't handle the tooth - the square-jawed screen star has braces! In what may seem like Risky Business - or...
PSYCHO ROMEOS ON THE LOOSE
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amSome psychiatrists call it "the Othello phenomenon" but most know it simply as the "psycho-boyfriend syndrome." Either way, it has struck New York in a big way recently - with...
THE DOG-MAUL 'RACIST' LINK
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - The power and reach of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang has become a key to the trial of two dog owners charged with the mauling death of...
THE LATE, LATE, SKATE SHOW : MANY MISSED GOLDEN MOMENT
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amI KNOW we've been down this road before. By now, TV's removal of significant sports events from reasonable family viewing hours should be met with a shrug of indifference. Yet...
'STAR CROSSED' CAPTURES SAGA OF DOC AND DARRYL
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amMany of the best stories are better told than lived. The tale of Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry falls into this category. Gooden's and Strawberry's ups and downs have been...
PIONEER WITH A PEN A FIGHTER FOR EQUALITY
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amIT'S almost embarrassing to admit that four years after Sam Lacy published his life story, I'm just now reading it for the first time. A sports journalist of color not...
TORRE KNOWS THE ANSWER TO YANK PITCHING QUESTION
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amTAMPA - Joe Torre smiled knowingly all that spring. Like a pauper given sudden riches, the new Yankee manager refused to grouse over having too many starting pitchers. He would...
GOODEN'S CAMP RETURN STILL UNCERTAIN
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amTAMPA - The Yankees are waiting for Dwight Gooden's legal situation to clear before bringing him back to camp, where he was working with the pitchers. Gooden has been out...
SURVIVOR IN PINSTRIPES : YANKS WERE SMART NOT TRADING BERNIE
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amTAMPA - The next time somebody questions George Steinbrenner's baseball acumen think of Michael Drumright and Roberto Duran and sweat. It took The Boss to kill a Nov. 18, 1997...
NETS' COLLINS STANDING TALL
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amA little more than nine minutes remained in the third quarter of the Nets' blowout of the Knicks Friday night when Mark Jackson got in Jason Collins' face and tried...
UPSET WOULD CLINCH NCAAS FOR JOHNNIES
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amDURHAM - Whether it was injuries, potential defections or just plain long odds, St. John's has seemed at its best this season when it has faced its biggest challenges. If...
LIVINGSTON SETS U.S. RECORD AT MAYOR'S MEET
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amStacey Livingston certainly knows how to celebrate her birthday. The Boys & Girls track phenom set another national record yesterday, running the 600 meters in 1:29.69 at the Evian Mayor's...
NEW REY OF THINKING : BULKED-UP ORDONEZ SWINGING INTO SHAPE
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - If you didn't see it for yourself, the comments might be laughable. Bobby Valentine has been talking up shortstop Rey Ordonez since pitchers and catchers reported,...
HERBIE'S HEROES TOO GOOD
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amTHEY are on the brink of not only the gold medal but of stamping this country as the world's dominant force on ice. After capturing the World Cup in 1996,...
KANE MAY BE ABLE TO HANDLE LONG ROLL
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Kane Davis thought he'd be a key component of a rebuilding effort in Colorado. Instead, the fireballing right-hander might have an even better role. "I thought...
DUTROW'S THRIVING ON DIET OF STAKES
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amTrainer Tony Dutrow is based in Maryland, but he's made Aqueduct his home away from home this winter, winning eight of 15 starts, with three seconds and two thirds. Going...
SOME TRADES BETTER OFF NOT BEING MADE
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amTHROUGHOUT the NBA, wise guys are wondering if former Maverick assistant coach Kiki Vandeweghe is still on Mark Cuban's payroll. "He must be getting deferrals," a Midwest Division coach wryly...
IT'S 'RUNNING' IN A RUNAWAY
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amJerry Porcelli, who began working for NYRA in 1974, has been named to replace Don Orlando as Track Superintendent for Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga. 1st RACE - Forever Running stalked...
LAKERS SOUND OFF ON KNICK DECLINE
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amShaquille O'Neal believes the Knicks are being haunted by the Patrick Ewing trade. Phil Jackson says Jeff Van Gundy saw the crash coming and got out just in time. Kobe...
GIANTS PREPARED TO TELL JESSIE HE'S BEEN CAP-SIZED
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amJim Fassel was talking last night about Jessie Armstead. "He means a lot to me, he's meant a lot to the organization," Fassel said, "but I know what happens." What...
NOT JUST GOLD AT STAKE IN U.S.-CANADA FINAL
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY - Turns out, it's not the size of the rink, nor the size of the country. It's not even the size of the hatred, as invented by...
SLALOM DOESN'T BODE WELL
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amPARK CITY - Bode Miller made it to the top of American Alpine skiing by living on the edge. And that's what brought him down yesterday. In trying to become...
USOC HEAD RIPS WHINING LOSERS
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY - Russia continues to fortify its hold as the winner of most gold medals in whining. The president of the U.S. Olympic Committee fired back yesterday, accusing...
COLD TRUTH IS, OHNO ALL HYPE
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY - Apolo Anton Ohno came to these Olympics hyped as a contender for four gold medals in short-track speedskating. He left with one gold (courtesy of a...
RU RAC'S UP HALL OF WIN
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amIn the end, last night's Seton Hall-Rutgers matchup at The RAC was part basketball game, part Mike Tyson press conference. Before a sellout crowd of 8,729, Rutgers came from behind...
'SUFFERN SHOW' ALWAYS SUPER
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amONE of the most respected sportsmen's shows in the country opens its doors on Thursday for a four-day run at the Rockland Community College Field House in Suffern. The World...
RUTGERS MAKES THE GRADE : NEW COACH HAS SCARLET IN GEAR
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amFor the past two weeks, after each practice, Rutgers coach Gary Waters made his players fill out a form. They graded themselves on four categories -- energy, communication, game plan...
MILLER DOESN'T BODE WELL: AMERICAN DAREDEVIL FALLS SHORT IN SLALOM
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amPARK CITY - Bode Miller made it to the top of American Alpine skiing by living on the edge. And that's what brought him down yesterday. In his best event...
MOVIE BUFF MIKE TAKES CUTS ON FILM BIZ
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - He's a power-hitting catcher for a New York team, is of Italian descent, and is a major movie buff. Yogi Berra fit the description yesterday as...
NATIONAL NUGGETS: STUFF YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THE SENIOR CIRCUIT
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amNow that nearly everyone has reported to camp in both sun-splashed Florida and Arizona, here are some not-so-well-known National League nuggets. Enjoy, and don't forget the sunblock. GIANTS: Not that...
JINTS' DEFENSE NOW IN HANDS OF LOYAL SOLDIER
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amHe might have gotten here sooner had he been what he calls "a job seeker." There is a reason why it took this long for Johnnie Lynn to finally become...
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL: DUKE'S JASON WILLIAMS WOULDN'T MIND BEING THE KNICKS' SAVIOR
February 24, 2002 | 5:00amDURHSM - All men are created equal, but some are created with more game than most. There are good players, and there are great players; but there are few truly...