April 24, 2002
CITI TAKES $2.2B HIT FROM ARGENTINA
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amCitigroup's losses from Argentina are nearing $2.2 billion, up from the $475 million the world's largest financial services company estimated in January. Sandy Weill, the chairman and CEO of Citigroup,...
JPM CHASE PUTS SQUEEZE ON INVESTMENT BIZ
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amJ.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is shaking up its investment banking division as part of a bold move by investment-banking co-Chief Geoffrey Boisi to streamline operations, better serve clients and...
TRUMP ROLLS DICE ON VEGAS
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amDONALD Trump's first foray into Las Vegas could be the start of something bigger. Sources close to the casino kingpin say Trump could use a new residential tower to start...
START SHREDDING: STREET TREMBLES AS CHERTOFF EYES ANALYSTS
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amLook out Wall Street, a fresh threat is on its way from the Justice Department's resident pit bull, Michael Chertoff. If Wall Street analysts thought things were tough with New...
MORE CUTS ON WAY AT ANDERSEN
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amNew cost-cutting efforts are coming for embattled Arthur Andersen. Bryan Marsal, newly appointed restructuring officer at the troubled accountancy, needs to preserve as much capital for the scandal-scarred firm as...
WORLDCOM CHAOS: STOCK SKIDS 15% AS BOND RATINGS SLASHED
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amBernie Ebbers is hitting bottom harder than he expected. Not only did shares in his already battered WorldCom tumble yesterday to a 10-year low, his company's bonds clung desperately to...
MOSS ON THIN ICE AT NYT
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amADAM Moss has fallen out of favor with the New York Times Executive Editor Howell Raines. Several informed sources say Moss is on the way out as the editor of...
SAUDIS YANK MSNBC REPORTER FROM FLIGHT, TAKE VIDEO TAPES
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amNBC is hopping mad with the Saudi Arabian government for detaining MSNBC reporter Dr. Bob Arnot - and confiscating 18 videotapes and Arnot's laptop computer. Arnot, who still managed to...
HIT-TY 'CHITTY' TO CITY ; GETS RAVES IN LONDON
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amTHE next big blockbuster family musical: "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," which opened last week at London's gargantuan Palladium Theatre. Broadway wasn't paying too much attention to this one, since it...
THE YOUNG AND THE PORTLY
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amPORTUGAL'S most famous table wine for years has been Barca Velha. This red wine is made by the Ferreira port house only a few times a decade - which adds...
COMFY CANTONESE
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amCINNABAR 235 W. 56TH ST. (212) 399-1100 'MOO shoo pork stands the test of time," says my friend, laughing off a morning-after collar stain incurred at Cinnabar. He could mean...
FINAL FANTASY: LOSER SHANNON: 'I ASKED FOR IT'
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amSHANNON Oliver (above), the high-maintenance brunette who was tossed off "The Bachelor" this week, says she never felt right with the square-jawed, 31-year-old star, Alex Michel. "I never really trusted...
STARR REPORT
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amMay day changes for 'Crossing Over' "Crossing Over" host John Edward is nearing the show's 400th episode - with big changes in store for May sweeps. The show, which airs...
ASSEMBLY MAY BE REQUIRED
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amHOI AN 135 W. BROADWAY (BETWEEN DUANE AND THOMAS STREETS) (212) 233-1339 YOU don't have to enjoy playing with your food to fall for the menu at Hoi An -...
'ONCE' UNWEBBED
April 24, 2002 | 4:00am'ONCE and Again" - the on-again-off-again drama - was dealt a set back yesterday. ABC shut down the show's official Web-based message board Monday night. The board was a clearing...
FUNNY? BARETTA BELIEVE IT
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amJAY Leno has reached a verdict in the case of Robert Blake: He's guilty! Judge Jay said yesterday the evidence against Blake, who was formally charged Monday in the murder...
AUSSIE DOC: THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amFACING THE MUSIC 1/2 Thought-provoking stuffRunning time: 89 minutes. Rated PG (language). At Film Forum, Houston Street, between Sixth Avenue and Varick Street. THERE'S Van Wilder's party-hearty approach to higher...
CHANGES IN STORE FOR BISTRO IN HOTEL
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amCOULD the Delmonico Hotel be getting a "world class" restaurant? "I've been approached by every major restaurateur to do something there," says the building's new owner, Donald Trump. "But I...
TAKE IT OUTSIDE: WORD ON THE STREET ABOUT THE BEST IN ALFRESCO THIS SPRING
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amCOULD New Yorkers be secretly rugged outdoorsy types? Quite possibly - judging by the proliferation of outdoor cafes in town. Uptown, downtown, on rooftops and sidewalks, if tables fit -...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amTwo homeless men fought to the death - over a stick of deodorant. Cops say Ron McKean shot dead Joe Carney at the Hotel de Zink shelter in Palo Alto,...
GOV MIGHT HAVE TO RUN
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki geared up yesterday for an unexpected Independence Party primary battle with upstate billionaire Thomas Golisano. Pataki, in a letter to Independence leaders, said: "It is my...
BUSH FLACK HAS HIS OWN NEWS - HE'S ENGAGED
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Yankee-loving White House press secretary Ari Fleischer has a different kind of diamond in mind now - he's off the top bachelor list after popping a ring on...
HOITY-TOITY HAMPTONS A HOT SPOT FOR GANGS
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amSuffolk County District Attorney Tom Spota - along with federal, state and local authorities - has launched a major assault on growing gang activity, which is even showing up in...
BRAZEN BANDIT HITS 25 BANKS
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amDetectives are hunting for a wily bandit who has struck 25 banks in Manhattan and Queens in the past eight months, warning some tellers, "Don't make me hurt you," police...
CENTRAL PK. GANG ATTACKS WOMAN
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amA 30-year-old Upper West Side woman was brutally attacked by a gang of thugs in broad daylight yesterday while walking through Central Park. The woman, whose name was not immediately...
LOW COSTS FUEL CALL FOR APT. RENT CUTS
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amLandlords' operating costs for rent-stabilized apartments dipped last year for the first time since the Rent Guidelines Board began keeping track in 1969, according to a report yesterday. The unprecedented...
L.I. MAY GIVE WINDMILLS A WHIRL FOR ENERGY BOOST
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amPlans for an offshore windmill farm visible from Jones Beach to Montauk Point are being considered by the Long Island Power Authority to help meet its growing energy needs. A...
QUEENS DA APPEALS TO PARENTS
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amThe Queens DA yesterday appealed to parents to ask their kids if they have been sexually abused - and called on the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn to encourage victims "to...
CHEZ BLOOMY THE SPOT FOR GOP $HINDIGS
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - He may be an ex-Democrat, but Mayor Mike's mansion is the new hot spot for Republican cash bashes - with Vice President Dick Cheney coming soon to the...
BUDGET CUTTERS FIND $ACRED COWS IN BACK OF BARN
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg says there are no sacred cows when it comes to plugging the city's $5 billion budget hole - but a new report shows a few he's missed. The...
DESPISED CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN SLAIN WITH PICKAX
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amA big-mouthed, bully foreman who lorded over a construction site was found dead yesterday with a pickax buried in his skull, police said. Officials tentatively identified the victim as a...
BLOOMBERG NAMES BADILLO
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amIt looks like Mayor Bloomberg has patched things up with Herman Badillo, his rival in the bitter Republican primary for mayor last year. Last week, the mayor quietly named Badillo...
BEHAVING LIKE AN IDIOT RUNS IN THE 'FAMILY'
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amIF Baby Soprano wanted to be a wiseguy, he sure as hell got his ambition yesterday - in a Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck way. Surrounded by bodyguards, he walked into...
'COME ON, WE ALL HAVE A FEW BEERS': COP'S CRACK STUNNED DWI-TRIAL WITNESS
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amA former NYPD patrolman charged with running over a family in Sunset Park while drunk last summer shrugged off the wreck to a witness at the scene - and admitted...
NOT HOLY SATISFIED ; NYERS COOL TO POPE'S 'CRIME' WARNING
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amPope John Paul II's message in Rome that child sex abuse by priests is not only sinful but also criminal - and that there is no place in the clergy...
BLOOMY SLAMS GRACIE'S DOOR IN FACES OF PLO BIGS
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amRudy Giuliani threw Yasser Arafat out of Lincoln Center - now Mike Bloomberg won't let the Palestinian leader's diplomatic representatives through Gracie Mansion's front door. Bloomberg snubbed the Palestinian Authority...
THIS CREEP HAD ACCOMPLICES - WITH BADGES
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amLET these words be burned on the tombstone of Joseph Gray: "Come on, man, we all have a few beers once in a while." Incredibly, Gray was just feet from...
'LEGENDARY' AD MAN BEHIND TV'S BEST COMMERCIALS DIES
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amThe ad man who created the Energizer Bunny and made Nike a jock's best friend has died at the age of 70. A visionary to the end, Bronx-bred Jay Chiat...
WELFARE WORKER HELD IN BEAU DAUGHTER'S BEATING
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amA city Children's Services employee, her boyfriend and his son were arraigned on assault charges yesterday after they allegedly beat the man's runaway daughter and another girl they had handcuffed...
WISE GUY SOPRANO CUTS A SWEET DEAL
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amThe Boy Soprano dramatically changed his tune in a crowded Manhattan courtroom yesterday - pleading guilty to an Upper East Side midnight mugging in which he'd denied any involvement since...
BUSH LEANS ON ARAB ALLIES
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - With Morocco's King Mohammed VI at his side, President Bush yesterday called on Arab states to do more for Mideast peace - like condemning homicide bombers and halting...
FEDS INVESTIGATE MOUSSAOUI
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amALEXANDRIA, Va. - Federal investigators said yesterday they are examining Zacarias Moussaoui's bizarre anti-American courtroom tirade for possible hidden messages to terrorists or even threats to the judge. So far,...
OH, BIG DEAL: CABLEVISION OFFERS YANK FANS WHOPPING 55ó
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amInstead of watching Yankee games, Cablevision subscribers can look forward to two diversions this summer - a monthly rebate of 55 cents and a potential federal court case. Cablevision announced...
NEW 'CHIN' TRIAL WON'T BE ANOTHER NUT CASE
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amAfter decades of acting nuts, Vincent "Chin" Gigante dropped the ruse yesterday as a judge ruled he is fit to stand trial - without opposition from the mob boss's lawyer....
BONANNO UNDERLING GETS 50 YEARS
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amA Bonanno wiseguy who passed along his boss' murder orders, and even called for one hit himself, was sentenced yesterday to 50 years in prison. When Joseph Benanti, 67, pleaded...
DOC DODGES PRISON IN 'GAS RX' DEATH
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amA Manhattan doctor who accidentally killed one of his patients with his "gas therapy" won't get jail time, a deal the victim's parents blasted yesterday. "A part of me is...
TRUE FAMILY VALUES ; 'HOMESICK' KAREN HUGHES HEADING BACK TO TEXAS
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - One of America's most powerful women, top Bush aide Karen Hughes, yesterday said she's resigning because she's "home-sick" - and her husband and teenage son want to move...
'NATIVITY' STANDOFF MAY EASE
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Negotiators made progress yesterday in trying to end the standoff at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity - but a new conflict surfaced between Israel and the United Nations....
FEDS: 94 LIED TO GET JOBS AT AIRPORTS
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amALEXANDRIA, Va. - The feds yesterday busted 94 airport workers, including 12 illegal immigrants who'd been ordered out of the country, on charges of lying to get security badges. The...
DRUG MULE IS DEPORTEE'S DAUGHTER
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amThe 5-year-old drug mule picked up at Kennedy Airport is an American citizen born in Florida, officials said yesterday. The girl flew unaccompanied from Colombia into Kennedy last week with...
VICTIMIZED BY TRUCKER FROM HELL
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amA desperate plea for help scribbled on a Tennessee rest-room wall helped cops in Georgia rescue a woman who allegedly had been held for months and beaten by an upstate...
LEVY HINTS HE MAY BE LOOKING FOR A NEW JOB
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy said yesterday he's mulling his future as speculation mounts that Mayor Bloomberg wants him out. "There are a lot of decisions that have to be made...
WE'LL HAVE FINAL PLAN FOR NEW DOWNTOWN BY DEC. 1: WTC GROUP
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amDowntown rebuilding honchos will finalize a plan to remake terror-rocked lower Manhattan before year's end, officials said yesterday. The Port Authority and the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. began a search...
MIKE AIDE RAPS SLOW MOTION ON MEMORIAL
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg's city planning chief knocked downtown rebuilding officials yesterday for dragging their feet on a trade center memorial - saying if she were in charge, the process would be...
CAB-RIDING COPS FIND SUSPECT IS FARE GAME
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amA bumbling burglar hailed a cab to the clink yesterday. The teen thief, who had just looted an Upper West Side apartment, had the good luck to find a taxi...
COPS QUIT FOR MORE $$ AT MTA
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amMore than two dozen New York City cops are making tracks for the MTA's police force - where patrolling rail yards and stations pays 9 to 16 percent more than...
LINDH TEAM WANTS X-RAY ACCESS
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amLawyers for "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh want access to more government interviews with Camp X-Ray detainees, arguing they show Lindh was not involved in the Afghan prison uprising that...
SINGER NABBED ON DRIVING RAP
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amSmooth soul singer D'Angelo - whose first big hit was called "Cruisin' " - burnished his freewheeling image yesterday after getting busted for reckless driving in Manhattan. The R&B sensation,...
LINDH LAWYERS WANT MORE INFO
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amLawyers for "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh want access to more government interviews with Camp X-Ray detainees, arguing they show Lindh was not involved in the prison uprising in Afghanistan...
COPS SHOW HOW FATAL GUN COULD HAVE FIRED
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amSuffolk County police yesterday tried to defend a SWAT cop's alleged accidental fatal shooting of a 20-year-old student in a drug raid by publicly demonstrating the gun model's hair-pin trigger...
'TAXI' COPS DROP FLAG ON SUSPECT
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amA bumbling burglar hailed a cab to the clink yesterday. Police said the teen thief, who had just allegedly looted an Upper West Side apartment, had the good fortune to...
CLASSROOM EXTRA: TEDDY TURNS 100
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amABSTRACT As the beloved children's toy celebrates its 100th birthday, Classroom Extra takes a look at the storied history of this American icon. Winners of Our Ice Age Contest Daniel...
ISLES GIVE LEAFS THOROUGH RAKING
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amIt's a series again. After losing the first two games of this first-to-four series on the Maple Leafs' home ice, the Islanders smashed their way back into it with an...
LEAFS PAY THE PENALTY
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amISLANDER GM Mike Milbury blew his top and the lid wide open on the dreaded "can-opener," as mastered by that notorious worm, Bryan McCabe. Perhaps as a result, Game 3...
PETER BETTER WISE UP
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amIT might even be easier to squeeze an ounce of effort out of Oleg Kvasha than it was wringing the Game 3 coaching plan from Islanders coach Peter Laviolette. Having...
CELEBRATING SPAWNING SEASON
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amEVERY spring the Hudson River plays host to millions of spawning striped bass, making it the second-largest spawning ground on the East Coast. As fish in May begin to migrate...
ISLES HAVE NO TIME TO THINK
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amThe sound of the fire alarms yesterday at the Coliseum were more than fitting. It was indeed, emergency time, and the misfiring alarm system spoke to that all too well....
GIANTS, KERRY FAR APART ON PACT
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amAlthough Kerry Collins estimates there's a 50-50 chance he'll agree to terms on a contract extension prior to training camp, the odds are likely not nearly that high. Ernie Accorsi,...
STEVENS-DANEYKO PAIR GIVES RAFALSKI ROOM TO ROAM
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amIN a world of horses for courses, the Devils have decided mid-race that a pair of mudders is the way to go in this first round against the Hurricanes. It...
WILLIAMS THROWBACK TO AN EARLIER AARON
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amNET NOTES He is the Nets' most unassuming player - their MUP. With Aaron Williams, "yeah" and "uh-huh" qualify as monologues. You don't hear too many people calling him zany...
SCHROEDER CAN'T WAIT TO TACKLE NFL CLASSIC
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amJohn Schroeder isn't going to let a little thing like hernia surgery stop him from defending his title at the PGA Senior Tour's NFL Classic. Last time Schroeder was supposed...
MILLER: WE NEED YOUNG GUNS
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amReggie Miller has singlehandedly beaten the Knicks in playoff games but he couldn't do it to the Nets Monday night at the Meadowlands. So after the Pacers' Game 2 loss,...
'CANES GM: WE EXPECT TO WIN SERIES
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amHurricanes GM Jimmy Rutherford put it bluntly. "I didn't expect to win in four games, but I do expect to win," Rutherford said yesterday, as his 'Canes brought a 2-1...
RANGERS, KEENAN CLEARED
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amThe NHL has declined to file tampering charges against either the Rangers or Panthers coach Mike Keenan, The Post has learned. Glen Sather yesterday met with commissioner Gary Bettman for...
JETS ECSTATIC TURK'S ON BOARD
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amAs far back as last season, Jets special-teams coach Mike Westhoff coveted Matt Turk. The Jets were mired in a myriad of punting difficulties, centering around the offseason surgery of...
NETS READY FOR VERBAL WAR
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amNow the Nets-Pacers matchup is a series. No, not because a team has lost a game at home and the scene now shifts to Indiana. Rather, because the verbal arrows...
THAMES MAY JOIN FLOW ; YANKS MULL GIVING MINOR LEAGUER SHOT AT SPENCER'S JOB
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amOAKLAND - They were 12-8, two games out of first place and facing their first tough stretch of schedule with three road games against the A's and Mariners when the...
ON-THE-DL ANDY STAYS WITH CLUB
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - Whenever a Yankee goes on the DL, he is sent to Tampa before the ink dries on the transaction form. George Steinbrenner is a big proponent...
GIAMBI HEARS THE JEERS
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amOAKLAND - It wasn't a large gathering behind the Yankees' dugout calling for Jason Giambi's head during batting practice last night. But it certainly was a vocal group with real...
CALLS ARE COMING IN FOR SHANE
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - To say the Yankees are shopping Shane Spencer would be inaccurate. But other teams believe the Yankees eventually may want to make room for Marcus Thames...
STRINGS ATTACHED: METS WIN GAME, LOSE PIAZZA & TIMO TO HAMMY INJURIES
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amMets 4 Cardinals 3 Vance Wilson played hero for the victorious Mets last night - but for the winners, that's actually bad news. Bad, because Wilson was in the game...
DEVS MANHANDLE IRBE, HURRICANES
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amThis series, which the Devils should now win, goes down as the defining example of the overruling supremacy of playoff goaltending. The momentum is all theirs as the Devils head...
HOLIK PLAYING LIKE CENTER OF STORM
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amFOR a guy who says he doesn't want to be any team's No. 1 center next season, Bobby Holik is sure doing a good imitation of one for the Devils...
CEDENO REDEEMS HIMSELF FOR SUNDAY SINS
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amIt wasn't the best game of Roger Cedeno's career but after his Nightmare in Montreal Sunday, the Mets will take it. Coming off an 0-for-5 game that included a horrendous...
IN HIS HEART, TINO STILL N.Y.-ER
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amJASON Giambi played in Oakland last night and Tino Martinez in New York, bringing more symmetry to the current and former first basemen of the Yankees. Both returned to the...
MIGHTY MIKE'S MIGHTY MIFFED OVER HIS HURTIN' HAMMY
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES Mike Piazza can sum up his left hamstring strain in two words, only one of which is printable in a family newspaper: "It [stinks]." It sure does, especially...
GIAMBI ANSWERS BOOS AS DUQUE DOUSES A'S
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amYankees 2A's 1 OAKLAND - Taunted during batting practice verbally, with signs and the hanging of his bobble-head doll, Jason Giambi walked out of the Coliseum last night with the...
BOBBY V GIVES CEDENO ROOM TO BREATHE
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amOn the night Roger Cedeno said he wanted to have the best game of his career, the Mets did everything in their power to make it happen. Bobby Valentine dropped...
METS IN 'DEEP' FUNK: SLUGGERS IN CLUTCHES OF LONGBALL DRY SPELL
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amWho knew that when John Valentin went deep against the Braves a week ago Monday, it would begin a long power drought for the Mets? In the seventh inning of...
TIDES CHANGE FOR KOMIYAMA
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES Satoru Komiyama will report to Triple A Norfolk tomorrow for a rehab assignment. The right-hander, who injured his middle right finger in a freak garage-door accident, will throw...
PIAZZA LISTED AS DAY-TO-DAY
April 24, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES Mike Piazza is listed as day-to-day, so don't walk up to the Shea Stadium ticket window this evening thinking he'll be in the starting lineup. The Mets likely...