May 21, 2002
IT DIDN'T TAKE MUCH TO KNOCK STOCKS DOWN
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amWHAT'S it going to take to get the stock market moving higher again? Glad you asked. To some people, last week's rally looked pretty promising. Bad economic news was ignored;...
'CURSED CORNER' UP FOR SALE
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amTHE things you learn by walking around. Last week, we noticed that the big sign promoting LCOR's planned "boutique" office-and-retail tower at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street had suddenly disappeared....
A SINKING FEELING - JITTERY INVESTORS WATCH DOW PLUNGE 123
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amThe stock market is acting like a New York "It" girl: making a lot of noise and attracting a lot of attention, but going nowhere. Over the past five trading...
KERIK, MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amFormer Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik has copped a new office suite where he can keep an eye on the Empire State Building - one of his firm's security clients. And...
JACK STIRS UP MALT-COLA DRINK
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amFirst, it was Jack Daniels, the steak sauce - now it's Jack Daniels, the spiked cola drink. Lest kids get confused that the new whiskey-flavored beverage is for them, the...
BOND A BIG LOSER: FEDS
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amWall Street wizard Alan Bond wasn't just a crook - he was a "below average stock growth manager" with a lousy record of picking winners, prosecutors charged in opening arguments...
SEC SLAMS E&Y OVER AUDITING
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amThe Securities and Exchange Commission blasted Ernst & Young yesterday, charging it with having filed "tainted" audits for its tech giant client PeopleSoft over the course of 6 years. Ernst...
ANDERSEN BIG CAUGHT ON TAPE
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amIt looks like prosecutors finally found a way to shut down Andersen's slick legal eagle, Rusty Hardin. Prosecutors yesterday showed an incriminating video of a top Andersen partner ordering the...
WITH ITS NEW COLA DRINK, YOU WON'T KNOW JACK
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amFirst, it was Jack Daniels, the steak sauce - now it's Jack Daniels, the spiked cola drink. Lest kids get confused that the new whiskey-flavored beverage is for them, the...
THE TREND IS FEAR - IS IT TOO SOON FOR TERRORIST FLICKS?
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amIS it too soon? With new warnings rekindling public jitters, moviegoers may not be up to watching a disturbingly realistic portrayal of a terrorist attack on U.S. soil. We'll find...
STARR REPORT
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amJim dandy: Ryan recovering nicely "Good Day New York" co-anchor Jim Ryan, who underwent triple-bypass heart surgery last Friday, is recuperating nicely and might even call into the show as...
SHIVERS AND RED CARPET IN THE PARK
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amHERE'S what you who watched the three-hour "Survivor: Marquesas" season finale and cast reunion at home on Sunday night missed out on: chattering teeth. As the temperature plunged into the...
TRUTH IS, 'X-FILES' FANS ARE PUZZLED BY ENDING
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amMILLIONS of "The X-Files" fans said goodbye to the show Sunday night - but still can't figure out whether they liked the ending. A two-hour finale called "The Truth" -...
ROSIE WAVES GOODBYE AND DOES IT HER B'WAY
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amROSIE O'Donnell is ending her talk show tomorrow singing "Give My Regards to Broadway." At least in spirit. The guests on her final, live show - set to broadcast from...
TO HELLS AND BACK - DELIVERING THE MAIL ALONG THE MOST RUGGED STRETCH OF THE SNAKE RIVER
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amON an overcast afternoon, I clamber over the broad nose of a big jet boat and down a short sturdy ladder onto the gravely shore of the Snake River. The...
MOMA ON THE MOVE
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amMoMA mia! Can this really be the end? Yes - at least temporarily. The Museum of Modern Art, housed on West 53rd Street for 70 years, is shutting its doors...
'SURVIVOR' TOPS SUPER SUNDAY
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amIN one of the biggest Sunday night ratings battles of all time, "Survivor" came out on top. The night's four-way brawl pitted CBS' two-hour season finale of "Survior: Marquesas" against...
EMINEM'S EARLY DATE
May 21, 2002 | 4:00am"The Eminem Show," the eagerly awaited album from Detroit rapper Eminem, will be released a week earlier than planned because of the flood of pirated copies hitting the bootleg marketplace....
BEAT THE CLOCK ; '24' TICKS DOWN TO ITS FINEST HOUR
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amWHEW! This has been the longest day of my life. Well, the longest 23 hours of it anyway. I'm talking, of course, about the first 23 hours of "24," the...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amSail sale Are Mickey and Minnie starting to pall? Try something new for your next family vacation. Star Clipper Cruises is offering a deal on all seven-night sailings on the...
LOST IN THAILAND - THIS SPA'S SEVEN-DAY FAST WILL TAKE INCHES OFF YOUR WAIST
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amTHAILAND is a land of smiles and sumptuous cuisine. Yet when I turned up in this tropical paradise the first thing I did was go on a seven-day fast. One...
TOMMY LEE'S CD JUST PLAIN 'DULL'
May 21, 2002 | 4:00am* TOMMY LEE "Never a Dull Moment" [] MCA Erstwhile Motley Crue drummer and DIY porn star Tommy Lee continues his solo career with "Never a Dull Moment," a disjointed...
STONE COLD LEVELY: SHARON STEALS SPOTLIGHT IN CANNES
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amMovies, schmovies. Who needs 'em when you're Sharon Stone? For the past week, the bold blonde bombshell has treated the red carpets at the Cannes Film Festival like a runway...
SCHOOL-LIBRARY BOOSTERS SPEAKING VOLUMES
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amPlaywright and actress Anna Deavere Smith yesterday helped educators show off a new chapter in a bid to transform elementary school libraries into imaginative learning spaces. Schools Chancellor Harold Levy,...
MILITANT KILLED IN CAR BOMBING ON BEIRUT STREET
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A powerful car bomb killed a senior military commander of a Palestinian terrorist group yesterday in Beirut. The victim's father, Ahmed Jibril, blamed Israel and vowed retaliation. Jibril...
COPS: BRONX TEEN MUGGER TARGETED ELDERLY WOMEN
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amA Bronx teenager has been charged in connection with a two-month robbery spree in which he preyed mostly on elderly women in Parkchester, cops said. Paris Jones, 18, was picked...
THE DECLINE MYTH - 20 YEARS OF VICTORY, YET SOME INSIST WEST CAN'T WIN
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amIT was 20 years ago today that British amphibious forces began retaking the Falkland Islands. The fascinating - and perennially relevant - thing about that small but fierce war, fought...
LEVY SEES NIGHTMARE SCENARIO OF $200M GAP
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy said yesterday he expects a $200 million shortfall in education funds, resulting in a loss of hundreds of teachers' aides and assistant principals. Levy told City...
FAA SAT ON PRE-9/11 WARNING
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration admitted yesterday it had decided not to order a security alert at the nation's airports despite being warned a week before Sept. 11 that...
'THERE ARE A LOT OF LEGENDS ABOUT RAY - THEY'RE ALL TRUE'
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amWE all said a final goodbye to a real hero yesterday, a hero who always told his troops: "Never say goodbye to a brother because one day, it might be...
CASE PROVED TO BE EX-MODEL'S TWIN PEAKS OF FAME
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amWE CAN all rest easier now. An issue of great societal import, which has titillated (sorry) some of the nation's sharpest legal minds for a pair of weeks, has finally...
MOM STABS STEPDAD AFTER GIRL GROPE: COPS
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amA Queens woman is facing up to seven years behind bars for stabbing her husband after she discovered he had molested her 12-year-old daughter, police said. The accused molester faces...
PATAKI POISED FOR ELECCI"N AD BLITZ
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki's campaign will launch its first statewide English and Spanish advertising blitz today, touting the theme "Leadership that works." Aides to the Republican governor, who has been...
GOP PUSHES SILVER ON SCHOOLS OVERHAUL: BRUNO'S BILL HANDS REINS TO BLOOMY
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg and his Republican allies in Albany unveiled a new effort yesterday to try to force Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver into a school-reform deal. Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno...
PORN-IKOVA SETTLEMENT - GAME, SET & CASH
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amThe legal bump-and-grind of the "Porn-ikova" case ended yesterday when Penthouse decided to settle just as a federal judge was about to issue a decision. Former model Judith Soltesz-Benetton, whose...
TAN MAN'S EVIL PLAN SENDS HIM TO THE CAN
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amThe owner of Manhattan's three Future Tan salons is going from the heat lamps to the cooler. Salon czar Norman Schacter, 49, was sentenced to 15 years in prison yesterday...
MAN CHARGED WITH STABBING WIFE
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amA Queens man was charged with stabbing his estranged wife during an argument and then trying to slash his horrified daughter, who had watched the bloody attack, law-enforcement sources said...
COUNCIL CHIEF BUTTS IN ON MIKE'S CIG-TAX DEAL
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amCity Council Speaker Gifford Miller flexed his muscles yesterday, refusing to provide a routine authorization for a cigarette-tax hike negotiated by Mayor Bloomberg and Albany leaders. Sources said Miller is...
'REAL WORLD' MATH TEACHERS WANTED
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amState Education Commissioner Richard Mills today unveils a new crash program to encourage "real world" number-crunchers, such as engineers and statisticians, to quickly become city math teachers, The Post has...
DELI-SLAY TESTIMONY PUTS FINGER ON SUSPECT
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amJurors in the Carnegie Deli massacre trial spent much of yesterday squinting at fingerprints - tiny mazes of whirling ridges wherein may be found or lost forever the freedom of...
POLICE CHARITY 'SCAM' IS BUSTED
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amA man first exposed by The Post for collecting huge sums of money on behalf of slain cops' families - and giving them almost none of it - was busted...
MAN IS SLAIN IN L.I. HOME
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amA man was found murdered in his living room in a quiet Long Island suburb, police said yesterday. The body of James Curry, 43, was discovered at 9:35 a.m. yesterday...
ANDY WAS PART OF 'ME' GENERATION: COLLEAGUES
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Andrew Cuomo always seemed to be running for something when he ran the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, say those who worked with him. "People saw...
CUOMO ENGINEERED HIS HIGH RISE - USED LOAN PROBE TO KO RIVAL FOR FED HOUSING JOB
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amThe state Democratic Party, bitterly divided over whether Andrew Cuomo or Carl McCall will take on Gov. Pataki in November, kicks off its convention tomorrow in Manhattan. Today, The Post...
'WTC'-STYLE PLOT IN ISRAEL - TERROR BOMBERS TARGETED TWIN SKYSCRAPERS
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Palestinian terrorists planned a repeat of the 1993 World Trade Center attack - but this time in Israel - by detonating a ton of explosives under two skyscrapers...
GIRL KILLED BY CYBER MATE: COPS
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amA pretty Connecticut girl who mysteriously vanished last week was found strangled in a Greenwich ravine yesterday - and her cyber-suitor has confessed to her sickening murder, cops said. Christina...
WHACKY TESTIMONY ON SKAKEL
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amTwo witnesses at Michael Skakel's murder trial yesterday testified that the Kennedy cousin told them he was masturbating in a tree outside Martha Moxley's bedroom window the night she was...
TERROR, INC.: FORCES OF EVIL CONVERGE IN SINISTER SUMMIT
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Osama bin Laden's henchmen huddled with top Hamas and Hezbollah honchos less than two months ago in Beirut for a "terrorist convention" that U.S. officials fear laid the...
FEDS TO FUND CLEANUP FOR TAINTED FIRETRUCKS
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amFDNY officials, faced with alarming asbestos-test results suggesting some rigs are dangerously tainted by World Trade Center debris, yesterday said they would have 600 vehicles professionally cleaned - after the...
MIKE: WE'LL NEVER - TELLS EMERGENCY HEADS TO PROVIDE TOP-NOTCH TRAINING
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amThe city will "always have a long ways to go" to protect its citizens from terrorism, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. Speaking a day after Vice President Dick Cheney warned of...
WINE SIMPLY DIVINE FOR LUNGS: STUDY
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amHere's some booze news that'll make you breathe easier: Researchers say drinking wine may help keep your lungs healthy. A team from the University of Buffalo determined wine contains nutrients...
BUSH: EMBARGO WILL STAY UNTIL FIDEL SETS CUBA FREE
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush shouted "Viva Cuba libre" and vowed yesterday to keep sanctions on Cuba until there are free elections there. Bush also promised a supportive crowd of Cuban-Americans...
QNS. MOM STABS HUBBY AFTER STEPDAUGHTER GROPE: POLICE
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amA Queens woman is facing up to seven years behind bars for stabbing her husband after she discovered he had molested her 12-year-old daughter, police said. The accused molester faces...
MIKE: WE'LL NEVER BE TOTALLY SAFE - TELLS EMERGENCY HEADS TO PROVIDE TOP-NOTCH TRAINING
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amThe city will "always have a long ways to go" to protect its citizens from terrorism, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. Speaking a day after Vice President Cheney warned of the...
SCORSESE'S 'GANG' ROLLS INTO CANNES
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amThe long-delayed movie blockbuster "Gangs of New York" finally debuted last night - well, at least 20 minutes of it did. Martin Scorsese screened scenes from his troubled $100 million...
HELPLESS:FBI BOSS SAYS SUICIDE ATTACKS ARE 'INEVITABLE'
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The head of the FBI said yesterday that homicide bomb attacks in the United States are a sure thing - and cautioned there's very little that can be...
STERLING, RAMIRO DELIVER IN CLUTCH
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amAndy Pettitte's on the disabled list. Orlando Hernandez was a late scratch for his start last night because of pain in his upper back. David Wells will not make his...
CELTS: NETS CAN'T PLAY ANY BETTER
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amOh, how the Celtics glowed yesterday about the spectacular performance the Nets displayed in Sunday's Game 1. But nobody was conceding the series; in fact, the Celtics wondered loudly if...
ANTOINE: KIDD'S SCORING NOT A MAJOR CONCERN
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amCELTIC NOTES Antoine Walker probably did not mean to diss Jason Kidd when he said the Nets' superstar point guard "is not a scorer" or "a major concern of ours."...
BIG MAC'S ROLE GROWS IN MIDDLE
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amIN the last round, so many big Charlotte bodies were stuffed into a phone booth that Todd MacCulloch, mild-mannered center for a yet-to-be-proven-great metropolitan basketball team, had no place to...
IF IT AIN'T BROKE . . . NETS DON'T PLAN ON CHANGING MUCH FOR GAME 2
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amNow the chess match begins. Well, sort of. The first game of the Eastern Conference finals is history. So now the losers must plan to adjust, forcing the winners to...
ROD'S PUSHING HARD TO GET JORDAN A JOB
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amNETS VP Rod Thorn has decided to fully guarantee Byron Scott's contract next season and pick up his option on the following season. Curiously, there's no hint of what's in...
BRYLIN HAS SURGERY
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amWhile no progress appears being made on the Devil front with either Bobby Holik or Patrik Elias, the teams plus-minus leader is putting the early summer to good use. Sparkplug...
BACK-IN-GEAR KITTLES GIVES NET 'O' ANOTHER WEAPON
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amAgainst Indiana, Kerry Kittles was the rabbit to Reggie Miller. He ran and chased and then ran some more on defense. On offense, except for a big shot here or...
AMAZIN' ROAD WARRIORS ; METS VAULT INTO 1ST PLACE AFTER WEST COAST SWING
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - The Mets were a .500 team after losing the first contest of their current 10-game road trip. Now, six games later, they are a first-place team again. No...
AN ACCELERATED LEARNING PROCESS
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amNET NOTES They are still young, very young basketball-wise, averaging 4.4 seasons throughout the 12-man playoff roster. But with all they have experienced in 11 playoff games and a spot...
AMAZIN'S STARTING TO SHOW THE GLOVE
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADLEPHIA - The Mets had made their share of spectacular plays earlier in the season, but they were always offset by depressing mistakes and awful outings where the...
ROBIN KEEPS ROCKIN': VENTURA'S 12TH HOME RUN BREAKS TIE, TORONTO'S HEART
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amYankees 6 Blue Jays 3 Before last night's game, Joe Torre sat in the dugout singing the praises of surprising Robin Ventura, who is in the midst of a baseball...
LAYDEN STILL THINKING ABOUT NO. 1
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amKnicks GM Scott Layden has already phoned the Rockets about their No. 1 pick, but it was more to congratulate Houston GM Carroll Dawson. Dawson said yesterday he's received a...
PECA TO GO UNDER KNIFE
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amIslander captain Michael Peca is scheduled to have surgery on his torn left anterior cruciate ligament next Wednesday to repair the injury that will keep him shelved until January. Peca...
BAFFERT: 'WAR' CRITICS EATING CROW
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amTwo days after Kentucky Derby winner War Emblem added the Preakness to his resume, trainer Bob Baffert was still sky-high on the black colt's chances of becoming the first horse...
DUQUE TO HAVE MRI
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amLast Thursday Orlando Hernandez had shrugged off an obvious back injury, proudly promising that "nothing will keep me from starting the next game." Last night his back ailment did just...
GREAT TEAM, LOUSY OPPOSITION
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amWITH the Yankees, it's merely a question of when, not if. Watch them strand baserunners inning after inning. Wait patiently for good news to come out of Tampa regarding Andy...
YANKS EYE JAYS TRIO
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amT-shirts! Get your T-shirts, here! On sale now in the visitor's clubhouse at Yankee Stadium. Toronto outfielders Raul Mondesi, Jose Cruz, Jr. and Shannon Stewart have heard the rumors that...
BOOMER TO MISS START
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES As if the Yanks' rotation wasn't being tested enough, David Wells will miss tonight's start against the Blue Jays with a sore lower back. Orlando Hernandez missed last...
BOMBERS ARE TOO DEEP TO HIT BOTTOM
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amSWEAT bead No. 1: Andy Pettitte, one of the most reliable starting pitchers of his era, particularly in October, is scheduled to pitch a simulated game in Tampa today. Even...
ROBIN KEEPS ROCKIN' : VENTURA'S 12TH HOME RUN BREAKS TIE, TORONTO'S HEART
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amYankees 6 Blue Jays 3 Before last night's game, Joe Torre sat in the dugout singing the praises of surprising Robin Ventura, in the midst of a baseball rebirth. Torre...
SORE EL DUQUE PUTS STERLING ON SPOT: BALKY BACK SCRATCHES ORLANDO FOR HITCHCOCK
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amLast Thursday Orlando Hernandez had shrugged off an obvious back injury, proudly promising that "nothing will keep me from starting the next game." Last night his back ailment did just...
ROBIN ROCKIN' PITCHERS WITH RECAPTURED POWER
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The Yankees have lived up to their Bronx Bomber nickname, slugging 24 home runs in their last eight games, and 14 in their last five. And the biggest...
PECA OPERATION TO FIX TORN ACL
May 21, 2002 | 4:00amIslander captain Michael Peca is scheduled to have surgery on his torn left anterior cruciate ligament next Wednesday to repair the injury that will keep him shelved until January. Peca...