July 15, 2002
COKE TO EXPENSE OPTIONS
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amCoca-Cola Co. will account for stock-option grants by treating them as compensation in a move meant to put the big beverage maker out in front of the accounting controversies that...
WORLDCOM WEB - TOP EXECS KNEW OF COOKED BOOKS IN 2000
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amThe ice under former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers just got a lot thinner. Whistle-blowers tried to warn WorldCom officials about shifty accounting as early as 2000 - well before the...
MEMBERS SWEAT OUT CLOSING OF ATHLETIC CLUB
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amMidtown's nearly 95-year-old City Athletic Club may be shutting its doors for good. Members are schvitzing over an announcement that their dwindling numbers - now just a few hundred men...
CAUSE CELEBS - KERMIT THE FROG? PLEASE!
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amWHEN she brought her Pretty Woman smile to the Capitol in May, few of the star-struck fans who squeezed in to see Julia Roberts had even heard of Rett Syndrome....
'CROSSINGLINE' MISSESTHE POINT
July 15, 2002 | 4:00am"Crossing The Line" Tonight, 9 on Lifetime ½ star TONIGHT'S painfully dopey, and boring movie on Lifetime, titled "Crossing The Line," is billed the story of what happens when "overly...
MAKING HIS MARC
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amMARC ANTHONY ------------ EVERY once in a while there emerges a pop singer who not only makes girls swoon but also represents his fans. A skinny kid from Spanish Harlem...
'SWAN' FOR THE AGES
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amKIROV BALLET "Swan Lake" at Lincoln Center Festival 2002. The Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center. Season runs through July 20. (212) 721-6500. ------------ THAT dear old ballet 'Swan Lake' is...
STARR REPORT
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amHey now! Stars flock to 'Never Again' "Gilligan's Island" star Tina Louise, Jamie-Lynn Sigler ("The Sopranos"), Jesse Bradford and other celebs were on hand the other night at the Angelika...
CBS: MARTHA-RITIS PATIENT
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amMARTHA Stewart has CBS News in a holding pattern. It's highly unlikely that Stewart will show up for her weekly how-to segments on the CBS News-produced "Early Show" until the...
ROSE TO POST: 'I FEEL GREAT!'
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amHE was never in danger, but Charlie Rose says the time was right for him to take care of a congenital heart defect he'd lived with his entire life. "There...
PREGNANCY TESTS TV CREATIVITY
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amSARAH Jessica Parker is only the latest in a string of TV stars to grow ever bigger on the small screen. The first, of course, was Lucille Ball - whose...
JUST WILD ABOUT CARRIE: HBO HAS STAR'S PREGNANCY COVERED
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amPACK up those hip-hugging trousers. Shove those belly-baring tops in the back of the closet. Sarah Jessica Parker is in for a style makeover when the final season of "Sex...
HOPPING MAD OVER SINGING FROGS
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amIN THE Bible, God unleashed a plague of frogs on the Egyptians because they enslaved the Jews. On a once-quiet street in Brooklyn, neighbors are wondering what they did to...
UNION HEAVYWEIGHT BACKS STATE INCOME-TAX INCREASE
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amONE of New York's most powerful labor leaders is calling for a hike in the personal income tax next year in order to balance the state's deficit-threatened budget. At the...
SILVER RIPS GOV OVER DOWNTOWN JOB DRAIN
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the state's most powerful Democrat, is accusing Gov. Pataki of damaging downtown recovery efforts by planning to send jobs out of the area. Silver,...
CHARITIES HIT BY $$ FLOW TO 9/11 VICTIMS
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amToo many United Way donors are insisting their money go to victims of Sept. 11 and other specific nonprofits - causing steep cuts in funding to 200 other charities, including...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amThe FBI is hunting an elderly bank robber who's on the run with his girlfriend - in a luxury motor home. Detectives believe the man, in his 70s, held up...
WATER SUPPLY ON HIGH TERROR ALERT
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amThe nation's waterworks are bracing for terror attacks that could leave millions high and dry, it was revealed yesterday. Documents captured from terror master Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda lieutenants...
A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES FOR ZETA-JONES' TOT
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amCatherine Zeta-Jones is forking over a cool $1.5 million to build her dream house in the beautiful Welsh countryside where Dylan Thomas lived. The curvy beauty - who named her...
SENATE APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTING REFORMS
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Tonight's expected Senate approval of broad accounting reforms could fall flat, following Commerce Secretary Don Evans' prediction yesterday that President Bush will just say "no" to the legislation....
NEW IMCLONE STOCK SHOCK: EXECS MADE MILLIONS BEFORE MARTHA SOLD
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amMartha Stewart dishing off a quarter-million dollars of ImClone stock the day before regulators made hash of its only product was table scraps compared to the feast of big-money sales...
TRAGIC TASK OF GRIM REAPERS WITH A HEART
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amWhenever there is an air disaster in the United States, the people at Douglass Air Disaster Funeral Coordinators turn to their gruesome duty: They collect bodies - and items -...
GOV OFF-GUARD ON NUKE WOES: ANDY
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amGubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo pressed his case for closing the Indian Point 2 nuclear plant yesterday and warned that city pharmacies don't have enough cancer-fighting drugs in case of a...
VICTIM'S SIS BATTLES GRIEF BY HITTING LAW BOOKS
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amWhen Cory Loudenslager's younger sister died in the TWA Flight 800 accident, the Pennsylvania woman started gaining focus. Ever since kindergarten she knew she'd be a lawyer, but after the...
VEEP DOO-DOO OVER '$LICK' BOOKKEEPING
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amThe chief of embattled oil-services company Halliburton says Vice President Dick Cheney was well aware of his former firm's accounting methods, which are now being scrutinized by the feds. CEO...
TAINTED ARMY BOSS MAY FALL ON SWORD
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amSome congressional Republicans are hoping that Army Secretary Tommy White bites the bullet and resigns before he testifies this week at a Senate committee hearing on the collapse of Enron,...
MYSTERY-VANISH TEEN'S BODY FOUND IN HUDSON
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amA "seven-month nightmare" has ended in tragedy for a Rockland County family after the NYPD finally discovered the body of their missing 19-year-old son - who disappeared last November -...
'THIEF' ARAFAT: I'LL SUE PAPER
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Embattled Palestinian chief Yasser Arafat yesterday threatened to sue a top Israeli newspaper for accusing him of illegally funneling $5 million to his wife and kid in Paris....
2 KILLED, 1 HURT IN CITY STAB ATTACKS
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amCity cops are investigating a string of three separate stabbing incidents yesterday that led to the deaths of two people, police said. A 35-year-old woman died after being knifed by...
JAYSON DISSED DRIVER ON DEATH NIGHT: REPORT
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amJayson Williams allegedly made snide remarks to a chauffeur hours before the troubled NBA great casually snapped shut a shotgun that fired and killed the driver, a new report says....
TV'S TOM ARNOLD GOES A-COURTING WITH SOME HOT ONE-ON-ONE ACTION
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amIt looks like marriage is a slam-dunk for hot-shot TV comedian Tom Arnold, who played hoops in Greenwich Village yesterday before scoring a loving kiss (above) from new wife Shelby...
'DOGGED' IVERSON PARTIES HEARTY
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amAllen Iverson hasn't let tomorrow's scheduled arrest cramp his style - he spent the weekend rescuing his pet pooch and then partying through the night with friends. The embattled basketball...
THE 'DAMAGE' EXCEEDS $500M: BOEING, TWA SHELL OUT FOR KIN LAWSUITS
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amSix years after TWA Flight 800 exploded off Long Island, 225 lawsuits and claims have been settled against plane manufacturer Boeing and the airline - reportedly for more than half...
SLAIN BROOKLYN KID LAID TO REST
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amClose to 150 mourners paid their final respects last night to Patrick Bhola, the troubled Brooklyn 13-year-old who was savagely beaten and stabbed to death last Monday over a dollar....
CON 'CELLS' DON'S DUDS - GOTTI'S PRISON CLOTHES NET 2G FOR EX-JAILMATE
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amWe'll all remember him as the Dapper Don - even though the last duds he wore were decidedly drab, government-issued khakis. But while the double-breasted Brioni suits John Gotti favored...
L.I. MEMORIAL MARKS DISASTER'S ANNIVERSARY
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amFamily and friends of TWA Flight 800 victims yesterday gathered to dedicate a touching memorial to their lost loved ones near the crash site off Long Island. Former Mayor Rudy...
BOTH VICTIMS OF QUEENS BOATING TRAGEDY FOUND
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amPolice yesterday recovered the bodies of the two people killed in last Thursday night's horrific boat crash in Little Neck Bay. The body of John Kondongianis, 35, was pulled from...
BOY ELECTROCUTED ON LIRR TRACKS
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amA child playing on Long Island Rail Road tracks with a group of friends was electrocuted after touching the third rail yesterday, cops said. The boy, whose name and age...
SCHOOL SWAP LOOMS: 385,000 KIDS COULD TRANSFER UNDER NEW LAW
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amEXCLUSIVE About 385,000 students in a staggering 387 low-performing city public schools are entitled to move to better schools this fall under the new federal "No Child Left Behind" law,...
MORGY: LIBERTY MEDALS MEAN JUSTICE FOR HEROES
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amManhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau says The Post's Liberty Medals to salute unheralded heroes "look at the positive side of life." "There has been so much tragedy in our lives,...
TORMENTED FIRE HERO'S LAST HOPE
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amLt. Girard Owens was one of the last firefighters to leave the World Trade Center's north tower alive - and he brought out with him a mystery he is aching...
BODY OF QNS. BOATING VICTIM PULLED FROM BAY
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amThe body of a man hurled into the water in last week's horrific Queens boat crash was found yesterday morning, police said. The body of John Kondongianis, 35, was pulled...
IVERSON IS STUCK IN THE DOGHOUSE
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amIt was a real "Dog Day Afternoon" for Allen Iverson, in more ways the one. The embattled basketball star - who's under house arrest for an alleged gun-toting rampage -...
ROOKIE AT CPR SAVES TOT'S LIFE
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amA Long Island man who was forced into taking a CPR class found the lifesaving course handy just five days later, when he rescued a choking baby boy. Allan Scotto,...
DEVILS, GIVE ELIAS HIS DUE
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amIF they ever did, the could'ves, should'ves and would'ves no longer apply. What could've and should've been a mini-dynasty, if the Devils only would've attended to business in the spring...
JORDAN'S GAIN COULD BECOME NET LOSS - ASSISTANT IN LINE FOR 2 TOP JOBS
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amThe Nets should know within two weeks whether assistant coach Eddie Jordan will remain with them or not. Jordan, whose coaching stock continues to rise, was back with the Nets'...
GM NEEDS TO TRADE IN THIS LEMON
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amIF Steve Phillips would get half as upset about the Mets' place in the standings as he does about trade rumors, his team would be much better off. This year...
ASTACIO LIFTS METS AGAIN
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amMets 4Phillies 2 From the front office to the field, failure has filled the Mets' season. Right now, GM Steve Phillips' active offseason has resulted in one solid move. Pedro...
RAUL'S READY TO GO TO THE WALL AGAIN FOR BOMBERS
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES CLEVELAND - Raul Mondesi's chest was still sore and his neck a bit stiff, but the Yankees' right fielder said he felt better yesterday than he did Saturday,...
HERB GIVES PATRICK A PLUG
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amKnicks assistant Herb Williams believes a post-retirement Patrick Ewing would be an asset to the Garden, whether it be helping him coach the big men or as front-office suit. Ewing...
MO SHRUGS OFF RED SOX RUMORS
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amWhere there is smoke, perhaps there is trade-fueled fire. Before the Mets' 4-2 win over Philadelphia yesterday, GM Steve Phillips reacted indignantly to the Post's story about Boston possibly re-acquiring...
THE MISTAKE AT THE JAKE ; INDIANS SLAM MO, YANKEES IN NINTH
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amIndians 10Yankees 7 CLEVELAND - A big part of going to a baseball game is the possibility of seeing something happen for the first time. Yesterday a sold-out Jacobs Field...
LAYDEN 'INTRIGUED' BY SONICS' JAMES
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES For the first time, Knicks GM Scott Layden yesterday publicly acknowledged his interest in Jerome James, saying Seattle's 7-1, 280-pound center is "intriguing." James visited the Knicks Friday...
GREEN LATEST EX-JET TO LAND WITH PATRIOTS
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amAnother day, another Jet heads to New England. This time, it's free-agent safety Victor Green, who reportedly signed a one-year deal ($750,000) with the Patriots this weekend. He becomes the...
TOUGH-LUCK MOOSE WATCHES NO. 13 GO BUST
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - Mike Mussina had just watched the impossible spring to life. The Indians had scored six runs in the ninth off Mariano Rivera to turn a sure victory, which...
KNICK AIDE WAITS HIS TURN
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amRookie point guard Frank Williams is not the only Knick on display starting today at Boston's week-long Pro Summer League. Tom Thibodeau, their bright assistant who is considered a Jeff...
ALOMAR KEEPS HIS HEAD
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amOn Roberto Alomar Bobblehead Day, the Mets second baseman had the kind of at-bat that could leave anybody's head spinning. But after having a huge base hit disallowed, Alomar kept...
GREEN HEADED TO PATS
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amAnother day, another Jet heads to New England. This time, it's free-agent safety Victor Green, who reportedly signed a one-year deal ($750,000) with the Patriots this weekend. He becomes the...
WEATHERS WANTS TO SEE MORE TEAM SPIRIT AT SHEA
July 15, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES David Weathers admitted yesterday the Mets have been lifeless at times this season when they should have been pumped. "I think sometimes on this team - I am...