July 22, 2002

MORGAN PLANS CUTS - BANKING FIRM BOWING TO MARKET PRESSURE

Layoffs at Morgan Stanley & Co. have been a long time coming. Now they're just around the corner. Over the next several weeks, the white-shoe firm will be drawing up...

STILL SOLD ON 'SEX'

FANS of both sexes and of all shoe sizes gathered around their television sets last night eagerly awaiting the "Sex and the City" season premiere. The HBO comedy sensation did...

INDIANA JONES BEACH

JOHN MELLENCAMP -------- IN blue jeans, rolled-up-sleeved workshirt and boots, John Mellencamp hit Jones Beach looking like he was ready to shovel sand, but instead chipped away at the rock...

'24' IN NON-STOP ACTION

PASADENA, Calif. - Fox's real-time action hit "24" will kick off its second season with a commercial-free episode, network executives announced yesterday in an effort to jump start crucial, out-of-the-box...

MEAT MY DAUGHTER. PUHLEESE.

"Meet My Folks" [ 1/2] Tonight at 8 on WNBC/Ch. 4 ---------- JUST when you thought television couldn't possibly sink any lower in the swamp, along comes "Meet My Folks,"...

STARR REPORT

Sub landing: WOR's A-list roster WOR (710 AM) is filling the 7 to 9 p.m. slot this week with an impressive roster of talent - including Post TV columnist Adam...

'NIGHT' FALLS - RIDICULOUS SET, COSTUMES MAKE BARD LOOK BAD

TWELFTH NIGHTAt the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, enter through 81st Street and Central Park West or 79th Street and Fifth Avenue. Free; tickets available beginning at 1 p.m. at...

SECRET POLLS: DEMS DOOMED

TOP-SECRET polling has convinced key Democrats that Gov. Pataki can't be beaten in the November election by either Carl McCall or Andrew Cuomo, The Post has learned. The polls, now...

EXTREMIST POL'S SHADOW WORLD - HOW GOP ALLY FULANI KEEPS TIES TO FAR LEFT

SHE'S been accused of anti-Semitism, anti-Americanism and fraud - but to Gov. Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg, Lenora Fulani is a powerful political ally. Fulani - a quasi-Marxist, two-time presidential candidate...

MENTOR IS DOGGED BY CULT CHARGES

His followers compare him to Gandhi, but his detractors say he's a power-hungry cult leader. Either way, Fred Newman - the self-styled Marxist whom Lenora Fulani credits as her mentor...

BRITS NIXED KNIGHTHOOD FOR 'LECHEROUS' CHAPLIN

Comedy legend Charlie Chaplin was refused a British knighthood because officials thought he was a lecherous pervert who preyed on underage girls, it was revealed yesterday. A long-secret file just...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

Cops busted a would-be car thief after he got locked in the vehicle he was trying to steal. The 51-year-old crook's target in Gainesville, Fla., had a security device that...

YOU'LL SEYMOUR OF HER SCANTY PANTIES

Stephanie Seymour's panties are up for grabs. The former Victoria's Secret lingerie model has signed on with television shopping network HSN to create an exclusive collection of "comfortable" lingerie and...

LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER HIS COMPANY WAS INVOLVED IN SEPARATE OIL SPILLS

Less than two months after his company was involved in separate oil spills in the East River and the Port Jefferson harbor, a Long Island businessman donated $10,000 to the...

PENTAGON'S 'SAFE' NEW WEAPONS UNDER FIRE

A kinder, gentler Pentagon is developing a nonlethal arsenal of weapons - but human rights activists are determined to torpedo the program, a new report says. The Defense Department is...

'JOHN DOESN'T HAVE A HIGH OPINION OF BIN LADEN. HE VIEWS HIM AS A FALSE PROPHET': LINDH LAWYER JAMES BROSNAHAN

The lawyer for American Taliban John Walker Lindh says his client views terror master Osama bin Laden as a "false prophet" whose twisted interpretation of the Koran is an affront...

WANT TO FIX THIS MESS? KEEP POLITICS OUT OF IT

CHUCK SCHWARZ served 33 months in jail for something he didn't do - and not one of those bums from Enron has spent a single day in the slammer. Now...

WIDOW'S TORMENT: INS SET TO DEPORT WIFE AND TWO SONS OF 9/11 HERO

A heartbroken 9/11 widow is waging a personal war against the INS, which is determined to kick the British national out of the country, although her two young children are...

APPLE'S JUICE OK: CON ED - BOOSTS HOPES FOR AN OUTAGE-FREE SUMMER

Con Ed told New Yorkers yesterday it's unlikely they will face a repetition of the blackouts caused by a fire in an East Side transformer Saturday. "Everything is OK," said...

MONGOL WRESTLING IS NO KHAN GAME

EATTULGA never saw it coming. Just when he thought he had his worthy adversary on the ropes, he was down for the count. But, hey, that's Mongolian wrestling for you....

SECURITY AGENCY FAILED NATION: POLS

A classified version of a congressional report rips into the National Security Agency for its intelligence failures before the Sept. 11 attacks, congressional sources say. While an unclassified summary of...

PREZ HOPEFUL: I'D SCRAP THE TAX CUT

WASHINGTON - Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, a Democratic prospect for president in 2004, said yesterday he would repeal President Bush's tax cut in order to pay for his national health...

'THREATENED' KARZAI TAPS U.S. TROOPS AS BODYGUARDS

WASHINGTON - Americans have taken over the security force protecting Afghan President Hamid Karzai because of the terror threats against him, a new report says. Karzai recently dismissed his Afghan...

TERRORISTS BOMB ISRAELI TRAIN

JERUSALEM - Terrorists hit an Israeli train yesterday as officials in Jerusalem - facing harsh criticism from the United States and other countries - backed off on their idea to...

SLAY RAP IN HORRIFIC HIT-RUN: COPS

Cops charged a 29-year-old Manhattan man with murder and drunken driving yesterday for allegedly mowing down a woman and then fleeing the scene of the accident. Enrique Made was at...

SHORE SOUNDS GREAT: DISNEY EYES CONEY IS.

Coney Island was named after a rabbit - but it may be taken over by a mouse. Walt Disney Co. has been studying Coney Island land parcels to determine if...

GROUND ZERO PLANNERS MAY PAUSE AMID DESIGN CRITICISM

Stung by criticism, downtown redevelopment officials may have to slow down their hurry-up planning schedule for the World Trade Center site, a spokesman for Gov. Pataki said yesterday. The Port...

NYERS SPLIT ON WHETHER TO BEAUTIFY BOARDWALK

News that Walt Disney Co. might be itching to redevelop Coney Island drew cheers - and more than a few jeers - in the historic seaside neighborhood yesterday. "It'd be...

HEALTHY LIFE FIGHTS ALZHEIMER'S

We know eating healthy foods and exercising reduce the risk of heart disease - now research claims they also protect against Alzheimer's disease. A groundbreaking study has linked risk factors...

COPS ID SUSPECT IN JAIL-OFFICER SLAY

The suspected killer of a popular correction officer - whose mother died in the World Trade Center attacks and whose wife gave birth to his only child shortly after the...

WORLDCOM DECLARES BANKRUPTCY - LARGEST EVER

WorldCom Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection last night - the largest insolvency in U.S. history - a month after the telecommunications giant revealed it had baked its books. Chief Executive...

READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO HELP NEEDY HELP THEMSELVES

New York is a brighter and cleaner place because of the formerly homeless and disadvantaged people who sweep our streets clean as part of the Doe Fund's Ready, Willing and...

WATER COPS WARN THEY'LL FINE RESERVOIR HOGS

Drought-weary New Yorkers have to keep conserving water - even though city reservoirs appear to have gotten their fill over the last few months. "I don't see us lifting the...

'FORE!' STALLED - DUFFERS CLOG BETHPAGE'S OPEN COURSE

Ever since last month's U.S. Open, golfers from across America have been flocking to the Black Course at Bethpage State Park - really bad golfers. Undaunted by the sign warning...

'COP' SHORTAGE AT PENN STATION

Amtrak has cut police manpower at Penn Station so severely that the terminal could be an easy target for terrorists, The Post has learned. Members of the Amtrak police force...

CHUCK HAS RX FOR HIGH DRUG COSTS

New Yorkers who have to choose between medication and their gas bill may have some relief in sight, under a prescription drug bill co-sponsored by Sens. Charles Schumer and John...

MAN AND FIRST-DATE TEEN SLAIN AT CLUB

A man and a 16-year-old out on his first date were stabbed to death and the teen's brother was critically wounded yesterday in a fight at an illegal after-hours club...

FBI JOINS THE HUNT FOR MISSING MANHATTAN BOY

The FBI is getting involved in the search for a 4-year-old Manhattan boy allegedly snatched by his father, law-enforcement sources told The Post. Rui Guo showed up at his ex-wife's...

LIBS HOPE TO STAY HOT DOWN STRETCH

Practice makes perfect, as they say. But when it comes to the Liberty, practice makes you 5-1. The Liberty are the second-hottest team in the WNBA right now, sporting a...

DON'T SLAM TIGER FOR OPEN LOSS

GULLANE, Scotland - Don't crucify Tiger Woods for failing to keep his highly-anticipated Grand Slam run alive. Don't tear into him for failing to win the 131st British Open this...

AFTER CHOKE, ELS GOES FOR JUG-ULAR - ERNIE GIVES AWAY LEAD, THEN WINS IN PLAYOFF

GULLANE, Scotland - Moments of truth like the extraordinary theater that unfolded before the world's eyes in yesterday's final round of the British Open at Muirfield are the reason so...

MOURNING AFTER, BASEBALL'S CASHING IN

WHAT is the shelf life of sensitivity? How long does it take for a fresh, dramatic perspective to grow stale? With the resumption of baseball after the Sept. 11 attacks,...

SEO'S BEEN ON FAST TRACK TO BIG LEAGUES

MET NOTES CINCINNATI - Jae Weong Seo was obviously hungry to get to the major leagues, but he took it to the extreme. Seo, a 25-year-old righty who made his...

MONTY FULL-OUT MAD

BRITISH OPEN NOTEBOOK GULLANE, Scotland - Colin Montgomerie finished 82nd among 83 players at the Open and left yesterday after yet another angry blow-up with the media. After following his...

IT'S A FOUR-GONE CONCLUSION - BOMBERS UP LEAD WITH RALLY IN 9TH

Yankees 9 - Red Sox 8 Say hello to the Boston Dead Sox. Their pitching is improved, they have a winning record against the Yankees and they are four games...

BUMBLING BOSOX FEELIN' SNAKE-BIT

Life in the Red Sox nation is filled with disbelief and heartache, excruciating losses and inexplicable plays. It was all there for the sad, suffering Sox fans to see and...

JORGE HAPPY RED SOX RUN WILD

YANKEE NOTES Boston DH Jose Offerman doesn't talk to the media so he didn't explain his idiotic thinking when he tried to steal third with one out in the ninth...

BOL HAS WALKED LONG ROAD SINCE RETIREMENT

Manute Bol was the tallest player ever to compete in the NBA. At 7-foot-7, he may also be the world's tallest political activist. The Knicks have finally added real size,...

MARIANO TO UNDERGO MRI TODAY

Over the years Mariano Rivera has spoiled the Yankees as much with his invulnerability as his infallibility. But after being forced from Saturday's game with tightness around his pitching shoulder,...

FANTASTIC FOURSOME CLOSES OPEN STRONG

GULLANE, Scotland - As the British Open playoff unfolded yesterday, there were four terrific stories on the leaderboard. Ernie Els, the eventual winner, had craved this championship more than any...

STANTON GETS IT DONE IN RIVERA'S ABSENCE

With Mariano Rivera out at least until Friday, the Yankees needed Mike Stanton - the de facto closer in Rivera's absence - to break out of his recent malaise. And...

YANKEE MAGIC STRIKES AGAIN

JASON GIAMBI, usually so disciplined, waved furiously and futilely at two Ugueth Urbina off-speed pitches. He walked about 20 feet from the batter's box to regain his composure, reorganize his...

ARREST NIXES BIG DOG DEAL

So much for the Knicks obtaining Glenn Robinson to replace Latrell Sprewell at small forward. Robinson's arrest Saturday outside Chicago on charges he assaulted his former fiancee and carried an...

THIRD TIME NO CHARM FOR WEAVER - HIGH-PRICED RIGHTY IS ROCKED AGAIN

A DAY the Yankees found another way to beat the Red Sox might not be the best one to question the Basic Plot. This is, after all, the time of...

REDS COOL OFF METS - AMAZIN'S SWEEP DREAMS MELT AWAY IN CINCINNATI HEAT

Reds 9 - Mets 1 CINCINNATI - Momentum is only as good as your next day's pitcher, so the Mets had reason to feel great about the chances of sweeping...