August 3, 2002
DOUBLE-DIP DREAD - STOCKS SOCKED BY FEARS OF DEEPER RECESSION
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amLow. Lower. Lowest? Stocks plunged again yesterday on fears the U.S. economy is not recovering at all. Instead, many Wall Street pros believe the U.S. will have a "double-dip" recession...
MOUSE STOCK DOWN BY 9%
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe House of Mouse stock was shaken to a seven-year low as investors struggled to digest Walt Disney Co.'s lousy profit outlook and a warning that its stellar credit rating...
MARTHA WANTS HER PRIVACY & STOCK SHOOTS UP 10.4%
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amMartha Stewart Living Omnimedia rose in a down market on news that the domestic diva could be taking the company private. Stewart has reportedly been meeting with bankers to discuss...
COPS DRAW BLUE LINE TO GUARD TV IMAGE
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amTHE NYPD is guarding its image like a lion - refusing to grant rights to TV projects that may portray New York City cops in a bad light. And unlike...
E FOR EXCELLENT: BRUCE ROCKS DAVE
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amTHE Boss blasted David Letterman's ratings through the roof this week. Bruce Springsteen's appearance on Thursday's "Late Show with David Letterman" handed the show its best Thursday-night ratings since last...
GOODBYE KISS? - 'FRASIER' STAR HINTS: THE SHOW'S OVER
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amET tu, Kelsey?"Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer says he's pondering the end of his sitcom - and that it's "coming to a natural conclusion." "Frasier," in which Grammer plays Seattle radio...
FRINGE BENEFITS - NEW YORK'S BIGGEST FESTIVALS FEATURE LOTS OF STUFF FOR KIDS
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amSummer is the season of festivals - and no festival is complete without a little something for the kids. This being New York, make that lots of things for the...
SPY KIDS TELL ALL! - WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE CAMERAS WERE ON - AND OFF
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amSpider hand-climbers that scale large buildings and nanotechnology watches that do everything but tell time. R.A.L.P.H. - an insect-like robot you can put in your pocket - and, believe it...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amChina is considering blocking publication of Dinner Party Cheat Sheet because there are too many Jewish references. DPCS asks the country to reconsider or it will have a talk with...
LATIN OUT LOUD
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amTwo Latino festivals this weekend offer a world-class selection of theater, dance, music and film - displaying the depth and diversity of a proud people. The Queens Theatre in the...
JUST A MATTER OF 'TRUST'
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amIt's not often that someone in the Meatpacking District says "Trust me" - and you do. But the Bar Belles have found that it's worth the leap of faith if...
A LITTLE KNIGHT-LIFE
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amHop into the car and escape into the mystical woods of 16th-century England, as the New York Renaissance Faire begins its 25th anniversary celebration this weekend. Sixty-five acres of Sterling...
CRUSTACEAN ELATION
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amRemember the scene in "Annie Hall" when the lobsters busted loose in the beach house kitchen? It shows how much simpler meal-making is when we don't have to personally kill...
BUS DRIVER HIT WITH RAPE RAP
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amA city bus driver was arrested for sexually assaulting a 28-year-old woman nearly a month ago in The Bronx, cops said yesterday. Augustine Guerrero, 33, was charged with rape in...
BETSY PALS: MIKE'S A GENDER OFFENDER
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amGENDER has entered the increasingly testy debate between Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum and Mayor Bloomberg. At a press conference this week to denounce Bloomberg's attempt to cut the public advocate...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amAccording to an Indian scientist, the American-led war in Afghanistan has not only been clobbering Taliban and al Qaeda forces, but the weather system in parts of Southeast Asia as...
KIDNAP GIRLS: WE TRIED TO KILL FIEND
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amLANCASTER, Calif. - The two California teenage girls who were abducted Thursday tried to kill their kidnapper by stabbing him and hitting him on the head with a whiskey bottle,...
MIKE RIPS BIZ WELFARE
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg said yesterday he's not a fan of corporate tax breaks - even though his firm sought a $14 million incentive last year - as he dismissed threats by...
POL'S TROUBLES DOUBLING - ELECTION BIG: 'NO DOUBT' HE VOTED 2 TIMES - TWICE
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amA high-level Board of Elections official yesterday said "it's clear" that Conservative Party politician Daniel Mahony illegally voted twice, as the Manhattan DA's office moved forward with its probe. The...
LIBRARIAN LITERALLY GOES THE EXTRA MILE
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amWhen Lydia Kugel read about The Post's Community Liberty Medal, she immediately thought of nominating co-worker Helen Limarzi. Limarzi, 55, a Mahopac resident, is the literacy coordinator and job information...
WORLDCOM SCUTTLES BOAT BASH
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amWorldCom execs in New York yesterday abruptly bailed out of next week's luxury booze cruise for top sales staffers - leaving the family-owned party-ship business high and dry with more...
EXPLOSIVE DISCOVERY - ISRAELIS RAID CAFETERIA-BOMB LAB
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe Israeli army yesterday found traces of the explosives that blew up the Hebrew University cafeteria during a raid on hidden weapons labs in Nablus' infamous casbah, authorities said. The...
BUBBAGATE REBATE - CLINTON-SCANDAL PLAYERS ASK FEDS TO PAY LAW BILLS
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - More than 30 players in the Clinton scandals are seeking a taxpayer bailout to pay millions of dollars they ran up in lawyers' bills, court papers show. The...
FEDS CONVINCED OF 9/11 HIJACKER'S LINK TO IRAQ
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe White House now believes that hijack ringleader Mohamed Atta met with an Iraqi agent five months before the Sept. 11 attacks - which could help it win support for...
JEWS APPLAUD 'DEFENDER BILL'
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amJewish leaders hailed ex-President Bill Clinton yesterday for saying that he would grab a rifle and fight and die for Israel if Iraq attacked the Jewish state. "Any time a...
HILL IN WTC $$ TUSSLE - WHITE HOUSE NIXES HER PLAN FOR HEALTH TESTS
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush's refusal yesterday to quickly approve funding for monitoring the health of Ground Zero workers could lead to another showdown with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Bush still...
IT'LL BE VINEGRAD VS. SCHWARZ, PART 4
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amCharles Schwarz will face a familiar adversary next month as outgoing U.S. Attorney Alan Vinegrad has decided to personally prosecute the ex-cop's fourth trial - set to begin weeks after...
MOB-SLAY JURY ALL TIED UP
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amWheelchair-riding mobsters Gregory DePalma and Sam "Fat Man" Cagnina got a boost yesterday when a Manhattan jury told the judge it was strongly divided over whether they tried to kill...
DNA CRACKS '99 SLAY - JILTED EX JAILED IN MYSTERY OF VANISHED QNS. STUDENT
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amNearly three years after beautiful, dark-haired law student Samiya Haqiqi vanished on a trip home from school, police have arrested her spurned boyfriend on murder charges - even though her...
'VULTURE' BROKER FACING NEW HEAT
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe Securities and Exchange Commission is going to launch an investigation into a British brokerage house found guilty of poaching a top broker from rival Cantor Fitzgerald after the Sept....
BUSHED PREZ IS OFF ON LONG VACATION
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday got a head start on a month-long vacation - and he looks as if he needs it. After nearly 11 months of fighting the war...
JUROR TIRADE SPURS SLAY MISTRIAL
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amBedlam broke out last night in the Manhattan murder trial of a girl gangster when a lone holdout juror screamed curses and threatened suicide after four days of deliberations. "F---...
CITY EYES LAND SWAP - PA TAKES AIRPORTS, APPLE GETS WTC SITE
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amCity Hall is strongly considering offering the Port Authority a land-swap deal that would put the city in full control of Ground Zero, The Post has learned. The trade would...
LEASEHOLDER'S BILL TO INSURERS: $8.2B
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amIt will cost about $8.2 billion to replace most of the World Trade Center and cover business losses, experts hired by developer Larry Silverstein said. Subtracting payments already received from...
BIRTHDAY SUIT - MARTHA HITS 61 AND IS SUED BY SHAREHOLDER
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amHappy birthday, Martha Stewart - you're getting slapped with a class-action lawsuit. Conrad Hahn has filed suit against the diva of domesticity (right), charging her involvement in the ImClone scandal...
MAFIA SNITCH WENT LOONY
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amA hotheaded Mafia turncoat who avenged his father's mysterious murder by helping nail numerous high-powered mobsters is so berserk he's no good as a witness, prosecutors said in a bombshell...
BOXING BIG SUES TYSON
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amA top boxing official who says he "suffered permanent physical and psychological injuries" after getting caught in the middle of a brawl between Mike Tyson and heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis...
KIDNAP GIRLS TRIED TO KILL FIEND
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amLANCASTER, Calif. - The two California teenage girls who were abducted Thursday tried to kill their kidnapper by stabbing him and hitting him on the head with a whiskey bottle,...
LIFESAVER FOR KIDNAP GIRLS
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amLANCASTER, Calif. - An eagle-eyed animal-control officer played a key role in saving the lives of two kidnapped girls by spotting the abductor's getaway car from more than a half...
OUR PORKY PLANET - EARTH'S GIRTH IS GROWING
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amThe Earth is battling midriff bulge. Since 1998, the planet has become fatter around the middle and flatter at the poles, scientists say. But before you begin to fear a...
MIKE EYES LAND SWAP - PA TO GET AIRPORTS, CITY TAKES WTC SITE
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amCity Hall is strongly considering offering the Port Authority a land-swap deal that would put the city in full control of Ground Zero, The Post has learned. The trade would...
BOXING BIG SUES OVER TYSON MELEE
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amTalk about wrong place, wrong time - a top boxing official says he "suffered permanent physical and psychological injuries" after getting caught in the middle of a brawl between Mike...
MIKE RIPS CORPORATE WELFARE
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg said yesterday he's not a fan of corporate tax breaks - even though his firm sought a $14 million incentive last year - as he dismissed threats by...
JINT JOYCE A TIKI LITE
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - Close your eyes and listen to Delvin Joyce, and darned if he doesn't sound a whole lot like Tiki Barber. "Really?" Joyce said, laughing. "I've had some people...
CALL FAME GAME A FRIENDLY MATCH
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - It is not as if they choreograph every move they plan to make on Monday night, but plenty of advance planning has transpired between the Giants...
VIN FEELING JUST SUPER - GIVES THUMBS UP TO TITLE CHANCES
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amVinny Testaverde returned to Jet practice yesterday feeling not only better about his sprained right thumb and pronouncing himself fit to play in the preseason opener Thursday in Pittsburgh -...
NEW STANCE, SAME OLD IRWIN
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amIt's golf, and Senior golf at that. It's not supposed to feel good. Hale Irwin is hoping he can lock up this tournament with his successful new stance - before...
BAILEY'S SLUMP CONTINUES
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Stop the presses! Jerry Bailey did not win the stakes feature yesterday at the Old Spa. In fact, the slumping Sultan of Saratoga (0-for-his-last 13) finished a...
KAREEM WILTS UNDER BRUTAL HEAT
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amJET NOTES Kareem McKenzie, slated to start at right tackle, was forced to leave yesterday's morning practice after feeling effects from the 90-plus- degree heat. Coach Herman Edwards said the...
DIFFICULT DECISION - TORRE'S CHOICE: WEAVER OR EL DUQUE TO PEN
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Jeff Weaver came off the canvas Thursday night when he easily delivered the best start of his five as a Yankee. But was it good enough to keep...
FAVORITES SHOULD ROLL IN SARATOGA STAKES
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Put away the shovels for another day. Neither Street Cry, the 4-5 program choice in the Grade 1, $750,000 Whitney Handicap, nor Mayakovsky, 4-5 in the Grade...
ANDY DANDY AGAIN - ACES ANGELS TO END YANKS' 2-GAME SKID
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - He missed seven weeks with a balky elbow, and when he returned Andy Pettitte believed he had to throw gas to catch up. Not only was Pettitte stepping...
'D'ORO' HEADS A DANDY FIELD
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Medaglia d'Oro, a battle-hardened veteran of the Triple Crown wars, heads a field of nine 3-year-olds prepping for the Aug. 24 Travers in tomorrow's Grade 2, $500,000...
BAFFERT TO DONATE HALF OF FEE
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The day after it was revealed that trainer Bob Baffert was being paid a $50,000 personal-appearance fee to run Kentucky Derby winner War Emblem in tomorrow's $1...
'HALL,' 'SNAPSHOT' LEAD HAMBO FIELD
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amAndover Hall, last year's 2-year-old colt champ, has been installed as the 2-1 morning-line favorite in the $1 million Hambletonian. But the race's 77th edition, which will go off this...
CHILDS PLEDGES TO BE A SPARKPLUG
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amLA-born and -bred Chris Childs is happy to be back "home" in New Jersey, and he's ready to make his mark on the Nets. He will not let them rest....
GREAT GONZO KEEPS 'ZONA ROLLING ALONG
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amNo matter how many 400-foot blasts Luis Gonzalez hits, the Arizona all-star will be best remembered in New York for a bases-loaded bloop single off Yankee closer Mariano Rivera. It...
TOP PICK KAZMIR DAZZLES IN WORKOUT
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES Scott Kazmir, the Mets' No. 1 draft pick, agreed to terms yesterday and worked out in the Met bullpen at Shea in front of team personnel and media....
ROCKET TAKES SHOT IN FOOT
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ANAHEIM - With Roger Clemens' right groin injury healed, the pitcher attacked a bothersome problem on the top of his right foot yesterday when he allowed noted foot...
IT'S TIMO'S TIME - PEREZ CENTER OF ATTENTION AS METS RACE FOR PLAYOFFS
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amBobby Valentine likes all his players, but there are few he'll defend more vigorously than Timo Perez. When it comes to questions about the diminutive Dominican, Valentine has been known...
LIBS' WHITMORE SHOWS RESOLVE
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amLiberty 66 - Sol 54 When Tamika Whitmore's long, emotionally grueling day had ended - after she had helped lead her team to a 66-54 win over the Sol and...
ROGER'S FOOT GETS SHOT OF CORTISONE
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ANAHEIM - With his right groin problem healed, Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens attacked a bothersome nerve problem on the top of his right foot yesterday when he received...
METS' NO. 1 PICK SHOWS HIS STUFF
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES Scott Kazmir, the Mets' No. 1 draft pick, agreed to terms yesterday and worked out in the Met bullpen at Shea in front of team personnel and media....
TRYING TIME FOR LIBS' WHITMORE
August 3, 2002 | 4:00amWith a heavy heart, Tamika Whitmore was expected to be in uniform last night at the Garden, as the Liberty played the Sol. The power forward, a legitimate candidate to...