August 27, 2002
DON'T FALL FOR SUMMER RALLY
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amSKEPTICAL about the stock market's summer rally? You should be. The Standard & Poor's 500 index has had a remarkable 21 percent spurt since late July. But a lot of...
PROPERTY GAME OF CHANCE - CITY'S BROKERS TRY TO PASS GO WITH ALL-NEW RULES
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amWHEN the city's struggling power brokers return next week from their long Labor Day holiday, they'll no longer have summer to blame for the near-standstill in big lease signings and...
NYSE'S GRASSO GOOFS ON STOCK FILING
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amNYSE Chairman Richard Grasso apparently needs a lesson in securities law. For the last five years, Grasso - who's put the venerable New York Stock Exchange out in front of...
'OPTIMIST' CLOSES MY GENERATION
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amMaybe veteran editor and journalist Betsy Carter should have waited a little longer to release her new book on overcoming adversity. It appears she's just amassed the material for the...
NEARLY HOUSEBROKEN - HOT HOMES MARKET MAY BE SET TO COLLAPSE
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amIndustry experts are increasingly concerned that the continued furious pace of housing sales is becoming a giant bubble about to burst. If the bubble does burst, it would be especially...
E-MAIL BLACKMAIL - WORLDCOM MEMO THREATENED CONSCIENCE-STRICKEN EXEC
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amA series of damaging e-mails released by congressional investigators seems to show a top WorldCom exec threatening a director who questioned the cooked books that eventually plunged the firm into...
COUNTRY LICKS FOR CHICKS
August 27, 2002 | 4:00am* DIXIE CHICKS "Home" [] Open Wide/Columbia Records While most Nashville stars have veered straight into the mainstream, the Dixie Chicks turned down a country road with "Home," which should...
ON THE OUTS - TO BIMINI AND BEYOND FOR A MELLOW BREAK IN THE BAHAMAS
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amIF you travel a bit, you may find that most tropical vacations are disturbingly similar: blazing sunshine, pristine beaches, water sports and devastatingly sneaky rum drinks served in hollowed-out coconuts...
FICTION FESTIVAL BOOKED
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amTHOSE seeking a dash of erudition with their entertainment need go no further than the New Yorker Festival, which will be held at various venues around town Sept. 27-29. The...
STARR REPORT
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amTouching tribute to 'Houston Medical' doc ABC and the producers of "Houston Medical" have released a statement on the death of Dr. Marni Rose, the pediatrician who was featured on...
SWEDEN'S HIVES HAVIN' A HAMMERSTEIN BENEFIT
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amTHE Hives, thepunk-garage band with the wonderfully arrogant front man Pelle Almqvist, headline a pre-MTV Video Music Awards benefit forLIFEbeat, the Music Industry Fights AIDS, tomorrow at the Hammerstein Ballroom...
POP GO THE PILLS - VH1 REVEALS SECRETS OF MUSIC'S ROCK-HARD ABS
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amDRUGS and whiskey were once mainstays of the rock 'n' roll diet - but Grammy-winning R&B crooner Usher credits his "killer cut" (V-shaped lines that accentuate the pelvis) to colonics....
MARRIAGE IN THE MAKING
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amWILL she or won't she? Word went out over the weekend that Kim Cattrall, the man-eating vixen of "Sex and the City," had signed on to play one-half of the...
CELEBS DYING TO TALK TO THE DEAD
August 27, 2002 | 4:00am'CROSSING Over with John Edward" is tweaking its daytime format - incorporating more celebrity readings into its talking-to-the-dead formula. "This is the show we always wanted to put in daytime...
BUFFY VAMP TRAMP: I MIGHT GET KILLER DEAL
August 27, 2002 | 4:00am'BUFFY the Vampire Slayer" fans may get to keep Faith. Eliza Dushku, the sultry brunette who portrayed Faith - a vampire slayer gone bad who was Buffy's on-again, off-again nemisis...
SOPRANOS HAD TO CHOOSE.. HER OR ME ... AND THEY BLEW IT!
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amNOT one to hold a grudge, I just saw an advance episode of "The Sopranos." That episode. The one that cudda, shudda, wudda been mine. What I saw on the...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amTwice as nice If you're planning a SuperClub vacation for next month, Liberty Travel wants your business. The company is offering an all-expenses-paid return visit next September to whichever location...
NEXT STOP, SLOVAKIA
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amAS cities go, Prague's appeal is no secret. The mystique of this once-behind-the-Iron-Curtain capital is widely appreciated by travelers, which is a nice way of saying that the city is...
SMOOTH OPERATORS: SKIN-SO-SOFT GUIDE TO ERASING SIGNS OF SUN DAMAGE
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amYOU'VE been baking outdoors all summer - and you're beginning to wonder whether the damage the sun's done to your skin is permanent. The good news: "You can probably reverse...
OH BOYS! ANGST OVER ACTION FOR HOLLYWOOD'S QUIRKY YOUNG HEARTTHROBS
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amTHEY'RE more likely to be polishing their specs than flexing their pecs. They read Voltaire instead of Maxim - and they flaunt razor-sharp wit in place of bleached smiles. Disaffected,...
STRETCHED COPS GIRD FOR JEWISH HOLIDAYS
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amGov. Pataki joined Police Commissioner Ray Kelly yesterday in announcing heightened security measures over the upcoming Jewish High Holy Days at an annual gathering of top Jewish leaders at One...
GOTTI KIN IN PRISON SCHOCKER
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amA death threat against John Gotti's former prison warden has landed the deceased don's son and two brothers in solitary confinement, The Post has learned. John A. "Junior" Gotti and...
OLD RIVALS TUNE OUT OPIE AND ANTHONY
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amOpie and Anthony got the door slammed in their faces by Clear Channel yesterday, as the radio giant said it had absolutely no interest in hiring the just-fired shock jocks....
THEY PUT THE 'ASH' IN ASHE STADIUM
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amU.S. OPEN NOTEBOOK Gasp! Smokers visiting the U.S. Open are finding it a battle to butt out - literally. A search of the sprawling USTA compound in Flushing failed to...
'CANCER' THUGS - ISRAEL GEN. TAKES FLAK FOR REMARK ON UPRISING
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel's army chief-of-staff touched off a controversy yesterday by calling the Palestinian uprising a "cancerous" threat that must be defeated at all costs. Lt. Gen. Moshe Yaalon told...
CITY GRABS BUTTS OF UNLICENSED VENDORS
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amCity officials have seized 11,800 packs of cigarettes from 40 unlicensed vendors in a crackdown on the illegal sale of tobacco to minors, it was announced yesterday. Enforcement officers from...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amThe pilot of a passenger flight tried to land at an airport in a southern Swedish town - but found no one at the control tower to give him clearance....
FEMALE FOOTBALL COACH HAS TRUE GRID
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amWylia Slade, one of a handful of women to coach football, is dedicating her life to giving young men a goal. "A lot of my players don't have direction, but...
STADIUM-AREA BIZ OWNERS IN A PINCH
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amOne strike and they're out - of business. That's the fear of owners of small businesses around Yankee Stadium. Many of them are open only when the Yanks are playing...
CLAN LINKED TO BUS BOMB ARRESTED
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli forces yesterday arrested seven suspected terrorist collaborators from one Arab clan and captured a one-armed Hamas chieftain allegedly behind last year's Sbarro pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem. Authorities...
HARD TO $WALLOW - HIGH-COST CHOW GIVES FANS INDIGESTION
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amThe sky-high price of food at the U.S. Open is giving tennis fans a case of heartburn. "Rip-off," "outrageous" and "unfair" are just a few of the taste morsels served...
KLEIN CANS TRAINING DAYS FOR TEACHERS
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amNew Schools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday ordered students to spend two more days in school this year and overruled his predecessor, Harold Levy, on how teachers should use additional classroom...
JUDGE'S RULING IS CADDY SHOCK
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amCadillac king Richard Gidron can't speed out of Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau's clutches just yet. In a surprise move, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice William Wetzel is allowing the DA's...
REBUILT 1/9 SUBWAY LINE ALMOST READY TO ROLL
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amThe rebuilt portion of the 1 and 9 subway line will open for business on Sept. 15 - but tests with empty subway trains will begin on the tracks this...
BRONX TEEN SHOT DEAD IN FIGHT WITH BICYCLE THUGS
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amA 17-year-old was shot to death in The Bronx after he got into an argument with two other youths, police said yesterday. Errol Hustling was standing with a pair of...
'A MORTAL THREAT': CHENEY POUNDS HOME CASE FOR CRUSHING SADDAM
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A tough-talking Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday made the strongest case yet for an Iraq attack, and said there's now "an imperative for pre-emptive action" against Saddam Hussein....
SICK OFF THE OL' BLOCK - ORE. SUSPECT HAS SLAY STYLE JUST LIKE DEAR OLD DAD'S: COPS
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amBlood runs in the family. Ward Weaver, currently at the dead center of an investigation into two murdered Oregon girls, has a history of violence going back at least another...
HARLEM HEROES SAFE AT HOME
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amHarlem's small-fry slugger heroes got a major-league welcome home yesterday by hundreds of rooting relatives and frenzied fans, who admitted they never expected the team to make it as far...
'BLIND' CAMERAS MISSED SUBWAY SLAY
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amCops were frustrated yesterday in their search for a subway murderer when they discovered that new security cameras inside a Brooklyn station hadn't been turned on yet. Police investigating the...
FANS CAUGHT IN THE STRIKE ZONE: AS FRIDAY DEADLINE LOOMS, HERE'S WHAT BATTLE IS ALL ABOUT
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amYou don't need a Harvard Business School degree to understand the central issue in the coming baseball strike. Management wants to hold the line on salaries, while labor - employees...
HI-SPEED FERRIES TO 34TH & WALL
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amNY Waterway will begin running high-speed commuter ferry service between Hunters Point in Queens, Pier 11 on Wall Street, and East 34th Street on Sept. 3, the company announced yesterday....
I WAS THEIR 'SLAVE': DOMESTIC BARES HORROR TALE IN SUIT VS. QNS. FAMILY
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amTwo years ago, Elma Manlinguez said, she escaped slave-like work conditions in a Queens home where her affluent employers locked her up while paying her what amounted to 6 cents...
CITY COP SUSPENDED AFTER L.I. BUST ON SODOMY RAP
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amA New York City police officer was suspended yesterday after being arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman in the back yard of his Nassau County home. According...
COPS KILL MAN AMID STAB ATTACK
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amA man was shot and killed by police last night after stabbing a woman and then continuing the assault even after cops ordered him to drop the knife, authorities said....
PARENTS SEE GIRL, 5, DIE IN HIT-RUN: COPS
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amA 5-year-old Brooklyn girl was killed by a hit-and-run driver last night after running into the street when she was frightened by a dog, cops said. Hours later, a woman...
RESTAURATEUR IN TORTURE BUST
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amThe owner of a popular Upper East Side Moroccan restaurant was arrested yesterday for terrorizing his wife's 15-year-old stepsister by tying her up in the restaurant's basement and beating her...
SYNAGOGUE 'BOMB' CASE GOES TO TRIAL
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amJury selection began in The Bronx yesterday for two men charged with throwing a Molotov cocktail at a Riverdale synagogue on the eve of Yom Kippur nearly two years ago....
RADIO CITY ON HIGH SECURITY FOR MTV
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amWith Eminem, Britney Spears, Bruce Springsteen and P. Diddy set to boogie before a packed crowd at the annual MTV Video Music Awards on Thursday, ever-edgy cops won't be taking...
CARDINAL-CUFFING KOOK COPS A PLEA
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amA mentally ill man who tried to handcuff himself to Edward Cardinal Egan can stay out of jail if he stays away from Egan and St. Patrick's Cathedral, a Manhattan...
STATIONS SHUN DOPEY OPIE AND PAL
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amOpie and Anthony got the door slammed in their faces by Clear Channel yesterday as the radio giant said it had absolutely no interest in hiring the just-fired shock jocks....
SKETCH CAUSES SKAKEL UPROAR
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amLawyers for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel - facing sentencing tomorrow for murdering Martha Moxley, ripped prosecutors yesterday for hiding a police sketch, evidence they say clears their client. Defense lawyers...
MCCALL: WE'LL SURVIVE LOVE-CHILD BOMBSHELL
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - Carl McCall stood by embattled running mate Dennis Mehiel yesterday, insisting his explosive disclosure of fathering two out-of-wedlock children won't harm their Election Day chances. Mehiel also revealed...
H20-DINI TAKES THE PLUNGE
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amA daredevil named Criss Angel is attempting to spend 24 hours submerged and shackled in a water tank the size of a phone booth - with only a thin tube...
AGASSI INSPIRED BY SPIRIT OF 9/11
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amUS OPEN NOTEBOOK On the night the USTA honored the victims of Sept. 11, Andre Agassi had touching words for New Yorkers and admitted that he has extra incentive to...
OVER AND OUT - LONG SKID LEAVES METS WITH NOTHING TO PLAY FOR
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amMIAMI - The Mets' 12-game losing streak is in the rear-view mirror, along with their playoff hopes. So what's next? With 33 games remaining and a strike looming, nobody can...
DEJA LOU: DEVILS BRING BACK SUTTON
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amIt's back-and-fourth again for Ken Sutton. The 32-year-old defenseman was acquired by the Devils for team-record fourth time when he signed as a free agent yesterday to become captain of...
KENNY'S A CURE FOR BOMBER BATS - YANKS' SLUMP ENDS WITH RATTLING OF ROGERS
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amYankees 10 - Rangers 3 All it took was a batch of Kenny Rogers' soft stuff to get the Yankees out of a hitting funk. Bloody Mary for a hangover....
IF THIS WAS GOODBYE, AT LEAST IT WAS PLEASANT
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amIN THE sixth inning, as they do during each Yankee home game, a group of electricians posted the details of the next home game on the two marquees on the...
HOLMES IS BENCHED - BIG-TICKET FREE AGENT HITS PINE AS FERRARA GETS JOB
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amKenny Holmes said he feels insulted. Frank Ferrara said he feels excited. And the Giants should feel embarrassed. Yesterday coach Jim Fassel announced that Ferrara, the free agent from Staten...
LABOR LEADER LEITER READY TO PASS TORCH
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES MIAMI - Al Leiter felt he served his constituents in his elected position and accomplished his goals, so he has pretty much decided not to seek another term....
BASEBALL WILL NOT STRIKE OUT AGAIN
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amIN THREE days, the owners and players either put the knife to a $3.5 billion pie or again into each other's chests. If it comes to that again, let their...
PRADO WINS GLENS FALLS ON OWSLEY
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - With a week to go at the summer stand, hot-riding Edgar Prado widened his lead on Jerry Bailey in his bid for the riding title at the...
JETER'S LUCKY SEVEN LEAD YANK HIT PARADE
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amThe Yankees have been in a collective funk offensively, but they broke out of it with recordbreaking performances in yesterday's 10-3 rout of Texas. And as usual Derek Jeter led...
BOMBERS PRIMED TO BURY BOSOX
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amWhether the players strike or not, the Yankees will still have a big lead in the AL East come Friday morning. But with a two-game miniseries beginning in Boston tonight,...
POCHMAN PLAYING IT SAFE
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Even though kicker Owen Pochman's left knee is improving, coach Jim Fassel said the team will scour the waiver wires to see if a veteran kicker is available....
DREW MAY SIP BIG-LEAGUE JOE
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amThe Yankees are considering promoting third baseman Drew Henson from Columbus when the 25-man roster expands on Sept. 1, even though Henson has struggled at times in his first full...
ABRAHAM UP AND RUNNING
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amJET NOTES Defensive end John Abraham returned to practice yesterday and appeared to take giant strides toward opening the regular-season in Buffalo in at least a limited capacity. Abraham, hobbled...
IT'S ALL OVER FOR KOURNIKOVA - IT'S JUST ANOTHER EARLY BOUNCE FOR ALLURING ANNA
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amWhen Anna Kournikova took off her white warmup jacket before a jam-packed Armstrong Stadium yesterday, hoots and whistles were heard from the U.S. Open crowd as if she were a...
MORARIU TASTES VICTORY IN LOSS
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amShe won't be moving on to the second round at the U.S. Open. But last night's performance hardly qualifies as a loss for Corina Morariu. She played. And that's reason...
ISRAELI, MUSLIM THRIVE ON SAME SIDE
August 27, 2002 | 4:00amUS OPEN NOTEBOOK The two players who form the oddest men's doubles pairing in U.S. Open history would rather not acknowledge their religious/political differences. Amir Hadad is Israeli. Aisam ul-Haq...