October 13, 2002
INVESTOR PROTECTION LAWS STALLED
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amWhile Congress is focused on the upcoming election and Iraq, legislation intended to protect investors is languishing for lack of attention. All the big talk of new laws - to...
FIXES KISSERS IN ARTSY DIGS
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amShe's a plastic surgeon to the rich and famous, but her opulent Fifth Avenue office can turn even the elite green with envy. Dr. Paula Moynahan has what some designers...
REITS THE RIGHT ROAD NORTH WHEN THE MARKETS GO SOUTH
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amA good real estate investment trust fund is like a good vermouth, according to Richard Imperiale. "Putting 5 to 15 percent of your assets into a REIT is like having...
DO OR DIE OVER $20M
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amThe way Colwyn Rich sees it, he's either going to get his money back or die trying. In fact, that's a distinct possibility. The 75-year- old investor, who is spending...
BULL'S EYE
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amOffice politics is alive at SEC It's been tough going for Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt - compounded by his many political and p.r. gaffes - but no...
'MAN' & 'LADY' BOTH SHOW SKILL
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amCraftsmanship is a quality to be much admired, whether it's displayed by a playwright or a plumber.I was reminded of this fact last week by George S. Kaufman's farce "The...
ALL ABOUT TEEN ANGST
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amThe hip Japanese film "All About Lily Chou-Chou" (2001) didn't do as well as it should have when it played here last July. Now, thanks to the pioneering Two Boots...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: EMILY MORTIMER
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amEmily Mortimer was convinced she was going to be kicked off the set of the movie "Formula 51.""I thought there was some massive error of miscasting," said the 31-year-old Brit,...
QUIT COPYING ME!
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amTalk about trend-setter. It's no wonder J.Lo is accepting the "Most Influential Artist of the Year" honor at this year's Vogue/VH1 Fashion Awards, airing live this Tuesday night from Radio...
THE PIE'S THE LIMIT
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amThe chill in the air has thoughts turning to pot pie at Ready to Eat, and that's welcome news for all who think stew is an even more noble nosh...
KILLER'S 4TH VICTIM DEVOTED LIFE TO SON
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amSILVER SPRING, Md. - In an eerily prophetic prayer written only days before her death, Sarah Ramos called on God to watch over her husband and seven-year-old son. "I know...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amThe mayor of Las Vegas has signed a $100,000 sponsorship deal to drink gin. Mayor Oscar Goodman - who has often publicly boasted about his drinking - has signed a...
SLAIN STEPDAD MOURNED
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amSome 100 mourners gathered at a Haitian church in Flatbush yesterday morning for the funeral of a local man who police believe was slain by his own stepson. Reynold Guerrier's...
PAY FIGHT ON HOLD TO HONOR FALLEN
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amCity officials and the FDNY set aside politics and protests for a day to honor 352 firefighters killed in the line of duty during an emotional ceremony at a packed...
COLD WAR HOME HOT COMMODITY
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amThe bidding war over an underground missile silo that was converted into a home has reached a staggering $1.9 million. The 1950s silo, which is located in the Adirondack Mountain...
CHILLING ECHOES OF '77 SON OF SAM CARNAGE
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amSILVER SPRING, Md. - Nancy Dougherty doesn't stand still anymore while she's outside. All the people killed by D.C.'s suburban sniper have been standing still. Don't stand still, don't get...
'JOGGER RAPIST' RETURNS : PROBERS TAKE HIM BACK TO SCENE OF THE CRIME
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amA convicted rapist who says he was solely responsible for attacking a jogger in Central Park in 1989 took cops to where he claims he committed the crime, according to...
IRAQIS BACKPEDAL ON VOW TO OPEN DOORS TO INSPECTORS
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amIraq offered words of conciliation on the issue of U.N. weapons inspectors yesterday - but took them back just as quickly. Gen. Amir al-Saadi, an adviser to President Saddam Hussein,...
HOW-TO TERROR BOOKS IN SUSPECT'S PAD
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amFederal prosecutors found Islamic books and Internet printouts - including one titled "How Do I Train Myself for Jihad?" - in the apartment of a suspected member of a Oregon...
COPS GET ROUGHED UP IN STRING OF ACCIDENTS
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amThree cops were injured over the span of five hours in three separate car accidents, police said yesterday. At around 4 a.m. yesterday, a suspected drunken driver hit a cop...
THOUSANDS CALL COPS AS REWARD HITS 500G
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amCallers flooded police tip lines yesterday as desperate officials raised the reward to $500,000 for information leading to the arrest of the Beltway Sniper. "One of the most valuable aspects...
AMMON KIN'S YEAR OF PAIN : HOLDING OUT HOPE FOR A BREAK IN TYCOON SLAY
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amA year after millionaire Ted Ammon was bludgeoned to death inside his East Hampton mansion, his sister says she is still mourning and awaits an arrest to help bring closure...
CITY TAP WATER LOOKS POSITIVELY H2O-DIOUS
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amThe troubled New Croton reservoir system has been blamed for recent reports of discolored tap water in the city. More than 400 city residents flooded the Department of Environmental Protection...
ELVIS' GUITAR HAS LEFT THE BIDDING
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amElvis did not leave the building. The King's first guitar was jilted at an auction in Chelsea yesterday - when not a single buyer wanted to bid on the worn-out,...
VICTORIA GOTTI
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amMADISON Avenue moms-to-be like Sarah Jessica Parker and Jessica Seinfeld, and new mom Anne Heche will be kicking off their pricey Manolo Blahniks in favor of comfy, old, worn Justin...
PATAKI AND MCCALL DIG IN FOR FIRST DEBATE
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amA day before they are scheduled to face off for the first time, rivals Carl McCall and Gov. Pataki were in separate corners of the state - with the governor...
'INCOMPETENT' PROBERS BLOWING CASE: PROFILERS
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amROSEMONT, Ill. - Leading criminal profilers yesterday blasted the investigators hunting for the D.C.-area sniper, calling them "incompetent" and "out of their league." They said the case risks going unsolved...
THE PSYCHO SNIPER CAUGHT ON VIDEO: COPS SEEK TRUCK, MAN ON TAPE
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amThe hunt for the D.C. area's Psycho Sniper took two huge leaps forward yesterday, as sources revealed detectives have a video that may hold the maniacal mass murderer's face -...
LOSS OF 'GOOD GUY' FELT IN PHILLY
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - He motivated others to get the most out of their lives - but had his abruptly taken away. Philadelphia business and community leader Kenneth Harold Bridges, 53, was...
KNICK AND SCRAPES ; SPREWELL'S MARINA NEIGHBORS SAY HE'S A BOAT BULLY
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE. "GET the n - - - - - out of here because I am going to break my other hand." That's what Knicks star Latrell Sprewell allegedly bellowed shortly...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amMANHATTAN Two gun-toting thieves emptied the cash register of an Upper West Side video store yesterday after tying up several employees. Police responded to a robbery call around 1 a.m....
'SOPRANOS' OFF KEY: FANS
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amWith last week's brouhaha over cast members of "The Sopranos" planning to attend - and some said thereby taint - tomorrow's Columbus Day parade, the line between TV and reality...
STRANGE BET FELLOWS ; SHADY 'NET GAMERS BLITZ CITY WITH ADS
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amA brazen online gambling company is testing the state's gaming laws with a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign aimed at reeling in New York gamblers. The Costa Rica-based organization says it intends...
MERRY WIDOW RAKES IT IN WITH TED'S PROPERTY
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amTed Ammon's widow, Generosa, a former real-estate agent, has had the kind of banner year in property sales that her ex-colleagues would probably kill for. And forget the usual 3...
INVESTIGATORS RETHINK SECOND CASE
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amAs investigators continue to review the brutal beating and rape of an investment banker in Central Park 13 years ago, cops are taking a fresh look at the "other Central...
MADONNA NEMESIS SWEPT AWAY WITH HIS 'CREATIVE' RÉSUMÉ
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - The man suing Madonna for allegedly ripping off his "Swept Away" movie-remake idea appears to have a mysterious past and a sudden indifference toward the panned flick....
'WIRED' POL AIDED N.J. BRIBE PROBE
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amA corrupt New Jersey politician wore a wire and had his car bugged for more than a year as he worked undercover for the FBI in a plea deal. And...
SHARON AND BUSH FORGE AN IRAQ PLAN OF ATTACK
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM. WEDNESDAY'S White House summit between President Bush and Israel's Ariel Sharon may be the last before the American offensive against Saddam Hussein, which underlines a need for understanding between...
DID WE JUST GET OFF THE BOAT?
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amKeeping the cast of "The Sopranos" out of the Columbus Day Parade because their characters don't reflect well on Italian-Americans does not, well, reflect well on Italian-Americans. In fact, it...
AUCTION OFFERS CHANCE FOR A BID OF CELEBRITY
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amAmericana, the beautiful. Dozens of bidders, along with hundreds of e-bidders, were on hand at Guernsey's "Rock Greats and Legends of the Big Screen" auction to take a gander at...
SARAJEVO REFUGEE'S FAMILIAR SENSE OF FEAR
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON. HE came from a country where the occupation of a sniper was an overcrowded profession. "For 3½ years snipers were a part of my life and other people's misery,"...
TROUBLED THEO'S JUST NOT WORTH IT
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - Theo Fleury deserves as many chances to play in the NHL as there are teams willing to risk hiring him, but that's hardly an endorsement of the Blackhawks'...
ANGELS OF DOOM CALL ON TWINS : POWERFUL ARMS, BIG BATS STRIKE FEAR IN MINNY
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - It does not hide behind the obnoxious rock formation in center field. Instead, the Angels' bullpen is easy to spot beyond Edison Field's left-field fence. From the Twins'...
TWO-YEAR-OLDS FACE TESTS
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amWhile the nation's top 2-year-olds are readying for the Breeders' Cup 13 days away at Arlington Park, a baker's dozen lesser lights will display their wares at Belmont Park today...
BIRD NOT BOUND FOR BOSTON
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amAS MUCH as the Celtics' new owners (and the city of Boston) are drooling to marquee Larry Bird, it's not going to happen; GM Chris Wallace, personnel director Leo Papile...
USGA CHEERS BETHPAGE CROWDS
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amMaybe the crowds last June at Bethpage Black weren't so rowdy after all. Although some golfers complained about the galleries, the USGA last week announced that Bethpage Black would again...
IRISH ANSWER ND NAYSAYERS
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amSOUTH BEND - Back in August, before Notre Dame opened what has thus far been a magical season with a 22-0 win over Maryland, I had a man-to-man talk with...
FISHER POND WINS IN SLOP
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amFisher Pond, entered to race on the main track only, took advantage of the rain that forced a switch from the turf course to win yesterday's $150,000 Lawrence Realization Handicap...
ANGELS KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 4 ANGELS 7 TWINS 1 ANAHEIM - Nine innings stand between the Angels and their first World Series date. If they beat the feeble-swinging Twins today in Game 5...
CUBAN ACE WAITING ON YANKS
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - The agent for Cuban defector Jose Contreras is awaiting a phone call from the Yankees when his client becomes a free agent. According to a source with close...
THERE ARE RULES ... AND BARRY'S RULES
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds is the Giants, and yet, in so many ways, he is not even part of the team. On a very good club, he is the...
PERFECT IRISH STUFF PITT 'O'
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amND 14Pitt 6 SOUTH BEND - Each week there is another defensive hero, a player who puts his ink on the stamp of a Notre Dame defense that has canceled...
ANGELS PLAY REAL CONFIDENCE GAME
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - They don't have a swagger - not yet, anyway. But the Angels' confidence soars with every October win. Beating the Yankees in the ALDS gave that confidence a...
WILPON DESPERATELY NEEDS LOU - NOW
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Now that Lou Piniella is available, the Mets must get him. To lose out to the inept Devil Rays would be more embarrassing than finishing last in...
COLLINS SHOWS NET IMPROVEMENT
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amOne year ago in training camp, Jason Collins was untried and untested, feeling his way around the intricacies of playing in an NBA frontcourt. But despite his raw-as-ground-round conduct, Collins...
WOLVERINES ROAR IN OT : PERRY TD ERASES PENN ST.
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amOVERTIME Michigan27 Penn St.24 ANN ARBOR - After Michigan halfback Chris Perry plowed his way into the Penn State end zone and dashed the Nittany Lions' dreams yet again, he...
ERIC GETS GAME BAN
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - The irony is inescapable. Eric Lindros, the individual who stands to most benefit from an NHL get-tough(er) policy on blows to the head as outlined in a Colin...
BURNS' LATE SWITCH IGNITES DEVILS' OFFENSE
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amDevils3 B-Jackets2 Pat Burns didn't think the Devils were playing badly last night. They were just missing something. "We needed a little more jump," said the Devils' new head coach....
DID IT FOR DARRL : KILE'S KID INSPIRES CARDS IN GAME 3
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 3Cardinals 5Giants 4 SAN FRANCISCO - This one was for Kannon Kile. Kannon, the golden-haired, 5-year-old son of the late Darryl Kile, proudly wore his father's number 57 and...
THE 'O' IS OH SO BAD : PUNCHLESS ISLES BEATEN AGAIN
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amCapitals 2Islanders 1 Fear not, Mike Milbury had said over the summer, when the Islanders didn't pursue any of the big-name and equally high priced free agent scorers like Tony...
SANDERS' NOT A HIT IN NLCS
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Reggie Sanders had better start hitting because you can be sure the Cardinals will not let Barry Bonds beat them the rest of this series. Sanders was...
COMPLETE HUMILIATION : BLUESHIRTS GET BLITZ-BURGHED
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amPenguins 6Rangers 0 PITTSBURGH - They played without Eric Lindros, serving a one-game suspension for a high-sticking incident on Friday; without Pavel Bure, back home with strep throat; and even...
LOU OK'D TO TALK IF METS GIVE CALL
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amLou Piniella wants out. For the first time, the Seattle manager finally admitted what everyone had been speculating for days and weeks - he wants to be closer to his...
DON SEEKS FULL-TIME LEADERSHIP
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amLatrell Sprewell has trouble enough captaining his own yacht, let alone skippering the Knicks' locker room. Perhaps Don Chaney, who was considering Antonio McDyess for the captaincy, still holds out...
UNLUCKY TURN FOR MCDYESS ; INJURES LEFT KNEE IN LOSS
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amSuns 94Knicks 87 The Knicks' worst nightmare unfolded with 1:55 remaining against the Suns in their third preseason game last night. On the one-year anniversary of his surgery on his...
AGENCY SAYS SWORDFISH STILL NEEDS PROTECTION
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amACCORDING to the Sept. 2002 report from International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas' science panel, catch limits have increased the population of swordfish in the north Atlantic to...
THIS STATISTIC IS TR-HUBBELL-ING : CRAZY TO COMPARE ORTIZ' TWO WINS WITH GIANT GREAT'S
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amHAPPENS every October. When it comes to mixing apples with lug nuts, there's nothing like a modern media armed with a stack of "postseason" stats. Dave Campbell, during ESPN Radio's...
DUCKETT & DUNN AN INTERESTING COMBO
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amThe Giants once tried to sell the notion that they indeed possessed a running back tandem worthy of the self-anointed Thunder and Lightning moniker. While Tiki Barber kept up his...
G-MEN CAN'T REST JUST YET : NO LOOKING PAST VICK-LESS FALCS TO BYE & EAGLES
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amThe goal each week is the same but the theme each week is different. Sometimes it is about staging an upset, or about preventing a letdown, or a battle for...
DOUG WHO? ATLANTA QB A MYSTERY TO JINTS
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amWhat the Giants know about Doug Johnson from seeing him up close and personal is not much. Oh, they did face the Falcons and Johnson back in the preseason, but...
TORRE: ANGELS' PEN LIKE YANKS IN '96
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amALCS NOTEBOOK ANAHEIM - Joe Torre saw a lot of the 1996 Yankees in the Angels during the ALDS. He noted their plate patience and the ability to execute the...
LOFTON'S STUCK IN NEUTRAL
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amNLCS NOTEBOOK SAN FRANCISCO - Maybe Tony La Russa knew what he was doing buzzing Kenny Lofton after Lofton homered in Game 1. Lofton was 0-for-5 in yesterday's 5-4 Giant...
BURNS HAS HIS DEVILS THINKING 'D'
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amAs he boarded the elevator down to his losing locker room Thursday night, Senators assistant coach Roger Neilson issued a either a warning or a prediction. "You're going to see...
NHL STICKS IT TO LINDROS: CENTER DRAWS BAN FOR BELTING HABS' QUINTAL IN HEAD
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - The irony is inescapable. Eric Lindros, the individual who stands to most benefit from an NHL get-tough(er) policy on blows to the head as outlined in a Colin...
ONLY GOALS CAN RELAX PARRISH
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amLast year at this time, Mark Parrish was on fire. As the Islanders staged an improbable 9-0-1-1 beginning of their season, Parrish was torching the net and emerging as the...
MCDYESS NEW KNICK LEADER
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amLatrell Sprewell can't captain his own yacht without a disturbance, let alone skipper the Knicks. So Don Chaney is searching for a locker room leader, and the Knicks coach has...
THE INSIDERS: THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amA RUMBLING IN THE BRONX There is no Joy in Yankeeville, but there is an All-Star rift in the making. We have it on good authority that Derek Jeter, who...
IN A GIANT SHADOW : CONSISTENT KENT GETS OVERLOOKED
October 13, 2002 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Lost in the Giants' rush to a 2-0 lead in the NLCS has been the contributions of ex-Met Jeff Kent. It's been a busy season for Kent....