October 14, 2002
COURTNEY, SOHO NEIGHBORS IN SPORE SCARE
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amResidents of a trendy SoHo condo - whose co-owners include Courtney Love and Lenny Kravitz - are worried about mold creeping into their exclusive wine cellar because of possible leaks...
DWINDLING HERD - MERRILL TO AX 20% OF INVESTMENT BANKERS
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amAs the slowdown in mergers and stock underwriting activity continues to bleed investment banks of profits, Merrill Lynch & Co. staffers may be Wall Street's next victims. Despite publicly denying...
IRISH GET A BAD REP
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amBAILEGANGAIREAt the Irish Repertory Theatre, 132 W. 22nd St. Through Nov. 17. Call (212) 727-2737. --------- A garrulous granny, by turns mad, cunning, cranky and affectionate, sits in bed and...
'EXONERATED' GUILTY
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amTHE EXONERATEDAt 45 Bleecker, 45 Bleecker St. Call Ticketmaster, (212) 307-4100. --------- FORMALLY, it's been labeled a staged reading: The actors, sitting in chairs and reading from scripts, play six...
BOWIE'S THE BEST
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amDAVID BOWIEThe Thin White Duke continues his New York City tour with performances at Queens College Colden Center Wednesday, Jimmy's Bronx Cafe Thursday and the Beacon Theatre Sunday. ------- IN...
DADDY, WHY IS COMEDY SO GRIM?
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amSO comedy's a tough business - what else is new? That about sums up "Comedian," the new documentary about stand-up comedy starring Jerry Seinfeld and a relatively unknown comic named...
STARR REPORT
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amBanfield no longer 'On Location' MSNBC has rejiggered its lineup again, this time axing the low-rated (218,000 viewers) "Ashleigh Banfield On Location" at 10 p.m. and replacing it with "MSNBC...
QUEEN OF MEAN'S SWEETIE
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amEMMA Wilson has plenty of reasons to listen to her mother, Anne Robinson, the sharp-toungued host of "Weakest Link." Emma is about to leap the Atlantic - as her mom...
WHEN YOU'RE ASLEEP - FIRST DETAILS OF NEW ABC LATE-NIGHT SHOW
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amABC's new late night comedy show - starring "Man Show" co-host Jimmy Kimmel will air live in New York, feature a band and maybe a second banana. "It's going to...
READY FOR HER CLOSE-UP: STYLE EXPERTS WORK MAGIC ON WINNER OF POST'S VH1/VOGUE FASHION AWARDS MAKEOVER CONTEST
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amWhy did Tara Smith deserve this rock 'n' roll makeover? Here's the statement that won us over - and scored her tickets to Tuesday's VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards. "Yesterday, I had...
B'KLYN WOMAN HAS STOOPS TO CONQUER
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amLAURA GILBERT was proud of herself for losing those extra five pounds. But little did she know that her successful diet would directly lead to her being branded a criminal...
DEMS & CARL IN NASTY $CRAPE
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amCARL McCALL'S poorly run and virtually themeless campaign for governor is engaged in a bitter, behind-the-scenes, battle over money with the state's top Democratic leaders. Senior Democrats told Inside Albany...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amA Pennsylvania couple really took their vows of "til death do us part" to heart - they died with 15 minutes of each other. Pussy Palmgren, 92, and her husband,...
CHUCK GOES 'BALLISTIC' ON THE NRA
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amUsing the Washington-area sniper attacks as a backdrop, Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday said a national ballistic "fingerprint" system is urgently needed and urged the NRA to cease with its opposition....
DI BUTLER ON TRIAL IN ROYAL ROB
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amDid the butler do it? Princess Diana called him "her rock" during the twilight years of her troubled marriage to Prince Charles, but British cops are calling Paul Burrell an...
CARL GETS CROWDED OUT - SEVEN-MAN DEBATE GIVES DEM LITTLE CHANCE TO SCORE
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amCall them the Not-So-Magnificent Seven. For the first time in 12 years, a debate in the governor's race was held yesterday that was actually attended by both the Democratic and...
NEW MARINA WOES FOR KNICK STAR
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amLATRELL SPREWELL'S entourage was allegedly involved in yet another confrontation at the Wisconsin marina where he parks his 51-foot luxury motorboat. No blows were exchanged, but the nerves of McKinley...
AL QAEDA SENDS WORLD A WAKE-UP CALL: EXPERTS
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amThe deadly bombing in Bali over the weekend was a clear signal that the al Qaeda terrorist organization is still alive and well, intelligence analysts said yesterday. The blast, which...
CAPSIZED QNS. BOATER MISSING
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amThe Coast Guard was searching for a Queens man who was thrown into the water in a boating accident near Jones Beach, police said yesterday. Cops said the 24-foot fishing...
'CHRIS'-CROSS MIKE URGES OTHERS TO MARCH
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg may be the first mayor in 57 years to say "no, grazie" to organizers of today's Columbus Day Parade, but he's not asking anyone else on the city...
NEAR-APOCALYPSE - VETS RECALL CUBA CRISIS 40 YRS. LATER
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amU.S. reconnaissance planes discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba 40 years ago tomorrow - missiles that were heartbeats from obliterating Washington. And for two pulsating weeks, the planet held its...
MOTHER TERESA MIRACLE A 'HOAX,' SAYS VATICAN-BASHING HUBBY
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amIs a Mother Teresa-inspired miracle that's been recognized by the Vatican a complete and utter fraud? Absolutely, says the husband of a woman whose purported tumor vanished after she applied...
THE GAMES PEOPLE PAY - $6.5B OLYMPICS PLAN DOUBLE THE CITY'S CLAIM
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amThe cost of hosting the 2012 Olympics in New York would be more than twice what the city's bid committee has claimed - a whopping $6.5 billion total tab, The...
LIFE - AND FOOTBALL - MUST GO ON IN WASHINGTON
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON.THE Washington Redskins lost their scalps yesterday, but at least the fans found their thirsts. At FedEx Field in Landover, Md., the tailgate parties were full throttle as if to...
DANCE OF DEATH - DREAMS END IN NIGHTMARE AT BALI HOT SPOT
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amThey were young, carefree and looking for fun on a warm tropical evening. One minute they were drinking and dancing, and the next they were dead, their youthful dreams as...
OSAMA EYED IN BALI BLASTS - TOLL SOARS, BUSH RIPS 'COWARDS'
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amPresident Bush yesterday slammed the "cowardly" car-bomb attack that killed 187 people and injured hundreds more on the island of Bali - as experts fingered an al Qaeda offshoot for...
MIKE: HOMELESS MORE VISIBLE
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amThe number of homeless in the city may appear to be surging, but it's no higher than before, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. He said part of the reason shelters are...
GAS PRICE UP NEARLY 3 CENTS
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amRetail gasoline prices jumped almost 3 cents during the past two weeks, the first major spike in prices in six months, an industry survey indicated. The average price for gas...
SOAKING WILL GIVE DROUGHT A SOCKING
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amThe record-setting rain that fell over the past four days should improve New York City's drought situation. Before the four days of rain dumped 4.5 inches on Central Park, Gotham's...
BRAVEST SAVE '45' LIVES (WELL, ACTUALLY, 5 CATS)
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amNew York's Bravest saved five lives yesterday by performing PCR. That's not a misprint. The firefighters performed PussyCat Rescue on five felines trapped in a burning Queens apartment. And in...
SPITZER MADE HIS BUDDIES VITAMIN 'RICH'
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has given millions of dollars in special grants this year to political backers, family favorites and groups with personal ties to his office, The...
TERROR BIG BLOWN UP IN PHONE BOOTH
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amTEL AVIV - A Palestinian militant was blown up in a telephone booth yesterday near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, in a killing similar to previous Israeli assassinations. The...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * A man "surfing" on top of a subway train was critically hurt when he hit his head on a beam, tumbled to the tracks and was run over...
IT'S QUIET. . .TOO QUIET - HUNTER LIES LOW AS COPS BRACE FOR NEW KILLINGS
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amThe Psycho Sniper took a second weekend in a row off from his murderous rampage, suggesting that he may have a Saturday-Sunday job, is lying low or is scouting locations...
CITY RESISTS RETURN OF SEIZED CARS
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amDrunken drivers who hoped to get their confiscated cars handed back after a court ruled the hard-line DWI policy was unfair have had the air let out of their tires....
GATES IS KLEIN'S BE$T ENEMY
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein tried to take down Microsoft mogul Bill Gates when Klein was the nation's top monopoly buster - but now, he's willing to take Gates' money to...
MOTHER OF SORROW - HAS LOST 7 LOVED ONES TO MURDER
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amThey call Margarita Alvarez the "Jackie O" of Philadelphia. That's because the Bronx native has seen more tragedy in her family than anyone should have to bear. Since 1994, she's...
DAPPER DON'S A MAN OF AUCTION
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amA letter penned by the late John Gotti to a prison dentist - and then dug out of the trash - has hit the auction block. Grey Flannel Auctions, a...
SCHOOL HALLS OF SHAME - 12 NAMED AS WORST IN APPLE
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amCall them the worst of the worst. It's no secret that many of the city's public schools are in crisis, but these 12 are at the bottom of the class....
MIKE'S ELITIST ASSAULT
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amTHOUGH I am not a smoker, Mayor Bloomberg's drive to ban smoking from every corner of every bar and restaurant in New York still seems creepy and wrongheaded. It is...
NEW MARINA TIFF STIRS MORE ROUGH WATERS FOR KNICKS STAR
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - Latrell Sprewell's entourage was allegedly involved in yet another confrontation at the Wisconsin marina where he parks his 51-foot luxury motorboat. No blows were exchanged, but the nerves...
MEL TRYING TO SPRING VIET STAR FROM JAIL
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amMel Gibson's co-star in "We Were Soldiers" has been thrown in jail for his role in the smash Hollywood war flick. And that's spurred Gibson and other top stars to...
B'KLYN MAN SHOT DEAD
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amAn 18-year-old Brooklyn man was shot in the back and killed while running away from an assailant, police said yesterday. Abayomi Asidekun was slain at 7:40 p.m. Saturday in front...
BUSH AND U.N. SANCTIONS
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Lawmakers yesterday encouraged President Bush to use congressional war resolutions as diplomatic leverage in the battle with the United Nations over weapons inspections. The overwhelming support in Congress...
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amWHAT'S NEXT: See if Dems can finally switch focus from Iraq to the economy for the final three weeks. Bali bombing and D.C. sniper makes it harder to switch. And...
ESPN SCOOP: STUART SCOTT WORKS HERE!
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amSOMETIMES, you've got to scream to keep from laughing. On Friday, ESPN credited itself for the scoop on Buck Showalter taking the Texas job. Mazel tov! Showalter, after all, until...
THREE GAMES IN, RANGERS NEED ADJUSTMENTS
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amIT'S difficult enough to get a read on an NFL team after three games, let alone one that plays in the NHL, so no one should rush to judgment about...
BOSTON BULL CAPTURES COWDIN
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amBoston Bull didn't make his first start until Aug. 31, but the 2-year-old son of Boston Harbor quickly made up for lost time by winning his stakes debut yesterday as...
JOHNSON ANYTHING BUT SECOND-STRING
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amTo start the second quarter, Falcons quarterback Doug Johnson tricked Jason Sehorn with a pump fake that made the Giant cornerback look like a marionette suspended in the air over...
KEITH HAMSTRUNG - ACHILLES INJURY FELLS DT; STRAHAN OUT, TOO
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amIn the second quarter, the Giants' two best defensive linemen were stuck in the team's training room. Keith Hamilton's game and season - and possibly his 11-year career - were...
RAIDERS ROUT B'KLYN TECH
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amThis season, Port Richmond switched its offense back to the run-and-shoot after a one-year hiatus. But yesterday, the Red Raiders left the run in Staten Island and shot down the...
TIME NOW TO THINK LEBRON LOTTERY
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amA cross between Kobe Bryant and Magic Johnson, Akron high-school senior LeBron James of Akron will be the grand lottery prize in May. With Antonio McDyess' return this season uncertain...
POST-GAME GAG ORDER JOEPA'S 2ND BLACK EYE
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amTHERE is no coach for which I have more admiration than Penn State's Joe Paterno. But for the second time this season, Paterno has embarrassed himself and failed to do...
SPURRIER: WE WERE PITIFUL
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amSaints 43 - Redskins 27 LANDOVER, Md. - Patrick Ramsey was made out to be the next Joe Montana after coming off the bench to lead the Redskins to victory...
DIXON FUMBLES AWAY GIANTS' LAST CHANCE IN LOSS
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amThey may not have scored. They may not have won. But the Giants unquestionably would have had more of a chance to avoid their 17-10 loss yesterday to the Falcons...
BIRDS DOG GIANTS - DEPLETED BIG BLUE CAN'T STOP FALCONS
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amThe battle was ongoing, with the Giants forced to deal with the emotional loss of their most senior player, defensive tackle Keith Hamilton, who left late in the first quarter...
SEHORN GETS FAKED, BAKED
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Jason Sehorn's return as a starting cornerback for the first time this season provided a highlight-film play for the Falcons and a lowlight-film play for Sehorn. How ironic...
DUMB SPELLS DOOM FOR JINTS
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amTIME to step up, Michael Barrow says. Thing is, Will Allen tried. He wanted to beat Shawn Jefferson to the catch and got toasted for the 63-yard pass-and-run that turned...
LITTLE BLUE DROPS BALL
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amAN emotional, psychological and spiritual hammer had landed on the Giants late in the first quarter, and now Keith Hamilton, their inspirational gladiator, their tough guy, one of the last...
MARINERS WILL ASK AMAZIN' PRICE FOR LOU
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amThe Mets have played their hand well thus far, laying back on Lou Piniella until the Seattle manager privately - and publicly - asked for a divorce this weekend. But...
PERCIVAL: DOUBT US NO MORE
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amALCS NOTEBOOK ANAHEIM - The way Troy Percival sees it, any questions remaining about the Angels are dead. "We changed a few opinions, I guess," the Angels' closer said during...
COULD BE MCDONE - ANTONIO FACES KNIFE, MAY MISS SEASON
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amThe Knicks became one of the front-runners in the LeBron James lottery yesterday - their season over before it started. In a dark day in Knick history, Antonio McDyess may...
RANDOLPH'S BREWER FAVE
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Yank third-base coach Willie Randolph appears to be the favorite to land the Brewer manager job. The club is expected to decide before the start of the World...
JUST ANOTHER BAD BREAK FOR UNLUCKY LAYDEN
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amTHE Antonio McDyess blockbuster was either going to sink or swim Knicks GM Scott Layden. The Knicks' ship - or yacht - has sunk. The Knicks assuredly will enter their...
ADAM'S BOMBS LIFT HALOS TO HEAVEN - KENNEDY'S 3 HOMERS PUT ANAHEIM IN SERIES
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Mike Scioscia hauled the AL championship trophy across an Angels clubhouse that was filled with the smell of sprayed champagne and cigar smoke. Fittingly, the first player the...
BENITO CUTS CARDS - SANTIAGO 2-RUN HR PUTS SF IN CONTROL
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 4: Giants 4 - Cardinals 3 SAN FRANCISCO - Before every game, when infield practice is complete, Giants catcher Benito Santiago turns to the stands, looks into the crowd...
GIANT PEN COMES UP ACES
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amNLCS NOTEBOOK SAN FRANCISCO - The battle of bullpens again went to the Giants last night at Pac Bell Park. That's nothing new for the Giants and that's why they...
BUY JINT BONDS, WAR'S ABOUT OVER
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds has won the psychological battle against Tony La Russa and now the war is almost over, as well. La Russa has lost the head games...
RANDOLPH BREWER FAVORITE
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amALCS NOTEBOOK ANAHEIM - Yankees third-base coach Willie Randolph appears to be the favorite to land the Milwaukee Brewers managing job. The Brewers are expected to decide before the start...
ANGELS SMITE TWINS, SOAR TO WORLD SERIES
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 5 Angels 13 Twins 5 ANAHEIM - Say this very slowly because after what seems like forever to their small army of long-time supporters the Angels are in the...
FALL GAME STILL ELUDES DUSTY
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Joe Torre was idle in October for most of his professional life, notwithstanding a humbling, three-game pit-stop in 1982 while guiding the Braves. Yet instinctively, as Yankee...
BENITO CUTS CARDS : SANTIAGO 2-RUN HR PUTS S.F. IN CONTROL
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 4 Giants 4 Cardinals 3 SAN FRANCISCO - Before every game, after infield practice is complete, Giants catcher Benito Santiago turns to the crowd and makes the sign of...
BENITO CUTS CARDS : SANTIAGO 2-RUN HR PUTS GIANTS IN CONTROL
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 4 Giants 4 Cardinals 3 SAN FRANCISCO - Before every game, after infield practice is complete, Giants catcher Benito Santiago turns to the crowd and makes the sign of...
CARDINALS' KANNON: KILE'S KID BROUGHT MAGIC TO GAME 3
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - If the Cardinals climb back to win the NLCS, their MVP will be the 5½-year-old Kannon Kile. Kannon, the golden-haired son of Darryl Kile, proudly wore his...
COULD BE MCDONE: ANTONIO FACES KNIFE, MAY MISS SEASON
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amThe Knicks became one of the front-runners in the LeBron James lottery yesterday - their season over before it started. In a dark day for the Knicks, it was discovered...
REG FEELS THE HEAT
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amNLCS NOTEBOOK SAN FRANCISCO - Reggie Sanders is slumping himself out of the starting lineup. Sanders, who went into last night's game 0-for-13 in the NLCS, is expected to be...
TONY: BAIT BARRY? NOT ME!
October 14, 2002 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Tony La Russa insists he was not trying to bait Barry Bonds into expanding his strike zone with his pre-series comments. He was just being honest. "When...