October 17, 2002

MAGELLAN FUND UPS WELLS FARGO, B OF A

Wells Fargo and Bank of America have joined the list of top 10 holdings at Fidelity Magellan, the world's biggest actively managed stock fund, pushing out ChevronTexaco and Fannie Mae....

IS FORD TOUGH ENOUGH? LEADERS PLAN WALL STREET TOUR TO BOOST SHARES

FORD. Tough? Ford's cars may live up the automaker's slogan, but you'd have to put a question mark after the saying if referring to the company's leadership. Wall Street will...

ONE-DAY WONDER - MARTS GIVE UP BIG CHUNK OF TUESDAY'S GAINS

It was too good to be true. The stock market's near-1,000-point rally came to an end yesterday when poor corporate profits caused another big sell-off. And dismal results from IBM...

EEN SHOP DELIA'S DRESSES UP FOR NEW INVESTORS

Delia's, once the hottest of the teen retailers, is on the block. The company has hired the Peter J. Solomon Co. as an adviser to "explore and evaluate strategic alternatives"...

ACTOR HOFFMAN DUSTIN' OFF CPW TRIPLEX FOR SALE

THE celebrity-laden San Remo building is losing one of its highest-profile residents. Sources say that longtime neighbor Dustin Hoffman, who's lived in the building since the mid-1970s, is selling his...

AOL 'PITT-FALLS' - SEC BOSS WORKED ON DUBIOUS '90S DEALS

Harvey Pitt, whose Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating accounting at America Online, represented AOL as a private lawyer in two accounting fraud cases, The Post has learned. Pitt first...

ICAHN SAYS HE DIDN'T MAKE IMCLONE'S $30M BIG DUMP

Billionaire Carl Icahn says he's not the mystery investor who dumped $30 million of ImClone stock at the peak of its insider-trading frenzy. Icahn's name appeared on an ImClone phone...

BOND RALLY IS OVER, SAYS DEBT GURU GROSS

The bond rally is over. Even as Wall Street pros continue to squabble over the direction of the stock market, there is general agreement that the rally in U.S. Treasury...

J.P. MORGAN PROFIT FALLS RECORD 91%; TO AX 2,000

Embattled J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. yesterday reported a 91 percent plunge in third-quarter profits and said it would lay off 2,000 staffers. Yet the global lending giant reaffirmed its...

NAUTILUS STOCK GOES VERY FLABBY

Shares of muscle-machine maker Nautilus collapsed yesterday following a report in The Post challenging the firm as a financial weakling. Shares in Nautilus Group - which sells the Bowflex and...

TWICE-LAUNCHED SI WOMEN TO FOLD

Sports Illustrated Women has become the latest casualty in the magazine meltdown. The December issue will be its last, according to Time Inc., the magazine wing of media giant AOL...

READER'S DIGEST TO PROCEED WITH STOCK DEAL

Reader's Digest Association has sweetened a stock deal that will effectively remove the company from the control of two charitable trusts and instead combine the two types of stock into...

STARR REPORT

NBC going to the dogs on Turkey Day Ex-"Seinfeld" co-star John O'Hurley (J. Peterman) will host "The National Dog Show Presented by Purina," which will air on NBC Thursday, Nov....

LET'S GET PACIFIC - NO BAR IS AN ISLAND, BUT TIKI SPOTS TRY ; ANDREW SERBAN/REFLEX NEWS

THEY did the hula in the Hawaiian Room at the Lexington Hotel in the '40s. Their children danced at Times Square's Hawaii-Kai all the way into the '80s, and lunched...

THANKS A MILLION; RATINGS ROCKET

A hearty brew of Kryptonite and good ol' family values is powering The WB to its best season ever. With shows like "Smallville," "Everwood," "Gilmore Girls" and old warhorse "7th...

'BLUE' DOESN'T FLY

BURNING BLUEAt the Samuel Beckett Theatre, 410 W. 42nd St.; (212) 279-4200. Through Dec. 15. ------- IT seems very Clinton era: Don't ask, don't tell. Ferocious, mean investigators of homosexuality...

HE'LL BE THE NEW LENO (IF HIS MOM LETS HIM)

THE newest reality show star on cable's E! network will be a 19-year-old kid from Indiana - who'll host his show from his parents' living room. Michael Essany, who until...

AN HBO SPECIAL ON THE BUSH ELECTION CAMPAIGN REMINDS LINDA STASI OF HER TWO WEEKS CHASING THE CANDIDATES - AND WHY GORE IS HELL ; MY JOURNEY WITH W

HBO will air a documentary next month (Nov. 5) called "Journeys With George," which is getting a lot of advance buzz. Alexandra Pelosi - an NBC reporter and daughter of...

MOM BAB'S HEARTACHE

ABC's Barbara Walters and her daughter are breaking their silence about their troubled relationship - on NBC. Walters and Jackie Danforth sat for an exclusive interview with Jane Pauley airing...

LOVE HIM, SPENDERS

THE Rolling Stones couldn't do it. Neither could Bon Jovi. For the third straight week, Elvis is still the King of the album charts. "Elv1s 30 #1 Hits" stormed the...

MUSIC & PASSION AT THE COPA

THE legendary Copacabana nightclub is coming back to life tonight in a warehouse off 11th Avenue. Inside you'll find everything from pink-and-white carpets to Art Deco palm trees that help...

COPS NAIL ARTIST-SLAY SUSPECT

Brooklyn cops yesterday arrested a suspect in the March slaying of a young artist and musician in his Fort Greene home. Erick Small, 27, was charged with murder for allegedly...

ESCAPED BX. SUSPECT COMES BACK IN

A prisoner arrested on a drug charge in The Bronx escaped last night, becoming the 31st person to give authorities the slip this year, police said. William Allen, 22 -...

GANDOLFINI LICKED ADDICTION: LAWYER

As Tony Soprano, actor James Gandolfini battles the feds. In real life, he's battled drug and alcohol addiction. The actor initially denied a published report last week that he had...

U.S. SOUNDED ALARM - ISSUED WARNING DAY BEFORE BALI ATTACK

Indonesia said yesterday the net is closing on the terrorist cell responsible for the Bali nightclub bombing, as U.S. officials revealed they warned the nation of danger just a day...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

Cue the scary sci-fi music, please - a giant, raptor-like bird with a wingspan longer than two Michael Jordans standing end to end has been sighted in southwest Alaska. Villagers...

CARL LETTER-'BOMBED' IN NEW POLL

ALBANY - Carl McCall's campaign for governor is going backward, with his support down and his negatives up in the wake of the "Lettergate" scandal, a new poll showed yesterday....

'3-WAY' PLEA DERAILED - LIRR 'SEX' TRIO REJECTS PROSECUTOR'S OFFER

The plumber, brother and wife accused of having a ménage-à-trois on a Long Island Rail Road train have turned down a plea-bargain deal, their lawyers said yesterday. According to one...

U.S. TRAITOR PROUD SHE'S CUBAN SPY

WASHINGTON - A U.S. intelligence analyst yesterday defended spying for Cuban President Fidel Castro, as she was sentenced to 25 years in prison. "Our government's policy toward Cuba is cruel...

RUN FROM ARTHRITIS: STUDY

The best way to defeat arthritis is with da feet, doctors say. That's because simple jogging offers up to 12 years protection from the onset of osteoarthritis, according to physicians...

STYLISH WINONA 'FASHIONS' A DEFENSE

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - All glammed out in a cream-colored dress and a polka-dot duster, Winona Ryder looked more like an Oscar nominee than a shoplifting suspect in court yesterday...

'ED' STAR: I'LL BEAT DRUG RAP

A star of the NBC comedy "Ed" expects a drug charge against him to be dropped next month because a witness and drug tests back his assertion he wasn't smoking...

AMID THE HORROR AND HAVOC IN BALI, THERE WAS HEROISM

Amid the horror and havoc in Bali, there was heroism. Australian soccer star Jason McCartney had been having a drink with Samantha and Leanne Woodgate at Paddy's Bar when the...

CHUCK, HILL STUN DEMS ON ELEX BILL

WASHINGTON - New York Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer were the only senators yesterday to vote against a historic election-overhaul bill they say will discourage minorities in New...

GUN-NUT LAW LOOKS LIKE A LOCK

WASHINGTON - Spurred by a sniper and a recent shooting at a Long Island church, a new gun-control law, aimed at keeping felons, fugitives and mentally ill people from buying...

TOP COPS GET EXTRA CREDIT

About 100 NYPD commanders won't be leaving their homes without it - new American Express cards that will enable them to pay office expenditures without having to dip into their...

AN EMOTIONAL 'ROLLER COASTER' AT POLICE HQ

The names, as many as 24 at a time, are scrawled with a marker on a white board in a bustling conference room on the University of Maryland campus in...

FREDDY'S FIRE-SLAY SUIT TOSSED

A judge has tossed out lawsuits that claimed the city was partly responsible for seven murders and the torching of a Harlem clothing store targeted by racist protesters in 1995....

EX-KOCH AIDE IS DEAD AT 47

Victor Botnick, a "brilliant but troubled" aide to former Mayor Ed Koch, has died suddenly at age 47, his family reported yesterday. The family said Botnick, who had been complaining...

D.C. BULLETS IMPACT NATIONWIDE BALLOTS

SUDDENLY, in the final push to the Nov. 5 elections, the hot issue isn't Iraq or the economy after all - it's the terrifying sniper shooting spree. It's obviously a...

COPS PONDER JERSEY 'LINK'

The sniper-style execution of a woman in southern New Jersey nine months ago is being investigated for a possible link to the D.C.-area killings. Vineland cops said the tattooed ex-boyfriend...

'FLEX' RAPPED - JUDGE: STAY AWAY FROM RIVAL DJ

There's no Lova on the horizon for Funkmaster Flex. The Hot 97 DJ was slapped with a restraining order yesterday, barring him from having any contact with rival record spinner...

SCHOOLS LOOKING TO 'CELL' $PACE

Schools Chancellor Joel Klein has proposed renting school-roof space for cell-phone antennas, to raise bundles of cash and help offset city spending cuts, The Post has learned. Under the plan,...

THE GROUND ZERO TRAIN WRECK - THE POST'S STEVE CUOZZO EXPLAINS WHY MASS-TRANSIT 'IMPROVEMENTS' ARE THE LAST THING DOWNTOWN NEEDS

THE debate over Downtown's destiny has gone off the rails, captive to multibillion-dollar mass-transit proposals that turn zanier by the day. Public agencies and developers are salivating over $4.55 billion...

MORGY PLEDGES 'FAIR' PROBE

Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau defended his handling of the Central Park jogger case investigation yesterday, promising critics he will conduct a "fair, impartial and complete" probe. He also said...

EXPERTS ARE SPLIT ON WHO'S BEHIND THE MURDERS

A growing number of experts believe the shootings that have paralyzed the Washington, D.C. area are the work of terrorists - though many are still unconvinced. The lack of substantive...

SENIOR SEX BUST ON L.I.

A 75-year-old man who beat a murder rap in the 1950s was busted for soliciting a prostitute on Long Island, police said yesterday. Philip Tranberg of Bay Shore was arrested...

'UNTANGLING' DOWNTOWN

IT is not enough for some planners that Lower Manhattan enjoys as rich a network of subway lines as exists in the world. For transit utopians, nothing less than 100...

TRANSIT UTOPIANS

THERE seems no end to fanciful proposals to fix all of Downtown's presumed transit ills. Last Friday, this newspaper reported a new howler: an "AirTrain" to link Lower Manhattan with...

THE SON SHINES FOR TRAGIC PEARL

The adorable son of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was all smiles yesterday as he and his mom, Mariane, attended an awards gala for the International Women's Media...

BUSH WIELDS A MIGHTY PEN AGAINST IRAQ

WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday signed the resolution that authorizes an Iraq attack, and warned that Saddam Hussein must quickly give up all weapons of mass murder and allow inspections...

KLEIN TOUTS CHARTER SCHOOLS

Schools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday endorsed the creation of more charter schools to stir innovation in the city public school system and provide more options to parents. There are currently...

NYPD DAILY BLOTTER

MANHATTAN * Cops nabbed a serial-bank-robbery suspect in Greenwich Village yesterday and said he had notes on him suggesting he was about to strike again. Officers picked up Kevin Johnson,...

PROPERTY-TAX SHOCKER - BLOOMY FLOATS 25% HIKE IN BUDGET BATTLE

Aides to Mayor Bloomberg are examining scenarios for raising the property tax by as much as 25 percent - a figure sure to make homeowners howl, officials said yesterday. "They're...

BEAU GUILTY IN SLAY OF LOVER, KIDS

A Brooklyn man was found guilty yesterday of savagely slaughtering his childhood sweetheart and her two young children just weeks after she told him their infant wasn't his. Zabdiel Yara,...

DUBYA OKS ISRAELI RETALIATION

WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday gave Israel a green light to retaliate if attacked by Iraq. "If Iraq attacks Israel tomorrow, I would assume the prime minister would respond," Bush...

WAKE UP! THIS TERRORIST IS NO NATIVE

WASHINGTON. IT IS time to suspect the unthinkable and the suspicion is this: This city has been paralyzed by terrorists. Terrorists working for a foreign organization that wants to destroy...

LOUIMA LAWYER SLAPS PREDECESSORS ON CASE

An attorney for Abner Louima told a Brooklyn federal judge yesterday that his original lawyers don't deserve a penny of the $8.75-million settlement after the mistakes they made - including...

PISTOL-STOPPIN' MAMA - WARNS SCHOOL HER BOY WAS PACKING HEAT

A 13-year-old middle-school student was caught with a loaded gun in a Brooklyn classroom yesterday - after his mother warned administrators the teen may have been packing heat. Police sources...

NOT SO FAST ON CLEARING JOGGER 5

A PROSECUTOR who watched five youths confess to the 1989 rape and beating of the Central Park jogger has one thing to say about the mob that wants to clear...

ARMY'S RC-7 AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE LOW, THE TOP-SECRET, HIGH-TECH SURVEILLANCE PLANE THAT WILL BE FLYING OVER THE WASHINGTON AREA 24 HOURS A DAY

The Army's RC-7 Airborne Reconnaissance Low (right), the top-secret, high-tech surveillance plane that will be flying over the Washington area 24 hours a day to help nab the Psycho Sniper,...

FBI PROBERS GO TO GITMO IN SEARCH OF AN AL QAEDA CONNECTION

The FBI plans to question al Qaeda prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere to find out if they know anything that could link the Psycho Sniper to Islamic terrorists, U.S....

MURDERED FOR $25 - TEENS NAILED IN DELIVERYMAN SLAY

Two teenagers were busted yesterday in the murder of a restaurant deliveryman who was lured to a Brooklyn apartment house, ambushed and shot dead for $25 in cash and food....

BROOKLYN MOM DROPS DIME ON GUN-TOTING SCHOOLKID

A 13-year-old middle-school student was caught with a loaded gun in a Brooklyn classroom yesterday - after his mother warned administrators the teen may have been packing heat. Police sources...

U.S. SOUNDED ALARM: ISSUED WARNING DAY BEFORE BALI ATTACK

Indonesia claimed yesterday the net is closing on the terrorist cell responsible for the Bali nightclub bombing, as U.S. officials revealed they had warned the nation of danger just a...

U.S. SOUNDED ALARM : ISSUED WARNING DAY BEFORE BALI ATTACK

Indonesia claimed yesterday the net is closing on the terrorist cell responsible for the Bali nightclub bombing as U.S. officials revealed they had warned the nation of danger just a...

'DREAM TEAM' LOUIMA LAWYER SLAPS PREDECESSORS ON CASE

A high-powered attorney for Abner Louima told a federal judge the Haitian immigrant's original lawyers don't deserve a penny of the record-breaking $8.75 million settlement after repeated blunders led them...

PREZ TO ARIEL: TELL US IF YOU RETALIATE

WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday gave Israel a green light to retaliate if attacked by Iraq, but the White House later said the United States expected to consult its ally...

TWO DEMS BOYCOTT

WASHINGTON - The two top Democrats in Congress - Senate leader Tom Daschle and House Democratic leader Dick Gephardt - both voted for the Iraq attack resolution, but neither showed...

MCCALL IN QUICK L.A. HOP FOR $$

Gov. Pataki yesterday stumped upstate while his Democratic rival Carl McCall campaigned by remote control launching a new attack ad while attending a California fund-raiser. Desperate for more campaign cash,...

CHUCK, HILL SHOCK DEMS ON ELEX BILL

WASHINGTON - New York Sens. Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer were the only senators yesterday to vote against a historic election-overhaul bill they say will discourage minorities in New York...

CARL LETTER-'BOMBED': PLUMMETS IN POLL AFTER RÉSUMÉ FUROR

ALBANY - Carl McCall's campaign for governor is going backward, with his support down and his negatives up in the wake of the "Lettergate" scandal, a new poll showed yesterday....

WEBBER: SPREE'S READY TO SET SAIL

KNICK NOTES SACRAMENTO - Chris Webber was disappointed not to see his buddy Latrell Sprewell with the Knicks last night at Arco Arena. "I guess he can't add anything positive,"...

DEVILS WANT DEAL ; LAMORIELLO LOOKING TO IMPROVE OFFENSE

Devils GM Lou Lamoriello kept his options open yesterday, believed to be pursuing a trade while waiting to see how Turner Stevenson's "other" knee responds to skating today. "It's not...

JINT ROOKIE NOT SATISFIED ; CARTER HO-HUM ABOUT FIRST NFL RECEPTION

If it were a fish, Tim Carter would have thrown it back into the water. Too small. If it were a coin, it would have been a penny. Too insignificant....

NET GAME PLAN ON THE REBOUND

NET NOTES The Nets again are showing their expertise in two R's - rebounds and running - while hoping it leads to a third, rings. The rebounding is improving game-by-game...

RED SOX HOPING TO INTERVIEW STICK

ANAHEIM - The idea of Gene Michael heading to Boston as the Red Sox GM is more than speculation because, according to a source, the Yankees' bitter rival has asked...

SCIOSCIA SETS HIS SERIES ROTATION

WORLD SERIES NOTEBOOK ANAHEIM - Angel manager Mike Scioscia is expected to announce today that Kevin Appier, Ramon Ortiz and John Lackey will follow World Series Game 1 starter Jarrod...

THE TRUTH SETS HIM FREE ; FALSE ACCUSATION BEHIND HIM, THOMAS SETS SIGHTS ON SACKS

Bryan Thomas hardly envisioned his first NFL season as the hell it's been so far. Yesterday, in his first extensive interview since he was accused of striking a girlfriend in...

BLACKBURN GEARS UP TO MAKE NEW START

Dan Blackburn was all set last Saturday. "I was in there, ready to go, and then it happened," Blackburn said. "To be all prepared and not be able to play...

WORLD WILL BE A BETTER PLACE ; DOWN-TO-EARTH ROLE PLAYERS GIVE SERIES HUMAN TOUCH

SAN FRANCISCO - For the first time in five seasons the Yankees are not involved in the World Series, but this is still a World Series you can love. This...

WORLD WILL BE A BETTER PLACE: MORE TO THIS CLASSIC THAN BIG-TOP BARRY

ANAHEIM - Will the Angels pitch to Barry Bonds? Will Bonds be greater than ever in his first World Series appearance? Will Barry smile for the cameras, stretch with his...

CHREBET LOOKIN' GOOD TO FACE VIKES

JET NOTES It looks as if receiver Wayne Chrebet will return to the starting lineup Sunday against the Vikings, which has to be good news to Chad Pennington and the...

SCRAPPY ECKSTEIN'S TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL

ANAHEIM - If David Eckstein walked into a major-league tryout camp and displayed his awkward throwing motion and funky swing, chances are he wouldn't get a second look - never...

CHANEY STILL PLANNING ON A GOOD RUN

SACRAMENTO - Nothing was going to dim Don Chaney's good mood late Tuesday night. The Knicks played their first preseason game without Antonio McDyess and it didn't look like they...

SJU BANS SHAW FOR 3 GAMES

St. John's swing man Willie Shaw, suspended from playing in last season's NCAA Tournament for violating team rules, will fulfill the rest of that ban by sitting out the Red...

REBOUNDING AT TOP OF LIST

NET NOTES The Nets again are showing their expertise in two R's - rebounds and running - while hoping it leads to a third, rings. The rebounding is improving game-by-game...

SLAY'S PLAY HELPS NETS

After Tamar Slay's sophomore season at Marshall, he made two decisions that eventually brought him to the Nets and should keep him there. Slay was first-team All-Mid-America Conference as a...

DON'S ANGRY AT SCOTT SHOT

SACRAMENTO - Don Chaney reacted angrily to Byron Scott's insinuation the Knick coach was partly to blame for Antonio McDyess' season-ending injury. Scott said he would never play one of...

MCDYESS OUT FOR SEASON: SURGERY SUCCESSFUL ON KNEE

SACRAMENTO - Antonio McDyess is "expected to miss the entire season" after undergoing surgery yesterday on his fractured left kneecap at Beth Israel Hospital, the Knicks announced. The Knicks deemed...

RED SOX JOIN HUNT FOR LOOIE

As compensation negotiations with Seattle to land Lou Piniella failed to produce an agreement last night, the Mets had to face a new concern on the landscape - that the...

]]SLAY STAYING WITH DEFENSE

After Tamar Slay's sophomore season at Marshall, he made two decisions that eventually brought him to the Nets and should keep him there. Slay was first-team All-Mid-America Conference as a...

MCDYESS OUT FOR YEAR: SURGERY SUCCESSFUL ON INJURED KNEE

SACRAMENTO - The Knicks announced that Antonio McDyess is expected to miss the entire season after he underwent surgery yesterday on his fractured left kneecap at Beth Israel Hospital in...