October 21, 2002
DOLAN'S EYE STILL ON SAT TV
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amCablevision's satellite-TV dreams didn't die with the recent decision by the Federal Communications Commission to block the EchoStar-DirecTV merger. In the days since Oct. 10, when regulators blocked the merger,...
MAG CONF. STARTS WITH WIN FOR US
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amIN one of the more astounding comebacks in recent magazine history, Bonnie Fuller, editor of Us Weekly since March, has been named Editor of the Year by Advertising Age, the...
THE WIZ CONJURES UP NEW LOOK IN BID TO HIKE PROFITS
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amThe Wiz is putting on a new face. The home electronics retailer, a unit of the beleaguered Cablevision, is revving up its efforts to reach consumers in a bid to...
PACINO TAKES ON HITLER
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amTHE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UIPace University, Spruce Street between Park Row and Gold Street. Through Nov. 3. Telecharge, (212) 239-6280. --------- BERTOLT Brecht was basically a cartoonist. He told...
THE NINJA TURTLES GET MORE MACHO
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amEVERYONE from Nancy Drew to Joe Friday is getting a TV update these days - so why not the judo-chopping, pizza-chomping heroes of a decade ago: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"?...
FROM HAIR TO ETERNITY
October 21, 2002 | 4:00am"Uncut: The True Story of Hair" [ 1/2] Tonight at 9 p.m. on A&E --------- IF you are obsessed with hair - real or rug - "Uncut: The True Story...
STARR REPORT
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amAllen cooking up variety series? There could be another series in Tim Allen's future. The former "Home Improvement" star, who's moved on to the big screen, tells tonight's "Extra" (7...
NICE 'GIRLS' DO - JUST TRY NOT TO THINK OF 'CHARLIE'S ANGELS'
October 21, 2002 | 4:00am"girls club" [ ] Tonight at 9 p.m. on WNYW/Ch. 5 ------------ HARD as it is to believe, "girls club" (no caps, no apostrophe), David E. Kelley's new drama about...
THE BUTTONED-DOWN BACHELOR
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amNOW that "The Bachelor" Aaron Buerge has kicked Crazy Christi to the curb, it's time for him - and us - to get serious. With 10 women remaining on ABC's...
SCAASI, BY DESIGN: THE MAN WHO DRESSES OUR PRESIDENTS' WIVES
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amREMEMBER the red suit Laura Bush wore on the cover of Newsweek last year? Designer Arnold Scaasi made it. How about the blue velvet and taffeta gown Barbara Bush wore...
COBAIN'S JOURNALS STRIKE A SOUR NOTE
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amThe recently discovered journals of grunge god Kurt Cobain are a sad, rambling screed extolling drugs, damning fame and professing his love for wife Courtney Love. Cobain, the tormented leader...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amA Miami man has been granted permission to keep a fully grown tiger in his back yard. And neighbors in the Dania Beach community say they have no problem with...
POLICE HAVE 'LINE' ON KILLER - NUMBER FOUND AT SCENE OF SHOOTING
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amInvestigators found a note bearing a phone number at the site of the apparent 12th attack by the Psycho Sniper - and implored the writer to call them at that...
DA PUSHES FOR 'JOGGER' DELAY
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amThe office of Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau believes it can wrap up its probe of the Central Park jogger case by Thanksgiving. As a result, prosecutors plan to ask...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amQUEENS * A father stabbed his son to death in a fight over rent money, police said yesterday. Shibaran Seecharan, 59, got in an argument with his son Lakeraj, 32,...
THE TROUBLE WITH 'HEARTS AND MINDS'
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amTHE editorial page of a major paper responded to the horror of the Kuta Beach slaughter by pointing out that "fighting terror is partly a battle for Muslim hearts and...
DEMS TO BUBBA: IT'S TIME TO PANIC
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amFORMER President Bill Clinton has been bluntly warned that New York Democrats face "national humiliation" because of Carl McCall's poorly run campaign for governor. Clinton was grimly told a few...
MIRAMAX BIGS GET BRIT FILM HONOR
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amMovie moguls Bob and Harvey Weinstein were honored last night in London by the British Film Institute for their "outstanding contribution to cinema." For their efforts, the Miramax co-chairmen received...
FLUSHING OLYMPICS WOULD SAVE $1.5B
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amThe city's bid to lure the 2012 Olympics with a West Side stadium is riding on a $1.5 billion transit project - an investment that wouldn't be needed if the...
FAMILY'S ILL 'WILL' - NEEDY SISTERS BATTLE BRO FOR STOLEN RICHES
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amIn 1956, Walter Sakow stole his sisters' inheritance, real estate he allegedly turned into a multimillion-dollar empire - and the courts are still letting him profit from the crime today....
BEER HELPS YOU 'BONE' UP: STUDY
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amThis Bud's for you - and your bones. That's the word from scientists who say a glass of beer a day helps young women and men maintain strong and healthy...
A LIFESAVER IN DEATH ; 5 GET TRANSPLANTS FROM N.Y. JEW KILLED IN ISRAEL - INCLUDING AN ARAB
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amA young Jewish philanthropist from Manhattan, killed in a traffic accident last month in Israel, lives on in the bodies of five people, including an Arab, who received his transplanted...
TOO BAD PIGEONS DON'T POOP OUT
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amI'VE got some good news, some bad news and some really bad news. Let's start with the good news: Last week, I was leaked park of the Audubon Society's forthcoming...
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amWHAT'S NEXT Democrats keep looking for a way to score points on the economy - but newscasts stay fixated on the sniper. Analysts ponder sniper's impact. President Bush stumps all-out,...
POWELL RULES OUT WAR ON N. KOREA
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amSecretary of State Colin Powell yesterday said North Korea probably has "one or two nuclear weapons" but the United States isn't planning any military action, even though the Stalinist regime...
TV NET SEEKS RATINGS 'PEAK'
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amA cable-TV network is hoping to make its ratings climb by making contestants scale Mount Everest. The Outdoor Life Network is searching for adventurers prepared to scale the world's tallest...
SCHUMER: TOUGHEN MEAT REGS
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amFearing another listeria outbreak, Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday urged the Bush administration to adopt tougher meat safety regulations that have been under review for the past two years. "The last...
ARMY 'UNSETTLES' W. BANK CAMP
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Embattled Israeli forces struggled to boot hundreds of illegal Jewish settlers from a West Bank outpost over the weekend in the worst clash ever between the sides. More...
SANDY HOOK IS NO DAY AT BEACH: MAG
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amHorny young men, rampant boozers and nudists who let it all hang out have earned a New Jersey beach an award for being one of the most dangerous national parks...
SNIPER 'IMITATOR' - COPS EYE SUSPECT'S MOTIVE IN BX. SLAYS
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amPolice were trying to determine yesterday if a Virginia man nabbed for allegedly shooting two men to death in The Bronx knew his victims or chose them at random -...
L.I. FATHER ACCIDENTALLY KILLS TOT IN CAR HORROR
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amA Long Island pediatrician parking his car in his driveway accidentally backed over his 2-year-old son, killing the boy, police said yesterday. The tragedy happened at 9:40 p.m. Saturday, when...
EX-GOV GETS DOUBLE PLAY IN N.J. FOES' TV AD WAR
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amFirst, the Republicans began using former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean in testimonials for their senatorial candidate - now the Democrats are doing the same. Just days after Republican Douglas...
DEBATE BOILS OVER TEMPERS FLARE AFTER GOLISANO BLASTS PATAKI
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amSYRACUSE - Independence Party candidate for governor Tom Golisano yesterday repeatedly accused Gov. Pataki of selling paroles to a campaign contributor, launching a harsh new line of attack that dominated...
CARL LETS TOM DO HIS DIRTY WORK
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amSYRACUSE - As the spokesmen for Gov. Pataki and Tom Golisano yelled and swore at each other following yesterday's six-way debate, Carl McCall's spokesman just quietly smiled. That's because McCall's...
ADWATCH
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amADWATCH: Tom Golisano TITLE: "Pardon Me" LENGTH: 30 seconds. AIRING: Upstate. SCRIPT: "George Pataki wants to talk about his record on crime, but his administration got caught selling paroles for...
B'KLYN WOMAN, 70, DIES IN ELEVATOR NIGHTMARE
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amA 70-year-old Brooklyn woman, described as "a grandmother to everybody" in her building, died yesterday when she was crushed by an elevator. Ernestine Chapman somehow was able to open the...
NEW CHEW REVIEW : 2003 ZAGAT GUIDE LISTS BEST & WORST OF APPLE EATERIES
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amThe New York City restaurant industry has remained surprisingly strong, while the price of an average meal has dropped slightly in the 12 months following the Sept. 11 attacks, according...
POLICE HAVE 'LINE' ON KILLER : NUMBER FOUND AT SCENE OF SHOOTING
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amThe Psycho Sniper apparently left behind another chillingly cryptic clue for stymied probers at the scene of his latest attack - a note with a phone number on it. Montgomery...
NORTH KOREA "AXIS OF EVIL"
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amSecretary of State Colin Powell yesterday said North Korea probably has "one or two nuclear weapons" but the United States isn't planning any military action, even though the Stalinist regime...
SADDAM FREES PRISONERS TO BOOST PUBLIC SUPPORT
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amSaddam Hussein yesterday opened the doors of his jails and claimed he was freeing most prisoners - common crooks and political foes alike - in a bid to rally popular...
GRIM ATTACK WARNING : PROBERS TOLD OF 'SPECTACULAR EVENT' IN WORKS
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amRecent terrorist attacks around the world may be a warm-up for a "spectacular event" against American interests, U.S. intelligence officials say. Al Qaeda prisoners have been warning investigators about a...
NEW KILLER PHILIPPINES BOMBING
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amA bomb on a parked bicycle exploded near a crowded Roman Catholic shrine in the southern Philippines yesterday, killing a soldier and injuring 18 people. The blast demolished stalls selling...
SURGEONS PULL BULLET FROM HIS 12TH VICTIM
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amDoctors last night surgically removed the bullet from the serial sniper's suspected latest victim - and ballistics experts are trying to determine if it matches the caliber of those used...
NYPD COPS AID SEARCH FOR BEAST OF BELTWAY
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amFour members of the NYPD have joined the hunt for the Psycho Sniper. A sergeant and three detectives, assigned to the FBI-NYPD Joint Terrorist Task Force, were part of a...
LINK TO AL QAEDA IS 'CONCEIVABLE': POWELL
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amTop aides to President Bush yesterday said it's "conceivable" that the Psycho Sniper is linked to al Qaeda terrorists and they'll "turn over every rock" to check that - but...
DOCS PULL BULLET OUT OF 12TH VICTIM
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amDoctors last night surgically removed the bullet from the Psycho Sniper's latest victim, and ballistics experts said they are now trying to find out if it matches the caliber of...
COBAIN'S DIARIES HIT SOUR NOTE
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amThe recently discovered journals of grunge god Kurt Cobain are a sad, rambling screed extolling drugs, damning fame and professing his love for wife Courtney Love. Cobain, the tormented leader...
BULLET IN VICTIM IS CRITICAL EVIDENCE
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amAs doctors contemplate additional surgery to remove the bullet from the Psycho Sniper's latest victim, ballistics experts are hoping to verify the caliber of the round while it is still...
FDNY CHASES UNPAID AMBULANCE FEES
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amThe FDNY has gotten so burned by uncollected ambulance fees that it's called in a private company to track deadbeats who skipped on $71.5 million in bills last year. "Billing...
DEVILS' POWER SWITCH STILL SET ON 'OFF'
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amAmid everything else that suddenly exploded or collapsed for the Devils, the one thing that had been going wrong from the start still is. After his first defeat as Devils...
NETS' BENCH RUNS DEEP
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amIn years past, four injured Nets would have led to one obvious question: only four? But now, four injured Nets serves to reveal the impressive depth this team possesses. So...
PENALTY BUG'S BITING LINDROS
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amYou can't blame a guy for being tall. But it looked like referees Mike Leggo and Paul Stewart did just that to the 6-5 Eric Lindros in the Rangers' 2-2...
COLLISION IS BREWING IN BIG EAST
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amWHEN a commissioner speaks glowingly in July about his conference, you shrug it off, figuring, 'What else is the head honcho supposed to say about his league before the games...
DUSTY IN THE WIND - BAKER BACK IN MIX FOR WILPON
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amWORLD SERIES CONFIDENTIALANAHEIM - Is it possible Fred Wilpon has gone into a four-corners defense, trying to stall his managerial search long enough to gain leverage and a desirable candidate?...
THE KID PASSES 'FRANCHISE' TEST
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amFORGET for a moment that the Vikings would have a difficult time with Rutgers. Forget for a moment that if Chad Pennington got to play every Sunday against the Vikings,...
TALENT NOT ENOUGH FOR SANTANA
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amIT'S a good thing he's starting to catch some passes, make some plays and live up to his potential, because Santana Moss has been moving about Weeb Ewbank Hall like...
SERIES ONCE WAS CLASSIC TV WATCH
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amA RECURRING print/ broadcast issue, last week, was whether America would watch an all-California World Series. A generation ago, however, before baseball's greed allowed the World Series to become prime-time...
MARTIN MAKES THE JET 'O' GO
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amEvery time Curtis Martin takes the field, he knows the opponent's gameplan revolves around stopping him. Every time the Jet running back breaks the huddle, he sees eight-man fronts crowding...
SAN FRAN BULLPEN SHOCKS THE MONKEY
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amGIANTS NOTEBOOK ANAHEIM - Robb Nen got a Rally Monkey off his back in Game 1. Not that he cares. The Giants closer was on the mound the day the...
CLASSIC WAR SHAPING UP
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Two superstar colts from both sides of the Atlantic are poised to jolt this Saturday's subpar Breeders' Cup World Championships into one of the great unforgettables...
GARRET CAN'T GET LEG UP
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amANGELS NOTEBOOK ANAHEIM - Mike Scioscia said that left fielder Garret Anderson has been hampered by a bum leg during the postseason. "Garret has had a tight hamstring for the...
BIG PLAYS BY LEWIS SHUT DOWN VIKES' 'MO'
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amJET NOTES During the week leading up to yesterday's 20-7 win over the Vikings, Jets linebacker Mo Lewis spent extra time after practice speaking to Herman Edwards and defensive coordinator...
CHANCE TO EXHALE - JETS BREATHE SIGH OF RELIEF AFTER SOLID VICTORY
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amAt last, the Jets can breathe. After suffocating for a month and watching helplessly as their season swirled perilously around the drain of a toilet bowl, the Jets rejoiced in...
MINNY'S COLLAPSE TRACES BACK TO ONE GIANT DRUBBING
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amIt's ironic that what is rapidly becoming the darkest stretch in the Vikings' history sank to new lows here in yesterday's 20-7 loss to the Jets. After all, it was...
EURO INVASION ON TAP
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amBREEDERS' CUP NOTEBOOK ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - The weather was clear and crisp yesterday at Arlington Park, the site of Saturday's 19th running of the Breeders' Cup, with temperatures in...
VIKES GATHERING NO MOSS - IT'S A MYSTERY WHY RANDY'S OUT OF MIX
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amWHEN your defense is dead last and your six-game-old season is already dead, the benches, both judicial and sideline, might reduce to misdemeanors any charges being brought against the Vikings...
SPREWELL SET TO MEET PRESS
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amLatrell Sprewell will have his say today. While the Knicks hold another practice without him, the exiled Sprewell has planned a news conference today at 11 a.m. at a midtown...
BUCS STOPPED IN PHILLY - BIG BIRDS END T.B. WIN STREAK
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - The Giants had best beware. The Eagles aren't planning to be one of those teams that wait until the final weeks of the regular season to earn a...
LOU WILL TALK TO RAYS TOMORROW
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amLou Piniella will have a face-to-face meeting tomorrow with Devil Rays owner Vince Naimoli and very well may receive an offer to manage Tampa Bay. However, his agent, Alan Nero,...
BOBBY V STILL TAKING HEAT
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amWORLD SERIES NOTEBOOK He's not managing the Mets anymore, but Bobby Valentine's name is still a topic of conversation. Dusty Baker took a swipe at Bobby V last night before...
MOTIVATION FROM MAYS HAS A NICE RING TO IT
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - The godfather wore a pinkie ring on his still-beefy left hand and made an offer he hoped could not be refused. Look at this 1954 World Series ring,...
SALMON'S SHOT GETS ANGELS EVEN - HOMER IN EIGHTH DECIDES SLUGFEST
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Francisco Rodriguez' electric right arm wrestled control of an offensive orgy and gave the Angels a chance to even the World Series last night. Tim Salmon made sure...
SALMON GETS ANGELS OFF HOOK
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - I have a baseball dream. In that dream, all players play with the spirit and hustle of David Eckstein and show the heart of Tim Salmon, who has...
K-ROD SPECIAL
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - The Angels have their Barry Bonds. He is 18 years younger than Bonds and if you laid all of Francisco Rodriguez's regular-season, major-league innings end-to-end you wouldn't even...
SALMON'S SHOT GETS ANGELS EVEN : HOMER IN EIGHTH DECIDES SLUGFEST
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amGAME 2 Angels 11 Giants 10 ANAHEIM - Like red, white, black, gray and orange marbles let loose in a bathtub. That's what the Angels and Giants looked like running...
PINIELLA TO HUDDLE WITH RAYS TOMORROW
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amLou Piniella will have a face-to-face meeting tomorrow with Devil Rays owner Vince Naimoli and very well may receive an offer to manage Tampa Bay. However, his agent, Alan Nero,...
NOT READY TWO HAND IN WINGS: BUT HALO LUMBER MUST FLY RIGHT
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - The Angels may have a carefree attitude about being down, 1-0, to the Giants in the World Series when Game 2 started last night at Edison Field, but...
WRATH OF BONDS: ANGELS FEAR IT, TEAMMATES FEED OFF IT
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - The Angels got a taste of the Giants Thunder Stix and Thunder Arms in Game 1 of the World Series. Anaheim also learned a little bit about National...
BUCKNER FLUB A-MAYS-ING
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amANGELS NOTEBOOK ANAHEIM - Willie Mays says the greatest World Series moment wasn't his sensational grab on Vic Wertz' fly ball to deep center in the Polo Grounds during the...
DUSTY IN THE WIND : BAKER BACK IN MIX FOR WILPON
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Is it possible Fred Wilpon has gone into a four-corners defense, trying to stall his managerial search long enough to gain leverage and a desirable candidate? No later...
BUCS STOPPED IN PHILLY : BIG BIRDS END T.B. WIN RUN
October 21, 2002 | 4:00amEagles 20 Bucs 10 PHILADELPHIA - The Giants had best beware. The Eagles aren't planning to make the race for the NFC East championship a close one. Behind a rugged...