October 24, 2002

UAL FLIES DANGEROUSLY LOW - WITH MARKET CAP AT $133M, NEW LOAN MAY NOT SAVE AIRLINE

In its ongoing quest to avoid bankruptcy, UAL Corp., parent company of United Airlines, yesterday filed a new plan to secure $1.8 billion in federal loan guarantees through the Air...

WAITING FOR WEILL - 'NOT A TARGET,' HE ASKED FOR SPITZER SITDOWN

Citigroup Chairman Sandy Weill will face off with New York's dogged Attorney General Eliot Spitzer as early as next week, sources close to the situation said, in the ongoing investigation...

EASTDIL TO RUN SALE OF 325 MADISON

Another step toward resolving the ongoing Milstein family feud has now been taken with the appointment of Eastdil Realty to handle the court-ordered sale of 325 Madison Ave. The 1.1...

LAWYERS CAN LIVE OFF FAT OF THE LAND AND SHAKE UP FOOD BIZ

HERE'S the whopper of all possible lawsuits: Obese Americans suing the food companies that made them fat. This possibility isn't being taken lightly. At least one brokerage firm has been...

AOL TW TAKES A WHOPPING $190M WRITEDOWN

AOL Time Warner said yesterday that shoddy accounting practices led the company to overstate its revenue by $190 million over the last two years. And it could get worse. The...

INVESTORS EXIT AFTER VIVENDI SALE STALLS

Shares in media conglomerate Vivendi got slammed yesterday after the cash-strapped company said it's having difficulty selling its U.S. publishing assets. Vivendi announced yesterday it was selling the non-U.S. assets...

WASH. POST SOBS AFTER DUMPING BY N.Y. TIMES

Bitter. Angry. Jilted. The Washington Post's reaction to its failed negotiations over the International Herald Tribune was closer to that of a miffed lover than of a media conglomerate. Still,...

WALL ST. BIG SHOTS MEET REGULATORS

Wall Street's elite meets today with state and federal regulators in their first face-to-face pow-wow aimed at resolving investigations into conflicts of interest. The investigations have sent shock waves through...

B'WAY PRODUCER GOING ON WITH TWO SHOWINGS

MARTY Richards has too many properties on his hands, according to friends of the Broadway and Hollywood producer. So he's listed both his combined apartments at Trump World Tower and...

MARTS POST GAINS ON PROFIT REPORTS

Stocks rose for the fourth day in five on upbeat profit reports. After trading lower early in the session, investors cast off their gloomy outlooks and went into buying mode,...

THEY'RE NOT YOUR AVERAGE; CHURCH LADIES

'Clive Barker Presents Saint Sinner' [] Saturday at 9 p.m. on SCI FI ------- 'CLIVE Barker Presents Saint Sinner" opens with handsome Brother Tomas, a 19th century monk lolling on...

TWYLA SHARP - 'MOVIN' OUT' KEEPS HER JUST MOVIN'

SHE'S been called "the dance world's brainiest brat." Billy Joel says she's "the most driven person I've ever worked with." The other day - in a conversation peppered with references...

HILL ON TOP

YOU'VE gotta have Faith - Hill, that is. The crossover country star's new album, "Cry," stole the charts' crown from the King, selling 472,250 copies its first week out, according...

ELVIS LOCKS ON THE BLOCK

NEVER mind that an auction of Elvis' first guitar received no bids. Now there's an even more personal item up for sale - his hair. The locks that make up...

EBAY FAILS TO MEET RESERVE

EBAY has delayed its bid to put on a TV show. The online auction-site behemoth was thinking of launching a nationwide show this fall, but now says it will wait...

STARR REPORT

On the move: Studio revamp at Ch. 4 Chuck Scarborough, Sue Simmons, Len Berman, Janice Huff and the rest of Ch. 4's news crew will move into another studio for...

GREAT SURVIVOR STILL '24'-CARAT

WOW! I just watched a preview tape of the first two episodes of the new season of "24" - which begins next Tuesday night - and I am happy to...

READY-TO-BE 'IDOLS' LINE UP

HUNDREDS of millionaire wannabes spent all night on Wall Street waiting for a chance at fame and fortune. They weren't planning to become the next Warren Buffet - their role...

'ROAD RULES' DEATH CRASH

MICHELLE Parma, who was a contestant on MTV's "Road Rules" in 1996, was killed in a car crash last week Parma, 27, and her cousin. Mandie Parma, 28, were killed...

RANDI RIPS CLASSROOM VIOLENCE

The head of the teachers union yesterday blasted the recent spate of violent crimes at city high schools, including student attacks on teachers. "We're seeing violence used as first resort,"...

LIZZIE COMES CLEAN - ADMITS SHE WAS 'MEAN & ARROGANT' TO CLUB STAFF

Just before a judge yesterday sent her to a Long Island jail for 60 days - and after more than a year of denial - p.r. princess Lizzie Grubman has...

STOXXX CHEATER WILL DO HARD TIME

Minutes after crying in front of the judge who sentenced her to three months in prison yesterday, a former porn queen who starred in an insider stock-tip conspiracy bragged that...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

A woman in Thailand has set a new world record by living in a small room for 32 days - along with 3,400 poisonous scorpions. Kanchana Ketkeaw, who dazzles tourists...

LIZA'S BIDDER-$WEET AUCTION

Life is indeed a cabaret if you can afford to pay $15,000 for a pair of ruby slippers. The splendid shoes are among the items being auctioned by Liza Minnelli...

BLOOMY SHARPENS AX - LAYOFFS LOOM AS MAYOR EYES $6B BUDGET DEFICIT

Mayor Bloomberg is quietly preparing a plan for layoffs - the first in a decade - to deal with the city's growing fiscal crisis, The Post has learned. Sources said...

DRUG-MONEY HONEYS - NEWLYWEDS MUST FORFEIT $$ TO REUNITE

Russian newlyweds caught up in an "ecstasy" ring will have to give up $121,629 - what they call wedding gifts and prosecutors call drug profits - if they want to...

HONEYMOON COULD BE OVER FOR MIKE AND GOV

Gov. Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg are headed for the biggest test of their relationship since the mayor took office nearly 10 months ago. Like many relationships, this one could go...

GOP AD DOLLS UP HILLARY

WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is making her debut as a bobble-head doll - the latest way that Republicans are using her as a weapon in TV attack ads...

THUG TURNS ON PAL WHO SAVED LIFE

A former boy-mobster yesterday ratted out his longtime pal, telling a Manhattan jury how his friend had rushed him to the hospital after he was shot nine times and avenged...

SHED NO TEARS FOR WORLD'S PHONIEST FELON

FOR a few, uncomfortable minutes in the courthouse hallway, white-trash reporters and regular folks were pressed up against all things Grubman. There was Lizzie's father, elusive rich guy Allen Grubman,...

FEE HIKES PUT DRIVERS IN TOW JAM

When the city tows your car next month, it'll be hauling away more of your money, too. Towing and redemption fees are jumping - for the first time in more...

TOO MANY SLEUTHS SPOIL PROBE: EXPERTS

The sniper investigation is such a mess that even the killer is complaining. Law-enforcement experts say the hunt for the cold-blooded killer is hampered by the large number of law-enforcement...

STRIKING STAFF GIVE SCHOOL F

Striking workers at a posh Upper East Side private school said they were used by administrators as personal servants - one of several unfair labor practices that have caused the...

HIGH-SPEED CAR THIEVES KILL QNS. MAN

A bible-reading barber driving home from his job died in a high-speed car wreck Tuesday when two men in a stolen Lexus plowed into his car at a Queens intersection,...

RUDY: CANCER ROBBED SEX LIFE

A battle with prostate cancer two years ago destroyed Rudy Giuliani's sex life with gal pal Judi Nathan, the former mayor told shock jock Howard Stern yesterday. "Almost any treatment...

UNDER SIEGE

At the White Flint Mall in Rockville, Md., near where James Buchanan, the sniper's second victim, was shot, a woman leaving with her two sons, ages 8 and 6, said...

KLEIN DUMPS NEW REPORT-CARD FORMAT

Schools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday officially scrapped the confusing new 10-page report cards that have caused an uproar among elementary-school parents and teachers. Klein flunked the cards, which were instituted...

FEAR FUELS GRIDLOCK AT SCHOOLS

WASHINGTON, D.C. PARKING lots at area schools yesterday looked like a traffic jam on a crosstown street in Manhattan: frustrating - no, downright threatening. The bumper-to-bumper gridlock was triggered by...

LIVES ARE IN ASHES - FIRED CIG DAD'S SON LIGHTS INTO BLOOMBERG

The 16-year-old son of a Housing Authority official axed for a long cigarette break has written an impassioned letter to Mayor Bloomberg describing how his family has been destroyed by...

EX-COP BUSTED IN ROCKY THEFT CASE

A fired NYPD cop who made a fortune helping rich husbands hide their money during their divorces has been busted for allegedly stealing century-old stones from historic walls, cemeteries and...

MUGGERS MARKED NET FOR DEATH: DA

After Chris Childs handed over his $20,000 watch, $800 in cash and a cell phone to four muggers, one of the bandits told the gunman to shoot the New Jersey...

HIS AIRNESS PLAYS HARDBALL WITH 'EXTORTING' STARLET

Michael Jordan has revealed he had a secret relationship with a sexy Hollywood starlet - and says she tried to extort a whopping $5 million from him to keep quiet...

STOLEN CIG RING NAILED

Cops say a Bronx cigarette warehouse was like the Golden Goose to four thieves who burglarized it four times since last summer before laying an egg when they were arrested...

BX. BOMBER HATED 'RICH JEWS': COP

A young man, accused of tossing homemade firebombs at a Bronx synagogue, told cops he wanted to send "the f- - -ing rich Jews from Riverdale" a message, a detective...

'RIFLE' DRIVER TRIGGERS MIDTOWN ALARM

A driver who was spotted shifting a rifle in his car touched off a sniper-related panic that snarled the evening rush hour yesterday. At about 2:50 p.m. a caller to...

BUSH FLEXES HIS MUSCLES WITH BIG DEFENSE BOO$T

WASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday said America must get ready for an Iraq attack as he signed the biggest defense-spending increase since Ronald Reagan - and pressed toward a showdown...

DUBYA'S STUMPING COULD 'BOUNCE' DEM RIVALS

CALL it the Bush Bounce. Every time President Bush campaigns in a state, Republicans say he boosts their candidates anywhere from 2 to 6 points in the polls - enough...

ISRAELI SPY SHOCKER - ARMY BIG ALLEGEDLY HELPED HEZBOLLAH

Eleven Israeli citizens, including a high-ranking army officer, are under arrest on suspicion of spying for Hezbollah terrorists, it was disclosed yesterday. Some Israeli commentators called it one of the...

BILL: NO MORE CASH TILL CARL GETS CLOSE

Former President Bill Clinton yesterday indicated Carl McCall can't count on more money from the national Democratic Party unless the race gets closer. "We're going to try and tighten this...

VICTIM PLEADED FOR LIFE

The parents of a good Samaritan senselessly slain while giving a lift to stranded strangers on the Belt Parkway last year burst into tears yesterday as they heard details of...

COPS: VAGRANT A SERIAL RAPIST

A homeless man has been linked through his DNA to six knifepoint rapes in the past three years and is suspected of others, police said yesterday. The suspect, Rovell Washington,...

NYPD DAILY BLOTTER

MANHATTAN * A homeless man was found dead in Murray Hill yesterday. The unidentified 50-year-old man was found lying against a building about 8:30 a.m. on Madison Avenue and East...

COPS: NOLTE WAS ON DATE-RAPE DRUG

LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors filed drug charges against Nick Nolte yesterday, accusing the down-and-out actor of driving while intoxicated and swerving all over a California highway. The L.A. district attorney...

POL'S JOGGER-RAPE GOOF - COUNCILMAN: I DIDN'T KNOW I SHOULDN'T ID HER

A city councilman distributed a flier that revealed the name of the Central Park jogger, but claimed he didn't know rape victims were traditionally protected by anonymity. Councilman Bill Perkins,...

FRANTIC SEARCH FOR 2 IN N.J. CAR - ARMY VET & STEPSON MAY HOLD KEY TO CASE

A man heard discussing details of the Psycho Sniper case that only a suspect would know was sought in an intense dragnet last night, as cops issued another odd message...

UNION TAKES AIM AT CLASSROOM VIOLENCE

The head of the teachers union yesterday blasted the recent spate of violent crimes at city high schools, including student attacks on teachers. "There's been a number of incidents in...

REPORT CARDS FAIL TEST - ELEMENTARY-SCHOOL GRADE SYSTEM DUMPED

Schools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday officially scrapped the confusing new, 10-page report cards that have caused an uproar among elementary-school parents and teachers. Klein flunked the cards, which were instituted...

ADWATCH

Title: "Daschle Democrats" Length: 30 seconds Producer: Red Sea LLC of Washington, D.C. Script: "This is Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle. Tom Daschle and the Daschle Democrats like to say...

TACOMA HOME MAY HOLD KEY - FBI RAID SEEKS BODY AND BULLETS

The FBI last night raided a house in Tacoma, Wash., in connection with the Psycho Sniper case. Sources told The Post the raid was linked to a potential suspect in...

MUGGERS WERE SET TO KILL NET: DA

After Chris Childs handed over his $20,000 watch, $800 in cash and a cell phone to four muggers during a gunpoint robbery, one of the bandits told the gunman to...

FRANTIC SEARCH FOR 2 IN N.J. CAR - ARMY VET, TEEN MAY BE LINKED TO CASE

A man heard discussing details of the Psycho Sniper case that only a suspect would know was sought in an intense dragnet last night, as cops issued another odd message...

ISLES LOSE KVASHA

Oleg Kvasha, the team's first-line right wing, will miss at least two weeks after fracturing his left ankle in the 4-1 loss to Carolina Tuesday night. Kvasha, who was pointless...

SAY 'HALO' TO A REAL TEAM - ANGELS PREPARE TO WIN

SAN FRANCISCO - Walk into the Angels' clubhouse and you'll find something really different in this new-age era of the game. Guys will actually - now hold onto your Rally...

STORM'S LITTLE MO ON PATH TO RICHES

Any young black man in East Baltimore knows the rule. When the driver of a luxury car lowers the tinted windows and starts calling your street name, you don't answer...

NOT HOWE, BUT WHY? - METS FAIL MISERABLY WITH LOU, INHERIT 2ND-HAND ART

SAN FRANCISCO - What a bunch of Lou-sers. Outflanked by the Mariners and outmaneuvered by the usually plan-less Devil Rays, the Mets look like they are going to fail to...

MONDAY NIGHT SORRY SIGHTS - SHOWCASE HISTORICALLY GIANT MESS

Jim Fassel did not like the question, calling it "kind of funny." But this was no laughing matter and Fassel wasn't smiling. "Do I get tired of losing on Monday...

HERM PRODS SAD-SACK PASS RUSHERS

While it was a regular practice of Bill Parcells to thread a calculated message to his players into a Wednesday press conference, it's not a method Herman Edwards often employs....

BAFFERT, LUKAS OOZE CONFIDENCE

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Two of the great titans of modern racing, Bob Baffert and Wayne Lukas, pulled into Arlington Park yesterday, bubbling as usual with confidence, opinions, good humor...

KNICKS & SPREE KISS & MAKE UP

Two days ago the rift between Latrell Sprewell and the Knicks seemed irreparable. Yesterday Sprewell and GM Scott Layden seemed ready to pick out curtains together. First, the Knicks lifted...

TUAOLO EMERGES FROM NFL CLOSET

Esera Tuaolo, who played nine years in the NFL as a defensive lineman, will reveal he is gay in an interview to be shown this Tuesday on HBO's "Real Sports."...

O'BRIEN LINES UP 'LUCKY 7'

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Trainer Aidan O'Brien and his Ballydoyle brigade launched a full-scale Irish attack against America's best horses yesterday when 92 final entries were taken and post positions...

BYRON POINTS TO LUCIOUS AS A BACKUP

The Nets will go to Plan B. They just need to determine what is Plan B. The original strategy devised by the Nets seemed perfect: sign free agent Chris Childs...

SCOTT EYES EX-HORNET NAILON

Knick GM Scott Layden is seriously considering claiming the released Hornet small forward Lee Nailon off the waiver wire, according to sources. And the Knicks will have first crack at...

SHOCKEY, PETERSON BACK ON PRACTICE FIELD

GIANT NOTES Two toes have garnered a great deal of attention around the Giants, one belonging to Jeremy Shockey and the other attached to the foot of Will Peterson. Both...

SPREE'S A GONER

ONE needs no access to the cave where Jim Dolan, Steve Mills and Scott Layden rubbed sticks together in creation of a stupid fire to read the writing on their...

CHREBET PICKED OFF MOSS' PLAY

JET NOTES It was revealed yesterday that the 16-yard quick screen pass Wayne Chrebet caught on Sunday against the Vikings was actually intended for Santana Moss. Chrebet, never wanting to...

NEW BC BET PITS HORSES HEAD2HEAD

BC NOTEBOOK ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - The Breeders' Cup will offer a new bet this year, the "Head2Head," pitting two horses against each other in each race (available at Aqueduct...

SIGNS POINT TO ANGEL UPRISING - HITTING PITCHES SO WELL IT'S LIKE THEY'RE STEALING

SAN FRANCISCO - You watch the Angels attack Giants pitchers and the first thought that drifts into your head is they know what's coming. Breaking balls never buckle their knees....

FONZ TIRED OF WAITING FOR AMAZIN'S

Edgardo Alfonzo doesn't want to become a free agent, but he doesn't have much of a choice. The Mets told his agent last week they won't make a contract offer...

OFFENSE BETRAYS RANGERS AGAIN

A show of hands, please, from those who thought the Rangers would have problems scoring goals in the new, offense-minded NHL. Anyone . . . Bueller . . . anyone?...

WASHBURN'S THRILLED HALOS DUMPED MO

SAN FRANCISCO - Jarrod Washburn's best pitch is a high fastball. And yesterday he buzzed Mo Vaughn's tower with it. "I think it was good to get Mo out," Washburn...

LOU-SERS TO THE FINISH

SAN FRANCISCO - What a bunch of Lou-sers. Outflanked by the Mariners and outmaneuvered by the usually plan-less Devil Rays, the Mets failed to lure Lou Piniella (bad) and wound...

DANTON TWISTING AFTER WIN

ATLANTA - Strike Three is zeroing in on banished Devils rookie Mike Danton, and fighting it off will take an abject apology, and a promise never to utter a discouraging...

BELL RINGS IN EIGHTH, CAPS GIANT COMEBACK

SAN FRANCISCO - David Bell made up for a baserunning mistake with his bat and pulled the Giants even in the World Series last night at Pac Bell Park. After...

THIS IS HOWE MET SAGA ENDS - A'S SKIPPER OKS DEAL TO MANAGE IN FLUSHING

They didn't get their man. With Lou Piniella beyond their grasp, the Mets settled for Art Howe yesterday, a decision that promises to determine the fate of Steve Phillips as...

GIANTS SHOCK SUPERKID

SAN FRANCISCO - Francisco Rodriguez learned a major league lesson last night. It was a tough lesson to learn, but something he had to go through. The kid who was...

A MEMORABLE NIGHT

SAN FRANCISCO --The Most Memorable Moment of this World Series is every time Barry Bonds is permitted to swing his hickory bat, a joy both rare and rarified. Angels manager...

GIANTS CAN PUT THIS WIN IN THE BANK

WORLD SERIES NOTEBOOK SAN FRANCISCO - You might consider David Bell, who got the winning hit, J.T. Snow, who scored the winning run, or pitchers Kirk Rueter, Felix Rodriguez and...

BONDS & CO. WALKING TALL

SAN FRANCISCO - Before World Series Game 4 last night, Major League Baseball announced the results of its Most Memorable Moments fan vote with an on-field ceremony. The Pac Bell...

A'S SKIPPER OKS DEAL TO MANAGE IN FLUSHING

Failing in their attempt to land Lou Piniella as their next manager, the Mets agreed to terms on a four-year contract with Art Howe last night, The Post has learned....

BARRY TAKES HIS WHACKS - AT MEDIA

WORLD SERIES NOTEBOOK SAN FRANCISCO - There was the movie Eight Men Out. And then there are the Angels, Eight Men You Can't Get Out. This World Series has come...

CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE RAYS FOR SWEET LOU

The Mets couldn't bring Lou Piniella to New York, but Art Howe was in town yesterday. According to a source familiar with the situation, Howe flew to the Big Apple...

BIG-BOPPER BARRY TAKES HIS HACKS

WORLD SERIES NOTEBOOK SAN FRANCISCO - There was the movie Eight Men Out. And then there are the Angels, Eight Men You Can't Get Out. This World Series has come...

RANGERS, RUCINSKY CLOSE

Though negotiations have yet to reach fruition, it appears as though the Rangers and Martin Rucinsky are closing in on an agreement that would bring the 31-year-old free agent left...

LOU LAYIN' DOWN LAW TO DANTON

ATLANTA - A face-to-face showdown in New Jersey today with CEO/GM Lou Lamoriello will likely be combative center Mike Danton's last chance with the Devils. After publicly expressing his anger...

COUNTDOWN TO THE BREEDER'S CUP

RACE 6: JUVENILE 2-year-olds. Purse: $1 million. Distance: Mile-and-an-eighth. Post time: 4:20 p.m. Bets: WPS, exacta, trifecta, superfecta,pick 3 ANALYSIS: If you have trouble sorting out the 14-horse field in...