December 25, 2002
SULLIVAN HAS CASH, CAN'T TRAVEL: FEDS
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amDisgraced former WorldCom executive Scott Sullivan has enough cash to defend himself on fraud charges in New York, prosecutors argued yesterday. Sullivan had asked that the trial be moved from...
OIL HITS 23-MONTH HIGH ON WAR, STRIKE WORRIES
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amOil prices shot to a 23-month high as investors became more convinced a U.S. war against Iraq is inevitable, and as strikes in Venezuela - which have kept the country's...
EMERGENCY CLAUS - HOW DO YOU MARK DOWN FROM 50% OFF? STAY TUNED . . .
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amPanicked by their worst Christmas shopping flop in 30 years, stores are gambling their fates on do-or-die markdown sales when they reopen. Price tags already had been slashed all week...
NEW YORKER KUDOS; AOL TIME WARNER CATCALLS
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amWE know you've all been waiting for this one, and the results are finally in. Media Ink's picks for Persons of the Year: New Yorker editor-in-chief David Remnick and publisher...
SCHLOCKBUSTERS - GREAT MOVIES WITH LOW PROFILES PUT HOLLYWOOD TO SHAME
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amWHILE the gullible masses were standing in line this past weekend to give up their hard-earned money to see blockbuster movies of dubious value, I was one of 10 people...
EGAN'S YULE PRAYER FOR PEACE
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amWith the nation moving closer to a possible war with Iraq, Edward Cardinal Egan ushered in Christmas last night with a prayer and a plea for peace. "Tonight we have...
LONG ARM OF LAW REACHES COLOMBIA DRUG-MONEY TRIO
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amIn what is believed to be the first case of its kind, three men have been extradited from Colombia to the United States solely to face charges of laundering millions...
CHRISTMAS SOCKING - SNOW WILL PILE UP AFTER WINTRY MIX WALLOPS APPLE
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amIt may come late in the day, but we'll have a white Christmas - the first since 1969. That's the word from the National Weather Service, where the crystal snowball...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amSpeeders in Tennessee beat the rap this week - if they sang a Christmas carol in court. Clifford Jones was among 55 traffic violators given the chance by Columbia Town...
JOGGER-CASE REVIEWER RIPS 'CONFLICT' CLAIM
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amMichael Armstrong, the lawyer heading up the NYPD review of the notorious Central Park jogger probe, said he's not "conflicted" about the case at all - and dismissed as "a...
SCHWARZ STRUGGLES TO OFFER JOY TO THE WORLD
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amTODAY'S Christmas dinner will be a sweet and sour one for the Schwarz family of Staten Island. "It's sweet we can spend Christmas with Chuck, but bitter that he won't...
VISIONS OF $280M DANCING IN POWERBALL PLAYERS' HEADS
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amConnecticut lottery outlets sold 9,400 Powerball tickets a minute yesterday as hordes of wanna-be multimillionaires clogged stores for a shot at tonight's $280 million jackpot - the year's largest kitty....
SADDAM'S EVIL HIDE-AND-SEEK - HE'S STASHING WEAPONS IN SYRIA: ISRAELIS
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Saddam Hussein may have hidden his chemical and biological weapons in Syria to foil U.N. weapons inspections, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said yesterday. Sharon said Israeli intelligence...
PATAKI HAS MERCY ON ABUSED KILLER GAL PAL
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday granted traditional Christmas Eve commutations to a Queens woman who shot and killed her boyfriend, as well as to three dealers sentenced under the Rockefeller...
B'KLYN FAMILY SURVIVES HOLIDAY HORROR
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amA Brooklyn family's Christmas went up in smoke yesterday when a fire in an unoccupied house spread to their home, destroying their holiday tree and many gifts. "Today is a...
SUGE'S DEFENSE: NO THUGGERY, NO HIP-HOP
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight's defense lawyer conceded yesterday the ex-con probably does run with thugs - after all, he works in hip-hop. Knight will spend Christmas,...
COPS DERAIL GRAFFITI TRY
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amJoseph Rodriguez, 23, of Islip was allegedly spray-painting an LIRR seat early Monday when he was spotted by off-duty NYPD officer Louis Haarstick. When Haarstick tried to arrest him, Rodriguez...
ST. JOHN'S 'SMEAR' SCANDAL
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amLawyers for St. John's basketball player Grady Reynolds want to look at the college files of the fellow student who accuses him of assaulting her, it was revealed yesterday. And...
FEDS BUST YEMENI TERROR SUSPECT ON NYPD TIP
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amFederal agents busted a man they suspect of being an al Qaeda terrorist - after the NYPD was tipped by his former brother-in-law that the suspect was "getting ready to...
MAYOR'S HOLIDAY ONE FOR THE BOOKS
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg played Santa Claus yesterday, reading "A Visit from St. Nicholas" to kids in Queens and later greeting homeless families who were eating for free at a TriBeCa restaurant....
HILLARY PAC$ A WALLOP AMID LATEST PREZ BUZZ
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Clinton has dramatically expanded her fund-raising donations - blanketing governors and state Democratic machines around the country with campaign cash, The Post has learned. The latest...
ARCHITECTS HIT BACK AT RILED RUDY'S WTC BARBS
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amWorld-renowned architects defended their Ground Zero plans yesterday against former Mayor Rudy Giuliani after he slammed them for stressing big buildings and not a memorial. "I think that Rudy's playing...
DON STILL 'GOTT' IT - HAS JURY SPOOKED
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amJohn "Dapper Don" Gotti is dead and gone - but his infamous legacy has driven an astonishing 25 percent of potential jurors in the upcoming trial of the late crime...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * Three men, two of them wielding guns, robbed an East Harlem store of an undetermined amount of cash and furs before escaping, police said yesterday. The robbery occurred...
CITY SLAYS AT LOWEST SINCE 1963
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amThe NYPD is set to record its 12th consecutive year of declining crime - including a murder toll at a four-decade low. Murder has dropped 11.7 percent so far this...
OH, SHOOT! JOAN MAY LOSE GUNS
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amJoan Rivers' right to pack heat could be suspended if the caustic comedienne is charged with assault because of her meltdown at a car-rental company last week, police sources said....
HOLIDAY 'HIT-RUN' HEARTACHE
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amAn alleged hit-run driver killed a Queens woman yesterday - leaving her devastated husband to spend his first Christmas alone in 39 years. The tragedy took place when Martha Russo,...
POST READER'S A REAL SANTA
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amChristmas is very merry this year for Lydia Calleja - thanks to a New York Post reader. In August, two hoods brutally mugged the 7-months-pregnant Mexican immigrant, kicking her and...
CHRISTMAS SOCKING - WINTRY MIX OF RAIN & SNOW WALLOPS THE APPLE
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amI'm dreaming of a wet Christmas! That's the tune New Yorkers will sing today as Mother Nature socks the city with a slippery mess of rain and snow. Strong easterly...
HISTORY'S NOT ON JETS' SIDE
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amYO, Fireman Ed and the rest of you green-clad "J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets" cheering crazies, listen up. You know who you are and we know what you're thinking. As you...
BRETT IS ONE OF HACKETT'S FAVRE-ORITES
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amJET NOTES When the Packers come to town with Brett Favre to play the Jets Sunday, Jets offensive coordinator Paul Hackett will be seeing a player whom he's tried to...
CLEMENS COULD BE NEXT
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amThe Yankees still are moving toward re-signing Roger Clemens to a one-year deal, but nothing was expected to be finalized last night. "The [Jose] Contreras signing does not affect us....
YANKS WRAP UP JOSE - LAND CONTRERAS WITH RECORD PACT
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amEvery time Boston faces off against the Yankees, the Red Sox must feel like a political opponent of Fidel Castro. After eight decades of second-place finishes, the result is seemingly...
READY FOR PRIME TIME - NETS EAGER FOR NATIONAL STAGE
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amRichard Jefferson remembers watching games like these. Byron Scott remembers starting for the Lakers in them. But no one at Nets practice yesterday could seem to remember the last time...
IT'S A KERRY CHRISTMAS - GRATEFUL COLLINS CAN GRANT PLAYOFF WISH
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amFROM the owners and front office and head coach who took a chance on him, to the bodyguards who protect him, to the men who catch passes from him, to...
STADIUM SET FOR PLAYOFF ATMOSPHERE
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES The last time the Eagles ventured into Giants Stadium and saw what they figure to see Saturday was in the 2000 NFC divisional playoffs, when a frenzied, towel-waving...
BYRON: EAST LOSS STILL STINGS CELTS
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amNET NOTES Byron Scott never hides his continued dislike of the Celtics franchise. Yesterday, he hinted that the Celtics, the victims in his greatest victories and the foils in his...
MEET THE MONSTER - FRIENDS GIVE CANDID LOOK AT GODZILLA
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amFirst thing's first. Hideki Matsui's nickname, Godzilla? It doesn't come from where you think it does. "Everyone thinks it's because of his power or because of his face," said Ken...
JINTS CATCH 'BREAK' - THEY ADMIT IT - THEIR JOB'S EASIER WITH MCNABB OUT
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amIf it is your paid profession to chase the guy around, to monitor his every move, to become his shadow, you are relieved that on this particular weekend, Donovan McNabb...
NAILON IN TIME WARP - DON CAN'T FIND HIM MINUTES
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amIn this glass-half-empty Knicks season, it's tempting to allow the team's 8-16 misery to explain itself. When the Knicks play poorly, it's because they're not supposed to be good, isn't...
BIG NIGHT PLANNED FOR THE 'BIG FELLA'
December 25, 2002 | 5:00amMark down the date - the Knicks will formally retire Patrick Ewing's number during a ceremony slated for halftime of their game against the Magic on Feb. 28. "I am...