December 28, 2002
A DEPRESSING DEC. FOR STOCKS
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amStocks edged closer to their worst December performance since the Depression as military tensions escalating across the globe squashed chances of a Christmas rally on Wall Street. Stocks hit their...
J.P. MORGAN STOCK OPTIONS? NO 'CAN DO'
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amJ.P. Morgan Chase chief William Harrison is cutting employee stock options by 60 percent - and urging his troops instead to work harder using a "can-do attitude." The 59-year-old Harrison,...
COCKEYED SHOPTIMISM : SPECIALTY STORES MAY BUCK SLUGGISH HOLIDAY SALES
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amSure, it sounds like the holiday season was all doom and gloom for retailers. But this cloud has a silver lining - especially for specialty stores. Concerns about the lagging...
SIN CITY BATTLES TIMES SQUARE ON DEC. 31 FOR... A NEW COUNT DOWN
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amDON'T look back, Dick Clark - someone might be gaining on you this New Year's Eve. And that someone could be Fox, which will air its first-ever live New Year's...
MTV GOES LOOKING FOR SEX IN...OPELOUSAS?
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amMOVE over, Carrie, Charlotte, Samantha and Miranda - and meet the new women of "Sex and the City" - Opelousas, Louisiana-style. Huh? Well, it's not really "Sex and the City,"...
PANTS ON FIRE : EX-'SOPRANOS' STAR HEADED FOR B'WAY - & NUDITY
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amYOU'RE late, so you're paying!" crows Joe Pantoliano. "And I'm eating a lot!"Yes, he is - and he's also showing a lot: Starting Wednesday, the guy who lost his head...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amWith New Year's Eve coming up, dinner party invitations should be coming your way faster than a pen lobbed by Joan Rivers. BIC FLICK Rental car agents are on alert...
ATTELL-ING IT LIKE IT IS
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amRaucously funny comedian Dave Attell says the runaway success of his Comedy Central program "Insomniac" has been a blessing for his stand-up career. The show, which features the 37-year-old partying...
KNOW YOUR ROE
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amWant to avoid a hangover? Hit the caviar. As if you needed another reason to indulge in the pricey pearls, they contain acetylcholine, a substance said to increase tolerance to...
BOWS OF HOLLY: BRIT ROCKER GOLIGHTLY HITS TOWN FOR THE HOLIDAYS
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amEverything seems carefree and casual for British singer Holly Golightly - from her reluctant rocker lifestyle to the way she got her name. "My mom was reading 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'...
EVE 'N' MONEY : RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITHOUT WRINGING YOUR WALLET
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amOK, so "cheap" isn't the first adjective that springs to mind when planning for New Year's Eve. It's probably the one night of the year when the already inflated prices...
REAL KIDS REVEAL
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amHappy New Year! What do you plan to do differently in 2003? Mackenzie Walsh, 5, Red Bank, N.J. "Work out and exercise more." Tanai Santiago, 15, the Bronx Bronx "Do...
GOTTA CATCH 'EM NOW! A DOZEN GREAT WAYS TO END THE YEAR
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amThe last days of 2002 are chock-full of celebrations. End your year on a high note by checking out some of the following shows, performances and programs around town -...
SCHWARZ HEADS TO MINN. PRISON
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amWith a solemn look on his face, ex-cop Chuck Schwarz left his Staten Island home at 5:15 a.m. yesterday, headed for a federal prison in Minnesota. Schwarz and his wife,...
COMA SUSPECT FREE PENDING AUTOPSY
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amAlthough police picked up one of two men suspected in this week's death of a man who was beaten into a coma 13 years ago, they've released him pending autopsy...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amHe was a soldier, he was angry and he had a hand grenade. So he threw it - and blew up a massage parlor. Police in Thailand have asked their...
LOYAL N.Y. DEMS TOE THE PARTY LINE
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Democrats in New York's congressional delegation are more likely than average to follow the party line, a new study says. But the state's moderate Republicans aren't the "yes,...
NO THROWING IN THE RALLY TOWELS FOR GIANTS FANS
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amThere'll be a blizzard at Giants Stadium today. Sure, the sun will be shining at the 1:30 kickoff - but the blizzard will be in the form of 80,000 rally...
MEGA MILLIONS WINNER STILL UNKNOWN
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amMega Millions officials yesterday were still waiting to hear from the holder of the $68 million winning ticket drawn this week. The mystery holder of the only winning ticket, bought...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amMANHATTAN A knife-wielding assailant slashed a man early yesterday in a Harlem subway station, a police source said. The incident began around 4 a.m. when a man in his 20s...
SYMPATHY & SNEERS FOR 'KILL NYERS' CITY OFFICIAL
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amThe axed boss of the city's customer service office lacked patience for his job, city government leaders said yesterday, but an expert in handling customer complaints said he was in...
STRAY SHOT HITS B'KLYN TOT IN EYE
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amA 2-year-old girl playing in Brooklyn was shot in the eye yesterday afternoon when two men began firing pistols at a third in a suspected drug feud, police said. The...
RELEASE OF TYCO E-MAILS SMEARS BELTWAY LAW FIRM
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amOutside lawyers knew for years that Tyco International chairman Dennis Kozlowski was raiding company coffers for his own personal use and did nothing to stop it, according to newly uncovered...
KING OF SPAM IN POETIC JAM
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amIF anyone deserves to be snowed under by junk mail, it's Alan Ralsky. He's built a fortune on the annoyed backs of others: You've almost certainly received one of the...
CLONE KOOKS CLAIM SUCCESS : WORLD SCOFFS AT UFO CULT'S TALE OF 'FIRST' BIRTH
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amA member of an oddball religious cult that believes mankind was created by extraterrestrials yesterday claimed a company run by her sect had produced the world's first human clone. The...
HE CAME TO THE BIG APPLE WITH $314M, AND ALL HE TIPPED WAS ONE LOUSY BUCK
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amThe $314 Million Man powered into town yesterday - he came, he saw, but he didn't spend much. Jack Whittaker, 55, who was a West Virginia millionaire even before he...
9/11 HEROES FACED TOXIC DANGER: EPA
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amThe EPA said yesterday that New Yorkers close to the World Trade Center at the time of the 9/11 attacks, particularly rescue workers, probably were at risk of serious health...
TV SCI-GUY WILL PUT TOT TO THE TEST
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amFormer ABC News science editor Michael Guillen has signed on to prove - or disprove - that an infant born Thursday is human clone produced by a company run by...
ELEVATOR KID-SLAY : HULKING GUY HELD AFTER BOY, 13, IS SHOT IN FEUD
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amA man walked into a Bronx elevator yesterday and shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who had made fun of him, police said. Demetrius James, 26, was charged with killing...
SCHOLAR MASSACRE : GUNMEN SLAY 4 W. BANK YESHIVA STUDENTS
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Two Palestinian gunmen disguised as Israeli soldiers burst into a West Bank settlement and killed four people yesterday while religious students were dining. The rampage ended when Israeli...
RAIL BUFF'S NEXT STOP: JAIL AGAIN
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amA Queens man busted 16 times for impersonating a subway motorman has been arrested again - and said he won't give up his masquerade until the Transit Authority hires him,...
EGAN IS CLEARED IN SEX PROBE
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amEdward Cardinal Egan, spiritual leader of the New York archdiocese's 2.4 million Catholics, has been cleared of a charge of sexually abusing a child while a priest in Chicago more...
BOY, 13, SLAIN IN BRONX ELEVATOR
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amA man walked into a Bronx elevator yesterday and shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who made fun of him, police said. Demetrius James, 26, was charged with murdering eighth-grader...
9/11 RESPONDERS FACED HUGE TOXIC-AIR DANGER: EPA
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amThe EPA said yesterday that New Yorkers close to the World Trade Center at the time of the 9/11 attacks, particularly rescue workers, probably were at risk of serious respiratory...
WIN OR A PRAYER : GIANTS DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANY DOUBT
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amThe front of the towels to be distributed for today's Giants-Eagles battle read "Win & In." The Giants hope the flip side does not need to say "Lose & Pray."...
SECOND TIME'S THE CHARM : NETS KEEP AIMING TO AVENGE LOSSES
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amForgive and forget? No way, say the Nets. Remember and retaliate. That has been standard fare for the Nets over two seasons following defeats to teams the first time around....
METS TO SIGN SANCHEZ
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amThe Mets announced last night they have reached agreement with Rey Sanchez on a the structure of a contract, pending the results of a physical on Monday. Sanchez, an infielder...
MARA OK WITH SEASON
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amWin or lose today against the Eagles, Giants co-owner Wellington Mara yesterday declared this season a success. "I'd say the team developed the way we hoped it would and thought...
THREE'S A CROWD IN ISLANDERS' GOAL
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amTourists? Shoppers? Travelers? Innocent, each and every one of them. But if you're looking for someone to blame for all the traffic choking the area the last week, look no...
FOES CAN'T RUN OVER JETS
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amAfter starting the year off with such a porous run defense it looked like a Pop Warner running back could gain 100 yards on them, the Jets have gotten themselves...
PETERSON, SHOCKEY SET TO GO
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amCornerback Will Peterson yesterday passed an important test, which means he's ready to take his place in the Giants secondary for today's key game against the Eagles. Tight end Jeremy...
GAELS SPOIL HEELS' HOLIDAY
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amHOLIDAY FESTIVALIona 65No. Carolina 56 For about seven hours on Christmas Day, several North Carolina players and coaches waited at Raleigh-Durham airport to board their flight to New York, which...
CLOCK STARTING TO TICK ON SLUMPING RANGERS
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amFT. LAUDERDALE - So the Rangers did a lot of skating back at their Tarrytown practice rink yesterday - a whole lot of skating. This is only fair considering how...
LUCIOUS LEADS WAY AS NETS BASH BUCKS
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amNets 110Bucks 90 There were so many familiar plot lines for the Nets. Winning at home - winning big at home, in fact. Balanced scoring. Ripping the game wide open...
MIGLIORE BLASTS TAUNTING FANS
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amJockey Rich Migliore, visibly upset, blasted the railbirds at Aqueduct who booed and heckled the riders before the start of yesterday's seventh race, which was delayed 37 minutes after a...
GAEL-FORCE ASSAULT HAMMERS TAR HEELS
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amHOLIDAY FESTIVALIona 65No. Carolina 56 Iona forward Courtney Fields heaved the ball towards the Garden ceiling - the emotion inside rising up as the clock wound down - and pointed...
HOLIDAY MAAC ATTACK : JASPERS STUN STORM TO REACH FINALS
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amHOLIDAY FESTIVALManhattan 72St. John's 65 After Manhattan took on and beat all local challengers last season, Bobby Gonzalez declared his Jaspers the kings of the city. That statement has irked...
KNICKS STAND TALL VS. YAO
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amKnicks 99 Rockets 83 HOUSTON - It was more Ming Disaster than Ming Dynasty last night. Proving for one night size doesn't matter, the undersized tag-team of Kurt Thomas and...
COULD BE A REAL CLASSIC WEEKEND
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amTHERE haven't been nearly enough weekends like this one through the years, shocking when you consider the mathematics involved. Since 1960, New York has hosted two professional football teams, housed...
HERM'S HANDSHAKE RITUAL IGNITES JETS
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amSometime between 3 and 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, while his players are in various states of stretching exercises as they ready themselves for either their biggest or most meaningless game...
GANG GREEN WILL WATCH SCOREBOARD ... AND HOPE
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amJET NOTES The Jets are bracing for two games tomorrow - the praying game and the playing game. Before they take the field to play the 12-3 Packers at 4:15...
DEVILS FIND THEIR POWER PLAY, BUT CAN'T CAPITALIZE
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amCapitals 3 Devils 2 WASHINGTON - It figures. After 13 games, the Devils finally score on the power play - twice, no less - and they can't manage anything else....
BACK-TO-BACKS CLOG DEVS' CARD
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - They had the lightest schedule in the NHL before Christmas, so the Devils will have hockey's heaviest slate from here in. The biggest scheduling hurdle they'll have to...
MATURE KURT KEEPING COOL
December 28, 2002 | 5:00amHOUSTON - Don Chaney called the incident "the turning point" to Kurt Thomas' season, perhaps his career. It occurred in Houston last January, when Thomas blew up at an official...