Tracy Connor
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THUGS WERE ARAB, SAYS L.I. VICTIM IN GERMANY
April 3, 2002 | 5:00amA Long Island rabbinical student beaten in Germany by a gang of anti-Semitic thugs says he believes his attackers were Arabs venting their rage over the Mideast crisis. Zalman Teldon,...
CALIFORNIA MOTHER IS A FOUR-BEARER
March 29, 2002 | 5:00amMother Nature dealt California mom Ornsee Khamsa a hand that's hard to beat on any maternity ward - four of a kind. The petite 20-year-old gave birth this week to...
MOVIE LEGEND DIES - DIRECTOR WILDER WON SIX OSCARS
March 29, 2002 | 5:00amOscar-winning filmmaker Billy Wilder, who injected rapier wit and cynicism into classics like "Some Like It Hot," "Sunset Boulevard" and "The Apartment," has died. He was 95. The Austrian-born writer-director...
YANK TV LEADS OFF - YES STARTS TODAY DESPITE CABLEVISION SHUTOUT
March 19, 2002 | 5:00amIt's Bombers away today as the Yankees' controversial start-up network debuts - although only a fraction of New Yorkers will be able to watch their hometown heroes take on the...
TRAGIC CLERIC WAS A LIVING SAINT TO REFUGEE FAMILY
March 13, 2002 | 5:00amVonekham Guthrie remembers exactly what she said to the Rev. Larry Penzes the day she graduated from college. "I told him he did a good job - a good job...
ONE SLAIN HERO'S MOM: HE WANTED TO 'KICK ASS'
March 6, 2002 | 5:00amWhen Air Force Sgt. John Chapman was dispatched to Afghanistan in early January, the Connecticut native had mixed feelings about the perilous mission. "As a daddy, he didn't want to...
RUSSELL EATS CROWE OVER ATTACK ON AWARDS HONCHO
March 4, 2002 | 5:00amBad-boy actor Russell Crowe is making nice with the British awards-show director he attacked for cutting short his acceptance speech. The tempermental thespian pinned Michael Gerry to a wall and...
SKILLFUL SCRIBE PUT HIS LIFE INTO NEWS ADVENTURE
February 22, 2002 | 5:00amA music lover who played the electric bluegrass fiddle, an extraordinary journalist who could write hard-hitting news or offbeat features, Daniel Pearl was many things to many people. But to...
LAY WARNED: COME CLEAN: WHISTLEBLOWER TOLD HIM TO BLAME OTHERS
February 14, 2002 | 5:00amOn the eve of Enron whistleblower Sherron Watkins' congressional testimony, a new memo revealed last night that she warned Chairman Ken Lay he should "come clean" about massive losses and...
9/11 LINK EYED IN FIERY DEATH OF 'CROOKED' DMV WORKER
February 13, 2002 | 5:00amThe feds suspect foul play in the death of a Tennessee state worker accused of selling bogus driver's licenses to Middle Eastern men from New York who are being investigated...
EX-CON COMES TO DEFENSE OF SUSPECT TRADER
February 8, 2002 | 5:00amBaltimore trader John Rusnak, accused of soaking a major European bank for $750 million, is getting words of support from a fellow rogue - Barings Bank bad boy Nick Leeson....
OLGA HAD 4G IN FUNNY MONEY: COPS
February 7, 2002 | 5:00amLegendary Olympic gymnast Olga Korbut, who was busted on a shoplifting rap last week, is also being investigated for thousands in counterfeit cash seized at her Atlanta home, officials said...
AFGHAN BAN AT OLYMPICS
February 7, 2002 | 5:00amAmerica's Ground Zero flag wasn't the only banner snubbed by the International Olympic Committee - it also put the kibosh on including Afghanistan in the opening ceremony. The nation hasn't...
REPORTER'S WIFE IN PLEA TO THUGS: KILL ME INSTEAD
February 5, 2002 | 5:00amKidnapped reporter Daniel Pearl's pregnant wife told his captors yesterday she's willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for love - and swap her life for her husband's freedom. In her...
COMPANY'S INTERNAL PROBE FOUND $LEAZE EVERYWHERE
February 4, 2002 | 5:00amEnron's top executives raked in millions "they never should have received" through a complex series of partnerships, pressuring underlings to make deals that fattened their own wallets at the expense...
LAY OFF! CEO DUCKS OUT OF HEARING
February 4, 2002 | 5:00amFormer Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay wimped out last night and abruptly withdrew from this week's congressional hearings - because he feared lawmakers would be too tough on him. The multimillionaire's...
NO KEN DO: ENRON BIG REFUSES TO TESTIFY
February 4, 2002 | 5:00amFormer Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay wimped out last night and abruptly withdrew from this week's congressional hearings - because he feared lawmakers would be too tough on him. The multimillionaires...
COP OUT ON BAIL IN MOLEST CASE
February 2, 2002 | 5:00amA suspended MTA cop accused of stockpiling kiddie smut and molesting a 9-year-old girl he planned to adopt was released on $50,000 bail yesterday after being arraigned on 20 criminal...
COPS GAVE NOELLE AN RX BREAK
February 1, 2002 | 5:00amFlorida police are defending their decision not to test Noelle Bush for impairment after she admitted having taken a prescription drug before a September 2000 car crash. The woman, daughter...
SOUVENIR FIRM FIRED UP FOR TRADEMARK FIGHT
January 29, 2002 | 5:00amJust days after being caught hawking FDNY merchandise without a license, the city's biggest souvenir seller has filed suit, claiming it has a legal right to make money off the...