August 12, 2002
WENNER CALLS IN THE CAVALRY FOR MEN'S JOURNAL
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amWenner Media is bringing back one of its top guns to help Men's Journal beat out rivals Esquire and GQ. Robert Wallace, former Talk executive editor and a veteran of...
NO BONUS FOR YOU - GOLDMAN TIGHTENS BELT; LAYOFFS IN THE WORKS
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amGoldman Sachs may be giving new meaning to the phrase "cheap labor." The tony investment bank seems to have found the solution to managing costs during the painful market slump:...
FED BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT AS INVESTORS EYE RATE CUT
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amFederal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is going to have to dust off his Superman cape and save the markets. The only question is when. The Fed's Open Market Committee, which...
'DIE HARD' GOES TO THE 'THEA-TAHR'
August 12, 2002 | 4:00am"True West" Tonight on Showtime at 8 p.m. A couple of years ago, "True West," Sam Shephard's play about two estranged brothers who end up together at their mother's house...
IF ANNA NICOLE HAD IT TO DO ALL OVER AGAIN, WOULD SHE?
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amTHE debut eight days ago of "The Anna Nicole Show" was the highest-rated reality-series premiere in cable TV history. But that won't mean a thing if the ratings for last...
SANTANA AT BEACH: SUPERNATURALLY GOOD
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amCARLOS SANTANA ------ WHEN asked to describe his music, Carlos Santana said, "Jazz is an ocean. Rock 'n' roll is a swimming pool. I hang out on the lake." At...
ELVIS DIDN'T [LOVE] NY - KING FELT REJECTED IN BIG CITY
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amIN his 42 years, Elvis never sang "Viva New York." He signed his first major record contract here and rocketed to international fame from the Midtown stage of "The Ed...
STARR REPORT
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amConnie milks it while Maury moonwalks Who knew? CNN's Connie Chung says she puts jalapeno peppers on everything, including pizza - and probably tops it off with a glass of...
PICKS AND PANS ON H'WOOD'S RED CARPET
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amSOME may think movie premieres are thrown just to honor new films, but we fashion folk know better. Red carpets are second only to Fashion Week catwalks when it comes...
NO FINANCIAL LIGHT AT END OF PENN'S UNSAFE TUNNELS
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amFederal lawmakers are dragging their heels on urgently needed safety upgrades to Penn Station's antiquated railroad tunnels, despite the growing threat of terrorism since Sept. 11, The Post has learned....
IT'S HAGGIS WITH A HEART: GREAT SCOTS TOAST CHARITY
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amTHE guest of honor arrived to the accompaniment of bagpipes and the kind of poetic tribute typically reserved for conquering heroes. There were men in formal kilts standing at attention,...
NYERS WANT SMOKE-FREE WORK: POLL
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amNearly 75 percent of New Yorkers believe smoking should be snuffed out in the workplace, according to a new poll by an anti-smoking group. The NYC Coalition For a Smoke-Free...
'XXX'PLOSIVE OPENER - FLICK MAKES DIESEL-FUELED RISE TO NO. 1
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amFormer Manhattan club bouncer Vin Diesel sucker-punched his way to the top of the national box-office charts this weekend with "XXX," the ultraviolent new action thriller. The hairless Diesel starred...
IRA JOE A WCBS FORECAST-AWAY
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amPopular weatherman Ira Joe Fisher is out at WCBS/Channel 2, which won't renew his contract when it expires in October. Fisher, who has been at Channel 2 since 1995, works...
REV. AL BACKS CUOMO RUNNING MATE
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amTHE Rev. Al Sharpton - officially backing Carl McCall for governor - has decided to endorse Andrew Cuomo's candidate for lieutenant governor, The Post has learned. The planned endorsement of...
FUNERAL HOME STILL WAITS FOR AALIYAH $$
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amVirgin Records has stiffed a Bahamas funeral home for $68,000 - the cost of preparing R&B singer Aaliyah's body and flying it home after her death in a plane crash...
CHARLIE'S SONG - DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amTHERE stood Charlie Daniels at 48th Street and Sixth Avenue Friday night, a man with a message. A message that needs hearing. Charlie's a country fiddler, mostly, and up on...
SADDAM WILL GO BIO IF WE ATTACK: POL
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein will unleash dangerous gas, biological or even nuclear weapons against America if it attacks the Gulf nation, a top U.S. lawmaker warned yesterday. Sen....
DEMS DISS DUBYA'S ECONOMIC SUMMIT
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Top business leaders yesterday said they were not going to President Bush's economic forum to "cheerlead," even as Democrats deemed the affair a "joke." Bush, who opens the...
COPS ARE SWATTING SUBWAY 'SWIPERS'
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amCops are cracking down on a new breed of scammers who are making a killing by buying unlimited MetroCards and swiping people through turnstiles in exchange for their tokens or...
'I NEED TO BE ALIVE TO RAISE MY BOYS' - GRAND CANYON CHOPPER MOM'S INCREDIBLE STRUGGLE
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amOne year after the fiery Grand Canyon chopper crash that killed her husband, "miracle" mom Chana Daskal is looking to her children for the will to live. "She's literally fighting...
CAGED KIDS' HELL - BROTHER AND SISTER LIVE A NIGHTMARE IN CHINA
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amTheir home is a rusty cage 4 feet high and 2 ½ feet wide. They have only a ragged blanket to keep them warm. And for a toilet, they have...
HOW MARTHA 'STUNNED' CONGRESS
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amCongressional probers looking into the ImClone insider-trading scandal were shocked at an apparent breach of etiquette by Martha Stewart. The guru of gracious living ditched an invitation to appear voluntarily...
CARL: ANDY'S GOT TO 'GIVE' ON ENRON
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amGubernatorial candidate Carl McCall lashed out at Democratic rival Andrew Cuomo for not returning campaign money from a former member of the Enron board. McCall campaign manager Allen Cappelli said...
TOP TURNSTILE SCAMS
August 12, 2002 | 4:00am* This year, six subway workers allegedly collected damaged MetroCards, bent them in key spots and gave them to token clerks. In turn, the clerks would convert the tattered cards...
SIDEWALK SLAY - B'KLYN MAN SHOT DEAD AFTER ARGUMENT: COPS
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man died yesterday after he was shot during an argument on a Fort Greene sidewalk, police said yesterday. Police heard the shots coming from the street in front...
GIVE 'PILL' PARENTS A HOT LINE, NOT A COLD SHOULDER
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amPARENTS who say public-school officials are pressuring them to medicate their kids want to complain about the growing problem - but they don't know who to call. An angry Belkis...
THEY PUT THE CLEAN INTO MURDER SCENE
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amWhen tragedy strikes and a loved one dies violently, few consider who will make the gruesome scene a space that's livable again. But two cops with iron stomachs and nerves...
NEW PLANS WAY OFF TRACK: KIN - FEAR MEMORIAL TAKES BACK SEAT TO WTC RAIL HUB
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amNearly a year after Sept. 11, victims' relatives and observers are concerned that plans for creating the Ground Zero memorial are in limbo - with transit projects beneath the site...
FURIOUS BIO DOC DENIES HE'S THE ANTHRAX KILLER
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The controversial biowarfare expert at the center of the anthrax investigation came out of the cold yesterday, denying he sent bacteria-laced letters to media personalities and members of...
EX-JAIL IS SHELTER FOR HOMELESS
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amCity officials have turned a former correctional facility into a fourth overnight temporary homeless shelter, which will be open for use today. The new facility is just a stone's throw...
'RAZING' HELL STOPS TERROR BOMBERS: POL
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel's defense minister yesterday justified his country's controversial policy of destroying the homes of the family members of homicide bombers, by saying it deters more violence. Binyamin Ben-Eliezer...
HAMPTONS WON'T RENAME ROAD FOR HERO
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amSouthampton officials have thrown cold water on a proposal to rename a small stretch of beach road in memory of a hero cop who died in the World Trade Center...
STRUGGLING US AIR LANDS IN BANKRUPTY
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amUS Airways, crippled by the dramatic drop in air travel since Sept. 11, filed for bankruptcy yesterday. The nation's seventh-largest airline became the first major carrier to seek Chapter 11...
HUNK IN RACE HORROR - '90210' STAR PRIESTLEY BREAKS SPINE AS CAR SLAMS INTO WALL
August 12, 2002 | 4:00am"Beverly Hills 90210" heartthrob Jason Priestley broke his back yesterday when his race car slammed into a wall head-on at nearly 180 mph during a practice run at the Kentucky...
MIKE KOS RUDY MU$EUM PLEDGE
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amThe Bloomberg administration has quietly undone yet another pet project of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani - reversing his plan to guarantee the Police Museum city funding for life. The museum...
REPORT TELLS HOW OSAMA 'ESCAPED'
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amOsama bin Laden fled the rugged Tora Bora region on horseback last December, cut through Pakistan and made his way to another Afghan mountain stronghold, a new report says. Citing...
HAMPTONS CON MAN CALLS VICTIMS 'RETARDED'
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amMONTREAL - French swindler Christopher Rocancourt, who scammed his way around the Hamptons in the summer of 2000 by saying he was an heir to the Rockefeller fortune, sneered at...
COPS PLAN TIMES SQ. LABOR RALLY
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amFrustrated city cops plan to hold a rally in Times Square on Thursday to draw attention to their long-running battle for a pay hike - and they're asking New Yorkers...
PORTRAITS FOR THE PEOPLE IS ARTIST'S AIM
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amLiberty Medal nominee Brett Cook-Dizney is an artist who wants to highlight everyday people and the communities they live in with his unique "interactive portrait" projects. "My work is about...
AFGHAN END GAME
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amTHE upsurge in attacks on American and local forces in Afghanistan over the past few weeks suggests that the present U.S. strategy there - an unsatisfactory mixture of non-intervention in...
HELICOPTER COMPANY THAT FLEW FIVE BROOKLYNITES TO THEIR DEATH IS PLAGUED BY ACCIDENTS
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amThe helicopter company that flew five Brooklynites to their deaths and permanently disfigured another during a Grand Canyon sightseeing tour continues to be plagued by accidents. Arizona-based Papillon Airways endured...
SCHOOL COP WANTS TO TEACH 'LAWLESS' FACULTY A LESSON
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amAt many city public schools, there's readin', writin' - and rap sheets. A staggering 1,450 Board of Education employees were arrested for a range of crimes last year, new Special...
CRUCIAL W. NILE PERIOD LOOMS, DOCS WARN
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amNew York has been spared the wrath of this year's West Nile outbreak so far - but the most critical weeks are yet to come, health experts warn. Although there...
MORE PAKISTAN TERROR FEARS
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amPakistani investigators suspect a pro-al Qaeda group was behind the two deadly attacks on Christian institutions last week. And they believe suicide squads from Jaish e-Mohammed and other outlawed terrorist...
CON MAN TO HIS VICTIMS: NYAH, NYAH!
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amMONTREAL - French swindler Christopher Rocancourt, who scammed his way around the Hamptons in the summer of 2000 by saying he was an heir to the Rockefeller fortune, sneered at...
MIKE: NO FED CASH FOR COPS
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg said yesterday he doesn't believe using federal emergency money to give cops a raise is feasible - or even helpful to the city. "A one-time shot of money...
HUNK IN RACE HORROR : '90210' STAR PRIESTLEY BREAKS SPINE AS CAR SLAMS INTO WALL
August 12, 2002 | 4:00am"Beverly Hills 90210" heartthrob Jason Priestley broke his back yesterday when his race car slammed into a wall head-on at nearly 180 mph during a practice run at the Kentucky...
SURGERY FOR COLIC STOPS LEFT BANK
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Left Bank, the brilliant 5-year-old who emerged as a leading Horse of the Year candidate by beating a stellar field here in the Aug. 3 Whitney Handicap,...
HOLIDAY RUNNER READY FOR SPA TEST
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The most exciting young horse on the grounds is the 2-year-old colt Zavata, who'll be heavily favored in Wednesday's Saratoga Special. So what does that say about...
HENDERSON TURNS ON JETS WITH BIG HITS
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amPlayers often face defining moments in their careers. They are spontaneous, like Joe Namath running off the field with his index finger signaling No. 1 after the Jets won Super...
WORST DAMN SHOW, PERIOD
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amIF you stop to think about it - and watching it is hard enough - "The Best Damn Sports Show, Period" is a very significant TV show. Debuting just last...
FERRARA'S HEADING IN RIGHT DIRECTION
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES The rise from off-the-street free agent to practice-squad fodder to NFL Europe refugee to the final roster has been a long and treacherous climb for Frank Ferrara, who...
WALLY WANTS KNICKS - SZCZERBIAK WOULD LOVE TO PLAY IN THE GARDEN
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amWally Szczerbiak makes no bones about it: The Knicks are the team he wants to play for. And if he is not afforded a maximum contract extension this summer by...
WAIT 'TIL NEXT YEAR - TIME'S RIGHT TO TAKE STOCK OF 2003 METS
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - At this point, it's a tossup as to whether the Mets and their fans should begin thinking about next year or retain the slim hopes that a...
JETER FINALLY BREAKS OUT
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amThe first hit was a hard single through the hole into right. That's when Derek Jeter knew he might be on his way to a break-out day. "For me, when...
LUKAS' ORIENTATE ROLLS TO VANDERBILT VICTORY
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - With a 3-for-28 slate heading into yesterday, trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who from 1986-92 dominated the trainer standings at the Old Spa the way Bill Mott does...
YANKS LOOK GOOD SAVING FACE: AVOID SWEEP AS BATS WAKE UP
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amYankees 8 A's 5 Starter Mike Mussina clearly hasn't found a way to break out of his recent funk, and even Joe Torre admitted that his Yankees had stumbled their...
WIDGER'S CATCHING ON FAST
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amOakland star Miguel Tejada had just flung his bat in anger after getting plunked on the elbow by a Steve Karsay pitch in the seventh inning of yesterday's 8-5 Yankees...
GIANTS CAN'T KICK DEMONS
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amIf the Giants are to confound their critics and exceed expectations this season, they will likely not have the luxury of much or any margin of error in their pursuit...
BUT MOOSE STILL WINNING UGLY
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amHE needed 110 pitches to negotiate six innings, half of them coming in the first two innings. He surrendered 11 hits, one of them a Terrence (very) Long two-run home...
SORIANO ONE BLAST AWAY FROM HISTORY
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amAlfonso Soriano hit his 29th home run of the season, leaving him one shy of the club record for a second baseman, set by Joe Gordon in 1930. He is...
DINKINS LEADING IN POLLS - BIG BLUE SPECIALIST HAS INSIDE TRACK TO MEADOWLANDS
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amHe made the play of the game. He inspired his new teammates, enthralled his new coaches and is starting to convince everyone around him that he can make a difference....
CARDS DECK METS - FINLEY AND ROLEN COMBINE TO DRUB SHAKY ACE ASTACIO
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amCardinals 9 - Mets 0 ST. LOUIS - Mo Vaughn couldn't reach down and field a bunt last night, and the Mets couldn't reach down and win a game and...
ACHING ALOMAR TAKES THE FIFTH TO GET IN THE GAME
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amMET NOTES ST. LOUIS - The Mets showed a different look in last night's lineup with Roberto Alomar batting fifth behind Mike Piazza and Mo Vaughn. It was the second...
OLD DEMONS STING LIBERTY
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amSting 71 - Liberty 58 There was no kissing at the Garden yesterday during the Liberty's final home game, but the contest between potential second-round playoff opponents did present the...
CARDS DECK METS: FINLEY AND ROLEN COMBINE TO DRUB SHAKY ACE ASTACIO
August 12, 2002 | 4:00amCardinals 9 Mets 0 ST. LOUIS - Mo Vaughn couldn't reach down and field a bunt last night, and the Mets couldn't reach down and win a game and a...