December 10, 2002
UH OH BABY! BROKER WHO FAILED TO DELIVER SUED
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amYOU'VE heard about full-service brokers before, but never one like this. A New Jersey woman is alleging that a Salomon Smith Barney broker promised to father her child if she...
A DOWNTOWN RX: HHC MOVE GIVES BIG LIFT TO FINANCIAL DISTRICT
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amTHE city's Health and Hospitals Corp. is poised to move hundreds of staffers from Midtown to 160 Water St., The Post has learned - a Christmas present for beleaguered downtown,...
FORMER NEWS BLDG. IS BLACK & WHITE & GREEN ALL OVER
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amSL Green, one of the city's largest commercial landlords, just got bigger. The publicly-traded REIT headed by Steven L. Green is buying the landmarked former Daily News building at 220...
BUSH SET TO PICK NEW SEC HEAD
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amWith two high-profile economic positions about locked up, President Bush is angling for a trifecta by naming a new SEC chairman this week, sources told The Post. "He clearly wants...
MANY UAL STAFF MAY BE FORCED TO TAKE OFF
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amNow the real cost-cutting begins. After officially filing for bankruptcy protection yesterday, UAL Corp., parent of United Airlines, will now have to renegotiate all of its labor costs - currently...
$10M DEAL FOR BALLROOM
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amMitch Slater sold to Clear Channel. Again. Yesterday, Clear Channel agreed to purchase Metropolitan Entertainment from Slater, the well-known New York concert promoter, about two years after the company bought...
MARTS HIT BY SNOW FALL FROM D.C.
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amStocks registered their steepest losses in a month - indicating a lack of confidence in President George W. Bush's pick to be Treasury Secretary, John Snow. Concerns about ailing earnings...
KMART IN BIG RESTATEMENT
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amIt's amazing what comes out in the wash, or while in bankruptcy. Kmart, the third-largest mass merchant, plans to restate its financial statements for prior years as well as the...
LVMH: WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF NOT BEING GUCCI
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amIt's just the opposite of keeping up with the Joneses. Instead of LVMH saying "Me too" to Gucci's recent earnings release, the company put out a statement saying "Not me."...
ABC SET TO $CORE BIG WITH SUPER BOWL ADVERTISING
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amABC's future continues to brighten. The beleaguered Disney-owned network is apparently eyeing a record $130 billion in ad revenue from the upcoming Super Bowl in January, Variety reported yesterday. Flagging...
ON MILLIONAIRE'S ROW ; LATEST CABINET PICKS ARE FROM EXECUTIVE SWEET
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amNew Treasury chief John Snow won't have to worry about his portfolio for a while or wrestle with the pressure of sitting on the boards of nine other companies he...
NEEDS NEW BLOOD
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amDANCE OF THEVAMPIRESThe Minskoff Theatre, 200 W. 45th St. (212) 869-0550. OH Buffy, you Vampire Slayer - where were you when we needed you?There are altogether far too many vapid...
FRESH FROM THE VINE... TEENIE TARZAN
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amA TEEN Tarzan may be heading to the WB, following in the footsteps of the network's mega-hit "Smallville," which follows the adventures of teenage Superman. The pilot, to be directed...
DON'T TALK, 'JUST' SING
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amWHITNEY HOUSTON "Just Whitney . . ." ½ Arista From admitted drug use, to weight loss that has made her look skeletal, to her wacky uber-diva power trip with a...
ESCAPE THE COLD WITH LOS STRAITJACKETS
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amLOS Straitjackets put surf music guitar - reminiscent of the Ventures - to such seasonal favorites as "Here Comes Santa Claus," and "Feliz Navidad" on their latest disc " 'Tis...
NEWS LEGEND FAREWELLED
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amTHE elite of TV news gathered yesterday in Midtown to say farewell to Roone Arledge - the TV pioneer who died last week. "Roone would absolutely love this gathering," sportscaster...
ABC NEEDS A NEW DOCTOR
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amAFTER weathering two ethical scandals, ABC medical correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman is leaving. Snyderman, who reports for "Good Morning America," "The View" and "20/20," is joining Johnson & Johnson as...
WARM FRONT FOR CH.2 WEATHERGUY
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amTHE debut of weatherman John Bolaris yesterday on CBS/Ch. 2 was a lot more low-key than his departure from the NBC station in Philadelphia the evening before Thanksgiving. Bolaris, 43,...
INSIDER GOSSIP: AN 'ET' SPINOFF
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amPARAMOUNT has quietly been developing a spin-off of its long-running magazine show, "Entertainment Tonight." The new show, tentatively titled "Insider," could launch as early as next year, according to sources...
INNCOGNITO
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amSummit Lodge4359 Main St., Whistler, B.C. 81 suites. Studios from $199 per night, summitlodge.com Phone: (888) 913-8811 This small hotel situated in a quiet corner of Whistler's village was built...
THE SECRETS OF SUNDANCE ; BETH PINSKER'S GUIDE TO CRASHING THE SEASON'S HOTTEST FILM FESTIVAL
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amSTAR TREK EVERY January, more than 20,000 people descend on Park City, Utah, in the Wasatch mountain range for Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival. Most look humble in their flannels...
BRITNEY: OOPS, SHE'S LONELY AGAIN
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amEVEN Britney Spears gets lonely - more often than you might realize. "Stages," a new behind-the-scenes DVD/book package for fans, shows the pop singer as she wants to be seen...
LIVE FROM THE STREET
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amMY HOLIDAY ONE of the most successful skiers in racing history, Picabo Street has traveled the world en route to winning Olympic medals and World Cup titles. After 13 years,...
BUNNY HOPS ; IT'S NOT THE SIZE OF THE VERTICAL DROP, SAYS DAVID LANDSEL, IT'S WHAT TO DO WITHOUT ONE
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amSLOW LANE These days, everyone wants the picture-perfect ski experience. Famous people need to have skied there. The "village" needs to be ridiculously picturesque, and there'd better be a wine...
FOILED AGAIN: FENCING REQUIRES YOU TO STICK TO IT
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amIf you thought fencing was old news, guess again. Swords play a pointed role in the latest 007 adventure, "Die Another Day," where Madonna - as a fencing coach dressed...
THREE'S A CHARM: BROADWAY'S BOX-OFFICE BEAUTIES
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amTHIS holiday season, Broadway looks a bit like the movie industry - all aglow with hits. Innovative, headline-grabbing, stampede-at-the-box-office hits. Sunday night brought the latest: Puccini's "La Boheme," which has...
LOTT'S MISSISSIPPI GHOSTS
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amCAN President Bush or the Republican Party really afford to have Trent Lott (R- Miss.) continue as the GOP's face in the U.S. Senate? Not if he keeps coming off...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amIt was a case of "snap, crackle, pot" in Ohio, where a student was suspended for allegedly making marijuana-laced Rice Krispies treats for a class fund-raiser. The unidentified student, who...
AL & KERRY IN N.H. TIE
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amAl Gore and Sen. John Kerry are statistically tied in a test run of the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire presidential primary, according to a poll released yesterday. The Marist College poll...
'BRILLIANT' LAWYER A FOOL FOR LOVE
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amINSTEAD of wearing designer furs and jewelry that weakens the wrist, Line Grosjean should be wearing prison denims for the next 15 years - hard time might give her a...
FEDS LOOSEN UP AIRPORT SECURITY
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amThe feds delivered an early Christmas present for harried holiday air travelers yesterday - fewer hassles at the nation's airports. Changes in security procedures mean passengers will now be allowed...
INVITING A STRIKE; MIKE'S LEADERSHIP FAILURE
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amTHE city's public transit workers are demanding a 24 percent raise over three years. By Sunday. That pay hike would cost somewhere north of $100 million a year. Local 100,...
KEY RECORDS DESTROYED
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Thousands of key Word Trade Center building records, considered crucial to helping explain why the towers collapsed, were likely destroyed in the catastrophe, officials acknowledged yesterday. Construction logs,...
CORZINE TO HEAD '04 DEM RUNS
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - New Jersey Sen. Jon Corzine was tapped yesterday by Democrats to lead the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which raises money and recruits candidates for Senate races. Dems will...
5,000 DOWNTOWN UNITS IN MIKE'S HOUSING PLAN
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg is hoping to construct 5,000 new apartments in lower Manhattan over the next few years, officials said yesterday. Charles Brass, president of the city's Housing Development Corporation told...
BUSH TAX-SLASH PLAN IN THE WORKS
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush has a menu of hefty tax cuts on his desk that are set to be proposed in the coming weeks, administration officials said yesterday. The tax-trimming...
VICTIM'S KID RIPS JUDGE'S SWISS MISS-TAKE
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amThe daughter of a now-divorced couple that was the target of a murder-for hire plot concocted by a former stripper is fuming over a sweet deal that allows the woman,...
QUITTING UNFAIR-WAYS - TREASURY NOMINEE BOLTS MALE GOLF CLUB
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amTreasury Secretary-designate John Snow yesterday resigned from the famed Augusta National Golf Club, which is under fire for refusing to admit women. Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer said the president didn't...
COPS BUST POPEYES KNIFE-SLAY SUSPECT
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amCops yesterday busted an ex-con in the fatal stabbing of a Brooklyn dad who worked nights at a fast-food restaurant to make ends meet. The suspect, Albert Mendez, 42, of...
KIDS IN CITY CARE DYING AT ALARMING RATE: BETSY
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amFatalities among kids in the city's child-welfare system are up for the second year in a row, according to a scathing report issued by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum yesterday. In...
DA DEMANDS 'ORGANIC' GROCER FILES
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amThe Manhattan District Attorney's Office has subpoenaed the store records of Healthy Pleasures, the popular health-food chain under investigation for mislabeling conventional food as organic and natural, The Post has...
DELIVERY KID WAS SLAIN AS WITNESS
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amA pizza delivery kid, robbed of about $20, was brutally murdered to prevent him from ever fingering his four assailants, jurors heard yesterday. "I'm going to shoot him . ....
GANG COP KILLS MAN IN STAKEOUT
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amAn undercover cop staking out a party for gang activity shot and killed a knife-wielding man during a gang-related melee in which another man was shot, police said yesterday. Plainclothes...
BABY BORN IN SUBWAY BEATS THE MORNING RUSH
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amA FedEx courier needed help with her own delivery yesterday morning when she gave birth in a Manhattan subway station. Thinking she could make it to Beth Israel Hospital, Dawn...
KID 'CROOKS' IN CANAL PLUNGE
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amFive Long Island teens out joy-riding in a stolen car crashed into a Suffolk County canal while being pursued by cops, according to police. Four of the teens climbed ashore...
B'KLYN COP RAPPED FOR REFUSING TO 'TAXI' TEEN
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amA Brooklyn police sergeant suspended for insubordination threw a fit after his boss assigned him to drive a teenager across Brooklyn to take the SAT, The Post has learned. The...
KLEIN SEIZES TROUBLED PROGRAM
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amChancellor Joel Klein said yesterday he's taking over the city's school-choice program after flunking the current transfer policy - considered a disaster for 220,000 students stuck in low-performing schools. "Our...
SADDAM'S 'DIRTY' SECRET - PAPERS REVEAL BID FOR RADIATION BOMB
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein had a secret project to make "dirty bombs" but terminated it, according to the first details of his weapons report to the United Nations that were...
'TERROR' GUY STAYS JAILED
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amA Brooklyn judge yesterday balked at pleas to release a Yemen-born businessman accused of illegally transferring money overseas amid an FBI probe targeting terror financiers. More than two dozen Yemeni...
UNION BOSS: LET GOV IN ON TALKS
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amTransport Workers Union President Roger Toussaint said yesterday there is a "good chance of avoiding a strike" if Gov. Pataki gets involved in the contract talks. Toussaint slightly toned down...
BIKE LIKE MIKE TO BEAT STRIKE - HIZZONER TO USE PEDAL POWER IN TRANSIT WALKOUT
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg is pedaling his own personal plan for how to deal with a transit strike - hop on a bicycle. The mayor yesterday said he's planning to pedal the...
'GLASS ROOM' FOR WTC SITE
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amOne of the architecture teams working on designs for Ground Zero has proposed building what could be the world's biggest room - an enormous enclosed public space sitting over the...
JOGGER JUDGE SPARKS FUROR
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amThe presiding judge signaled yesterday he may vacate the convictions of the "Central Park 5" next month. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Charles Tejada granted a defense request to move up...
WINONA'S DOC IN DENIAL
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amThe pill-dishing physician who served as Winona Ryder's personal Dr. Feel Good denied yesterday he knowingly let patients abuse drugs and blamed a handful of "problem patients" for his downfall....
TRANSIT CRISIS: CITY STRIKE CHAOS; CAR RULES FORCE 'EM TO BECOME FOURSOMES
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday unveiled a plan that would tighten the noose on car commuters if there's a transit strike - and that threatens to leave a chaotic nightmare in its...
12G REWARD IN CITY WORKER'S SLAY
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amThe unsolved murder of a Department of Environmental Protection official in Queens has prompted Mayor Bloomberg to post a $12,000 reward for the killers, officials said yesterday. For six years,...
NO ROOM AT LEONA'S INN FOR 9/11 HEROES: EX-AIDE
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amThe so-called "Queen of Mean" gave a princely sum to charity after Sept. 11 - but she also gave exhausted Ground Zero rescue workers the royal boot from her posh...
'MOB' COP MADE ME LIE: PAL
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amAn NYPD cop yesterday testified that a detective had directed him to write a phony police report and suggested that he lie to the FBI about the investigation of a...
PALS OF ABORT 'KILLER' INDICTED
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amTwo anti-abortion activists from Brooklyn were indicted yesterday on federal charges that they harbored and aided James Kopp before his arrest last year for the 1998 slaying of a suburban...
VATICAN READS RIOT ACT TO BOSTON'S LAW
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amBoston's embattled Bernard Cardinal Law was reportedly called on the carpet by top Vatican bosses in Rome yesterday amid his archdiocese's sex-abuse scandal. Weighing such issues as Law's possible resignation...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * A thief walked into a Midtown bank, slipped a note demanding money to a teller and escaped with $4,000, police said. The robbery occurred at about 11 a.m....
PATAKI'S BIG OPPORTUNITY; TO SLASH SPENDING ..
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amIT might not seem so these days, but George Pataki is a lucky fella. The gov faces a budget hole of some $2 billion this year - and $10 billion...
SHELTER SNUB ; HOMELESS AGENCY IGNORES APT. OFFER
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amWith more than 8,900 homeless families searching for places to live, Charles Jones expected that the renovated second-floor apartment in his Brooklyn home would be snapped up. But two months...
LEO'S LEADER OF PACK - DICAPRIO, DIAZ HEAD PREMIERE
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amHollywood's hottest stars braved the bitter cold last night for the New York premiere of Martin Scorsese's long-awaited flick "Gangs of New York." Its star, Leonardo DiCaprio, dapperly dressed in...
ACTOR SAYS 'GAL PUNCH' RAP A SCAM
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Police busted actor and TV cop Tom Sizemore for allegedly roughing up a woman at his home over the weekend, authorities said yesterday. Cops hauled the famed...
MARBURY NIXES TALK ABOUT N.Y.
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amWearing the hood of his maroon sweat suit, while standing on the Meadowlands court yesterday morning, Stephon Marbury showed more of an inkling to pass than he ever did in...
HARRIS TOO UNSELFISH - SCOTT
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amHere's a man-bites-rabid-dog news flash: Coach says player shoots too little. Yet, that was Byron Scott's assessment of Lucious Harris' weakness. "Lou does everything on the basketball court pretty well....
HEY, TROTS, TRY THESE MOVES
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amIF ALL goes well for Pavel Bure, which means discovery of an intact ACL during his upcoming left-knee arthroscopy, the Russian Rocket might actually be able to rejoin the Rangers...
AMAZIN'S WELCOME TOM TO THE FAMILY ; NOW THEY NEED TO GET COLON
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amTHIS felt like a victorious day for the Mets. Marching Tom Glavine into the Shea Stadium Diamond Club represented a triumph for Fred Wilpon's organization. The team's sole owner had...
SHOCKEY TAKES A LICKIN' BUT KEEPS ON TICKIN'
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Either him or me. That's the way Jeremy Shockey looks at his often-violent world of football and explains why and how he prefers to give punishment rather than...
ROBESON COACH REINSTATED
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amWhen Robeson plays Transit Tech tomorrow, Eagles head coach Larry Major will be back with his team. Major, who was suspended indefinitely by the PSAL after a brawl broke out...
TO KIDD, IT'S 1 OF 82: FACING SUNS NOTHING SPECIAL - ANYMORE
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amHe swears it doesn't matter anymore. Nope, Jason Kidd, insisted - just as he insisted last month - the sight of the Phoenix Suns means nothing. Oh, the first time...
YANKEES THINKING ABOUT EX-MET ZEILE
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amTodd Zeile may get the chance to play for his favorite manager again. The Yankees have added the veteran free agent to the list of reserve infielders for which they...
HERM: COLES IS OUR MVP
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amJET NOTES It was not a shocking assertion, but eye-opening nonetheless. Herman Edwards, while speaking yesterday about team team's leading receiver, Laveranues Coles, nonchalantly called paid him the highest of...
JETS REPORT CARD: NO QUIT IN THEM
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amQUARTERBACKSChad Pennington (19-30, 244 yards, 1 TD) again performed to a standout rating (99.9) and, playing through some mistakes, made the big plays at the end. Again.RUNNING BACKSCurtis Martin (18-57,...
TUCKER'S GONE, FLEURY'S NEXT
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amWith consecutive Coliseum visits by Public Enemies No. 1 and 2, Islander fans may suffer an outbreak of middle-finger tendinitis before the week is up. Last Friday, Toronto's Darcy Tucker...
GLAVINE HEART STILL IN ATLANTA
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amCHRIS Glavine heard the words trickle through her ears, felt them stab in her heart. This was at 5 o'clock Mass Saturday night, at St. Brigid's Church in Alpharetta, Ga.,...
GIANT REPORT CARD: YOU GOTTA B-LIEVE
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amQUARTERBACKSIn a game where making no mistakes was essential, Kerry Collins (17-of-31, 212 yards, 2 TDs) complied. Showed great touch on a few lobs. Would like to see him throw...
POWER'S BEEN OUT IN SWAMP
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amNot only will the Devils be looking for a win tonight against the Blues, but after losing Saturday to the Maple Leafs, they'll also be looking for their first power-play...
RIMSHOTS, PLEASE ...
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amIF Geoff Petrie, a two-timer Executive of the Year winner, wants to earn permanent Petey Props, he'll apply for the NBA's first legal exception. You know, just in case those...
AMAZIN'S JOIN HUNT FOR GODZILLA
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amIf the Mets haven't already stolen the Yankees' offseason thunder, they may now be trying to steal "Godzilla." Mets general manager Steve Phillips and owner Fred Wilpon confirmed yesterday that...
IT'S ON TO CHICAGO & WIN THERE, TOO
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amGranted, the permutations are about as complicated as a Fortune 500 company's tax return, but a playoff berth is there for the taking for the Jets. The most delicious possibility...
TOM: WILPON'S FATHERLY TOUCH SEALED DEAL
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amTom Glavine had his father in the audience and a new father figure to his right. Coincidentally, they share the same first name: Fred. Glavine donned a black Mets cap...
CHANEY CLEARS AIR WITH SPREE, HOUSTON
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amAs Don Chaney waited on his stationary bike for reporters to finish talking with Latrell Sprewell, the Knick coach dropped his head between his arms and slumped over the handlebars....
A LUCKY FEW TAKE THEIR 'Q'
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amLA QUINTA, Calif. - The lines between victory and defeat are blurred in professional golf where any prize money earned is considered a good week whether it's the first-place check...
BIG BLUE'S BACK ON LAUGH TRACK
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amWinners laugh, losers lament. It's the way of the world, and it was readily apparent which the Giants were yesterday. Did you hear the one about us having only 10...
RUTGERS LANDS DOUBY
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amQuincy Douby, the former Grady star who a year ago signed a letter of intent with Hofstra before eschewing the Pride for prep school, signed with Rutgers yesterday. The 6-3...
JUNIOR GETS KICK OUT OF N.Y. FANS
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amWith Tom Glavine in the fold, the next intriguing name that could appear on the Mets' radar is Ken Griffey Jr. Most Met fans would surely love this. Last night...
KITTLES' RETURN IS CLOUDY
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amNET NOTES Kerry Kittles wishes he knew when he'll return from a sprained left knee. He has no timetable but he's pretty certain he won't be back at Detroit Sunday...
NETS GET THE BEST OF SUNS
December 10, 2002 | 5:00amNets 106Suns 93 For nearly a half last night, the Suns were working over the Nets on the boards. Phoenix controlled the offensive glass. Phoenix got back. So the Nets'...