January 26, 2003
BE LIKE STRONG'S PENCE: HE DOES OWN RESEARCH, BEATS THE S&P
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amBY now, Wall Street analysis has been thoroughly discredited. Tips from friends have long been a sure route to the poorhouse. So where is one to turn for good ideas...
BENDEL'S BOSS A LITTLE OFF THE WALL
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amYou have your choice - the "meditation corner" or the "inspiration wall." Henri Bendel Vice-President and General Manager Ed Burstell relies on both areas of his office to make the...
BULL'S EYE
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amJ.LO PROMPTS fashionista's Bronx cheer Jennifer Lopez may be able to do what the Yankees, Jimmy Rodriguez and even Riverdale have been unable to - make the Bronx hip. Her...
G + J NEW MAG GETS WINK: GRUNER + JAHR EYEING WOMEN LATE 30S, EARLY 40S
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amWink, a new lifestyle magazine aimed at affluent women in their 30s and early 40s, is now being developed by Gruner + Jahr USA, The Post has learned. It's the...
BOOTING UP AND DRESSING DOWN
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amI confess. I am a total fashion victim. I forked out $140 on a pair of Ugg boots last week which I put on my feet and thought looked absolutely...
STARR REPORT
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amKate's playing Kate - off-Broadway Former "Star Trek: Voyager" star Kate Mulgrew will play Katharine Hepburn in an off-Broadway production of "Tea at Five," which kicks off Feb. 25 at...
HIGH NOTES & LOW NOTES
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amPOWER OF MUSIC: Troubadour Jason Ringenberg, of Jason and the Scorchers, went truly unplugged Wednesday at Maxwell's in Hoboken, N.J. The crowd was a little thin, which made him feel...
YOUR BAND SUCKS! WITH THE RETURN OF ROCK - THE IRATE FAN
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amAmid all the talk about "the return of rock" has been an overlooked but equally vital phenomenon: the return of heckling. Now that raw, messy rock has replaced polite teenyboppers...
9/11 SHORTS SIGHTED
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amA controversial multi- part movie commissioned to mark the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is finally making its belated New York debut this week. "11'09'01" features 11 short films...
OLD-SCHOOL SWOONING: THE ROMANCE IS BACK - SO SAYS THE UPDATED 'JOY OF SEX"
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amAre we going mushy on sex? The gals of "Sex and the City" - those hard-edged, female sexual predators of the mid-'90s - have collectively thrown in their Manolo Blahniks,...
PARENTS' FEAR FOR TEENS MISSING IN ROWBOAT OFF BRONX
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amNYPD aviation and harbor units continued a desperate search last night for four teenage boys who disappeared off City Island in The Bronx Friday on a rowboat they swiped from...
SHIPPING OUT FROM FORT DIX, N.J.
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amThousands of New York reservists got the call to mobilize this month. They range in age from 17 to 60, but most are in their 20s and 30s. As part...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amThis lottery has really gone to the dogs. A Brit pooch has helped his owner win $350 by picking numbers in a bar's lottery game for the past five weeks....
ALBANY DA LAUNCHING HIS OWN BRIBE PROBE
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - Albany County District Attorney Paul Clyne launched his own investigation of the Legislature's bribery scandal yesterday, saying he's looking for double-dipping state lawmakers. "What has been reported has...
FBI GETTING ON U.N. PERV'S CASE
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amThe FBI is getting the sealed records of ex-U.N. arms inspector Scott Ritter's Internet kiddie-sex-sting bust with an eye toward slapping him with federal charges, officials said yesterday. A judge...
IT'S MONEY IN THE BANK FOR GUYS ON THE MAKE
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amHey baby, here's my number: $314,159.26. That's the joke behind a fun new aid to help wannabe Joe Millionaires pick up new partners - and impress them with their make-believe...
'PIRATE' FANS ARRRCH-ENEMIES ; RAIDERS VS. BUCS A CULTURE CLASH
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amIt's rap versus retirement homes in Super Bowl XXXVII today. In sunny San Diego, a monumental clash of cultures will take place on the grassy gridiron when the Oakland Raiders...
KINGDOM OF LIES ; HOW DELUXE 'CASTLE' BANKER LOOTED $70M
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amWhat sort of man manages to systematically embezzle from his employer for 20 years without getting caught until the take totals $70 million? That's what happened in the case of...
MANY GETTING BIGGEST KICKS FROM THE ADS
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amEven if you hate football, there are still plenty of good reasons to kick up your feet and watch Super Bowl XXXVII this afternoon. A blitz of commercials that will...
A BANK THIEF OF NOTE ; BRAZEN CROOK IN DOZENS OF JOBS
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amHe wears a baseball hat but he's not a baseball fan - he's New York City's most prolific bank robber. In the past 18 months, the 5-foot-7, 150-pound crook has...
HERE LIE BUBBA AND FRIENDS
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amWHILE millions are celebrating Super Bowl Sunday today, millions more will be commemorating a more important day in our nation's history - "Big Liar's Day." Yes, today marks five years...
PERVERTED U.N.
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amTALK about UN-fit for service. I don't want to panic or anything, but the only thing standing between us and complete nuclear annihilation rests in the hands of the half-wits...
HANDED OVER TO HIS 'DOOM' ; 'SAVE ME!' DISSIDENT TURNED IN TO IRAQI COPS
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amAn Iraqi man ran to U.N. officials in Baghdad yesterday, begging them, "Save me!" But the multinational troops dragged the desperate man away and turned him over to Saddam Hussein's...
SECURITY TEAM HOLDING THE LINE
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amSecurity presence at today's gridiron grudge match between the Raiders and Buccaneers won't bowl the fans over, but it'll be just as super as last year. The epic clash in...
NYPD SPORTS BLOTTER
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amBROOKLYN A 14 year-old boy was charged with sodomy yesterday for attacking a classmate in their Cypress Hills school, police said. The victim, also 14, told cops the other boy...
SPY COMMANDOS ON SECRET MISSION TO GET SADDAM
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - From an abandoned presidential summer palace high in the mountains of northern Iraq, the CIA and Pentagon have been waging a secret shadow war to remove Saddam Hussein...
MED STUDENT IN CARJACK NIGHTMARE
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amA 24-year-old Kings County Hospital medical student who had just finished her shift in the emergency room yesterday was carjacked in the parking lot by a man who minutes later...
'IDOL' BEFORE IRAQ ; MARINE DEPLOYMENT DELAYED FOR SHOW
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amAs thousands of Marines are preparing to ship out to the Persian Gulf within the week, one leatherneck is making his mark on "American Idol" instead. Lance Cpl. Josh Gracin,...
NEW TROUBLES FOR UTERUS-CARVE DOC
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amTwo more women bearing disturbing videotapes have accused a doctor of carving the initials of the University of Kentucky, a school for which he is a major donor, on their...
REWARD'S JUST THE TICKET FOR HEROINE
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amTricia Dzurenko may have stepped into a nightmare as she walked through Times Square yesterday, but that didn't stop her from getting dream tickets for "42nd Street" on Broadway. The...
PALS SUPPORT WEEPY KID IN HS SLAY HOAX
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amThe "chicken-hearted" altar boy who threatened to unleash another "Columbine-type" massacre wept openly yesterday when his mom visited him in jail a day after he was charged with making a...
TUMOR-OP ALTERNATIVE FOR WANNABE MOTHERS
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amState Health Department spokesman Robert Kenny said the number of myomectomies has risen over the past decade, but there are still twice as many hysterectomies performed. Sources cite several reasons...
VICTORIA GOTTI
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amMOMMY DEAREST: Nicole Kidman is currently living every actress' dream. Her exquisite portrayal of Virginia Woolf in "The Hours" won her a Golden Globe for Best Actress and vaulted her...
HEAD FOUND ON L.I. ICE POND
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amA Long Island couple enjoying an afternoon skating on a frozen pond yesterday happened upon a gruesome sight - a detached human head sticking out of the ice, police said....
MY BABIES WOULDN'T BE HERE IF I'D GONE WITH DOCS' 'SOLUTION'
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amTo their mom and dad, Solange and Isabel Unger are miracle babies. At the age of 33 and trying to conceive, Patricia Rassick-Unger was feeling pressure in her stomach and...
PRIVATE JAILERS HAD GIFT OF GRAB
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amALBANY - From its inception, bribery-linked Correctional Services Corp. has shown a pattern of showering powerful lawmakers with campaign contributions, jobs and other gifts, The Post has found. From New...
ALERT OFF-DUTY COP HELPS FOIL HEIST
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amAn off-duty cop helped capture a man who moments earlier threatened a teller inside a Brighton Beach bank before escaping with $250, police said. "The security guard was holding on...
CEOS DON'T SWEAT THEIR UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR: SHRINK
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amIf rogue CEOs such as Enron's Kenneth Lay and Tyco's Dennis Kozlowski - even Martha Stewart - were not business people, they would be branded as sociopaths, according to one...
SEVERED HEAD FOUND ON L.I. ICE POND
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amA Long Island couple enjoying an afternoon skating on a frozen pond yesterday happened upon a gruesome sight - a severed human head sticking out of the ice, police said....
BLAME BLACKHAWKS, NOT THEO, FOR RELAPSE
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amLET'S make this perfectly clear: It is the Blackhawk front office that has compromised the integrity of the Original Six franchise, not Theo Fleury, not any of his teammates who...
JUST CALL CROCKETT 'MR. TD'
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - Pick your nickname for Raiders running back Zack Crockett. His teammates have been doing it all year. Monikers have ranged from "Battering Ram" to "Mr. Touchdown." Crockett,...
EX-RAIDER'S TRAGIC TALE ; MURDER HAUNTS BILETNIKOFF
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - Today's Super Bowl is the pinnacle of Fred Biletnikoff's post-playing life. The 1999 murder of his daughter Tracey was his emotional low point. The Raiders' receivers coach...
BUCS LEARNING TO FLY ; NEW OFFENSE KEY TONIGHT
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - Jon Gruden was talking about how good receiver Keyshawn Johnson is, and how much better he can become. "He's a guy," Gruden said, "when he gets totally...
YANKS EYE ACEVEDO
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amThe Yankees never rest when it comes to pitching, and it has been learned that they are in talks with free-agent reliever Juan Acevedo. The 6-2, 195-pound right-hander compiled a...
LET THE GRUDGE BEGIN
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - This is the drama of the young coach who showed the old owner who would not pay him that he was worth all the money. This is...
MARTIN GIVES NETS BIG BOOST
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amDENVER - If ever the Nets needed a victory, the Lakers game was it. If ever the Nets needed Kenyon Martin to step up and be Kenyon Martin, the end...
TRASH-TALKIN' MIDDLETON HAS NO USE FOR SIMEON
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amSUPER BOWL CONFIDENTIAL SAN DIEGO - On the basis of what Simeon Rice did this season, recording 15½ sacks, forcing six fumbles and intercepting a pass, the Buccaneers' defensive end...
TAMPA NO OVERNIGHT YUCK-CESS
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - How bad were the Buccaneers? After 26 consecutive losses starting up the franchise, the Bucs finally won at the tail end of the 1977 season, beating the...
FAT CHANCE IN THIS BEEFY LAWSUIT
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amGIVING a whole new meaning to bacon burger, last week Manhattan Judge Robert Sweet dismissed the case brought by fat kids against McDonald's, in part, by quoting renaissance man Sir...
DUE FOR A CLUNKER ; RANGER HOT STREAK COOLED BY ATLANTA
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amThrashers 4Rangers 1 There's a difference between playing patiently and passively. Yesterday afternoon at the Garden, the Rangers were passive; both a step and a thought behind the Thrashers pretty...
THE TICKET GAME IS A TOUGH BIZ
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - You are holding a ticket for Super Bowl XXXVII that was purchased for $410. You wonder: What is this ticket worth on the street? Yesterday, 30 hours...
KNICKS FIND RAY OF HOPE
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amThere is hope. Halfway through the 82-game season, that's what you can say about the 2002-03 Knicks. Maybe, in a way, that makes the first half a success. Oh, a...
A TITLE BY HOOK OR BY CROOK ; SWASH-BUC-LERS TO PIRATE WINNER'S LOOT
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - Still having a hard time figuring out which way to root today? Really, it shouldn't be that hard, unless you've got a bundle riding on the boys...
CROSSING GUARD TAKES PAUMONOK
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amCrossing Point, a Maryland invader who ran second as the favorite in the Fall Highweight the last time he visited New York, was the choice again at 4-5 in yesterday's...
CARSON, YOUNG DENIED BY HALL ; ALLEN HEADS FIVE-MAN CLASS OF 2003
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - The Giants hoped they would enjoy a memorable moment yesterday, as they believed they had two strong candidates among the 15 finalists for the Pro Football Hall...
THE VOTERS BLUE IT
January 26, 2003 | 5:00am" I just don't want it to diminish anything I've done as an athlete."HARRY CARSON SAN DIEGO - This should have been a proud day for Harry Carson. This should...
WARRIORS' GATE NOT SO GOLDEN
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amIF you toss aside the triviality that accompanies today's football game - and the Raiders' participation in same - only one thing should be on the minds of Oaktown: What...
HATTEN, STORM GET DEFENSIVE ; IGNORE HECKLERS TO HANDLE HOKIES
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amSt. John's 62 Va. Tech59 BLACKSBURG, Va. - The fans in the Virginia Tech student section at Cassell Coliseum did their homework and yesterday they went to work on Marcus...
RAIDERS & BUCS READY TO RUMBLE
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - Jerry Rice walked slowly to his assigned interview podium, surveyed the crowd jockeying for best quote-gathering position and smiled a wary smile. "I've got nothing else to...
THESE BLUESHIRTS CAN'T TAKE ANY DAYS OFF
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amYESTERDAY is gone with an untimely home loss to a last-place club because Eric Lindros and Bobby Holik didn't establish the physicality that has given this Ranger team a chance...
HUSKIES HUNKER DOWN FOR VITAL WIN
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amUConn 74Villanova 65 HARTFORD - Villanova came into yesterday as a young basketball team still new to the Big East penthouse, and it showed. No. 11 Connecticut came in like...
SNOWBOARDING SAYS GOODBYE TO LEGEND ; KELLY WAS SPORT'S 'GRETZKY'
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amCRAIG Kelly was the Babe Ruth of snowboarding. He was its first major star and even after his retirement from competition his star shined brightly over the boarding world. Kelly,...
THE INSIDERS: THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amOIL STRIKE? YOU'RE OUT! These are troubled times for MLB players from Venezuela as that beautiful country continues to be rocked by an oil workers strike that is going into...
TIMELY EFFORT BY TIMANDER
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amFor the Islanders, the defense never rests, if you'll pardon the expression. There just isn't the time and for the next month, there won't be the manpower either for them...
PHIL MUSHNICK'S SUPER BOWL QUIZ
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amPresenting our occasionally annual I-don't-want-to-write-about-how-many-cameras-ABC-will-use Ultimate Super Bowl/End of the NFL Season Multiple Choice Quiz: 1) Which of the following rules should be eliminated from NFL games? A) The Replay...
GREAT EXPECTATIONS: METS, SCOUTS HAVE HIGH HOPES FOR JOSE
January 26, 2003 | 5:00amJose Reyes may have been standing inside a Manhattan store called Lexington Luggage late last week, but he hasn't packed his bags for Flushing just yet. The unassuming 19-year-old shortstop...