November 2, 2002
MARTS GAIN AS RATE CUT SEEN
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amStocks rallied on hopes that the Federal Reserve is set to cut interest rates when it meets next week. The Dow Jones industrial average rallied 120.61 to 8,517.65. The technology-packed...
H&R BLOCK STOCK GETS BLASTED ON USURY SUIT
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amH&R Block's stock got slammed yesterday, plunging 8.4 percent, after an analyst accused the company of concealing information about two lawsuits that could cost the tax-preparation giant as much as...
SEVENTEEN GETS NEW EDITOR
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amSeventeen is no longer without a chief. Sabrina Weill, former executive editor of CosmoGIRL!, has been tapped as the new editor-in-chief of Seventeen magazine. In her new position, she will...
IS THAT REAL, SPORT, OR A VIDEO GAME?
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amTHE lines between pro sports on TV and video games just keeps getting blurrier. In an industry where sports video games continue to look more like the real thing, the...
HEAVY STUFF, JERRY :TALIBAN, AL QAEDA IN SEINFELD'S NEW ACT
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amWHAT'S Jerry Seinfeld been thinking about lately? Well, among other things: "Cute" Nazis and al Qaeda training films. Those were two of the topics the comedian mined for laughs in...
'HARRY POTTER & THE CHAMBER OF HORMONES?
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amNEITHER Shakespeare's plays nor Woody Allen's films prepared Kenneth Branagh for the raging "storm of hormones" he met while filming "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," opening Nov. 15....
THEY'RE BACK: A STRETCH FOR BABAR
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amThey say elephants never forget. But did you know that artists who draw elephants don't forget, either? Just ask Laurent de Brunhoff, who's been penning and painting Babar stories since...
THEY'RE BACK! ELOISE CHECKS IN AGAIN
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amJust how long, for Lord's sake, does it take to take a bath? Would you believe ... 40 years? That's how long it's taken "Eloise Takes a Bawth" to plunge...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amDinner Party Cheat Sheet hears that a mention of this column will be made on the "Liza & David" show. How very exciting! Unfortunately, by that point we'll have undergone...
BEAUTIFUL WORLD
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amYou can buy a mess of beer for $50 or, if you're the type who flies your poodle's manicurist in from Kiev, you can buy a single flute of the...
FREE FOR ALL
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amDragon's lair If you've caught Red Dragon at the movies, you've seen Ralph Fiennes literally devour William Blake's watercolor The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun. Don't...
CHESNUTT'S ROASTING: THINGS ARE HEATING UP FOR INDIE-SOUL PHENOM CODY CHESNUTT
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amWhat would you do if you were a musician and record labels were offering you seven-figure deals to turn a demo you made in your bedroom into a blockbuster album?...
ROCK 'N' REEL
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amHere's a film festival to really rock the house. The second annual "Stop, Look and Listen," where the focus is on music in film, will screen about a dozen flicks...
SQUASH, BY GOSH
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amYou won't often catch us wielding mallets in the kitchen, but cooking winter squash makes a pretty good case for hammer time. The sunny gourd's in season now, but their...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amPop-up urinals? The Westminster City Council plans to install loos that rise to the occasion to deter late-night drinkers from using walls and doorways as toilets in the West End...
SHARON ASKS LIKUD RIVAL NETANYAHU INTO CABINET
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon made a surprise move to shore up his government yesterday, offering the foreign ministry to his bitter rival, Benjamin Netanyahu. But Netanyahu, who...
ANTI-OLYMPIC BID FROM NEW YORK
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amAs the city's Olympic boosters gather in Colorado, a group of community activists on Manhattan's West Side has launched its own campaign to block construction of the proposed stadium complex....
ROYAL TRAFFIC JAM NO-TURN RULE SENT QUEEN THROUGH ROOF
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amTHE city's through-street experiment proved to be a royal pain to Queen Noor of Jordan, who nearly missed her flight from New York because of the new Midtown traffic restrictions....
NEW JOGGER CASE DOUBT : RAPIST COULDN'T HAVE ACTED ALONE: DOC
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amSerial rapist Matias Reyes would have to have beaten the Central Park jogger for 15 to 20 minutes to inflict the injuries she sustained - making it unlikely he acted...
'THRAX DOCS EYE ROGUE LAB AND POSSIBLE IRAQI LINK
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The FBI is still unable to recreate the same anthrax that was used in last year's deadly mailings - and sources say that means it's unlikely the bio-weapon...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * Two teenagers were arrested yesterday for assaulting two men in a possible bias incident in the East Village, police said yesterday. At 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Jose Mendez, 16,...
N.Y. LOOKS GOLDEN : OLYMPICS PANEL POISED TO EAT UP APPLE'S BID TODAY
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amArmed with "I Love New York" cookies and Katz's pastrami, the Big Apple put the bite on Olympic rival San Francisco yesterday in a last-minute flurry of lobbying before the...
DRUG COP SLAY RAP : DEA AGENT CHARGED IN MAY SHOOTING OF SUSPECT
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amA DEA agent was charged with manslaughter yesterday, six months after the shooting death of an unarmed drug suspect during a struggle over three kilos of cocaine. Agent Jude Tanella...
10-DAY DEADLINE TO CLINCH SMOKE-BAN DEAL
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg has 10 days to reach a deal on his new anti-smoking bill - or risk returning to square one, City Council sources said yesterday. The council scheduled another...
MINNESOTA ELECTION GOES POSITIVE
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - In a switch from the negative tone of most 2002 campaigns, Democratic veteran Walter Mondale and GOP rival Norm Coleman battled for the high ground yesterday in the...
FLT. 587 KIN BASH INQUIRY
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Family members of victims who died in last year's crash of Flight 587 yesterday ripped the government for refusing to consider terrorism as a factor in the deadly...
STUY TOWN MAN PLAYED GAMES AFTER SHOOTING SPREE: COPS
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amAfter engaging in an hours-long shooting spree from his apartment windows, a former cop turned Stuyvesant Town sniper told police he sat down and played computer games, court papers say....
9/11 KIN PLEAD: PUT 'SACRED GROUND' FIRST
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amA group representing families of the Twin Towers victims yesterday sent an emotional appeal to Ground Zero architects and implored them to make the memorial the priority in their ideas...
PEACE SUDDENLY BREAKS OUT IN WAR OF THE WELCHES
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amThe divorce war of Jack and Jane Welch has come to a surprise truce. On the eve of what would have been a raucous divorce hearing between the former GE...
EDUCATORS GIVE CUNY 'A' FOR TOUGH STANDARDS
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amA team of independent education experts has endorsed the City University of New York's new, stricter admissions policy and hailed CUNY as the best city-run university in the country, The...
SQUEEZE PLAY: KEY DEMS PRESSURE GOLISANO TO QUIT
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amSeeking to enlist the help of former President Bill Clinton, Democratic powerbrokers last night were pressuring Tom Golisano to throw in the towel and join forces with Carl McCall against...
CAVIAR CON MAN HEADED FOR PRISON ROE
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amCaviar czar Arkady Panchernikov - a major supplier for cruise lines and the city's top restaurants - is going up the river for 15 to 21 months after pleading guilty...
FRAT PALS AT CENTER OF RACING BET PROBE
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amA "rogue" software engineer fired in the Breeders' Cup betting scandal was a frat brother of the man who won a $3.1 million suspicious bet, sources said yesterday. Christopher Harn,...
$PIN ON RAP SLAY :COPS EYE DEBT AS A MOTIVE
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amCops investigating the murder of rap star Jam Master Jay yesterday probed the possibility the turntable trailblazer may have been gunned down because he owed a debt to the wrong...
12G REWARD FOR B'KLYN SLAY COUPLE
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amPolice yesterday offered a $12,000 reward for help in finding the Bonnie & Clyde stick-up team who killed a Russian immigrant in Sheepshead Bay. They released sketches of the suspects...
METS BID TO $END BETSY TO MINORS
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amThe New York Mets have hurled a fastball at Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, shelling out $10,000 to support Mayor Bloomberg's effort to diminish her powers in next week's referendum. Mets...
BABE IN THE CITY
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amA glowing Sarah Jessica Parker and hubby Matthew Broderick gave New York the first glimpse of their newborn son yesterday - in strictly orchestrated photo shoots when they left Lenox...
MAN INDICTED IN BX. CABBY MURDERS
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amA former Marine from Virginia has been indicted for murdering two livery cab drivers in The Bronx last month, authorities said yesterday. Roberto Mayen, 26, of Woodbridge, Va., allegedly gunned...
BUBBA TAKES ON BUSHES :DROPS BY FLA. AS PREZ BOOSTS JEB
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - It's ex-president vs. current president today in Florida as Bill Clinton does his best to beat Florida Gov. Jeb Bush - while President Bush stumps at his brother's...
WINNONA SAYS RAW DEAL
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amBEVERLY HILLS - Winona Ryder claims she's getting a raw deal - and now her defense team says the court of public opinion agrees with her. Ryder's lawyers yesterday released...
SECURITY FRAMED WINONA: WITNESS
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amBEVERLY HILLS - A former Saks Fifth Avenue employee testified yesterday that a store security chief made up evidence in an overzealous effort to "nail" actress and accused shoplifter Winona...
CIAO, CHOW: CITY SHUTS ITALIAN HOT SPOT
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amA popular Manhattan restaurant was shut down last night after the city padlocked its doors, claiming the eatery is operating without a catering license. Vittorio Assaf, who owns Serafina at...
'SNIPERS' ARE TIED TO SEPT. SHOOTING
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amAnother shooting was linked the Psycho Sniper suspects yesterday, as law enforcement sources suggested that harsh prison conditions have pushed young sniper suspect John Lee Malvo to the verge of...
50 CENT DOSEN'T LIKE WONG
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amRap artist 50 Cent - Jam Master Jay's protégé - apparently resents the Queens judge who arraigned him in two 1994 drug arrests, law enforcement sources said. In a recent...
MONOXIDE EYED IN B'KLYN DEATHS
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amAn elderly Brooklyn woman and her adult daughter were found dead of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning last night after they left their gas stove on to heat their apartment, authorities...
STUY TOWN 'SHOOTER' RETIRED TO VID GAMES
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amAfter engaging in an hours-long shooting spree from his apartment windows, a former cop turned Stuyvesant Town sniper told investigators he sat down and played computer games, court papers claim....
BAD EGG ADMITS CAVIAR CON
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amCaviar czar Arkady Panchernikov - a major supplier for cruise lines and the city's top restaurants - is headed up the river for 15 to 21 months after pleading guilty...
EX-SAKS STAFFER: SECURITY BIG FIBBED TO BAG WINONA
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - A former Saks Fifth Avenue employee testified yesterday that a store security chief made up evidence in an overzealous effort to "nail" actress and accused shoplifter...
SNIPER 'SIDE-KID' MAY SING FOR DEAL
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amYoung Beltway sniper suspect John Lee Malvo is having a tough time adjusting to life in Maryland's bleak Supermax prison and may be on the verge of cracking - raising...
'THRAX DOCS EYE ROGUE LAB
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The FBI is still unable to recreate the same anthrax that was used in last year's deadly mailings - and sources say that means it's unlikely the bio-weapon...
CHANEY'S NOT LAME DUCK - JUST LAME LEADER
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - The wolf is at the Knicks' door, palm out, waiting for his own contract extension. Chances are overwhelming he will get a long one, too, from a team...
KNICKS HIT THE WALL IN FOURTH
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amSixers 98 Knicks 86 PHILADELPHIA -Another game, another fourth-quarter disgrace, another blown double-digit lead. Welcome to the start of a sickening season. This fourth quarter was even worse than in...
NHL WON'T ANSWER FOR LINDROS CALL
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amBOSTON - In an example of the NHL's version of jury nullification - that is, ignoring incontrovertible evidence in order to pursue a cause - league director of officiating Andy...
SLIDING ISLANDERS BLUES
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amA win cures all. Nothing could be more true about the Islanders, who tonight against the hobbling Blues look to break just the second three-game losing streak in Peter Laviolette's...
MADDEN THRIVES HAWKS
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amEven before Devils training camp opened, the most likely answer to the Bobby Holik question would have nothing to do with any particular game this season. "I didn't want, if...
SHOCKEY ENDS WEEK WITH PAIN-FREE PRACTICE
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amFor the first time in several weeks, Jeremy Shockey ran without the trace of a limp during yesterday's practice at Giants Stadium, prompting Jim Fassel to say, "He was running...
WAIVE GOOD-BYE TO ZYUZIN?
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amUnable to deal Andrei Zyuzin, the Devils are said to be waiving the defenseman and his $1.05 million salary. Zyuzin has played one game this season and was linked to...
GOVERNORS KEEP HOPES ALIVE
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amPSAL FOOTBALLClinton 14Lehman 12 All week long, the Clinton football team talked about today's practice. "That's what we were going for," QB Brion Thorman said. "That's all we thought about."...
JUMBO SEES BIG PROBLEM
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amJumbo Elliott has seen a lot in his 14 NFL seasons. He has been on good teams and bad ones. At 2-5, this Jets' season is going in the wrong...
IRISH WARY OF EAGLES
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amSOUTH BEND - With the words "Beat Boston College" scrawled in small letters on the chalkboard in the visitors' locker room at Florida State's Doak Campbell Stadium last week, Notre...
RUTGERS AWAITING 'CANE FORCE
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amIt's a bit more than 50 yards across a football field, but during the garbage-time moments near the end of today's noon mismatch between Rutgers and top-ranked Miami - where...
KENYAN MARATHONER LIVING HER DREAM
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amKenya's Lornah Kiplagat, a great road-racer, is still trying to make her first breakthrough in a major marathon. Her goal is to do so in tomorrow's New York City Marathon....
VET PUNTER ROUEN INKS GIANT DEAL :ALLEN'S DAYS NEAR END
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amThe sight was not one Matt Allen expected or wanted to see. "To say the least," Allen said quietly. The sight that greeted Allen yesterday at Giants Stadium was the...
CHUBBY CHILDS IRKS NET MATES
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amByron Scott insisted he wasn't ticked off at Chris Childs for his overweight fiasco. The same can't be said of his teammates. "Hell yeah, we're [ticked] off," said one player...
MSG BOX OFFICE BARES FACTS
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Empty seats were noticeable at the Garden were evident last season despite the Knicks' continuing their league-high sell-out streak. But now the Knicks are prepared to own up...
MARINERS INTERVIEW RANDOLPH
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amWillie Randolph made a good impression on Mariners GM Pat Gillick yesterday in Seattle. Whether it was good enough for the Yankees' third base coach to land the Mariners managing...
EYES OF TEXAS ON CLEMENS : RANGERS' OWNER SET FOR BATTLE WITH BOSS
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amHow much do you like a delicious catfight between two filthy rich guys? According to several Rangers sources, owner Tom Hicks is ready to put up a Texas-sized battle against...
SZCZERBIAK PACT DEALS LAYDEN OUT
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Wally Szczerbiak's six-year, $65 million contract extension with the Timberwolves now makes it extremely difficult for Knicks GM Scott Layden to bring him home to New York. Szczerbiak...
NETS FIGHT OFF PACERS
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amNets102 Pacers91 OK, looks like it's official. The Nets and Pacers don't like each other. Offered into evidence is last night's slugfest at Meadowlands Arena, a 102-91 Nets victory that...
THAT EMPTY FEELING: KNICKS LOSING AT BOX OFFICE, TOO
November 2, 2002 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Scores of empty seats at the Garden were evident last season despite the Knicks' official continuation of their NBA-high sellout streak. Now the Knicks are prepared to own...