October 27, 2002
MARKET BECOMING 'ISLAND' OF SUPBEONAS
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amAfter years of accusations, the subpoenas are flying in an increasingly bitter battle between rival electronic stock-trading networks. Island ECN - which is accused by competitors of engaging in unfair...
BULL'S EYE
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amPSYCHIC GUY CHANGES TUNE The truth can finally be told: The "Psychic Investor" is neither psychic nor an investor. Marcus Goodwin, author of a book of that name that was...
MAKING BOOK ON DIVORCE
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amWith plenty of sketchy corporate titans getting indicted these days, the nation's trophy wives may be sweating out the possibility of the unthinkable - returing to the work force. Fear...
TAKE A 3-TIERED APPROACH
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amCONTROVERSIAL companies like Tyco, Liberty Media and Qwest are the biggest holdings in the Yacktman Focused fund. But portfolio manager Don Yacktman has never been one to steer away from...
AH, JEWELRY - SO MANY STORIES
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amHoused in what was once an actual home, the office of Cartier's president and CEO Stanislas de Quercize is a sentimental place. Located floors above the jewelry store in the...
MAKING QUICK WORK OF IT
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amNicholas Boothman's new book "How to Connect in Business in 90 Seconds or Less" may have lessons beyond the intended ones. In seems that in these troubled times, a whole...
HOLIDAY ON ICE? TOP RETAILERS FEEL HEAT TO RING UP PROFITS
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amBergdorf Goodman is betting on exclusive, one-of-a-kind gifts. Saks Fifth Avenue plans to evoke the romance of winter in St. Petersburg, Russia. Bloomingdale's thinks the Radio City Rockettes will do...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: JENNIFER BEALS
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amJennifer Beals will always be remembered for immortalizing the off-the-shoulder sweat shirt and leg warmer look in the '80s flick "Flashdance." But to the 38-year-old actress, it was just another...
NUDE VACATION
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amDon't feel bad if the names Nana Djordjadze and Judit Elek don't ring a bell. While the two Eastern European filmmakers have won applause on the Continent, they're hardly known...
STARR REPORT
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amNo noon for you! Curtis, Kuby axed MSNBC has cancelled "Curtis & Kuby" (Curtis Sliwa, Ron Kuby) and will replace the show (noon-2 p.m.) with Chris Jansing anchoring news coverage...
PSYCHIC, HELP!
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amTHE dark haired guy in my life has got issues at work. I'll have a love affair with a blonde married man by the end of the year. I won't...
THE GAME IS BIG STEAKS
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amWhere's the beef? It's at the Palm, where they're making an offer to warm the hearts of carnivores and Atkins dieters alike. Here's the deal: Order two steaks for $20...
NOW HEAR THIS: THIS WEEK'S CMJ MUSIC FESTIVAL: A USER'S GUIDE
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amMore than 900 bands will play over five nights during the 22nd annual CMJ Music Festival, which kicks off this Wednesday. Overwhelmed? Intimidated? The Post sliced through the list to...
HIGH NOTES & LOW NOTES
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amMoore Soul: Sam Moore, of '60s soul group Sam and Dave, performed his old hits as well as tracks off "Plenty Good Lovin'" - his just-released album which he recorded...
WHAT A JACKASS!
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amTHERE'S only one way to explain away Mayor Mike's recent attempts to send his political future careening downhill faster than a shopping cart full of fools - he wants to...
NO CLUE HOW THESE GUYS NAILED SNIPER
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amIT was like a bad game of Clue with totally, er, clueless players. "It's the Hispanic man in a cream Astro Van on the Beltway." "It's Middle Eastern terrorists in...
WEIRD STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE NORTHWEST
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amHAVE you ever noticed that every time they catch a serial or spree killer, he either comes from, just came from, or is on the way to, Washington state? The...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amA prisoner in Kenya escaped the slammer just so he could travel to confront the head of the nation's prison system. John Njuguna, who only had five months left to...
FAREWELL TO AN EVERYDAY HERO WITH A BIG HEART
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON. YES, he might have been a simple bus driver in life, but in death he was given a presidential farewell. Four thousand people jammed Glendale Baptist Church, 1,200 jammed...
FATAL AIRTRAIN 30 MPH TOO FAST
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amThe Kennedy Airport AirTrain that derailed last month, killing the driver, may have been going more than 30 mph too fast, the National Transportation Safety Board said yesterday. The investigation...
BRAVEST HURT IN QNS. FIRE
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amMore than a dozen firefighters were injured battling a blaze for over two hours early yesterday morning in Queens. The city's Bravest responded to a building fire at 60-71 Flushing...
SCRAMBLE FOR SENATE: MONDALE READY TO REPLACE WELLSTONE
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amSources close to Walter Mondale said the former vice president will likely step in for the late Paul Wellstone, the Minnesota senator who died in a plane crash Friday, in...
UPSTATE GOV DELIVERS UPPERCUT TO FOES
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amGov. Pataki yesterday kicked off a two-day tour of upstate's Southern Tier - charging that his opponents have largely ignored the region during their campaigning. "To me, it's incredibly strange...
WILD CARD'S GAMBLE: GOLISANO $HAKES UP RACE FOR GOVERNOR
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amIn this second installment in the Sunday Post's series on the three leading candidates for governor in the Nov. 5 election, LEONARD GREENE speaks to Independence Party candidate Tom Golisano....
JEN'S GEM OF A DEAL LAWSUIT FOE NOW AD PARTNER
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amDiamonds truly are Jennifer Aniston's best "Friends." This is a first look at the 33-year-old Emmy Award-winning actress in a new ad campaign for a pricey Italian jewelry company she...
KNOCKOUT STRATEGY
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amRussian troops pumped a Moscow theater full of fast-acting sleeping gas before launching the fierce attack to take out Chechen terrorists holding 840 hostages. Yesterday's bold strike against the terrorists...
BUSH TELLS KOREA TO JUNK ARMS PROGRAM
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amPresident Bush joined with international leaders in Mexico yesterday to demand that North Korea abandon its nuclear program. In a statement, Bush, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and Japanese Prime...
ROCK'S 'TRADITIONAL' WEDDING PLANS ARE ALL WHITE WITH PAM
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amHe proposed under the stars during a romantic rendezvous in a Nevada desert. Now, Kid Rock wants to give fiancée Pamela Anderson a white wedding extravaganza. Kid Rock lifted the...
VICTORIA GOTTI
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amWITH a little bit of choice language thrown in, Rosie O'Donnell left no one in any doubt about what she wanted the crowd to do when she took the microphone...
SLAIN LADY IS TAKEN ON GRISLY RIDE
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amA woman embroiled in a heated love triangle slashed and strangled her lesbian lover as the pair took a steamy bath together. She then stuffed the victim's body in a...
EVIL MASTER AND APPRENTICE COPS THINK KID MAY HAVE FIRED SHOTS, TOO
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amAccused sniper duo John Allen Muhammad and Lee Malvo worked in a twisted "master-apprentice" relationship - in which they both took turns pulling the trigger during their killing spree, investigators...
NYPD DAILY CRIME BLOTTER
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amMANHATTAN Three thugs mugged a man taking a stroll in Central Park on Friday, police said. The victim, a 44-year-old man was walking at East 94th Street and Reservoir Path...
OKLAHOMA RAMPAGE - TEEN KILLS 2, WOUNDS 7 IN SHOOTING SPREE
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amAn Oklahoma teenager went on a three-town shotgun rampage last night, shooting nine people - including two fatally - after a neighbor yelled at him for driving recklessly, authorities said....
SCOOT TO KILL RISKY PUTT-PUTT VEHICLES FACING COP CRACKDOWN
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amCops are cracking down on motorized scooters that are a hit with city kids but an illegal menace on the streets. The gas-powered scooters, most of them imported from China,...
STUDY BLAMES BOLTS FOR WTC FALL
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amSingle-bolt connections in the framework of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers contributed to their collapse in the Sept. 11 attacks, according to the findings of a team of top...
DEATH LOOMS FOR KIMESES AS N.Y. SLEUTHS AID CALIF.
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amFirst they got the duo put behind bars for the rest of their lives for the murder of millionaire Irene Silverman - and now New York investigators may help Sante...
TIME TO STOP TIPTOEING AROUND
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amAROUND the time that a Muslim convert named John Williams freelanced as a security guard for Nation of Islam chief Louis Farrakhan, the FBI adhered to a policy that can...
WITNESS WILL BARE BOOMER'S BOOZY BRAWL IN '97
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amA California blues singer who says he watched Yankees pitcher David Wells punch and kick a man outside a San Diego bar in 1997 is ready to describe the incident...
WARY PUTIN SOUNDED BIN LADEN ALARM YEARS AGO
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amOSAMA bin Laden worried Vladimir Putin long before Putin was elected president of Russia - and long before Muslim rebels seized hundreds of hostages in Moscow last week. In 1999,...
HERE COME$ PAIN GLOOMY BLOOMY PREPPING CITY FOR TAX SMACK
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amCALL them budget buzzwords: "Inevitable," as in, "a property-tax hike is inevitable." "Painful measures," as in, "there will be no way for us to solve this problem without painful measures."...
RESTAURANTS POCKET YOUR COIN CHANGE
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amSome city restaurants are making chump change out of unwary patrons. An increasing number of eateries across the city have "no coin change" policies on checks paid in cash and...
YOU'VE GOT E-MAIL
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amFROM Rorogers: "I don't usually pass on sad news like this, but Larry LaPrice, the Detroit native who wrote the song "Hokey Pokey," died last week at age 83. It...
BIG BIZ $$ GIVE SCHOOLS A BOOST
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amCaroline Kennedy Schlossberg has launched her mission to get philanthropists and volunteers to help the city's public schools. "It's great; people have been welcoming," said Kennedy Schlossberg, Schools Chancellor Joel...
BROKER GOES COASTAL TO ESCAPE INSIDE-TRADING MESS
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amWhile Martha Stewart's reign as America's corporate queen of domesticity goes up in flames, her high-flying former stockbroker is taking it all in stride. When federal investigators revealed a week...
BUSH'S 'NUKE' BLAST : DEMANDS N. KOREA JUNK ATOM-ARMS PROGRAM
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amPresident Bush joined with international leaders in Mexico yesterday to demand that North Korea abandon its nuclear program. In a statement, Bush, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and Japanese Prime...
CHANEY: I'M 'D' BLAME
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amBlame me. Those were words Don Chaney never uttered in his 20-43 interim season. In a sign Chaney is feeling more secure, Chaney blamed himself after the Knicks were disgraceful...
HOLIK HIGHEST-PAID FOLLOWER IN HISTORY
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amTORONTO - Bobby Holik says he wants to fit in with the Rangers, yet that's the last thing the organization should want from the centerman who spent the last decade...
BLUESHIRTS SHOPPING FOR HELP ON BLUE LINE
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amTORONTO - Rangers not only have been aggressive inquiring about Ottawa's unsigned Group II defenseman Karel Rachunek (Would you exchange Radek Dvorak and Tomas Kloucek for Rachunek and Magnus Arvedsson?...
MR. D'S PALACE ROSE FROM ASHES
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amARLINGTON HEIGHTS - No matter how many times you hear about it or read about it, nothing can quite prepare a first-time visitor for the grandeur, beauty and comfort of...
'ROCK' LOSS HAD IT ALL
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amARLINGTON HEIGHTS - Tragedy, a shocking loss by a great horse, and a huge upset turned the Mile into one of the most incredible races in Breeders' Cup history. Where...
AZERI RUNS TO STARDOM
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amARLINGTON HEIGHTS - Azeri launched a strong claim to be hailed as one of the great fillies of the American turf with a stunning runaway triumph against a field of...
'STORM FLAG' KEEPS RACE IN THE FAMILY
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amARLINGTON HEIGHTS - Upholding the family tradition, 4-5 favorite Storm Flag Flying dug in after being passed by Composure in deep stretch and came again to win a dramatic Breeders'...
BARRY DOES IT HIS WAY SURLY STAR IS HAVING IMMORTAL SERIES
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - His talent and arrogance run neck and neck and there are many days the latter overtakes the lead. The best hitter in baseball doesn't care what fans, media...
BAILEY SETS CUP RECORD WITH WIN 13
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amARLINGTON HEIGHTS - Orientate, the 5-2 favorite, had to run his eyeballs out to catch pace-setting 45-1 shot Thunderello, but he got the job done in the final strides, surging...
TECH ENGINEERS SWEET WIN
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amB. Tech 16Kennedy 6 Brooklyn Tech isn't a team lacking motivation. A second-half swoon last year cost the Engineers a spot in the PSAL playoffs and a 27-6 loss at...
VELAZQUEZ' RIDE GIVES STARINE A BIG WIN
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amARLINGTON HEIGHTS - New York's brilliant young jockey John Velazquez, regarded by many as the leader of the new wave of riders in America to take over from Jerry Bailey,...
BAFFERT GETS 1-2 FINISH IN JUVENILE
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amARLINGTON HEIGHTS - Trainer Bob Baffert, 2-for-29 going into this year's Breeders' Cup, vindicated himself yesterday by saddling 2-year-old colts Vindication and Kafwain to finish 1-2 in the Breeders' Cup...
BAD BLOOD RUNS DEEP LAKERS & KINGS REALLY DO DESPISE EACH OTHER
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Luckily for the NBA, the 2002-03 season begins the day after tomorrow. Had the off-season lasted any longer, the commish would've been forced to "suspend" opening day...
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER FOR O'BRIEN
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amARLINGTON HEIGHTS - After a dismal afternoon of tragedy, heartbreak loss and bad luck, the Irish powerhouse of trainer Aidan O'Brien finally hit the jackpot in the Turf when their...
METS OUT TO STEAL MAZZONE
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amThe Mets couldn't get Lou Piniella, but their consolation prize might still include Leo Mazzone as pitching coach. A few weeks ago, it was speculated that Piniella wanted the Atlanta...
VOLPONI IN CLASSIC UPSET 43-1 SHOT BLOWS AWAY FIELD MEDAGLIA D'ORO SECOND
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amARLINGTON HEIGHTS - With the sun finally poking through the clouds on a crisp autumn evening outside the Windy City, 43-1 shot Volponi posted a stupendous upset in yesterday's $4...
CLASSIC SHOCKER RATED 'PEEGEE'
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amARLINGTON HEIGHTS - On the biggest day of his long and storied career, New York's own Phil Johnson, at the magnificent age of 77, blew the Breeders' Cup sky-high yesterday...
IRISH EYES ARE SMILIN'
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amN. Dame34Fla. St.24 TALLAHASSEE - Clad in green and white, the Notre Dame fans tucked into the back corner of Doak Campbell Stadium chanted the Florida State fight song and...
OSGOOD GIVES ISLES NO CHANCE TO WIN
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amFlyers 6Isles 2 Once again, the man between the pipes did the Isles in before the game was even a minute old as Chris Osgood wilted against the Flyers in...
DEVILS FINALLY SHOW HOT START IS NO FLUKE
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amThe showdown that didn't materialize instead certified the Devils' record as the NHL's best. Winners of three straight in four nights, Pat Burns' boys suddenly stand 6-1, the top point...
RICHTER REBOUNDS WELL
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amRangers4Leafs3 TORONTO - If Mike Richter's goaltending hadn't exactly been the problem in the Rangers' 2-5-2 start, neither had it especially provided a solution to the team's myriad ills. Until...
AMAZIN'S GOT DUSTED - AND HOWE
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Know this, Art Howe is a good man. Everybody in baseball likes Art Howe. Nice guy. Also know this: The Mets are not world champions, far from it,...
CINDERELLA MAY DANCE AGAIN
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Before this NFL campaign began, one frequent parlor game was to speculate on who would be the Patriots of this season, who would be the surprising team that...
GARRET SNAPPED SLUMP IN BIG WAY
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - The Angels went into last night's Game 6 at Edison Field hitting a lofty .328 and receiving contributions from everywhere. But it's a bit of a puzzle they...
MORE MONKEY BUSINESS LATE HEROICS HELP HALOS PUT ON RALLY GOOD SHOW
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - One guy is a son of a major leaguer and plays in a band called Sand Frog. The other guy is all baseball, all the time. Together they...
GIANT OWNER INTENDS TO LIMIT FREE PASSES
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Giants owner Peter Magowan, a lifelong baseball fan, is tired of seeing the best player in the game walked. He's tired of seeing Barry Bonds get an intentional...
AMAZIN' ANGELS MIRACLE RALLY FOR GAME 7
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - When it unfurls like it did last night, baseball reminds us how magnificent it can be. Watching a team crawl out of a five-run deficit in the late...
HISTORIC CHOKE MIGHT DWARF BARRY'S HEROICS
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Barry Bonds was so close to his World Series title, so close to being remembered for producing the greatest Fall Classic performance in history. He still may end...
THE DONNIE ABRAHAM HERM USED TO KNOW
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amDonnie Abraham knew he wasn't himself during the first five games of the season and it was eating at him. Abraham came to the Jets as a free agent for...
JOIN CAMPAIGN AGAINST CALIFORNIA FISHING BAN
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amIN WHAT many anglers fear may be the first in a series of sweeping nationwide closures that could very well reach the New England and Mid-Atlantic coast, California Gov. Gray...
COWBOY DESERVES TO BE AT HEAD OF 'CLASS'
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amIRVING - Breaking the NFL all-time rushing record is a remarkable achievement in its own right. But Emmitt Smith knows he is chasing Walter Payton's record today at Texas Stadium,...
THE EMMITT PRINCIPLE JETS CAN TAKE LESSON FROM SMITH
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amIF THE Jets are truly serious about digging themselves out of this hole they've dug for themselves, they must show up today as Emmitt Smith instead of Emmitt Kelly. Smith...
STEAKS ARE HIGH & JEREMY WANTS IN ROOKIE PLANS TO TOE LINE IN PHILADELPHIA
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amHe calls it "the circle" and despised the view from the outside, looking in. Jeremy Shockey in his short time with the Giants has at various times shown himself to...
SERIES AIRWAVES POLL-UTED
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amTHE best way to watch sports on TV these days is to show up stupid. Imagine how exasperatingly annoying it must've been to Fox's baseball announcers and their guys in...
THE GIANT KID FROM BROOKLYN'S ALL RIGHT
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - The kids are all right - in the dugout - according to Shawon Dunston. Dunston's son Shawon is one of the Dugout Kids for the Giants and he...
GARRET IN CLUTCH-ES OF SERIES SLUMP
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amANGELS NOTEBOOK ANAHEIM - The Angels are hitting a lofty .328 and receiving contributions from everywhere. But it's a bit of a puzzle that they are swatting at that clip...
IRISH (8-0) SHOCK FSU
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amN. Dame 34 Fla. St. 24 TALLAHASSEE - Clad in green and white, the Notre Dame fans tucked into the back corner of the end zone at Doak Campbell Stadium...
BOWDEN APOLOGIZES FOR 'SERIAL' REMARK
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amTALLAHASSEE - Florida State coach Bobby Bowden quickly issued a statement yesterday after referring to Notre Dame as "serial killers." "In the press conference after the game, I used an...
ELIAS' COMPLAINTS CAST BIG SHADOW ON DEVILS' START
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amThe Iron Fist must be losing its touch. No sooner does Lou Lamoriello send his team a "Shut Up" message by disciplining outspoken Mike Danton than his reigning three-time leading...
WAITING FOR IZZY FRUSTRATES ISLES
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amIt's only a matter of time until the Islanders give up on Brad Isbister. Sure, we're just eight games into the season, but if there is a player on the...
BATTLE OF THE BUMBLERS: RANGERS, LEAFS EARLY-SEASON FLOPS
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amTORONTO - When booed off the ice for just the latest time following their 6-2 debacle of a defeat at home on Friday to the Kings, at least the Rangers...
THE INSIDERS: THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amSay it ain't Mo? The Yankees are scrambling to protect themselves for Life After Mariano Rivera As We Have Known Him because there continues to be rumblings that the inimitable...
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amKenyon Martin October 27, 2002 -- This is the year the Kings beat the Lakers. And that means an NBA title comes to New Jersey. Having presented their pedigree papers...
AMAZIN'S GOT DUSTED: GIANTS' BAKER WAS THERE FOR THE TAKING
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amANAHEIM - Know this, Art Howe is a good man. Another generation once had "We Like Ike" for their president. The Mets are now "All for Art." Everybody in baseball...
THEY THOUGHT HE WAS FINITO SANTIAGO
October 27, 2002 | 4:00amGIANTS NOTEBOOK ANAHEIM - One of the more amazing stories of this World Series, a story overshadowed by Barry Bonds' unbelievable performance and some of the subplots like little Darren...