October 28, 2002
LAST-DITCH DEAL ; ECHOSTAR TRIES SAT-TV SALE TO SAVE MERGER
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amIn a wide-ranging deal aimed at creating a new nationwide satellite television provider and salvage its merger with DirecTV, EchoStar has agreed to sell several satellite frequencies to Cablevision, sources...
LIPNICK HEDGE MORE PRICKLY THAN PLANNED
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amThe recent blow-up of two popular hedge funds threatens to put a serious damper on rising star Bruce Lipnick's booming $5 billion investing company, Asset Alliance. Lipnick, a 30-year Wall...
HE DOESN'T SCARE ME ; WHY TODAY'S HORROR MOVIES FALL FLAT
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amLORD knows it isn't easy scaring audiences when you have to compete with snipers targeting schoolchildren, dynamite-toting wackos holding theatergoers hostage - and almost daily alerts of impending terrorist attacks.But...
'FRAILTY' IS STRONG STUFF
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amBill Paxton plays a small-town religious fanatic in "Frailty," which he also directed. THE year's scariest movie is already available on video.You likely haven't heard of "Frailty," which didn't get...
STARR REPORT
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amKids in the Hall: Piscopo lends a hand Joe Piscopo will be in town tomorrow, performing his "Big Band Sinatra Tribute" at the Youth, I.N.C.'s "A Celebration to Benefit New...
I'M SAMMY, YOUR NEW DECORATOR
October 28, 2002 | 5:00am"Rock The House' Tonight at 10 on VH1 SUPPOSE you came home one day and Snoop Dogg had redone your living room, or Tommy Lee had redesigned your bedroom? Well,...
DON'T 'DO THESE!
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amHAVING a bad hair day? If you can't take a shower, you can at least take heart that your dopey 'do is nowhere near as bad as the ones in...
STEAL THESE LOOKS - NOW! SUPERSTARS WITH SUPER STYLE WEAR THE BEST OF FALL
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amYOU'VE read about them in the pages of Vogue. You may have even seen them hanging on the racks at Bergdorf Goodman. But you can never really get a good...
TWINKIE FAD IS FRIED AND TRUE
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amI WANTED to ignore the deep-fried Twinkie. I wanted to believe that the deep-fried Twinkie, though invented in Brooklyn, was beneath the contempt of all New Yorkers, the cursed offspring...
SON OF SAM'S ODD PAL ; COLUMBINE FATHER HAILS MASS KILLER'S 'KINDNESS'
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amThe father of a Columbine massacre victim has befriended serial killer David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz - and says it's because of his "kindness" and "compassion." "I was touched by...
TOPLESS DANCERS MAY BE BOUNCED
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amMammary Mecca Scores will be forced to cover up its most prominent assets - its topless dancers - this week unless last-minute legal action prevents the introduction of laws passed...
ASHES TO ASHES ; CHARRED FLT. 587 'MEMORIAL' HOUSE WILL BE TORN DOWN
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amThe only existing "memorial" to the death and destruction of Flight 587 will be torn down next week. That memorial is a mangled, charred Dutch colonial house in Belle Harbor,...
MCCALL CAMP TO RIP 'RACIST' DEMOCRATS
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amKEY supporters of Carl McCall plan to blame "white racism" for their candidate's all-but-certain crushing defeat in the Nov. 5 election, campaign insiders say. The "blame game" attack on white...
EASY GUN BUY WILL BLOW YOU AWAY
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amTACOMA, Wash. - There's another person who needs to be held accountable for his role in the Psycho Sniper attacks that left 10 dead and three injured. His name is...
IT'S THE 'FINAL' CALL ; ILLEGAL PAY PHONES CHOPPED DOWN IN CITY SWEEP
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amHundreds of illegal pay phones have been hauled away in a citywide crackdown. In 2001, the city removed 66 pay phones for permit violations. But this year, they've carted away...
FDNY BOSS SEEKS MINORITY RECRUITS
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amFire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta made a recruiting call to a Brooklyn church yesterday to encourage minorities to join New York's Bravest. Scoppetta told hundreds of parishioners at Concord Baptist Church...
ARTHRITIS CURE IN REACH
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amA breakthrough cure for rheumatoid arthritis may be on the way following successful tests of a new drug. Initial results show the treatment works and confirms a scientific theory about...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amIn a scene straight out of a Stephen King novel, a huge sinkhole opened up in the parking lot of a North Carolina restaurant and swallowed a Corvette. Ralph Betz...
THE GOODBYE GIRLS ; SEPARATED TWINS SET TO FLY HOME TO GUATEMALA
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amThe tiny miracle twins from Guatemala are going home in style. Born joined at the head, and separated in surgery in a Los Angeles hospital during the summer, little Maria...
BUILDING RESENTMENT OVER PA'S GROUND ZERO WISH LIST
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amFar from resolving disputes over the amount of office space at Ground Zero, a new set of guidelines meant to reduce square footage on the site has set the battle...
'SGT. MOM' SHATTERS NYPD UNION STEREOTYPE
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amMaureen Murphy, an NYPD sergeant and a single mother, didn't start out to make police-union history, but ended up doing it anyway. On July 1, Murphy became the first woman...
LIEBERMAN: WE DON'T NEED U.N.
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A leading Democrat yesterday urged President Bush to get tough with the United Nations, saying that the United States should go it alone on Iraq if France and...
A 'MINNY' MONDALE MOVEMENT
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Democrats yesterday said the late Sen. Paul Wellstone would have supported Walter Mondale as his replacement in next week's election. With "Fritz" Mondale, 74, all but certain to...
OLYMPIC VIPS TO BE EASY RIDERS
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amIf the city lands the 2012 Olympics, VIP treatment for foreign dignitaries and Olympic committee officials will include reserved lanes through traffic-choked Midtown streets. NYC 2012, the city's bid committee,...
HUMAN-BOMB HORROR ; 3 DIE AS SHOTS SET OFF TERRORIST'S TNT
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amIsraeli bullets fired at a Palestinian homicide bomber apparently detonated his explosives belt yesterday, causing a blast that killed three Israeli soldiers and injured 18 other people. The violence occurred...
'TRAIN'ING DAY FOR GOV ; SNUBS FOES' CITY DEBATE SO HE CAN RIDE THE RAILS UPSTATE
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amAs Carl McCall and Tom Golisano squared off in a televised debate in New York City, Gov. Pataki yesterday ignored his would-be successors by whistle-stopping across upstate. The half-hour televised...
CELEBS' LOVE LAIRS ; TAKE A PEEK INTO THE SEXY SANCTUARIES OF THE STARS
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amWelcome into the bedrooms of some of the world's hottest celebs. These are the sexy, sumptuous chambers where people like Cher, Tyra Banks, Donatella Versace, Deborah Norville and Wesley Snipes...
FBI HIT FOR POST-9/11 $ECURITY
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amA whistleblower claims she was directed by her FBI supervisor not to transcribe foreign-language documents after the Sept. 11 attacks because her boss wanted an excuse to demand extra funding...
AMERICANS 'HIGH' ON MARIJUANA: POLL
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amAmerica's conservative attitude toward marijuana is going up in smoke, according to a new survey. The Time/CNN poll revealed that 72 percent of Americans now feel that people arrested with...
WINGATE HS MAY FLUNK OUT
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amTroubled Wingate HS in Brooklyn is a candidate to be broken up into smaller schools. "It's one of the schools that's being looked at to be redesigned," said city Department...
N.J. VOTERS IN DARK WITHOUT 'TORCH'
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amWhile New Jersey Senate candidates Frank Lautenberg and Douglas Forrester crisscrossed the state yesterday, a new poll showed that voters don't know what the campaign is about now that the...
'LOVE BOAT' ON ITS FINAL CRUISE
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amLove will no longer be expected aboard the ship that launched a television show and boosted an industry. The Pacific Princess - aboard which scenes were filmed for "The Love...
SCHOOLS BOSS MULLS TOUGHER FLUNK POLICY
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amSchools Chancellor Joel Klein is considering changing the city policy that allows students to be promoted to the next grade even if they flunk standardized math and reading exams. "I...
BUSH GIVES REBELS HELL ; BLAMES THEM, NOT PUTIN, FOR THEATER POISON HORROR
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amThe White House last night said Chechen terrorists were squarely to blame for the hostage horror in Moscow, declining to criticize Russia's tough tactics in ending the siege. While 750...
BILL: GIVE IRAQ INSPECTIONS ANOTHER CHANCE
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amFormer President Bill Clinton last night called on the Bush administration to push for weapons inspectors to go into Iraq before taking military action. "I do think it would be...
HOT-LINE TIPSTER: FEDS MISSED MY ID OF KILLER
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amA Maryland woman who says she saw alleged sniper John Allen Muhammad two weeks before his capture claims she tried to warn authorities but was brushed off when she called...
LIES ABOUT SPIES ; ABUSE OF U.S. INTELLIGENCE BY CLINTON AND BUSH
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amA FRIEND who retired from the CIA and I recently shared our dismay at the abuse of intelligence by presidential administrations. By twisting analysis to serve political ends, our nation's...
NERVE GAS MYSTERY: UPROAR OVER MOSCOW HOSTAGE SIEGE
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amTwo days after a daring rescue at a Moscow theater turned into a massacre, Russia is coming under fire for apparently using a secret - and deadly - nerve gas...
U.S. FEARS NEW TACTICS BY AL QAEDA
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amU.S. intelligence sources reportedly fear that al Qaeda may soon unleash a new tidal wave of bombers at American targets in the United States and abroad. Sources told Newsweek that...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amTHE BRONX Two men were arrested last night for the rape and robbery of a 53-year-old woman, police said. Domingo Paredis, 33, and Dennis Bueno, 18, both from The Bronx,...
TEEN KILLER SAYS SHE'S SORRY NOW
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amMarta Casiano, a killer at 13, no longer bristles with the attitude she showed when she matter-of-factly told cops she robbed and shot a cabdriver in East Harlem, killing him....
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amWHAT'S NEXT: The final week - and there are hints the economy finally is cutting, although it's unclear how much that helps Democrats after all. But Republicans need a Bush...
TV'S 'LOVE BOAT' MAKES ITS LAST CRUISE
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amLove will no longer be expected aboard the ship that launched a television show and boosted an industry. The Pacific Princess - on which scenes were filmed for "The Love...
OPINION OF MARIJUANA HIGH IN U.S.
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amAmerica's conservative attitude toward marijuana is going up in smoke, according to a new survey. The Time/CNN poll revealed that 72 percent of Americans now feel that people arrested with...
B'KLYN'S WINGATE HS MAY FLUNK OUT FOR GOOD
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amTroubled Wingate HS in Brooklyn is a candidate to get busted up into smaller schools. "It's one of the schools that's being looked at to be redesigned," said Department of...
THIN MOUNTAIN AIR LEAVES PREZ POOPED
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amHere he is - President George W. Bushed. The nation's commander-in-chief appeared positively exhausted yesterday as he took an early-morning run in Mexico. The prez huffed and puffed his way...
AMAZIN'S SAY HERE'S HOWE
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amArt Howe will be announced as the 17th manager in Mets' history this afternoon at a Shea Stadium press conference. The former Oakland manager agreed to a four-year, $9.4 million...
ONLY INSOMNIACS CAN WATCH SERIES
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amTHIS was the World Series that MLB and its no-policy drug policy bargained for, even coveted - a spectacle of explosions to rival any video game; balls flying out of...
BIRD BATTLE COULD BE BIG
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Win, or else. Or else lose. "If we win it will be a turning point," Tiki Barber explained. "If we lose it will just be another game. I'm...
BIG BLUE WILL ROLL TO CROWN WITH WIN
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amTHIS IS how I figure it. If the Giants (3-3) beat the Eagles (4-2) tonight at The Vet, they'll win the NFC East. This is no Jim Fassel guarantee, but...
BIRDS' 'O' MORE GROUNDED
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES PHILADELPHIA - As the Giants rolled to nine consecutive victories over the Eagles, one recurring theme was the way the Giants manhandled the Philadelphia running attack. Even last...
BLUESHIRTS CAN'T EXCUSE HOME WOES
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amTheir house has hardly been a home. But even if the Rangers have been hearing boos from an apparently always angry Garden audience, Mark Messier won't hear of his teammates...
GUTTY 'D' SAVES FARRELL
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amFarrell 26CTK 19 Kern Collymore walked off the field at St. John's yesterday, shaking his head. "My hands are killing me," the Monsignor Farrell running back said. "They just kept...
IRISH: IT'S ALL ABOUT TY
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE - Some 20 minutes after Notre Dame had beaten Florida State, 34-24, on Saturday Irish coach Tyrone Willingham stood in the end zone at Doak Campbell Stadium staring at...
BROWNS RALLY TO WIN FOR AL
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amThe Browns' finish yesterday started in Brooklyn. Let us explain. Despite being down 21-3 to the Jets, the Browns felt they couldn't lose because they were playing for their late...
NOTHING LOVABLE ABOUT JET LOSERS
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amTHE Casey Stengel Mets were lovable losers. There is nothing to love about these dumb, sloppy, undisciplined, weak-hearted, panic-stricken, clueless Jets. They are just losers, and good riddance to them...
ACROBATIC COUCH SPRINGS SURPRISE
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amJust before the end of the third quarter, needing a two-point conversion to tie the score at 21, Tim Couch shuffled to his left. But Josh Evans had other ideas...
HOUSTON REALIZES HE MUST DO MORE
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amAllan Houston is by nature a fairly quiet man, unassuming, a coach's son. He has always let the game come to him, and rarely enforced his will on it. But...
WILLIE'S SHOT IS STILL BREWING
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amANAHEIM - This could be a week of celebration or more heartbreak for Willie Randolph. Randolph, the Yankees' third-base coach, is a finalist for the vacant Milwaukee managerial post with...
A.J. FEELS AT HOME WITH NETS
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amFor Anthony Johnson, coming back to the Nets after a very short sabbatical in Cleveland was like riding a bicycle or tying your shoelaces. "I've been with [Eddie Jordan] since...
IRISH PUT SPICE IN THE CUP
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amARLINGTON HEIGHTS - After the dust had settled on the tumultuous 19th Breeders' Cup, the honors belonged to one remarkable participant - the Irish contingent of Coolmore and their trainer...
HALF-HEARTED LOSS ; GREEN SEASON OVER AFTER BLOWING 21-3 LEAD TO CLEVELAND
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amOn the day when the electric 2002 baseball postseason came to a scintillating close with Game 7 of the World Series, the Jets' season also ended. A season of Super...
HALL TAKES BLAME FOR BLOWING FG
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amJET NOTES It certainly shouldn't have come down to John Hall's right foot saving the Jets' season, but it did, and he didn't. "I just heard two thuds," the Jet...
EMMITT TAKES PAYTON'S PLACE
October 28, 2002 | 5:00am"I believe I was pre-destined for this. I was just fulfilling my destiny."EMMITT SMITH IRVING - The banner unfolded from the roof of Texas Stadium, where only the ultimate achievements...
AZERI DAY'S BRIGHTEST STAR
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amARLINGTON HEIGHTS - A stunning upset by the veteran Volponi in the Classic. A dazzling effort in defeat by 3-year-old Irish superstar Rock Of Gibraltar in the Mile. Championship performances...
THE FAULT RESTS WITH THE DEFENSE
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amHERE'S one theory: The reason the Jets' season is over by Halloween is that yesterday their defense wore no disguises. "They did a good job of finding our weaknesses and...
LET FREE-AGENTS WARS BEGIN
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amANAHEIM - A compelling World Series is over and that can only mean one thing - the 2003 season has begun. Free agents can start filing today and the Angels...
NOT EVEN GREAT BARRY CAN TOPPLE THIS TEAM
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amGAME 7 Angels 4 Giants 1 ANAHEIM - In the end, it was not about whether Anaheim would pitch to Barry Bonds, it was that the Giants had to pitch...
ANGELS SOAR PAST GIANTS TO GRAB FIRST SERIES TITLE
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amGAME 7Angels 4Giants 1 ANAHEIM - They are owned by Disney, but the Angels are no longer a Mickey Mouse operation. In their 42nd season, the Angels won their first...
HALOS CAN SHINE AGAIN
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amWORLD SERIES NOTEBOOK ANAHEIM - The Angels, who won the first World Championship in franchise history with last night's 4-1 victory over San Francisco in Game 7, have a much...
NOTHING LUCKY ABOUT LACKEY: ANGEL ROOKIE RIGHTY SLAMS DOOR ON SF
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amANAHEIM - Four months ago, John Lackey was in the minors. Four years ago, he was told by his college coach to give up pitching and concentrate on playing first...
SCIOSCIA ENDS HEX
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amANAHEIM - Mike Scioscia didn't want to hear about curses or jinxes in the Angels' past. All the manager of the World Champions knows is the three years he has...
DUSTY MAY RIDE INTO SUNSET
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amANAHEIM - A great season came to a hard end for Dusty Baker, who was last seen by America carrying his bawling three-year-old son Darren out of the dugout moments...
HOMETOWN HERO GLAUS EARNS MVP
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amANAHEIM - World Series MVP Troy Glaus should not have been torturing the Yankees and the Twins in the post-season. He should have been in the National League. Glaus was...
IT'S WORLD OF SERIES DREAMS: HALOS SING ABOUT CLASSIC EXPERIENCE
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amANAHEIM - The Angels looked at last night's World Series Game 7 and believed they were living every little boy's dream in the backyard before dinner or darkness ended the...
GLORY, GLORY HALO-LUJAH! ANGELS SOAR TO FIRST SERIES TITLE
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amGAME 7 Angels 4 Giants 1 ANAHEIM - They are owned by Disney, but the Angels are no longer a Mickey Mouse operation. In their 42nd season the Angels won...
METS SAY HERE'S HOWE
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amArt Howe will be announced as the 17th manager in Mets' history this afternoon at a Shea Stadium press conference. The former Oakland manager agreed to a four-year, $9.4 million...
WILLIE'S SHOT STILL BREWING
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amANAHEIM - This could be a week of celebration or more heartbreak for Willie Randolph. Randolph, the Yankees' third-base coach, is a finalist for the vacant Milwaukee managerial post with...
REGGIE: BONDS CAN HIT 100 HRS
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amANAHEIM - Reggie Jackson placed his Mr. October stamp on Barry Bonds, calling the Giants' slugger "the most dominating force I have seen in my 35 years in the game."...
HALOS SHOULD SHINE IN 2003
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amWORLD SERIES NOTEBOOK ANAHEIM - The Angels, who won the first World Championship in franchise history with last night's 4-1 victory over San Francisco in Game 7, have a much...
ANAHEIM GOLDEN HEADING INTO 2003
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amANGELS NOTEBOOK ANAHEIM - Between the teams playing Game 7 of the World Series last night at Edison Field, the Angels have a much better chance of returning to the...
END SEEMS NEAR FOR DUSTY IN SF
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amGIANTS NOTEBOOK ANAHEIM - More proof Dusty Baker is fed up with owner Peter Magowan and is on his way out the Giants' door: Before Game 7 last night a...
IT CAN'T GET ANY WORSE: THROWING PAINS RUIN PITCH-POOR SERIES
October 28, 2002 | 5:00amANAHEIM - Is this the greatest World Series ever? No, but it sure is the worst pitching. As the Giants and Angels met last night in Game 7 at Edison...