November 3, 2002
HE'S HAVING AN ELLE OF A TIME
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amGilles Bensimon's office is a visual cornucopia. Between the views of all of downtown and New Jersey, to the proposed layouts for Elle magazine and his wall of photographs that...
FUNDS LIKE LEND LEASE THRIVE ON REITS
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amSTOCKS are falling but real estate investment trusts are up. Initial public offerings hardly ever take place these days, but two REITs had IPOs this year. Consumers are cutting back...
STARR REPORT
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amWE's Garden party goes 'Live' "Sex and the City" star Chris Noth (Mr. Big) will host the "Single in the City Live" event this Friday (8 p.m.) at Madison Square...
NO SEX AND THE CITY
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amSometimes I feel like Aaron and I spend half our time together hung over. New York is one of the most romantic cities in the world. Why, then, does my...
TRIBUTE TO MARTIN SCORSESE
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amAs movie fans anxiously await the opening of Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York" on Dec. 20, the American Museum of the Moving Image has mounted a two-month retrospective honoring...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: RENA SOFER
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amRena Sofer is all about spunk.You might remember her from "General Hospital," where she played Lois Cerullo, entertainment manager to Miguel Morez (Ricky Martin) - sporting long nails, red lipstick,...
HIGH NOTES & LOW NOTES
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amShortlisted: N.E.R.D. (No One Ever Really Dies), the alter-ego of hip-hop production team the Neptunes (who worked with Justin on his album, as well as stars such as Jay-Z, Britney...
DOWNTOWN DINING HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amThe city has rebounded from the events of last September in many ways, but Downtown restaurants are still hurting. Though lunch business has picked up over the past year, dinnertime...
BUM WRAP FOR MISTLETOE MARTHA
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amIT'S one thing to throw her in jail, but it's another thing to ax Christmas for Martha altogether. Yes, suits at her own company killed her annual TV Christmas special...
GOOD OLD BOYS
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amIF anyone would have said six months ago that two seniors would be running for junior senator in place of two incumbents whom they couldn't have beaten in primaries in...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amA British woman who traced an old boyfriend through a Web site was amazed to discover that the man she once dated is now a woman. Maddie Leighton, 47, wanted...
MAYOR FUME-BERG MATCHLESS WHEN IT COMES TO GALL
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amTALK about the blooming gall of it all! How dare all those little people pollute his billion-air! Yes, last week, one-term Mayor Bloomberg had nicotine-free smoke coming out of his...
AX THE HACK YAK
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amMAYBE it's because cab riders are about to form angry militias now that cab rides take twice as long and cost twice as much in our new, turn-free city. But...
BACK IN MY DAY, THE PACK NEEDED ONLY LOOKS TO KILL
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amPETER LAWFORD said it simply enough: "We were adult kids dressed in Sy Devore suits." Sy Devore was the tailor to the stars and even in the early 1970s, a...
HARD-LINER ACCEPTS ISRAELI DEFENSE POST
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amFormer Israeli army chief Shaul Mofaz, known for harsh tactics against the Palestinians, accepted Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's offer to be defense minister yesterday. If the legislature approves Mofaz, it...
NOW REAL BATTLE BEGINS AS WE TAKE ON THE WORLD
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amNew York now faces a three-year international battle to lure the Games to the Big Apple. Strong competition is expected to come from Paris, Moscow, Budapest, Rome, Istanbul, Rio de...
LIBYA'S LOCKERBIE BILL: $2.7B
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amThe Libyan government has signed a preliminary agreement to pay $2.7 billion to the families of the victims in the 1988 terror bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland,...
MCCALL FACES DOOM DESPITE GOLISANO'S LAST-'DITCH' EFFORT
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - It will take a lot more than Tom Golisano prematurely throwing in the political towel to elect Carl McCall governor, Democratic and Republican insiders agreed yesterday. Despite the...
HIP-HOPPERS RAP BIZ USE N.J. SUMMIT TO BLAST VIOLENCE
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amThe murder of rap pioneer Jam Master Jay cast a pall at a New Jersey hip-hop summit yesterday, where musicians anguished over the violence that continues to plague the industry....
TOO HOT FOR EMINEM RIPS SIZZLING BIO THAT BARES MARIAH 'AFFAIR'
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amCan't get enough Eminem? "Cleaning Out My Closet," a new tell-all book by Michigan secretary J.R. Watkins, a former female friend who claims to be the performer's closest confidante, will...
IT'S BUBBA VS. DUBYA DUEL FOR RIVALS IN FLA. RACE
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amIt was the "duel of the presidents" yesterday as George W. Bush hit Florida to battle Bill Clinton for votes in the bitter governor's race that pits the incumbent first...
THERE'S STILL NO WAY TO 'LEI' BUBBA LOW
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amEXACTLY 10 years ago today (above left), Big Bill Clinton was elected (by an actual plurality of voters) as president of the United States. As you can see by this...
S.I. RAIDERS SEIZE WEIRD ARSENAL
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amA 54-year-old man was busted after cops found an arsenal of 21 weapons in his Staten Island home - including rifles and shotguns with scopes and a blowgun that fires...
VICTORIA GOTTI
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amRUSSIA'S axed Miss Universe, Oxana Fedorova, proved to be a whole world of trouble before she was dumped by pageant owner Donald Trump. But that's only part of the story....
HEREIN LIZA TALE : BEHIND SCENES AT BLOWUP THAT KO'D HER SHOW ON VH1
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amThe crowd of more than 60 socialites and celebrities hardly knew the drama ahead when they gathered at Liza Minnelli and hubby David Gest's ritzy uptown apartment two weeks ago...
VH1 CANS LIZA & DAVID
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amThe TV reality series is dead, but the circling vultures indicate there's plenty of life in the remains of the "Liza & David" show. A legal wrangle appears to be...
HIP-HOP HONCHO SLAIN IN BRONX
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amA rap promoter was slain in a hail of gunfire as he sat behind the wheel of his car in The Bronx yesterday - further fueling fears that the shooting...
HIP-HOPPERS RAP BIZ CHUCK D. RIPS STARS AT N.J. SUMMIT
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amThe murder of legendary deejay Jam Master Jay cast a pall over a New Jersey hip-hop summit yesterday - an prompted rap superstar Chuck D. to launch a withering verbal...
TUNE IN TO SEE IF TOM STAYS
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amAs all signs pointed to him staying in the governor's race, Independence Party candidate Tom Golisano strung voters along yesterday, saying he would make a two-minute paid televised "announcement" tonight...
SPAMMER HAMMERED BY VERIZON BAN
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amJunk e-mailer Alan M. Ralsky has had his wings clipped. The man The Post recently identified as one of the 10 most notorious junk e-mailers in the world, agreed to...
WE'RE 'GAME' TO GO APPLE CLEARS OLYMPICS HURDLE AND WINS U.S. NOD
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amCOLORADO SPRINGS - New York will take on the world for the right to hold the 2012 Olympics - after blitzing rival contender San Francisco with star power and sheer...
SOME NYERS: LET'S PASS ON THE TORCH
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amPublic officials rejoiced last night at the Big Apple's selection as the U.S. candidate for the 2012 Olympics - but average New Yorkers had mixed reactions. "It's going to be...
SNIPER DRESSED TO KILL: TEEN SUSPECT FLAUNTED BULL'S-EYE T-SHIRT MONTHS AGO
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amThe accused Psycho Snipers look pretty sane in this photo taken last summer, which was obtained exclusively by The Post. John Allen Muhammad, 41, and John Lee Malvo, 17, appear...
MOVING 'VIOLATION' : DRIVERS NAILED FOR LAW NO LONGER ON BOOKS
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amSome city drivers may have been charged and convicted under a state traffic law that was voided in the five boroughs four years ago, The Post has learned. Tickets issued...
BLOCKBUSTER THAT NEVER WAS DOG-ING KNICKS
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amNot to make Knick fans feel any sicker, but near-Knick Glenn "Big Dog" Robinson is tearing up the league with his new Hawks club through the first three games. Had...
CALLERS KEEP $$ YOU GIVE CHARITY
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amMillions of bucks donated to fight disease, help animals and support other causes end up in the pockets of telemarketers who keep nearly all the cash they raise, says a...
TERROR'S NEW FACE WOMEN ARE LATEST TOOLS FOR ISLAMIC ATROCITIES
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amThey are black widows. Women shrouded in dark robes who once mourned behind closed doors, but now are out for blood. When about 50 Chechen terrorists stormed a Moscow theater...
BIZARRE CASE OF TEEN 'PRISONER' DUE IN COURT
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amA Queens mom and dad accused of holding their daughter captive return to court tomorrow as investigators attempt to fathom a tangled case of teenage love and parental control in...
GUTSY TOURIST SURVIVED SIEGE
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM. VALERIA Lisyansky took a vacation from the homicide bombings in her new home of Israel to visit relatives in Moscow - and became the only Israeli citizen among the...
TAPE SHEDS DIM LIGHT ON BOOMER BRAWL
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amThe tale of the tape is not a clear picture for Yankee hurler David Wells, who heads to court this month as the victim of an alleged assault. Prosecutors plan...
GOP UNLEASHES SECRET WEAPON: LAURA BUSH
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - In a measure of how much President Bush wants Republicans to win on Election Day, First Lady Laura Bush, who did little politicking all year, will have swept...
EX-REV. CARL PRAYING FOR HISTORIC WIN
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amIn the final installment of the Sunday Post's three-part series on the leading candidates for governor, LEONARD GREENE profiles Democratic Party candidate Carl McCall. When he makes his rounds at...
KEY RACES
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amIn the final sprint to Election Day, many contests are getting tighter instead of moving toward a clear winner. Polls now paint 11 Senate races as tied or competitive, leaving...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amTHE BRONX * An 18-year-old man fell six stories to his death early yesterday after he tried to sneak into a building and had jumped from one rooftop to another,...
TEEN DRESSED TO KILL: SUSPECT FLAUNTED 'SNIPER' T-SHIRT BEFORE BELTWAY SPREE
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amThe Psycho Snipers were taunting people months before they embarked on their wild shooting spree - with one of them sporting a T-shirt with the word "Sniper" and a bull's-eye...
NO END IN SIGHT FOR W. SIDE STORY
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amThe debate over the construction of a proposed West Side stadium could rage on for years, regardless of New York's Olympics hopes. The project will have many hurdles to clear...
OLYMPIC BIGS LOOK DOWN ON AMERICA
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amCOLORADO SPRINGS - America's chances of hosting the 2012 games could be slipping away as a strong anywhere-but-there attitude is growing within the International Olympic Committee. Olympic insiders predicted the...
HERE'S THE REAL NEIL EX-RANGER GM TELLS IT LIKE IT WASN'T
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amBOSTON - He kept quiet for more than two years after being dismissed by the Rangers, kept quiet so that he'd receive the couple of million remaining on his contract,...
NEW ROLES FOR DIXON AND CARTER
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amIn time, Tim Carter in his rookie season might emerge as a starting receiver, but not yet. Carter moved up into the No. 3 slot when Ike Hilliard was lost...
FASSEL HAS SOME 'POINTS' TO PROVE
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amIf desperation is not knocking on the door of the Giants, it is at the very least strolling up the walkway. How close it gets to barging in on this...
A HOOPLESS SITUATION NCAA'S POOR GRAD RATES A BAD JOKE
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amEVERY year, it seems, after revealing that graduation rates for Div. I male basketball players remain poor, an NCAA officer declares that research will continue as to why. And every...
IT'S LADIES FIRST AT LAST
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amLast year's New York City Marathon, run in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, was an emotionally-charged one that saw 2.5 million spectators and course records by both the...
IN U.S., LIFE'S A SPRINT, NOT A MARATHON
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amWE Americans don't like to wait for our food or for allies to morally endorse our wars so perhaps we don't have the patience for distance running, either. Remember, at...
CHECKING LINE LIGHTS IT UP
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amDevils 5Blackhawks 1 Over at the bank, they might call what the Devils do "Premium Checking." The huge dividends it paid yesterday, however, sprang from due diligence, not mere speculation....
'EDGE' TAKES NASHUA
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amIs unbeaten Canadian invader Added Edge the second coming of Northern Dancer and Sunny's Halo? Those two colts came south from Canada to win the Kentucky Derby in 1964 and...
BET FIX SOWS PANIC, DOUBT
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amEMBARRASSED to the point of panic, American racing officials are scrambling to restore public confidence in the parimutuel betting system after electronic wiseguys almost walked off with $3 million in...
KNICKS CONSIDERED HIRING BUTLER
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amCONTRARY to allegations, the Knicks loved Caron Butler despite heavy baggage and were seriously thinking about selecting him (or Jarred Jefferies) at No. 7 had the Antonio McDyess deal disintegrated....
PICK SIX SCAM SUSPECTS 'GREEDY, STUPID'
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amGreedy and stupid. That's what a pari-mutuel expert called the former frat brothers suspected of scheming to collect $3 million on last week's Breeders' Cup at Arlington Park. Only "a...
'CANES ESCAPE RALLY PAST RUTGERS
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amMiami 42Rutgers 17 PISCATAWAY - Top-ranked Miami's 42-17 win over hapless Rutgers yesterday was deceiving, the latest lackluster win in their national title defense. For the Scarlet Knights, it was...
HARD WORK PAYING OFF FOR BAKER
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amVin Baker's face didn't change expression. It stayed exactly the same, but the perception annoys him. His critics - some with his former team, the Sonics - say that Baker...
EAGLES END IRISH LUCK
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amBoston College 14Notre Dame 7 SOUTH BEND - Boston College is no longer a nuisance to Notre Dame. It is wrecker of dreams, destroyer of national championship aspirations, and perhaps...
D DOESN'T WANT TO BE RUNNING JOKE
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amMark Brunell does not plan to walk in the footsteps of Donovan McNabb. "I can tell you right now, here is my prediction for the week," Brunell, the Jaguars quarterback,...
THE PROPER CALL IS TO RUN DAYNE
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amI DIDN'T want to have to do this. But Jim Fassel needs help tonight against the Jaguars. His team scores as often as anyone named Saddam at a Hillel mixer....
GARDEN OF GLOOM
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amThere was no double-digit lead to blow this time - but there was a home opener to blow, and last night the Knicks dutifully complied. The Knicks' season already is...
NOT EVEN PECA CAN SAVE THESE CLOWNS
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amBlues 6Isles 1 Motivating measures took a drastic turn last night, but did nothing for the Islanders, who produced the same ugly results. The game began with energy and cheers...
SOMETHING'S VERY WRONG
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amBruins 3Rangers 2 BOSTON - In addition to myriad other problems that seem to multiply by the day, this is not what the Rangers need, Bryan Trottier refusing to publicly...
BEAT GOES ON FOR 3-0 NETS
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amNets 87Wizards 79 WASHINGTON - Mama, and virtually everybody who devises and schemes basketball strategy, said there would be nights like this. Nights where the offense is stuck in mud...
EWING LIKES 'COACH' LABEL
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Patrick Ewing is still getting used to being called "coach." Each day, he looks and acts less like a player, more like a Wizards assistant. Or at least...
PIERCE OWNS 4TH QUARTER FOR CELTICS
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amPaul Pierce is the anti-Knick. He owns the fourth quarter. Last season, the Celtic star scored more final-period points than anyone in the NBA. If last night is any indication,...
KIDD'S FINE WITH 5G PENALTY
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Nobody wants to lose $5,000. But it sure beats the alternative. Jason Kidd was slapped with a $5,000 fine by NBA Operations chief Stu Jackson for his actions...
PAGING DOCTOR SPREWELL LATRELL THE RX FOR THIS TERMINAL TEAM
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amAT least the 19,763 fans that showed up for the Knicks 117-107 loss to the Celtics at the Garden last night can take solace in the fact they could be...
JETS IN PATH OF SAN DIEGO STEAMROLLER IT COULD GET UGLY VS. LADAINIAN, CHARGERS
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - What reasons can we possibly give Jets fans to believe their heroes can conquer the mighty Chargers today at Qualcomm Stadium? In truth, not many. We can,...
CHAD'S NEVER FACED DEFENSE LIKE THIS
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - This is where we really begin to find out about Chad Pennington. Today's game against the 6-1 Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium marks Pennington's toughest challenge to date...
GANG GREEN MUST BE EXTRA 'SPECIAL'
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amJET NOTES SAN DIEGO - In a game with the Jets facing a Chargers team with one of the best offenses and defenses in the NFL, their special teams has...
FIRE & BRIMSTONE OF NO USE TO HERM
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amWHEN Jets coach Herman Edwards went into an emotional explosion this week after it was suggested his players might quit on the season, it begged the question why he hasn't...
BASKET CASES: PSYCHED-OUT KNICKS HAVE TROUBLE GOING 4TH
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amNot only are they undersized, overpaid and old, but these Knicks are also psychologically scarred. The Knicks' modus operandi from last season's nightmare campaign has not changed. Sixteen double-digit leads...
EW FITS IN WITH WIZ
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Patrick Ewing is still getting used to being called coach. The clothing? Well, it's coming. He's looking less like a player, more like a Wizards assistant. Or at...
JASON SLAPPED FOR $5G
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amNET NOTES WASHINGTON - Nobody wants to lose $5,000. but it sure beats what the alternative might have been. The $5G was the fine slapped on Jason Kidd by NBA...
MINNESOTA PICKS UP ZYUZIN
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amPlaced on waivers by the Devils as reported in yesterday's Post, defenseman Andrei Zyuzin was claimed by Jacques Lemaire's Minnesota Wild. Zyuzin played one game for the Devils this season,...
BLUESHIRTS EYE DEAL FOR CZERKAWSKI
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amBOSTON - It's almost too bizarre to be taken at face value, but then, these are the Rangers. Lacking size, strength and grit on the wing, the Blueshirts are interested...
THE INSIDERS: THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amPHIL-A-BUST-ER If there's an expert on quarterbacks, it would have to be Lawrence Taylor, who chewed up and spit out most of them during his reign of terror from 1981-93....
SKIDDING ISLES FEELING THE HEAT
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amThe burning question regarding these Islanders has been: "Why are they so bad?" While the reasons have been pointed at the goaltending of Chris Osgood and Garth Snow, the putrid...
MARIUSZ RIDING TO THE RESCUE? RANGERS IN HUNT FOR EX-ISLE CZERKAWSKI
November 3, 2002 | 5:00amBOSTON - It's almost too bizarre to be taken at face value, but then, these are the Rangers. Lacking size, strength and grit on the wing, the Blueshirts are interested...