November 29, 2002
UNITED'S MECHANICS THREATEN BAILOUT PLAN
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amUnited Airlines' mechanics may have thrown a monkey wrench into the airline's fragile plan to avoid bankruptcy. The carrier's 13,000 mechanics and cleaning workers yesterday said they rejected a 7...
CASE BETTING ON PINEAPPLES AS CALLS FOR AOL EXIT GROW
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amSteve Case, the embattled chairman of AOL Time Warner, is building up a vast pineapple plantation in Hawaii for his retirement. With pressure mounting for the 43-year-old one-time whiz to...
SEC HAS BEEF WITH TYSON OVER ITS 'COOKED' BOOKS
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amThe nation's largest meat producer is under investigation for allegedly cooking its books. Tyson Foods, the biggest poultry and beef producer in the U.S., said the Securities and Exchange Commission...
WPP RATING GETS SLASHED
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amJust as ad spending looks brighter, the giant parent of Young & Rubicam is getting slammed in its credit rating. The parent mega-agency WPP got its credit rating knocked down...
MOTOROLA IN LOAN LAWSUIT
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amMotorola is asking courts on two continents to shackle Turkish media billionaire Cem Uzan for dodging a $3 billion loan he took to build a cellular network. Motorola sued in...
LET'S MAKE A DEAL - RETAILERS PULL OUT ALL STOPS TO GET CUSTOMERS
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amRetailers are knocking themselves out starting today with special sales and promotions to get shoppers to buy. Today, known as Black Friday, is the kickoff to the holiday shopping season....
INTRODUCING 'MS. WORLD' - MAG HONORS WRITER WHOSE PAGEANT PIECE SPARKED RIOTS
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amTHE never-say-die Ms. magazine has landed fatwa-defying fashion writer Isioma Daniel for its "Women of the Year" revival issue due out next month. Fundamentalist Muslims in Nigeria had urged believers...
UBS: FAT FOOD MAKES FOR PALTRY PROFITS
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amForget about living off the fat of the land. The rise in obesity is creating new risks for companies that can eat up their profits, says a new Wall Street...
WPP'S RATING SLASHED DESPITE PICKUP IN ADS
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amJust as ad spending looks brighter, the giant parent of Young & Rubicam is getting slammed in its credit rating. The parent mega-agency WPP got its credit rating knocked down...
FOREVER SON - JAKOB DYLAN DEALS WITH DAD, IN HIS OWN WRITE
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amIT would have been easy for Jakob Dylan to trade on his famous last name in his pursuit of stardom. But the raw-voiced singer/songwriter with those startling blue eyes stubbornly...
A SALUTE TO RODGERS
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amNEW YORK CITY BALLETNew York State Theater, Lincoln Center. (212) 870-5570. Season runs through March 3. ----- NEW York City Ballet opened and closed its winter season gala Tuesday night...
LITTLE LIFE IN 'DEAD'
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amDEAD OR ALIVE: FINAL []In Japanese, with English subitles. Running time: 105 minutes. Not rated (violence, sex). At the Cinema Village, 12th Street, east of Fifth Avenue. ------ THE movies...
'EXTREME' OOPS - ACTION IS ALL DOWNHILL
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amEXTREME OPS [] Lame mountain actioner. Running time: 93 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence, one bare male butt). At the Empire, the Kips Bay, the Lincoln Square. ------ IT'S no surprise...
FILM FESTIVAL MINES AFRICA
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amTHE African Diaspora Film Festival, which kicked off last night at the Anthology Film Archive, is "a celebration of the global black experience," says Reinaldo Spech, who founded the festival...
THOROUGHLY MODERN 'WOMEN' OF DISTINCTION
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amPHOENICIAN WOMEN At the Ohio Theatre, 66 Wooster St. Call SmartTix, (212) 206-1515. ---- A way to do Greek tragedy is emerging. Ditch the sheets and the fancy language; modernize...
'DINNER' WITHOUT DOROTHY - MARIAN SELDES STEPS IN FOR AILING LOUDON
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amDOROTHY Loudon, hands down one of the funniest performers in this business, has withdrawn from Lincoln Center's upcoming revival of "Dinner at Eight" due to illness. She's come down with...
THE DREIDEL WILL ROCK - MAKOR YOUR DAY WITH PUNK HANUKKAH
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amKLEZMER punk rock? Hasidic new wave? Say shalom to that creaky dreidel song - this year, Hanukkah's bringing a whole new beat to Gotham, guaranteed to turn your Festival of...
STARR REPORT
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amTriumph vs. Eminem - now it's personal When last seen, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was mixing it up with bad-boy rapper Eminem at the MTV Video Music Awards in...
TOM FONTANA SLAMS CELL DOOR SHUT - WHY OZ GOT THE DEATH PENALTY
November 29, 2002 | 5:00am'OZ" creator Tom Fontana says he's ending the gritty HBO prison show after this season because, well, there's nothing left to say. "I really feel like the core actors who've...
'THEY' IS A CRAVENLY CRAFTED HORROR SHOW
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amTHEY [ 1/2] "They" will bore you to death. Running time: 89 minutes. Rated PG-13 (moderate violence, profanity and sexuality). At the E-Walk, the Sutton, the Union Square, others. -----...
A HONEY BUNNY
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amRABBIT-PROOF FENCE [] Good show. Running time: 100 minutes. Rated PG (scary scenes). At the Paris and the Sunshine. ----- 'RABBIT-Proof Fence," Phillip Noyce's first film in his native Australia...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amFrom perversions to piety in one stroke. An eastern Kentucky man who became a devout Christian last month has decided to convert his business, too - from a sex shop...
CROWDS GO COLD TURKEY
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amUndaunted by cold or looming budget cuts, the city celebrated the start of the holiday season with what one expert called the best Thanksgiving Day Parade she'd ever seen. Melissa...
HANUKKAH BEGINS TONIGHT
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amHanukkah, the joyous "Festival of Lights," will begin at sundown tonight. The eight-day holiday always begins on the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev, which falls on Nov....
AIRLINER DUCKS MISSILE ATTACK - THUGS FIRE TWICE AT ISRAELI JET IN KENYA
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Terrorists armed with missiles nearly brought down a jumbo jet yesterday in what officials here called an ominous escalation in Arab attacks on Israelis. No one was hurt...
UNION $LEAZE BARED - INSIDE INFO MADE BIGS RICH: REPORT
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amBig labor unions are facing their own executive-greed scandal after a scathing report was leaked on how labor bosses voted themselves big bucks on inside deals - a report one...
TRANSPLANT DOCS EYE FACE 'LIFTS'
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amIn a scenario out of the movie "Face/Off" - in which John Travolta dons Nicolas Cage's mug through surgery - doctors may soon be able to transplant a whole human...
JAILBIRD LIZZIE TASTES FREEDOM TODAY
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amThe second act of the Lizzie Grubman saga opens today when the penned-up publicity princess walks out of her jail in Long Island. Grubman, 31, finished serving 37 days of...
SADDAMASOCHIST - FLAP OVER INSPECTOR'S BIZARRE S&M LIFESTYLE
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amA U.N. weapons inspector with a penchant for S&M and leather may be a little too pushy for the Baghdad-bound arms-probe team. Harvey John "Jack" McGeorge, of Woodbridge, Va., was...
COP GETS BUM RAP - WON'T BUST HOMELESS - SO HE'S SUSPENDED
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amA city cop suspended for refusing to lock up a homeless man stuck to his guns yesterday, telling The Post, "It means a lot to a lot of people." Eduardo...
DJ RIPS 'BOOBS' OVER BILLBOARD
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amThe RadioChick is sounding off - against her own company. Leslie Gold, who hosts the popular sex-laced morning show on Q104.3 FM, is furious at Clear Channel Corporate for refusing...
ELECTION'S BIG LOSER IS ARAFAT
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM. ALMOST lost in the tumult of yesterday's news bulletins from Africa and the Mideast was word that Ariel Sharon had won a crushing primary victory in his re-election campaign....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * Five people were injured yesterday when a car traveling on East 38th Street smashed into two other vehicles driving south along Fifth Avenue, knocking it on its side...
SCHOOL OUTRAGED BY TRAFFIC PLAN
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amAn Upper East Side school said the city's decision to allow rush-hour traffic to barrel down its street while kids come and go from school is a disaster just waiting...
FIENDS INFLICT DOUBLE DOSE OF DEATH ON ISRAEL AT HOME AND ABROAD
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israel suffered two major terrorist attacks within hours yesterday, when homicide bombers blew themselves up at an Israeli-owned hotel in Kenya and gunmen shot their way into an...
BUSH DECRIES 'HORRIBLE CRIMES'
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amPresident Bush yesterday deplored the "horrible crimes" in Kenya and Israel. "Today's attacks underscore the continuing willingness of those opposed to peace to commit horrible crimes," Bush said. The White...
IRAQIS HIDE BIO-ARMS IN HOMES, REPORT SAYS
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amHundreds of Iraqi government officials are hiding chemical and biological weapons parts in their homes so U.N. inspectors won't find them, London newspapers said today . The scheme is so...
2ND SHOOTING PROVES FATAL
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amA Brooklyn man sitting in a parked car was killed in a driveby shooting yesterday - exactly eight weeks after he was wounded in similar fashion, a police source said....
ZSA ZSA INJURED IN CAR WRECK
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amHOLLYWOOD - Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor - best known for her hot temper and her ability to ensnare well-to-do husbands - was hospitalized yesterday after her vehicle struck a utility...
L.I. COPS GUN DOWN BERSERK BOYFRIEND
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amDomestic violence made for a deadly Thanksgiving on a quiet Long Island street yesterday when a man who threatened to kill his girlfriend brandished a gun at cops - who...
HOW DARE THE U.N. ASK US FOR MONEY
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amGUESS who's at our doorstep, hat in hand, begging for a freebie. If I said the terror tag team of Yasser Arafat and Saddam Hussein was demanding a cool billion...
DISASTER BILL MAY GIVE CITY BIG BOO$T
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amDesperate for budget relief, Mayor Bloomberg is hoping Congress will pass a law that would let the cash-strapped city snag $650 million in additional payments from the Federal Emergency Management...
MANY SEE OSAMA'S FINGERPRINTS
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amIf al Qaeda was behind yesterday's attacks in Kenya, it's a frightening sign the "Axis of Evil" is growing, analysts say. "It is premature to rule al Qaeda in or...
ZSA ZSA IN COMA AFTER CRASH
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amHOLLYWOOD - Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor - best known for her hot temper and her ability to ensnare well-to-do husbands - was hospitalized in a coma yesterday after her vehicle...
T'S BUY-BUY, (EARLY) BIRDY, FOR SHOPPERS THIS SEASON
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amWhat possesses shoppers to brave the pre-dawn chill on the busiest shopping day of the year? "Bargains! When you find a bargain it's like a gift!" exclaimed Suzanne McGrattan, a...
GOONS PLAY NICE WITH U.N. TEAM'S BIO-SWEEP
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amU.N. weapons hunters spent Thanksgiving sweeping through a disused bio-warfare installation in central Iraq as their Baghdad hosts turned on the charm for the second day of pivotal arms inspections....
FIENDS BRING DOUBLE DOSE OF DEATH ON ISRAEL AT HOME AND ABROAD
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israel suffered two major terrorist attacks within hours yesterday when homicide bombers blew themselves up at an Israeli-owned hotel in Kenya and gunmen shot their way into an...
MARTIN IN RUSH TO HELP - JETS RB ALSO STARS OFF FIELD
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amAT A time when pampered millionaire boys in men's bodies try to ruin sports, give thanks for Curtis Martin, our Angel In The Backfield. On Thanksgiving Day, I ask Martin:...
SZOTT ON GUARD FOR JET DEBUT
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amJET NOTES Though Herman Edwards hasn't yet announced his plans, he indicated yesterday it's possible veteran Dave Szott could start at left guard Monday. Szott, who has rehabbed his way...
SHANDON, NAILON LEARN TO SHARE
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Don Chaney will play it by gut, and if one guy gets shut out of minutes, so be it. The dilemma of keeping Lee Nailon and Shandon Anderson...
CHEW ON THESE NBA LEFTOVERS
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amGLENN Robinson's Hawks entertain Ray Allen's Bucks in Atlanta, Dec. 5. Can't you just feel the love? While we're on the subject, I'm genuinely impressed by the Hawks' $125 refund...
CBS ON THE LINE? YOU BET - WEB SITE ADDRESS MISLEADS
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amODD how companies that would trade on trust are eager to afflict potential clients with the creeps. For example, with mailing lists for just about anything sold to just about...
EURO'S YOUNG AND RESTLESS
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amThe NBA did the Knicks no favors on Tuesday when it informed the agents of two foreign-born surefire lottery-pick centers that their clients were ineligible for this June's draft. However,...
'DIRECTION' CARRIES HIS HIGHWEIGHT
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amThe highweight won the Highweight yesterday at the Big A as True Direction, packing 134 pounds, came charging down the center of the track to collar front-running Crossing Point in...
FRANKEL EYES BIG A FEAST
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amHall-of-Fame trainer Bobby Frankel, who's already a lock to win his third Eclipse Award in a row, today kicks off what could be a very profitable weekend, saddling Sightseek in...
WEINHANDL CATCHES LAVIOLETTE'S EYE
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amIn training camp, Peter Laviolette said he was impressed with Mattias Weinhandl and how the puck always seemed to stick to the Swedish rookie. He was also called slippery on...
THANKFUL TACKLES - EVANS, WEBSTER MAKE MOST OF SECOND CHANCE
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amJets practice ended shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon and the players were in the locker room showering, dressing and rushing out the door to go their separate ways for...
TIKI RAISES THE BAR - GIANT RB HAVING PRO-BOWL SEASON
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amAny sentence involving the Giants that starts with "In a perfect world" should instantly be ignored, as there rarely is anything perfect about the way they operate, especially on offense....
BIG BLUE TACKLING LINE TROUBLES
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES It is hard to believe. Lance Legree and Dwight Johnson, the Giants' two starting defensive tackles, went through the entire game last week in Houston and neither was...
CRUNCH HITS NIEU, DANEYKO
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amNASHVILLE - The Devils' cash crisis could turn them back into their old stingy selves, throwing a cloud over the futures of Joe Nieuwendyk and Ken Daneyko with the team....
LUZZI OK AFTER SPILL AT BIG A
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amA near-disastrous spill in yesterday's ninth race at Aqueduct sent the Thanksgiving Day crowd home with a sour taste in their mouths when the 3-year-old colt Final Strike snapped his...
KID HEELS FLYIN' HIGH - HERALDED FROSH POWERING UNC
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amWith 31.5 seconds left in Wednesday night's second semifinal game of the Preseason NIT at the Garden, North Carolina freshman Rashad McCants was hopping in joy at the foul line....
PIGSKIN PROFIT
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amImagine the odds you would have gotten prior to the season that the Florida-Florida State game would be so meaningless in terms of the national championship picture that it wouldn't...
RANGERS ON THRASH HEAP - SUFFER SHAMEFULDEFEAT IN ATLANTA
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amATLANTA - In pursuit of the official standard of mediocrity they had not been able to reach for the previous six weeks, the Rangers were, how shall we put it,...
NETS GET CLIPPED IN OT - MILLER'S 37 TRUMPS KIDD'S 35
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - When they look back on this defeat, the Nets will see big holes in the defense and a glaring lack of execution on the offense. But no...
MUTOMBO GETS A SLAP ON WRIST
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amNET NOTES LOS ANGELES - Dikembe Mutombo saw an opening and drove. But Clipper Eric Piatkowski stepped in and chopped at the ball. Instead of the ball, he got Mutombo's...
THE MAAC MACHINE - JASPERS HOPE HYPE'S ON MONEY
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amCOLLEGE HOOP PREVIEW (Last of a series) When Bobby Gonzalez strolled into town three years ago, Manhattan basketball was heading downstream without a paddle - check that, without a boat....
SCOTT'S NOT UPSET WITH DIKEMBE
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amNET NOTES PHOENIX - Byron Scott said it again. He is not upset with Dikembe Mutombo's play - even if he did bench him for the final 18:53 against Phoenix...
KIDD'S SHOT SETS VS. SUNS
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amNET NOTES LOS ANGELES - Jason Kidd stood outside the Nets locker room after the team's worst shooting night of the season. Kidd had helped that dreadful .295 team effort...
A SEASON FOR GIVING - REBOUNDING FAILURES HAVE NETS OFFERING GIFTS
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Rebounds equal rings, right? Well, the lack of rebounds equals indigestion, frustration, blown opportunities and, above all, defeats. Just ask the Nets. In the first four games...
TROTS: WE NEED MORE POWER - RANGERS MUST RISE WITH MAN ADVANTAGE
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amATLANTA - The power play went 2-for-7 at the Garden on Monday against the Hurricanes, a bonanza of epic proportions considering the 2-for-36 over the preceding eight matches, but Bryan...
MONDAY NIGHT MONSTER - RAIDERS AND FANS HUNGRY FOR JET BLOOD
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amThe renegade image of the Raiders is tattooed on the silver-and-black flesh of the maniacs who enter Network Associates Coliseum. The crowd's raw attitude seeps down from the stands. The...
KEITH'S SORRY ... THAT'S ALL - SAYS MEA CULPA ISN'T PRECURSOR TO ESPN ENCORE
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amDespite his 2,000-word Internet apology to his former colleagues at ESPN, Keith Olbermann doesn't foresee a return to SportsCenter. "The simple answer is, I don't think so," Olbermann told NYP...
MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK - DEION SANDERS VS. STERLING SHARPE
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amDeion Sanders vs. Sterling Sharpe Sterling Sharpe began his broadcasting career at the height of hypocrisy. As a player, he didn't speak to reporters. In retirement, he joined the media....
5 QUESTIONS FOR: HOWIE LONG
November 29, 2002 | 5:00amThe Post's Andrew Marchand this week caught up with Fox's Howie Long. The 43-year-old Hall of Famer is in his ninth year with Fox's NFL pregame show. Q: Do you...