July 27, 2002
MARTHA BURNED BADLY, STOCK HITS 12-MO. LOW
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amOh, low is Martha. The downward spiral of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's share price accelerated again yesterday. Shares of the domestic diva's company dropped almost 14 percent, or $1.15, to...
GE'S IM-MELTDOWN: CEO BREAKS APART FINANCIAL DIVISION
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amThe house that Jack Welch built is coming down, or at least being renovated to make sure its books are crystal clear. Just 11 months after the legendary General Electric...
DOW SNAPS 2-WK. LOSING STREAK
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amFinally. It was a week of gains for most stocks, after weeks of getting battered, though tech stocks continue to trade down. The Dow Jones industrial average snapped a two-week...
'AOL' TO GO AWOL?; CREDIT WARNING PROMPTS CALL TO DROP NAME
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amThe drumbeat and trumpets began sounding loudly yesterday for the AOL name to be erased or retired altogether to the junk pile. Standard & Poor's led the charge by lowering...
CHARGES LIKELY FOR ENRON'S EX-CFO
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amIt looks like one of the hot shots responsible for trashing energy-trading giant Enron Corp. is finally about to get his due. Andrew Fastow, Enron's former chief financial officer and...
AFTER 13 YEARS NURTURING BANDS, BROWNIES IS READY TO . . . FADE TO BLACK
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amASPIRING rock stars, be warned: You've now got one less place to be discovered.Brownies, the East Village club that helped launch the careers of bands like Creed, Ben Folds Five,...
HOW CBS SCORED 9/11 EXCLUSIVE WITH PREZ: 60 MINS. REPORTER LONE STAR
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amSCOTT Pelley's coup in snagging an exclusive Sept. 11 anniversary interview with President Bush was nine months in the making. So just how did the CBS News veteran and "60...
SIX GREAT REASONS TO STAY INDOORS: CHECK OUT THESE KID-FRIENDLY MUSEUMS NOW
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amAnother summer in the city - and going to the beach is getting old. Ditto trips to the mall, the park and the zoo. What's a bored kid (and his...
IT'S DOWNTOWN - AND THAT'S NO DOWNER
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amConsider the daisies. Julie Menin does - they're one of her favorite images from "A Child's Vision," a view from downtown. In October, Menin founded Wall Street Rising, a not-for-profit...
YACHT TO TROT
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amBrooklyn knows beer - and how to drink it. Ice-cold, of course, and, in these dog days of summer, it always tastes better outdoors. Hence the new outcrop of al...
SCARY-OKE: TWISTED TAKES ON THE TIME-WORN TREND
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amKaraoke? What is this - the '80s? Unless you're plotting a riotous night of boozing through the basement bars of Chinatown, what's the point, right? Hold on a minute, lovers...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amDinner Party Cheat Sheet has decided to hire Arthur Anderson to make sure that all its accounting practices are 100 percent accurate. After all, 8 million people read DPCS's 10...
A-MAIZE-ING TASTE
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amBored with the same old barbecue? If the thrill has left your grill, maybe it's time to start branching out with some new candidates. Grilling corn on the cob isn't...
BREAKING NEWS: DANCE CREW'S BIRTHDAY BASH WILL SET HEADS SPINNING
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amBreak dancing. It's a little more complicated than spins and flips in the air. This weekend, the Rock Steady Crew break-dancing troupe celebrates its 25th anniversary by showing the city...
BLOOMY CHARTER VOTE CHILLS PATAKI
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amMAYOR Bloomberg's referendum on nonpartisan elections is meeting resistance from an unlikely quarter - Gov. Pataki's office. Insiders say some of the governor's aides were distressed when the mayor announced...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amCops in Ohio nabbed a suspect they were chasing when his prosthetic leg fell off. Police in Dayton say a van being driven by Michael Ford, 41, tried to ram...
WINDOW JUMPER WHO FLED ROBBERS DIES
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amA man who tried to flee two armed robbers by leaping out a fifth-floor window died last night at St. Vincents Hospital, police said. The unidentified man suffered two broken...
B'KLYN MAN KILLS GAL PAL: COPS
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man was charged yesterday with murdering his girlfriend by shooting her four times during an argument, police said. Suzette Taylor, 24, was found dead in an abandoned building...
TRIED, TRIED & TRIED AGAIN IN COURTHOUSE HELL
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amCHUCK Schwarz has spent so much time in the Brooklyn federal courthouse he wants to put the building in the Guinness Book of World Records. He looks up at the...
COURT SLAMS TEACH-SEX JUDGE
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amAn appeals court threw cold water on the ruling of a New Jersey judge who sparked outrage by saying that sex with a female teacher was a good way to...
JUDGES GET MORE SLAPS ON WRISTS
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - Twice as many state judges were disciplined last year than in 2000, the state Commission on Judicial Conduct revealed yesterday. Twenty-six judges were disciplined during 2001, although none...
MUSLIM CLERIC JOINS POST PANEL
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amMuslim religious leader Imam Izak-El Mu'eed Pasha has joined the distinguished group of judges who will select 10 winners of The Post's Liberty Medals as standout examples of the city's...
BUSH TO HEAR PEOPLE'S SIDE OF STOX WOES
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - In a new move to reassure jittery Americans, President Bush will host an Aug. 13 "economic forum" to hear about "the human side" of corporate fraud, the White...
SABBATH MASSACRE : RABBI AND KIN IN CAR SHOT DEAD IN AMBUSH
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Palestinian gunmen waiting on both sides of a West Bank road ambushed two passing Israeli cars yesterday, killing four people and wounding two others before fleeing. Three of...
HOME FRONT TRAGEDY : 4 ELITE FT. BRAGG SOLDIERS ACCUSED IN WIFE SLAYINGS
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Four soldiers at Fort Bragg, home of the elite U.S. Special Forces Command, have been accused of murdering their wives in the last six weeks, prompting the Pentagon...
TEEN JOGGER DROPS DEAD IN QUEENS
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amA quiet Queens neighborhood was in mourning yesterday after an apparently healthy 18-year-old woman dropped dead while jogging. Lauren Wagner, who lived with her family in quiet Jamaica Estates, was...
WNYC RADIO DAZE : 'ID THEFT' JANITOR SHOCKS STAFFERS
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amShocked WNYC employees were reeling yesterday after the allegation that one of their "kind-hearted" janitors sold personal financial information about nearly 200 station donors to a statewide identity-theft ring -...
BORSCHT BELTED: STRUGGLING RUSSIAN TEA ROOM TO CLOSE
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amThe 75-year-old Russian Tea Room, where you could dine like a czar on $18 bowls of borscht and $30 beef Stroganoff, will close tomorrow night after losing a struggle to...
MAN HELD AS DELI BANDIT
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amCops yesterday arrested a suspect in at least 40 deli and shop robberies in Manhattan. Pete Torres, 42, was picked up about noon yesterday in East Harlem following a tip...
WALL ST. EXEC IN SUICIDE : FOUGHT OFF RESCUE BID BEFORE FALLING 6 STORIES
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amWall Street veteran Edwin Crooks Jr. yesterday jumped to his death from the sixth-floor window of his deluxe Rector Place apartment after struggling with someone who was trying to stop...
KIDNAP-SLAY HORROR : GUEST BUSTED IN MURDER OF GIRL SNATCHED AT BREAKFAST
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amCops yesterday found the body of a 6-year-old girl who'd been abducted hours earlier from her dad's Missouri home - and a homeless man who was the dad's houseguest was...
KING OF DEBT : SUIT: JACKO OWES $200M
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amKing of Pop Michael Jackson is a "financial time bomb waiting to explode at any moment," according to a former aide who is suing The Gloved One for $12 million...
HILL & BILL RATTLE TIN CUP FOR $3M
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amBill and Hillary Clinton have asked the government to reimburse them a whopping $3.5 million in lawyer bills they ran up during the six-year Whitewater investigation, ABC News reported yesterday....
PATAKI: SHIFT GROUND ZERO OFFICE SPACE
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amGov. Pataki yesterday said for the first time that some destroyed Ground Zero office space could be rebuilt elsewhere, as he moved to ease complaints that planners are trying to...
SCHWARZ RETRIAL LOOMS : VINEGRAD OUT OF THE PICTURE
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amCharles Schwarz's lawyers hope Brooklyn's new federal prosecutor will drop charges that the ex-cop helped sodomize Abner Louima in the 70th Precinct five years ago. The Senate has unanimously confirmed...
CRAZY ABE A FREE MAN AGAIN
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amEccentric garage magnate Abe Hirschfeld was released from prison yesterday after serving time for plotting to hire a hit man to get his usiness partner whacked. The 81-year-old loopy mogul...
MURDERED BY MOM: GIRL, 7, SLAIN IN B'KLYN STAB SPREE
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amA Brooklyn mother stabbed her 7-year-old daughter to death yesterday, then tried to kill a friend before stabbing herself several times, police sources said. Police said the tiny body of...
FEDS GIVE WAKSAL A BREATHER
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amDomestic diva Martha Stewart's pal, ImClone founder Sam Waksal, has two weeks to cut a plea deal with the feds before being indicted on insider-trading charges. Prosecutors were granted the...
TEENAGE BRONX GIRL IS MISSING
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amPolice are seeking public help in finding a Bronx teen who mysteriously disappeared two days ago. Ashley DiGirolamo, 13, was last seen on Thursday around 10 a.m. at 1016 Edison...
NILE CROW CROAKS AT WHITE HOUSE
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A dead crow found on the White House lawn was infected with the West Nile virus, D.C. health officials said yesterday. White House spokesman Scott McLellan played down...
A PITCH-IMPERFECT WIN : YANKEES OUTSLUG PESKY RAYS AS MOUND MISERY CONTINUES
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - Mona Lisa without the smile. Bill Clinton telling no lies. No beer on St. Patrick's Day. That's how different it is to watch the Yankees' pitchers get...
ROBBIE RAPS 2,500TH CAREER HIT
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amRoberto Alomar's first-inning single off Cincinnati starter Elmer Dessens gave him 2,500 career hits, making him only the seventh switch-hitter in major-league history to achieve the feat. As Alomar stood...
METS MO-CIN' ON UP! : VAUGHN DELIVERS WINNER IN NINTH
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amBy the time the ninth inning rolled around last night, Mo Vaughn had twice followed Mike Piazza walks with rally-stifling outs. Vaughn had no intention of repeating history. With the...
NETS, CHILDS NOT KIDDIN' AROUND
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amThe Nets have targeted Chris Childs as their top choice to play behind All-Star Jason Kidd - and now they've made Childs an offer. Terms of the deal are still...
FOOLS GOAL HOPES TO BREAK RIGHT
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amWith $1.85 million on the line, harness racing's elite aged trotters and pacers will be vying tonight at the Meadowlands to see who'll wear the Breeders Crown. The $1 million...
CAIRNS BACK IN ISLES' FOLD
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amThe Islanders re-signed Group II defenseman Eric Cairns to a two-year deal yesterday. Cairns had a breakout season last year under defensive coach Jacques Laperriere where he became as useful...
MOTT-BAILEY COMBO RULES 'BARUCH' AGAIN
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - For the fourth time in the last five years, the headline reads "Mott-Bailey wins Bernard Baruch Handicap at Old Spa" after Del Mar Show hung on to...
YOU WELL-PREPARED FOR TEST STAKES
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - In last summer's Adirondack Stakes, the 2-year-old fillies You and Cashier's Dream staged one of the most memorable duels ever seen at the Old Spa. Hooking up...
KUEHNE ROLLS TO BIG APPLE LEAD
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amKelli Kuehne wants to be the No.1 women's player in the world some day. Her first true step toward that goal would be to hold her lead at the Sybase...
VINNY, JETS SET TO BE SUPER
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amWinning everything isn't everything for the Jets. It is the only thing. One by one, they trickled into training camp yesterday at Hofstra, and man for man, they made it...
JINTS DISMISS FORECASTS OF DOOM
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - You're no good. Those are the three little words circulating around the Giants. Not within their own ranks, mind you, but virtually everywhere else whenever the Giants are...
DIXON DETERMINED TO OUTDUEL CARTERS FOR NO. 3 SPOT
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amALBANY - A year ago, Ron Dixon, one month removed from having his appendix removed, arrived at training camp weak and not in prime shape. It showed. This year, Dixon...
MO HAS TO SHOULDER SHELF LIFE
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - The Yankees hope a stint on the DL will take care of the muscle strain in Mariano Rivera's shoulder. "This protects him against himself," Joe Torre said...
METS: STRIKE IF NECESSARY
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amThere's a good chance the Mets will be in the wild-card race until the bitter end. There also is a good chance there will be a bitter end, if the...
GUTHRIE'S ENJOYING A CAREER SEASON
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amIt's difficult to draw attention to yourself when you're a middle reliever. Mark Guthrie found two ways to do it last night. Guthrie, who was supposed to be a left-handed...
FOR KOMIYAMA, IT'S 'SHOW' TIME AGAIN
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amWhen Satoru Komiyama was sent to Triple-A Norfolk, it was so the Japanese right-hander could stretch out his arm for the possible opportunity to start for the Mets. Komiyama was...
GRIF STILL SORE ... OVER CRITICS' BARBS, THAT IS
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amKen Griffey Jr. gets a bad rap. At least that's what he thinks. As he suffers through yet another injury-riddled season, the 32-year-old Griffey still can't believe how he has...
THE BRONX BUMMERS: MONDESI, WEAVER STUMBLING IN PINSTRIPES
July 27, 2002 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - How come those voices who howled about competitive imbalance when the Yankees acquired Raul Mondesi and Jeff Weaver are muted? Because the acquisitions couldn't be performing any...