February 1, 2000
TRUMP'S SHOPPING WEST SIDE SITE
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amDonald Trump is unloading more than gorgeous models -- now he's looking to sell a prime piece of real estate along the Hudson for some $200 million. The vacant four-square-block...
HEALTH, BIOTECH FUNDS GET SHOT IN THE ARM
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amL OOKING for the best-performing sector for 2000? Look no further than the health and biotech stocks. And if you're trying to find the best mutual fund in that sector,...
NOT YET TIMES FOR NEW HQ; W. 42ND ST.? WHERE'S THAT?
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amH ERE'S an idea for the folks at the New York Times Co., searching for a developer to put up a new headquarters on Eighth Avenue: Before bogging down in...
RATE HIKES COMING TO COOL MARKET
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amAs the U.S. economy marks its longest expansion on record today, recent stock-market jitters have got people wondering: How long is the boom going to last? The answer might just...
RETAILERS SUE SONY OVER ONLINE SALES
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amThe mushrooming war between music retailers and music companies was raised to a new level yesterday when a group of the nation's top music retailers took Sony to court. The...
AMEX TRADERS EYE $15M SUIT
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amSeat owners at the American Stock Exchange have $15 million in their sights, and they're willing to go to court to get it. The $15 million is part of the...
RAMS' WARNER SCORES POINTS WITH MARKETERS
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amWhen the final gun of Sunday's Super Bowl was fired, it signaled not only the official completion of Kurt Warner's fairy tale NFL season, but the unofficial start of the...
MARTS GET A BUNGEE JUMP-START
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amAfter shaking off a bad Super Bowl hangover, traders and investors staged a big afternoon rally and pushed all the major indices to significant gains. After the big drops of...
CHIPMAKER'S CEO TOPS IN CHIP-INS
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amSun Microsystems' stock has nearly tripled in the past year but CEO Scott McNealy didn't allow all that hard work in the boardroom to cut into his work on the...
BLASS OWNERS PICKING TOP DESIGNER
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amThe new owners of Bill Blass are set to name a head designer early this week, three months after the legendary couturier stepped down and sold his company. The owners...
CAHNERS TO LAUNCH 'NET BIZ MAG
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amCahners Business Information, the publisher of Variety, is adding more .com spice to its life. In April, the publishing company will launch E-Commerce Business, a business-to-business magazine with a controlled...
CH. 11 BARGAIN AT LOEHMANN'S ATTRACTS SUITOR
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amLoehmann's is still planning to emerge from bankruptcy on its own, but at least one bidder has tried to buy the retailer, The Post has learned. Ohio-based discounter Value City...
FEMALE PATIENTS IN A PANIC OVER STUDY:HORMONE-REPLACEMENT THERAPY FOUND TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE BREAST-CANCER RISK
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amOVER the past 24 hours, Dr. Gerson Weiss says his office has never been crazier. "Phones have been ringing off the hook with panicked patients," says Weiss, chairman of the...
JUST THE FLACKS, MA'AM: THESE TRUSTED AIDES KEEP FAMOUS NAMES LIKE MADONNA AND THE DONALD IN THE KNOW - AND OUT OF TROUBLE
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amMEET the super-sidekicks, mega-flacks and uber-assistants who make it all happen for some of Manhattan's best-known movers and shakers. They keep the poobahs out of trouble and the persistent press...
A WEAK WEEK FOR TINA
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amTWENTY FOUR SEVEN Tina ½ Virgin RecordsForever young Tina Turner, now 61, still has her legs and pipes, but she no longer has her last name -- in true diva...
THIS 'KING' A JOHNNY-COME-LATELY
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amTHEATER REVIEW WERE you to have asked me my least favorite Shakespeare play, I would probably have replied, in strictest confidence, "King John." You can imagine then that I approached...
THE STARR REPORT
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amThe First Movie FanRoger Ebert has an idea for President Clinton's post-White House employment after interviewing Clinton for this weekend's installment of "Roger Ebert & The Movies" (Sunday at midnight...
LUCY GETS THE BULLET IN 'ER'; BORED ACTRESS EXITS THE SHOW IN A COFFIN
February 1, 2000 | 5:00am'ER" medical student Lucy Knight, played by Kellie Martin, will be shot and killed by a crazed gunman in an episode airing next month. "It's pretty brutal," said one insider....
FROM DRAG TO RICHES: B'WAY IS NEXT STOP FOR FILM PHENOM PHILIP S. HOFFMAN
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amPHILIP Seymour Hoffman -- Hollywood's character actor du jour -- has one word to explain his spectacular career trajectory: "Whoops." "I'm just floating along, doing what I'm doing, and all...
MORE CELL PHONES THAN CELLULOID
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amTHE POST GOES TO SUNDANCE PARK CITY, Utah -- The strangest thing about being in Park City for the Sundance Film Festival was the emptiness of the glistening ski slopes...
IT'S HOT SUPE!; BOWL STARTED COLD BUT BOILED OVER AT THE END
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amQuestions about who would watch Super Bowl XXXIV -- a match-up of two small-city teams with no superstars--were laid to rest Sunday. The answer is -- just about everyone, as...
RATINGS DON'T MAKE GRADE WITH H'WOOD
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amPRESIDENT Clinton's proposed new universal rating system for children's television, movies, music and video games is landing like a lead balloon among some Tinseltown types. Hollywood ratings honcho and top...
BRANDO'S BID FOR COMEBACK ; MAY JOIN DE NIRO FOR 'SCORE'
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amIT'S been two decades since Marlon Brando lit up the screen, but the corpulent legend is eyeing a role that could make him a contender again. Brando's rep at Creative...
HOW SUITE IT IS ; THE NAVIGATOR PROVES THAT GOOD THINGS OFTEN COME IN SMALL PACKAGES
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amONCE you've decided to give cruising a try, you discover there is a basic choice to be made -- big ship or small ship. Smaller ships tend to be more...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amHear, ye For 20 years, people with hearing loss have enjoyed Broadway and off-Broadway productions through the Theatre Access Project, a program developed by the Theatre Development Fund. Now the...
JAY-Z ORDERED TO FACE MUSIC IN CLUB KNIFING
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amRed-hot hip hop star Jay-Z was indicted yesterday on charges he stabbed a record exec in a Manhattan nightclub - a rap his lawyers said he'll beat. The Grammy-winning Brooklyn...
ALASKA AIR JET CRASHES INTO PACIFIC
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - An Alaska Airlines jet plunged into the Pacific off the California coast yesterday after its crew reported mechanical difficulties, officials said. There were no immediate reports of...
WIN, LOSE OR DRAW, HE'S NO LONGER JOHN MCWHO
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amCONCORD, N.H. THE air ace pulled out his top gun at the end of his mission yesterday and told his troops he "could beat Al Gore like a drum." And...
GOP'S ON BALLOTING BINGE
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amCONCORD, N.H. - The next stops on the campaign trail are for Republicans only - it'll be another month before Democrats have another contest. If John McCain loses today in...
WHY AL NEEDS A KNOCKOUT ; HE CAN'T LET A FELLOW DEM KEEP ON EXPOSING HIS LIES AND ETHICAL WOES
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amAL Gore threw a very interesting series of temper tantrums in New Hampshire over the weekend -- interesting because they reveal how important it is to him and to the...
DOC DEFENDS NEEDLESS AMPUTATIONS
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amA Scottish doctor who lopped off a healthy leg apiece from two mental patients insists he did nothing wrong -- even as criticism of the surgical procedure mounted. Dr. Robert...
NOW VENTURA'S AN ART CRITIC
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amMinnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura says lusting after women is fine, cemeteries are a waste of land, and Picasso's art is terrible. The comments -- published in the March issue of...
RUSSIA USES MISSILE BANNED BY GENEVA VS. CHECHENS: U.S.
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amRussian forces are using exotic fuel-air weapons in Chechnya that suck the oxygen out of people's lungs and create huge underground fireballs, according to alarming new reports. Western defense officials...
ROOMIE: 'EVERY DAY I WAKE UP SCREAMING'
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amAbdou Ramane Diallo wakes up screaming, shaking and sweating most nights. He can't shake the nightmares, nearly a year after being roused to identify the bloody bullet-riddled body of his...
DARING DIPLO HELPED SAVE VONNEGUT
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amA gutsy German diplomat told yesterday how he braved intense flames to save Kurt Vonnegut -- pulling the famed novelist out of his burning East Side townhouse. Hans von Stackelberg...
PATRONAGE PROBER PICKED BY JUDGES
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amThe state's top judges yesterday named a stock-exchange investigator and former prosecutor to probe judicial patronage -- starting with explosive allegations of political favoritism in the Brooklyn courts. Sherrill Spatz...
TODAY'S SPECIAL: EVASIVE ANSWERS
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amTILTON, N.H. -- A woman who staked out space at a local diner so she could tell Veep Al Gore about her breast cancer and lack of insurance was less...
BRUNO: DON'T ACT LIKE 'KING' GEORGE
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY -- Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno bluntly warned Gov. Pataki yesterday that he risks his entire legislative program if he continues to act like "a dictator" or "a king."...
GOV EYES 'PRIVATE' TRAIN TO JFK
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amThe Pataki administration yesterday proposed an expanded "Train to the Plane" that would whisk passengers from Penn Station to Kennedy Airport in 25 minutes. Pataki economic development adviser Charles Gargano...
HELEN GURLEY BROWN SHOCKER:MY DAYS AS A H'WOOD SEX-RETARY
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amLet's just get one thing clear: ex-Cosmo editor Helen Gurley Brown is not advocating adultery. It's sometimes hard to tell. The girl -- that's her term, not ours -- who...
GUN REPORT THREATENS ULSTER RULE
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amNorthern Ireland's peace process faced a new crisis today with the release of an independent report expected to say the IRA hasn't turned in a single gun so far. Protestant...
WHY DIDN'T DOCS REVEAL 'ZORRO'S' SURGERY ANTICS?
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amHOW did Dr. Allan Zarkin -- the fiend dubbed "Dr. Zorro" -- continue to practice medicine months after he carved his initials into the abdomen of a female patient? It...
TRAGIC TEENS DIED 'SUBWAY SURFING'
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amTwo teens whose bodies were found in a Bensonhurst subway station over the weekend died while "train surfing" -- riding on top of a subway car as it speeds through...
GRANITE'S TOO HARD TO CALL: N.H. POLLS IN PREZ RACES ARE MUDDLED
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amCONCORD, N.H. - On the eve of today's key New Hampshire primary, polls were all over the map and analysts couldn't even agree whether the Democratic or Republican presidential race...
2 BLACKS, INCLUDING FOREWOMAN, AMONG THE DAY ONE JURORS
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY -- The first five jurors for the Amadou Diallo police murder trial were chosen in brisk-paced selection proceedings yesterday -- including a black forewoman and a second black woman....
B'KLYN KIDS SEE TEACHER HAULED AWAY IN CUFFS
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amA Brooklyn teacher was led away in handcuffs in front of her students yesterday after she berated a cop for giving her a parking ticket and sped off when he...
BLACK HISTORY MONTH HAS HISTORY OF ITS OWN
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amThe prominence of Black History Month in recent years makes it easy to think its observation was the product of the civil-rights era of the 1960s -- but African-American culture...
DIALLO-TRIAL RACE FUROR: ATTORNEYS BOOT BLACK, WHITE JURORS
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY -- Angry accusations of bigotry erupted on Day One of the Amadou Diallo police murder trial yesterday -- with each side accusing the other of trying to racially stack...
BLEAK NEWS FOR CITY'S HS SENIORS
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amMore than half the members of the Class of 2000 in city high schools have not yet taken the newly required English Regents exam because of poor performance and will...
ISRAEL TELLS SYRIA: END TERROR, OR NO PEACE
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amMOSCOW -- Israel warned Syria yesterday that their recently revived peace talks might be dead unless Damascus restrains Hezbollah guerrillas, who killed three Israeli soldiers earlier in the day. The...
GRANITE'S TOO HARD TO CALL ; N.H. POLLS IN PREZ RACES ARE MUDDLED
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amCONCORD, N.H. -- On the eve of today's key New Hampshire primary, polls were all over the map and analysts couldn't agree even on whether the Democratic or Republican presidential...
'SAVAGE' FLU-BUGGER COULD FACE CHARGES ; 'SAVAGE' FLU-BUGGER COULD FACE CHARGES
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amSEX columnist Dan Savage may have thought his icky germ-warfare attack on Gary Bauer's Iowa campaign was a terrific prank -- but the joke may be on him. Loras Schulte,...
NFL STAR BUSTED IN ATLANTA DOUBLE SLAY
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amStar football player Ray Lewis was arrested and charged with murder yesterday in a double slaying outside an Atlanta nightclub after the Super Bowl, police said. Lewis, 24, a linebacker...
HILLARY HIRES RUDY-RIBBERS
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday hired a small SoHo-based advertising agency with no political experience -- although it once needled Mayor Giuliani -- to play a key role in...
JETLINER PLUNGES INTO PACIFIC NEAR L.A. ; LITTLE HOPE IS HELD FOR 88 ABOARD
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amA crippled Alaska Airlines jet nose-dived into the Pacific near Los Angeles with 88 people aboard yesterday as the pilot desperately tried to reach an airport to make an emergency...
RESCUERS FIND ONLY CORPSES AND DEBRIS
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amAs darkness closed over the Pacific, a fleet of Coast Guard vessels, cargo ships and small fishing boats kept up the search for survivors of Flight 261 -- but found...
CARRIER PROBED OVER SAFETY RULES
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amYesterday's jetliner crash off the California coast was a rare event for both Alaska Airlines and the and the MD-83 jet itself, both of which have been involved in few...
NEW RANGER LINE IS A TRIO GRAND
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amNine games ago, a line was born. Alexandre Daigle in the middle, Valeri Kamensky on the left, John MacLean on the right. Tally since then? For MacLean, eight goals and...
HOOLIGANISM CAN STILL REAR ITS UGLY HEAD
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amLONDON -- Bullies, thugs, hooligans -- whatever you call them, they continue to use soccer matches to publicize their sinister interests. These days the problem is far more isolated than...
TITANS VOW THEY'LL BE BACK FOR MORE
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amATLANTA -- If there was a recurring theme in the Titans' postgame locker room after their wire-to-wire thriller of a loss to the Rams in Super Bowl XXXIV -- aside...
VICTORY HELPS VERMEIL ERASE OLD NIGHTMARE
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amATLANTA -- He came back, ultimately, because he felt unsettled about the way he left. "I did not like the way I finished my career in 1982," Dick Vermeil said....
FTOREK BENCHED 1 GAME
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amOne good bench toss deserves another tossing, NHL VP Colin Campbell figures. Campbell yesterday suspended Devil coach Robbie Ftorek for tomorrow night's game against the Rangers at the Garden for...
GIANTS, GANG GREEN NEED NOT BOTHER ABOUT MAKING SUPER RESERVATIONS
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amATLANTA -- Super Bowlers bid good riddance to Buffalo-South yesterday; actually, that's too much of a cheap shot -- at Buffalo. While standing in the early morning cold at the...
RAMS MUST LEARN FROM GANG GREEN & KEEP TRENT
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amATLANTA -- Once the Rams brush the confetti from their hair, throw out the last of their empty champagne bottles and shake the hangover from a well-deserved celebration, the leaders...
DORSETT BLASTS SUPER EJECTION
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amATLANTA -- Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett said yesterday there may have been racial overtones involved in his being ordered from the sidelines midway through the second quarter...
AIR HEARD ENOUGH AFTER PLAYER POLL
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amWELL, already we know one thing for sure about Michael Jordan's approach to his new vocation: Having ordered the firing of coach Gar Heard (immediately following a victory, no less...
BASEBALL BANS THE BOOB: FOUL-MOUTHED ROCKER DRAWS MONTH SUSPENSION, 20G FINE
February 1, 2000 | 5:00am"The terrible example set by Mr. Rocker is not what our great game is about."BUD SELIG He's outta here! Major League Baseball knocked John Rocker out of the park with...
LET 'PUNK' GET BEANED, NOT JUST BRUSHED BACK
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amHOLD on just one second and I'll be right with you. First, I must finish consulting my political-correctness dictionary to see how I should proceed with my fingers on the...
SCRIPT STAYS THE SAME ; STORM COLLAPSE AGAIN DOWN THE STRETCH
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amSyracuse 63 St. John's 57 SYRACUSE -- St. John's coach Mike Jarvis wants to believe that these losses are learning experiences. He wants to believe that after enough of these...
ORANGEMEN PERFECT DOWN STRETCH
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amSYRACUSE -- Still perfect. Syracuse remained the nation's only unbeaten team by doing what so many other less-experienced teams are capable of doing: Maintaining its poise down the stretch and...
IT'S A RANGER TALENT SHOW ; DVORAK'S TRICK POPS PREDATORS
February 1, 2000 | 5:00amRangers5Predators1 Marc Savard and Todd Harvey for Jan Hlavac, Radek Dvorak and Jamie Lundmark. Not bad work, Neil Smith; not bad work, at all. When you talk about the Rangers...