February 3, 2000
GREENSPAN WON'T MESS WITH HIS STREAK
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amTHANK you, Alan Greenspan. Thanks so much for always keeping your promises to me, the "little" investor. I know some economists out there think you are too aggressive in your...
BBC HUNTING FOR MAGS HERE
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amBritish Broadcasting Corp. said it is going to throw its lot in with an investment arm of Veronis Suhler & Associates in a new joint venture that will be on...
FED HIKES RATES TO 5.75%: BANKS BOOST PRIME RATE; MARKETS RESPOND WITH YAWN
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amThe Fed moved, but the markets didn't. The Federal Reserve met yesterday and imposed a long-expected quarter-point increase in short-term interest rates, bringing them to 5.75 percent. It was the...
DOUBLECLICK DRAWS ANGER ONLINE
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amDoubleClick is taking a hit from the very 'Netizens it needs to reach. The Center for Democracy and Technology has launched a Web campaign against the online ad company to...
TOMMY DONS OVERHAUL; HIRES MORGAN STANLEY TO 'REVIEW OPTIONS'; STORES TO GO
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amTommy Hilfiger is finally playing to the grownup crowd. The designer, who made his reputation catering to teens, announced a series of moves yesterday aimed at Wall Street -- hiring...
TROUBLED TIMES @BERTELSMANN'S GETMUSIC.COM
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amThe Bertelsmann-Universal online music alliance is on the rocks. Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Middelhoff is reportedly unhappy with the progress of the nearly year-old Internet music venture, Getmusic, and is thinking...
TRUMP NIXES SALE OF HIS AILING CASINOS
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amDonald Trump has rebuffed a bid for his ailing Atlantic City casino business that could have paid shareholders a premium in excess of 300 percent. Sources familiar with the situation...
BRILL MEDIA CUTS RIBBON ON ITS CONTENTVILLE.COM
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amBrill Media Holdings, publishers of the media watchdog magazine Brill's Content, formally unveiled its e-commerce shopping service called Contentville.com -- and left behind a slew of unanswered questions. Rumors were...
COLE REACTION SET FOR N.Y.
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amShoe magnate Kenneth Cole is stepping out of his old soles -- and is set to open his first ever Reaction store in New York. Sources told The Post the...
SUPERMAN AS THE BAD GUY? FINALE WILL PORTRAY MAN OF STEEL AS EVIL DUDE
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amIN the past 60 years, Superman arrived on Earth, got married and was even killed at one point. The latest landmark in the Superman saga, will have the man of...
TV CAN'T SPICE UP THE DIALLO DRAMA
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amWHAT did you expect - "Perry Mason"? Day One of the televised Amadou Diallo murder trial was anything but. If you tuned in looking for fiery debates and tearful confessions,...
OSCAR WATCH
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amToday The Post offers its second article in a series of predictions for Oscar nominations, which will be announced Feb. 15. JOHN Malkovich will likely make history when the Oscar...
THE STARR REPORT
February 3, 2000 | 5:00am"And to ABC Chairman Robert Iger, who never got a dinner . . . " Well, Red Buttons, not only is Iger getting a dinner -- but he's being roasted...
'SCREAM' OF THE CROP ; '3' IS PLACE TO BE FOR ASPIRING STARS
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amSCREAM if you know what the young stars of Wes Craven's latest will be doing next summer. If history repeats, the third installment in the lucrative "Scream" franchise will be...
'PSYCHO' DRAMA ; MPAA WON'T BUDGE ON NC-17
February 3, 2000 | 5:00am'AMERICAN Psycho," facing box-office death after being slapped with an NC-17 rating, lost its appeal of the decision yesterday. The Motion Picture Association of America specifically objected to a scene...
FOR GIRLS ONLY; NEW 'MARY' MOVIE NO LAUGHING MATTER
February 3, 2000 | 5:00am"Mary & Rhoda" Monday at 8 pm on WABC/Ch.7 1/2 If you're looking forward to seeing "Mary & Rhoda" do the same thing they did 600 years ago only this...
HEART-TEST GENDER BIAS?
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amWomen who go to an emergency room with chest pain don't always get the same tests doctors give men who have the same complaints, a new study shows. Researchers at...
OFFICE MOVE DISRUPTS CITY AIDS SERVICES
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amTen AIDS caseworkers in The Bronx who were cut off from their clients for months because they had no telephones have been sent to another city office - one that...
THE PROSECUTION'S WEAK START ; N.Y.C.'S HEADING FOR NASTINESS WHEN THE DIALLO COPS WIN ACQUITTAL
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amTHE winter wind in Albany starts just north of the Arctic Circle, hangs a right at the Adirondacks and then comes whistling past the Capitol in ferocious gusts. So it...
HARLEM KIDS BREAK THE ICE IN HOCKEY
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amIf Ryan Sherman was looking for a role model in his favorite sport, he had slim pickings in the world of ice hockey. "He had never seen an African-American hockey...
DOUGLAS BARES ZETA OBSESSION ; 'ZORRO' MADE HEARTSTRINGS GO ZING
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amMichael Douglas says he became star-struck and relentlessly pursued Catherine Zeta-Jones to make her fall in love with him. Douglas, 55 -- now engaged to the 30-year-old Welsh stunner who's...
TOW BLOW FOR CHAPPAQUA GAWKERS
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amDon't even think of parking in front of Hillary Rodham Clinton's house. Officials in the Town of New Castle, frustrated that their $12 tickets haven't deterred gawkers from parking in...
ALBRIGHT'S CHECHNYA PLEA FAILS
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amSecretary of State Madeleine Albright met for three hours yesterday with Russia's acting president, Vladimir Putin, but failed to persuade him to stop the bloodletting in Chechnya. In the highest-level...
BOY SCOUTS SCUTTLE 'PINEWOOD' PIONEER
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amAs if a symbolic checkered flag were flapping in his face, the race is over for Art Hasselbach Sr. But instead of celebrating victory after the final lap, the creator...
I'M IN POST OFFICE'S DOGHOUSE, GRIPES POOCH OWNER
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amShe says it wasn't even her dog. The Queens woman whose dog allegedly bit a letter carrier two months ago, causing the Postal Service to halt mail delivery to her...
DON'T MAKE AN ENEMY OF PRO-LIFE ALLY MCCAIN
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amIF George W. Bush has any hope of stopping John McCain in South Carolina, he's got to be able to count on the state's large bloc of pro-life social conservatives....
LIFE AND LOVES OF LITTLE ELIAN'S TRAGIC MOTHER
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amElisabeth Brotons - a devoted mother who wanted only the best for her son, Elian Gonzalez - would be horrified at the unrelenting fracas that's followed her tragic death last...
GORE HAUNTED BY '76 ABORTION NEWS STORY
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amNew evidence emerged yesterday contradicting Al Gore's claims that he was "always" pro-choice -- even as the vice president tried to boost his pro-choice image by rushing to Washington for...
VATICAN HITS SPECULATION POPE'S TOO FRAIL TO LEAD
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amThe Vatican's official newspaper lashed out yesterday at speculation about the pope's health and his possible retirement. "It's time to stop talking about the pope's resignation," wrote Archbishop Agostino Marchetto...
BEARD NEWS, GOOD NEWS
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amFashion mavens are telling Geraldo Rivera to keep his chin up -- especially with that new goatee he's sporting. "Did he change his hairstyle? That's a prerequisite for growing a...
NAOMI WON'T MODEL PRISON STRIPES
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amFiery supermodel Naomi Campbell -- who admitted beating her assistant during a catfight two years ago -- walked away from court without a scratch yesterday. The 29-year-old Campbell, in a...
ANGRY STUDENTS: SETON 'ARSONISTS' SHOULD BURN
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amStudents at Seton Hall University yesterday reacted with shock and horror to reports that the fire that killed three of their classmates may have been deliberately set. "If it did...
BUSH GETS UP & GOES 'RIGHT' AT MCCAIN ; TAKES CONSERVATIVE ROAD IN S. CAROLINA AFTER HIS UPSET LOSS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amGREENVILLE, S.C. -- George W. Bush yesterday made a right turn into South Carolina, painting himself as the true conservative in the Republican race as he seeks a comeback victory...
HEVESI AXES WORKFARE DEALS
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amCity Comptroller Alan Hevesi threw a wrench in the city's welfare-to-work program yesterday -- tossing out three contracts and demanding to know why the city offered two other groups more...
WAS CIA 'EXPOSED' BY PORN SITE?
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amThe former director of the CIA kept top-secret material on a home computer that was used to access "high risk" Internet porn sites and send e-mail to a Russian scientist,...
LAWYERS' WORDS CUTTING DEEP INTO MOM'S HEART LIKE SO MANY BULLETS
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amTHE agony in the heart of Amadou Diallo's mother reached threshold level yesterday the minute an assistant district attorney began trying to convince a jury to convict four cops of...
CITY PARAMEDIC GETS THE AX IN ROW OVER PRIVATE AMBULANCES
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amFire Commissioner Tom Von Essen yesterday vowed to expand the use of private ambulance services after firing a city paramedic for allegedly diverting a patient from a hospital using such...
MEN IN BLUE SAY HILLARY'S POISONED THE WELL
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY -- Hillary Rodham Clinton tainted the Amadou Diallo jury by calling the four cops on trial murderers, a law-enforcement group charged yesterday at a protest rally. The Coalition for...
STATE SPARKS DIALLO-TRIAL STORM ; SAYS COPS FIRED AFTER HE HAD FALLEN
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY -- Prosecutors came out swinging in dramatic opening statements in the Amadou Diallo trial yesterday, claiming four NYPD cops callously fired 41 shots at the unarmed man even as...
SHE'S GOING RADIO-ACTIVE IN UPSTATE ADS
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday launched a statewide radio ad campaign, touting her proposals on education and health care, and urging listeners to call her toll-free number. Mayor Giuliani...
LEVY SEEKS $5.6B BUDGET HIKE
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amInterim Chancellor Harold Levy yesterday asked for a $5.6 billion increase in the schools budget -- including more money to recruit teachers, fix dilapidated buildings and help kids who are...
GOP CAUGHT FORGING NAMES FOR G.W.
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amIn a major embarrassment for George W. Bush and Gov. Pataki, state GOP workers have been caught forging voters' signatures to try to get Bush on their districts' primary ballots....
HILL 'FARE' GAME FOR RUDY ; FLIGHT FIGHT OVER 34G SHE'S PAID FEDS
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton paid $34,000 to the U.S. Treasury for her Senate campaign's frequent use of government-owned aircraft over the past six months, records released last night show....
DEM DREAM MIGHT SOON BECOME A NIGHTMARE
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amGREENVILLE, S.C.DEMOCRATS were rooting for Republican maverick John McCain to embarrass George W. Bush -- but then they woke up with a big new headache: What if McCain is the...
BILL EARMARKS $5M FOR 2ND AVE. SUBWAY
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amPresident Clinton is setting aside $5million in his new budget plan to help build a new Second Avenue subway. Sen. Charles Schumer said yesterday he was notified of the first...
THE MUDDER OF ALL WARS!
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amAl Gore denies his supporters called Bob Kerrey a "cripple" and splashed mud on him, prompting an angry Bill Bradley to demand an apology for the war hero. "That's not...
MOM: I OWE IT TO AMADOU'S SUPPORTERS TO BE HERE
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY -- Kadiatou Diallo wishes she was far from the cold, gray chill of Albany -- and under the comforting shade of the tree in Africa where her son's body...
DOOMED JET'S TERRIFYING DEATH DIVE
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amPORT HUENEME, Calif. -- The 88 people aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 261 spent the last seconds of their lives in a tumbling, spinning jet headed nearly straight for the Pacific...
'BRAVEST' SMOKE-EATERS MAKE 'FINEST' RESCUE
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amTwo of New York's Finest owe their lives to New York's Bravest, fire officials said today. The cops had responded last night to a report of a blaze in a...
NOBODY MISSES JAYSON MORE THAN VAN HORN
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amThe Nets miss Jayson Williams. Lots. But nobody may miss him more than forward Keith Van Horn. Van Horn has struggled with turnovers, with his shot, with his confidence. He...
DALLAS' PROBLEM CHILD MIGHT LAND WITH NETS
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amThe Nets tried to meet with troubled teen Leon Smith when they couldn't. So figure they will when they can. Officials in the league office were expecting to receive formal...
CAPT. KENNY'S 3RD CONCUSSION A MAJOR WORRY FOR ISLANDERS
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amWhile he hasn't come close to matching his All-Star season of last year, Kenny Jonsson is still the Islanders' most dependable defenseman and their unequivocal leader. But Jonsson, 25, will...
MANNY WON'T MAKE WAVES : MALHOTRA ISN'T WHINING ABOUT LACK OF ICE TIME
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amIn the 11 days between rejoining the Rangers on Jan. 8 from the World Junior Tournament and then being assigned to Hartford for a two-week AHL conditioning period on Jan....
ARNOTT HOPES DEVILS STAY COURSE
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amThe trade rumors are plenty, and most point straight at his situation. Jason Arnott, the incumbent, doesn't think a 90-point center would make the Devils a Stanley Cup favorite. "I...
HUSKIES RELY ON BIG DOGS : VOSKUHL & FREEMAN GETTING JOB DONE FOR NO. 9 UCONN
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Typically, people notice size. But it's hard for a big man to get lost at the University of Connecticut - especially if he plays basketball. The Huskies, long...
BOND ENTRY TOPS DONN DOZEN
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amA field of 12 was entered for Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park, run at a mile and an eighth on the main track. It is the...
ZEILE GETS KEITH AS TUTOR
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amFirst base, more than any position that is not filled exclusively by right-handed throwers, is played differently depending on which hand the glove is worn on. Still, the Mets are...
GROH TABS NOLAN TO DIRECT 'D'
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amAl Groh's search for his top defensive assistant ended with a familiar name and face, as Mike Nolan, who worked for the Giants as recently as 1996, was hired yesterday...
BOILING RICE ROLLS
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amRice 108 La Salle 75 Rice entered yesterday's game at La Salle looking to make a statement. Apparently, it was: Get out of the way! The Raiders had dropped two...
JAYSON ON RETURN: IT'S THIS SEASON OR BUST
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amIt's now -- as in this season -- or never, says Jayson Williams. Williams, the Nets' intangible-laden and rebound-fetching center who has been out and rehabbing since suffering a fractured...
STAB WOUNDS SHED LIGHT IN LEWIS CASE
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amThe two men Ray Lewis stands accused of stabbing to death outside an Atlanta night spot early Monday morning could have been killed with a weapon as small as a...
NETS EYE DALLAS' PROBLEM CHILD
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amIf Mavericks rookie Leon Smith clears waivers and becomes a free agent, bet on the Nets to be first in line to talk with the troubled 19-year-old forward. Officials in...
SALE OF ISLES MAY HINGE ON MEETING TODAY OVER COLISEUM
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amIn what could be a make-or-break meeting, potential Islander buyer Bob Gutkowski will sit down today with SMG representative and former U.S. senator Al D'Amato, as well as with Nassau...
MANNY WON'T MAKE WAVES
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amIn the 11 days between rejoining the Rangers on Jan. 8 from the World Junior Tournament and then being assigned to Hartford for a two-week AHL conditioning period on Jan....
JOE PLAYS IT COOL
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amAfter extending his family vacation in Hawaii an extra week, Joe Torre was here yesterday refreshed and indicating that he will continue to manage the World Champion Yankees as long...
FLEURY OF ACTIVITY GETS STEVENS GOING
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amLike many others at the Garden, the Devil captain had a little trouble with the little Ranger. All night long, it was one of the entertaining subplots of the larger...
0-FOR-17 AND COUNTING: SHARP RANGERS CAN'T END SKID VS. DEVILS
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amDevils 3 Rangers 1 So the Rangers played well for two periods at the Garden last night against the Devils. Very well, as a matter of fact, carrying the play,...
PREDATORS ADD TO WEEKES' WOES
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amPredators 6 Islanders 4 Before last night's game, Butch Goring said he wanted to get a better sense of goaltender Kevin Weekes. He sure didn't get a sense of humor....
HOME'S NOT THE CURE FOR SLIDING NETS
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amThe Nets were coming home. It was going to be different. Just wait. You'll see. You waited. You saw. You saw nothing different. The Nets last night led throughout the...
MOURING SHOOTS DOWN NOVA: WITH EL-AMIN AILING, GUARD COMES TO HISKIES' RESCUE
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA -- It took just a glance at Khalid El-Amin to see that he wasn't himself. His bruised thigh was still aching, and seconds into last night's game with Villanova,...
RUTGERS WISES UP
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amNever let it be said Rutgers football coach Terry Shea doesn't learn from his mistakes -- or the mistakes of others. After years of watching the Scarlet Knights' recruiting classes...
BLUESHIRTS BETTER BUT CAN'T BEAT ELITE
February 3, 2000 | 5:00amAT THE light at the end of the tunnel, the Devils still lurk. It has been 17 games over three seasons since the Rangers beat New Jersey and that showed...