March 22, 2000
ICAHN UNLIKELY TO GO ALL-OUT FOR NABISCO
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amCALL him Carl Icahn't.Carl Icahn is getting a lot of attention in M&A circles these days because of his latest threat against Nabisco Holdings. He proposed a slate of directors...
HIGH-TECH TRADING FLOOR UNVEILED
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amBaruch College is about to unveil one of the most technologically sophisticated Wall Street trading floors in the world -- which it will use to train the next generation of...
CAVUTO SIGNS NEW 4-YEAR FOX CONTRACT
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amFox News has given Neil Cavuto a multimillion dollar contract to stay on as vice president and managing editor of business for four more years. Cavuto anchors "Your World with...
HIGH-FLYING .COMS FALL WITHOUT A 'NET - MANY NOW TRADING BELOW IPO PRICES
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amThe .coms are turning into .bombs. The high-flying Internet stocks, so recently the big favorites of investors, are crashing and burning faster than you can say "IPO." Many of the...
GOLDEN BOOKS DUMPS DISNEY DEAL
March 22, 2000 | 5:00am"Pat the Bunny" is giving the boot to Mickey Mouse. Golden Books Family Entertainment says it has called off its long-time deal with the Walt Disney Company. "In our negotiations...
WALL ST. RELIEVED - DOW, NASDAQ SOAR AFTER FED RATE HIKE
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amNo surprises from Alan Greenspan spelled relief for the markets yesterday, with investors and traders staging a huge afternoon rally. The Federal Reserve Board's Open Market Committee raised the key...
AS INSIDERS GET OUT, PUBLIC GETS BURNED
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amAs Internet firms struggle and fail in increasing numbers, the little guy will most likely be the one taking it on the chin -- as usual. Internet companies are in...
TIME BETTING SIREN WILL CHARM WOMEN
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amTIME Inc. has heard the siren call of women's magazines. Unlike the mythological beauties who summoned sailors to doom on rocky shores, Time Inc. is hoping its magazine project eventually...
ACCOUNTING CHANGE MEANS MORE WOE
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amInvestors are scrambling to figure out which high-flying Internet stock is going to crash next because of leaky accounting. The two-day collapse of the one-time $333 stock of software darling...
PAY FOR TOP TECHIES LOST IN STREET MELEE
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amKiss those $1 billion-annual-pay packages good-bye. The roller-coaster ride socking many Internet stocks is taking a big bite out of the stunning compensation deals for many of the new economy's...
WITH SOME RUE DISHES YOU CAN END UP LUCKY
March 22, 2000 | 5:00am'EXCUSE me," the fellow at the next table boomed through the din at one of Rue 57's wandering waiters. "We've been waiting a half-hour for you." The waiter apologized and...
'ROMEO' GETS ACTION
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amALMOST as cool as you'd hope from its trailer, "Romeo Must Die" is a hip, slick fusion of Asian and Hollywood action genres. It boasts spectacular acrobatic fight scenes equaling...
WINNING TROUPE AT VICTORY
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amCALL it a fashion, call it a fad, call it a trend or just put it down as a crazy coincidence, but New York seems to be enjoying more Irish...
CALM TOM: 'I'LL BEAT CANCER!'
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amGUTSY MTV comic Tom Green has vowed not to let testicular cancer get him down -- and says he'll keep on laughing no matter how bad things get. "Hopefully, we...
OH WAITER, LET'S MAKE LOVE; 'THEN CAME YOU' SERVES UP TOY BOY ON A PLATTER
March 22, 2000 | 5:00am"Then Came You" Tonight at 8:30 on WABC/Ch.7 AN impossibly gorgeous, incredibly successful 33-year-old book editor who looks like she fell off "Friends" leaves her boring husband, moves into a...
CRACKER CRISP & WORTH ITS SALT
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amONE song into Monday night's concert, Cracker launched "Seven Days," the band's spitting, in-your-face explanation as to why rock music is slagged by critics but still loved by the fans....
NO WAY, 'DADDIO'; KITCHEN SINK COMEDY GOES STRAIGHT DOWN THE DRAIN
March 22, 2000 | 5:00am"Daddio" Tomorrow night at 8:30 on WNBC/Ch.4 THE network assembly-line that churns out bland, lookalike sitcoms about families is at it again. This time, the finished product is called "Daddio,"...
THE STARR REPORT
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amHis American cousin Chris Tarrant, who hosts the original British version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" (still no question mark) says he would like to sub for Regis...
WHAT'S THAT THONG TOE-ING THE LINE?
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amBRAZIL, the birthplace of the thong, has now given birth to the "toe thong." The new pantyhose without toes -- meant to be worn with trendy sandals without embarrassing foot...
COMMENTATOR LT 'SORRY' ABOUT LOW BLOW IN PAY-PER-VIEW BOUT
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amGRIDIRON great Lawrence Taylor is in hot water for saying two boxers acted like they were "queer" while he analyzed a nationally televised fight. During the fight's final round --...
PASTIS PASSERS PREFER TO SWINE AND DINE AT SOUTHERN NEIGHBOR HOGPIT
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amPASTIS is already having an effect on the local Meat-Packing District economy, judging by the growing crowds at Hogpit across the street. Overflow from the trendy brasserie has attracted hungry...
WILL ROBIN FLIP 'EM THE BIRD? - HE'LL SING NAUGHTY 'SOUTH PARK' SONG AT OSCARS
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amTALK about mixing dynamite with nitrogylcerin -- Robin Williams has been tapped to sing the profanity-laced, Oscar-nominated song from the "South Park" movie at Sunday's Academy Awards show. And TV...
OSCAR'S DOWN 'N' DIRTY PAST
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amTHE Academy Awards show has a history of getting into censorship scrapes.In 1970, network bigwigs got nervous when an X-rated film got nominated for Best Picture, and they insisted that...
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! PROS' HINTS FOR THROWING YOUR OWN OSCAR BASH
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amONCE those coveted statuettes have all been handed out at the Academy Awards Sunday night, it's time for the partying to begin. The winners, nominees, presenters and performers head to...
POPCORN PICKS & PANS
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amOSCARS make us think of movies, and movies get us thinking about popcorn. But we discovered such a glut of microwave popcorn brands at the supermarket that just trying to...
O, LITTLE-BIT-CRAZY TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amBETHLEHEM.ON THE banner side of Manger Square, throngs of pilgrims scurry past the row of cafes without stopping. "How's business?" I ask a shawarma seller. "No good. Tourists, look at...
HYPOCRITE MAYOR'S IN BIG RUSH TO SKEW FACTS
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amTHE first day after the NYPD killed yet another unarmed black man, Mayor Giuliani said let's wait for the facts to come out, let's not rush to any hasty judgments....
DEMONIZING THE VICTIM IS NOT 'FAIRNESS FOR COPS'
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amWHAT does it mean when Mayor Giuliani and Police Commissioner Howard Safir say that police officers involved in an incident involving deadly force -- like the Amadou Diallo and Patrick...
GOV DEFENDS 'SECRET' 90G SUBSIDY FOR SUNY BOSS
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY -- Gov. Pataki yesterday criticized SUNY leaders for keeping secret the fact that the system's new chancellor is getting a $90,000 housing allowance -- but the governor defended the...
TRANSPLANT SAVES LIFE OF GIRL, 2
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amA 2-year-old Filipino girl whose poverty-stricken parents sold all of their possessions to come to New York in hopes of getting her medical treatment has received a lifesaving liver transplant...
ELIAN'S A CAPTIVE OF THE CHILD-CUSTODY 'INDUSTRY'
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amA NUMBING four months have passed since little Elian Gonzalez was found clinging to debris off the coast of Miami. The child is still adrift, trapped in an indifferent sea...
CITY GETTING BUCKS TO BATTLE BEETLES AND VIRUS SKEETERS
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amNew York is being invaded. That was the message of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman, who joined Democratic Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Joseph Crowley yesterday to announce that $375,000...
CHANCELLOR WILL INHERIT TERM-INAL CASE
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amTerm limits could wipe out the leadership of the Board of Education soon after it hires a permanent chancellor -- a prospect that could scare away top candidates. Six of...
CHINA VOWS 'FIGHT TO THE END' IF U.S. INTERFERES IN TAIWAN
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amBeijing bluntly warned the Clinton administration yesterday to stay out of its dispute with Taiwan -- saying China is prepared to "fight to the end" against U.S. military intervention. Chinese...
N.J. PROTEST PUTS REV. AL IN HOOSEGOW
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amThe Rev. Al Sharpton today surrenders to start a 10-day stay in a New Jersey jail, and it looks as if he might be doing hard time. He'll be held...
NO TEETH IN LAW AGAINST DISCLOSING JUVIE RECORD
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amSealing a juvenile's record prevents a prospective employer from learning about the youth's infractions -- but doesn't guarantee the information won't ever become public. Mayor Giuliani and Police Commissioner Howard...
WOMB WOES FOR 'DYNO GYNO' - PATIENT SUES OVER ANNUAL SURGERIES
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amDr. Niels Lauersen, the celebrity gynecologist dubbed the "Dyno Gyno," has been hit with a new legal salvo -- a suit claiming he scarred a patient for life by destroying...
YOU CAN'T CALL THIS HAACKE'S WORK 'ART'
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amWHAT'S a better source of artistic inspiration: a crumpled bedsheet or Mayor Giuliani? We finally have our answer, now that the Whitney Museum has unveiled its new Biennial exhibition, which...
NEW HOLY-STATUE OUTRAGE IN B'KLYN
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amCopycat vandals were being blamed yesterday for dumping a statue of Christ with missing hands into the garden of an Episcopal church in Brooklyn. Cops think the desecration, which was...
KING, CHAMP SLUG IT OUT IN COURT
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amShock-haired boxing promoter Don King went toe-to-toe with lawyers for Lennox Lewis yesterday over whether the heavyweight champ should be stripped of one of his belts for backing out of...
THE SKINNY ON 'SICKLY' MISS AMERICAS
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amThere's been a lot less of Miss America to love in recent years. Nutrition experts warned yesterday the beauty queens have gotten so skinny, they've dipped into the undernourished range....
TA'S UNDER GUN TO SWITCH BUSES TO NATURAL GAS
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amTransportation advocates have stepped up their call for converting the city's fleet of buses to compressed natural gas as the price of diesel fuel soars. The rising cost of diesel...
MAC: AL NOT 'CREDIBLE' ON FINANCE REFORM
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amJohn McCain -- basking in his new celebrity status after a losing 2000 campaign -- ripped into Democrat Al Gore yesterday and got a hero's welcome back at the Senate....
'N SYNC'S VIRGIN VISIT - TEEN FANS IN FRENZY AT TIMES SQ. STORE
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amThey came. They camped. And 450 of them -- teenyboppers 'n love with 'N Sync -- last night met the boy band of the moment and got autographs on the...
HIGH COURT BURNS BILL FOR CALLING CIGS DRUGS
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amThe Supreme Court yesterday handed big tobacco a win and big government a loss. The court ruled 5-4 that President Clinton overreached his legal bounds by letting the Food and...
RUDY: LET'S GIVE TEACHERS MERIT BONUSES UP TO 4G
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday unveiled a four-tier merit-pay program for summer school that would reward teachers with bonuses up to $4,000 based on student performance. Teachers whose students perform poorly would...
RUDY: WE WANTED TO PREVENT RIOTS - DEFENDS RELEASE OF COP VICTIM'S JUVENILE RECORD
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amCity Hall yesterday defended the release of Patrick Dorismond's sealed juvenile record, saying it was trying to prevent riots over the police shooting. Mayor Giuliani -- facing a probe by...
MCVEIGH'S TELL-ALL TO DETAIL ROLE IN BOMBING
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amConvicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh is ready to tell his story. Twenty-eight publishers are looking over a 40-page proposal for a McVeigh biography by two journalists who interviewed the...
ORANGE PLAN DUBLIN MARCH
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amHundreds of Protestants are planning to parade through Dublin this May for the first time in 60 years -- a move foes compared to having "the Ku Klux Klan march...
TERROR THREAT KO'D BILL'S VISIT
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amPresident Clinton scrubbed a planned visit to a tiny village in Bangladesh because of a "terrorist" threat possibly linked to Osama bin Laden, U.S. officials said yesterday. "There were specific...
SENATE FOES FEUD OVER DORISMOND
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amThe deepening controversy over the police shooting of Patrick Dorismond dominated the Senate race yesterday, as Mayor Giuliani and Hillary Rodham Clinton traded fresh insults on the campaign trail. The...
ART-TUSKS PACH 'EM IN AT AUCTION
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amBabar's brushwork wasn't exactly going for peanuts at Christie's last night. Several paintings by a select pack of pachyderm Picassos drew bids as high as $2,100 at a benefit at...
WRONGLY-FREED RAPIST NABBED
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amA rapist who officials say was mistakenly freed from prison was locked up by New Jersey cops last night. Raymond Alves, 57, was arrested at 7:40 p.m. as he stepped...
GUN BILL AIMS TO RETURN NRA FIRE
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy -- taking aim at NRA criticism of federal gun legislation -- yesterday introduced a bill designed to strengthen enforcement. The bill,...
'NAZI DOC' TRIAL SUSPENDED
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amThe Austrian murder trial of a Nazi doctor called "The Scythe" was suspended indefinitely yesterday after a psychiatrist testified the aging defendant was suffering from dementia. Dr. Heinrich Gross, 84,...
TAXI POOCH IS HOME FURRY
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amPookie's Big Adventure came to a happy end yesterday after the pooch who ran away from home and caught a cab ride to a police station was finally reunited with...
IMPREGNABLE SECURITY FOR MATERIAL MOM
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amMadonna and her boyfriend, Guy Ritchie - basking in the pop goddess' pregnancy - have quietly beefed up security around their posh London townhouse, The Post has learned. The lovebirds...
ACTION IS HEATING UP FOR FLOUNDER POUNDERS
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amTHE winter flounder season is underway in the marine waters around New York and New Jersey, and with anglers eager to brush aside the winter blahs, the first "reel" sign...
HOW TO BAG 500G PICK 6 POT
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amLast Sunday was a chalky afternoon at the Big A, with favorites winning six of the 10 races, but there was a couple major upsets in the pick 6 sequence....
THIS TIME MORALES WANTS NO DOUBTERS
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amErik "El Terrible" Morales doesn't like to leave things unfinished. In his last fight on Feb. 12 against Marco Antonio Barrera for the WBO super bantamweight championship, Morales feels he...
TIME TO THROW THE ; BUMS OUT! ; FIRE INCOMPETENT POLITICAL HACKS WHO RUN NYSAC
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amIn this, the final installment in The Post's investigative series on the New York State Athletic Commission, veteran columnists Jack Newfield and Wallace Matthews offer their solutions to the problems...
TINO'S BIZARRE DILEMMA
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amTAMPA -- This is how perverse the state of baseball economics has become as we head into the first season of the 21st century. Tino Martinez can have himself a...
TIME TO THROW THE BUMS OUT! RUN IT LIKE THEY DO IN NEVADA
March 22, 2000 | 5:00am"I'm here to help you," said Scott Trent, the designated spokesman for the New York State Athletic Commission. That was two weeks ago -- the last time any member of...
ROBESON'S SHERROD RUTGERS BOUND
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amThe Big East added little more New York City flavor yesterday. Mike Sherrod, a 6-2 guard from Robeson, verbally committed to Rutgers. Sherrod, a good scorer who showed that he...
OREL WARMING UP -- FOR DAVEY'S JOB
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amVERO BEACH -- This is how rumors gain steam: Tommy Lasorda, vice president of the Dodgers, had as guests yesterday at the swanky Dodgertown dining room Bobby and Mary Valentine,...
PODS' RIVERA MUST 'BUST' OUT
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amPEORIA, Ariz. -- Ruben Rivera was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. A power hitting stud, who swallowed up real estate and baseballs in long, graceful strides in center...
GROH TO KEYSHAWN: NO DICE AND NO DEAL
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amCall it a chess match or a spitting contest, because it's both. In the case of Keyshawn Johnson versus the New York Jets, this looks as if it's going to...
GIRARDI: EDMONDS WOULD FIT YANKEES
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amPEORIA, Ariz. -- No one had a better feel for the pulse of the Yankees or its pitching staff than Joe Girardi. The catcher knows what winning and winners are...
COLISEUM MANAGERS FIGHT BACK AT MEETING
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amPresenting their side of the controversial Coliseum lease issue, as well as plans they have for the Coliseum's 70-acre site, SMG chief negotiator Al D'Amato and SMG president Wes Westley...
JAYSON VOWS: I'LL BE BACK BY THIS SUMMER
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amTORONTO -- He is depressed over the whole incident, Jayson Williams is, but he also claims he is embarrassed. "I mean, tripping over a rookie's foot?" said an incredulous Williams,...
JARVIS: BARKLEY NEEDS NO AGENT
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amErick Barkley, still mulling his decision to leave St. John's, had meetings yesterday with coach Mike Jarvis and former teammate Ron Artest, who's in town with the Bulls for tonight's...
DISMAL LOSS HAS DEVILS SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amHurricanes 5 Devils 0 The crash has resumed, and the Devils are now practicing for something they already have down pat -- an early playoff exit. After going 110 games...
NHL HITS SCOTT WITH 10 GAMES
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amThe bar was raised by Marty McSorley, the boom lowered on Scott Niedermayer. "I don't have a problem with that. The stiffer the penalty the better. This stuff has to...
MINOR-BOUND BENNY ASKING FOR TRADE
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amDodgers 5 Mets 2 VERO BEACH -- A disappointed Benny Agbayani said last night that he wants to be traded because the Mets want him to start the season at...
HOT NETS COOL OFF RAPTORS
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amNets 100 Raptors 93 TORONTO -- Kendall Gill admits he has no fear when it comes to the Raptors' Vince Carter. Not coming back to the Nets next season, that's...
PENS POUND HAPLESS ISLES
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amInstead of condemning the Coliseum's lease, Nassau County might be better served kicking out the Islanders after last night's laughable performance. By allowing six second-period goals in a span of...
COACH BRISTLES AT TRADE-VINCE TALK
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amTORONTO -- The suggestion put forth by some is that the NBA would be far better served if Vince Carter, the latest darling of the marketing and ratings set, were...
BAD LUCK HURTS PULSE'S BID TO BE FIFTH STARTER
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amMET NOTES VERO BEACH -- Needing an excellent start to unseat front-runner Glendon Rusch for the No. 5 spot in the rotation, Bill Pulsipher was "mediocre" and unlucky last night...
KNICKS PASS ON CHANCE TO ADD STARKS
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS -- Because John Starks won't be eligible for the playoffs, the Knicks have absolutely no interest in claiming or signing their former shooting guard, a league source told The...
BLUESHIRTS ABYSMAL AS USUAL
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amPanthers 4 Rangers 3 It is by coincidence only that Dave Checketts will address the Rangers this afternoon at Rye before the team goes onto the ice to practice. The...
KAMENSKY WAKE-UP CALL'S A LITTLE LATE
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amTHE Rangers waited on the platform almost 70 games for the express from Voskorensk. They had been desperate to hop on board, but Valeri Kamensky kept flying through the station,...
BOSS DIALS 9-1-1 ; CALLS MEETING AFTER YARNALL GETS SHELLED
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amBlue Jays 8 Yankees 3 TAMPA -- Homer Bush's two-run double off Ed Yarnall in the seventh inning hadn't yet collided with the left-field wall before George Steinbrenner was reaching...
PODS' CATCHER EYED AS POSADA'S BACKUP
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amTAMPA -- The Yankees aren't convinced Tom Pagnozzi or Chris Turner have what it takes to be Jorge Posada's backup and may have questions whether Posada has what it takes...
CAMBY'S BAD KNEE NOT FEELING SO SWELL
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS -- Not again. Marcus Camby said he hurt his knee late in the fourth quarter last night and spent too much time in the trainer's room of the visitor's...
GIVE-AWAY NIGHT: KNICKS LOSE 10-POINT LEAD, FALL TO PACERS
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS -- Now the Knicks know how the Pacers have lost just three games at home this season. Yes, the officiating was brutal against the road team in the fourth...
CALL HIM DUDLEY DO-NOTHING
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS - If there ever were a time to dust off Chris Dudley, it was Sunday vs. the Lakers when Shaquille O'Neal was having his way with anyone in a...
FORGET ABOUT STARKS: KNICKS IN NO HURRY TO BRING HIM BACK
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Because John Starks won't be eligible for the playoffs, the Knicks have no interest in claiming or signing their former shooting guard, a league source told The Post...
YARNALL'S COOKED : FIFTH SPOT ALL BUT GONE AFTER FIASCO
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amBlue Jays 8 Yankees 3 TAMPA - Ed Yarnall - ordained as the No. 5 starter when the Yankees exported Hideki Irabu to Montreal - likely pitched himself off the...
D-DAY FOR YARNALL: YANK ROOK'S JOB ON LINE
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amTAMPA - When Ed Yarnall relieved David Cone last night against the Blue Jays at Legends Field, the rookie lefty likely was pitching for his big-league spot. Ordained as the...
PAYTON'S ELATED - BUT FEELS AGBAYANI'S PAIN
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amMET NOTES VERO BEACH - Yes, Jay Payton is happy he's going to make the Mets' Opening Day roster, but he also is disappointed for Benny Agbayani. "He is my...
BATTLER WITH BARBECUED RIBS: AILING NEDVED RETURNS FOR FINAL PLAYOFF PUSH
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amRemember when Petr Nedved had this reputation of being soft, a player who wouldn't compete? Well, if it ever was warranted - and that's open to question - those who...
NHL TO CUT DOWN ON 'SLASH' GESTURE
March 22, 2000 | 5:00amAfter the fact, the NHL has clamped down on throat-slash gestures such as Peter Worrell made to the Devils bench. NHL VP Colin Campbell held a telephone hearing with Worrell...