April 3, 2000
EMPIRE UP FOR SALE: LATE TYCOON'S REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO IS IN PLAY
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amIn what's certain to be the biggest real estate sale in Manhattan's recent history, the extensive real estate portfolio of the late William Gottlieb is on the block, The Post...
MICROSOFT BREAK-UP ISSUE BACK ON TABLE
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amThe Justice Department and Microsoft Corp. were on a legal collision course last night in the wake of the breakdown of settlement talks in the landmark antitrust case over the...
FED ACTION UNLIKELY TO PRICK THIS BUBBLE
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amNEW quarter, same old problems for the stock market. In December, I said that the stock market would rally for the month but then face a difficult quarter because the...
BARNEYS SCOUTING LOCATIONS FOR CO-OP
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amAllen Questrom is taking Barneys' Co-op act on the road. The chief executive of the white-hot Madison Avenue store has real estate agents searching Miami's South Beach for a free-standing...
IT'S IN THE BAG
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amTHERE'S good news on the handbag front for those suffering strain from schlepping oversized bags around. This spring's best totes are teensy but fancy affairs. Sequins, ribbons, embroidery, faux snakeskin...
'EXTRA' SPECIAL TREAT FOR ME
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amEXTRA! Extra! ... No, we're not talking about a special edition of The Post, but my debut as an "extra" -- a background actress -- in a TV drama pilot....
WATCH YOUR BACK! FASHION CAN BE A REAL PAIN
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amWARNING: Your accessories may be harmful to your health.That's what orthopedic doctors are telling female patients who come in complaining of strained backs and aching knees. Back pain can result...
ART BELLHANGINGUP MIKE
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amART Bell, talk radio's king of the bizarre and paranormal, announced his retirement last night on his hugely popular radio program in an emotional and candid speech to his listeners....
ONSTAGE CRASH A SHOW-STOPPER ; 'BIRD' GROUNDED FOR NIGHT
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amAn elaborately costumed actor in the new Broadway play "Green Bird" collided with a piece of scenery during a dimly lit scene change yesterday, abruptly halting the show and stunning...
KISS THAT BABY GOODBYE; RICK AND DARVA'S BUST-UP KOS INTERNET-BASED SHOW
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amA PROPOSED syndicated TV wedding show has likely bitten the dust, thanks to "Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire." The show -- titled "Wed At First Sight" -- drew crowds...
RIGHT-WING ACTIVISTS LAUNCH PATAKI ATTACK
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amA PROMINENT statewide conservative activist group is urging New York's Republican Party leadership to tell Gov. Pataki: "Stop acting like a Democrat." Change-NY -- a GOP-oriented anti-tax organization that counts...
NAOMI'S MOM FRETS OVER COVER GIRL'S 'VIOLENT' MYSTERY VIRUS
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amSupermodel Naomi Campbell has been battling a "violent" illness for two years -- and top doctors are stumped by the mystery bug, her mother revealed yesterday. The condition, which probably...
FED-UP GRANDMA: 'TAKE HIM BY FORCE'
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amCARDENAS, Cuba. MARIELA QUINTANA stared into the TV as commentators discussed the prolonged saga of her grandson Elian Gonzalez. "The U.S. should just bring him back," she said with all...
HE'S KEEPING QUEENS BLIMP DREAM AFLOAT
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amTHIS is not as silly as it sounds. There's a guy in Queens who wants to transform the long-abandoned Flushing Airport into the world's first blimp port, complete with the...
SLAIN YOUTH'S DAD HAS MESSAGE FOR TEENS
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amThe father of a young ex-con shot dead by undercover drug cops in Brooklyn had a message for other teenagers after identifying his son's body at the morgue yesterday. "They...
BRITS SET TO END HUMAN-CLONE BAN
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amThe British government is set to lift its ban on cloning of human embryos for research -- a move that could ignite a fresh round of global debate, it's reported...
'BOYS DON'T CRY' WINS HONOR FROM GAY-RIGHTS ASSOCIATION
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amThe gender-bender flick "Boys Don't Cry" was honored by stars of all stripes last night at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation award ceremony. Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank --...
ALLEN: I'D JOIN MIA AND SOON-YI
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amIf Mia Farrow and estranged daughter Soon-Yi Previn want to reconcile, the man who came between them, filmmaker Woody Allen, won't stand in their way. In fact, he might even...
HOW COULD WE HAND A SMALL BOY TO FIDEL?
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amIF Janet Reno and Bill Clinton sincerely believe that whisking Elian Gonzalez back to Cuba will end up with the boy living under his father's roof, they have the collective...
FEDS: DAD STOLE DAUGHTER BACK FROM 'NET BEAU
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amQueens father is in prison on federal kidnapping charges after the FBI said he brutally dragged his teenage daughter from the Texas home of a man she met over the...
LATEST FUMBLE BY RENO MEANS NO HAPPY ENDINGS
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amWhen a politically agile guy like President Clinton starts worrying aloud about the danger of a "train wreck" over Elian Gonzalez, it's clear the White House knows trouble looms ahead....
RICK: RUDY'S A WRECK -- AND I'M READY TO RUN
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amLong Island Rep. Rick Lazio yesterday said state Republicans are "potentially blowing" the Senate race by running Mayor Giuliani against Hillary Rodham Clinton. But not to worry -- Lazio said...
KIDNEY VICTIM WINS HIS FIGHT FOR TRANSPLANT
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amA former Broadway conductor who battled New York bureaucrats -- and then his Nevada HMO -- will finally get a lifesaving kidney transplant from his jail-inmate stepson. Charles Coleman, 66,...
ILL WIND FOR SOSA CHARITY
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amThe charity founded by Cub slugger Sammy Sosa to assist Dominican hurricane victims is down to its last strike -- thanks to mismanagement, a whistle-blowing board member tells Fortune magazine....
GOP: BILL'S WASTING LAST MONTHS
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amA top Republican yesterday warned that President Clinton will "squander" his last year in office playing political games after Clinton tried to link Mayor Giuliani to a "right-wing venom machine"...
LET'S GET INTO THE SWING
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amThe globetrotting Mets will play their first home game of the millennium this afternoon, but spectators should bring umbrellas. Forecasters say rain might be the surest bet of the day...
JOE D. SALE IS GONNA BE BIDDER SWEET
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amA collection of Joe DiMaggio memorabilia -- everything from the last baseball jersey he wore as a player to his Florida driver's license -- is going up for auction this...
MCCAIN WANTS PLEDGE OF REFORM FROM BUSH
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amDefeated GOP contender John McCain yesterday said he can't campaign "enthusiastically" for winner George W. Bush until he knows more about Bush's commitment to reform. McCain again ruled out being...
DEAD BABY FOUND IN B'KLYN TRASH CENTER
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amA dead newborn girl was found last night on a conveyor belt at a Brooklyn garbage-disposal company, cops said. The tiny corpse was discovered at 7:30 p.m. on Varick Street...
TWO KIDS KILLED IN 'PRISON VISIT' CRASH
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amA car carrying the wife and three kids of a jailed New York executive crashed into a tour bus yesterday as they returned from a prison visit, killing two of...
NEW GAS FUELS HOPE FOR CLEAN-AIR BUSES
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amThe Transit Authority has put a handful of its diesel buses on a new diet -- an exotic fuel aimed at trimming noxious fumes. In fact, the fuel is so...
BLACK COPS SING NYPD BLUES - THEY'RE CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amIt's tough being a black cop in New York City -- and it's getting tougher. Six black NYPD officers told The Post the Abner Louima torture case and the shootings...
MILLION SURVIVORS OWE LIVES TO DARING DIPLOS - U.N. REUNION CELEBRATES HOLOCAUST HEROES' SACRIFICE
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amMASHA LEON remembers many "little miracles" that helped her survive her perilous flight from the Nazis -- taking her from Warsaw to freedom in the United States at the height...
TEACHERS SAY 2 SCHOOLS INTO ONE = DIVISION
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amClass warfare has erupted between two public schools sharing a Lower East Side building -- complete with charges of segregation and elitism. The fight pits teachers and parents at PS...
KIN FEAR KID GLOVES FOR KILLER PROSECUTOR
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amThe family of a brutally slain teacher has an 11th-hour plea for Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro: Don't let the killer, a former Manhattan prosecutor, get away with murder....
SHADOWY ISRAELI SPY AGENCY MAY GO LEGIT
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel's legendary clandestine spy agency - the Mossad - may soon be made into a legal state agency, a Justice Ministry spokesman said yesterday. "There is such a...
AOL IS A-OK WITH FORTUNE 500: FIRST 'NET GIANT TO CRACK TOP-COMPANY LIST
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amAmerica Online has become the first "pure" Internet company to crack the Fortune 500 - as the business glossy reports that 1999 was a banner year for corporate profits. In...
YANKS SET OFF ON THREE-DOM TRAIL:IN JETER ERA, IT'S ALL ABOUT WINNING
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amANAHEIM -- The player defines the team and, therefore, the team will be defined by the player. This will be remembered as the Derek Jeter Era for the Yankees. Because...
MAJOR PREPS TAKING SHAPE
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amAll was quiet on the Western front. And in the East, the South and Midwest, too, as not a single Triple Crown prep was run last week. Consider it the...
B'WAY ENCORE FOR KEENAN IS RULED OUT
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -- Mike Keenan will not be returning to the Rangers in any capacity under any circumstances, The Post has learned from reliable NHL sources. Keenan, the team's 1994 Stanley...
'COUPONS' MAKES POINT AGAIN
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amIn a thrilling, four-horse blanket finish, longshot Smart Coupons won yesterday's $75,000 Kings Point Handicap for New York-breds at Aqueduct for the third straight year. Trained by Deborah Bodner, the...
SPARTAN EXISTENCE ENOUGH FOR PETERSON
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS -- For Michigan State's Morris Peterson, it's always been about family. It's been about the mother and sisters who played against him as a child, teaching him to win...
LIGHTNING LAUGHER PUTS DEVILS OVER 100
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amDevils 4 Lightning 1 TAMPA -- Back-to-back blowouts of the abysmal do not a recovery make. They do, however, diminish the risk that the Devils will choke away a fourth...
LAST DANCE WILL ROCK ; MICHIGAN ST., FLORIDA GRASPING AT THE CROWN
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS -- Crazy, isn't it? Some 318 schools began play this season and tonight two, Michigan State and Florida -- an odd couple in almost every respect -- will decide...
SHOOTERS JUST NO DOME GOOD
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amFINAL FOUR NOTEBOOK INDIANAPOLIS -- Don't blame it on the dome. In Saturday night's national semifinal games, none of the four teams could hit even 40 percent of its shots....
RESPECTING ELDER AS MASTERS PIONEER
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amTIGER Woods has faced many pressures during his young, lucrative career. The pressure to live up to the expectations he created as a three-time U.S. Amateur champion, the pressure of...
ASSAULT? RIP-OFFS? YEP, THAT'S SPORTS
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amAH, WHAT a week it was. It's a good thing for CBS that North Carolina lost Saturday, or tonight it might've again had to ignore the fact that UNC guards...
YORK A BRIGHT SPOT IN SEASON OF FUTILITY
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON -- With three games left in another playoff-less season, Mike York is the only Ranger with something to play for. Scoring his team-high 26th goal of the year against...
LOTTA QUIT IN THESE NETS
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amPistons 113 Nets 92 Late in the third quarter, fans who were watching the Pistons conduct their own dunking clinic, finally decided they'd seen enough and began to leave the...
BACK WHERE THEY BELONG ; SHEA READY TO RUMBLE FOR METS
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amHe has opened the season here before, but not wearing the colors of the home team, which means the experience this afternoon for Todd Zeile is one that he is...
FONZ DEALS WITH GRAND EXPECTATIONS
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amTalk about a tough act to follow. Last year, Edgardo Alfonzo set career highs in hits (191), runs (123), doubles (41), home runs (27) and RBIs (108). Then, to finish...
YA GOTTA BE CLEAVES!
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS -- Any questions about the what Florida game plan is? Any questions about who will be the most important player on the court tonight for Michigan State? There are...
OH, BROTHER: IT'S SAME OLD RICKEY
April 3, 2000 | 4:00am"BROTHER, don't ask me that question," Rickey Henderson said, staring intently at the bat he just may use today when the Mets open their season at Shea Stadium against the...
'NOTHING'S CHANGED' AFTER GM, HENDERSON MEET
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES Seasons can often be broken down into two distinct categories: Ones when Rickey Henderson is happy about his contract and ones when he is not. Consider this year...
YANKS SET OFF ON THREE-DOM TRAIL: LONG QUEST FOR ANOTHER CROWN BEGINS TONIGHT
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amANAHEIM -- Baseball players love to chase. Batting crowns. Flyballs in the gap. Home-run titles. And World Series rings. So when the Yankees take the field at Edison Field tonight...
DANGEROUS GATORS HAVE MILLER INSTINCT
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS -- Mike Miller sat in a back room of the RCA Dome yesterday; it was two years after he'd boldly talked about committing to Florida and bringing a national...
ACHING BERNIE WILL DH
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amANAHEIM -- Throughout spring training, Bernie Williams kept a mountain of ice strapped to his right shoulder to take the sting out of a wing he said was sore from...
SPREE, CAMBY COME UP SHORT
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES LOS ANGELES -- Latrell Sprewell picked the wrong time to have his least productive game in months. Sprewell failed to hit double figures, scoring just nine points on...
YOU CAN COUNT OUT KNICKS NOW
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES -- Book this: The Knicks don't have a fighting chance against the Lakers. They not only lost a game yesterday, they lost any respect the Lakers might have...
LAKERS, SHAQ DROP KNICKS TO CANVAS
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amLakers 106 Knicks 82 LOS ANGELES -- The Knicks finally laid a glove on the Lakers, finally hit them on the chin. Too bad it was just a flying right...
CHRIS, KOBE RAGE ON
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES -- Chris Childs wasn't about to back down from Kobe Bryant, even a half-hour after the Lakers had crushed the Knicks 106-82 at the Staples Center last night....
WOMEN'S SHOWDOWN FIZZLES
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA -- It promised to be the greatest thing to happen to women since the 19th Amendment, produce the dream matchup that the accident of time and place denied Hillary...
LEGS GET LANCE JOB
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ANAHEIM - Lance Johnson's .291 career batting average in 13 big-league seasons is certainly nothing to ingore. However, the reason he will be with the Yankees when they...
JEFF'S LOOKING FOR SOME GOOD FORTUNE
April 3, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES LOS ANGELES - Phil Jackson, who would have given his left limb to coach the Knicks in the 1980s, belittled his former club again berfore yesterday's game. Asked...