April 6, 2000
CONDOS PARK ON BARNEYS LOT
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amGround is to be broken by next week at the former Barneys parking lot to make way for pricey condos and retail space. The project at Seventh Avenue and 17th...
VIRGIN RELAUNCHES: SAKS MAY DEVELOP A SPORTSWEAR LINE
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amFirst music, then cola -- now Virgin is bringing its brand of sportswear to the U.S. High-flying British entrepeneur Richard Branson has closed the door on his unsuccessful clothing empire...
BOO.COM LOSES ANOTHER TOP EXEC
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amBoo just keeps on bleeding. The Internet retailer just lost its second top executive in a year, a sign the Web site backed by deep-pocketed investors such as Bernard Arnault...
CHUCK: RESTRICT MARGIN BUYING
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amSen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) yesterday renewed his call for tighter borrowing requirements for investors in the wake of Tuesday morning's huge sell-off. The stock market has seen an explosion of...
GEHRY EATERY IS LATEST EDITION AT CONDE NAST
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amThe multimillion-dollar Conde Nast cafeteria designed by noted architect Frank Gehry finally opened its doors yesterday -- nearly a year after the first employees moved into the Times Square headquarters....
HIGH-FLYING 'NET STOCKS GROUNDED
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amInvestors are chasing off the wild Internet dogs that chewed a hole in their pants all week, and embracing purebred tech companies. Fickle investors sent the Nasdaq composite index into...
DLJ'S DECKER TO JOIN YAHOO! AS CFO
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amYes, she Yahoos! Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette analyst Susan Decker is the latest Wall Streeter to go .com. In June she will become the chief financial officer of the Santa...
MANY 'LITTLE GUYS' LOST A SMALL FORTUNE
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amThe individual investor was the big loser in the stock market's wild ride this week - and the scare could spell an end to rampant day-trading by the little guy....
.COM VCS REJOICE AT TECH STOCK SHAKEOUT
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amNasdaq, schmasdac. Venture capitalists specializing in .coms are unfazed by the tech stock shakeout. In fact, they love it. "This market thing can have a positive effect, because the valuations...
HYBRIDS AND FUEL CELLS: THE MOTOR OF THE FUTURE
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amWHICH color would you rather drive, brown or green? Brown is the new Ford Excursion, the biggest SUV on the road, as big as a full-size pick-up truck. It gets...
THE STARR REPORT
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amShifting gears CNN general counsel David Kohler is leaving the network and will become a consultant to CNN effective in June. Kohler vetted the script for CNN's notorious 1998 "Tailwind"...
TRACY'S FOLKIE SHOW NEEDS A CAFFEINE JOLT
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amTRACY CHAPMAN TRACY Chapman is a fine songwriter who makes pretty, socially conscious records, but in concert this woman has all the sharp edges of a polished bowling ball. Dull?...
BERGMAN'S DEATH WISH
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amINGMAR Bergman's obsession with death isn't confined to his pessimistic, angst-filled movies and plays. In a rare interview, the internationally acclaimed director said yesterday that he would kill himself rather...
'LOSERS' LOVE TO PLAY KING
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amIT'LL be mayhem at the Time Cafe in NoHo this weekend when a bunch of losers take the stage to pay tribute to Carole King.But make no mistake -- these...
PILOTS STRAIGHTENUP AND FLY RIGHT
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amLAST night's Stone Temple Pilots comeback gig at Irving Plaza was intended to be a redemption of sorts for troubled frontman Scott Weiland. In 1998, the flamboyant singer -- who...
WILLIAMS: WEB GEEK - 'MORK FROM ORK' LAUNCHES NEW SHOW IN CYBERSPACE
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amROBIN Williams, fresh from singing "Blame Canada" at the Oscars, has become a geek. He now jokes about Pentium 3 PCs, discusses AOL's purchase of Time Warner, recommends DSL and...
TURNS OUT SHARKS ARE NOT SO NICE
April 6, 2000 | 4:00am"Great White, Deep Trouble," Sunday at 8 p.m. on CNBC I KNOW this guy named Ernie who routinely wrestles alligators, and swims with sharks. I have no idea why he...
JAILERS- THE NEW TV STARS: THEY GET BUSTED ON 'COPS' AND SENTENCED BY 'JUDGE JUDY' ...NOW TWO SHOWS WITH DUELING SHERIFFS GO INTO THE POKEY;
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amFIRST came "Cops," then "Judge Judy." Get ready to snap on some handcuffs and settle down with America's newest prime-time hero -- the celebrity jailer. At least two ornery, down-home...
ABORT WAR LOOMS AFTER D.C. VOTE
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -- The House yesterday joined the Senate and voted for the third time in five years to ban "partial birth" abortion -- guaranteeing an abortion fight in the presidential...
COWARDLY KILLERS HIDE BEHIND A CLOAK OF LEGALITY
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amPARTIAL-BIRTH abortion -- banned by the House yesterday and to be considered by the Supreme Court later this month -- is not an abstraction to Brenda Shafer. In 1993, Shafer...
SUMMER-SCHOOL FIASCO IS ALL RUDY'S FAULT: HILL
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton yesterday blamed Mayor Giuliani for the city's summer-school debacle, calling it "a terrible admission of failure" as she sided with the powerful teachers union. After visiting a...
MICROSOFT JUDGE: I'LL RULE FAST
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -- Worried about the economy, the judge who found Microsoft guilty of violating antitrust laws is putting the penalty phase of the trial on a fast track. Federal Judge...
REV. PRAYS RUDY REPENTS FOR HIS 'SINS'
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Rev. Michel Faulkner is emerging as Mayor Giuliani's most interesting, quirky, friendly critic -- and his volunteer pastoral conscience on repentance and atonement. Faulkner, 43, has an interesting résumé....
POT-SNIFFING POOCH PUTS BITE ON JFK DRUG TRADE
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amAuthorities have busted dozens of suspected drug couriers and confiscated 4,400 pounds of pot and a cache of guns at JFK Airport -- with the help of a Customs canine...
3 SNAKES STOLEN IN PET-STORE HEIST
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amBurglars on Long Island broke into a pet store and came away with assorted booty, including loot that slithers -- three large snakes. The thieves stole a 10-foot-long albino Burmese...
SHE SLAYS GOLIATHS ; EX-NYER PACKS IT IN AFTER $50M IN CIG-SUIT WINS
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amTEACHING a special-education class in the South Bronx 25 years ago, Madelyn Chaber had no idea she would one day become a lawyer who would slay tobacco giants. Back then,...
NIKE RUNS INTO $10M SUIT FROM INJURED DOCTOR
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amA Manhattan doctor who tripped and fell while jogging filed a $10 million suit against Nike yesterday, saying her sneakers were so badly designed, they caused the spill. Dr. Deborah...
CHECHENS EXECUTE 9 COPS
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amChechen rebels said yesterday they had executed nine Russian policemen, and a top Chechen official warned that the guerrilla war may last "for decades." The Kremlin had no comment on...
GOV. HAS '2ND' THOUGHTS ON E. SIDE LINE
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amA day after he agreed to a huge state bond act to help fund a full-length Second Avenue subway, Gov. Pataki said yesterday he might not back the proposal. Pataki's...
BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL AS WALL ST. TAKES STOCK
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amA measure of calm returned to the rocky financial markets yesterday as investors stopped panicking and started buying at bargain-basement prices. The Nasdaq composite index -- which contains popular technology...
ANOTHER POLL BOOSTS FIRST LADY
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amA new poll shows that Hillary Rodham Clinton has edged ahead of Mayor Giuliani, the third survey to find that the mayor's lead has evaporated since the police shooting of...
DOGGED EFFORT PAYS OFF
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amScore one for the underdog. Brooklyn's Boris the mutt won a White House victory yesterday when President Clinton signed into law the first bill in 22 years reforming the way...
TRUMP IN FUNK OVER IVANKA PIX
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amDonald Trump is bristling over the steamy magazine photos of his near-naked daughter Ivanka. The billionaire developer said April's British GQ, which shows his 18-year-old daughter in a see-through top...
CHANCELLOR GETS PRIVATE FIRMS TO AID FAILING KIDS
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amActing schools boss Harold Levy has OK'd 46 firms to help run the summer-school program for failing students. "Some school districts are going to use private vendors across the board,"...
EVEN DEMS SAY GORE'S ALL AT SEA OVER 'RAFT BOY'
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amELIAN GONZALEZ has brought us the Genuine Al Gore. Who is really the Un-genuine Al Gore, Republicans would hasten to add. The veep has been all over the lot on...
CONGRESSMEN WANT SKEETER CZAR
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amWith mosquito season drawing closer -- and the renewed threat of more deadly West Nile virus cases -- dozens of congressmen yesterday called on President Clinton to appoint a national...
JURY WILL GET THE DIRT ON PORN STAR'S PALS
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amJury selection began yesterday in the case of a Wall Street bigshot accused of dishing insider data to a porn star who passed it on to another lover. Kathryn Gannon,...
HE'S ONE 'SOPRANO' WHO NEVER WANTS TO SING ; 'PAULIE': DON'T ASK ME TO 'RAT'!
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amFor all the jaw-dropping plot twists "The Sopranos" delivers, don't expect silver-haired hit man Paulie Walnuts to crack and turn informant, if actor Tony Sirico has any say in it....
GORE TEMPLE NUNS INDICTED IN FUNNY-$$ MESS
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -- Vice President Al Gore's woes from the infamous Buddhist temple fund-raiser grew yesterday as two Buddhist nuns were indicted for fleeing the country to duck appearing as witnesses...
RUSSIANS NAB EX-NAVY OFFICER AS 'SPY'
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON -- In a sign of new tensions between Russia and the United States, Moscow yesterday arrested a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer, claiming he was a spy. Russia's spy...
VEGAS ANNULMENT MAKES DARVA SUDDENLY SINGLE AGAIN
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amA Las Vegas judge officially pulled the plug on Rick Rockwell and Darva Conger's made-for-TV marriage yesterday -- granting the bride an annulment. Conger, a 34-year-old nurse, testified that she...
SHARPTON SET TO GIVE POLICE 'HOLY' HELL WITH WEEK OF RALLIES
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amFlanked by the families of two police shooting victims, the Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday announced a campaign of daily acts of civil disobedience in the city during the week before...
UPROAR AT L.I. CAMPUS OVER HEDDA LECTURE
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amA Long Island college campus is erupting in anger over the school paying Hedda Nussbaum -- who stood by while little Lisa Steinberg was beaten to death -- to speak...
ELIAN'S POP ON HIS WAY TO D.C. ; VOWING NOT TO LEAVE WITHOUT HIS 6-YEAR-OLD
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amThe showdown over Elian Gonzalez takes a dramatic turn today -- with the tug-of-war tot's father expected to arrive in the United States, vowing to stay until he's reunited with...
IT'S OFFICIAL: PUTIN WINS, BORIS RETIRES
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amVladimir Putin's election as president was officially confirmed yesterday, and his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, formally became a pensioner. Russia's Central Election Commission ignored Communist Party charges of fraud in certifying...
BALLPARK FIGURE: $176 FOR FAMILY DAY AT SHEA
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amMets fans are still taking it on the chin - and in the wallet. The Amazin's, who made the playoffs last season for the first time in 11 years, boosted...
JOE'S STUFF DRAWS A PASS - CHOOSY BIDDERS BEG OFF CHRISTIE'S ASKING PRICES
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amJoe DiMaggio struck out on the auction block yesterday. High asking prices caused the sale of Yankee Clipper memorabilia to go foul at Christie's auction house - while a Muhammad...
STILL STALLING IN ELIAN'S FATHER-LAND
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amThe American lawyer for Elian Gonzalez's father left Havana alone last night - after failing to convince Cuban authorities he should escort his client to the United States immediately. Attorney...
JAPANESE BAN BRAKE 'PUMPING'
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amFashion took a giant step backward in Japan as cops banned drivers from wearing platform shoes while behind the wheel. The new law, which goes into effect in May, came...
DUVAL LOOKS READY TO MASTER AUGUSTA
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amAUGUSTA -- There was a time last fall when we thought David Duval's remarkable season had no more memories to make. There were the four wins before The Masters, one...
BIG A TO SHOW SANTA ANITA DERBY
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amAqueduct will show the Santa Anita Derby (post time 5:40 p.m.) on Saturday. Additionally, Santa Anita will guarantee a Pick 6 gross pool of $1 million. In the event there...
GARCIA TURNING INTO THE PAIN FROM SPAIN
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amMASTERS NOTES AUGUSTA -- A year ago, Sergio Garcia was a phenomenon. Now he's become somewhat of an enigma. As he's struggled since turning pro, Garcia, the young Spaniard, is...
COACH BLASTS TIGER CRITIC
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amAUGUSTA -- He's not playing The Masters this week, but that hasn't deterred golfer Stephen Ames from railing on Tiger Woods from afar. Ames, in an interview with the Calgary...
ALFONSO'S CALL-UP CARRIES MAJOR IMPLICATIONS
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amANAHEIM -- Scott Brosius took a bad swing in batting practice and everything changed for the Yankees. Now. And well into this new millennium. Brosius strained his ribcage Tuesday and...
BADDELEY FEELING AUS-SOME
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amAUGUSTA --Just six years ago, Aaron Baddeley was a 23 handicap, hooking and slicing balls into the woods and three-putting, just like most of the golfing population. This morning at...
ANDARIESE WAS SHELVED FOR RE-SALE OF TICKETS
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amMadison Square Garden has clarified -- somewhat -- last week's decision to place long-time Knick radio and TV analyst John Andariese on administrative leave for the remainder of the season,...
GWYNN CATCHES BREAK, COULD RETURN TONIGHT
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amWhen Tony Gwynn took an Al Leiter fastball on the elbow in the Padres' season-opener Monday, the team expected him to be out for a week at best, or make...
THE SHARK IS CIRCLING AT AUGUSTA AGAIN: AFTER 19 YEARS OF MASTERS HEARTBREAK, NORMAN EYES REDEMPTION
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amAUGUSTA -- Pick Greg Norman to win The Masters and you're laughed at as if you just announced to friends that you've purchased waterfront vacation property on the Arthur Kill...
JINTS POISED TO MAKE RUN AT BIG-TIME BACK
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amAt this time of year, they usually blow more smoke than the Marlboro Man, which is why any discussion of the Giants and the NFL Draft must come with this...
AILING SPREE'S QUESTIONABLE
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Battling an upper respiratory infection, Latrell Sprewell stayed home from practice yesterday and is questionable for tonight when the Knicks host the sizzling Wizards at the Garden. Knick...
NEW-LOOK BIG BLUE IN 'NY' STATE OF MIND
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amOld is new with the Giants, who yesterday officially unveiled their new/old uniforms at ESPNZone in Manhattan. That was a fitting location for the announcement, as the most significant change...
DON'T FEED BILLY'S GATORS
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amThey were partying in the streets of East Lansing yesterday and wondering what could have been in Gainesville. But Florida fans may not have to wait long for their national...
MEMO TO HOUSTON: STICK WITH HOOPS
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amAllan Houston knows about bad reviews. Playing below expectations in his first season with the Knicks, the mild $56 million jump-shooting guard was brutally booed by the fans and criticized...
ACHIN' STEPHON'S SITTIN'
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS -- If these were the playoffs, Stephon Marbury would continue playing. If these were games that carried significance for any sort of post-season position, Marbury would keep going. Probably...
NCAA FINAL BLACK EYE FOR CBS
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amApparently there's no pizzazz in Michigan St. or Florida. The NCAA men's basketball final between the two teams Monday night produced an all-time low television rating of 14.1, down 18...
BILL: SHAQ NOW KNOWS HOW TO WIN
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amShaquille O'Neal has impressed a lot of people with his improved play this season. Even Bill Russell has taken notice. "To me, he's the most improved player in the league,"...
ISLES, WANG STILL TALKING
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amCharles Wang of Computer Associates continues to negotiate to buy the Islanders, but a sale will not be finalized today, a well-placed source told The Post last night. SMG, which...
ACHIN' MARBURY SITS OUT LOSS
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amPacers 105 Nets 101 INDIANAPOLIS -- If these were the playoffs, Stephon Marbury would continue playing without thought. If these were games that carried significance for any post-season position, Marbury...
RANGERS SUFFER IN SILENCE ; BLUESHIRTS ARE MET WITH INDIFFERENCE AS VALERI TAKES A SEAT
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amCanadiens 3 Rangers 0 And so is anyone terribly surprised that Valeri Kamensky somehow came up with a sore foot that prevented him from participating in last night's 3-0 Garden...
RICKEY'S STILL TICKING BOMB
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amRICKEY Henderson is going to shut up and play because The Lord has spoken. "I went through my Scriptures," Rickey said. "He told me to leave it alone. It's going...
METS CAN'T MAKE NOISE WITH STICKS
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amThere are those that will tell you that spring training stats are worth about as much as a three-dollar bill. But correlation or no, the Mets' spring hitting woes have...
MARIANO'S PACKIN' HEAT -- ON HIS LEG
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ANAHEIM -- Ice strapped to a pitchers' shoulder elicits little reaction in a major league clubhouse. However, when baseball's best closer limps through the room with a jumbo-size...
CONE ROCKED IN FIRST START ; LASTS 2 2/3 INNINGS IN LOSS TO ANGELS
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amANAHEIM -- There is very little doubt that David Cone will pitch better next Tuesday in the Yankee home opener. Because if the veteran right-hander doesn't improve on last night's...
PADRES HIGH ON HAMPTON: SAY LEFTY PUTS METS IN CLASS WITH BRAVES
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amSan Diego's Bret Boone - a former Brave who saw more than enough of Mike Hampton in last year's playoffs - said the Mets' newest ace puts them on a...
MIKE ON A MISSION - HAMPTON'S EAGER TO ERASE MEMORY OF 9-WALK DEBUT
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amMike Hampton couldn't remember precisely how he had pitched at Shea Stadium before. He figured he took the mound about six times and said, "I think I've done well here,...
BOSS GIVES YARNALL PUSH IN RIGHT DIRECTION
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ANAHEIM - Ed Yarnall's first positive step of the spring included a dugout visit from George Steinbrenner yesterday in Tampa. Pitching in an intrasquad extended spring training game,...
PHENOM ARRIVES EARLY - BROSIUS INJURY OPENS THE DOOR FOR SORIANO
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amANAHEIM - The player every team begs the Yankees for was in Pinstripes last night. When Scott Brosius injured a left ribcage muscle taking batting practice Tuesday night and landed...
VALERI EXCUSE SOUNDS LAME
April 6, 2000 | 4:00amAnd so is anyone terribly surprised that Valeri Kamensky somehow came up with a sore foot that prevented him from participating in last night's Garden match against the Canadiens? Game...