April 20, 2000
GUCCI DELIVERS BABY-SIZED MINK COAT
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amGucci, Gucci goo. The Italian fashion house that features wet and tanned leather-clad beauties in their provocative ads might soon begin advertising on Sesame Street in order to target their...
BRACELETS FOR BILL - FEDS SEEK TO CURB M'SOFT'S NEW MARKETS
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amMicrosoft boss Bill Gates has spent the last month blitzing the airwaves with TV ads promising that the "best is yet to come" in the technology revolution. But if government...
MARGIN BLOODBATH SOAKS TRACK DATA EXEC
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amOnline trading exec Barry Hertz has left the country for Israel and dumped huge amounts of his sinking stock on the market. Hertz, 50, spent more than $10 million a...
REGANBOOKS SCORES MCVEIGH BIO
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amOn the fifth anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people, a tell-all biography on convicted bomber Timothy McVeigh has been sold to ReganBooks in a mid-six-figure deal....
.SCAM WITH FAKE I.D. - JAILED FORMER WEB EXEC TELLS HIS TALE
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amThe former head of Webcaster Pixelon, which managed to raise $28.5 million while he was on Virginia's Most Wanted list, says he never told his business partners his real name....
BATTLE OF THE BOARD -BARON DOESN'T WANT TAUBMAN JR. SEATED
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amA boardroom struggle is escalating at Sotheby's to block former Chairman Alfred Taubman's son from taking his father's board seat next week. Taubman, 76, who controls the voting power on...
THE STARR REPORT
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amJoltin' Joel strikes Heads are rolling behind the scenes at third-place Ch. 2. Two newsroom vets, managing editor Bill Dietrich and manager of special projects Donna Ziede, were given their...
WELL-DRESSED & OBSESSED - NO ONE-STOP SHOPPING FOR H&M ADDICTS
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amYOU'VE heard of fashion victims and shopping addicts.Now meet the H&Maniacs, fanatical bargain-hunters who are addicted to trendy Scandinavian clothes at cut-rate prices. "It's my sixth or seventh time here,...
SUN SETS ON JOAN'S SINGLE LIFE
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amJOAN Lunden, the ex-host of "Good Morning America," has married her longtime beau, Jeff Konigsberg. The couple tied the knot at sunset Tuesday at a private club in Westchester. Some...
A ROSEANNE TALE YOU NEVER KNEW
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amI THOUGHT I knew all there was to know about Roseanne until I heard the "Exorcist" story. Ever hear that one? I heard it for the first time yesterday when...
DR. JOHN KEEPS IT SHORT AND SWEET
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amTHE balance between quantity and quality is delicate in music. Nobody wants four hours of garbage, but nobody wants to be denied their money's worth, either. Take Dr. John's first...
SINLESS CITY - THE POST'S MARY HUHN KICKED BOOZE, CIGARETTES, CAFFEINE, MEAT AND CARBS - CAN SHE STILL FIND FUN IN GOTHAM?
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amTHIS spring, after a three-year stint on the business desk covering cyberspace, I took on the music beat. What potential this new gig has! What more could a girl ask...
ZIMBABWE MOVING TOWARD NEGOTIATIONS ON SEIZED FARMLANDS
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amLeaders of several thousand black war veterans occupying white-owned farms in Zimbabwe agreed yesterday to stop the violence that has left four people dead and six badly beaten. Zimbabwe President...
TORAH THEFT STUNS BRONX WORSHIPERS
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amThe theft of a sacred Torah scroll from a synagogue in The Bronx has plunged the Orthodox Jewish congregation into despair on the eve of Passover, one of Judaism's most...
HOLY SEASON FOR CHRISTIANS AND JEWS
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amJews all over the world today mark the first full day of Passover, and Christians observe Holy Thursday and prepare to celebrate Easter Sunday. Passover, the eight-day festival that commemorates...
DORISMOND CASE PUTS RUDY'S POLL RATING AT LOW EBB
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani continues to pay a severe political price for his handling of the Patrick Dorismond shooting, according to a poll released yesterday that showed him with his lowest popularity...
MTA SAYS $1.50 FARE IS SAFE FOR THIS YEAR
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amBus and subway fares won't increase this year, MTA Chairman Virgil Conway vowed yesterday after the agency approved a $17.1 billion capital plan that includes a Second Avenue subway. "I...
A BRIEF AFFAIR LINKS PAIR FOREVER IN INFAMY
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amTHEY came from two different worlds, but they'll be locked together for eternity by an unborn child - and a needle. Until last Friday, Dr. Stephen Pack was a respected...
'TAINTED' HILL DONOR: I'M INNOCENT - 'MY ONLY CRIME IS HELPING DEMS'
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amThe businesswoman whose $22,000 soft-money contribution was returned by Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday said she was "hurt and disappointed" that her check was refunded. In a 40-minute interview with The...
EX-DC 37 BIG PLEADS GUILTY
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amThe disgraced union head for the city's 22,000 school cafeteria aides and crossing guards tearfully pleaded guilty yesterday to pocketing an astounding $2 million in dues. Flicking away tears with...
JUDGE TO DUFF: TURN OVER ALL TAPES OF RON
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge wants to go to the videotapes - ruling that multimillionaire mom Patricia Duff has to turn over secret surveillance tapes she made of billionaire ex-husband Ron Perelman....
TANGLED WEB: BLAME CANADA!
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amA 15-year-old Montreal cyber-nerd using the name Mafiaboy has been charged with paralyzing the CNN Web site, police said yesterday. The incident was one of several February hack attacks on...
A MOM'S-EYE VIEW OF MAYOR'S 'SORRY'
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amMAYOR GIULIANI finally said it. "I'm very sorry." Six years after the choking death of Anthony Baez at the hands of a rogue cop, Giuliani has finally expressed his condolences...
CUBANS IN MIAMI HAIL DEMOCRACY AT WORK
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - Jumping-for-joy protesters smothered the Stars and Stripes with kisses and belted out "God Bless America" when they learned Elian Gonzalez must stay in the United States for now....
BOY, 6, WHO SHOT CLASSMATE DEAD BACK IN SCHOOL
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amA 6-year-old boy who gunned down a classmate in Flint, Mich., in February because she scolded him for spitting on her desk has returned to school at state expense. The...
APT. WORKERS GET TENTATIVE DEAL
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amSome 26,000 doormen, elevator operators and other workers at 2,900 city apartment buildings reached a tentative agreement on a new contract yesterday - two days before their old pact expired....
BEING 'PC' IS NO PICNIC AT SUNY ALBANY CAMPUS
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - A recent SUNY Albany student picnic to honor Jackie Robinson breaking the baseball color barrier erupted into a bizarre campus debate on the extremes of political correctness. About...
GOOD SAMARITANS HELP HACK STAVE OFF MUGGERS
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amAnother livery car driver had a brush with death in upper Manhattan yesterday - but he managed to fend off two muggers - one of whom had a gun -...
ILLEGAL PAY PHONES DISCONNECTED
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amThe city gave no quarter yesterday as it began ripping out illegal pay phones. Department of Information, Technology and Telecommunications workers removed five Queens phones and got the owners of...
EXPERTS: FEDS SHOULD BE WORRIED
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amImmigration-law experts said yesterday's appeals-court ruling puts the federal government on the defensive in the Elian Gonzalez custody fight - and they were stunned the court said the 6-year-old's opinion...
ELIAN DOC WORKED FOR HILL AND BILL
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Attorney General Janet Reno yesterday backed away from a New York doctor's claim that Elian Gonzalez is living in an "abusive" situation - amid questions about the pediatrician's...
DOC WORKED FOR HILL AND BILL
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Attorney General Janet Reno yesterday backed away from a New York doctor's claim that Elian Gonzalez is living in an "abusive" situation - amid questions about the pediatrician's...
PRESSURE'S NOW ON THE FEDS
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amImmigration-law experts said yesterday's appeals-court ruling puts the federal government on the defensive in the Elian Gonzalez custody fight. Several experts said it was routine for the court to order...
FATE OF KING LOUIS' SON CONFIRMED
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amDNA tests have solved a 205-year-old mystery - proving the heart of a 10-year-old boy found in a French Revolution prison belonged to the missing heir of Louis XVI and...
LAWSUIT: COLUMBINE VICTIM ACCIDENTALLY KILLED BY POLICEMAN
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amLITTLETON, Colo. - The family of a slain Columbine HS student leveled a shocking new allegation yesterday, claiming the teen was killed by a sheriff's deputy - and not by...
16,000 ARE SIGNED UP TO TEACH SUMMER SCHOOL
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amThe Board of Education has already recruited more than 16,000 teachers for the city's largest-ever summer-school program - defying predictions that not enough would sign up, The Post has learned....
15 FRESH LAWSUITS MARK COLUMBINE'S TRAGIC ANNIVERSARY
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amLITTLETON, Colo. - The cold reality of civil court collided with the eve of a heart-breaking anniversary at Columbine HS yesterday as at least 15 families filed lawsuits stemming from...
'CANCER' PATIENT GETS $1M IN MISDIAGNOSIS
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amA suburban man misdiagnosed with cancer when all he had was an infection won $1 million yesterday against a doctor who never even took a simple blood test. Nuclear physicist...
DEBT DISPUTE PUTS FREEZE ON PATAKI'S BUDGET PLAN
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - It was chaos at the Capitol yesterday as agreement on a new state budget unexpectedly collapsed over efforts to restrain the state's galloping debt. Gov. Pataki - often...
SCHOOL SEX-ATTACK REPORTS ARE UP: COPS
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amThe number of reported sex attacks in city public schools has more than tripled this year, police said yesterday. Police said there were 156 sexual "incidents" in the schools from...
'HUMILIATED' WIFE TESTIFIES FOR HUBBY IN PORN-STAR CASE
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amThe wronged wife of a New Jersey man who had an affair with a porn star defended him against insider stock-trading charges yesterday - although his bed-hopping left her angry...
APPEALS COURT SIDES WITH ELIAN'S FL. KIN - HE'LL REMAIN IN U.S. UNTIL CASE IS SETTLED
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amIn a victory for Elian Gonzalez's Miami kin, a federal court yesterday said the boy cannot leave the country until his legal case is decided - and it criticized officials...
TAKE IT FROM FIDEL'S DAUGHTER: HE'S EVIL
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amTHERE was a highly audible sigh of relief on the phone from 4,500 miles away in Madrid, Spain. Alina Fernandez had just been told that little Elian and his Miami...
I'D BE NEW KATHIE LEE - CYBILL
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amNew kiss-and-tell queen Cybill Shepherd says she's ready, willing and definitely able to jump into Kathie Lee Gifford's shoes as Regis Philbin's morning sidekick. "I would consider it a great...
FLACK SACRIFICED $10M TO WORK FOR CLINTON
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amNEXT time you see White House press secretary Joe Lockhart stalwartly defending his lame-duck boss, think of him as President Clinton's $10 million man. Because that's what Lockhart gave up...
DEVS GO FOR SWEEP VS. PASSIVE PANTHERS
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amSUNRISE, Fla. - In the end, Scott Niedermayer's whack on Peter Worrell's helmet did have major playoff fallout. It accidentally created this series against the team the Devils match up...
NIEDERMAYER'S NOT FULL OF FIGHT
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amSUNRISE, Fla. - Scott Niedermayer is turning the other cheek so often it would be helpful if he were two-faced. But that's about the last thing anyone who knows Niedermayer...
CHANEY SURFIN' FOR NET JOB
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON - Knick assistant Don Chaney will make a run at the Nets' head-coaching job if it opens, according to a source close to him. Chaney declined to comment because...
IT'S A WRAP - HERE COME RAPTORS
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amCeltics 112 - Knicks 85 BOSTON - When the Knick coaching staff gathers the players tonight at Purchase College for their first meeting to prepare for the Raptors, it will...
CURTAIN CLOSES ON CASEY'S NETS
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amCavaliers 111 - Nets 108 It was the end of Don Casey's reign at the Meadowlands last night. It was a night like so many other nights: the Nets were...
'REEDER' GUTS IT OUT - MET ACE SHOWS TRUE GRIT IN TAMING BREWERS
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amGREAT pitchers who pop fastballs that can be heard for counties but barely can be seen, inspire great nicknames. Walter Johnson was Big Train. Randy Johnson is Big Unit. Roger...
HEY, ABBOTT! THIS BACK-UP'S PLAY IS NO JOKE
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES Rey Ordonez still needed another day to heal his stiff neck, but Kurt Abbott is plugging the hole at shortstop just fine. Abbott went 1-for-4 Tuesday and 2-for-4...
THE ACE OF HEART - GUTSY REED BEATS PAIN AND BREWERS
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amFrom third base, it didn't seem very good. The first-inning Marquis Grissom line drive that nailed Rick Reed in the base of the palm of his left hand made an...
PIAZZA WALKS SOFTLY .ñ.ñ. BUT MET BOPPER CARRIES BIG STICK
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amHE WALKS so slowly to the plate, as if he were carrying an entire organization on his back, as if he hadn't slept in a week. And he so seldom...
YARNALL IS READY IF PETTITTE ISN'T
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ARLINGTON - If Andy Pettitte can't take the mound Tuesday against the Twins at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees are likely to promote lefty Ed Yarnall from Columbus (Triple-A)....
BUM BACK TARNISHES ROG'S GEM
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amARLINGTON - Even when Roger Clemens delivers his best performance of the season, questions surface. With many souls within the Yankee organization looking for The Rocket to pitch better instead...
YANKS WORK THEIR MO-JO - CONTINUE HEX OVER RANGERS AFTER RIVERA GETS 2ND CHANCE
April 20, 2000 | 4:00am10 INNINGS - Yankees 5 - Rangers 4 ARLINGTON - Joe Torre watched Ivan Rodriguez pierce a huge cavity in the bubble of invincibility that surrounds Mariano Rivera with a...
GM LAYDEN HAS FAITH IN VG'S CREW
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES BOSTON - First-year Knicks GM Scott Layden is hoping "veteran leadership" and coaching will get the Knicks past the cyclone known as the Raptors. "The good thing about...
CLOSING CURTAIN ON CASEY'S NETS
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amThe attempt was to create a festive atmosphere at the Meadowlands. Players went up on the concourse before the game and greeted fans. Items were peddled off at discount prices....
HARDER ON CARTER - KNICKS PLAN TO ROUGH UP RAPTOR
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON - When the Knicks coaches gather their players tonight, their first meeting to prepare for the Raptors, they will drill home a vital message regarding stopping Toronto superstar Vince...
LAYDEN HAS FAITH IN VAN'S CREW
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES BOSTON - First-year Knicks GM Scott Layden is hoping that "veteran leadership" and coaching will get the Knicks past the cyclone known as the Raptors. "The good thing...
FIGHT CALLED OFF BEFORE THE PAIN - GATTI CAMP ISN'T WILLING TO RISK OPPONENT'S NECK
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amBOXING history was made yesterday when a fight promoter and a boxer showed more compassion and common sense than the New York State Athletic Commission. While NYSAC dithered on the...
TESTAVERDE SAYS HE'S READY FOR LIFE WITHOUT KEY, BILL
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amBill Parcells left the sideline. Bill Belichick left the building. Then Keyshawn Johnson, the team's franchise offensive weapon, left the state. And finally, this past weekend, the Jets drafted Chad...
RICKEY FINALLY GETS 'EM GOING
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amMaybe he does deserve that new contract, after all. Last night, Rickey Henderson looked like the Henderson of old rather than the old Henderson and, with the help of No....
NUNNALLY KEEPS ROLE-ING ALONG
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amIn 1995, Jon Nunnally hit a home run in his first major league at-bat, as a member of the Royals. He spent that entire season with Kansas City. Since then,...
SILVERBULLETDAY BACK WITH BANG
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amEclipse Award winner Silverbulletday made a successful seasonal debut as she won the $99,084 Doubledogdare Stakes at Keeneland by a neck over Roza Robata. It was another 15 lengths back...
METROSTARS PLAY LIKE THE CLIPPERS
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amWell, at least the MetroStars finally scored. But that was about the only good news on a night that saw Lothar Matthaus throw his captain's armband at a linesman during...
MEOLA LAMENTS STARS' DECLINE
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amKansas City's Tony Meola stood in the bowels of Giants Stadium last night before he led his new team against his old one. It was the first time the Kearny...
POSITIVELY HAMPTON -METS COP GOOD VIBES FROM MIKE'S FIRST 'W'
April 20, 2000 | 4:00amOK, it was the Milwaukee Brewers. Charlie Hayes, cut by the Mets in spring training, was batting clean-up. But Mike Hampton's outing Tuesday night was nevertheless encouraging primarily because it...
KNICKS LOOK LIKE BEASTS OF LEAST
April 20, 2000 | 4:00am(MD+BO)T(MD-BO)HE NBA wouldn't get an argument out of me if it decided to change the playoff format back East as if it were an NCAA Tournament; single elimination. (National TV...