June 2, 2000
THE BIG BOARD BUZZ ON GM TRADING MESS
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amTraders say people caught between the sell and buy imbalances lost money. TRADERS in General Motors and General Motors Hughes stock were not a happy bunch this week. Last Tuesday,...
'TECHNICAL' RALLY LIFTS DOW, NASDAQ
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amStocks put their rally caps back on again yesterday after further evidence that the economy is slowing and more rate hikes may be moderate. The Dow jumped 129.87, or 1.23...
DIMON POACHES A CITI EXEC
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amJust two months after landing the CEO job at Bank One Corp., Jamie Dimon is already poaching employees from Citigroup - the firm that ousted him 1 ½ years ago....
YAHOO! SOFTBANK CASHES OUT
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amCries of Yahoo! echoed round the halls of Softbank yesterday, as the Japanese Internet investor made a killing on its original investment in the portal. Softbank's American arm, Softbank America,...
BORDERS BOOKS CLOSE TO AUTHOR-IZING SALE
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amBorders is up for sale. The book shop that sells everything from John Grisham to Jon Bon Jovi is said to be ready to sell to Bain Capital, Apollo Management...
SALON.COM GOES BACK TO THE FUTURE
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amIt was a blunder as big as New Coke. Salon.com's redesign of its popular Web site triggered a vicious reader revolt after just days of posting it, causing the red-faced...
ROCKING GOOD TIMES
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amTHE rock music circuit rides solo this summer. After years of tours being dominated by the festival concert, Summer 2000 features some of the biggest names in the music industry...
BALLET HIGH
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amAT the moment, Lincoln Center is practically awash with dance. American Ballet Theater's current season at the Metropolitan Opera House runs through July 1. The rival season by the New...
KID HAS THE 'VOICE' - ALL HE NEEDS IS A PICKUP
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amCOUNTRY music's newest star makes teen twanger LeAnn Rimes look positively over the hill. Nashville's all atwitter over Billy Gilman, the 12-year-old singing sensation who's quickly scampering up the country...
TONY PREDICTIONS: POST SURVEY REVEALS VICTORS
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amThe Tony Awards will be handed out Sunday night, and based on an exclusive survey of Tony voters, The Post is ready to make some predictions. But first a word...
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amSHAKESPEARE dominates this summer's theater offerings, beginning with two productions of "Macbeth" - the first, on Broadway, with Kelsey Grammer and Diane Venora; the second, from the Royal Shakespeare Company,...
FAMILY FUN IN THE SUN
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amSUMMER is a time when the city is abuzz with events and festivities. There's something for everyone, so go out and enjoy! * THE NATIONAL HISPANIC CIRCUS In a month-long...
HENLEY CRANKS IT UP - OUTSPOKEN EAGLE FLIES TO OWN BEAT
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amWHEN he was in the seminal '70s country-rock band the Eagles, Don Henley was known as the group's hard-living, coke-snorting playboy. Now 53, he has since re-channeled what he refers...
I HATE THESE DESPERATE PEOPLE, BUT OH, BABY... THAT WAS ; GREAT 'SEX'
June 2, 2000 | 4:00am"Sex and the City" HBO, Sunday at 9:00 1/2 THERE is not one character on "Sex And The City," I'd ever want to hang around with, let alone have as...
'BIG MOMMA' A DRAG
June 2, 2000 | 4:00am'BIG Momma's House" is clearly meant to be that winning combination of "Beverly Hills Cop" and "The Nutty Professor" that will make Martin Lawrence the successor to Eddie Murphy. Unfortunately,...
CH.11 MUST BE FEELING LUCKY
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amA NEW morning TV show may not be high on your list of the civic enhancements New York needs just now, but the folks at Channel 11 don't see it...
THE STARR REPORT
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amHenton's happy "The Hughleys" co-star John Henton thinks the show's move from ABC to UPN is extremely beneficial. "After all the flack last year about the lack of African-Americans on...
JUST SAY NAY TO HORSE TALE
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amIMAGINE "The Black Stallion" if it were narrated by Mr. Ed, and you get a rough idea of this lame children's movie, which suffers from terminal hoof-in-mouth disease. Sappy wall-to-wall...
B'WAY SEASON BOX OFFICE IS A SMASH
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amA hike in ticket prices resulted in a bumper season for Broadway, with box-office grosses for the 1999-2000 season hitting a record high of $603 million. Musicals and plays on...
FUNNY AS PORN IS, 'VIRGIN' DOESN'T DELIVER
June 2, 2000 | 4:00am'LIVE Virgin" - a comedy set in the wacky world of porn moviemaking - would probably seem hilarious if photographer turned director Jean-Pierre Marois had made the film in France,...
WILL DVDS KILL THE VIDEO STAR?
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amA new series of classic releases on DVD is making the plain old VCR seem like a relic from ancient times. The New York-based Criterion Collection crams so many dream...
PRIVATE EYE COPS A PLEA, FINGERS RABBI IN WIFE-SLAY
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amA private eye who claims a prominent New Jersey rabbi hired him to kill his wife pleaded guilty yesterday - and agreed to testify against the victim's husband. Leonard Jenoff...
ISLAMIC RULING IS BAD NEWS FOR DIVORCE'E'
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amA Muslim man can end his marriage by telling his wife "I divorce you" three times - but not by e-mail, an Egyptian court has ruled. The ruling by the...
PROTESTANT HARD-LINERS STIR TROUBLE
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amProtestant and Catholic officials returned to Northern Ireland's Cabinet table yesterday and warned Protestant hard-liners who boycotted the meeting not to wage a political "guerrilla war." The four-hour round-table session...
MAYOR HAS A 'WARM' TALK WITH HEVESI
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amThe Rudy love-in has begun. Mayor Giuliani invited city Comptroller Alan Hevesi to his office for a private and "warm" chat last week to make amends for their bitter feud...
CONSERVATIVES LAUNCH THEIR OWN TV-AD BLITZ FOR RICK
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amThe first TV ad for Republican Senate candidate Rick Lazio hit the airwaves yesterday - with the tab picked up by the state Conservative Party. The 30-second commercial features black-and-white...
W. GOES FOR THE SOFT SELL - IF BUSH BUCKS THE VEEP TREND, IT COULD PAY OFF
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amACCORDING to Time magazine, the Bush campaign is leaning toward former Sen. John Danforth of Missouri as George W.'s running mate - and while it's always wise to be skeptical...
CASTRO, CLINTON AND A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amAS THE Castro Clintonistas are popping the champagne corks, I would like to ask a question. What would a family court have decided if a mother abandoned her 6-year-old son...
HIDDEN GUN ENDS KID-HOSTAGE CRISIS
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amThe hostage-taking of children at a Luxembourg day-care center came to a surprise end yesterday when the armed man holding the kids was critically wounded - with a gun concealed...
WE MAY GET $OAKED BY FILTRATION PROJECT
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amNew Yorkers could be drowning in a 50 percent water-rate hike if the city is forced to build a massive $6 billion filtration system in two years, Comptroller Alan Hevesi...
KIDS COME FIRST - BUT THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amIN THIS great nation, we pride ourselves on putting the children first. Now, let's get real. Sometimes, exceptions must be made. The values we hold dear as a society can...
PIRRO EX-GAL PAL JAILED ON WARRANT
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amThe angry ex-paramour of Westchester real-estate developer Al Pirro stewed in a New Jersey jail cell yesterday, while Pirro lashed out at "geeks" and prosecutors outside his tax-fraud trial. Jessica...
MIRACLE WENDY'S TEEN OUT OF HOSP
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amJaQuione Johnson, the gutsy teen who fought for life after being shot in the head in the Wendy's massacre, left the hospital yesterday - strong enough to take a few...
WB 'LOCKS' OUT SHORT HAIRCUTS FOR STARS
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amIt's a case of shear chutzpah over at the WB - the TV network has banned the young stars of "Felicity," "Dawson's Creek" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" from cutting...
SHOCK-JOCK DUO WRECKS ON-THE-SPOT NEWS SHOT
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amDon't think it's safe to let the kids watch the news just because Bill and Monica's X-rated soap opera is off the air. Radio shock jocks Opie & Anthony took...
ROCK FANS GO ROLLING WITH CYBER-AUCTION
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amPark those fancy bidding paddles - if you want a piece of Elvis Presley or Eric Clapton memorabilia at Sotheby's nowadays, all you have to do is point and click....
CERVICAL CANCER HAS NEW ENEMY IN TOBACCO
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amScientists are trying to smoke out a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer - by tweaking the tobacco plant. Researchers at Georgetown University and North Carolina State hope to cultivate a...
CUNY WANTS COP-CADET PROGRAM BACK
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amThe City University is trying to resurrect a police-cadet program that was killed three years ago because of budget cuts - and opposition from the NYPD. The joint CUNY/NYPD program...
SCRAMBLE'S ON FOR LAZIO HOUSE SEAT
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amRick Lazio's race for the Senate campaign has set off another race - for his Long Island congressional seat. Democratic Suffolk County Legislator David Bishop, 35, of West Babylon, plans...
DEMS WHO ENDORSED RUDY ARE OUT ON A LIMB
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amTWO Democrats who snubbed Hillary Rodham Clinton and endorsed Mayor Giuliani in the Senate race are on the hot seat now that Rick Lazio is the GOP candidate. State Sen....
MADONNA'S 'HOT' NEW SINGLE A HIT WITH WEB PIRATES
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amMadonna declared war on bootleggers last night after they released her brand-new single over the Web - a full four months before it's due in stores. The Material Girl had...
ELIAN DAD'S PLEA TO KIN: LET US GO - WANTS LAZARO TO DROP FIGHT AFTER COURT LOSS
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amElian Gonzalez's father called for his Miami relatives to end the legal tug of war over the boy and let them go home to Cuba after a federal appeals court...
THEY'RE DOING MAMBO IN HEAVEN - TEARS AND TRIBUTES FOR LATINO LEGEND
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amTouching tributes poured in from around the world yesterday for Harlem-born bandleader Tito Puente - "El Rey" of Latin jazz - whose revolutionary, sizzling and infectious sound inspired legions of...
SPANISH HARLEM MOURNS WITH MUSIC
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amLORENZA Robledo glared like a prizefighter across East 111th Street at her neighbor who blasted Spanish music from a boombox tucked inside a basket on his bicycle. "He should be...
KIDS STILL MISS THE MARK IN READING
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amThe city's fourth-graders are reading and writing better - but more than half fail to meet state standards and lag behind their peers, test results show. Only 42 percent of...
BUSH STAYS EXECUTION OF TEXAS INMATE
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Texas Gov. George W. Bush blocked the planned execution last night of a man convicted of raping and killing his 12-year-old stepdaughter, to allow new DNA tests. It's...
$20M SCHOOL-FOOD SCAM BUSTED
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amMore than a dozen food companies were charged yesterday with ripping off city schoolkids of more than $20 million in lunch money. In all, the Justice Department charged 13 food...
GIULIANI WANTS TO MEET WITH VIRGINIA FIELDS
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani, who has pledged to reach out to minorities, is trying to set up a meeting with Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields, the highest-ranking black elected official in...
IMMIGRANTS DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL AT 'ALARMING' RATE
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - Nearly a quarter of high-school immigrant who speak English as a second language have dropped out so far this year, The Post has learned. That's 2,284 kids, or...
BOB HOPE RUSHED TO HOSPITAL IN HEALTH SCARE
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amComedy legend Bob Hope was rushed to the hospital yesterday for emergency treatment of intestinal bleeding - just four days after he turned 97. Hope was given blood transfusions before...
LADY 'CAT BURGLAR' FALLS TO HER DEATH
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amA female "cat burglar" fell off a terrace as she tried to break into a Harlem apartment last night and died when she was impaled on a fence pole, police...
BELFOUR, DALLAS GET WELL IN A HURRY
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amHaving kicked his three-day spree of antibiotics consumption, Stars goaltender Ed Belfour was stopping shots like his former self last night. After giving up six goals on 18 shots in...
STEADY EDDIE AGAIN: BELFOUR FEELING BETTER WITHOUT COLD MEDICINE
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amWith Ed Belfour claiming that he is no longer taking his prescription antibiotics, Stars coach Ken Hitchcock expected his goaltender to be on his game last night. "He feels good,"...
ENTERTAINMENT KILLERS: STUBBORN STARS SPOIL THE FUN FOR DEVILS
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amTHE war, such as it was at the Meadowlands last night, came down to the snipers, as wars often do. There was Alexander Mogilny for the Devils, Brett Hull for...
HULL OF AN ICE-BREAKER: DEVILS LOSE HOME EDGE ON BRETT PAIR
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amGAME 2 Stars 2 Devils 1 The top Star shone brightest, beating the best Devil on the biggest stage. If the Devils don't win the Stanley Cup now, this was...
SWAMP, SWEET SWAMP: HOME-ICE EDGE KEY FOR DEVILS
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amIt all changes tomorrow in Dallas. That's why the Devils were so intent on completing a sweep of the opening pair in the swamp last night. The Stars have been...
MONTICELLO'S STILL ON TRACK
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amIt will be racing as usual at Monticello Raceway Sunday. The Monticello Harness Horsemen's Association voted yesterday afternoon to extend its current contract for six months, thus averting a possible...
SIGNS OF THE SHAMELESS; OBSCENE FAN EXPRESSIONS SHOULDN'T BE ACCEPTABLE
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amEVERY now and then, 10 seconds speaks for 10 years. On Monday, something that didn't last very long, nevertheless highlighted the essence of our current popular culture with a clarity...
OLD FUN-DAMENTALS: LINE VETS PROMISE TO BRING NEW ATTITUDE
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amAll the talk has been about the more mature, professional, outgoing, charismatic nature of the Giants' revamped offensive line, and then you hear this: When a lineman is quoted in...
FISHING COULDN'T BE FINER
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amTHIS HAS been a terrific season thus far and with tomorrow marking the start of Nation Fishing Week, this could be a good time to not only enjoy one of...
KNIGHT INTERVIEW WAS NO ACT OF CONTRITION
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amBOB KNIGHT's Q & A on ESPN this week only added to the sadness that finds large and otherwise noble universities taking moral dives in deference to basketball and football...
DAYNE BATTLING FOR STARTING SPOT
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Do you believe the Giants took Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne in the NFL Draft and plan to have him learn from the bench? Don't bet on it,...
WELCOME TO THE SATHER ERA ; TOUGH DECISIONS AHEAD FOR RANGERS' NEW GM
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amWell, to use the words of Dave Checketts, yesterday was just another one of those "very, very exciting" days we've become accustomed to with the Rangers at the Garden. Of...
FORMER YANKEE PHENOM TAYLOR CUT FROM INDIANS' ORGANIZATION
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amFormer Yankee No. 1 pick Brien Taylor saw another chance to play professional baseball - possibly his last - end yesterday. The 28-year-old left-hander was cut by the Cleveland Indians...
HAPPY TO BE HOME
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amAfter their latest ridiculous road trip, the Mets come back to Shea tonight at 29-24, and mostly in good shape. But of importance is Mike Piazza's health. In the sixth...
GLEN'S GOT TOUGH HAND TO PLAY
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amTHE image can be fixed more quickly than the franchise. Mark Messier, the beloved ex-sheriff, would be the sight for the sorest eyes both inside and outside a locker room...
SPREWELL WAFFLING ON PATRICK'S VALUE
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amSo what's the truth, Spree? The Patrick Ewing debate on whether the Knicks are better without him is getting so much scrutiny that Latrell Sprewell is starting to waffle on...
SICK STICKS NEED CURE QUICK
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amATLANTA - Unless you are the 1998 Yankees, every team arrives at a hazardous point in the season - a stretch of games that appears daunting when observed from the...
ISLANDERS HIT DRAFT JACKPOT
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amCharles Wang, the Islanders' billionaire owner, won the lottery yesterday. The NHL lottery. Wang's jackpot will give the club the No. 1 pick in the Entry Draft on June 24...
PATRICK: WE ALWAYS FIND A WAY
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amIf it's any consolation to Knick fans, your heroes share your pain. At least Patrick Ewing does. After the Knicks blew an 18-point lead and dumped Game 5 of the...
YANKS IN NO HURRY TO PULL TRADE TRIGGER
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ATLANTA - Many of George Steinbrenner's inner circle were at Yankee Stadium yesterday, but The Boss was nowhere to be found. With his high-priced and underachieving club having...
BEHRENS WILL SIT OUT MASSCAP
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amTrainer H. James Bond confirmed yesterday that Behrens missed his scheduled workout over the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga and will be scratched from tomorrow's MassCap. Behrens has been suffering...
KNICKS NEED ALL-OUT ATTACK
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amJEFF VAN Gundy, Latrell Sprewell, Allan Houston, Chris Childs, Charlie Ward, Patrick Ewing. They all used different words yesterday, but they followed the same theme. If the Knicks are to...
MILLER WANTS MORE THAN JUST A TRIP TO FINALS
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amPACER NOTES INDIANAPOLIS - The question to Reggie Miller was whether he could be content with just getting to the NBA Finals. The answer from Miller was no. An emphatic...
JAX AND BEST GETTING THEIR POINT ACROSS
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - The consensus was Mark Jackson and Travis Best were getting their butts kicked by Charlie Ward and Chris Childs. So the Pacer guards stepped up in Game 5...
EW BETTER BELIEVE KNICKS WILL TAKE 6 ; PATRICK & CHILDS GUARANTEE SURVIVAL
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amBlowing an 18-point, second-quarter lead in Game 5 has done nothing to dim the Knicks' extreme confidence in sending this Eastern Conference Finals back to Indiana for a Game 7...
KNICKS HAVE DRIVEN THIS ROAD BEFORE
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amONCE again, Patrick Ewing has informed the world to check back with him after the Knicks win the championship. Once again, there is this slight problem. So far, the Pacers...
TOTTENVILLE ROLLS
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amTottenville 7 Madison 2 Tom Tierney, Jr. was concerned about the prospect of taking over as the head coach at Tottenville this year. His predecessor was a legend, having coached...
KNICKS WON'T BE FOOLED AGAIN
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amThe Knicks got suckered by their own good fortune Wednesday night in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals. And by the time they realized it wasn't hard play, but...
EW BETTER BELIEVE KNICKS WILL TAKE 6: DANGEROUS WHEN DESPERATE
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amSOMETIMES it seems as if the Knicks want to be in the position they find themselves in tonight, out of options and second chances, with not enough room between their...
KNICKS GIVE BLESSING TO JACKSON'S CROSS
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES The Knicks didn't know what the heck Mark Jackson was doing with his arms Wednesday night. The last thing they thought the native New Yorker was symbolizing was...
PACERS GO FOR KILL
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - The Pacers want this thing to end. Tonight. But they know it won't be easy. The Knicks will not go quietly. "This is the same Knick team that...
EW BETTER BELIEVE KNICKS WILL TAKE 6: SPREE'S FOOT STILL CAUSING TROUBLE
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amLatrell Sprewell thought he moved OK in Game 5 until he watched the film yesterday at Purchase College. "If I get loose, I feel I'm moving good," Spewell said. "But...
ROD NO STRANGER TO NEW JERSEY
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - So what will happen the first time a Net gets fined by the league now? After serving the NBA as its executive VP of basketball operations, Rod Thorn,...
THORN COMES UP ROSES
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amI TAKE back half of everything negative I've ever said and written about Lewis Katz. Hiring Rod Thorn, the NBA's VP of Violence, to command his team's basketball operation was...
MONROE EARNS TITLE SHOT
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amMonroe 6 Canarsie 4 Monroe's Eagles of The Bronx will feel right at home Monday when they face the Tottenville Pirates in the PSAL Championship game at Yankee Stadium, thanks...
BELFOUR BOUNCES BACK FROM GAME ONE DAZE
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amHaving kicked his three-day antibiotic dependence, Ed Belfour was kicking aside shots last night like a recovering, standout goaltender. After giving up a whopping six goals on just 18 shots...
HULL OF AN ICE-BREAKER: DEVILS SQUANDER HOME EDGE ON BRETT'S PAIR
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amGame 2 Stars 2 Devils 1 Should the Devils fail to win the Stanley Cup now, this was where they fell short first. The Stanley Cup Final turned on one...
'EXPLOSIVE' HULL GIVES DALLAS BIG BOOST
June 2, 2000 | 4:00amBrett Hull must have been pulling everyone's leg when he claimed that he didn't know about his pulled abdominal muscle. Otherwise, his coach had lied when he informed the media...