June 25, 2000
HIGH-GROWTH TECH FUND HAS SAFETY NET
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amAS the technology-packed Nasdaq composite index stages a recovery that put it back over the 4,000-point marker again, many investors believe it's safe to jump back into tech stocks. But...
FRENCH MYSTERY MAN : UNIVERSAL WAITS IN SUSPENSE FOR VIVENDI BOSS TO MAKE HIS MARK
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amTHERE may be a new face in the front row of Limp Bizkit's summer tour, but chances are he won't be thrashing around in frontman Fred Durst's mosh pit. He...
WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM, LEHMAN?
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amTHE top strategists at Lehman Brothers are still questioning their own wisdom. Unable to make authoritative calls in this topsy-turvy market, the Wall Street gurus at Lehman are instead hedging...
ARNAULT GETS INTO LIQUIDATION GAME
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amBernard Arnault's latest motto can be summed up in a few words: better safe than sorry. Just weeks after Arnault's embattled e-tailer Boo.com was forced to hire a liquidator to...
ZARB AND SPORTS: NOT A NATURAL
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amNASDAQ Chairman Frank Zarb has been very aggressive in setting up any deal or partnership that would vault his exchange's standing among traders or investors. But a Nasdaq-Amex Sports Product...
MAFIA EXPERIENCE DOESN'T COUNT
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amTHE behind-the-scenes maneuvering at any awards show is so much more interesting than anything that takes place on stage. Just look, for example, at this year's Ernst & Young Retail...
NORMAN MAILER'S SECRET PASSION
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amLITERARY lion Norman Mailer, one of the most prolific and controversial writers of the 20th century, has apparently had a secret longing for years: He wants to be a cartoonist....
SCHIFFER LIKES PENTHOUSE, FIANCE SOMETHING SMALLER
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amCELEBRITIES have been filing through the recently completed TheLoft SoHo condominiums at 30 Crosby Street for a look-see. The fancy 13-unit building by Landmark Development, strategically located down the street...
TORRES SET TO FOLLOW IN GOMEZ' FOOTSTEPS
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amCALGARY - While much of the attention was on their No. 1 overall pick Rick DiPietro, the Islanders feel they couldn't have capped off their draft any better than by...
WHEN PARANOIA RULED
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amThe '50s gave us Elvis, the hula-hoop, suburbia, the Cold War, the air-raid shelter and the Hollywood blacklist. It also gave us some darn good films, 40 of which will...
WHAT I WATCH
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amLISA HUGHES PUBLISHER OF CONDE NAST "TRAVELER" "Destination Style" on the Travel Channel. It gives me good ideas about what to wear and where to go. HANKWILLIAMS FOUNDER AND CEO...
MACBETH: THE KISS OF DEATH
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amIt's a Bard! It's a Thane! It's Super Mac! What is this peculiar draw that Macbeth has on actors, particularly those from TV or films who yearn to refresh their...
4 QUESTIONS FOR DULE HILL
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amDule Hill is as soft-spoken in life as he is on NBC's smash hit, "The West Wing" Hill, who lives in Northern New Jersey, got his start in theater but...
INTERNET IN HAND
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amAvantGo, a mobile Internet service, has new technology that lets you download Web sites straight to your Palm Pilot or Windows-based handheld computer. It takes about an hour to get...
A GAME OF TOUGH LOVE
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amThe action of the gorgeous new game Messiah centers around Bob, a blue-collar angel. He starts off as a cherub, hurled from heaven in a fit of tough love by...
A LEMON TWIST: THE LATEST DRINK CRAZE FEATURES FERMENTED FRUIT
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amIs there anything more refreshing on a hot summer day than an ice-cold lemony drink? Make it alcoholic and you've got this summer' s most popular potable -- hard lemonade....
MEALS & DEALS
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amChez Louis 74 W. 50th St.(212) 333-3388 Every evening, Chez Louis offers its "Amazing (-ssq-)Unlimited Wine' Dinner," and for the price, service and quality of this four-course meal with drinks,...
LEIBER FAITH: RETURNING TO A CLASSIC HANDBAG FROM THE '60S, TODAY'S YOUNGEST TRENDSETTERS SHELL OUT MAJOR MONEY FOR THIS EAST SIDE THROWBACK
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amThe same 20-something women who once dug out their moms' old Gucci and Dior bags from the 1980s are now going for their grandmothers' purse collections from 1965. Specifically, they're...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: DANA DELANY
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amWhen other kids were out playing, Dana Delany -- now in the play "Dinner With Friends," at the Variety Arts Theater, through Sept. 7 -- was watching Doris Day movies...
BOOKS - NEW RELEASES
June 25, 2000 | 4:00am"Black Mass" By Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill, Public Affairs, 381 pages, $26 Although it's a bit early to start making Top 10 book lists, "Black Mass -- The Irish...
BOOKS -NEW RELEASES
June 25, 2000 | 4:00am"The Great Divide" By T. Davis Bunn, Doubleday, 392 pages, $19.95 In "The Great Divide," veteran novelist T. Davis Bunn introduces us to Marcus Glenwood, a lawyer whose life is...
JEANINE'S THE ARTFUL DODGER
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amTHE most stunning thing about the indictment and conviction of Westchester wheeler-dealer Albert Pirro for tax evasion is the fact that his wife, Westchester DA Jeanine Pirro, wasn't indicted with...
HUBBY'S TAX TRIAL BARES PIRRO'S LIFE OF LUXURIES
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amAlbert Pirro's tax-cheat trial offered a rare glimpse into the posh, private world he and his wife, Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro, built atop heaps of money, influence and fame....
DEMS URGE GOP TO PASS HATE-CRIME EXPANSION
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amDemocratic lawmakers yesterday called on the Republican-controlled House to follow the Senate in passing a hate-crime bill that targets gay and gender bias on the eve of the 31st Annual...
HOW CAN THIS JUDGE SLEEP AT NIGHT?
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amI HOPE Judge Eugene Nickerson, federal prosecutor Alan Vinegrad and a jury of 12 sleep well in their beds tomorrow night. Because as they slumber - their consciences clearly have...
TENANT: NO TRUSTING AL : LIVID THAT HOUSE REPAIRS WERE BOTCHED OR IGNORED
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amCARTHAGE, Tenn. - More than three weeks after Vice President Al Gore promised his poor tenants a clean house and free dinner, the family remains at odds with their famous...
LOUIMA COPS TO BE SENTENCED TUESDAY
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amThe three cops convicted in the first two Louima criminal trials will be back in court this week when a Brooklyn federal judge hands down their prison sentences. The fates...
WENDY'S MASSACRE SURVIVOR CAN'T TALK ABOUT HORROR NIGHT
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amMiracle Wendy's massacre survivor JaQuione Johnson is depressed and angry about his savage brush with death - but can't bring himself to talk about it, a family member says. "It's...
RICK SPEAKS TO GRADUATES: CASH ISN'T EVERYTHING
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amSenate candidate Rick Lazio yesterday told a class of graduating high schoolers to avoid seeking "a higher stock-option package" and take time to enjoy life - even as he faces...
DR. LAURA: GAY BLASTS MADE ME A SOB SISTER
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amControversial talk-show host Dr. Laura - under fire from critics for branding gays as "biological errors" - admits her critics have reduced her to tears. Dr. Laura Schlessinger has come...
DISPUTE ON 'PUENTE ST.' A HOT TOPIC IN E. HARLEM
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amTito Puente's family's criticism of a city proposal to name a street in his old neighborhood after the late music legend strikes a sour note with many East Harlemites. "I'm...
MOLINARI DRAWS FLAK OVER SCHWARZ RALLY
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amStaten Island Borough President Guy Molinari's rally for convicted Louima cop Charles Schwarz yesterday was met with outrage by counterprotesters who charged the event was a misuse of taxpayer funds....
DIXIE CHICK GETS HITCHED IN VEGAS
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amNatalie Maines, lead singer of the country trio the Dixie Chicks, took a gamble on marriage - then headed out to the gaming tables. The 25-year-old Maines tied the knot...
ANNA HAS SETS APPEAL
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amSexy tennis queen Anna Kournikova - fresh off her mega-bucks bra deal -wows the pre-Wimbledon set by flashing her knickers at a warm-up tournament. The shapely Russian was showing off...
BX. CLINIC EAGER TO 'TREAT' BOGUS ACHES : POST REPORTER ADMITTED SHE AIMED TO RIP OFF INSURANCE
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amThe large sign in front of the medical clinic on East Fordham Road in The Bronx welcomes accident victims: "Acupuncture. Auto accidents. Physical therapy." A Post reporter accepted the invitation...
HARRY POTTER AND THE BLOWN SECRET
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amAre you ready for the title of the next Harry Potter book? Conjure a guess? Try "Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire." The title, which has been under wraps...
BILL'S SCANDAL SQUAD TURNS OUT FOR GORE
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House scandal spinners are back - only now they're helping Al Gore fend off a federal investigation into his 1996 campaign fund-raising. Facing a political firestorm...
DRUG TEST IS WRONG: WIFE OF TA MOTORMAN
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amJACKSON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - The wife of the motorman who tested positive for cocaine after his B-train derailed in downtown Brooklyn jumped to his defense yesterday - insisting the tests...
B'KLYN HOUSING COP SHOT IN CHEST
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amAn off-duty Brooklyn housing cop was shot last night, possibly in the crossfire of a shootout, while in Midtown, a pair of Florida detectives had their guns swiped from the...
CON EDISON TALKS MOVE PAST STRIKE DEADLINE
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amWith minutes to go before a midnight strike deadline, negotiators for Con Ed and its largest union agreed to continue talking to avert a crippling strike that would affect 3.3...
HERE'S A FEW MAST-Y FACTS
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amHere are some interesting factsabout the tall ships: * The Wavertree, an American tall ship that will be berthed at the Brooklyn Port Authority pier, is one of the oldest...
SCANNERS GET GOODS ON JAIL CONTRABANDITS
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amRikers Island visitors are turning in weapons and drugs in record numbers because of high-tech metal detectors recently installed at a new entry checkpoint, The Post has learned. The city...
EMPIRE STATE'S RATES GO SKY HIGH
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - New York's auto-insurance rates, the second highest in the nation for three years running, could soon race to the top spot, experts warn. Among states, New York's rates...
SKEETERS LIVE HIGH ON THE BOG IN PUTRID PARKS
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amTwo city properties on the Brooklyn-Queens line are rife with serious safety hazards - including exposed pipes, crumbling stairways and a breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying potentially fatal West Nile...
CHOPPERS, JETS AND INTEGRATION
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amAll wars breed innovation - but the conflict in Korea was remarkable for a host of technical and political changes that included: * First time helicopters were used in combat....
50 YEARS AFTER KOREA WAR SHOCKED AMERICA U.S. PRIDE WAS FIRST CASUALTY OF EARLY SETBACKS
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amWhen North Korean troops stormed across the 38th parallel to invade South Korea 50 years ago today, America had no idea it was about to go to war. "It was...
ANTI-ROCKER HYSTERIA REFLECTS POORLY ON N.Y.
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amTOO bad John Rocker won't buzz into town a few days early to take a gander at today's Gay Pride parade. Surely the sight of nipple-clamped leathermen high-stepping up Fifth...
ROAD TO RICHES IS PAVED WITH LIES AND SERIAL SCAMS
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amScam artists are having a field day with New York's no-fault auto-insurance system - staging accidents and filing millions of dollars in bogus medical claims that drive up insurance costs....
IT'S ALL ABOARD FOR SAIL OF THE CENTURY :CITY SET FOR SHIPSHAPE CELEBRATION
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amThe Europa of the Netherlands graces Philadelphia last week on her way to OpSail 2000 in New York Harbor.AP Captain of Ports Richard Bennis expects millions will see the parade...
PARISHIONERS DROP DIMES INTO COLLECTION
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amA note left in a Brooklyn church's collection plate describing a drug-trafficking location has led to a team effort in which dozens of churches regularly pass crime tips to police....
COPS HUNT BEAVER-TOOTH GUNMAN IN B'KLYN KILLING
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amPolice are looking for "Beaver" - a Brooklyn man who they say pumped a fatal bullet through the eye of another man as the victim's pregnant girlfriend watched in horror....
ROOF BRINGS DOWN THE SHOW
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amThe matinee show of "Beauty and The Beast" at Midtown's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre was canceled yesterday when workers on the roof were overcome by fumes from a chemical spill, police said....
VIRUS CLAIMS EL AL TRAVELER IN NEWARK
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amA New York man who died two hours after he got off a flight from Israel was felled by a fatal bout of meningitis, officials said yesterday. Joseph Ferraro died...
GREEN: DIRTY LAND CAUSES LOTS OF PROBLEMS
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amThe city has lost thousands of jobs because it's been slow to clean up and develop brownfields and contaminated vacant lots all around town, Public Advocate Mark Green said yesterday....
BILL: NEW GOV'T WEB SITE IS HERE TO SERVE ALL
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton announced yesterday that the government is setting up a central Web page that will let Americans track all sorts of online info - including their Social...
ONCE MIGHTY ATLANTIC SALMON FACES EXTINCTION
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amTHEY ONCE returned to the rivers of New England by the tens of thousands, now the once mighty Atlantic salmon has reached such a low that it is precariously perched...
GARDEN BRASS LOOKING FORWARD
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amWhat this draft lacks in potential franchise players it makes up for in depth. And the depth is at the power forward and point-guard spot. But while there are a...
IT'S LAYDEN'S TIME OF YEAR :KNICKS ARE BANKING ON DRAFT GURU GM
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amKarl Malone was dropping like a stone in water. This was the 1985 NBA draft and the burly power forward from Louisiana Tech, a surefire top-10 pick, had suddenly slid...
WEIGHT BEHIND HIM, COTA HOPES FOR SHOT
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amNorth Carolina's Ed Cota has an NBA first-round draft choice's resume. He's first player ever to lead the ACC in assists for four straight years. He scored more than 1,000...
IT'S ANY DAY NOW FOR ISIAH, PACERS : THOMAS LIKELY TO BRING IN WALKER
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Pacers, weary of waiting for ESPN's confirmation of my week-old news-breaking story that Isiah Thomas will replace Larry Bird as their new coach, plan to hold a press conference...
DOYLE ON HIS MERRY WAY :SHOOTS 64 FOR TIE WITH TREVINO
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amWatch Lee Trevino, Gary McCord and Allen Doyle walk the Upper Montclair Country Club fairways in today's Cadillac/NFL Classic final-round threesome. Check to see if Doyle gets a word in...
'EXCELLENT' WORK FOR RED BULLET
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amPreakness winner Red Bullet breezed on the Belmont main track yesterday, working five furlongs in :59 1/5. Exercise rider Keith Ricks was aboard the colt, who will make his next...
BEAUTIFUL PLEASURE BREEZES
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amIn what turned out to be a very profitable public workout, Beautiful Pleasure took control at the start and was never threatened as she went on to a 71/4-length victory...
DEVILS SNAG DEFENSEMAN
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amCALGARY - The Devils were hoping to find the second coming of Scott Stevens yesterday when they drafted hard-hitting defenseman David Hale with the 22nd pick in the NHL entry...
JUAN CHANGE$ TUNE : IF BOSS DIGS DEEP, SLUGGER WILL COME
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Juan Gonzalez' emotions told him to stay a Tiger Thursday. Yesterday, the slugging outfielder was in touch with his financial side after doing a background check on George...
RANGERS SETTLE FOR NOVAK AT 64
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amCALGARY - Unlike during last year's entry draft, when they made a big splash by taking Pavel Brendl and Jamie Lundmark in the first round, the Rangers made very little...
ISLANDERS' MOVE FOR FROM GREAT : THE PROSPECTS ARE GOOD, BUT THEY AREN'T GOOD ENOUGH
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amAND so the Roberto Luongo Era on the Island, 51 games briefer than the Eric Fichaud Era, don't you know, came to an end yesterday with Mike Milbury shooting off...
MILBURY ROLLS THE DICE : TAKES GOALIE WITH NO.1 PICK; DEALS LUONGO, WEEKES
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amCALGARY - Now this was a Calgary Stampede. With a dramatic series of franchise-shaking moves yesterday, the suddenly splurging Islanders pulled off three significant deals while making 18-year old Rick...
YANKS EYE WEEKEND RETURN FOR DUQUE
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Seven minutes of playing catch in the outfield yesterday morning did nothing to prove that Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez' sprained right elbow is completely healed. Yet, it was...
GOODEN TAKES STEPS TO PINSTRIPE RETURN
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Step No. 1 was getting his arm and body in shape after two weeks out of baseball. Step No. 2 came yesterday in a Gulf Coast League game...
AFTER 38 SECONDS, IRON MIKE HAS HEARTY HUNGER FOR LEWIS
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amGLASGOW, SCOTLAND - Showing flashes of his old speed and power, Mike Tyson needed just 38 seconds to knock out Lou Savarese in cold, rainy Hampden Park last night. It...
METS SAY BOMBERS SHOULD RENT-A-JUAN
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Yankees should not be completely terrified of bringing Juan Gonzalez in as a rental. They did it with David Cone in 1995 and it has worked out great. The...
BANGED-UP MIKE STILL BANGIN' BALL
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amThe way Mike Piazza is swinging the bat right now, he's become as close to a sure thing as the Mets have. He has a hit in 13 straight games,...
'PEN AUTHORS REDEMPTION TALE - AND WIN
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amFirst the Pirates roughed up Met starter Rick Reed for four runs in three innings. Then Met relievers Pat Mahomes and Dennis Cook gave up four more runs over four...
TAMIKA EMERGING FROM SCHOOL DAZE
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amTamika Whitmore's points are down from a year ago. Her minutes have also dropped. Is she upset? Not really. "I kind of expected it," said the Liberty forward, who will...
FEELING HEAT IN SPOTLIGHT : GAME'S SCARY UNDER GAZE OF CROWD & SCORER
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amThe ropes lining the fairways with spectators leaning over to watch the action were nothing new to me. Nor were the fan-filled grandstands around the greens and tee boxes. Nor...
NO-BRAINER FOR NETS :JERSEY'S GOTTA TAKE KENYON WITH NO. 1
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amThis time, there can be nothing even remotely resembling a foul up. When the Nets draft Wednesday night, assuming they keep the No. 1 pick and don't trade it for...
TYSON'S MINDSET THE BIG QUESTION
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amGLASGOW, Scotland - First, Tommy Brooks covered his eyes. Then, he covered his mouth. Finally, he covered his ears, the way Evander Holyfield should have the last time he found...
PHILLIPS: AMAZIN'S NOT SHORT AT SHORT
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES Steve Phillips says he's content to finish out the year with a shortstop platoon of Kurt Abbott and Melvin Mora in place of Rey Ordonez. "They've been adequate,"...
YANKS GET WELLS: END LOSS STREAK BY RIPPING KIP
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amYankees 12 Chisox 8 CHICAGO - Ripping Kip Wells to shreds only proves the Yankees can punish mediocre pitching more often than struggle against it. Eventually, the Yankees will get...
METS' PEN RUNNING DRY: FORGET SOSA, AMAZIN'S NEED RELIEF HELP
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amBOBBY Valentine is right. The Mets need a reliever. Sammy Sosa fills the back page, screams for a starter swamp the airwaves and the craving for a shortstop is the...
BUMPS, BRUISES CAN'T STOP PIAZZA
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amAs usual, Mike Piazza has taken his fair share of punishment behind the plate, including a concussion, a bruised wrist, a hyperextended elbow and a sore arm that forced him...
IT'S A 1-DERFUL LIFE! LARUE MARTIN, THE ULTIMATE DRAFT BUST, PROVES THERE IS LIFE AFTER BASKETBALL
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amNEARLY 30 years later, the pain lingers. LaRue Martin remains the poster child for NBA draft busts. Shortly after being made the No. 1 pick in the nation in 1972...
RED STORM RISERS: POSTELL AND BOOTSY CONVINCED THEY SHOULD GO IN FIRST ROUND
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amBootsy Thorton was standing in the St. John's basketball office smiling at his one-year daughter Miranda, who was playing at his feet. It was the only time Thornton smiled during...
GRAND KENYON: DESPITE BROKEN LEG, MARTIN LOOKS LIKE NO. 1 MAN FOR NETS
June 25, 2000 | 4:00amFirst in a series profiling the top players in the 2000 NBA Draft. Kenyon Martin said he has only once watched the play that prematurely ended his senior season at...