September 6, 2000
HOW TO GET AN INSIDER TRADE SAFELY
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amFEEL like doing some insider trading? Don't worry about the law. This column will cover your butt. As I said before in this space, executives of condom maker Carter-Wallace have...
CHELSEA'S CHAIN GANG ; GAP AND LECHTER'S UNIT TO JOIN THE CREW
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amChelsea is going mainstream with national retail chains The Gap and Lechter's Cost Less Home Store moving into the trendy neighborhood. The Gap is taking space on the northeast corner...
EX-DONNKENNY CEO GETS A YEAR INSIDE
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amFormer Donnkenny CEO Richard Rubin was sentenced to a year in a prison hospital and ordered to pay $111 million yesterday after he claimed his rapidly escalating battle with Alzheimer's...
REBELLION AT CNN:BOOK: EXECS THREATENED TO QUIT OVER DOBBS
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amCNN Chairman Tom Johnson and recently-axed CNN President Rick Kaplan threatened to quit their jobs if ex-"Moneyline" anchor Lou Dobbs was brought back to the network, a new book alleges....
UNIVERSAL WANTS MP3.COM TO PAY $450M
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amMP3.com should have to pay a staggering $450 million for using the Internet to pull off the biggest copyright violation the world has ever seen, lawyers for Universal Records argued...
M'SOFT UPBEAT AT 25 DESPITE LEGAL WOES
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amA defiant Microsoft boss Bill Gates promised employees yesterday that the software giant will dominate the high-tech industry over the next 25 years - although the company's future may rest...
ANTITRUST CHAMPION BOIES WILL TARGET GM
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amSuper lawyer David Boies is taking on another giant foe - General Motors. He's been hired to battle the automaker's DirecTV subsidiary for allegedly using strong-arm tactics to squeeze rival...
FEDS CHARGE DOMECQ'S EX-PREZ IN FRAUD SCHEME
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amA Connecticut booze baron has been charged with spiriting over $14 million out of his family's company, which floods the world with Beefeater gin, Kahlua liqueur and Sauzo tequila. Michael...
FTC: AOL'S STAKE IN HUGHES NOT A CONCERN
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amThe Federal Trade Commission is not interested in forcing America Online to divest its $1.5 billion stake in Hughes Electronics, as reported - but does want to require AOL to...
GLAMOUR GETS A FINE NEW VP
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amGLAMOUR publisher Deborah Fine dodged a bullet yesterday when the woman lined up to take her job backed down. Instead of getting the ax as publisher of Glamour, Fine added...
POP GO THE LAYOFFS: CEO, 70 STAFFERS ARE EXPECTED TO LEAVE
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amIt's pink slips all round at Pop.com. The Dream Team behind the stillborn entertainment Web site are near to throwing in the towel, with sources close to the situation saying...
NOW, THAT'S AN ONGLET
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amORSAY 1057 LEXINGTON AVE. (EAST 75TH STREET) (212) 517-6400 ORSAY is the Big Room the Upper East Side has wanted forever. And more. And how. The month-old art nouveau brasserie...
ASIA MAJOR IN AN OLD MOVIE THEATER
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amIN possibly the largest dining project to hit the east side of Midtown in years, a huge upscale Asian restaurant is opening in a former movie theater next to the...
SUMMER WINES TOO GOOD TO BE KEPT BOTTLED-UP
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amLABOR Day is behind us - sweating and grinning like autumn's 300-pound advance man. But there are still two more weeks of summer - by the calendar, anyway - so...
RUNNING WITH THE 'BULLS'
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amTHE BULLS' NIGHT OUT Four ex-cops turn vigilantes in Lindley Farley's impressive feature debut.Running time: 82 minutes. Not rated. At Anthology Film Archives, Second Avenue and Second Street.THIS seems to...
TUNE IT OUT: HIP-HOP PAST THIS GANGSTA RUBBISH
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amTURN IT UP 1/2 Turn it down. Hackneyed gangsta melodrama centering on a drug runner who aspires to hip-hop stardom.Running time: 83 minutes. Rated R. At the Empire, Orpheum, Harlem...
RAP PIC FULL OF 'LIFE'
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amBACKSTAGE 1/2 Entertaining if unsurprising documentary about Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life," the most successful hip-hop concert tour ever. Starring Jay-Z, DMX, Method Man, Redman. Directed by Chris Fiore.Running time: 90...
THE STARR REPORT
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amGLAAD is hip on unrapping Eminem GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) will protest hip-hop star Eminem at the "MTV Video Music Awards," airing live tomorrow from Radio City....
BEN & JERRY'S IT AIN'T: ADVENTUROUS CITY CHEFS ARE SWEET ON SAVORY SORBETS
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amI scream. You scream. We all scream for you know what. And if the prospect of jalapenos in your Frozen Fudge Fantasy makes you shriek in terror, maybe you should...
'THE SOPRANOS' NEEDS TO WHACK ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN IN A... TWO-HORSE; EMMY RACE
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amAdam Buckman's Picks... IS THE Mob powerful enough to topple the president of the United States? That's the big question going into this Sunday's Emmy Awards, which will pit HBO's...
BINOCHE DOES PINTER: OSCAR WINNER IN 'BETRAYAL'
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amBROADWAY got a much-needed boost of star power yesterday with the news that Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche will star in a revival of Harold Pinter's famous drama-in-reverse, "Betrayal," in...
SHIELDS STALKER GETS PROBATION
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - The man jailed for stalking actress Brooke Shields cut a plea bargain with prosecutors yesterday and won't serve any jail time. Mark Ronald Bailey, 42, pleaded no...
'BIG BROTHER' BELONGS TO ME: LAWYER
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amA BIG lawyer is suing "Big Brother.'' Marvin Rosenblum, a Chicago attorney who owns the TV and movie rights to George Orwell's novel "1984," has hit CBS "Big Brother" with...
ERNIE BACK IN OLD CH. 2 SEAT
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amCBS hopes Anastos can jolt newscast ERNIE Anastos is headed back to Ch. 2. The anchorman, who helped lift Ch. 9 out of the cellar in the 10 p.m. news...
EXHIBIT BRIDGES CULTURAL DIVIDE
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amNew Yorkers who dream of traveling to China had only to journey over to Manhattan's West Side last night for a taste of the 5,000-year-old civilization, past and present. "A...
ILL WIND STIRS UP DANGEROUS DUST
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amClouds of dust from the parched plains of North Africa may be making Americans sick. Scientists studying the wind-borne movement of dust from Africa to the United States and the...
FEDS: BOOZE EXEC SIPHONED PROFITS
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amA Connecticut booze baron has been charged with spiriting more than $14 million out of his family's company, which floods the world with Beefeater gin, Kahlua liqueur and Sauzo tequila....
GIRL, 5, FOUND DEAD IN CLOSET
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amThe parents of a 5-year-old girl found their daughter strangled with a scarf in the closet of their Brooklyn apartment yesterday, police said. Cops said Wendy Chow was found at...
CHARLES SHUNS DIANA'S GRAVE, REPORT SAYS
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amPrince Charles has not visited Princess Diana's grave since the day of her funeral three years ago, a new report claims. And, despite being just a few miles away from...
SCOOTERS: HELL ON WHEELS
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amThose popular portable scooters sent more than 9,400 Americans to emergency rooms this year - and the overwhelming majority were under 15, a new report said yesterday. The Consumer Product...
N. KOREANS FURIOUS OVER STRIP SEARCH ; DELEGATION GOES HOME 'HATING' U.S.
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amNorth Korea's delegation to the U.N. Millennium Summit got as far as Germany before angrily turning back yesterday - saying American Airlines ordered them to undergo strip searches. The incident...
JOE'S PULPIT PROBLEM ; THIS NONSTOP FAITH-BASED APPEAL ISN'T REALLY HIM
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amWHAT would those who are decrying Joe Lieberman's personal pronouncements of faith on the campaign trail say about this World War II message from President Franklin D. Roosevelt? "As Commander...
@#$% TIMES SCRIBE DOESN'T MISS A BEAT
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amSCRANTON, Pa. - New York Times reporter Adam Clymer was back covering the Bush campaign yesterday - a day after a live microphone caught George W. Bush calling him a...
DOWNLOAD FIGURES ARE GOOD NUDES FOR DANNI
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amA busty nude model has blown away Cindy Margolis to claim the title of World's Most Downloaded Woman on the Web. "The Guinness Book of World Records" yesterday awarded the...
L.I. WATER TAPPED AS BEST TASTE IN ALL N.Y.
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amLong Island's tiny Dix Hills Water District has made a big splash by winning the coveted title of best-tasting tap water in New York state. Dix Hills edged the Big...
NEW BREED OF FORENSIC ; CRIME FIGHTING
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amIt's the cat's meow of crime fighting. Intrigued by a number of high-profile cases in which feline hair has helped to convict criminals, the feds are funding a groundbreaking project...
MAYBE THIS NICE BOY IS PLAYING IT TOO SAFE
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amTHE thing that catches your eye as Rick Lazio bounds into the room isn't the youthful face, saved from monotony by an asymmetrical nose. Nor is it the lifeguard-perfect tan,...
SEABROOK ATT'Y TAKES TAX FLAK
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amThe lawyer for state Sen. Larry Seabrook said yesterday it was all his fault the Bronx congressional candidate filed joint tax returns with his wife for more than two years...
FEDS SUING BASEBALL GREAT OVER WILD PITCH
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amFederal regulators are taking a swing at former major-leaguer Steve Garvey for pitching a "miracle" weight-loss product in television infomercials. The ex-Dodger hero made "extreme" claims about Enforma diet system...
DISABLED FAN: YANKS TOSSED ME
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amA wheelchair-bound Yankee fan said he was dragged out of the Stadium for cursing - reducing his friend with cerebral palsy to tears after an encounter with an attendant over...
RICK: GET OFF THE FENCE ON POLLARD ; WARNS BILL AGAINST 'OCTOBER SURPRISE'
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amRick Lazio called on President Clinton yesterday to quickly announce a decision about clemency for convicted spy Jonathan Pollard - and not to drop an "October surprise" on the Senate...
JESSE'S JOINING 'FREE LORI' PUSH
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amA campaign to free New Yorker Lori Berenson - a convicted terrorist - from a Peruvian prison picked up speed yesterday with the Rev. Jesse Jackson stepping in to rally...
TRUMP CASINO IDEA GETS MIXED REVIEWS
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amGov. Pataki and federal officials gave a cool reception yesterday to the idea of Donald Trump building an Indian-run casino in Manhattan. But Mayor Giuliani said he is ready to...
SCHUMER'S WIFE IN LINE TO BE CITY COMMISH
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amEXCLUSIVE Iris Weinshall, a veteran city manager who happens to be married to Sen. Charles Schumer, is the leading contender to take over the Transportation Department, The Post has learned....
L.I.'S 'DR. DEATH' IS EXPECTED TO COP PLEA
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amAccused killer doc Michael Swango is expected to plead guilty today to federal charges he killed three patients with secret injections at a Long Island veterans hospital, sources said. The...
THE DAY THE WHOLE WORLD CAME TO NEW YORK CITY
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amKings, generals, presidents and prime ministers descended on the Big Apple yesterday, ready to mount the soapbox at the United Nations Millennium Summit. At the opening session today, the United...
HILL WINS SIERRA CLUB - THEN CLUBS LAZIO
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton grabbed the endorsement of the Sierra Club yesterday - then spent her day campaigning in Westchester and ripping Rick Lazio's congressional record. "In the Senate, New Yorkers...
MAN HELD IN WIFE-SLAY BID
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amCops say a Queens man tried to kill his wife by pushing her off a cliff in the family car. Cazim Suljovic was arrested Sunday and charged with attempted murder...
SCHOOL STAFFING CRISIS ; TEACHER JOBS GO UNFILLED
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amTeachers returned to work yesterday - but not enough of them to fill all the classrooms when students file in tomorrow, the head of the principals union warned. "There are...
MERE PROMISES DON'T EASE THE SQUEEZE
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amTHE mother remembered it all too well, how she had stared intently at the hundreds of faces of children as they filed out of the overcrowded sardine can called PS...
PLAYING HOST TO BRUTAL KILLERS IS ; ROTTEN DEAL FOR APPLE
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amALIREZA JAFARZADEH, an engineer, has the footage for anyone to see - people gouging other peoples' eyes out. "We even showed this to Congress, along with women being stoned to...
B'KLYN, QUEENS TO BE SPRAYED TONIGHT
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amUncertain weather conditions led officials last night to postpone the spraying of insecticide to combat the West Nile Virus. A new round of spraying was scheduled for tonight from 10...
BUSH: I'LL DEBATE WITH OR WITHOUT AL
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amCOLUMBUS, Ohio - George W. Bush said yesterday he'll show up for next Tuesday's debate even if his opponent doesn't, but Al Gore ignored the dare and said he'll spend...
SURVEY SAYS WOULD-BE INSTRUCTORS SHUN CITY
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amHigh school and college students think city schools are the pits and overwhelmingly reject any prospect of teaching in them, a teacher-union survey found. A startling 78 percent of the...
MCCALL RIPS ED. BOARD FOR INEFFECTIVE PROGRAMS
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amThe Board of Education gets an "F" for failing to know whether programs it uses in low-performing schools are helping students, a state audit released yesterday charged. "These are programs...
DISABLED REPORTER: TEAM GORE DISSED ME
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - A wheelchair-bound reporter who says the Gore campaign refused to help him cover the candidate because of his handicap says he's "disappointed" in Al Gore. Chad Swiatecki, 22,...
NYPD BREW BLUES: PAIR OF PARADE COPS SUSPENDED
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amTwo top-popping cops were suspended from their jobs yesterday for getting their whistles wet while assigned to the booze-free West Indian Day Parade, officials said. Although the parade was dry...
ACTIVISTS: CITY DIDN'T TELL GAYS OF HIV+ TESTS
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amThe city performed its own "Tuskegee experiment" on thousands of gay men by secretly testing them for HIV - and then failing to tell them they had the virus, AIDS...
BUSH'S $198B MEDICARE RX ; SAYS PRESCRIPTION PLAN MAKES GORE'S LOOK SICK
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amSCRANTON, Pa. - Republican George W. Bush yesterday unveiled a $198 billion Medicare overhaul that he said will get prescription drugs to seniors faster - and give them more choice...
'WARNING' ON CHURCH ICONS
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amFive Brooklyn Catholic churches where statues were vandalized have each received a photocopy of a Bible passage that warns against worshipping religious icons, The Post has learned. The police hate-crimes...
TRUMAN KIN KILLED BY CAB
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amA grandson of former president Harry Truman has died after being struck by a yellow cab. William W. Daniel, 41, was crossing Park Avenue at East 76th Street at 2:40...
5 TEENS HIT WITH TAKE-OUT SLAY RAP
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amFive Queens teens were charged with murder today for allegedly killing a Chinese food deliveryman so they could steal some of the food he was carrying, cops said. Stacy Royster,...
BERNIE GOES ON THE SHELF TILL NEXT WEEK
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amKANSAS CITY - Sitting at his locker yesterday afternoon, Bernie Williams put his strained right rib-cage injury into perspective. "If this were the playoffs," he said, "I would be out...
TIME TO GET SERIOUS: METS RUNNING OUT OF REAL ESTATE
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - The vise is beginning to tighten. The Mets have 26 days to get their season right. Going into last night's game against the Reds at Cinergy Field, they...
ZEILE OF APPROVAL: TODD'S DINGER STAMPS OUT METS' LOSING STREAK
September 6, 2000 | 4:00am10 INNINGS Mets 3 Reds 2 CINCINNATI - Last night the Mets stopped the pressing ... and the presses. A day after admitting they were trying to do too much...
MUCH, MUCH MORA: METS ROOKIE PHENOM PEREZ BRINGS VARIETY OF SKILLS TO THE TABLE
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - It is his ability to bunt and handle the bat that excites Bobby Valentine. But, Timoniel Perez, a 5-9, 167-pound Dominican, can do other things that have impressed...
BERNIE SHELVED TILL NEXT WEEK
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amKANSAS CITY- Sitting at his locker yesterday afternoon, Bernie Williams put his strained right rib-cage injury into perspective. "If this were the playoffs," he said, "I would be out there."...
TORRE WANTS TO GET RIVERA MO REST
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES KANSAS CITY - Joe Torre wanted to resist calling the bullpen last night and asking Mariano Rivera to get up in the late innings against the Royals. However,...
CONE DONE FOR SEASON? SHOULDER INJURY MARS YANK WIN OVER ROYALS
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amYankees 10 Royals 5 KANSAS CITY - How ironic is it that, after abusing his right arm for years, David Cone's season may have ended last night when he dislocated...
OLISADEBE AN UNLIKELY POLISH STAR
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amLONDON - Just because a soccer player was born in one country doesn't mean he can't represent another in international competition. The U.S., naturally, has celebrated the achievements of many...
HINGIS-VENUS A FAIT ACCOMPLI ; MARTINA OUSTS SELES TO SET UP CLASSIC RIVALRY
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amLacking the hitting power of Venus Williams, No. 1 ranked Martina Hingis has said she compensates by being clever. And not just on the court, either. With a 6-0, 7-5...
BIG SHOT IN BIG SPOT: CLUTCH ZEILE PROVING HE BELONGS
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - One big hit. That's what the Mets needed last night and that's what Todd Zeile provided. All those questions before the season about Zeile filling the big shoes,...
ONUS IS ON THE OWNERS TO SAVE LAKE
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amTHE rains that have devastated the northwestern part of New Jersey also put Lake Hopatcong out of commission, ending any summer fun for the local anglers, boaters and bathers. Tim...
STRAHAN NEEDS RETURN TO GLORY ; HALLOWEEN HERO COULD USE SACK OR TWO
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amTHE last time he paid a visit, Michael Strahan ran the Eagles out of the building. He sprinted 44 yards with an interception after hauling in a pass by Doug...
FRUSTRATED FAN HITS PAYDIRT DOWN UNDER
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amSYDNEY - I am here in this most beautiful sun-swept city to cover the Olympics but in the past 48 hours had become a desperate man. I needed a shot...
TWEAKING HUSKERS PART OF BATTLE PLAN
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amSOUTH BEND - If Notre Dame quarterback Arnaz Battle says he's sore after playing Texas A & M, he can only imagine the pain he's likely to feel after facing...
KERRY IN RUSH TO HAND OFF PRAISE TO RBS
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES He had been there before, but never with the double-trouble running game the Giants displayed in their season-opening victory. Kerry Collins is entering his sixth NFL season and...
RIVALRY HAS HATRED, JEALOUSY AND IRONY
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amRAY Lucas, current Jet and former Patriot, was licking his chops at the mere thought of the delicious dish that awaits Monday night in the form of Patriots vs. Jets...
BELL RETURNS TO ACTION
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - Reporters walked up to Derek Bell in the clubhouse to ask him about his infected left knee before last night's 3-2, 10-inning win over the Reds and Bell...
NEIL SMITH JOINS DUCKS
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amNeil Smith, all but incommunicado since being dismissed as Ranger president and GM on March 28, has joined the Mighty Ducks' staff, The Post has learned. Smith, who earlier this...
SUNDAY START FOR DOC NOT CERTAIN
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amKANSAS CITY - Just because Dwight Gooden followed David Cone into last night's win over the Royals, supplied 51/3 innings of effective relief and bagged the victory, it doesn't mean...
MARTIN OUTLASTS MOYA IN MARATHON TILL MORNING
September 6, 2000 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES With about a thousand fans staying through the longest match of this year's U.S. Open, Todd Martin came back from a two-set deficit to outlast Carlos Moya, 6-7...