January 9, 2001
RADIO'S FINAL FRONTIER - IT'S CNN VS. CNBC IN THE BATTLE OF SATELLITES
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amLAS VEGAS - CNN and CNBC are going head-to-head again - this time in the world of satellite radio. Both cable networks will be producing programming for two start-up companies...
DONNA KARAN WILLING TO EYE NEW BIDS, STAY SOLO
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amPerhaps looking to ignite a bidding war, Donna Karan International (DKI) said it is willing to review other proposals for the company or even consider remaining independent. In a statement,...
SIMMONS OFFERS ONE CARD FOR ALL TELECOM NEEDS
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amRussell Simmons never stops. The entertainment and fashion impresario credited with taking hip-hop mainstream now wants to revolutionize the communications industry. His new RUSH Communicator project will make all levels...
MILSTEIN LOT COULD GO TO MILSTEINS - PLANNING TOGETHER IN CASE OF FAILED AUCTION
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amWHEN the dust settles next week on the ballyhooed "Milstein parking lot" auction, don't be surprised if the famous corner lot at Eighth Avenue and 42nd Street turns out to...
DNR'S LOHRER SHOWN THE DOOR
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amFairchild Publications, after initially denying it, has decided to give DNR Editor Robert Lohrer the old heave-ho. Sources say he is about to be replaced by John Birmingham, editor-in-chief of...
MIRACLES OF GRACE
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amNEW ballets are often called novelties, and most of them are just that and little more. They last a season or two and may be briefly revived a little later,...
VEGAS GOES SCOTTSDALE - AN OASIS OF CALM CLOSE TO THE ACTION
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amIF you want Las Vegas but like your peace and quiet too, you just hit the jackpot.A 20-minute drive from the lights of the Strip is Lake Las Vegas, a...
COSMETIC CAVEAT EMPTOR: WHAT TO WATCH FOR
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amTHOSE savvy about the pros and pitfalls of plastic surgery agree: The best way to prevent a cosmetic-surgery disaster is by doing your homework. Start by checking a doctor's accreditation...
THE PITFALLS OF PLASTIC SURGERY - BOTCHED COSMETIC WORK CAN BE CORRECTED - AT A PRICE
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amTHE road to beauty can take some pretty ugly detours.With more and more people banking on a nip or tuck as the price of perfection - as some 2.4 million...
MOTOR CITY RISING - THERE'S LIFE IN THE OLD CITY, AS DETROIT HITS ITS 300TH YEAR
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amDETROITERS tend to move things around. As with furniture in a living room, so go its churches, statues, theaters. Gorgeous pieces, all gently guided from the paths of wrecking balls....
OLDIES BUT GOODIES GOING DIGITAL
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amTODAY there is a giant music reissue alert, with Universial Records dusting off the 25th-anniversary edition of "Frampton Comes Alive" and a deluxe edition of the one and only record...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amWe want Moore The first U.S. retrospective of the work of Henry Moore in nearly 20 years opens at the Dallas Museum of Art on Feb. 25. "Henry Moore, Sculpting...
THE BOROUGHS GET BALLET FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amIN Soviet times, Russian ballet from Russia meant either Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet or Leningrad's Kirov Ballet. Like the name of Leningrad itself, times have changed. Today quite a few Russian...
THE STARR REPORT
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amEx-Ch. 2 anchor facing prison term Former Ch. 2 anchor Gerry Grant, 41 - arrested on child pornography charges in October ("The Starr Report," Oct. 19) - has been indicted...
MISTER SISTER; WIMPY GUY SPOILS THIS PICTURE IN NEW NBC SIBLING SITCOM
January 9, 2001 | 5:00am"Three Sisters" Tonight at 9:30 on WNBC/Ch. 4 WHY in God's name this sitcom about three sisters has to be narrated by a man (the husband of one of the...
RAGGEDY ANDY'S BACK AS BY MICHAEL STARR
January 9, 2001 | 5:00am'NYPD Blue" returns for its eighth season tonight - amid more cast defections, more heartbreak for Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) and some startling plot developments. Both Kim Delaney (Det. Russell) and...
'X' MARKS THE PLOT; BEST 'FILES' MYSTERY YET: WILL IT SEE NINTH SEASON OR END UP AT THE MOVIES?
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amPASADENA, Calif. - The future of "The X-Files" is a mystery - again. The show, which follows a pair of FBI agents who tangle with supernatural forces, has not yet...
NIGEL HAS BACH BEAT
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amNIGEL KENNEDY"Kennedy Plays Bach With the Berlin Philharmonic" () EMI Classics Renowned classical violinist Nigel Kennedy, who's said for years he wasn't ready to record Bach, has rosined up his...
SPITZER READY TO RUMBLE WITH RUDY
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - Attorney General Eliot Spitzer all but told Mayor Giuliani "let's get it on" yesterday as he said he would "relish every moment" of a campaign against him. Spitzer,...
AN ABOMINATION OF A NOMINATION
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amJOHN ASHCROFT is unfit to be the attorney general of the United States. He is an extremist who is against civil rights, enforcement of voting rights, civil liberties and equal...
BRO, NO! TOUR MIGHT BE THE JACKO-LESS 5
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amThe Jackson 5 may be forced to tour this summer without the participation of the Gloved One, The Post has learned. Despite Jermaine Jackson's bombshell revelation that the famed group...
GIULIANI: LET'S TEACH KIDS SIX DAYS A WEEK: STRIKES CONCILIATORY TONE IN LAST STATE OF CITY SPEECH
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday suggested opening schools on weekends as he delivered a final State of the City speech filled with conciliatory gestures and projects designed to enhance his legacy. Speaking...
FROM CRIME TO HOUSING, A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amHighlights from Mayor Giuliani's State of the City speech: CRIME * Add 600 cops to search for people with outstanding warrants. * Launch targeted effort to reduce property crimes. *...
BILL'S BLOODY LEGACY - THE PREDICTABLE FAILURE OF HIS MIDEAST PEACE PLOY
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amIN the waning days of his administration, George Bush the Elder signed various regulations, made various appointments and issued various executive orders - almost all of which Bill Clinton voided...
DEALER LINKED TO 'BULL' PLEADS GUILTY
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amSalvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano's alleged "ecstasy" connection pleaded guilty yesterday to flooding New York City and Arizona with more than 4 million hits of the designer drug over three years....
LARA FLYNN: I'M BAD TO THE BONES - & SCARY TO WOMEN
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amSexy TV actress Lara Flynn Boyle - most recently linked to legendary bad boy Jack Nicholson - crows that she's a "scary" Hollywood type people love to hate. "I'm the...
TIANANMEN PAPERS A HOAX, CHINA SAYS
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amChina today denounced as a hoax recently reported documents about the crushing of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. "Any attempt to play up the matter again and disrupt China by...
GIANT-SIZED FAN DEMAND SPURS PRICE HIKE FOR TIX
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amGiants fans looking for tickets to Big Blue's showdown against the Vikings better be prepared to pay top dollar to see their team in the flesh. Ticket brokers said the...
MINI-GEORGE PORTRAIT A MEGABUCK AUCTION ITEM
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amA tiny portrait of George Washington encased in a gold locket with a strand of hair from the founding father is expected to fetch $1 million at auction this month....
SORRY MTV TO DUBYA: WE COULDN'T GET BALL ROLLIN'
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amWhen President-elect George W. Bush makes his inaugural-party rounds later this month, there's one celebration he won't attend - the MTV bash. Why? Because there won't be one. The leaders...
SILVER MAKES SURE MUTINY COSTS 'EM BOUNTY
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver stripped five New York City Democrats of lucrative positions yesterday for backing a coup attempt against him. Silver, in a long-awaited move stemming from...
CIG-AD BAN TO GET HIGH COURT REVIEW
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed yesterday to consider if bans on cigarette ads violate free-speech rights. A decision, expected this summer, could affect New York City's attempt to...
KERIK TO HIRE POLLSTER FOR SURVEY ON NYPD
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amA private consultant will be hired to take the public's pulse on the NYPD as part of Mayor Giuliani's final initiatives to improve New York's Finest's community relations. "We want...
QNS. FAMILY: 'SHE'LL HELP ANYONE'
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amA QUEENS fourth-grader being put through Catholic school by Linda Chavez is heartbroken over the way Democrats are treating her benefactor - and worries that she can't help the lady...
A GIANT AMONG GIANTS - SEHORN BOUNCES BACK FROM PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL PAIN
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amJASON SEHORN has suffered a broken heart and a broken leg, but New York's football hero is no longer living a broken dream. With the Giants' stunning victory over the...
FORD, F'STONE SETTLE SUIT BY CRASH VICTIM
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amA Texas woman, crippled when her Ford Explorer with Firestone tires rolled over and crashed, reached a settlement yesterday that heads off the first trial since last year's massive tire...
LOCKERBIE TRIAL DEFENSE RESTS - A VERDICT MAY COME NEXT WEEK
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amJudgment day for two Libyan intelligence officers on trial in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 could come as early as next week after their lawyers brought their defense...
4 HURT IN GANG KNIFE FIGHT OUTSIDE B'KLYN HIGH SCHOOL
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amFour teenage gang members stabbed and slashed each other in a fight outside an alternative high school in downtown Brooklyn, police said yesterday. The melee between members of the Bloods...
A REPORT CARD ON HIS PREVIOUS PLEDGES
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amPromises, promises. During his first term, Mayor Giuliani rolled out State of the City speeches filled with lofty goals - cutting crime, slashing welfare rolls and retooling foster care. But...
BUSH: IT'S TOO EARLY TO PARDON THE PREZ
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amPresident-elect Bush yesterday rejected calls for a quickie pardon for President Clinton, saying it "doesn't make any sense" to do it before seeing if Clinton gets indicted. But Bush -...
SICKO GOLFER'S SWAN ATTACK A BLOW TO TRUMP
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amA brutish guest at Donald Trump's exclusive Palm Beach golf course clubbed to death one of the real-estate magnate's cherished rare black swans, The Post has learned. An apoplectic Trump...
HILL: IT'S BETWEEN DEM GUYS - WON'T BACK MCCALL IN A GOV PRIMARY
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday she would remain neutral in a Democratic gubernatorial primary - a possible blow to state Comptroller Carl McCall. "I'm a good Democrat,"...
POLICE: BX. MAN HELD HOSTAGE FOR ATM CARD
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amTwo gunmen abducted a Bronx man and held him captive all weekend while they tried to empty out his bank account with his cash card, police said yesterday. But the...
PARENTS GIVE 'A' TO HIZZONER'S EDUCATION PROPOSALS
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amThe school initiatives put forward yesterday by Mayor Giuliani drew praise from parents and from just about all quarters - except from some kids, who nixed the idea of weekend...
THE GHOST AND MRS. CLINTON: WHO'LL IT BE?
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amHillary Clinton will do a lot of reading before she decides who'll ghost-write her upcoming memoir. Simon & Schuster, which has inked an $8 million book deal with the soon-to-be-former...
BUSH WON'T ALIEN-ATE LABOR PICK - BELIEVES CHAVEZ WILL BE CONFIRMED
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amAUSTIN, Texas - President-elect George W. Bush said yesterday he's still "confident" in Linda Chavez, and predicted she'll be confirmed as labor secretary, despite giving shelter and money to a...
GIULIANI: LET'S TEACH KIDS 6 DAYS A WEEK - STRIKES CONCILIATORY TONE IN LAST STATE OF CITY SPEECH
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday suggested opening schools on weekends, as he delivered a final State of the City speech filled with conciliatory gestures and projects designed to enhance his legacy. Speaking...
GUNFIRE HITS APT. OF JACKO'S NEPHEW
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amMichael Jackson's nephew awoke in his East Side high-rise apartment to the sound of gunshots yesterday - as a mystery gunman blasted out his window from a car on the...
DON'T LOOK NOW NEW JERSEY,'ANSWER' IS COMING
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amCLEVELAND - You've got one of the game's most prolific scorers coming at you, one game after he went off for a career best 54 points. But before the Nets...
SHOULDER SIDELINES KAMENSKY
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amWe'll never really know whether Ron Low would have scratched Valeri Kamensky from last night's Garden match against the Stars had the winger reported for work in full health; never...
ARMORY STAGING LIFE IN THE FAST LANE
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amSure, there's a Giants game on Sunday that might grab a headline or two, but make no mistake about it: This weekend's First Annual Armory Collegiate Invitational is much more...
FASSEL WARNS JINTS: FIRST THINGS FIRST
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amThe mood was bright, upbeat, chatty, full of references to astounding and unforeseen achievements. There was talk about the Super Bowl, lots of it. Super Bowl this, Super Bowl that....
WEATHER WON'T HELP
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amIf the Giants are planning on harsh weather to help slow down the Vikings in Sunday's NFC Championship Game, they had better come up with a Plan B. According to...
FASSEL: WE'RE LOOKING YANKEE-LIKE
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amAbout a year ago, Jim Fassel was on a working vacation in Maui, dispatched to scout Ron Dayne in the Hula Bowl and also sent away for some much-needed rest...
SIMULCASTING IS A BIG HIT AT THE BIG A
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amMore than 1,000 fans flocked to Aqueduct yesterday as the New York Racing Association opened its doors for simulcasting for the first time on a New York dark day. "It's...
BARROW'S BATTLE CRY: GOTTA THINK BIG
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amWhen Micheal Barrow takes the field Sunday, 60 minutes from the Super Bowl, he will expect to win. "I think anytime you step on the field, we gotta have that...
ISBISTER PLANNING RETURN IN 2 WEEKS
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amWith the surgical wiring removed from his jaw yesterday, Brad Isbister hopes to ignite the unresponsive Islanders when he makes his expected return within two weeks. Sidelined since a speeding...
BELL'S EARNING SOME BIG EAST NOTICES
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amRashad Bell nearly signed with St. Peter's before the season started. Instead, he decided to wait and see how his senior year went. His patience apparently has paid off, since...
TUNA COULD BE TURNING TO FOX ; SOURCE: BILL'S HEADED TO BOOTH
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amIt's looking more and more like Bills Parcells will leave the Jets to become a TV analyst for Fox, an NFL source with knowledge of the situation told The Post....
RAY'S DEFENSE NEVER RESTS
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amNASHVILLE - Ray Lewis stood in front of his locker after Baltimore's 24-10 AFC Divisional Playoff win Sunday, a walking dichotomy, a living contradiction. Just hours before, we'd seen Lewis...
HOT KNICKS ARE FINALLY HEALTHY
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amAfter 34 games, the 2000-2001 Knicks will finally be whole. GM Scott Layden gets to see all his pieces together for the first time Thursday night when the Knicks host...
AMAKER STRUGGLES TO RIGHT PIRATE SHIP
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amTommy Amaker knew such a day would come. He thought about it. He observed how other coaches he respects handled it. He reviewed all the possible scenarios in his mind....
JARVIS: DON'T PUT ME IN MIX FOR CELTIC JOB
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amNow that Rick Pitino has quit as coach of the Celtics, the rumor mill is in full buzz. Mike Jarvis doesn't want to have anything to do with it. Jarvis...
JINTS FACE DAUNT-ING TASK: NFL SCOUTS - CULPEPPER POSES PROBLEM FOR BLUE
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amThe first game film Giants' coaches reached for after Sunday's night's victory over the Eagles had to be the Vikings' Dec. 10 loss to the Rams. St. Louis won that...
MARBURY, NETS COME UP SHORT AT BUZZER
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amCavaliers 92 Nets 90 CLEVELAND - Want an idea of what's wrong with the Nets? Grab a tape of last night's 92-90 defeat to the Cavs here and watch the...
PIRATES KO IRISH, NOT BAD BLOOD
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amSeton Hall 78 Notre Dame 76 Seton Hall overcame Notre Dame 78-76 last night in Continental Airlines Arena but it remains to be seen if the Pirates can overcome the...
BLUESHIRTS GET 'A' FOR EFFORT IN 'L'
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amStars 2 Rangers 1 There was nothing not to like about the way the Rangers competed last night against the Stars - absolutely nothing. They not only threw themselves into...
GIANTS' WOUNDED ON THE MEND
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amGIANTS NOTES Less than a week and counting before the Giants do battle in the NFC Championship Game, and they will need every available minute and hour to heal up...
RICKETY SPLIT ENDS TORMENT: PITINO BOLTS BEANTOWN TO END HIS REIGN OF ERROR
January 9, 2001 | 5:00amSUBJECT: Pitino Rickety Splits. Thus ends the coach/president's 102-146 episode in Boston. Or, as we'll refer to it, "The Mass. Morass." Pitino came to Boston thinking he, Tim Duncan and...