January 15, 2001
'SEX IN THE CITY' WRITER INKS A $1M BOOK DEAL
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amWhy, yes - sex sells. Candace Bushnell has raked in another $1 million in a deal to write yet again about her favorite subject. The "Sex and the City" creator...
SNIPPETS FROM A SPOOKY SCENARIO
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amTHERE are a lot of scary things on the Internet. But one really frightening item is a Web site put up by a reputable Washington think tank, simulating a stock...
STALLED SNAPPLE PLANS SWEET COMEBACK
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amBeverage giant Snapple may be on the road to recovery under its new owners. In the first sign of expansion the company has seen in some time, Snapple candy -...
BUDDY SYSTEM BROKEN AT THESTREET.COM
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amTHINGS do not look good for TheStreet.com. And co-founder Jeff Berkowitz, Jim Cramer's, erstwhile hedge fund partner, is not helping. The online personal finance site's stock price soared to $71...
FAMILY PLANNING
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amTHE Steinberg family has dumped more than two million shares in their struggling Individual Investor, Inc., in the past few weeks, selling off at a tremendous loss. And in a...
CSFB ROCKS THE BOAT
January 15, 2001 | 5:00am"THE meek shall inherit the earth," trumpets Credit Suisse First Boston's latest tech advertisements, showing a kayaker heading into white water, "But they're unlikely to guide 318 transactions through turbulent...
WELCH: ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amREVERED leaders usually have to die before they have a monument dedicated to them. They have to retire, at least. Not so, the great Jack Welch. Late last year, the...
CHARLES SCHWAB: YOU CAN AFFORD TO RETIRE ON LESS THAN YOU THINK - SIMPLE, CLEAR ADVICE FROM ONE OF AMERICA'S PREMIER FINANCIAL GURUS
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amCHARLES Schwab redefined Wall Street more than a quarter century ago when he launched his self-named brokerage company. Taking advantage of a law that changed how much brokers could charge...
WHAT THE FUND PICKERS PICK FOR THEIR OWN 401(K)S
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amIT'S January, and that means it's time for employees at companies across America to make investment decisions about their 401(k) plans. Inevitably, many of these employees will turn to Morningstar,...
ESTEE LAUDER GETS THE GOLD BUG
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amFASHION designers are doing their best to revive gold as a trend, but it hasn't quite filtered through to the gold market -- or Wall Street. Still way off its...
POWERFUL 'ALTERNATIVES' FOR GUTSY INVESTORS
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amTHE sun may be shining on alternative energy. Companies developing non-polluting power technologies -- like solar and fuel cells, as well as harnesses for wind and geothermal power -- have...
'DEVIL': A PLAY FROM HELL
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amTHE WHITE DEVILHoward Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn. Call BAM Ticket Services at (718) 636-4100 or Ticketmaster (212) 307-4100. Jan. 16-20 at 7:30. IT was just one year...
THE STARR REPORT
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amPBS 'Jazz'ed withdocumentary ratings PBS has received the horn-of-plenty from Ken Burns: Terrific ratings for the first three episodes of his 19-hour "Jazz" series. But "Jazz," which kicked off last...
KATHIE LEE WILL NEVER FORGET; GIFFORD CLAWS AT EX-SHOW AS 'CRUEL' AND 'PETTY'
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amKATHIE Lee Gifford is back on the war path. The former morning-show host slammed some unnamed "Live with Regis" colleagues as "vicious," "mean-spirited" and "cruel" during an appearance on ABC's...
THE REAL DEAL ON REALITY: ADAM HAS THE ANSWERS
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amYOU'VE got questions? I've got answers - about reality TV.Q: Oh, Mr. TV Columnist, what do all these voyeuristic reality shows signal about the state of our society? Are we...
OY! 'SURVIVOR' MOM TO WED STEPSON
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amTHE intrigue surrounding the new "Survivor 2" show is getting weird - even before the show hits the air. One of the contestants in the upcoming series is secretly engaged...
ONLY MORON COULD MISS THE 'MOLE'
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amHEY, "The Mole" isn't that hard to understand. At least that's what the disappointed producers of the new reality series are saying. Critics savaged "The Mole" premiere last week, blasting...
WHEN HAVING A COLD ISN'T SO HOT
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amLAST week I had a cold that was so bad, I went through more tissues than schoolgirls getting dressed for the junior prom. On Tuesday I was just a little...
PRIVATES ON PARADE: AUSSIE ACTORS AIM TO BRING NUDE 'PUPPET' ACT TO B'WAY FROM LONDON
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amIT started off innocently enough as an interview with a puppeteer in a Paramount Hotel room. Then Simon Morley casually turned his back and dropped his pants. "Do you wanna...
FORM FITTING FUNCTION: GREAT GOWNS FOR INDIE SHOW MAY BE GAUCHE AT THE OSCARS
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amIT'S here again. The time of year when Beverly Hills floorcovering companies go on red-carpet alert, and when a movie starlet's thoughts turn from clothes to . . . well,...
BRUNO BLASTS HILL FOR STARTING 'WAR' VS. GOP
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amU.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has come under strong attack from a top Republican for issuing a "declaration of war" against the New York GOP. Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno,...
COPS FEAR SHOOTOUT WITH TEXAS ESCAPEES ; MANHUNT HAS EVERY OFFICER IN THE STATE ON ALERT - AND ON EDGE
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amTHEY'RE known as "The Malevolent Seven," and their brazen prison escape last month has put the state of Texas on its highest fugitive alert since the hunt for Bonnie and...
IT'S A CORPS CURRICULUM FOR COMBAT ; MARINES TRAIN TO FIGHT WARS OF THE FUTURE
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amCAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Some time, some place there will be another Saddam Hussein in waiting who will rattle international cages and force the United States into a military crisis....
RESEARCH LINKS CELL PHONES TO EYE CANCER
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amA new study has linked mobile phones to human cancer for the first time - with research showing three times as many instances of eye cancers among people who regularly...
CONEY CATS OTTERLY TERRIFYING
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amIN THE wild, penguins are preyed upon by sharks, whales and leopard seals. In Coney Island, they're preyed upon by cats. Several dozen nasty, feral cats - described by one...
LOPEZ: PUFFY WEARS MY LOVE ON HIS PINKIE
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amJennifer Lopez has given Sean "Puffy" Combs a $40,000 pinkie ring that he plans to wear as a sign of her love and support at his upcoming weapons trial. And...
THE ONLY THING MISSING IS THE LIONS
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amMINUS the lions, tomorrow's Senate confirmation hearing for Sen. John Ashcroft will look a little like the Roman Coliseum. And as the Dems load their gun with garlic-dipped bullets, it...
PARKING ROW ENDS IN DEATH FOR DAD OF 2 - CAR WAS BLOCKING DRIVEWAY
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amWhat started as a shouting match over a blocked driveway turned deadly yesterday when a Brooklyn father was shot and killed outside his home by an angry motorist. Joseph Coll,...
BRAVEST HEART ATTACKS SOAR
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amFirefighters braving the heat, flames and treacherous conditions inside a burning building are more likely to die of a heart attack on the job than anything else, federal studies show....
MLK WAS A MORAL FORCE IN A VIOLENT, MATERIALISTIC WORLD
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amTHE Rev. Martin Luther King would be 72 years old today if he were still alive. I was in the middle of writing a profile of Dr. King for Life...
CLINTON'S 'FAREWELL' TOUR GETS GOP BOOS
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amPresident Clinton is taking pot shots at successor George W. Bush because Clinton can't bear to give up the White House and the world spotlight, Republicans charged yesterday. "We're going...
JUBILANT FANS CHEER A 'BLUE' STREAK - STADIUM CROWD 'BOWL'ED OVER BY STUNNING VICTORY
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amGiants fans are walking tall today - with their team headed to the Super Bowl after spiking the Vikings in a stunning 41-0 romp at the Meadowlands. "It's over! That...
ODDS ARE, GIANTS AREN'T 'BETTOR' TEAM IN VEGAS
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amCounted down and out all season, the Giants will be underdogs one last time. The Baltimore Ravens opened as 2-point favorites over Big Blue for Super Bowl XXXV, set for...
SALVADOR QUAKE TOLL MOUNTS
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amAt least 381 people were dead and thousands more missing in El Salvador yesterday after a massive earthquake rocked the Central American nation and set off landslides that engulfed entire...
REAGAN COULD BE BACK HOME BY THE WEEKEND
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amFormer President Reagan - who underwent hip surgery two days ago - is making excellent progress and may be released from the hospital next weekend, his doctors say. Reagan, 89,...
3 HEROES BRAVED BX. BLAZE TO RESCUE RESIDENT
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amThree humble heroes emerged from the smoke and rubble of a blaze that claimed the lives of a veteran firefighter and a couple in the South Bronx over the weekend....
MAN SUFFERS HEART ATTACK DURING GAME
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amAn off-duty city firefighter at the Giants game yesterday rushed to the aid of a fan who had suffered a massive heart attack. James Slevin, a member of Ladder Co....
BECKER DIVORCE A DONE DEAL
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amThe bitter divorce battle between former tennis ace Boris Becker and his estranged wife has finally ended, with her reportedly netting a cool $14.7 million, and him shared custody of...
ASHCROFT: I HAVE THE VOTES - CLAIMS 11 DEMS BACK HIM AS AG
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amOn the eve of tomorrow's confirmation hearing, John Ashcroft - President-elect George W. Bush's controversial attorney general pick - claims he has the secret support of at least 11 Democratic...
THE 'NO NORTON!' LEAD HERRING
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amINTERIOR Secretary-designate Gale Norton has knee-jerk liberals hyperventilating because - are you ready for this? - she has lobbied for NL Industries, which used to be known as the National...
STUDY: LESS TV PACIFIES KIDS
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amCutting down on television and video games can help kids become less aggressive toward their classmates, a new study says. "What's encouraging is that, in children, some of the effects...
ISRAELI MAN MISSING IN GAZA AMID RISING FEARS
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli officials feared the worst last night as their security forces frantically hunted for a kidnapped Jewish settler, whose disappearance heaped tension on the boiling Mideast. The settler,...
ASHCROFT: I HAVE THE VOTES -CLAIMS 11 DEMS ARE BACKING HIM
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amOn the eve of tomorrow's confirmation hearing, John Ashcroft - President-elect George W. Bush's controversial attorney general pick - claims he has the secret support of at least 11 Democratic...
3 HEROES BRAVED BX. BLAZE TO SAVE RESIDENT
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amThree humble heroes emerged from the smoke and rubble of a blaze that claimed the lives of a veteran firefighter and a couple in the South Bronx over the weekend....
JUBILANT FANS CHEER A 'BLUE' STREAK: STADIUM CROWD 'BOWL'ED OVER BY STUNNING VICTORY
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amGiants fans are walking tall today - with their team headed to the Super Bowl after spiking the Vikings in a stunning 41-0 romp at the Meadowlands. "It's over! That...
KNICKS SPURRED ON
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amRegardless of when this town turns its attention away from the football field and focuses back on the Knicks, Jeff Van Gundy's team is currently light years away from the...
FOX'S COVERAGE DROPS BALL
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amREMARKABLE. Surreal. One of the most stunning results in the history of big games. "Giants 41, Vikings 0" yesterday has already been entered into the Annals of The Highly Unlikely....
STRONACH WANTS NTRA DEMOCRACY
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amFrank Stronach, owner of Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita as well as several other tracks across the country who are not part of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, said he'll...
ROBESON FINDS WINNING COMBINATION
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amRobeson 79 Grady 75 Larry Major was concerned. The season was approaching and although his Paul Robeson team had one of the best big men in the city in Kenny...
THE SAME OLD COOK CHOPS UP KNIGHTS
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amSt. John's 80 Rutgers 71 PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Omar Cook told us he was a changed man on Wednesday. After a volatile first third of the season, Cook said there...
MARBURY'S FRUSTRATED WITH NETS
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amATLANTA - The past is exactly that - past - and can't be changed. The future, Stephon Marbury insists, will be brighter and better for the Nets. And that is...
SEHORN'S STORYBOOK LIFE HAS NEW CHAPTER
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amFor Jason Sehorn, it was no big deal blanketing Randy Moss and coming up with a fourth-quarter interception at the goal line. Sehorn doesn't get star-struck; if he did he...
MOSS: VIKES WILL NEVER BE SUPER
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amYesterday's NFC Championship embarrassment notwithstanding, Vikings Pro Bowl wide receiver Randy Moss is widely recognized as the most explosive player in the NFL, both athletically and verbally. But, while he...
A DAY OF REDEMPTION ; RECORD-BREAKING RAMPAGE HELPS COLLINS SLAY GHOSTS
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amTHE joke goes that when you look into Kerry Collins' eyes, you can see the vastness of the Jersey Meadowlands. Sometimes, you can even hear the whistling of the wind....
VIKES SECONDARY STUCK IN CORNER
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amEven with their secondary healthy and intact, Minnesota has one of the worst defenses in the league. But when defensive back Kenny Wright joined Orlando Thomas on the injured list...
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF AS GIANT LEGENDS LOOK ON
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amLAWRENCE Taylor, Carl Banks and Harry Carson stood on the frontlines of Blue Nation yesterday walking the sidelines and reminding a franchise of its tradition for defense in the biggest...
NO WAY TO MINNY-MIZE THIS LOSS
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amMinnesota owner Red McCombs stood in the bowels of Giants Stadium yesterday, not quite speechless but clearly answerless. Wideout Randy Moss openly wondered if the Vikings would ever win a...
SUPER-BOWL TITLE IN BROWN'S REACH
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amHe refers to himself as the father figure of the offensive linemen. He said the players come to him with their personal problems and he offers them advice on various...
LT NEVER DOUBTED JINTS
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amLT had no doubts. "It's easy to get caught up in all the hype over the Minnesota Vikings, the wide receivers and the quarterback and what they can do," Lawrence...
ASK, AND THEY RECEIVE ; JINT WR'S COME UP BIG WHEN NEEDED MOST
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amIT was easy as pie in Dennis Green's face, as simple as Vikings stupid enough to have vowed redemption for their 28th-ranked defense, effortless as all suggestions following the Detroit...
WELLS IS THE LATEST TO GET AWAY
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amCHALK up another offseason failure for the Mets. Outspoken left-hander David Wells, a 20-game winner, was dealt yesterday from the Blue Jays to the White Sox. The Mets thought they...
OUT OF THE BLUE, A MINNY MASSACRE ; COLLINS (5 TDS), GIANTS BURY DEFENSELESS VIKES
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amGiants 41 Vikings 0 Before the roar and the confetti and the whirling towels and their sheer brilliance and the utter jubilation of a magical moment cascaded down upon them,...
FOURTH TIME IS A CHARM FOR ACCORSI
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amHe had been to this point three previous times as the general manager of a team, and three times he has failed, which is why Ernie Accorsi sees trouble lurking...
FASSEL: WE AREN'T DONE YET
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amHe becomes the first head coach to take the Giants to the Super Bowl since Bill Parcells. There will be countless questions during Super Bowl Week about The Guarantee, and...
FOCUS TURNS TO RAVENS AND TAMPA
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amStanding to the side of the podium where trophies and accolades were being distributed, John Fox spotted his sons. The Giants defensive coordinator opened his arms for a hug. "Kids,"...
WEST'S EFFORT IS SPECIAL
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amNFC NOTEBOOK When it came to coming up with a play early in yesterday's NFC Championship Game to quickly bury the Vikings, it was the Giants' special teams that found...
FOX'S CRAFTY PLANS GAVE AWAY NOTHING
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amJessie Armstead thought his defensive coordinator had gone a little nuts when John Fox suggested earlier in the week that the Giants could "shut out" the Vikings. But it wasn't...
PAYTON'S STOCK SOARS IN BLOWOUT
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amSean Payton's head-coaching stock rose as high as the post-game confetti yesterday at Giants Stadium. Payton was the offensive architect of the Giants' stunning 41-0 wipeout of the Vikings in...
CARTHON, JETS TALK IT OVER
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amOAKLAND - The Jets' coaching search began in earnest yesterday with newly-hired general manager Terry Bradway interviewing Maurice Carthon at Weeb Ewbank Hall. Carthon, the Jets' assistant head coach in...
RAVENS JUST TOO SHARPE: SHANNON'S SUPER ROMP RUINS RAIDERS
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amRavens 16 Raiders 3 OAKLAND - The notorious, venomous, rattling "Black Hole" at the south end zone of the Coliseum in Oakland is supposed to be an intimidating place where...
TOOMER'S FATHER HAPPY FROM AFAR
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amOAKLAND - Thousands of miles away from where his son was playing a big part in one of the most stunning football results in recent NFL history, Donald Toomer was...
BIG A STAKES IS CHOPPED LIVER
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amIf a Grade 1 stakes race is filet mignon, and the average stakes is a sirloin, then today's $75,000 Fred Capossela at the Big A is chopped liver. Not one...
TONY'S HIT FLATTENS RAIDER SUPE HOPES
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amOAKLAND - The biggest play of the game came from the biggest player in the game. Entering yesterday's AFC Championship game, it was the Raiders' defense that was so proud...
RAVENS HAVE N.J. CONNECTION
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amOAKLAND - In the hours before the Ravens dominated the Raiders 16-3 in yesterday's AFC Championship game, the television feed of the Giants-Vikings NFC title game was being played throughout...
SWEET IRONY FOR TRENT
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amAFC NOTEBOOK OAKLAND - Trent Dilfer is going to the Super Bowl. In Tampa. How about that for delicious redemption and irony considering Dilfer was run out of Tampa Bay...
RANGERS' WILD WIN ENDS SKID
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amRangers 4 Wild 2 You can just set your clock to these Rangers, who win every 27 days no matter the obstacles confronting them. Yes, wonder of wonders, miracle of...
RANGERS CAN'T WAIT FOR WIN
January 15, 2001 | 5:00amSo there's Theo Fleury, the league's second leading scorer and starting All Star winger for Team North America, moseying down the locker room corridor before last night's match against the...