January 16, 2001
SITE DRAWS NEW TENANTS
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amThe Crossroads of the Bronx is getting new life. The vacant Fordham Road Alexander's has been sold and is likely to be rented up quickly, its new owners say. The...
J&R MUSIC UNVEILS MAJOR EXPANSION
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amIn the face of the financial market's potential downturn, J&R Music & Computer World is expanding its size some 30,000 square feet. The new space, which combines its existing 50,000-square-foot...
W. 57TH ST.'S EMPTY FEELING ; VACANT RETAIL SPACES LITTER STRETCH FROM FIFTH TO SEVENTH
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amW ARNING to retail boosters and brokers: The column you are about to enter is bleak. Proceed with caution. There will be no refunds. If Bill Clinton really plans to...
EISNER'S BETTER MOUSETRAP ; OPTIONS STILL KICK IN IN EVENT OF DISNEY TAKEOVER
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amMichael Eisner seems to be thinking about the possibility of Disney's being acquired. The Disney CEO has made sure his mega-stock options package is available to him - even if...
LATEST WAVE OF JOB CUTS SLAMS THOUSANDS
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amJob cuts are spreading broadly - with the latest coming in advertising, online music and more high tech factories. Struggling Motorola Inc. said yesterday it will fire about 2,500 workers...
BLASS SACKS SLOWIK, NAMES NILSSON
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amLars Nilsson has been named head designer of Bill Blass, following the abrupt dismissal of Steven Slowik, who lasted just one season with this illustrious house. "The house of Blass...
BIG VIDEO-GAME BATTLE PITS SONY'S PLAYSTATION2 VS. M'SOFT'S XBOX
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amSony bosses have learned the game, when it comes to fighting Microsoft: Announce it now, worry about the details later. Sony Computer Entertainment Vice Chairman Shigeo Maruyama yesterday said the...
WOOF! RALSTON FETCHES $10.1 BILLION FROM NESTLE
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amWith pet food sales in America growing twice as fast as people food volume, Nestle is now buying Ralston Purina as its latest trophy. Nestle SA, the world's biggest food...
MPA SET TO PICK BREWSTER AS NEXT CHAIR
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amThe Magazine Publishers of America is ready to tap Dan Brewster as its next chairman, well-placed sources said. His day job is president and CEO of Gruner + Jahr USA...
OFF WITH THE HEADS! TOP EXECS OUT AT STRUCTURE, SUNGLASS HUT, ANN TAYLOR
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amIt was a very bloody Monday for retailers, as three chains lost their heads. Coming off what many believe was the industry's worst holiday season in six years, women's retailer...
HUGO, GIRL! 'LES MIZ' STILL LOOKS FRESH AFTER 14 YEARS ON B'WAY
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amLES MISERABLES Imperial Theater, 249 W. 45th St.; (212) 239-6200.This week, Post critic Clive Barnes begins revisiting some long-running Broadway favorites to see how they're holding up. Next: "Rent." IT'S...
WINTER GETS UNDER YOUR SKIN ; DON'T BE A FLAKE - HOLD THE PERFUME AND MOISTURIZE, MOISTURIZE, MOISTURIZE
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amWINTER skin isn't pretty.It's rough, flaky and bone-dry. Dr. Rena Sue Brand even has a phrase for it: "winter-shocked skin." "When you have conditions where it's 48 degrees and sunny...
WHEN THE SHARK BITES ; SWIMMING WITH THE BIG FISH AT FEEDING TIME IN THE BAHAMAS
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amDON'T worry, you're not on their regular menu, the dive master joked as we suited up. Even so, my heart fluttered wildly when I spotted the first shark circling below...
GOT THE BLAHS? GIVE YOURSELF THE TREATMENT
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amWHEN winter wreaks havoc on your skin, head for the spa. A little pampering can put the glow back into your cheeks - at least for a while. The Mezzanine...
JEROME ROBBINS' DIVERSITY ON DISPLAY
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amNEW YORK CITYBALLETNew York State Theater at Lincoln Center. Through Feb. 27. NEW York City Ballet really was twice-blessed. Whereas most companies are hard-pressed to find a major choreographer they...
THE STARR REPORT
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amAnastos close toprevious news #s The numbers are in for the first two weeks of Ernie Anastos' second go-round at Ch. 2, where he's anchoring at 6 and 11 p.m....
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amPlains speaking Former President Jimmy Carter grew up during the Depression on a 360-acre farm in an African-American community near Plains, Ga. Little has changed at the farm, which the...
ALABAMA SLAM: SEND THEM HOME!
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amALABAMA "When It All Goes South" RCA Records As one of the war horse American bands that has zero reputation for anything approaching the cutting edge, Alabama doesn't disappoint with...
'PORN FOR KIDS' WON'T BE REPEATED
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amCOMEDY Central became Comedy Censored over the weekend when network executives heavily edited and reworked a routine called "Porn for Kids" from the popular "TV Funhouse" series The segment first...
HOOTERS SERIES A BUST? DATING SHOW THAT SEEMED SURE-FIRE HIT IS FALLING FLAT
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amFINDING men willing to compete for a date with a Hooters girl is easy. Persuading stations to carry a TV show called "Who Wants to Date a Hooters Girl?" is...
ROSIE VERSUS SELLECK: ROUND 2 A DRAW; KATIE COURIC PUSHED FOR GUN CONTROL REMATCH
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amROSIE O'Donnell vs. Tom Selleck - Round 2 - was narrowly averted yesterday as Selleck ducked out of the "Today" show just before O'Donnell arrived. The two stars - who...
'AMY'S' HOME IMPROVEMENT ; SHE'S WAITING FOR KARATE KID'S BEST MOVE
January 16, 2001 | 5:00am"Judging Amy" Tonight at 10 on WCBS/Ch. 2 DESPITE what they tell you, you can go home again. At least on TV. And judging by the ratings lately, it's practically...
CNN BOO$TS AMANPOUR
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amA NEW multimillion-dollar contract will keep Christiane Amanpour dodging war-zone bombs for CNN - but many of her colleagues fear they won't escape the budget-cutter's knife, it was reported today....
BEST SHOT: REALITY-TV SATIRE HAS SUNDANCE BUZZ
January 16, 2001 | 5:00am'SURVIVOR" has nothing on "The Contenders," an extreme reality-TV show where contes tants aren't worried about being voted off an island -- they want to avoid being carried away in...
BUSH'S BLACK DILEMMA ; WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN 'REACHING OUT' IS A DEAD END?
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amTHE mainstream media are obsessed with the question: What should George W. Bush do to "reach out" to the African-American community, given the controversies over the voting in Florida and...
N.Y. REPUBLICANS WILL 'PARTY' HEARTY
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amNew York voted for Al Gore - but the state's GOP elite aren't letting a little thing like 33 electoral votes get in the way of four days of inaugural...
JET GROUNDED BY THE MOUSE THAT SOARED
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amEeeeek! A Swiss jet was stopped from flying to Mexico - because a mouse was loose on board! A co-pilot spotted the gray rodent scampering under the passenger seats as...
NEW EAR GRAFTED FROM GIRL'S RIB
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amA schoolgirl born with most of her ear missing has been given a new one molded from part of her own rib cage. Nine-year-old Emma Bayliss underwent the historic five-hour...
'ZINE QUEENS AT WAR ; TINA TAKES AIM AT HER RIVAL ANNA'S BIZ BEAU
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amTHE top two British doyennes of New York's print media, Talk's Tina Brown and Vogue's Anna Wintour, are at loggerheads. The doozy of a spat between the two was sparked...
PATAKI SEEKING ADDED $149M FOR HEALTH CARE
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki said yesterday he'll propose hiking state public-health spending by nearly 7 percent, to $2.2 billion, in his new $80 billion budget. The state's 500 private nursing...
RECOVERING REAGAN IS ABLE TO SIT UP IN CHAIR
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amSANTA MONICA, Calif. - Former President Ronald Reagan is able to get out of bed, sit up and help doctors treat his fractured hip, hospital officials said yesterday. The 40th...
U.N. EYES PROBE OF NATO AMMO
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amThe chief U.N. war-crimes prosecutor said yesterday she's ready to investigate NATO's use of depleted-uranium shells during the Kosovo war. A probe raised the specter that top U.S. and European...
STAND ON DESEG PLAN A BADGE OF COURAGE
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amIT'S Selma-on-the-Potomac today, as John Ashcroft's confirmation hearing gets under way amid charges that the poor man is the second coming of George Corley Wallace. How do they know Ashcroft...
HELPLESS NEW YORK KIN CAN 'SMELL' THE DEATH
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amYOU don't see the corpses, but you can smell them. Sometimes, the stench lingers in the nostrils for hours. And if you stand atop a mudslide and look closely, you...
SLAIN GRID HERO CALLED AN 'ANGEL'
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amA Queens teen who lived life for God, family and football wore his sports jersey for the last time yesterday inside an ivory white casket as hundreds of mourners bid...
W. A CLASS ACT ON KING DAY
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amPresident-elect George W. Bush marked Martin Luther King's birthday by pledging to black Americans - who voted by a 9-1 ratio against him - that he'll help fulfill King's dream...
BRITNEY SPEARS A $3M LOVENEST
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amBritney Spears has shelled out a cool $3 million for a mansion in Beverly Hills - fueling speculation she and hunky *NSYNC boyfriend Justin Timberlake may soon tie the knot....
QUOTH THE RAVEN FAITHFUL: JUST NO WAY WE CAN LOSE
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amBALTIMORE - New York may have the big-time receivers, the hot quarterback and even history on its side - but don't try telling that to hard-core Raven fans in the...
COMMISH BACKS FIRE GEAR ; BUT CONCEDES EXTRA WEIGHT IS A PROBLEM
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amFire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen yesterday defended the use of heavy protective bunker gear after a 42-year-old member of the Bravest became the third firefighter to die of a heart...
ASHCROFT READY TO RUMBLE ; PREPS FOR HEARING WITH BLAST AT RACE PROFILING
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - John Ashcroft, President-elect George W. Bush's pick for attorney general, readied himself for today's bare-knuckles confirmation hearing by tackling a safe issue - racial profiling. "It's wrong for...
NEW JERSEY LAYS A GIANT EGG AMID ALL THE HOOPLA
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amThe New York Giants were not the only winners Sunday. Fans of Big Blue enjoyed the romp and emerged as winners, as did New York City and Mayor Giuliani, who...
COPS SUSPECT 'NINJA SLASHER' IN B'KLYN PARK ATTACK
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amDetectives are investigating whether a vicious daytime stabbing outside Prospect Park yesterday is part of a "ninja slasher" hate-crimes spree, police said. The knife-wielding assailant ambushed a 54-year-old Brooklyn man...
HILL'S LAST DAYS AS FIRST LADY
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amIn one of her last chances to use her White House clout to tout New York, First Lady-Sen. Hillary Clinton today stars at an event to give kudos to a...
HE'S RESCUED BY CELL PHONE
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amAn El Salvador man buried alive for more than 30 hours by a devastating earthquake used his cell phone to guide rescuers to him yesterday - even as hopes dwindled...
A SWEARING-IN WITHOUT THE SWAGGER ; UNITY'S THE WORD AS ANOTHER BUSH PREPARES TO TAKE PRESIDENTIAL OATH
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amThe inaugural swagger is getting toned down - even if President-elect George W. Bush is from Texas, the home state of swagger. When Bill Clinton took over from Bush's dad...
7 PALESTINIANS WITH ISRAELI SPY TIES GET AMNESTY
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - The Palestinian Authority offered amnesty yesterday to suspected collaborators with the Israelis, in an effort to calm outrage over its weekend executions of two men. After the amnesty...
SEAT SHORTAGE TIX OFF GIANTS FANS ; SPONSORS & NFL BIGWIGS GET 1ST DIBS
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amGiants fans are learning the hard way that 71,300 seats don't go as far as they used to. Taking care of a very extended NFL family - including teams, officials...
BLUE BOOSTERS' SIMPLE REQUEST: WIN!
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amBuzzing in a Big Blue afterglow - ticket shortage or not - Giant fans are confident of a Super Bowl victory as they get ready for the brawl for it...
BILL OUT TO HOG BUSH SHOW: GOP
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amPresident Clinton is trying to horn in on successor George W. Bush's inaugural with a farewell speech to the nation boasting about how he has changed America "for the better,"...
NOT MAKING THE GRADE ; 6 OF 10 CITY TEACHERS IN PREP COURSE FLUNK QUALIFYING EXAMS
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amMany who fail, teach. Teachers entrusted with helping city students pass standardized tests are regularly flunking their own certification exams - even after taking prep courses paid for by the...
HEVESI HECKLED IN HARLEM ; COLD RECEPTION AT TRIBUTE TO DR. KING
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amCity Comptroller Alan Hevesi faced off against a hostile crowd yesterday at the headquarters of the Rev. Al Sharpton - admitting he hasn't done enough to speak out against police...
HESTON: MARTIN WOULD OK GUN RIGHTS
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amActor-turned-gun advocate Charlton Heston last night said he believes slain civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., "would agree" with his call to allow everyone to own guns. King, who believed...
GOV TO PEEL APPLE FOR MORE SCHOOL $$
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amCity-state tension flared anew yesterday when Gov. Pataki accused the city of underfunding its own school system. Pataki said the budget proposal he unveils today will include plans for the...
GOV $QUEEZING PA AS IT GOES 'TOLLING' FOR DOLLARS
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amGov. Pataki yesterday urged the Port Authority to help fund New York's cash-strapped mass-transit projects if the bistate agency wants his approval on a 75 percent hike in bridge and...
BASEBALL GREAT OK AFTER HEART OP
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amTed Williams, baseball's last .400 hitter, underwent open heart surgery yesterday at New York Presbyterian Hospital, it was reported today. "Teddy Ballgame" was in good condition after several hours of...
LA LIZ: I'VE HAD IT WITH MARRIAGE!
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amEight is enough for La Liz. After taking seven hubbies - marrying one of them twice - the 68-year-old Tinseltown diva Liz Taylor last night vowed to never walk down...
BET YOU TRIVIA BUFFS DIDN'T KNOW THAT
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amPresidential inaugurations are unparalleled in their pageantry, precedent-setting moments and, in at least one case, pandemonium. They also have produced a legacy of unforgettable speeches and memorable fashion statements. *...
TALE OF THE TAPE
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amNEW YORK Official Nickname: Big Apple Unofficial Nickname: Capital of the World Population: 7.4 million Origin of team name: The baseball Giants, who were named for New York's giant buildings....
NOAH'S FLOOD WAS IN ARABIAN DESERT: STUDY
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amA team of archaeologists believes they have pinpointed the location of Noah's biblical flood in the Arabian desert. The researchers, from the University of Manitoba in Canada, say the region...
JUDGE RIPS CITY'S 'ILL-TRAINED' SCHOOL STAFF
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amIn last week's landmark school-funding decision, state Supreme Court Judge Lelande DeGrasse commented extensively on the poor quality of the city school system's teachers. "There are too many ill-trained and...
BUSH'S CLASS ACTION : CALLS FOR REFORM ON KING DAY
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amPresident-elect George W. Bush marked Martin Luther King's birthday by pledging to black Americans - who voted by a 9-1 ratio against him - that he'll help fulfill King's dream...
GOV BLAMES CITY FOR SKIMPING ON SCHOOLS
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amCity-state tension flared anew yesterday when Gov. Pataki accused the city of under-funding its own school system. Pataki said the budget proposal he unveils today will include plans for the...
NY'ERS HONOR SLAIN HERO
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amNew Yorkers remembered slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. yesterday at events across the city that aimed to honor his memory - and inspire a new generation of...
JINT HOPES AT ODDS WITH VEGAS
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amNo offense Giants fans, but doubts about your team's ability to get into the end zone against a quality defensive team like the Ravens is what has them underdogs in...
WILD WIN EASES PAIN
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amThey dispatched the team from Minnesota and earned one of their biggest wins of the season on Sunday. The Giants do the same thing, and they get all the headlines....
'HEIR' PULLS AWAY IN CAPPY
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amForest Heir stalked off the early pace, took the lead on the far turn and drew off to an impressive 33/4-length victory in the $81,150 Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes for...
SORE KNEE KOS KVASHA 4-6 WEEKS
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amOleg Kvasha is the latest Islander to join the team's list of walking wounded. Suffering a second-degree sprained MCL of his right knee during last Friday's 4-3 loss at Pittsburgh,...
KIRBY RATES HALL, DONNIE DOESN'T
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amKIRBY Puckett deserves to hear today that he has received the requisite 75 percent vote to earn induction into the Hall of Fame. The same can't quite be said for...
BARBER'S HOPING TO CUT CAST
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amTiki time is coming. Tiki Barber, the Giants effervescent running back wore a big smile as he stepped out of the locker room yesterday, carrying a handful of CDs. It's...
STRAHAN RELISHING MOMENT IN SUPER SUN
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amTo see how far the Giants have matured, look at how far Michael Strahan has matured in the past year. Strahan admitted yesterday that even the criticism of the media...
SEARCH GOES ON FOR ONE MORE 'D'
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amWhile they streak, the Devils search. They are still said to be hunting that elusive offensive defenseman so many others seek as well. They may not need much fixing as...
BIRD 'D' GETTING BIG RAVES
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amLess than 24 hours after they put their signature on an astonishing, free-flowing performance that featured staggering production, the Giants yesterday braced for the realization that what comes next will...
JINTS PLAN NO PARTIES
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES The party, Michael Strahan figures, can wait, as whatever fun in the sun the Giants can find down south will pale in comparison to what awaits them if...
EDWARDS TOPS JETS' LIST
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amThe plot thickened yesterday in the Jets' search for a new head coach, a process that may be completed by the end of this week. One day after interviewing in-house...
MARCUS PAL: LAX REFS MADE CAMBY BOIL OVER
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Knicks 104 Spurs 82 According to a friend and business manager who drove home with Marcus Camby after yesterday's Garden bloodbath, the Knicks' starting center felt he was...
BAD BLOOD DIDN'T STOP ON COURT
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amA half-hour after he took a wild swing at Danny Ferry and bloodied Jeff Van Gundy with an accidental head-butt, Marcus Camby was still seething. Dressed in his civilian clothes,...
CANNY FERRY DEFLECTS BLAME
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amEven with the Knicks' history of pugilism, yesterday's game reached the absurd stage. But after Marcus Camby's errant attempt at sucker-punching San Antonio's Danny Ferry left his own coach floored,...
JEFF VAN BLOODY ; ENRAGED CAMBY CUTS VG SWINGING AT FERRY
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amKnicks 104 Spurs 82 A Knicks' rout over San Antonio turned into a bloodbath late in the fourth quarter yesterday at the Garden when Marcus Camby flew into a rage,...
STRICK-LY SPEAKING, VG'S A FAN
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amFOR whatever it's worth, Jeff Van Gundy is a Rod Strickland fan. Told me so himself. They had a cozy relationship when Van Gundy was a Knick assistant at the...
NEWMAN IGNITES NETS
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amNets 84 Hawks 78 ATLANTA - Johnny Newman wore his trademark game-face scowl long before the opening tap. He spoke of fire, of being aggressive, of making something happen for...
SHARPE POINTS RAVENS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amFor all his blather, all his shoot-from-the-hip, shock-value, sound-bite manner, Shannon Sharpe sure is some kind of big-play tight end with an I'll-show-you-the-way veteran mentality. Sharpe was a star in...
MAYHEM MARS MONSTER WIN
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amBEFORE the fists flew, the blood spilled and it all turned into some bad WWF exhibition, the Knicks gave us reason to believe their season might be more meaningful than...
TURF LEGEND LYNCH DEAD AT 84
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amPat Lynch, a mainstay in the press box of New York racetracks for more than a half-century, died yesterday after a long illness at age 84. A New York native,...
SPURS OFFER NO EXCUSES
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amThe Spurs may have griped and complained about the refs throughout yesterday's 104-82 loss to the Knicks at the Garden, but to their credit there were no post-game alibis. To...
G'TOWN ROLLS OVER DEFENSELESS HALL
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amG'town 99 Seton Hall 91 It's unfortunate freshman superstar forward Eddie Griffin thinks junior Ty Shine is trying to freeze him out. It's sad that "The Trio," Seton Hall's heralded...
WILL PIRATES BEAT THEMSELVES AGAIN?
January 16, 2001 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Team Turmoil returned to the court last night against Team Intensity. Seton Hall, which imploded and has gone into a tailspin since losing at Georgetown 78-66 last week, is...