January 24, 2001
J.C. PENNEY WILL SHUTTER 50 LOCATIONS
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amIn his first major move as chief executive, Allen Questrom has sounded the death knell for 50 J.C. Penney department stores across the country. This amount is approximately 5 percent...
CNN'S INHUMAN RESOURCES - NEWLY LAID-OFF ARE TREATED LIKE CRIMINALS
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTHE so-called "painless" layoffs at CNN have been anything but. Stunned employees from New York to Los Angeles are being yanked into personnel offices all this week and told to...
COOKING UP AN IBP DEAL - NESTLE-RALSTON STAKE IS ON TABLE
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amDOES anyone want to buy a bakery? When Nestle SA agreed to acquire Ralston Purina a week or so ago, the one angle of the deal that was lost on...
'SWEETIE' NOTE A DOOZY
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amCALL it the "Sweetie" memo. U.S. News & World Report Editor Steve Smith recently penned a rare column, about George W. Bush, and received a complimentary e-mail for his effort...
CBS TIED TO ODDS-MAKER IN LAS VEGAS
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amWith CBS about to air the Super Bowl and the NCAA basketball tournament, the broadcaster has been found to have an embarrassing stake in Las Vegas' biggest odds-maker. Professional sports...
SITE'S SUITOR SELLS STAKE - FASHIONMALL SHARES SOLD WITH BID ON TABLE
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amGenesisIntermedia.com Inc. has sold more than half its stake in Fashionmall.com at a 15 percent profit while continuing to offer to acquire the company. GenesisIntermedia.com, has sold almost 300,000 shares...
4 AURORA FOODS EXECS BUSTED ON COOKING BOOKS
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amFour top executives of a major food company were busted yesterday for allegedly scalding investors with a series of falsely inflated earnings reports. The former CEO, CFO, and two VPs...
CUTS HIT AOL, WARNER MUSIC, TW CORPORATE
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amBloody Monday turned into Black Tuesday at AOL Time Warner. CNN's hell week entered its second day, with two more high-profile on-air personalities falling victim to the new, streamlined network....
CONDE NAST PUTS BRAKES ON MAGS' WEB DEBUT
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amConde Nast Publications' go-slow approach to the Internet just got a whole lot slower. The company is delaying by six months the debut of Web sites for its individual magazines....
CITIGROUP CENTER CLOSE TO SELLING FOR $750M
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amAn upstart New Yorker is close to a deal to acquire the landmark Citigroup Center for $750 million, The Post has learned. Eric Hadar's Allied Partners would acquire the 1.8...
PARTY IS OVER FOR GREATENTERTAINING
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amGreatEntertaining.com turned out to be entertaining but not that great. The party planning e-tailer announced Monday evening that it will shut its e-doors on Jan. 29. In a note -...
BANJARA NEW STAR OF INDIAN CUISINE
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amBANJARA () 97 FIRST AVE., AT SIXTH STREET (212) 477-5956 ------------ THE menu at Banjara tells how the place is named after people from the Rajasthan region of India, who...
JUDGE: JUST STAY MAN ACCUSED IN STUN-GUN ATTACK WILL SEE A SHRINK
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The man accused of a stun-gun attack on comic actor David Spade pleaded not guilty yesterday, and agreed to see a court-appointed shrink. David Warren "Skippy"...
CBS HEARS VOICE FROM GRAVE
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amCABLE'S white-hot psychic medium, John Edward, is crossing over into broadcast television. Starting next August, Edward's SCI FI show, "Crossing Over," will go into national syndication. In New York, Edward...
TALE OF LEFTIST WEST GERMANS LIVING EAST GERMAN LIFE
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTHE LEGEND OF RITA () The disillusionment of a '70s German radical. Engrossing and well-acted. Running time: 101 minutes. In German with English subtitles. Not rated (violence, sexuality). At Film...
WHEN THE REAL DEAL HAS THE WRONG FEEL
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTHAT guy you're dating is perfect, except for one tiny thing - while looking for a sweater in his closet, you accidentally find his world-class collection of Cabbage Patch Kids....
$47G 'PI' BID A MYSTERY
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amSOMEBODY bid $47,000 to appear on the popular late-night roundtable, "Politically Incorrect" in an Ebay auction that ended this week. The mystery bidder's identity is being kept top-secret until auction...
BYE-BYE, SO LONG DEMARCHELIER
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amDOWNTOWN Demarchelier, the French bistro that replaced Nell Campbell's E & O restaurant at 100 West Houston St., has gone out of business after only a year in operation. The...
NBC SETS 'GRACE' PERIOD
January 24, 2001 | 5:00am'WILL & Grace" and "Just Shoot Me" are joining "Friends" NBC's plan to expand its most successful sitcoms to 40 minutes to compete with CBS' "Survivor II." NBC said yesterday...
NEW ROLE IS OLD HAT FOR A CHANGED BEN
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amA roll of a shoulder, a swivel of a hip, a twist of a wrist - these are the signature Bob Fosse moves that Ben Vereen mastered decades ago in...
THE STARR REPORT
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amBushwhacked: FNCclobbers CNN Good news for Fox News Channel - the young news network beat CNN on George W. Bush's Inauguration Day last Saturday, earning its third-highest-rated day ever. FNC...
YEAR OF THE SNAKE - LIONS & DRAGONS, OH MY! CHINESE WELCOME 4699
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amDON'T put away those New Year's decorations and noisemakers just yet. It's time to pop open a bottle of champagne and ring in the Chinese lunar year 4699 - the...
'MILLION DOLLAR' MELEE - BONO RIPS MEL GIBSON
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amROCKER Bono yesterday blasted Mel Gibson, accusing the Aussie hunk of using his star power to bury a new film that the U2 frontman produced.Gibson, who plays a freak with...
SUPE'S ON! PARTY! - GRIDIRON GRAZING & REMEMBRANCE OF WINGS PAST
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amON Super Bowl Sunday, it's the Snack Bowl that really rules.More people remember what they ate at last year's football parties than who won the big game, says a recent...
DID HILL NAB VOTES WITH CLEMENCY HINTS?
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amVirtually the entire Hasidic village of New Square voted for Hillary Rodham Clinton for Senate after village leaders believed she had been persuaded to support clemency for four of their...
GOOD CATCH! GALS RATE THE SUPER BOWL HUNKS
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amHunky New York Giants star Pete Mitchell scored big yesterday, as female sports fans named him the sexiest player in the Super Bowl. The handsome tight end got 52 percent...
FOUNDATION BOSS FETES FEDS - WHO NAB HIM ON FRAUD RAP
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amA top official of a foundation that gives awards to city cops and other law enforcers was arrested yesterday on charges of mail fraud - days after the group gave...
FAN CAN'T STOMACH THE TEAM HE LOVES
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amScott Smith can't stomach the Giants - literally. The 32-year-old Bronx man is so bonkers when he watches his beloved Big Blue, he gulps down antacids faster than a Tiki...
MONUMENTAL DAY TODAY FOR GOVERNORS IS.
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTwo forts on Governors Island are scheduled to become national monuments tomorrow, despite fears that President Bush would put the brakes on the plan. The proclamation that placed the forts...
STATE POWER PLAY MAY ICE 'SOPRANOS'
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amThe New York Power Authority is trying to muscle in on "Sopranos" territory. Much of the popular mob show set in New Jersey is actually shot in Queens. But a...
FIRED COP ORDERED HIT ON 2ND COP: FEDS
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amA former Brooklyn cop, fired for lying under oath last year, tried to arrange the murder of an officer whose testimony contradicted his and led to his dismissal, federal prosecutors...
HALF OF W'BURG BRIDGE CLOSING
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amHalf of the eight lanes on the Williamsburg Bridge will be shut to traffic beginning Monday morning as city engineers begin the last phase of the span's reconstruction. Replacement of...
THIS SUPERSTAR RAVEN IS ALSO A PATHETIC DISGRACE
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA. IT TOOK virtually six months for the Atlanta cops to make Ray Lewis crack. Granted only an hour yesterday, the media had no chance. "Jesus couldn't please everybody," said...
MAN WILL SUE T.A. OVER SEVERED LEGS
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amA Brooklyn man who lost both legs last month after falling in front of a subway train plans a $103 million lawsuit against the Transit Authority. Dennis Alston, 40, says...
ED. BD. MAN RIPS 'STRONG-ARM' LEVY
January 24, 2001 | 5:00am"Strong-arm" tactics by Chancellor Harold Levy's office are leading to "total war" over privatizing a failing Harlem school, a Board of Education member angrily charged yesterday. Irving Hamer, Manhattan's representative...
'MADAME PREZ' GETS HER HOUR OF POWER TODAY
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON. SHE'S only been around for a few days, but today get used to the idea of lawmakers referring to Hillary Clinton as "president." Thanks to a quirky power-sharing deal...
DOC SAYS GUYS ARE JUST DOLLS
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amIT'S WHAT women have known all along. Despite thousands of years of guys swaggering - from spear-throwing cavemen to Super Bowl zealots - their machismo is just a facade. Men,...
MAYOR'S BUDGET BID INCLUDES PUSH FOR VOUCHERS
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amThe Giuliani administration is again aggressively pushing for a controversial school-voucher program it claims would give poor students the same access to quality education as wealthy ones. The proposed $12...
WIFE OF JOCKEY CORDERO DIES IN HIT-RUN TRAGEDY
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amCops are hunting for the hit-and-run driver who killed the wife of famed jockey Angel Cordero after she went to visit a friend - ignoring family pleas to stay home...
MTA: KEY TRANSIT PLANS ON $HAKY TRACK
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amA top MTA official says the construction of a Second Avenue subway line and other projects could be derailed unless a massive funding gap can be filled. The gap was...
CHOKE THE SMOKE: VALLONE
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amCouncil Speaker Peter Vallone today will propose strict new anti-smoking rules that would seriously curb puffing - even in city-owned cars, sources told The Post. The bill would "close the...
DEMS GIVE HIGH MARKS TO W. PLAN
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Democrats, even liberal stalwart Ted Kennedy, hailed President Bush's plan to reform the nation's schools yesterday - even as they vowed to nix its controversial vouchers. Bush, on...
CONVICTED COLLEGE PAL GOT A PASS FROM BILL
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amOne of the men who avoided a long prison stretch thanks to Bill Clinton's final day as president was a former college pal and disbarred lawyer. Paul Prosperi, 52, attended...
LEVY TO STUDY TEACHERS' COLLEGE TRAINING
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy is launching a review of teachers' college records to determine whether their schooling affects their students' performance. "I hope it tells us the characteristics we should...
DID BRYANT BED 50 WOMEN? - THAT'S WIFE'S CLAIM AS HE ADMITS TO ADULTERY
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTV host Bryant Gumbel, who finally admitted to adultery yesterday, slept with more 50 women during his 27 years of marriage, his estranged wife's lawyer claimed. The lawyer for the...
STILL A RADICAL AT HEART - BUT SHE RENOUNCES VIOLENCE
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amIn her first comments since her controversial prison release, former Weather Underground member Susan Rosenberg said yesterday she has renounced violence, but still has a "radical" view of society's injustices....
SHARON'S 'SHOCKER' - HIS COMMENTS ON ARAFAT ARE OUTRAGEOUS - AND TRUE
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amWITH less than two weeks left before Israelis vote for prime minister - and Ariel Sharon maintaining a 16- to 20-point lead in the polls - the left and its...
WAR HERO IS DENIED A MARKER FOR GRAVE
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - For eight years, Mike Kolanik begged President Bill Clinton for a grave marker honoring his father's World War II sacrifice, but got nowhere. So he was shocked by...
SMALL-TIME COOKS
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amALEUTIA ( 1/2) 220 PARK AVE. SOUTH (212) 529-3111 ---------- WHAT, we ask the waiter at trendy, throbbing Aleutia, is the sprig of unfamiliar lettuce poking up from our beet...
BIZ AS USUAL FOR JESSE
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amThe Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke to supporters at a Harlem prayer service yesterday - but made only the most oblique of references to his admission last week that he fathered...
KIDS SODOMIZE CLASSMATE, 10: COPS
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amA 10-year-old girl was sodomized by three young fellow students in a stairwell inside a South Bronx elementary school, cops said yesterday. The three suspects - a 10-year old and...
DID CLINTON'S FORMER AIDE VIOLATE OWN ETHICS RULES?
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bill Clinton's former White House counsel may have violated ethics rules when he lobbied for fugitive financier Marc Rich's pardon. The rules, which former counsel Jack Quinn...
HOW ABOUT A TRIPP TO GERMANY?
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amWe may not have Linda Tripp to kick around much longer. The notorious Sexgate taper has applied for a U.S. government job in Germany, the Pacific and European editions of...
FUGITIVE 'KIDNAP' MOTHER ARRESTED
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amThe fugitive mom who's been living underground with the daughter she abducted from foster care was nabbed by cops last night, police said. A frazzled Dyandria Murray was picked up...
DENISE ADMITS TO RICH REWARD - SOCIALITE SOUGHT PARDON FOR EX
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amAt first, she said she didn't - now she says she did. On Monday, songwriting socialite Denise Rich insisted to everyone - even her spokesman - that she was shocked...
EX-GIANT IS ARRESTED AMID PUZZLE OVER 'LT'
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amFlorida cops called a penalty against former Giant Mark Ingram yesterday, claiming they found him carrying more than $3,000 in bogus bills in a stolen car - that had Lawrence...
SENATE DEMS PUT ASHCROFT ON HOLD
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amReams of paperwork and congressional red tape have stalled the Senate Judiciary Committee's vote on Attorney General-designate John Ashcroft. Leading committee Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont requested a week's delay...
LAST TWO TEXAS ESCAPEES CORNERED IN COLO. MOTEL
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amAuthorities early this morning were negotiating with the last two Texas fugitive convicts who were found holed up in a Colorado motel armed to the teeth with automatic weapons. The...
POLICE PROBE DELAY IN SEX RAP VS. COP
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amNassau County Internal Affairs detectives want to know why it took five months for them to learn of charges by a Long Island stripper that a plainclothes cop pulled her...
RUDY: LET'S NOT PAINT B'WAY BLUE JUST YET
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani said yesterday it's too early to talk about a ticker-tape parade for the Giants. But it may be too late to avoid a cross-Hudson hissy fit over whether...
2 TEXAS CONS MAY BE DYEING TO GET AWAY
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTwo heavily armed escaped convicts from Texas were still on the run yesterday after Colorado cops found their abandoned van, with hair dye inside, a day after four other escapees...
HALF OF W'BURG BRIDGE LANES CLOSING ON MONDAY
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amHalf of the eight lanes on the Williamsburg Bridge will be shut to traffic beginning Monday morning as city engineers begin the last phase of the span's reconstruction. Replacement of...
FREEDOM TRAILS ALL LEAD BACK TO BUBBA
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amHere are the Clinton connections of some of the former president's most controversial pardons: MARC RICH: Fugitive financier wanted by the FBI and on the lam for 17 years; accused...
RAHLVES HAPPY WITH BIG FINISH
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amHAVING overcome problems with ski equipment, Daron Rahlves re-emerged onto the World Cup elite scene this week, highlighted by a fourth-place finish in a super-G at Kitzbuehel, Austria, on Friday....
GETTING DEFENSIVE KEYS RANGER SURGE
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amIt sure sounds good, all that the Rangers are saying about having bonded, about having developed chemistry, about having become a team. And maybe it's even true. Maybe that has...
SCOTT MAY GO-MEZ IN DEAL FOR BLAKE
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amDALLAS -While the Devils tonight recall becoming Stanley Cup champs here seven months ago, their boss is trying to ensure their repeat. The word is the Devils could have Rob...
ONE BENITEZ ABUSE CASE DROPPED
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amArmando Benitez, the talented, temperamental Mets closer, had a domestic abuse case brought by a former girlfriend dismissed yesterday by a Baltimore prosecutor. But a second charge made in Queens...
BERUBE MAKES ISLES MEANER
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amServing almost two full days (2,849 minutes) in the penalty box through his 14 NHL seasons, Craig Berube understood exactly why the Islanders had acquired him. With Eric Cairns choosing...
THAT'S AL IT TAKES: RAVENS: WE WERE CONFUSED
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Ravens defensive end Rob Burnett yesterday recalled the temporary mayhem the Jets caused in the regular-season finale. "They spread us out and went no-huddle and we couldn't communicate;...
TRYING TO BE FOUR-RING ACT ; AFTER THREE SUPER BOWLS IN DALLAS, GARRETT'S STILL LOOKING FOR FIRST ACTION
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA-Including this one, Jason Garrett has now been to four Super Bowls in his eight-year NFL career. Someday, he even hopes to play in one. But not this one, not...
GIANTS' TOP PRIORITY: PUT A BODY ON LEWIS
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - They must come up with a plan to attack the attacker. Few, if any, have been successful in doing unto Ray Lewis what he does unto others. The...
THAT'S AL IT TAKES ; GROH SAYS JINTS CAN DO WHAT JETS DID
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Al Groh yesterday remembered, with a sour pit at the bottom of his stomach, the seemingly perfect plan he and his assistant coaches had put together for the...
JINTS PREPARING FOR THEIR FOX TO FLEE BIG BLUE DEN
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - The new coach of the Browns could be John Fox. Or it could be Sean Payton. Imagine that. One team fighting over the Giants' top two assistants. There's...
ONE MONSTER OF A MATCHUP: JONES-OGDEN RIVALRY DATES TO 1996 DRAFT
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - The Ravens have come into this town by storm, talking trash, and they've also made their presence known by buying up a number of billboards in the area....
DEALING WITH THE GHOST OF NORWOOD: STOVER'S PRIMED FOR BIG BOOT
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Matt Stover sat in an orange seat at Raymond James Stadium for yesterday's Super Bowl Media Day and entertained a smattering of reporters. As each wave came by...
ROOKIE'S DREAM YEAR NEEDS ONLY SUPER END
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Giant defensive end Cornelius Griffin sat in the seats at Raymond James Stadium yesterday, looking down at the mass of media and wearing a grin like he'd just...
DEALING WITH THE GHOST OF NORWOOD: GIANT BRADS WANT TO KICK THEIR GAME INTO SUPER-HIGH GEAR
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - By now you've been Scott Norwood-ed to death, as if a last-second missed field goal from 10 years ago would have an impact on Super Bowl XXXV. So...
MCILVAINE TO MISS 4-6 WEEKS
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amCenter Jim McIlvaine, who has played in less than half of the Nets' games, will miss 4-6 weeks after an MRI revealed he suffered a strained to his right calf...
SEHORN'S GAME FACE RUNNING FROM EAR TO EAR
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Five days to go to the Super Bowl. Four days, maybe even five, too early for Jason Sehorn to put his game face on. "In my game face,...
WAGNER'S MUCH MORE THAN SHOOTING STAR
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amPENNSAUKEN, N.J. - Dajuan Wagner never asked to be a celebrity. Her never asked to be the great hope of a downtrodden city or the lightning rod for newspaper columnists...
ACCORSI SAVES SEAT FOR PAPA JOE ; PATERNO WILL BE ON HAND TO SEE EX-LION QB COLLINS
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Prior to the NFC Championship Game, a rumor was circulating that Joe Paterno would be in attendance at Giants Stadium, news that excited Kerry Collins. Paterno, though, was...
GIANTS REMAIN COOL IN MEDIA'S HOT GLARE
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Question to Ron Stone, the Giants 320-pound right guard: "Are you related to Sharon Stone?" Answer from Ron Stone: "Yes, we are related." Welcome to Media Day, 2001....
A SIGN OF THE TIMES: LEWIS SET TO BE NFL'S NEXT BLACK HEAD COACH
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA-From all indications Ravens defensive coordinator Marvin Lewis will become the head coach of someone's football team soon after the Super Bowl. It could be at Buffalo where he is...
VICTORY OVER XAVERIAN SUITS CTK TO A 'T'
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amH.S. BASKETBALLChrist The King 57 Xaverian 55 Jack Alesi had never gotten a technical in all of his years of coaching. "It was a heck of a time to get...
WANNA BE LIKE SENS ; WOEFUL ISLES BEATEN AGAIN BY ROLE MODELS
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amSenators 3 Islanders 2 When Butch Goring looks at the Senators, he sees role models for his club. Like the Islanders and their current struggles, Ottawa underwent equally difficult times...
TEMPLE TURNS HILL'S STOMACH
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amTemple 90 - Fordham 72 Bob Hill said he felt good before last night's game. He didn't feel too good afterwards. "I really thought we were going to win," the...
BUCKS: STREAK STOPS HERE
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amBucks 105 Knicks 91 MILWAUKEE - Lindsay Hunter's 20-foot bomb from the left corner with 3:53 remaining allowed the Bucks to break the century mark and bust the Knicks' record-setting,...
CHEF JEFF LETS RICE GROW COLD ON BENCH
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES MILWAUKEE - Glen Rice kept the Knicks in the game in the first half, coming off the bench to hit 6 of 8 shots, banging in almost everything...
JEFF'S BATTLE CRY: DEE-FENSE
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amMILWAUKEE - At times, Jeff Van Gundy has pooh-poohed the Knicks' feat of shattering the defensive record for consecutive games of keeping teams below 100 points. Van Gundy believes 90...
GRUNFELD REMAINS PROUD OF KNICKS
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES MILWAUKEE - When Ernie Grunfeld ran the Knicks throughout the 1990s, winning a championship was the goal every season. Despite the Bucks having the best record in the...
FORDHAM'S HEART AND SOUL: JOHNSON'S SPUNKY PLAY KEEPS RAMS PUMPED UP
January 24, 2001 | 5:00amPeople often talk about certain players who reflect the personality of their favorite team. When it comes to Fordham basketball, Teremun Johnson is the man. The 6-foot-6, 200- pounder isn't...