January 25, 2001

MICROSOFT SITES SACKED IN POSSIBLE HACK

Microsoft's main Web sites were down for much of yesterday - and the company admitted it may have been the work of hackers. Sites such as Microsoft.com, MSNBC.com, Encarta.com, Zone.com...

BMG-EMI NEAR DEAL: VIRGIN SACRIFICED FOR REGULATORY APPROVAL

EMI and BMG have made a major breakthrough in their merger talks, agreeing to move toward appeasing antitrust regulators by making significant asset sales. The British music label, reluctant to...

BROKERAGE GETS BIGGER ; BROWN HARRIS STEVENS TO BUY HALSTEAD PROPERTY

Two of the city's most prestigious residential brokerage names are joining forces to become the second-largest firm in Manhattan and the largest full service firm in private hands. Brown Harris...

TIME INC. FOLDING 3 MAGAZINES

The AOL Time Warner tidal wave reached the shores of Time Inc. yesterday and drowned three magazines - Today's Homeowner, Senior Golfer and Outdoor Explorer. About 40 bodies, figuratively speaking,...

LUCENT GETS LIFT AFTER SAYING IT'LL AX 16,000

Lucent's big layoff fest came as no surprise to industry analysts yesterday, who characterized the company as slow, overblown and technologically outdated. The Murray Hill, N.J.-based maker of telecommunications equipment...

LCOR TO DEVELOP QUEENS WEST WATERFRONT

The city and state yesterday designated LCOR to develop 2 million square feet of commercial space on 13.5 acres of the Queens waterfront. Queens West is a $2.3 billion residential...

THE BODY COUNT RISES: TOTAL COULD HIT 6,200 WITH STORE CLOSINGS

That's not all folks! AOL Time Warner is now looking at firing an added 3,800 staffers in an effort to cut costs and meet 2001 profit goals. That would bring...

THE STARR REPORT

Caroline in the city: Rhea heads for Ch. 4 Ch. 4 has scooped up Paramount's "Caroline" talk show, which will premiere next fall with host Caroline Rhea, a regular on...

CITY'S REALLY BIG SHOW

NEW YORK CITY BALLETNew York State Theater. 20 Lincoln Center. Season runs through Feb. 27, 2001. EVERY year, since 1997, New York City Ballet has celebrated the anniversary of George...

BABS NEEDS ROOM WITH A 'VIEW'

BARBARA Walters is on the hunt for a studio close to her popular daytime roundtable "The View" - so she can run back-and-forth to the new talk show she is...

FEEDING AN E-MAIL ADDICTION

AS PART of my e-mail addiction recovery program, I headed to Australia and New Zealand for a few weeks, thinking summer sun would cure any withdrawal symptoms. To my surprise,...

PROSPECTIVE MOM'S SNAPSHOT OF REAL LIFE DELIVERS

MOMMAAtlantic Theater, 336 W. 20th St., Sunday and Monday, 8 p.m., (212) 239-6200. SHE slumps in a tin chair on a bare stage in a bathrobe. She has bright red...

WHITE STUFF; 'PRIME TIME' COUP: DOCTOR WHO BATTLED CANCER IN A FROZEN HELL

"Prime Time Thursday"Ice BoundTonight at 10 on Ch. 7 IN 1998, Dr. Jerri Nielsen, fleeing a horrible divorce and a failed and bitter custody battle, volunteered to do something extraordinary...

AN OLD-FASHION GIRL ; MILAN TAINAN FINDS VINTAGE CLOTHES FOR RETRO-LOVING CLIENTS

DON'T have the time to seek out a gotta-have-it peasant blouse from Yves St. Laurent's famous winter '77 collection?Milan Tainan does - and she will, for a fee.Tainan, a longtime...

ROSIE TAKES A DAY OFF

ROSIE O'Donnell - who said a few weeks ago that she'd have no problem carrying both her daily talk show and a role as the Cat in the Hat in...

TROUBLE IN PARADISE; VIDEOS OF HOT DATES AND JEALOUS MATES STEAM 'TEMPTATION ISLAND'

THE plot thickened last night on "Temptation Island" as two couples went on an emotional roller-coaster ride and one of the single women voluntarily left the show. Heather - the...

NYPD CLEARS WHISTLEBLOWER QUEENS COP

Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik has decided not to discipline a Queens sergeant who tipped her bosses to corruption - only to be accused of failing to supervise the rogue cops,...

DENISE BOWS OUT OF CUOMO BASH

ALBANY - Socialite Denise Rich abruptly canceled her "homecoming" party for Andrew Cuomo yesterday because of the controversy over her ex-hubby's presidential pardon. Rich, the megamillionaire songwriting ex-wife of longtime...

TV COP-SHOW SLAY PLOT ANGERS PUERTO RICANS

NBC is back under fire from Latino activists - this time over the airing of a "Law & Order" episode that used the Puerto Rican Day Parade as a backdrop...

ISRAEL RENEWS PEACE BID AFTER LATEST KILLINGS

JERUSALEM - Israel, after breaking off peace talks with the Palestinians when two Israelis were killed in the West Bank, agreed to resume negotiations today. Prime Minister Ehud Barak's Cabinet...

CLINTON LEGACY: WANNA WALK? MONEY TALKS

BILL CLINTON arrived at the White House lying about Gennifer Flowers and how he evaded the draft. He left the White House admitting he "knowingly" lied under oath to a...

CLINTON PAL WAS POISED FOR A PLEA

A former Arizona governor was about to cop a plea when he was pardoned last week by longtime friend Bill Clinton, it was reported yesterday. Fife Symington - who once...

'ACCOMPLICE' INNOCENT OF SLAY: EX-CON

A man jailed for the past 21 years in the coldblooded murder of a 16-year-old Erasmus HS student has steadfastly denied he ever gunned down the boy in a drug-ravaged...

HORNY PETS GET NEIGHBOR'S GOAT

An Alabama woman wants a noise law passed because she's kept awake each night by randy goats having sex next door. Queenie Hollon of Prattville blames her neighbor Horace Smith,...

TIX APLENTY - IF YOU GO FOR BROKER ; TAMPA'S 'CHEAP' SEATS ARE GOING FOR $1,800

"The Lion King?" Take a number. Backstreet Boys? Wait in line. Super Bowl tickets? Not a problem. Here, take two more. The hottest ticket in town, Super Bowl XXXV, featuring...

'SUDS' KEEP YOUR LIVER CLEAN: DOCS

Bottoms up! Drinking beer can be good for the liver, scientists say. They believe drinkers can get rid of poisonous metals that accumulate in the liver up to five times...

U.S. HOLDS SECRET TALKS WITH LIBYA

U.S. diplomats held secret talks with Libya's ambassador to the United Nations this week on the upcoming verdict in the Pan Am 103 trial - and to set the stage...

A GIANT FIRST FOR POST TIX WINNERS

Richard Cross and girlfriend Cheryl Roszkowski have never been to a Giants game. But now they're going to Super Bowl XXXV. "I have the tickets in my pocket, and I...

'RAPE' DOCUMENTARY LEAVES 'EM REEL-ING ; FRAT-SEX FOOTAGE AIDS PROBE OF UNPROSECUTED FLA. SCANDAL

PARK CITY, Utah. A DISTURBING documentary is sparking an uproar at the Sundance Film Festival - with raw footage of frat-house sex, an explosive allegation of rape, and a morass...

RUDY GIVES SCHOOLS HIS BEST $HOT TODAY

Mayor Giuliani will put his money where his mouth is today by starting to make good on education-reform promises made in his recent State of the City speech, senior aides...

LEGENDARY POST SPORTS FOTOG BOB OLEN DIES

Longtime Post sports photographer Bob Olen, who captured New York's greatest sports moments over the past 50 years, has died. He was 77. Olen, who was found dead at his...

ALL ABOARD FOR A RALLY TODAY

Rabid Giant fans will get into some serious training today, making a marathon trip from Penn Station to the Sunshine State for Sunday's Super Bowl. Thousands are expected to give...

B'KLYN WOMAN A GIANTS 'LOVER'

Donna Pasternack is hoping her beloved Giants score big on Super Bowl Sunday - so she can too. The 30-year-old Brooklyn day trader and her husband, Anthony, 33, love to...

BIG BUCKS COULD 'AD' UP FOR PLAYERS

A Super Bowl ring and a winner's share of the purse aren't the only prizes up for grabs in Sunday's big game. Timely tackles and precision passes could translate to...

FERRER WOULD KEEP BOARD OF ED

Mayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer yesterday slammed two of his Democratic foes for joining Mayor Giuliani in pushing to abolish the Board of Education - saying they are guided by polls...

FATAL-HEIST SUSPECT COULD STILL FACE TRIAL

There is a slim chance newly freed terrorist Susan Rosenberg - just pardoned by President Clinton - could be tried in connection with the infamous Brink's heist that killed two...

JENNIFER WAS TOO AFRAID TO DITCH PUFFY

Jennifer Lopez was ready to dump Sean "Puffy" Combs after his involvement in the 1999 nightclub shooting - but apparently was too fearful of the rap czar's explosive temper, The...

MCCAIN RESUMES CAMPAIGN-$$ CRUSADE ; TELLS PREZ HE'LL TAKE HIS CASE TO PEOPLE

WASHINGTON - President Bush and Sen. John McCain, rivals in the GOP primaries, met yesterday at the White House, but moved no closer to a deal on campaign-finance reform. Although...

COMBS' LAWYERS CLAIM RACE ; PROFILING OF JURORS

A racial furor erupted in the Sean "Puffy" Combs shooting case yesterday as defense lawyers accused the prosecution of trying to keep African-Americans and Hispanics off the jury. The accusation...

TEXAS CONS GIVE UP AFTER AIRING BEEFS ; COPS GIVE JAILBREAK DUO TV TIME

The remaining escaped desperado cons surrendered meekly yesterday after a TV rant in which they proclaimed themselves victims of a Texas criminal-justice system that "is as corrupt as we are."...

CHRISTIE NIXES P.A. TOLL HIKES ; WAITING FOR PLAN THAT'S 'ACCEPTABLE'

New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman yesterday turned thumbs down on a Port Authority proposal to raise bridge and tunnel tolls by as much as 75 percent to fund a massive,...

B'KLYN BIZMAN LAUDED FOR AID TO WAR VICTIMS

A Brooklyn businessman who has been quietly giving new hands and new hope to devastated victims of a civil war in West Africa was honored yesterday for his caring work....

CLINTON-GORE WAS CRASS ACT TO THE END

WORD is that Clinton-Gore types had a kind of childish mass temper tantrum and did a lot more vandalism to the White House and other offices than just yanking "Ws"...

COP NEVER EXPECTED 'HIT' FROM WITHIN

The Brooklyn detective who was the target of an alleged murder-for-hire plot by two ex-officers said yesterday he knows he faces danger on the job - but never expected it...

IS DEFIANT JESSE'S CORE OF SUPPORT CRUMBLING?

WHEN he arrives on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange for a lavish fund-raising gala tonight, the Rev. Jesse Jackson could be partying on the deck of his...

HASIDS WOOED RUDY BEFORE HILL: MAYOR NIXED THEM, HINTS PARDON PROBE

Leaders of a Rockland County Hasidic village who won a presidential clemency for four swindlers tried to get Mayor Giuliani to intervene before turning to Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Post...

'PRESIDENT' HILL ENDS BRIEF REIGN IN SENATE

WASHINGTON - They were neither expressing their worst fear nor their fevered hope, but three separate times yesterday, a member of Congress called Sen. Hillary Clinton "president." For one hour,...

GORE TO 'PROF' IT WITH TEACHING GIG AT COLUMBIA

First it was Hillary. Now it's Bill Clinton's No. 2 man who's found a job in New York - former Vice President Al Gore has agreed to teach a journalism...

HARLEM PARENTS RALLY FOR TROUBLED PS 161

Parents of children attending one of the city's worst public schools said last night they trust its leadership - and don't want it run by a private company. Parent opposition...

SCORECARD FOR CABINET PICKS: 11 DOWN, 4 TO GO

WASHINGTON - Two more names were added to President Bush's Cabinet yesterday. Voting unanimously, the Senate confirmed Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson as health and human services secretary and Norman Mineta...

THE PRICE OF FREEDOM

(MD+IT)The pardons of such people as on-the-lam commodities trader Marc Rich created instant headlines. But there are also controversial tales among the other 139 people who received pardons and the...

HASIDS WOOED RUDY BEFORE HILL: BUT MAYOR NIXED THEM ON PARDONS

Leaders of a Rockland Hasidic village who won a presidential pardon for four swindlers tried to get Mayor Giuliani to intervene before turning to Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Post has...

EX-CON: MY 'ACCOMPLICE' IS INNOCENT OF '80 SLAY

A man jailed for the past 21 years in the cold-blooded murder of a 16-year-old Erasmus HS student has steadfastly denied he ever gunned down the boy in a drug-ravaged...

MARVIN'S FIRST JOB: STOP JINTS

TAMPA - This is the time of his life, yet there are so many conflicting feelings rambling through his brain. Here is Marvin Lewis, one of the most revered defensive...

BATTLING THE BIG BIRDS ; TO COOK GOOSE & CO., JINT OL MUST WEIGH ALL OPTIONS

TAMPA - If Sunday's battle in the trenches were a boxing match it would be marketed as "Fat vs. Finesse." With Ravens defensive tackles Sam Adams and Tony Siragusa weighing...

MITCHELL A CATCHER IN THE WRY: GIANTS' TE LAUGHS OFF INTERNET 'HUNK' VOTE, JUST WANTS TO SCORE ON FIELD

TAMPA - No, Pete Mitchell is not Shannon Sharpe, but he is one hunk of a tight end who was named a dot-com date company's sexiest player in Super Bowl...

MCCRARY SET TO COMBAT LOMAS' SNEAKY TACTICS

TAMPA - Lomas Brown is the dirtiest, sneakiest, most low-down, terrific human being that Michael McCrary has ever lined up against, he wants it known. "Lomas is one of these...

REDEMPTION NEVER TASTED SO SWEET: FOR SEHORN, GOOD TIMES ARE ROLLING ONCE MORE

TAMPA - The biggest upset of Super Bowl week would not be a Giant victory over the Ravens on Sunday night in Supe XXXV. It would be if, of all...

REAL MADRID ENJOYING REIGN IN SPAIN

LONDON - Already crowned "Campeon de Invierno," the winter champion, things are looking good for Real Madrid in Spain. Only once since 1994 has the leader at the halfway point...

MAC DUFF RISES FROM SPECIAL-TEAM ASHES

TAMPA - The man wanted to stick to his agenda. "The game," he implored. "I don't want to talk about my job. We spent too much time talking about that."...

HALE LEAVES MARYLAND POST

Former NYRA Racing Secretary and Vice President Lenny Hale has resigned from his position as Vice President of Racing for the Maryland Jockey Club. "I will take some time off...

SUPE HAS LOCAL FLAVOR: GARNES AND PETER WERE KID GRIDDERS IN BRONX, JERSEY

From their earliest days on the football field, it was evident that Sam Garnes and Christian Peter were destined for greatness. The two homegrown Super Bowl-bound Giant defensive stars -...

RETURN FROM THE EDGE ; SPECIALIST DIXON TURNING CORNER ON TROUBLED PAST

TAMPA - This Super Bowl experience has brought rookie wide receiver Ron Dixon home in so many ways. First of all, he is only 55 minutes from his hometown of...

CROSS' RETURN TRIP A LONG TIME COMING

TAMPA - He might be the only player around who was wearing Giant blue the last time the Giants played their Super Bowl in Tampa. But don't expect Howard Cross...

JAMAL HAS KEPT RAVENS IN RUNNING ALL ALONG

TAMPA - A conversation with Ravens running back Jamal Lewis gives you the immediate impression that he's somewhat of a softie. He's relatively quiet. Doesn't boast the way many of...

KNICKS NEED CAMBY BACK ; SUSPENSION LEAVES BIG HOLE IN DEFENSE

CHARLOTTE - The Knicks' greatest fears have been realized. The suspension of starting center Marcus Camby has made them a much less formidable defensive team, a much less energetic team....

BRANCA, THOMSON STILL IN THERE SINGIN'

Just when you thought there was nothing left to know about "The Shot Heard 'Round the World" . . . Tuesday night's Baseball Assistance Team's (B.A.T) seventh annual charity dinner,...

JETS' NEW OFFENSIVE GURU: VINNY'S NO. 1

TAMPA - The Jets yesterday acknowledged the official hirings of defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell, offensive coordinator Paul Hackett and special teams coach Mike Westhoff. They, too, announced that offensive line...

LET SLEEPING GIANTS . . . RAVENS' SUPER SQUAWK HAS ANGRY JINTS STIRRING

TAMPA - Four days and counting, and the Giants are simmering. They do not like what is going on around here. Come Sunday, they plan on showing their displeasure. They...

THIS RAVEN LIKES TO CROW: MCALISTER'S CORNERED MARKET ON ATTITUDE

TAMPA - Two years, that's all cornerback Chris McAlister has been in the NFL. And already he knows the Raven defense is the greatest of all the great defenses he...

RICE FEELING SQUEEZED OUT OF OFFENSE

KNICK NOTES CHARLOTTE - Glen Rice's frustration over being occasionally shut out of the offense seems to be growing. Jeff Van Gundy has braced himself for the unrest stemming from...

LOTTA CHEESECAKE DAZZLES NFL WEBS

NFL fans are looking at a lot more than X's and O's on their favorite team's Web sites. They're also laying their eyes on a little 'T' and 'A.' It...

TUNA COMING BACK TO COACH THE BUCS: ONCE AGAIN, BILL GETS FIRST FIBS

T AMPA - Bill Parcells says his cholesterol number is 179. You can believe that if you wish. He also says he's never going to coach again. You can believe...

FOR CHIRPIN' BIRDS, THE BEAK GOES ON

TAMPA - The boastful Ravens were at it again yesterday, with linebacker Ray Lewis guaranteeing a Baltimore Super Bowl victory for the second consecutive day. On Tuesday, Lewis said, "They...

TUNA COMING BACK TO COACH THE BUCS: SOURCES: PARCELLS WILL TAKE OVER IN TAMPA NEXT SEASON

TAMPA - Picture Bill Parcells and Keyshawn Johnson reunited. Picture Parcells, by as soon as next season, wearing something in pewter stalking the sidelines at Raymond James Stadium, where Super...

TRUE BLUE GENIUS ; PAYTON EARNING PLACE AMONG IMMORTALS

TAMPA - Bill Walsh was one. So was Vince Lombardi. Way back when Knute Rockne was the first. And if you listen to center Dusty Zeigler, Giants' offensive coordinator Sean...

GORING: ISLES ARE NOT LAZY

Even while submerged in the NHL cellar, Butch Goring takes pride in his team's effort. So he was particularly disturbed to read Clark Gillies' harsh comments in Tuesday's Post, in...

QB IS FOR QUITE BAD: INEPT DILFER WILL NOT BE SUPER HERO

TAMPA - So who is the biggest stiff to ever quarterback a team to a Super Bowl? David Woodley? Tony Eason? Stan Humphries? Neil O'Donnell We say Woodley, by the...

STANDING BY HER G-MAN ; KITTY FASSEL PROVIDES JINT LEADER WITH BIG BLUE LOVE

TAMPA - This ride was different, much different. This was a ride filled with exhilaration, not devastation. November 19, the day the Lions beat the Giants and turned their world...

DEVILS DO DALLAS IN STYLE

Devils 4 Stars 1 DALLAS - In this season as Stanley Cup champs, the Devils are chasing greatness. In the process, they're chasing records, too. Tonight when they visit St....

'GREATEST GAME' ONLY GETS BETTER OVER TIME ; OLD GIANTS, COLTS AGREE '58 TITLE TILT WAS SPECIAL

Art Donovan remembers the classic 1958 Colts-Giants championship game as if it were yesterday. The pre-game speech? Well, that's another story. "The only thing they talked about back then was...

BLUESHIRTS ARE A BIG MESS

Hurricanes 3 Rangers 2 The numbers are now beginning to reach a critical mass - or in this case, a critical Mess. For after last night's 3-2 home loss to...

HISTORIC RADIO CALL GAVE BOB WOLFF THE FINAL WORD

TAMPA - The nickname and team have changed since the Giants last met Baltimore in the NFL championship game, but the spirit of these Ravens is much like the 1958...

POST CLASSIC: DEC. 28, 1958

Here's how legendary Post columnist Milton Gross saw the classic 1958 NFL championship game from his seat in the Yankee Stadium press box. IT WAS the Baltimore Colts' seventh play...

KNICKS FALL ONTO SKID ROW: DROP 3RD STRAIGHT IN WRETCHED EFFORT

Hornets 81 Knicks 67 CHARLOTTE - The Knicks arrived at the midpoint of their season last night, wheezing, gagging, battered, spitting up blood, looking as ugly as Jeff Van Gundy's...

BLUE HAVE EYES FOR RANGERS' LEFEBVRE

The possibility is growing stronger that Chris Pronger's misfortune may turn out to benefit the Rangers. Well-placed informants yesterday told The Post that St. Louis GM Larry Pleau has "reasonable"...

BLUES HEAT UP CHASE FOR BLAKE

DALLAS - While the Devils are back in the Rob Blake Derby, the division-leading Blues they visit tonight in St. Louis are believed to be even more active on the...

THE PERFECT STORMS: FORMER MIAMI TEAMMATES ARMSTEAD & BARROW RAISING 'CANE WITH GIANTS

TAMPA - It can bring a man to tears. Even a man who plays middle linebacker and thrives within a ferocious, intimidating defense. It very nearly brought Micheal Barrow to...

WAR AND REMEMBRANCE: TEN YEARS EARLIER, PATRIOTISM, FEAR (AND GIANTS) RULED

TAMPA - Super Bowl week is synonymous with two things: parties and more parties. It will be no different this week in Tampa for Super Bowl XXXV, but it will...