February 13, 2001
MIAS OF 7TH ON 6TH - NEW DESIGNERS CAN'T PRODUCE LINES & SHOWS
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amThough there are plenty of shows at Bryant Park this week, some of the most promising talent is missing - because it's almost impossible for young designers to get their...
WHERE NEWCOMERS CAN GET HELP
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amThere are organizations young designers can turn to for a leg up. There are group shows and competitions, including the Moet & Chandon Designer Debut and the Smirnoff International Fashion...
THE NEXT STAGE - NIXON GRANDDAUGHTER MAKES N.Y. ACTING BOW
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amJENNIE Eisenhower, the 22-year-old granddaughter of Richard Nixon and great-granddaughter of Dwight Eisenhower, makes her debut on a New York stage tonight. Having grown up with her family on the...
TRUCE ON THE DEUCE - MILSTEIN & GARGANO - OR THEIR REPS - IN 42ND ST. PARLAY
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amDON'T look now, but there might be light at the end of the tailpipe for the hated Milstein parking lot at Eighth Avenue and 42nd Street. A thaw of sorts...
ZANG TOI IS ROLLING OUT MEN'S LINE
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amWomen's designer Zang Toi will introduce his first collection of men's wear at his fashion show Friday evening, The Post has learned. Known for his use of bright colors and...
JUSTICE TAKING HARD LINE ON MICROSOFT
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amThe Bush administration is expected to reluctantly pick up its predecessor's antitrust crusade and press for a break-up of Microsoft Corp. this month during the company's appeal of its landmark...
BEAR MARKET BOUNCE - FLIGHT TO BLUE CHIPS SENDS DOW UP 165.32
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amWall Street's surprise rebound yesterday recalls the old joke: "What do you get when you cross a bull and a bear?" Mauled. Many investors - still bleeding from last week's...
FAMILY MONEY ENDS REGULAR PUBLICATION
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amFamily Money, a four-year-old financial services magazine from Meredith Corp. is ending regular publication, effective with the current March/April issue. About 24 people are expected to be out of a...
LIFE AFTER NAPSTER - ALTERNATE SHARING WARES WON'T BE SO EASY TO STOP
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amThe anti-Napster forces might not have time to celebrate. Critics agree that the 51 million Napster users will merely move on to the next freebie factory - and this time...
CITI SWALLOWS EAB - SANDY TAKES ON J.P. MORGAN CHASE IN NY
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amSandy Weill's Citigroup is gobbling up yet another bank - European American Bank. For $1.95 billion, most of it in cash, Citigroup's big banking unit Citibank will acquire EAB from...
VIRUS PLAYS 'NET GAME - KOURNIKOVA BUG TARGETS USERS' E-MAIL
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amSerious tennis fans and diligent Internet researchers around the world were left red-faced yesterday. An e-mail attachment, promising a digital photo of tennis star Anna Kournikova, turned out to be...
THEY LOVE HUES SO MUCH
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amWHILE electric-acid candy-colored frocks and such are big for spring, the hues slated to reign supreme in fall 2001 are a bit more sophisticated. At Luca Luca, Kenneth Cole and...
MOMIX DESERT DANCE A DAZZLING OASIS
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amMOMIXThe Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave., at 19th Street. (212) 242-0800. Season runs through Feb. 18. -------- THE recent world premiere of "Opus Cactus" at the Joyce Theater showed Moses...
BUZZ
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amDon't suffer in silence MOST of us get our cholesterol levels and blood pressure checked at least once a year. But when was the last time a doctor checked your...
FOR GUYS WHO CAN'T SAY YES
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amSINGLE men of the world, unite!You don't have to feel insecure just because all your friends are turning into Stepford husbands. You don't deserve to be labeled "commitment-phobic" just because...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amStowe it! If you want to enjoy some great snow in Vermont, forget the long drive. Jet Blue, in conjunction with the Stowe Area Association, has announced a "Fly, Drive,...
BABY, THAT'S SOME BUGGY
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amMAYBE baby needs a new set of wheels.How about $2,000 worth?That's the going price for the Maclaren Limited Edition Titanium Stroller.A combination of "high fashion and aeronautical strength" - titanium...
DREAMING FRENCH-STYLE
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amIF you're in need of a dose of France, spend the night in a Sofitel. The company's nine U.S. hotels are offering special weekend packages. For example, rates at the...
THERE IS A 'PLACE' FOR JIM WHITE
February 13, 2001 | 5:00am* JIM WHITE "No Such Place" () Luaka Bop The way Jim White describes his career is that for the last 20 years he wrote dark little songs that made...
SUDDENLY SOMA - SOUTH OF MARKET: SAN FRANCISCO'S NEW NEIGHBORHOOD
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amSAN Francisco, as cities go, never had much room to breathe.In recent years, the City by the Bay has found ways to reincorporate every lost corner of its 46 square...
COMEDY CENTRAL GRABS BOTTOMS FOR BUSH SITCOM
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amSeventies-phenom actor Timothy Bottoms has been cast to play President George W. Bush on the controversial new cable sitcom, "That's My Bush!" The show is a satire of the new...
THE STARR REPORT
February 13, 2001 | 5:00am'Cindy' purged to TV cancellation bin King World has quietly canned Cindy Margolis and "The Cindy Margolis Show" after half-a-season. The show, which followed "The Howard Stern Radio Show" Saturdays...
OUCH! LATE XFL BANGS UP 'SNL' ... AND SMASHMOUTH FOOTBALL RATINGS DIVE
February 13, 2001 | 5:00am"SATURDAY Night Live" is making sure the nosediving XFL won't take the late-night comedy show down with it. "SNL," which usually airs live at 11:30 p.m., was forced to be...
MORE VIEWERS GO COLORBLIND - TOP SHOWS CROSS OVER OLD RACIAL TASTE GAP
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amHEY, not "Everybody Loves Raymond." A new study of black and white viewing habits shows that - while tastes between the races are growing closer - there are still benchmark...
MIXING GAB WITH ARMY DRAB
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amThere was no rest for the weary fashion followers attending yesterday's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (the sponsor-approved proper name of New York's round in the fashion ring.) Shows ran back-to-back for...
MY NAME IS BILL AND I'M A KLEPTOMANIAC
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amTHERE is only one thing the grifter Clintons can do now. Turn it all over to a worthy cause - a rehab clinic and foundation devoted to finding a cure...
A SOUND STALL - WHY BUSH IS RIGHT TO WAIT ON DEFENSE
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amYESTERDAY, The Post published a remarkable two pages examining the first crisis of confidence in conservative circles regarding the new Bush presidency - the decision to hold off on increasing...
DOCS ON PROBATION CAN CHOOSE MONITORS
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amThe Manhattan surgeon who operated on the wrong side of a patient's brain may soon be back in business - because of a controversial policy that lets doctors on probation...
BEATLES' '1' IS NO. 1 IN RECORD 34 NATIONS AT ONCE
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amWith a little help from their fans, the Beatles broke yet another world record yesterday. The Fab Four's greatest-hits album "1" was declared the top-selling record in 34 countries around...
OTB BOSS: I'LL PONY UP $10M IF I WIN PRIMARY
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - City OTB Chairman David Cornstein has pledged to spend $10 million of his own money if he wins the Republican nomination for state comptroller next year, The Post...
ROBOT CRAFT KISSES ASTEROID EROS
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amJust in time for Valentine's Day, a NASA robot probe touched down yesterday on the asteroid Eros - marking history's first landing on such a space rock. The solar-powered NEAR...
BRATTON GIVES GREEN A BOOST
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amFormer top cop Bill Bratton threw his support behind Mark Green for mayor yesterday - and both left the door open for Bratton's return to One Police Plaza if Green...
JAPAN ASKS WASHINGTON TO RAISE BOAT SUNK BY U.S. SUB
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amJapan's government urged the United States yesterday to raise the wreck of a fishing trawler sunk by an American sub near Hawaii in an incident that could damage relations between...
SLAIN LAWYER LAUDED FOR 'INTEGRITY'
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amHundreds of mourners yesterday said farewell to their "beloved friend," lawyer Sanford Silver, as police continued to search for clues to who murdered the 73-year-old grandfather. Silver, a real-estate and...
UH-OH, EH-OH! TELETUBBY SHOW GOES BELLY-UP
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amThe "Teletubbies" are going down the tube. The British company that produces the hugely popular show featuring the kiddie TV titans - known for their strange babbling, colorful prancing and...
PATAKI SLIPS DOWN BEST-GOV LIST
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki's standing among a prominent conservative group fell for a second time. Pataki, who needed the Conservative Party line to beat Mario Cuomo in 1994, slipped from...
DAYTIME TV A RAUNCHY 'ROMPER ROOM'
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amTHE tiny face stared at me from the television set, hopeful and pathetic. Through the miracle of DNA testing, little Junior, age 3, was about to learn - along with...
RUDY EDGES TOWARD DEAL ON REPEALING TERM LIMITS
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani hinted for the first time yesterday that he might be willing to make a deal to overturn term limits for the City Council. And one of the leaders...
ASHCROFT LEANS TOWARD IMMUNITY FOR DENISE
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - New Attorney General John Ashcroft said yesterday he's inclined to approve efforts to grant Denise Rich immunity in order to speed along a congressional pardon probe. Ashcroft's comments...
HEARTS A' THUMPING - BUYIN' FRILLIES GIVES MACHO MEN THE WILLIES
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amNEW YORK men may be tough - but when it comes to buying women's underwear, they turn to jelly. These days you can spot them everywhere, looking quizzically into store...
WORKERS ARE DISTURBED BY ALLEGATIONS
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amManhattan employees of IBM said yesterday they would be upset if it's true that the company's tabulating machines helped Hitler in his drive against Jews. But they won't be quitting...
STATE: CITY HOSPS HIDING PROBLEMS
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - The state Health Department knocked many of the city's hospitals yesterday - charging that they dangerously underreport potentially dangerous incidents involving patients. A new department report found that...
W. WON'T PURGE PROSECUTORS ALL AT THE SAME TIME
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush won't ask U.S. attorneys to resign en masse, as Bill Clinton did, a senior administration official said yesterday. Manhattan's Mary Jo White will be asked to...
HUGE DOG CROWD DIGS THE GARDEN
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amAlthough 2,500 dogs are a lot of canines under one roof, the pack paled against the number of two-legged aficionados in the house when the 125th Westminster Kennel Club Dog...
NAPSTER'S SWAN SONG? - FED JUDGE'S RULING KOS MUSIC-TRADE 'NET SERVICE
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amThe only music available on Napster may soon be a funeral hymn. Napster, the wildly popular Web service that allows users to share music files, was forced to change its...
HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR FEELS BETRAYED BY BIG BLUE
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amThomas Grossman had a noose around his neck and was about to be hanged in a German concentration camp in 1945 when International Red Cross trucks rode in. The painful...
AD CAMPAIGN MAY 'ENERGIZE' TEACHER RECRUITING
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy yesterday proposed putting up nearly $10 million for an ad campaign to recruit new teachers and to help flunking ones pass their state licensing exams. Levy...
FRANTIC JESSE SEEKS BUSH'S BLESSING
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amJESSE JACKSON, desperate to put his sex-and-money crises behind him, is making a behind-the-scenes effort to meet with President Bush. In a Dec. 14 phone call, Bush suggested to Jackson...
TAKE THE 'A' TRAIN, LOCALS SAY
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amIt's time for President Clinton to learn "Take the 'A' Train" on his sax - now that he's thinking of taking new digs uptown. "I would love it if he...
BUSH TAKES DEM FLAK FOR HIS PLAN ON MILITARY PAY
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush flew aboard the jumbo-sized Air Force One for the first time yesterday as he went to review troops and pledge $1.4 billion in pay hikes to...
BILL MIGHT SET UP SHOP IN HARLEM - ABANDONS BID FOR CARNEGIE TOWERS
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amBill Clinton backed out of his controversial plan to lease big-bucks office space in a swanky Midtown skyscraper yesterday - and is looking at far cheaper digs in the heart...
REV. AL STUDIES THE PLUSSES OF PRIVATIZED ED.
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amThe Rev. Al Sharpton could be a pivotal player in whether the for-profit Edison Co. gets to take over five of the city's failing public schools. "I'm getting appeals on...
ARQUETTES' ACTOR DAD DIES AT 65
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amLewis Arquette, the acting and comic patriarch of a Hollywood mini-dynasty, has died. He was 65. Arquette, dad to actresses Rosanna and Patricia and actors David, Alexis and Richmond, died...
LAZIO LASHES OUT AT HILLARY
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amFormer GOP Senate hopeful Rick Lazio last night launched a scathing attack on Sen. Hillary Clinton, charging that she has become "just the kind of senator we feared she would...
REVISIONS IN PARDONS LIST
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amJustice Department officials yesterday released a new list identifying 13 more people whose last-minute pardons from former President Bill Clinton were pushed through without the usual review. That brought the...
CRAFT KISSES ASTEROID EROS
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amJust in time for Valentine's Day, a NASA robot probe touched down yesterday on the asteroid Eros - marking history's first landing on such a space rock. The solar-powered NEAR...
LEX RIDERS NEED RAIL GOOD MANNERS
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amThe latest bid to squeeze more trains onto the overcrowded Lexington Avenue line is as low-tech as it gets - an appeal to straphangers to behave themselves while waiting for...
OFFICER FIGHTS FOR WIFE IN SUFFOLK COP HARASS CASE
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amA New York City police officer wants a criminal investigation of whether his wife was sexually harassed by one of his Long Island counterparts. The officer says Suffolk police failed...
RUSHDIE HOPES TO TRY WINGS IN 'FALCON' ROLE
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amMove over, Bogie, Salman Rushdie wants to star in a remake of "The Maltese Falcon." But new death threats issued against the actor-wannabe author could destroy that dream. The controversial...
SIXER INJURIES KEEP KNICKS IN THE HUNT
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES DENVER - All the injuries in the East continue to make the Knicks contenders for the top seed. Now, Philly All-Star center Theo Ratliff could be out six...
LOADING UP THE GOTHAM GUNS - VAN GUNDY'S GIVING BIG BACKCOURT A SECOND CHANCE
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amGlen Rice sunned himself in the Bahamas during the All-Star break, rested and iced his sore left foot. Jeff Van Gundy, meanwhile, stayed in Westchester, fantasizing about making Rice a...
JOHNNY TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARD OCTOBER
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amThe temperature in St. Lucie yesterday was 81 degrees and it will feel like baseball again on Friday when pitchers and catchers report. Here, the thermometer read 29 and Shea...
CURTIS GETS LAST WORD IN PLAYOFF WIN
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amPSAL PLAYOFFS - Curtis 95 - MLK 76 Something very strange happened to Kibway Ali when he elevated towards the rim for an uncontested, breakaway dunk that would have cut...
IT'S GETTING LATE EARLY FOR FAST-FADING XFL
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amIt's make-or-break time for the XFL. Two weeks into their debut season and there is already a feeling of desperation about Vince McMahon's creation. Some league executives are rooting not...
RIVERA, BOMBERS CLOSE IN ON DEAL
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - While the Yankees and Mariano Rivera still don't have a multi-year deal hammered out, one day before the All-Star closer is slated to report with the...
SHANE AIMIN' FOR OPENER
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - When your knee is sliced open by a surgeon's blade just as your season and career is starting to take off, the road back is loaded with ups...
PSYCHO-BOBBLE - KNOBBY, BOMBERS MUM ON THROWING 'THERAPY'
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Chuck Knoblauch is doing all he can to become again the All-Star second baseman he was before he came to the Yankees. Knoblauch has been working out at...
MARBURY MISS JOGS MEMORY
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amNET NOTES Hitting two huge 3-pointers to win an All-Star Game is one thing. Making a free throw when a grueling layup drill is at stake, apparently that's another. Stephon...
RED STORM'S WEEKEND WAS ONE TO REMEMBER
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amThe good times rolled for St. John's this weekend. On Saturday, the Red Storm outlasted Miami to claim an epic 85-79 victory in double overtime. But the fun was just...
BACK TO OLD SCHOOL - EDWARDS BRINGS DEDICATION, WORK ETHIC TO JETS
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amAS he was stamping the exclamation point on the nadir of Giants football - running that "Miracle in the Meadowlands" Joe Pisarcik-Larry Csonka fumbled handoff exchange in for the game-winning...
HERMAN SOUNDS OFF ON 2001 GANG GREEN
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amHere's new coach Herman Edwards' take on some key Jet players: * VINNY TESTAVERDE: "Injury was a factor [in 2000]. You don't recover from that in one year. And I...
BREAK'S OVER, BACK TO WORK - NETS HOPE GOOD TIMES KEEP ROLLIN'
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amOK, back to reality. The All-Star Game high is drifting away. The break is over. And the Nets tonight have their finger, toes and all other movable digits crossed in...
PSAL VICTORY EASES DOUBTS FOR CANARSIE
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amPSAL PLAYOFFS - Canarsie 86 - New Utrecht 66 After an early season loss, Canarsie head coach Tom Allen sat his team down. "I don't even remember what game it...
RICHTER TO THE RESCUE - AS TRADE TALKS SWIRL, MIKE SAVES (& SAVES & SAVES) DAY
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amRangers 4 - Blue Jackets 3 COLUMBUS - There is much intrigue surrounding the direction of the Rangers now, what with Wayne Gretzky's group closing on its purchase of the...
YASHIN KEEPS DIPIETRO WINLESS
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amRick DiPietro's wait continues. The Islanders' rookie goalie still is searching for his first NHL win after last night's 3-1 loss to the Senators in Ottawa dropped him to 0-5...
POINT-HUNGRY RANGERS PIN HOPES ON RICHTER
February 13, 2001 | 5:00amCOLUMBUS - Ron Low looked at the schedule and what the coach saw was not three games in four nights, but three in 12 ... and, for that matter, by...