March 1, 2001
EISNER IS SPECIALIZING IN SMALL-FRY DEALS
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amMichael Eisner is on a tear of mini-deals. While AOL has merged with Time Warner and Viacom has acquired CBS, Eisner's Disney announced yesterday it will introduce Mickey's X-treme Coolers...
FASHIONMALL ACQUIRES THREE LIFESTYLE SITES
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amWhile the tech sector is bottoming out and many dot-coms are struggling to stay afloat, Fashionmall.com is on a buying spree. The company has purchased the domain names and intellectual...
AT&T UNRAVELING EMPIRE - SELLS SOME CABLE ASSETS TO PAUL ALLEN; FILES TO SELL 25% TWE STAKE
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amAnyone want to buy some cable systems? AT&T's having a sale. In an effort to reduce its massive mound of debt, the nation's leading cable company agreed yesterday to sell...
BIGGEST FRAUD EVER? - FEDS INDICT EX-CENDANT EXECS FORBES, SHELTON
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amCendant Corp.'s former Chairman Walter A. Forbes and former Vice Chairman E. Kirk Shelton were indicted yesterday in what prosecutors say may be one of the biggest securities fraud cases...
NAPSTER HOT TOPIC AT SILICON ALLEY PARLEY
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amThe oracle of the Internet has spoken, and the news is not good for the record companies: Esther Dyson thinks Napster is bad news for the record industry. Speaking at...
ROCKROSE GETS NOD FOR PEPSI SITE
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amThe red neon Pepsi sign will be saved as part of a nearly $1 billion residential project for its former bottling site in Queens. Yesterday, the Queens West Development Corp....
STRAUSS ZELNICK'S ON THE PROWL FOR MEDIA BUYS
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amStrauss Zelnick is on the comeback trail. The former BMG Entertainment CEO made a public appearance at the "SiliconAlley2001" conference yesterday andis hoping to create his own media empire. Besides...
LIMITED TO SELL LANE BRYANT IN RE-STRUCTURE-ING MOVE
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amThe Limited Inc. is biting the bullet. The retail wooly mammoth, which has been slow to make changes in the past, is selling its Lane Bryant plus-size division and folding...
IT'S A BEAR MARKET - THE BENCHMARK S&P 500 IS 20% OFF ITS HIGH
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amWall Street formally landed in the scary woods of a bear market yesterday. But many say its been wandering there for weeks. "You mean people are just now realizing it?"...
PRIMEDIA TO DITCH PORN - WILL UNLOAD SITES AFTER MERGER WITH ABOUT.COM
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amPrimedia completes its merger with About.com today with CEO Tom Rogers trying mightily to revamp the company and shakeout of the stock slump that has sent the price tumbling to...
NEW JEWEL IN TAYLOR'S CROWN
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amPAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANYCity Center, 131 W. 55th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, (212) 581-1212. Through March 11. ----------------------- PAUL Taylor is quite simply the most extraordinary choreographer alive....
RESPECT - THAT'S THE PAYOFF FOR ED O'NEILL AFTER LOSING THE GHOST OF AL BUNDY
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amIT took four years to lure Ed O'Neill back to series television after his decade-plus stint as the hapless Al Bundy on "Married . . . with Children." But while...
MAC IS BACK IN TOWN - NEW CUBE, PSYCHEDELIC IMACS MAKE BIG APPLE DEBUT
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amMy love affair with the Cube, the sexy Apple computer, has been re-ignited.But at a price.I just got a gander of Apple's funky new product line, which made its New...
MANDY: NO PLAYBOY TEMPTING MANDY
March 1, 2001 | 5:00am'TEMPTATION Island" siren Mandy Lauderdale turned down a $1.5 million offer to pose for Playboy, she said yesterday. Lauderdale, 22, an aspiring actress and singer, told Howard Stern that she...
A MOVIE WITH CLASS - FILM SCHOOL THESIS ON SHORT LIST FOR AN OSCAR
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amSOME grad students aim to get honors on their master's projects. Joan Stein got the ultimate honor - an Oscar nomination.The hometown helmswoman got the nod from the Academy for...
THE STARR REPORT
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amABC throws lifeline to troubled star ABC has offered to help "All My Children" star Michael Nader. Nader was busted last weekend on charges of selling cocaine to an undercover...
'BUFFY' TALKS GETTING HEATED
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amCOME summertime, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" may have staked her last ghoul on the WB. Talks to keep one of the WB's most famous shows on the network are approaching...
CNN TO 'TAKE FIVE'
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amCNN is gearing up to debut a slate of new shows - including a roundtable series featuring Post editorial-page writer Robert George. "Take Five," a weekend talk show featuring George...
WELCOME BACK, BOYS
March 1, 2001 | 5:00am"The Sopranos" ( ) Sunday at 9 on HBO ------- WHILE Tony Soprano was "away," as they say, for the past several months, there were some big changes in his...
SLACK ATTACK - SAVE THE JEANS FOR THE WEEKEND, SUITS ARE BACK - EVEN ON FRIDAYS
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amTHE dressed-down American workplace, where ripped-up jeans, sneakers and leather jackets symbolized the free-wheeling new economy, seems to be going the way of the dot-com boom.And the dot-coms, which led...
DRESS LIKE THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amHOW can a poor, confused man navigate the waters of the new, dressier-yet-not-dressy workplace? The Post asked some style gurus for their suggestions. * A gray suit. "The first thing...
CAN NESSIE BE CAUGHT? IT'S A LOCH
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amThe days of the fabled Loch Ness Monster may be numbered. A team of scientists has created a state-of-the-art "sea serpent" trap to catch the legendary beast. The trap -...
DISCOVERY COULD LET DOCS HALT CANCER'S SPREAD
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amA key process by which breast cancer spreads to other organs has been identified and blocked in mice. But scientists warn there is no guarantee that approach would work in...
TERROR AND THE PARDONS - THOSE ADS LINKING HILLARY TO THE COLE BOMBING DID HAVE A POINT
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amDOWN in Pascagoula, Miss., they've cut USS Cole in half, like a stick of butter, so now it takes a practiced eye to see evidence of the Oct. 12 bombing...
'MAYOR BILL' STILL HAS HIS SUPPORTERS, NEW POLL SAYS
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amPardongate hasn't done much to diminish former President Clinton's popularity here - nearly half of New Yorkers surveyed still say they'd like to see him run for mayor someday. A...
HARMONY AND RHYTHM AT DENISE RADIO GIG
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amThe subject of pardons never came up when phat cat Denise Rich and songbird Natalie Cole got together to plug their new song yesterday. Their new song? Yes. One day...
BRITISH TRAIN CRASH KILLS 13
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amAt least 13 people were killed and 75 injured yesterday in a freak British rail wreck involving a car, a passenger train and a freight train. The bizarre accident was...
FEDS: SUSPECT SAYS BLAST KILLED TOO FEW AMERICANS
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amA terror suspect said a devastating bomb attack against the United States Embassy in Kenya was "a blunder" because it killed many Kenyans instead of Americans, an FBI agent testified...
FEDS TO OFFER FBI 'MOLE' SING-OR-DIE DEAL
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The feds are ready to dangle a life-preserver in front of accused FBI mole Robert Hanssen: They won't seek the death penalty if he tells all about his...
DUBYA TAKES HIS PLAN TO THE PEOPLE - FOLLOWS UP SPEECH WITH A FOUR-STATE TOUR
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush hit the road yesterday to urge Americans to buy into his budget plan, which includes the lure of a $1,600 annual tax cut for the average...
WATCHDOG PANEL: BAD COPS LET OFF TOO EASY
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amSome bad cops are getting off with little more than a slap on the wrist when they should be fired, says a new report by the Commission to Combat Police...
NEW YORK'S JOB GROWTH AGAIN TOPS U.S. RATE
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - Spurred by a surge in New York City, job growth in the state surpassed the nation's average, for the second straight year, in 2000. The total number of...
ACCUSATIONS FLY OVER ABUSE SHELTERS - RUDY AIDES: WOMEN SAFE IN HOMELESS FACILITIES
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amIn a sometimes heated exchange with City Council members, Giuliani administration officials insisted yesterday that turning battered women away from special domestic-violence shelters is not a "crisis." "I would not...
KIN OF NABBED SCHOLAR RIPS RUSSIANS IN 'DOPEY' ARREST
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amThe uncle of a Fulbright scholar from Connecticut lashed out at Russian authorities yesterday for arresting the young man on drug charges. "I think the whole thing is a bunch...
DOC NABBED IN ARSON - OWNED B'KLYN BUILDING WHERE BLAZE KILLED GIRL
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amA coldhearted doctor charged with setting a Brooklyn fire that killed a 13-year-old girl was behind bars yesterday after he was captured traveling from his home in the Dominican Republic...
FOLKS SAY IT'S JUST GRRRRREAT TO BE 38! - SEXY STUDY: WE'RE MOST ATTRACTIVE IN LATER DAYS
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amMADONNA'S age is more desirable than being Britney Spears' peer. Dispelling the popular myth that beauty peaks at 25, a new survey finds most Americans think they're sexiest at around...
CITY WILL PAY FOR BUSH TAX CUT: N.Y. DEMS
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - New York Democrats yesterday claimed President Bush would pay for his $1.6 trillion tax cut with a big bite out of the Big Apple. Under Bush's $1.96 trillion...
PUFF'S LAST 'STAND'? HE TESTIFIES TODAY
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amMillionaire rap producer Sean "Puffy" Combs testifies in his own defense against gun and bribery charges today - face to face with the Manhattan prosecutor who has become his nemesis....
IT'S UNLIKELY HERE, BUT . . .
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amThe good news is that a Seattle-sized earthquake is a very remote possibility in New York City, experts say. The bad news: If it did happen here, it could destroy...
FOE OF EDUCATION BIZ WANTS OWN SCHOOL
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amThe group heading the campaign to stop Edison Inc. from managing five of the city's worst schools wants to start its own privately run charter school. The Association of Community...
HOLD-THE-LINE GREENSPAN PUTS WALL ST. IN NEW DIVE
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amFederal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned that the economy is weak, but not weak enough for an immediate interest-rate cut - and Wall Street responded with a protest sell-off. Wall...
SUB SKIPPER BEGGED GOD TO SAVE VICTIMS
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amThe skipper of the American submarine that rammed a Japanese fishing trawler says he felt as if his heart "had been ripped out of my chest" when he learned that...
ASHCROFT PLEDGES END TO RACIAL PROFILING
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Attorney General John Ashcroft yesterday vowed to stamp out racial profiling by cops, after President Bush ordered him to look into it. Ashcroft, who met with the Congressional...
HOUSE PROBERS TO FLIP THROUGH BUBBA'S LIBRARY BOOK$
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - In a deal struck yesterday, House investigators will get to look at contributions to the Clinton library that they suspect might be connected to former President Bill Clinton's...
MECHANICS THROW WRENCH INTO PLANE PLANS
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amA surprise work slowdown by aircraft mechanics yesterday forced American Airlines to cancel 141 flights at Kennedy Airport, stranding thousands of domestic and international travelers. The labor action, which affected...
SUICIDE PLUNGE AT HUNTER COLLEGE
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amA psychiatric group-home resident jumped eight floors to his death yesterday from a Hunter College building on the Upper East Side, officials said. John Robertson, 29, who lived in a...
BRONX MOM, DAUGHTER, 4, FOUND SLAIN IN THEIR APT.
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amA mom and her preschool daughter were victims of a brutal double-slaying in their Bronx apartment yesterday, police said. Gladys Cabeza, 29, and her 4-year-old daughter, Alexandria, were found dead...
GUMAN ID'D IN RAP-WAR VID
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amDetectives investigating last weekend's rap-wars shooting got a break in the case yesterday - they identified one of the gunman from a security videotape. At least five guns were drawn...
SEATTLE STARBUCKLES - NORTHWEST QUAKE INJURES DOZENS
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amA powerful earthquake rocked Seattle and the entire Pacific Northwest yesterday - damaging buildings and roads, cracking the dome of the Washington state Capitol and injuring more than 75 people....
IT'S HAPPILY EVER AFTER AS LOVERS RESIST 'TEMPTATION'
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amLove conquered all. Despite the temptations presented by a group of sexy, available singles on a romantic tropical isle, all of the committed couples on "Temptation Island" vowed last night...
MURDOCH GUESTS WITH PROF. GORE
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amPolitician-turned-professor Al Gore yesterday played host to News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch in his journalism class, where students said the former vice president dodged discussion about the latest Florida recount....
FBI: TERRORISTS RAISE BIG $$ THROUGH L.A. CHARITY RUSE
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amThe FBI arrested seven supporters of a terrorist organization on charges of raising up to $10,000 a day through a fake charity to finance attacks on Iran's government, authorities in...
STORM'S ALPHA MUST DO MORE THAN JUST SCORE
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amCHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Alpha Bangura knows what he is on a basketball court. And he knows what he must become. "Every program I've ever been in I've been told...
RESILIENT DOC KEEPS PAST IN PERSPECTIVE
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Cocaine didn't kill Dwight Gooden. It did, however, annihilate his chances of entry into the exclusive 300 win club. Had he not succumbed to the seduction of drugs,...
SEHORN, GIANTS NEAR MEGA-DEAL
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amNothing is finalized just yet, but the Giants and Jason Sehorn are close to an agreement on a multi-year contract that will likely allow the big-play cornerback to finish his...
CATCHING A RISING STAR - POSADA ON PRECIPICE OF BACKSTOP GREATNESS
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - There is no question what Jorge Posada heard from a doctor last year was far more important than Posada telling David Cone he needed to work harder. However,...
ISLES GREATS: DON'T FIRE GORING
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amExpressing the same unity that they showed during their Stanley Cup dynasty, several famed former Islanders have come out in strong support of Butch Goring being retained as Islanders coach...
BOSS, TROOPS MULL SHEFF OVER LUNCH
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - In what has become a spring training ritual, George Steinbrenner gathered his army for lunch yesterday at Malio's. Since the day before the start of the...
NYRA STEWARD RACING TO RECOVERY
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amNYRA steward Dave Hicks is recovering nicely from triple bypass surgery and anticipates being released from the hospital Saturday. Hicks underwent the surgery Monday at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn...
BREWERS OUT OF SHEFF RACE
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - The thought of the Brewers being a third dance partner to bring Gary Sheffield from the Dodgers to the Brewers can be eliminated. "Positively,...
METS' BASES EMPTY ON FIRST AND THIRD
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - A confidence pervades the Mets concerning Gary Sheffield. In their spring clubhouse, players express a feeling the slugger will soon be in their midst and talk...
LOCAL BOY MONTGOMERY BURNS TO MAKE METS
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Ray Montgomery is from Bronxville, Archbishop Stepinac High and Fordham. He grew up a Met fan and now he is trying to make it to Flushing....
JAX JACKS UP KNICK 'O'
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amIf they keep this up, the Knicks are going to be known for - gasp! - their offense. Yup, the Knicks, those perennial plodders who've made slugs seem like Indy...
CAMBY'S MAKING OWN LUCK ON THE BOARDS
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Some guys insist it's position. Some guys claim they play the angle. Some guys just go after every rebound with unrelenting fervor. But Marcus Camby contends there is...
AFTER 37 YEARS, HAMPTON LEAVES JETS WELL-EQUIPPED
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amBill Hampton, a fixture on the Jets' scene for the last 37 years and a rare link to the franchise's lone Super Bowl triumph, will retire today as the team's...
'VANDER, IS THAT ALL YA GOT? - CHALLENGER RUIZ JABS AT OL' HOLYFIELD OVER 1ST-FIGHT PERFORMANCE
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amLAS VEGAS - Like a lot of people, Johnny Ruiz was disappointed in Evander Holyfield last Aug. 12. Unlike any of them, he wasn't thinking like a boxing fan. Heck,...
CLINTON WINS SHOCKER
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amClinton head coach Bob Finkelstein doesn't want to deal with the media. His team is making it hard for him to keep that rule. The 19th-seeded Governors shocked No. 3...
REHAB KOS TRADE - THEO WAS KEY TO BLOCKBUSTER DEAL FOR COYOTE STAR
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amTheo Fleury - who was placed in the NHL's player union's substance-abuse program yesterday - was about to be asked to waive his no-trade clause by Ranger GM Glen Sather...
RED STORM LET EAGLES FLY AWAY WITH TROPHY
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amBoston College 67 - St. John's 62 CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Maybe next season St. John's makes the play instead of the turnover. Maybe next season a player converts, instead...
BAD DAY ENDS WITH RANGER VICTORY
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amRangers 4 - Panthers 2 Unfortunate, isn't it, that the NHL doesn't construct its schedule the way the NFL does inan attempt to push and pull every team toward the...
BOSS AND HIS TROOPS MULL SHEFF OVER LUNCH
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - In what has become a spring training ritual, George Steinbrenner gathered his army for lunch yesterday at Malio's. Since the day before the start of the...
ENGRAM D-RAILS RAMS
March 1, 2001 | 5:00amPSAL PLAYOFFS F. Douglass 56 - Manhattan Ctr. 53PSAL Clinton 49 - Boys & Girls 45 Alonzo Brown calls Frederick Douglass teammate Tahan Engram "Cops." "He locks everybody up and...