March 7, 2001
INTEREST RATE PLAY: STOCK UP ON BANKS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amA QUESTION: When the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, who benefits? It's really a trick question. You and anyone else who needs to borrow money might eventually benefit. But these...
COMPANY INSURING MP3 REFUSES SITE'S CLAIM
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amBeleaguered Internet music site MP3.com took another legal hit yesterday - this time from its own insurance company, which is refusing to pay its share of the company's multimillion dollar...
TED'S TIME IS UP: HIS TOP AIDES TOSSED - MOUTH OF SOUTH'S EXECS REPLACED BY WB FOUNDER
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amAOL Time Warner put an emphatic end to the Ted Turner era yesterday - clearing the last remnants of the cable tycoon's team out of Turner Broadcasting. The media and...
MORE UPHEAVAL AT DAILY NEWS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amYOU can't make this stuff up. Daily News columnist Jim Dwyer - who snagged two Pulitzer Prizes at Newsday - appears to have finally had his fill of Mort Zuckerman's...
TECH STOCKS FUEL NASDAQ GAIN
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amStormy weather seemed to work for Wall Street again yesterday sending the Nasdaq soaring to its biggest gain in over a month and lifting the other markets modestly in light...
PEOPLE MAG SCRAPS PLANS FOR TV STUDIO AND MUSEUM
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amDon't bother getting on line for tickets to the grand opening of the People Magazine Museum. Four months behind its originally planned opening date, AOL Time Warner has scrapped the...
NEW LEASE ON LIFE - JUDGE TELLS LABELS: WORK WITH NAPSTER
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amNapster's cat used up another life yesterday, as the courts issued a preliminary injunction against the file-swapping service on Monday evening. The re-worded order says that Napster has three business...
KELLNER IS WELL-SUITED FOR NEW JOB
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amYou'd never pick Jamie Kellner out of a crowd as a big player in the TV industry, say those who know him. Kellner, the boyish, 53-year-old Turner Broadcasting heir, favors...
CONDENET CUTS 18 STAFFERS IN BID TO SAVE CASH
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amThe ax swung inside the Newhouse family's new media holdings yesterday. CondeNet, the new media wing of the family's Advance Publications, is laying off 18 people - about 12 percent...
FTC SAYS CITI USED DECEPTIVE LOAN PRACTICES
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amSandy Weill's Citigroup may be suffering buyer's remorse after the Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against it's consumer- credit unit for "predatory lending." The embarrassing FTC action could cost...
'BRAVEHEART' SWORD GOES FOR 170G AT AIDS AUCTION
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amSome of Hollywood's brightest stars threw a charity auction at Sotheby's last night - with a few things they'd found in the attic - and raised more than $400,000 to...
PO-NOGRAPHIC - TELETUBBIES LESBIAN SHOCKER
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amTHERE's never been anything like this in Teletubbie land before. The diminutive actress who plays the littlest Teletubbie, Po, has been cast as a lesbian in a sexually explicit British...
UPPER WEST SIDE GLORY
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amMARIKA ( 1/2) 208 W. 70TH ST. (212) 875-8600 ------- MARIKA is made for its place and time - the sexy Upper West Side of the '00s. Especially for the...
TASTY NOODLES, BUT NOT OODLES OF THEM
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amRAI RAI KEN 214 E. 10TH ST. (BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND AVENUES) (212) 477-7030 --------- JUST for laughs, you could try asking the waiter at Rai Rai Ken what he'd...
TREKKIES LEAK NO. 5 SECRETS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amDETAILS about the new "Star Trek" series - the fifth - are beginning to leak out. A Trek-crazed fan site claims to have gotten their hands on casting calls to...
WINE OF THE WEEK: SANTA JULIA CHARDONNAY
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amSANTA Julia Vineyards, a foreward-thinking, family-run winery in Argentina, makes two Chardonnays in opposing styles. One, the Santa Julia Chardonnay Reserva 1999 ($10), fits the New World profile of lots...
MOB OPERA IS RATINGS KILLER - 'SOPRANOS' DEBUT SEEN BY 11-MIL VIEWERS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amTHE much-hyped season premiere of "The Sopranos" Sunday night drew a record audience- bigger than even some of the broadcast networks. With an average of about 11.3 million viewers, the...
LATEST HIGH SCHOOL TRAGEDY KEEPS FILM IN CAN - AGAIN
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amA film update of "Othello" that ends with a bloody high school shootout is the latest casualty of a high school massacre that left two dead and 13 wounded in...
PROVINCIALS GET IN EACH OTHERS' HAIR
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amBLOW DRY () Competitive hairdressing in a small town provides the laughs - and terminal cancer, the tears - in a predictable comedy from the UK. Running time: 90 minutes....
TABLA EXECS COOKING FOR A GOOD CAUSE
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amTABLA's executive chef, Floyd Cardoz, and owner Danny Meyer are hosting a fund-raiser for India's earthquake victims on Sunday, March 18, with a super-supper showcasing the talents of several other...
GLEANING MUCH ABOUT VARDA FROM COLORFUL TALE
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amTHE GLEANERS AND I () Whimsical, charming documentary by reknowned French filmmaker Agnes Varda. Running time: 82 minutes. Not rated (nothing objectionable). In French, with English subtitles. At Film Forum,...
EARS ARE RINGING UP IN STAMFORD
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amTODAY'S theater lesson: When it comes to critics, as you sow, so shall you reap.A Broadway-bound revival of "Bells Are Ringing," starring Faith Prince, ended its tryout in Stamford, Conn.,...
VH1 POPS UP WITH ENTIRE MOVIE FOR BUBBLE HEADS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00am'POP-UP Video," VH1's whimsical hit show, has spawned a made-for-TV movie. While the music video format uses graphic "bubbles" with humorous factoids about music videos, the movie - still in...
THREE INGREDIENTS - THAT'S ALL IT TAKES TO PREPARE HEALTHY, TASTY DISHES, SAYS NEW BOOK
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amTHEY call her the "diva of culinary minimalism." Now she's downsized dieting.Lots of weight-loss plans claim to be easy as 1-2-3, but Rozanne Gold's latest, "Healthy 1-2-3," really delivers. It's...
THE STARR REPORT
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amCh. 4 shakes up daytime lineup Ch. 4 is shaking up its daytime schedule on Monday, moving "The People's Court" to 10 a.m. and sending"Sally Jessy Raphael" back to its...
ALL 'BETTES' ARE OFF - MISERABLE MISS M GETS HER WISH - SHOW IS KILLED
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amCBS has cancelled Bette Midler's struggling sitcom, "Bette" - leaving yet another big-name star wondering why it is so hard to move from the big-screen to television. The "Divine Miss...
FRASIER A $374M MAN
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amNBC has locked up "Frasier" for three more years - making it the second-most-expensive sitcom on television. NBC and Paramount Television reached an agreement late Monday for a new, three-year...
HE'S GOOD AT KEEPING SECRETS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amACTOR Hugo Weaving chuckles at the suggestion that his presence in New York City yesterday made him a prime kidnapping target for fanatical Webheads.But it's not too far from the...
'CHOCOLAT' LEFT DEPP WITH A BAD TASTE
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amHow sweet it isn't! Johnny Depp says he was force-fed so much chocolate during the filming of his Oscar-nominated flick "Chocolat" that he'll never eat it again. "It was kind...
DEMS MOE-BILIZE OVER 'STOOGE' CRACK
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - Three Senate Democrats demanded an apology yesterday after a top Republican official allegedly called them "the three clowns" and "the three stooges." The trio contends that Senate Communications...
BLIND COLO. CLIMBER TO GET A PEAK AT EVEREST?
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amGOLDEN, Colo. - Erik Weihenmayer may be blind, but that hasn't stopped him from having the loftiest of aspirations - climbing mighty Mount Everest. The 32-year-old adventurer is determined to...
FRANKEL IS TRANSFERRED TO NEW JAIL
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amMartin Frankel is headed to a Rhode Island jail after the accused swindler complained of "cruel and unusual" conditions in a Connecticut prison. Frankel, who is awaiting arraignment Monday in...
WHY 'FRONT-RUNNER' HEVESI IS NOW IN FREE FALL
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amALAN HEVESI'S campaign for mayor has been as big a fizzle as the XFL and this week's "snowstorm of the century." The comptroller has raised the most money, but he...
SUITS TEARING APART FAMED CLOTHES CLAN - DESIGNER ALFREDO VERSACE WILL ASK A JUDGE TODAY TO STOP THE 'ILLEGAL HARASSMENT' OF HIM BY GIANNI VERSACE'S HEIRS, BROTHER SANTO AND SISTER DONATELLA
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amLONG after the tragic murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace, his legacy is at the center of a highly unfashionable family brawl. Gianni's heirs and a namesake fashion designer who...
YES, YOU CAN 'BLAME' A GUY FOR TRYING
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amWHEN Hillary Clinton was snagged in an ethical quagmire, she didn't apologize, confess or explain. She called her spiritual medium to help her change the subject. "Grow skin as tough...
THE CHENEY OF COMMAND: WHO WOULD REPLACE HIM?
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney and his boss insist he's "plenty strong" and will soon be back to work - but if he were to change his mind and...
NUMBER'S UP FOR BID TO ADJUST 2000 CENSUS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amThe Bush administration will not adjust the 2000 Census figures, despite estimates that more than 3.3 million people - mostly minorities - were missed, Commerce Secretary Don Evans said yesterday....
TAKE HEART: VEEP HEADING BACK TO WORK
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney, who left the hospital yesterday after another heart scare, plans to be back at work today - and President Bush insisted his right-hand man...
HOUSE MULLS SECRET PAY RAISE - NYERS BEHIND BID FOR 25G HIKE
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Members of the House of Representatives are quietly working to give themselves a tax-free $25,000 raise - and New Yorkers are key players in the push. They're looking...
WWF WITHDRAWAL COULD MEAN EX-FL - NBC MAY GET STUCK
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amThe World Wrestling Federation might bail out of its money-losing XFL football league after just one season - leaving co-owner NBC holding the bag. With the XFL's ratings plunging weekly...
TESTY JESSE OPENS HIS BOOKS UNDER 'RIGHT-WING ATTACK'
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amThe Rev. Jesse Jackson, claiming he's under "concerted attack" by right-wingers out to destroy him, is releasing partial financial data from the four groups he controls. He gave a Chicago...
BRINGING UP THE REAR ON CAMPAIGN-$$ REFORM BILL
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON. ALTHOUGH Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton trumpeted a devotion to campaign-finance reform last fall, she was late and last among colleagues in co-sponsoring the Senate's latest bill on the issue....
HANSSEN ALSO BETRAYED KGB AGENT: EX-SPY
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amAlleged FBI spy Robert Hanssen wrongly accused a KGB agent of treason, costing the man his job and nearly his life, an ex-CIA operative said last night. Jack Platt, who...
OUTRAGE AS B'KLYN NABE DOES THE 'WHITE' THING
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amIT WOULD seem the neighborhood of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, is looking for a good few white people. "IDEAL FOR MANHATTAN ANGLOS" read a New York Times real-estate ad pitching apartments...
CITY GRAPPLES WITH AGE-OLD PROBLEM OF SCHOOL BULLIES
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amBULLYING is a fact of life for schoolkids, but it rarely boils over into tragedy, as it did when Charles "Andy" Williams made good on his promise to "get" his...
COP-SLAY SUSPECT FINALLY FACING JUSTICE - DOMINICAN TAKEN BACK TO WASH. HTS. AFTER 12 YEARS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amCops cheered yesterday when the man accused of murdering one of their own in a notorious shooting 12 years ago was finally extradited to the United States from the Dominican...
CAMPAIGN AIDE INDICTED IN BUSH-TAPE LEAK
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A Texas aide in George W. Bush's presidential campaign was indicted for political spying, leaking a debate-prep video to the rival Al Gore campaign, officials announced yesterday. Juanita...
BUSH STRESSES CHARACTER, NOT NEW LAWS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - When school gun tragedies struck, Bill Clinton often blamed the "gun lobby." But President Bush, in a dramatic shift, blamed the shooter and stressed parental responsibility. The difference...
PARADE SEX-GROPE VIDEOTAPER ADMITS CASHING IN
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amThe parade of camera-toting cads continued in the Central Park wilding trial yesterday, with testimony by a fifth man who videotaped the attacks without helping any of the hysterical victims....
SLASHER KILLS MOM, WOUNDS KIDS IN BX. APT
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amA Bronx mom of four died at the hands of a knife-slashing intruder - and her 11-year-old son was badly cut in a desperate attempt to fight off the attacker,...
T'GIVING BALLOON VICTIM SETTLES SUIT
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amA woman whose skull was fractured by a lamppost knocked down by a runaway Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with Macy's and the city, The Post...
WELL, WHATTA YA KNOW - WE DID GET SOME SNOW
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amThe storm that nearly wasn't finally came - barely. Three to 6 inches of snow blanketed the city, which was enough to cancel more than 700 airline flights yesterday -...
VICTIM'S FOLKS FEARED HS WASN'T SAFE
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amOne of the teens slain in the Santee, Calif., rampage had been home-schooled for years because his parents feared public school was unsafe, but they relented when he begged to...
KILLER SHOT CLASSMATES AS THEY RAN IN FEAR
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amSANTEE, Calif. - The two teens murdered by an "angry young man" in the Santana HS bloodbath were shot in the back, police revealed yesterday. Investigators also found backpacks with...
CITY COUNCIL POISED TO BAR TRANSGENDER DISCRIMINATION
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amAfter months of behind-the-scenes wrangling at City Hall, a change in the city's human-rights law, giving explicit protection to transgender individuals, could soon become law, The Post has learned. City...
LEUKEMIA LINK TO POWER LINES MINIMAL: DOCS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amHigh levels of electromagnetic radiation from power lines and in homes can increase the risk of childhood leukemia, but only slightly, a new report concludes. Researchers looked at nine studies...
SCHUMER WANTS TRUCE WITH NRA
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday called for a cease-fire with the National Rifle Association, urging the group to help him launch a national blitz to teach parents gun safety....
E. SIDE JEWEL HEIST
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amThieves broke into a Manhattan home last night and stole an estimated $375,000 worth of jewelry and a lap-top computer, cops said. The heist took place between E. 28th and...
LENN ROBBINS' BIG EAST TOURNAMENT PREVIEW
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amFAVORITES BOSTON COLLEGE Coach: Al Skinner, 55-49 in 4 seasons with Eagles. Record: 23-4, 13-3 Strengths: Great team chemistry and a go-to guy in Troy Bell. Plus, the Eagles still...
JAYS LOSING SIROTKA CASE
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amBud Selig is scheduled to issue a ruling today on the Mike Sirotka-David Wells trade furor that will essentially further the notion of "buyer beware" when major-league trades are consummated,...
A FRIARS' CLUB ROAST - EXPECT PROVIDENCE TO OUTLAST WIDE-OPEN TOURNAMENT FIELD
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amI ASKED Jim Boeheim, the dean of Big East basketball coaches, who would win the wide-open league tournament which begins today in the Garden. He had no answer. "I've never...
THERE'S SNOW BETTER SITUATION
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amTHIS is the kind of blizzard we like, just a whimper here in the city while the northern ski areas get all the white stuff. The two to three feet...
GAELS HAVE BIGGER FISH TO FRY
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amBUFFALO - It was a weary Jeff Ruland and a weathered bunch of Iona Gaels that boarded a plane yesterday morning to fly back to La Guardia Airport. They'd given...
VETS VOTE HIM IN, BUT ... NO WAY MAZ DESERVES HALL
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amTHE Hall of Fame Veterans Committee was created to rectify mistakes. Which means its next act should be self-abolishment. Somehow the 14 men who comprise this too-mighty group left a...
COOK NOT BIG EAST TOP ROOK
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amWhen Omar Cook was asked Monday how he felt about being a unanimous selection to the All-Big East Rookie team, the St. John's point guard let slip what honor he...
REDS HAVE EYES ON SHEFFIELD
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amMET NOTES EXHIBITION: Mets 13 - Marlins 1 PORT ST. LUCIE - The wild card in the Gary Sheffield Sweepstakes could be the Reds, sources said yesterday. This could be...
RED STORM'S WAY OFF COURSE WITH VIEW ON NIT BID
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amSt. John's is missing the point. Today's basketball judgment day against Seton Hall in a first-round game of the Big East Tournament isn't only about today. Nor is it about...
HARRIS RULES MET CLUBHOUSE
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Nick Maness, the young Double-A pitching prospect, has been noticed on the mound this spring and in the clubhouse. He's a little on the loud side,...
WARD PACKING 1-2 PUNCH
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amLeading up to the mile and a quarter Kentucky Derby, the $64,000 question always is, "who can get the distance?" In the weeks leading up to this year's Derby on...
L.A. MULLS SORIANO FOR SHEFFIELD
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amSARASOTA - When it comes to asking the Yankees about dealing for Gary Sheffield, the Dodgers have come way down. Two weeks ago, the Dodgers wanted to know if the...
RANGERS NEED BANG, NOT BUCKS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amROB Blake isn't going to come to New York this summer and neither is Joe Sakic, and the fact of the matter is that even if one or the other...
PAT BURNS ON ISLES' SHORT LIST
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amPat Burns, who is thought to be on Mike Milbury's short list to coach the Islanders next season, is craving the chance to coach next season, Burns' agent and cousin...
JETER SEES PROGRESS IN HIS SHOULDER
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amSARASOTA - A strained joint in the right shoulder is nothing new to Derek Jeter. Six years ago playing in the Arizona Fall League, Jeter experienced the same discomfort that...
VG GIVES 'D' AN 'F' - SAYS KNICK DEFENSE NOT MAKING GRADE
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amLast June, the Knicks and Pacers were fighting for the title "Best in the East." Last night at the Garden both teams were just trying to survive. The Pacers have...
ANGRY GORING BLASTS PLAYERS, ISLES' BRASS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amSaying this remains a "very angry time" for him since his firing last Sunday, deposed Islander coach Butch Goring returned to the Coliseum yesterday where he thrashed the players for...
NETS' ROOKIES GOING THROUGH UPS & DOWNS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amWhen the season started so many defeats ago, the Nets unveiled their latest work in progress with a injury-forced lineup that included two rookies, Kenyon Martin and Stephen Jackson. One...
YANK HOPEFULS RIPPED BY REDS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTESReds 11 - Yankees 4 SARASOTA - One year ago the Yankees handed Ed Yarnall their No. 5 starter's spot and watched him spit it out so hard he...
CAPS WHIP ISLES BEFORE 2,000 FANS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amApparently just playing out the string this season, the uninspired Islanders were punished by the Capitals, 5-1, before about 2,000 steadfast fans last night at the Coliseum. In their first...
SHOOT, THEY'RE GOOD! - SIX KNICKS HIT DOUBLE FIGURES IN RUBOUT OF INDY
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amKnicks 97 - Pacers 83 There was nowhere for the Knicks to hide. They had just played their worst first quarter of the season and found themselves down 30-13 as...
GARDEN'S SUITS AREN'T SPOTLESS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amWITH just six weeks left in the regular season, Jeff Van Gundy says his Knicks suffer from a lack of identity, calling them "a faceless team." I beg to differ....
OT GAMBLE PAYS OFF AS DEVILS SINK SENS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amOVERTIME: Devils 3 - Senators 2 Actions spoke so much louder than all those platitudes about the insignificance of the regular season. Heck, they shouted the desire that drove the...
RICE TOUGHS IT OUT THROUGH THE PAIN
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Glen Rice is proving to be one tough dude. His coach didn't even think he would be able to play last night because of the pain in Rice's...
REGGIE GUMS UP THE WORKS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amHis aim was true. At least Reggie Miller hit something in his dreadful fourth quarter. With 1:58 remaining, having contributed plenty to a glaring fadeout down the stretch, Miller finally...
JAX A FRIENDLY ENEMY TO INDY
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amThe first time they saw each other, about 90 minutes before tipoff, Mark Jackson and Reggie Miller both smiled so widely last night that their faces seemed in danger of...
GARDEN'S SUITS NOT GUILT FREE
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amWITH just six weeks left in the regular season, Jeff Van Gundy says his Knicks suffer from a lack of identity, calling it "a faceless team." I beg to differ....
LONGLEY JOINS INJURED LIST; RICE STILL SORE
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES The injuries keep mounting for the Knicks. Glen Rice was questionable up to game time last night because of the continuing pain in his left foot, while center...
MENDOZA LOOKS GOOD TO TORRE
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES SARASOTA - Joe Torre watched Ramiro Mendoza throw batting practice yesterday and was encouraged by Mendoza's body language and the sinking action on his fastball. "He was very...
O'DONNELL'S EAGER TO HELP AILING DEVILS
March 7, 2001 | 5:00amComing in through a snowstorm, the newest Devil also was coming in cold. "I don't know who I'm playing with, or much of anything else," defenseman Sean O'Donnell said before...