March 11, 2001
BUFFETT'S BACK ON TOP; AFTER A BAD 1999, THE ORACLE OF OMAHA POSTS A 113% PROFIT GAIN
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amBillionaire investor Warren Buffett is back on top. In a year when more companies than ever are reporting profit misses, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway yesterday posted year-over-year profit growth of 113...
BERKSHIRE BOSS BLASTS WSJ BOND STORY
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amWarren Buffett ripped into the Wall Street Journal in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, released yesterday on the Internet. In an unusual move, Buffett singled out a WSJ story...
ARE TIGHT-FISTED BUILDERS CHANGING THE NYT TOWER?
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amIS the Renzo Piano design for The New York Times Tower at 41st Street and Eighth Avenue being stripped of its unique features by a developer trying to hold down...
MURDER MANSION PRICE IS SLASHED FOR SECOND TIME
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amTHE PRICE of Irene Silverman's house has been lowered once again. The massive mansion/crime scene at 20 E. 65th St. is now going for $11.5 million, down from the original...
AD AGE GIVES DOUBLE-O PRIZES OPRAH MAG'S JOINT HONORS ARE A FIRST
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amAS Oprah Winfrey nears the end of her rookie year in magazine publishing, O, the Oprah Magazine, is about to be honored with two of Advertising Age's top prizes: Launch...
PROMISING THE MOON
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amOn July 19, 1969, the whole world sat transfixed by the flickering black-and-white TV images of mankind's finest hour. Nothing since has topped the exhilaration of seeing astronauts walk on...
STYLE AND SUBSTANCE: VALARIE RAE MILLER
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amValarie Rae Miller, who plays Original Cindy in the hit TV series "Dark Angel," is sensitive on the subject of her booty."Sometimes I see myself in the mirror and I'll...
A GUY'S PIERCING NEED TO SHUN HOLLYWOOD
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amGuy Pearce may be best-known in this country for "L.A. Confidential," but this is one movie star who's happy to stay in his native Australia, thank you very much. "There's...
ALL DRESSED UP IN 'NYPD BLUE'
March 11, 2001 | 5:00am4 QUESTIONS FOR CHARLOTTE ROSS Who are your heroes? Jane Goodall, because she's brought about an amazing amount of knowledge about chimpanzees. Until her studies, chimps weren't thought of in...
LET THERE BE NO ROOM FOR ERROR
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amVirginal white or velvet red? Scented candles or chrome lights? James Joyce on my bookshelf or Nancy Friday?I moved to the East Village this week and have no idea what...
THE VARDA THEY COME
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amThey call Agnes Varda "the grandmother of the French New Wave." But at age 72, the revered filmmaker is anything but grandmotherly. Instead of sitting at home in Paris, the...
WHAT I WATCH
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amREBA MCENTIRESTAR OF "ANNIE GET YOUR GUN"A&E'S "BIOGRAPHY." I LOVE TO LEARN ALL ABOUT PEOPLE AND SEE HOW INTERESTING THEIR LIVES WERE - AND ARE. IT'S A FASCINATING SERIES. ;...
UNMATCHED SUCCESS ROB THOMAS SOUNDS OFF ON HITTING IT BIG
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amFor Rob Thomas, lead singer and songwriter for matchbox twenty, getting his kicks keeps getting harder. He's enjoyed the success of a pair of mb20 albums, he wrote and performed...
MEET THE SOAP QUEEN WITH A FACE ONLY HER MOTHER COULD LOVE... WHY THE WORLD LOVES UGLY BETTY
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amTHE hottest woman on Spanish-language TV started out last fall with braces, greasy hair and horned-rimmed glasses. Say hello to "Betty La Fea" which in English means: "Betty, The Ugly...
'UNKNOWNS' SUTHERLAND AND MARGULIES SHINE IN A BASEMENT
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amWhat is Donald Sutherland doing down in a basement of Lincoln Center? The uncomplicated answer is that he is acting in Jon Robin Baitz's fascinating new play, "Ten Unknowns." But...
HAUTE ALL NIGHT: EATING OUT IN THE WEE HOURS GOES UPSCALE
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amNew York may be the city that never sleeps, but late-night dining has consisited primarily of diner food: cheeseburgers, mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs. Well, kiss those grits goodbye. A new...
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MASTERS
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amThere is perhaps no country with as rich a literary tradition as Ireland's, so perhaps it's no accident that a ton of new tomes is due to hit the shelves...
SOMETHING IN THE EIRE: GET BEYOND THE SHAMROCKS AND BEER -- THERE'S A RICH IRISH TRADITION IN THE CITY
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amSt. Patrick's Day is nearly here again, so get set for the big parade. And shamrocks and leprechauns and the color green on everything in sight. But Irish culture is...
NOT A TV DOCTOR, BUT HE PLAYS ONE AT 'PUFFY' TRIAL
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amSome unreported but notable events from Week Six of testimony in the Sean "Puffy" Combs guns-and-bribes trial. Sean "Puffy" Combs and Jennifer Lopez weren't the only "celebrities" at Club New...
SYMPATHIES FOR A TORMENTED TEEN
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amTHIS past week, I wrote a column about how my own experience with school bullies gave me compassion for Andy Williams, the accused Santee, Calif., school shooter. The response from...
SNOW JOB PAYS HANDSOMELY
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amWHAT'S the difference between TV weather forecasters and telephone psychics? For one thing, telephone psychics have more accountability. For another, they'd get canned if they deliberately panicked people with bad...
MORE LOW BLOWS FOR WALL ST. LIKELY TOMORROW
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amWall Streeters left shivering after the latest stock nosedive better prepare for more losses tomorrow, market observers predict. "I'd put a 75 percent chance that Monday is going to be...
ROGER OFFERED PARDON-SHOP SPREE: LAWYER
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amFormer first brother Roger Clinton was "shopping pardons" during Bill Clinton's final days in office, an Arkansas lawyer claimed yesterday as the number of pardon cases allegedly involving Roger rose...
CITY SCHOOL BIGS PRAISE S.I. KID FOR 'HIT LIST' TIP
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amEducators hailed a Staten Island student informant as a hero yesterday for turning in a classmate who bragged about having a "hit list" targeting other students, especially in light of...
HOTEL GUARANTEES ZZZZ'S
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amSome people just want to get a little shut-eye in the city that never sleeps - especially those who are visiting. One hotel, the Benjamin, has taken the unusual extra...
THE TOUPEE MAGICIAN FROM HEADHUGGERS TO HI-TECH RUGS, MIDTOWN MAN WEAVES NEW IMAGES FOR BALDIES
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amThroughout the centuries, man has tried everything to hide, treat and repair baldness - one of humanity's most irksome problems. In "Hair! Mankind's Historic Quest to End Baldness," Gersh Kuntzman,...
'ABDUCTED' SON FACES PARENT TRAP: SHRINK
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amMatthew Propp may come to resent his "adoptive" parents because they didn't tell him about his background, one shrink warns. Studies have shown that children who aren't told they were...
HOUSING COMMISH'S DEAL WITH DAUGHTER'S FIRM A $2M FIASCO
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amA company that hired the daughter of a top Housing Authority official was paid $2 million by the agency for a staff-timekeeping system that still isn't fully operational - seven...
BRITAIN'S TOP GUNS GO ON BAR FLY
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amThe airmen of the U.S. Navy have gotten a reputation as hard-partying wild men for their infamous Tailhook conventions, but they can't hold an afterburner to the fun-loving flyboys of...
DOC DENIES NEGLECT IN SURGERIES ON MENTALLY ILL
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amA doctor accused of wrongly recommending surgery on mentally disabled residents at a Queens nursing home yesterday insisted he's innocent, as the lawyer suing him called on the state to...
MARY JO CONFIRMS PROBE AT B'KLYN DA'S OFFICE
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amFederal officials confirmed yesterday they are investigating a member of the Brooklyn district attorney's staff - but insisted they are not taking a broad look at corruption within the office....
FRIENDS AND FAMILY REMEMBER SLAIN TEEN
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amSANTEE, Calif. - A beloved Santana HS athlete gunned down in last week's school massacre was remembered yesterday as the kind of person parents should "want your kid to be."...
AND THE AWARD FOR BEST BODY GOES TO... OSCAR-NIGHTERS HIT THE GYM
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amTHEY sparkle and light up for the cameras - but before Tinseltown's big night, its elite panic like prom queens over whether their bodies are buff enough for the extreme...
BLOOMBERG'S BIZ BUFFETS MAYOR BID
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amMichael Bloomberg's business empire raises serious conflict-of-interest questions if he runs for City Hall - and the mogul's reluctance to disclose his finances could create a political firestorm, experts say....
EX-DI SERVANT 'DISHING' ROYAL TALES FOR CASH
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amThe footman at Princess Diana's wedding is reportedly making ghoulish money off her memory - charging fees to cook people dinner at their homes while they stare at photos of...
HEVESI RIPS GREEN 'GAY' BID
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amCity Comptroller Alan Hevesi yesterday accused mayoral rival Mark Green of political "dirty tricks" after one-third of the public advocate's staffers joined a gay Democratic club about to make an...
D'AMATO $TILL OUR MAN IN D.C. HE'S NOW A LOBBYIST GIVING N.Y. SOME PORK
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sure, voters dumped him, but that hasn't stopped Alfonse D'Amato - formerly "Senator Pothole" - from using his best skill: squeezing the federal budget to extract pork for...
BUSH SAYS THANKS FOR DEM VOTES ON TAX CUT
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amPresident Bush yesterday took care to praise the Democrats who voted for his tax cut in the House amid conflicting signals on whether he's ready to compromise to pass the...
'SENSATION' ART COLLECTOR NOW EXHIBITS NUDE-KID PICS
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amAdvertising mogul Charles Saatchi reportedly has a new pitch: pictures of naked children on display. Saatchi, the adman and art collector responsible for bringing the controversial "Sensation" exhibit to the...
COPS: WE NAB 2 WHO POINTED GUN AT GIRL, 4
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amTwo eagle-eyed NYPD street-crime cops - one dodging bullets aimed at him - chased down a pair of gunmen moments after one of the thugs pressed a gun to a...
PUFF'S TEAM DENIES CONTRACT ON 'SCAR'
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amNew allegations by a key witness against Sean "Puffy" Combs - that he'd been warned the rap mogul had put a $50,000 price on his head - prompted angry denials...
ARAFAT CALLS FOR TALKS, BUT NOT FOR PEACE
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amAs more blood spilled in Gaza yesterday, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat gave a speech calling for renewed peace talks with Israel - but this olive branch isn't likely to stop...
4 MEN KILLED IN CITY DURING 8-HOUR SPAN
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amFour men were killed in separate incidents in Manhattan and Queens during a bloody eight-hour spree ending early yesterday, cops said. The carnage began in Washington Heights at 9 p.m....
SAVE THE CITY: SELL THE STREETS
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amTHE most amazing municipal marketing maneuver in 20 years was quietly pulled off last week by a Prospect Park concessionaire: The Prospect Park Alliance took it upon itself to cash...
'DIRTY COP' STING NETS A CLEAN CIVILIAN
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amThe lamppost where Internal Affairs investigators stashed drugs.Rick DembowAN innocent Bronx man landed in jail after wandering into an NYPD Internal Affairs sting - accused of possessing drugs planted on...
DEMS: SNAFUS PUT FOSTER KIDS AT RISK
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - Thousands of neglected children risk being placed with abusive foster parents because a state computer tracking system is not working properly, a new report claims. The federally mandated...
NO HARDCOVER HYPE FOR NEW HARRY POTTER BOOKS
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amHarry Potter returns to bookstores tomorrow morning without the hype, hoopla and hysteria that usually surround the release of the latest adventure of the popular British schoolboy. The latest offerings...
GO FIGURE: EMINEM A 'MODEL' CITIZEN
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amHe's bashed gays and women and has even sung about wanting to kill his own mom, but hip-hop star Eminem is actually a real doll - or will be soon....
THORNY ARGUMENTS COULD GORE OLD ALLIES
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amJERUSALEM.SECRETARY of State Colin Powell, meeting new Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon two weeks ago, recalled visiting his rose garden 18 years ago, guided by Sharon's wife, Lily, a proud...
SCHOOL BIGS PRAISE S.I. KID FOR 'HIT LIST' TIP-OFF
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amEducators hailed a Staten Island student informant as a hero yesterday for turning in a classmate who bragged about having a "hit list" targeting other students, especially in light of...
SWEDISH TENNIS STUD RECOMMENDS BORG-ASMS
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amTennis legend Bjorn Borg is urging all Europeans to make Swede, Swede love. In a filthy-mouthed, full-page newspaper ad, the Nordic court star serves up some advice - telling Europeans...
HERO COPS OUTRUN 2 GUNMEN IN BRUTAL QNS. BREAK-IN
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amTwo eagle-eyed NYPD street crime cops - one dodging bullets aimed at him - chased down a pair of armed men who had barged into a Queens apartment, robbed the...
DEAL COULD BLOW UP IN SIXERS' FACES FUTURE DIMMER WITHOUT RATLIFF
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Opportunity knocks far less often than a Philly sports-talk-show caller. It's been 18 years since the last 76er NBA title and the time has passed even more slowly...
WHAT THE SHELL'S GOING ON IF ART CAN'T GET A JOB?
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amART Shell waits at his Atlanta home these days, facing the unthinkable possibility that his streak of 33 consecutive years as either a player or coach in the NFL might...
NOW'S TIME TO SPEAK UP 'BOUT HIGH PEAKS
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amTHE New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced the initiation of the 45-day public comment period on regulations affecting the use of the High Peaks Wilderness Area in the...
DEGRADING FOR RATINGS MCMAHON'S SEX-LACED RANT TURNS ON LITTLE & BIG BOYS
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amBOB Wright, the president of NBC who was so pleased to have Vince McMahon become NBC's 50-50 XFL partner, need not take my word for it. It was all on...
MILBURY INSISTS ISLAND IS A FINE PLACE TO PLAY
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amPANTHERSatISLANDERSToday1:00 - FSN WJWR (620 AM) While pursuing trades for top-flight players such as Keith Tkachuk and Mike Peca before Tuesday's trade deadline, Islanders general manager Mike Milbury has a...
HOW TO MAKE OUR GARDEN BLOSSOM AGAIN
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amLong before Joel Fisher became vice president of sports for the Garden, he was another basketball fanatic in a city full of hoop nuts. Fisher once pulled an all-nighter outside...
FONZIE WANTS TO BE MET LIFER EDGARDO SAYS HE'D LIKE TO FINISH CAREER WITH AMAZIN'S
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - He is arguably one of the best all-around players in Mets history. And Edgardo Alfonzo wants to retire as an Amazin'. "I'd like to finish my...
BERGTRAUM, LEWIS MOVE ON TO FINALS
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amPSAL GIRLS Mike Eisenberg and his Francis Lewis team have finally come full circle. Three years ago, Francis Lewis was playing for the PSAL girls championship. After a player was...
VAN: KNICKS ARE SOFTIES BLASTS CLUB'S LACK OF PRIDE
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amHEATatKNICKSToday12:30 - Ch. 4 WFAN (660 AM) Jeff Van Gundy is not just distraught about the losses. He's worried sick the post-Patrick Knicks have become a passive, cowardly group with...
WINDRUSH RUNS OFF WITH STYMIE
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amWindrush overtook pacesetting Turnofthecentury in midstretch and edged away to win the Grade 3, $109,800 Stymie Handicap by a half-length at Aqueduct yesterday. Post time favorite Turnofthecentury held on to...
ACHING LJ GOES OFF INFLAMMATORY PILL
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTESA downcast Larry Johnson indicated yesterday his season could be in jeopardy because of his decision to stop taking anti-inflammatory pills that have allowed him to play with a...
D'WILDCAT CAPTURES SWALE
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - Under a self-assured ride by Corey Nakatani, West Coast shipper D'wildcat came from off the pace to romp in the Grade 3, $150,000 Swale Stakes, the supporting...
PIAZZA'S MAKING SOME STRIDES WITH SORE KNEE
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - Day 2 of the Mike Piazza watch produced positive news. Piazza's bruise on the inner portion of his left knee has made some progress....
HOFSTRA'S DANCING AGAIN THE PRIDE'S BACK IN NCAA TOURNEY AFTER ROASTING HENS
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amHofstra68Delaware54 The size of the school and the size of the gymnasium do not matter when March Madness rushes in like a tsunami and washes down from the basketball heaven...
KNOBLAUCH HAS HANDLE ON THROWS
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Chuck Knoblauch stood in front of his locker yesterday and flawlessly fielded every question about his second throwing error of the spring. He even joked about the number...
ERVIN'S MAGIC PUTS ROBESON IN FINALS
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amSebastian Telfair seems destined for greatness, with multiple championships in his future. Yesterday, however, was about the present. And the present belongs to top-seeded Robeson and its junior point guard...
KNICKS HAVE KNACK FOR LACK - JEFF TROOP MARCHING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amSUBJECT: Nets Take E-ZPass From The Knicks While Byron Scott's expletives refuse to be deleted from consideration for an at-large berth in the NIT, Jeff Van Gundy's loiterers again came...
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET LAMORIELLO'S NOT LIKELY TO TINKER WITH RED-HOT ROSTER
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amDevils3Flyers2 PHILADELPHIA - When they play next, their team will be set, the trading deadline history. The Devils figure yesterday's team deserves to be the same in Tuesday's showdown in...
MONARCHOS LOOKS LIKE CHAMP - SWEEPS TO FLORIDA DERBY WIN
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - Two months ago, a stretch-running 3-year-old colt named Monarchos had never won a race. How quickly things change. Because yesterday at Gulfstream Park, the gray son of...
LA HIGH ON SORIANO EVEN AS SHEFF DROPS DEMAND
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amTAMPA - Just because Gary Sheffield has withdrawn his trade request doesn't mean the Dodgers are going to keep the slugging outfielder. There are voices that count high inside the...
SORE THROAT KEEPS JETER IN DRYDOCK
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - Here is what $189 million can't do: guarantee injuries and germs stay away from you. Here is what happens even to the best of arms in...
GIANTS SIGN TITANS' HOLMES TO BE BOOKEND FOR STRAHAN
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amProving they are serious about improving their Super Bowl team, the Giants last night struck decisively and effectively in free agency, landing talented defensive end Kenny Holmes to strengthen an...
NYU LOSES IN OVERTIME
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amThe NYU women's basketball season ended last night in the Division III East/Northeast Sectional final as the Violets lost 74-70 in overtime to visiting Emmanuel College. With Emmanuel leading 51-35...
AT LEAST THEY HAVEN'T QUIT OUT-OF-IT RANGERS SHOW GRIT IN OTTAWA
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amRangers3Senators2 OTTAWA - Obviously you can't lose them all, but the Rangers' surprising 3-2 victory over the Senators here last night stood for more than verification of that old adage....
SKINNER TEACHES EAGLES WINNING SECRET
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amIt would be tempting to look at what Boston College coach Al Skinner has accomplished - last night's 79-57 win over Pittsburgh in the Big East Tourney final, the only...
CHAMPS HAD TO BEAT GREEDY SYSTEM, TOO
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amA FORCED march of four games in four days dragged the Pittsburgh Panthers' tongues across the Garden floor and the integrity of the Big East's regular-season through the mud until...
KID FASSEL BRINGS XFL INTO YOUR LIVING ROOM
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amFootball is in Brian Fassel's blood. The son of Giants head coach Jim Fassel, Brian is currently an associate producer for TNN's coverage of the XFL. As such, the football...
UNJUSTIFIED REWARDS FOR UNDESERVING TEAMS
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amSETON HALL'S kids come to blows, then six weeks later come to this great revelation that basketball is a team game. Eureka! The Pirates squeak by a less-than vintage Connecticut...
PITT'S KNIGHT'S A FAMILY MAN
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amBrandin Knight was born to be a point guard, bred to be a winner. The son of a coach, younger brother of an NBA starting guard, and the leader of...
TYSON-LEWIS IS THE FIGHT EVERYONE WANTS, BUT DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH WAITING FOR.... THE SMOKE AND THE MIRRORS
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amAT first glance, it looked like the most important piece of co-bylined work since Woodward and Bernstein sent Nixon fleeing to San Clemente in a helicopter. "We are both aware...
AT LAST, A REASON TO SMILE: SMREK IS SHARP IN RANGERS DEBUT
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amOTTAWA - So let's see ..... seven losses in eight games ..... 35 goals allowed in those eight matches ..... playoff elimination looming at the earliest date in a quarter...
CLARKE'S MAKING THIS PERSONAL: FLYERS GM: LINDROS WANTS CUP WITHOUT WORKING FOR IT
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - With the end game at hand and Eric Lindros starting to squirm, Flyer GM Bobby Clarke turned the heat up yesterday. "He wants the table set. He wants...
CHIN MUSIC
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amCASE OF THE BLUES: TOUGH TIMES LIE AHEAD IN DODGER LAND Forget about Gary Sheffield and all his issues for a moment and take a long, hard look at the...
EARNING THEIR WINGS: EAGLES GETTING RESPECT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY
March 11, 2001 | 5:00amMichigan State apparently doesn't want a top seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Spartans lost to Penn State on Friday. Iowa State apparently isn't hungry for a seed. The Cyclones...