March 14, 2001
NBC ON THE HUDSON CALLS TECH HELP ON THE GANGES
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amIf a computer breaks down at NBC, Peacock employees don't reach out to a resident techie down the hall. They call India. The corporate trend of outsourcing has taken a...
USE PROFIT OUTLOOK AS INVESTMENT TOOL
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amWHICH industries have seen their prospects dim the most? That distinction would go to the basic materials industry; communications; consumer cyclicals, and technology. And what industries have managed to keep...
METLIFE, ZALE HIT WITH SEX BIAS LAWSUITS
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amMetLife Inc., the country's largest insurance company, was slapped yesterday with a class-action suit alleging sexual discrimination. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court by five current and former female...
'FULL FRONTAL FASHION' GOING WEEKLY
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amMetroChannels' "Full Frontal Fashion" is going weekly. The cable network, a division of Cablevision, is leveraging the position it attained with fashionstas during its twice-yearly "Full Frontal Fashion" coverage and...
TV SPORTS SET FOR A REBOUND - HOPEFUL HONCHOS SAY RATINGS CAN'T GO ANYWHERE BUT UP
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amAfter watching more than 35 million fans flee the nine most popular sports broadcasts over the last five years, two of the four network sports presidents are taking a surprisingly...
NAPSTER JUDGE TO WEIGH FILTERING EFFORT
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amNapster the accountable? The world will know by the close of play today. The file-sharing rebel is scrambling to show its clean-up operation is working. A revised court injunction issued...
FT'S DOT-COM NIGHTMARE - PEARSON SLASHES SITE'S BUDGET BY $75M
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amThe Financial Times is cooling on the New Economy. Owner Pearson is said to be slashing its spending by 50 percent, which includes lopping around $75 million off the budget...
CNN ANCHOR'S AWEIGH - FED UP STUART VARNEY LEAVING 'MONEYLINE'
March 14, 2001 | 5:00am"Moneyline" anchor Stuart Varney is quitting the network because he's fed up, The Post has learned. Insiders say Varney has grown increasingly dissatisfied with the direction and content of both...
NBA ENTERS GARDEN GAME - LEAGUE COULD PUT HQ. IN TOWER 1 BLOCK FROM ARENA
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amThe City Planning Commission is to consider a plan today for a 1 million-square-foot tower to house the NBA behind the Farley Post Office. In addition, another giant tower could...
NETPULSE E-ZONE GASPS ITS WAY TO CH. 7
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amNetpulse E-Zone Media Networks, the company that brought Web access and personal TVs to your Stairmaster, have filed for Chapter 7 bankrutpcy protection. The company put 15,000 computer screens on...
TINA'S TALKFEST CONFAB SPORTS NOTABLES, ABSENTEES
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amSANTA BARBARA, Calif. -Tina Brown's Talkfest was kicking off in style last night but the rookie of mogul fests found that it was not always easy luring talent - even...
TINA'S TALKFEST SPORTS NOTABLE ABSENTEES
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amSANTA BARBARA, Calif. -Tina Brown's Talkfest was kicking off in style last night but the rookie of mogul fests found that it was not always easy luring talent - even...
MORT WON'T CALL AGAIN ... AND THAT'S TOO BAD
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amDowney was the most THE last time I spoke to Morton Downey Jr., he confessed he was calling to promote his own death. That was back on Jan. 5, a...
IT'S A DIRTY 'JOB' BUT... - DENIS LEARY IS JUST THE "THE JOB"
March 14, 2001 | 5:00am"The Job" ( ) Tonight at 9:30 on ABC/Ch. 7 ------------ OK, let's get this over with. "The Job," ABC's new sitcom produced, starring, written and overall done by Denis...
THE CAT'S LAST MEOW - FIRED FROM 'SEUSSICAL,' SHINER TELLS HIS SIDE OF THE STORY
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amDAVID Shiner, the embattled star of "Seussical, the Musical," departed the $10 million Broadway show for good last weekend, "disappointed" and "hurt" by the way his producers treated him. He's...
AUSSIE LUNAR LAUGHER
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amTHE DISH ( 1/2) G'day, this Aussie comedy's a real winner. Running time: 105 minutes. Rated PG-13 (mild profanity). At the Angelika and the Lincoln Square. --------- AN obscure historical...
GALLAGHER'S STEAKS OUT NEW YORK'S OLD SOD
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amGALLAGHER'S ( 1/2) 228 W. 52ND ST. (212) 245-5336 ----------- SATURDAY is St. Patrick's Day, and Gallagher's - not an "Irish" restaurant, but one blessed with an Irish name and...
IRISH FARE - & BETTER - 'RIVERDANCE' HOOFERS OFFER NATIVE FOODS FOR THOUGHT
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amFORGET the corned beef and cabbage. When Pat Roddy goes home to Ireland, the first dish he seeks is a Chinese chicken curry. "The Chinese food in Ireland is different...
'GH' UPROAR OVER CARLY
March 14, 2001 | 5:00am'GENERAL Hospital" fans are up in arms over the departure of one of the soap's most-popular characters, Carly, played by actress Sarah Brown. Brown's departure from the show was so...
CBS GIVES HANSSEN SPY TALE TO MAILER
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amAUTHOR Norman Mailer will executive-produce a CBS miniseries based on the life of accused double-agent spy Robert Hanssen. CBS announced yesterday that Mailer will collaborate with Lawrence Schiller, his partner...
LESS OF LONERGAN ON DISPLAY IN 'LOBBY'
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amLOBBY HEROPlaywrights Horizons Theater, 416 W. 42nd St., Ticket Central (212) 279-4200. Through March 25. -------------- HE'S a signature character in Kenneth Lonergan's work - a white guy in his...
LIFE IS A FAB-ARET
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amCABARET ( 1/2)Roundabout Theater Company at Studio 54, 254 W. 54th St.; (212) 239-6200. -----------For a special New York Pulse series, Post critic Clive Barnes has been revisiting Broadway favorites...
THE STARR REPORT
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amCh. 4's 'Court' action off to a good start Ch. 4 had some mixed ratings news on Monday - the first day of its reshuffled daytime lineup. "People's Court" (10-11...
WHERE'S THE KOSHER BRISKET?
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amA Christmas Day fire in a Garden City, Kan., slaughterhouse could lead to a brisket shortage during Passover, kosher meatpackers say. "The consumer hasn't noticed it yet, but there has...
PERRY CLEAN FOR WEDDING
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amTROUBLED "Friends" star Matthew Perry will be released from rehab in time to film the season finale, according to published reports. NBC was informed last week that Perry - who...
HAIRCUT NO 'CLAWZ' FOR ALARM
March 14, 2001 | 5:00am"EDWARD Scissorhands" was the inspiration for Valentino LoSauro's new hair-cutting invention, "The Clawz." But with all those razors attached to his fingertips, LoSauro looks as scary as Freddy Krueger. LoSauro,...
ONLY THING LOWER THAN NASDAQ IS A POLITICIAN
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amPOLITICIANS are just a bad breed, like rodents, reptiles and parasites. The most successful members of this species, like the Clintons, have no sense of shame and an unlimited feeling...
DESPERATE GI COULDN'T UNDO KUWAIT BOMB BLUNDER
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amAn American air controller on the ground in Kuwait cleared the pilot of an F/A-18 Hornet to drop his bombs - then realized they would blast servicemen in an observation...
POSER PROF PAYS A PRICE
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amTHE past 12 months or so haven't been the best of times for Edward Said, professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University and for 20 years one of...
ACADEMY AWARD FOR BREVITY
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amAcademy Awards bosses have one word for motormouth stars ready to bore the world with long-winded acceptance speeches: Cut! Gil Cates, producer of the show, says winners have a tradition...
N.Y. SENATORS: END VIEQUES BOMBING
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amNew York's senators yesterday joined the growing list of elected officials calling for an end to the U.S. Navy's use of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques as a bombing...
CLINTON 'CONFEDERACY' PART OF HILL'S STRATEGY?
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON. SHE says she isn't running for president, but Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, formerly of Arkansas, sure seems to have a Southern strategy these days. As she quietly started networking...
SANTEE KILLER SAVED BULLET FOR SELF
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amSantana HS student Charles "Andy" Williams gunned down schoolmates partly because he was mad at being punished for skipping school - and he had saved the last bullet for himself,...
EGAN: BIRTH-CONTROL BILL IS 'UN-AMERICAN'
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - Edward Cardinal Egan yesterday blasted as "un-American" a bill that would force religious institutions to include birth control in health-care coverage for their employees. In his first lobbying...
STEAMED REPUBLICANS MAY TEACH LEVY A LESSON
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amALBANY - Schools Chancellor Harold Levy has "seriously damaged" his relations with the Senate GOP leadership by urging voters to elect enough Democrats to put them in the majority, The...
AIMING AT YOUNG 'BUCK' - MANY OF TODAY'S CHARITY EVENTS FORGO BLACK TIES FOR BLUE JEANS
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amFORGET the image of charity balls as stodgy affairs where tuxedo-wearing millionaires nibble lobster as Vivaldi wafts in the background. Today, there is a new breed of society fund-raiser -...
CATHOLIC-BASHER IS BUSH'S GUEST FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A Northern Ireland Protestant preacher who has spoken out against Catholics has just gotten his first White House invitation - for St. Patrick's Day events. A Bush administration...
CITY LAW SCHOOL HONORING BARRED BUBBA
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amBill Clinton, who has been barred from practicing law, is getting an award from a prestigious city law school - and some students are up in arms. Two student groups...
WILDING VICTIM RETURNED TO MELEE TO SAVE HER PAL
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amA woman who fought off a gang of thugs who groped her and tore her top off after last year's Puerto Rican Day Parade testified yesterday that she ran back...
EXCUSE ME WHILE I SCROUNGE UP SOME CRUMBS
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amTODAY, I am plunking down a hefty deposit - enough to feed a Third World family of four for a year - on my 2-year-old's preschool tuition. One year of...
75G DEAL FOR MAN WRONGLY ACCUSED
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amA Harlem man who nearly went to jail for five years after federal agents wrongly identified him as an illegal gun seller got a $75,000 settlement from the government yesterday....
BUSH: MY TAX CUT'S 'BEST' RX
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amInvestors rode a Wall Street roller coaster again yesterday - and the White House said "the best way" to fight "weaknesses in the economy" is for Congress to pass President...
WILL LAZIO RUN NOW THAT NASSAU EXEC GULOTTA IS OUT?
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amEmbattled Nassau County Executive Thomas Gulotta - fighting a huge budget deficit and his own Republican party - yesterday said he won't seek re-election, despite a $2.5 million war chest....
'KIDNAP DAD' MAY FACE ID-THEFT CHARGE
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amThe man accused of spiriting away his "adoptive" son two decades ago is also under investigation for identity theft, The Post has learned. Barry Smiley, 56, flew home to Albuquerque...
CLOTHES WOES: CITY STORES STILL TAXING EXEMPT ITEMS
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amTaxes confuse people even when they're repealed, say city officials who charge that merchants are having a hard time coping with the abolition of New York's 8.25 percent clothing sales...
PROSECUTOR RAPS 'PUFFY' IN GRUELING SUMMATION
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amThe 13-month prosecution of Sean "Puffy" Combs reached a brutal climax yesterday - with a daylong summation that visibly exhausted jurors and tarred the millionaire music mogul as a witness-tampering...
RULES STILL DON'T REGISTER
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amShoppers, beware - not even a city-government scolding has kept some stores from charging sales tax on clothing items exempt from taxation. A Post reporter checked on whether taxes were...
MAYOR MONEYBAGS - SCRAPS 'TALK' TALK TO AVOID CRITICI$M
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday abruptly canceled a trip to California, where he was supposed to speak at a star-studded media conference co-sponsored by his book publisher. The mayor said he pulled...
SINGLE MEN ARE BEATING THE ODDS TO ADOPT KIDS
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amAT THE age of 37, Michael Klevenz had just about everything: a well-paying job as an environmental consultant, a picturesque house, a dog and a car. "The only thing missing...
44% OF CITY SENIORS YET TO PASS REGENTS MATH TEST
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amAn alarming number of city high school seniors won't graduate this year because they're flunking new Regents math exams, state figures show. The state Education Department reports today only 56...
MAYOR MONEYBAGS - RUDY RAISED 40G AFTER QUITTING RACE
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amLong after he bailed out of the U.S. Senate race last year, Mayor Giuliani continued to raise thousands of dollars in campaign cash - even though he had millions left...
PARDON PROBERS PUT HEAT ON FORMER CLINTON AIDE
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Federal probers have subpoenaed ex-White House Chief of Staff John Podesta and other officials in their search for potentially crucial Pardongate documents, it was reported yesterday. Podesta and...
BUSH BANS IMPORTS OF MEAT FROM EURO UNION
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Bush administration yesterday beefed up its defense against foot-and-mouth disease by banning animal-product imports from the European Union after the dread disease spread from Britain to France....
NEW TOUGH BANKRUPTCY BILL ADVANCES
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Congress yesterday moved closer to changing federal bankruptcy laws to make it tougher for people to wipe out their debts, even as Wall Street woes sparked jitters over...
SUBWAYS ON TRACK FOR CELL PHONES
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amTrain-tunnel telephony is on the way - New York subway bosses are talking with cell-phone companies about setting up service underground. It's unclear when the service will start, The New...
TEEN CARRIED HOMEMADE BOMB INTO SCHOOL: COPS
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amA Connecticut high-school student was arrested for taking a homemade bomb to school and having four more at home, New Canaan police said yesterday. Students at New Canaan HS told...
W. INVITES CATHOLIC-BASHER FOR ST. PAT'S
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A Northern Ireland Protestant preacher who has spoken out against Catholics has just gotten his first White House invitation - for St. Patrick's Day events. A Bush administration...
EYE STRAIN LINKED TO JOB STRESS
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amPeople who complain of eye strain from computers at work may simply be unhappy with their jobs, researchers say. They found that in one-third of the cases, the complaints had...
LAWYER RIDES THE WHITEWATER IN TO TOP JUSTICE JOB
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday tapped the lawyer who led the Senate probe of Bill and Hillary Clinton's Whitewater troubles to head the criminal division at the Justice Department. Michael...
BANKRUPTCY BILL GAINS IN SENATE
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Congress yesterday moved closer to changing federal bankruptcy laws to make it tougher for people to wipe out their debts, even as Wall Street woes sparked jitters over...
MAYOR MONEYBAGS - CANCELS 'TALK' TALK TO AVOID CRITICI$M
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday abruptly canceled a trip to California, where he was supposed to speak at a star-studded media conference co-sponsored by his book publisher. The mayor said he pulled...
AIMING AT YOUNG 'BUCKS' - MANY OF TODAY'S CHARITY EVENTS FORGO BLACK TIES FOR BLUE JEANS
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amFORGET the image of charity balls as stodgy affairs where tuxedo-wearing millionaires nibble lobster as Vivaldi wafts in the background. Today, there is a new breed of society fund-raiser -...
HOLMES: GIANTS HAVE MAGNIFICENT 7
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amHe admits it's just his opinion and it remains to be seen if he's more right than wrong, but newly signed Kenny Holmes has some definite beliefs about the talent...
ST. RAY'S, MOLLOY SET FOR BATTLE
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amIf you had told someone in November that St. Raymond's and Archbishop Molloy would play for the CHSAA city championship, you probably wouldn't have gotten much of an argument. St....
THE SECRET TO POOL SUCCESS - FIND A SLEEPER BEAUTY, WAKE UP A WINNER
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amIT'S crunch time. Your office pool is due before tipoff of tomorrow's first NCAA Tournament game. Of course, if you're in a real, serious pool, you had to pick the...
HAWKS FACE DUKE ON WING AND A PLAYER
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amMonmouth coach Dave Calloway won't be in awe when he takes his 16th-seeded team against top-seeded Duke (29-4) in the NCAA East Regional opener tomorrow night. Junior point guard Rahsaan...
KNOBBY WON'T THROW IN TOWEL
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amHAINES CITY - Chuck Knoblauch has a message to those who doubt he can solve a throwing problem that's caused some Yankee fans to think there's a hole at second...
SHEFF'S PRICE SCARES YANKS
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amHAINES CITY - The Yankees remain seduced by Gary Sheffield's power and what he would do for them in left field and the middle of the lineup. However, with Sheffield...
JETS MAY TARGET MCKNIGHT
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amThe Jets yesterday hosted James McKnight, a deep-threat receiver who caught 50-plus passes for the Cowboys last season. But he left without the two sides talking numbers. "He's got a...
JAY'S WILLING TO 'PAY' PRICE
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amCardinals 12 - Mets 5 PORT ST. LUCIE - The mist has barely burned away, but Jay Payton already is at work. He is two years removed from his latest...
PIAZZA CLOSE TO RETURN
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - The ball carried through the Thomas J. White Stadium air with ferocity. Boom. A shot over the left-field wall. Bang. Another one. Bam. It...
NINE IS ENOUGH - SHORT-HANDED KNICKS HAVE PLENTY IN RESERVE TO ROLL OVER CAVALIERS
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amKnicks 98 - Cavaliers 79 Midway through the fourth quarter of the Knicks' 98-79 laugher over the Cavaliers last night at the Garden, rookie Lavor Postell received a lead pass...
LAID - BACK HOUSTON: I'LL TRY TO BE MORE VOCAL
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Larry Johnson flew to Charlotte yesterday to consult with his personal physician about the dangers of taking anti-inflammatory medication for his back. LJ is concerned that the medication...
ACHY SHANE TOLD TO REST AILING KNEE
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES HAINES CITY - Before Shane Spencer underwent an MRI Monday, there wasn't much hope he would be ready for the start of the season. Yesterday, the results of...
KNICKS' QUIET MAN - CO-CAPT. HOUSTON WON'T FILL VOCAL VOID WITH LJ OUT
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amWith co-captain Larry Johnson perhaps out for the season with a chronic disc problem, Jeff Van Gundy called on Latrell Sprewell and Marcus Camby to fill the void as vocal...
OLE MISS TRIES TO UNDO PAST RACISM
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amA day ago, officials at the University of Mississippi had no idea their Rebels had ever played Iona in a basketball game. But yesterday, after seeing a story in The...
GAELS' FORCE MUST BE LED BY JOHNSON
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amIf you're a follower of Iona basketball and plan to watch the Gaels play in their third NCAA Tournament in three years, don't be late to the TV set. Game...
ALI TO GIVE AWARD
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amJohn Bligen may not be the best known amateur athlete in New York, but he is among the most dedicated. Bligen, who is afflicted with cerebral palsy, has run two...
WOLFINGER TO COOPERATE
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amFormer St. John's forward Jack Wolfinger told The Post that he intends to cooperate with Connecticut police regarding his recent arrest warrant for misleading police officers. However, right now he...
WOW, WHAT A SEASON!
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amTHE snowfall this season may be a hardship for some, but if you're a skier, or working at a ski area, this has become one of the best seasons ever....
MILBURY CHUCKS TKACHUK OFFER
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amDespite last-ditch attempts to acquire Keith Tkachuk and Mike Peca, Islanders GM Mike Milbury failed to pull off a deal before yesterday's 3 p.m. trading deadline. To get Tkachuk from...
DEVILS STICKING WITH THEIR GUNS
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amDENVER - Thwarted at the deadline, poor Lou Lamoriello is forced to defend the Stanley Cup with the powerhouse he already had. "If there was a top-level, puck-handling defenseman, we...
RANGERS DO PLENTY OF NOTHING
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amBUFFALO - It will be remembered as the Day The Rangers Didn't. The day the Rangers didn't trade Adam Graves, the day the Rangers didn't acquire Keith Tkachuk . ....
SPREWELL SITS OUT VS. CAVS DUE TO RESPIRATORY AILMENT
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Latrell Sprewell missed his fourth game of the season last night, backing out because of an upper respiratory ailment. Glen Rice, the Knicks' Sixth Man, started in his...
BOGUES THERE FOR BUDDY LJ
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amMUGGSY Bogues and Larry Johnson have been friends since the day Johnson showed up for his first Charlotte Hornets practice 14 years ago. Bogues was the 5-3 point guard who...
DON'T BET ON MIKE ENCORE - JORDAN-BARKLEY COMEBACK STORY WIDELY DENIED
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amRumors of Michael Jordan returning to the NBA as a member of the Wizards next year - and bringing Charles Barkley with him - appear to be a load of...
RETURN WOULD BE ERR, JORDAN
March 14, 2001 | 5:00amMICHAEL Jordan is coming back to play basketball again next season. At least, that's what Sports Illustrated wants us to believe in its latest issue that quotes a source, very...