April 5, 2001
LUCENT IS LOSING IT ; DENIES BANKRUPTCY RUMOR AS SHARES DIP BELOW IPO PRICE
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amIt was disaster day for Lucent Technologies. Their phone lines lit up like a Christmas tree as rumors swirled it was filing for bankruptcy and shareholders threw away the stock...
THESTREET KICKS 40 MORE OUT ON THE STREET
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amTheStreet.com is shrinking. The struggling financial news Web site laid off about 40 people - or 20 percent of its staff - in an effort to stay save money. The...
SEX.COM OWNER MAY STILL GET DIDDLED OUT OF $65M
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amThere's cold, hard cash to be had in Web porn. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like Gary Kremen, the rightful owner of Sex.com, will see much of it anytime soon. A...
SLUGGISH MARTS DON'T TAKE DEAR ABBY'S ADVICE
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amEven Abby Joseph Cohen can't rescue the market these days. The famed Goldman Sachs strategist - whose bullish pronouncements almost always inspire rallies - said the benchmark S&P 500 index...
TED MAN WALKING? TURNER TELLS PALS HE MAY LEAVE AOL
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amFriends of Ted Turner say the brash cable tycoon is talking about cutting his ties with AOL Time Warner by the end of the year, The Post has learned. Turner...
NOW HE WANTS TO BE A RUSSIAN TV MOGUL
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amTed Turner may be planning his exit from AOL Time Warner - but he's just getting started in Moscow. The CNN founder - who said he is in "spiritual and...
MEN'S SPA GOES STRAIGHT TO CHELSEA
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amLeading the trend in men's vanity and beauty care, the Parisian company Nickel, which is French slang for "squeaky clean," is opening its first U.S. shop and a spa at...
WHERE'S THE BEEF? SMITHFIELD FOODS COULD WIN IBP CONTEST
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amWill Smithfield Foods make an offer to acquire IBP Co? If you were one of the many Wall Street wiseguys who were suckered into the last alleged takeover of IBP...
SHE'STHEBOSS,TOO: MY FIRST MR. AND MRS. SPRINGSTEEN CONCERT...
April 5, 2001 | 4:00am"Bruce Springsteen andthe E Street Band Concert" Saturday at 9:00 on HBO I ONCE worked with a guy who was the best flirt I'd ever run across. (Oh, give me...
THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE ; STUDENT LETS TECH GADGETS DO HIS TAKING
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amNINETEEN-year-old Brett Banfe will forever be known as Silent Guy. The Haddonfield, N.J., native made a vow just over six months ago to not talk for a year. He relies...
AIKMAN TRYING OUT FOR ANALYST
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amTOO many concussions have nearly disqualified quaterback Troy Aikman from playing football - but that doesn't rule out a job in TV. Aikman - who absorbed four concussions in his...
SUN SHINES FOR SONGSTRESS NELLY
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amNELLY FURTADO WITH the good looks of a sex goddess and the voice of a siren, Nelly Furtado is poised to slip into music's 2001 "It" girl slot. The 22-year-old...
OLD MAN & CO. AT THEIR BEST
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amMERCE CUNNINGHAMCity Center, 55th Street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues. (212) 581-1212. Season continues through April 8. MERCE Cunningham - the Grand Old Man of American Dance - is giving...
I'M AFRAID I'M OMNIPHOBIC
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amTHIS week, Time magazine's cover story was on phobias, and of the 296 it listed, I have 317.According to the article, many phobias are a result of childhood trauma. I...
THE STARR REPORT
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amCourt TV nabs Fuhrman for trial Mark Fuhrman has inked a deal with Court TV to provide commentary on "Catherine Crier Live" during Michael Skakel's murder trial. Skakel, accused of...
BOOTED 'ISLANDERS:' WE NEVER HID THE KID
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - The couple suing "Temptation Island" said yesterday they practically flaunted the fact they had a love child - showing off pictures and making daily phone calls to...
'GH' ADMITS NEW CARLY
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amACTRESS Tamara Braun will replace Sarah Brown as fan favorite Carly Benson on "General Hospital." Braun, a brunette who has dyed her hair blond for the role, is a well-traveled...
DID 'SOPRANOS' GO TOO FAR? YOUNG GIRL'S BRUTAL DEATH STIRRED UP BACKLASH AMONG MOB OPERA FANS
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amEVEN for a show as violent as "The Sopranos," the scene was a shocker. About midway through this week's episode, a pregnant 20-year-old stripper is brutally beaten to death in...
NO WEIGH, RENEE..... STICK-THIN STAR MOANS ABOUT EXTRA POUNDS FOR PART - BUT IN 'BRIDGET JONES' SHE LOOKS MORE FABULOUS THAN FLABULOUS!
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amFEMALE moviegoers will delight in "Bridget Jones's Diary," in which Renee Zellweger plays a heroine with cellulite and flabby arms who triumphs over her neuroses to win the man of...
POSTIE SURVIVES TOP SECRET COMMANDO MISSION
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amDO you appreciate your underwear? I do. I went without any for a few days. It may be fashionable for Larry Johnson and some of his Knicks teammates to go...
BEIJING WORRIES OVER BID FOR '08 OLYMPICS
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amChinese officials are beginning to worry that the spy-plane crisis could cost them the 2008 Olympic Games. Beijing's bid to host last year's summer games was damaged by allegations of...
U.S. IS AFRAID CREW WILL FACE TRIAL - CHINA SAYS YANKS ARE STAYING UNTIL PROBE IN COMPLETE
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Concern for the 24 U.S. Naval air crew members being held in China is growing, amid fears they might face prolonged interrogations and even show trials in the...
POLL: DON'T LOOK NOW, BUT HERE COMES HEVESI
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amAlan Hevesi has gotten the bounce he needs to stay competitive in the mayoral race, according to a new poll that also shows none of the four Democrats is likely...
PATAKI RAISES SPECTER OF MARIO TO SCARE UP FUNDS
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki has begun using the state budget battle and "Cuomonomics" to raise money for his likely re-election campaign, The Post has learned. Republican Pataki, in a just-sent...
'O'CONNOR STREET' CLEARS COMMITTEE
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amA City Council committee unanimously voted yesterday to name a block next to St. Patrick's Cathedral for the late John Cardinal O'Connor. Council Speaker Peter Vallone described O'Connor as a...
SHOCKING VOTE PROVES ED. BOARD A CRASS ACT
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amTHREE days ago, the results were announced. Eighty percent of parents voted against school privatization and Edison Schools Inc. So yesterday, our dysfunctional Board of Education punched these parents in...
OH, MAMA! MARY'S A BIKINI BABE NOW
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amJust when you thought "Yo Mama's Last Supper" was the ultimate slap at religion, along comes the Virgin Mary in a skimpy bikini. A Catholic bishop is furious at an...
D.A.: ROAD TO INSURE SCAM LEADS UPSTATE
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - A Catskills prosecutor is probing thousands of drivers - most from New York City - who try to beat the city's high insurance rates by registering their cars...
INJURED ROSIE 'HANDS' OVER TV DUTIES
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amDisappointed TV fans won't see Rosie O'Donnell until at least Monday, after painful complications from recent surgery sent her back to the hospital yesterday. She was unable to host her...
CUOMO POLL: WILL HE TAKE HIT FROM 'SOPRANOS'?
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Andrew Cuomo is asking voters in a campaign poll what they think the hit HBO show "The Sopranos" is doing to the image of Italian-Americans in New York....
KEANU GRIEVING OVER GAL PAL'S FATAL WRECK
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amKeanu Reeves was "heartbroken" and "in pain" last night after his depressed and apparently drugged-up girlfriend died in a horrific car smashup. Jennifer Syme, 29, was killed when her speeding...
EX-GIULIANI VOTE-GETTER JOINS BLOOMBERG TEAM
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amEXCLUSIVE Media mogul Michael Bloomberg has snared one of Mayor Giuliani's top political operatives for his possible campaign for mayor, The Post has learned. Sources said that Vincent Lapadula, 29,...
DAN'S IN A 'SORRY' STATE - BUT STILL FACES HEAT FOR DEM FUND-RAISER
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amA vocal conservative media critic skewered CBS News anchor Dan Rather yesterday for appearing as the keynote speaker at a Democratic Party fund-raiser in Texas. Rather issued an apology for...
JUDGE JOLTS GENERATOR PLAN
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amThe New York Power Authority is looking to hammer out a settlement with opponents of the construction of two power generators in Queens after a state judge yesterday halted work...
COPS: PERVERT IS A CON JUAN ; RAPE SUSPECT A RINGER FOR RICKY MARTIN
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amTWO years ago, Juan Kaunasich Gamero won a Ricky Martin lookalike contest in Las Vegas. Today, he's in a Tijuana jail cell charged with being the "Ricky Martin rapist" -...
IMPRISONED PROF MAY GET RUSH JOB ON CITIZENSHIP
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - In an unprecedented move, Congress is poised to give instant citizenship to a Washington-based scholar held in Beijing who's become a pawn in the U.S.-China crisis. Just hours...
EVEN THIS CRISIS ISN'T ENOUGH TO STOP BUCK-CHASING BUBBA
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amIN CASE Bill Clinton's reputation hasn't taken enough hits, here's the latest: He's slated to speak for big bucks next month in China, which is now holding 24 U.S. airmen...
TWO TESTIFY IN ROGER PARDON CASE
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A federal probe of an alleged pardon swindle involving Roger Clinton accelerated yesterday, with two men testifying. Clinton's lawyer, Bart Williams, said former President Bill Clinton's half-brother would...
UPSTATE PROF QUITS TO CLONE HUMANS: CULTIST SEES SUCCESS BY END OF YEAR
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amA controversial scientist with ties to a religious cult is quitting her upstate college teaching job to concentrate on her bizarre quest to clone a human baby. Dr. Brigitte Boisselier...
SENATE TAKES $450M BITE OUT OF BUSH TAX-CUT PLAN
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House last night vowed to fight back fiercely after newly confident Democrats succeeded in slashing $450 million from President Bush's prized $1.6 trillion tax-cut plan. In...
S.I. SIS OF CAPTURED AIRMAN GOES TO D.C.
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The sister of U.S. Navy airman Kenneth Richter said yesterday she flew to the nation's capital to show she "cares" about her captive brother. Barbara DiStefano, 34, also...
BUSHES' OLD FELINE PAL GOES ASTRAY
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A much-loved member of the Bush family has gone AWOL - Ernie the Cat is missing in Los Angeles and the first family is very worried. "They're very...
FRIEND IN NEED COULD BE FRIEND INDEED FOR STRAW
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amMARK KENNEDY is about to find out how far he is going to stick his neck out for a friend - Darryl Strawberry. Kennedy, 46, is Strawberry's probation-violation alibi. He's...
STUN-GUN KID ZAPS QNS. SCHOOLMATES
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amA Queens junior-high student swiped a stun gun from a neighbor's apartment and zapped his schoolmates during horseplay that sent a dozen youngsters to the hospital yesterday, police said. The...
RUDY PAL SEGARRA TO LEAD ED. BOARD
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amA bitterly divided Board of Education handed Mayor Giuliani a victory yesterday by picking City Hall ally Ninfa Segarra as its new president. The 4-3 vote is a setback for...
INCIDENT IS BIG JOKE TO ENVOY HERE
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amA top Chinese diplomat joked about the plight of the American crew being held on Hainan Island - suggesting they're being well-fed during their captivity. "I can promise you that...
REPORT BARES TALE OF 'SPY' AND STRIPPER
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amAccused Soviet spy Robert Hanssen was hell-bent on bringing religion to a stripper he chummed around with, giving her gifts worth at least $10,000, it's reported today. The Washington Post,...
SORIANO SHOWS THAT HE BELONGS
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amLUIS Sojo is talking about confidence and what that magical word means to a ballplayer. They all have talent, it's how that talent is projected that makes the difference. This...
THIRD ARREST IN B'KLYN PIZZA SLAY
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amRage and frustration simmered yesterday in the Brooklyn neighborhood where a hard-working teenage immigrant was shot and killed for the price of a chicken-wing snack. A third suspect in the...
'MUSCLE' MAN BUSTED IN COP-SLAY PLOT
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amDetectives yesterday busted a man accused of being the muscle for two rogue Brooklyn cops who wanted to kill a fellow officer, authorities said. Vere Padmore, 27, was arrested in...
NEW YORK POST: FROM APRIL 5, 1902
April 5, 2001 | 4:00am"Sensation Caused by Cecil Rhodes' Will - Conservative Opinion Shocked," read The Post's report from London - which described the creation of the Rhodes Scholarships. "The Manchester Guardian declares that...
SOY HELPS PREVENT ALZHEIMER'S: STUDY
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amSoy may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease - especially in post-menopausal women, a new study says. The discovery comes on the heels of research that suggests soy also helps...
RUDY'S UNIFORM APPROACH TO HALT CORRUPTION
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani is renovating the city Buildings Department in an effort to sweep out corruption at the scandal-plagued agency. The mayor has endorsed a plan to require building inspectors to...
WHY MEN FIND WOMEN SCENT-SATIONAL
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amThere's more to the scent of a woman than meets the nose, biologists say. Women, during their most fertile time of the month, actually give off a pleasant aroma that...
IT'S WACKOS LIKE THIS WHO GAVE US ADOLF HITLER
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amHAMILTON College in upstate New York is a better place today because Dr. Brigitte Boisselier, a menace to society, has resigned. It would have been an even better place had...
U.S. IS AFRAID CREW WILL FACE TRIAL: CHINA SAYS YANKS ARE STAYING UNTIL PROBE IS COMPLETE
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Concern for the 24 U.S. Naval air crew members being held in China is growing, amid fears they might face prolonged interrogations and even show trials in the...
E. NEW YORK LIVID OVER PIZZA SLAY
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amRage and frustration simmered yesterday in the Brooklyn neighborhood where a hard-working teenage immigrant was shot and killed for the price of a chicken-wing snack. A third suspect in the...
DEVILS HOPING RUST IS HISTORY
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amOne vowel separates rest from rust, and one can follow the other in hockey, as well as in the dictionary. For some players, a little rest goes a long way....
JOHNNY V'S BURNIN' UP BIG A
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amNobody's been hotter at the Aqueduct spring stand than jockey John Velazquez. Since the 29-year-old reinsman returned to New York on March 17 from winter quarters at Gulfstream Park, he's...
CADDIES ARE ROOTIN' FOR PUGA AT MASTERS
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - He's one of the most unlikely Masters entrants in the tournament's storied 65-year history. He's a 30-year-old Mexican-American survivor from the streets of East L.A. He's a caddie...
AUGUSTA NATIONAL DUE 'FOUR' CHANGES
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amMASTERS NOTES AUGUSTA - Hootie Johnson, the chairman of Augusta National, yesterday announced that the club will make "extensive changes" to the course "in an attempt to strengthen" four or...
MOOSE MAKES FOR NICE INSURANCE
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amThe team with all the pitching, merely one game into the season, is living proof that there is never enough pitching. Last night, as Joe Torre was speaking about the...
FOR RANGERS, TEAM PHOTO IS A SAD PICTURE
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amAnd so there were the Rangers posing for their 2000-2001 team picture prior to yesterday's morning skate at the Garden and last night's home finale against the Hurricanes. There were...
METROSTARS READY TO ROLL
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amA year ago, the MetroStars were opening the season just hoping to dispel their well-earned reputation as the worst team in the MLS. But after going from worst-to-first in the...
JETER DEBUT SET FOR SAT. AGAINST JAYS
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES David Cone's aneurysm in 1996 taught the Yankees to get along without a key cog. They have survived Bernie Williams, Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera and Chuck...
'WIND' BLOWING TOWARD WOOD
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amMillennium Wind, a half-brother to 1999 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Charismatic, worked one-mile at Hollywood Park in 1:37 1/5 Tuesday morning. Trainer David Hofmans said Millennium Wind could ship...
CONFIDENT SORIANO SHOWS HE BELONGS
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amLUIS Sojo was talking about confidence and how much that one magical word means to a ballplayer. They all have the talent, it's how the talent is projected that makes...
ORR FACES HALL-UVA TASK HEALING WOUNDED PIRATES
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amThe instant the official portion of Seton Hall's news conference naming Louis Orr as the Pirates' new basketball coach was complete yesterday, point guard Andre Barrett bolted for the nearest...
PRESSURE'S ON TIGER ; WOODS IS A MARKED MAN AT AUGUSTA
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - There's a fascinating balance teetering between awe and jealousy that permeates the world of golf as it careens toward its most anticipated event in memory. "It's all about...
PEAKING TIGER PRIMED FOR 2ND GREEN JACKET
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amAUGUSTA-It was a simple question that generated a simple response. "How long have you been practicing specifically for Augusta?" a reporter asked Tiger Woods on Tuesday. "Probably, since the beginning...
SIENA'S EYES TURN TO KNICK AIDE
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amSteve Clifford, the Knicks' advance scout, has been contacted by Siena College about its head-coaching position vacated yesterday by Louis Orr. Clifford, 39, hired by the Knicks over the summer,...
T-SPOON: SHOW US THE MONEY!
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amUnlike the NBA, the WNBA prohibits players joining its league directly out of high school. Nor does it accept players leaving college early. Teresa Weatherspoon, for one, agrees with this...
TIMO TAKES IT FROM TOP
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - The reason there was no battle for right field this spring is because manager Bobby Valentine likes to play matchups more than almost anyone. Last night,...
20-20 PROPELS MARCUS INTO STAT-OSPHERE
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES These days, a double-double is cause for celebration for Patrick Ewing. A 20-20 game would be cause for a parade in downtown Seattle. Tuesday night vs. Orlando, Marcus...
DINGED ROG GETS EXTRA DAY OF REST
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amA compression wrap on Roger Clemens' right forearm yesterday covered swelling, seam marks from a baseball and skin that was black and blue. And while The Rocket and the Yankees...
RANGER PICTURE GOES FROM BAD TO WORSE
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amHurricanes 3 Rangers 1 And so there were the Rangers posing for their 2000-2001 team picture prior to yesterday's home finale morning skate at the Garden. There were the (gingerly)...
KNOBLAUCH'S TRANSITION MOVES UP ANOTHER PEG
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amTwo games, two standing ovations. Perhaps Chuck Knoblauch has found a home in left field, after all. On a night when he came up with his first career outfield assist...
YANKS LAND 1-2 PUNCH: ANDY FOLLOWS ROCKET WITH KO OF K.C. - AND MUSSINA'S NEXT
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amYankees 8 Royals 2 When the Yankees signed Mike Mussina, every American League team's worst nightmare is where the Royals find themselves today. After getting dominated by Roger Clemens and...
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE UN-KIND
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amATLANTA - Inches separate the Braves and Mets, who never have been closer and are all tied up, two games into the season after last night's 3-2 Braves win at...
STRIKE-THREE WILD PITCH COSTS APPIER
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - The Mets will take six innings, two runs from Kevin Appier every time out. "I pitched a pretty good game, certainly not great," Appier said last...
KNICK POINT WELL TAKEN - BY WARD
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amPerhaps it was his ego being bruised by the Feb. 22 trade for Mark Jackson. Perhaps it's his bum knee feeling right again. Perhaps it's being more comfortable coming off...
AMAZIN'-LY PAINFUL FINISH : SQUIBBER IN NINTH DOOMS TURK & METS
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amBRAVES 3 Mets 2 ATLANTA - This year might feel different, but that doesn't make it easy. If the first two games of this Braves-Mets series are any indication, then...
SPUTTERING ROCKET: BANGED UP ROGER GETS EXTRA DAY OFF
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amA compression wrap on Roger Clemens' right forearm covered a bump, seam marks from a baseball and skin that was black and blue. It was designed to chase the swelling...
SQUIBBER CRUSHES AMAZIN'S: BRAVES BOP METS ON DINKY HIT IN 9TH
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amBraves 3 Mets 2 ATLANTA - It felt like October again here last night. This time, though, the Braves reminded the Mets who owns Turner Field. They took down the...
REED'S A TRUE TED-DY BEAR: ATLANTA SUCCESS HAS RICK HOMESICK FOR BRAVES
April 5, 2001 | 4:00amATLANTA - Rick Reed is so aware of his success at Turner Field that he feigned laryngitis so he wouldn't have to talk about it. But a quick Post investigation...