April 8, 2001
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP TRUST SEEING GREEN
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amOIL companies are traditionally left out of "socially-responsible" investment portfolios because they are thought of as polluters. But that's not the case at the unique Environmental Leadership Trust, a unit...
MARKET DIVE A JAW BREAKER SAYS DENTIST
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amYOU don't know where the market is headed, but your dentist may have an idea. One Upper East Side cavity-killer told Bull's Eye spy Devlin Barrett that before a major...
DO AS TIAA-CREF SAYS, NOT AS IT DOES
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amMEMO to John Biggs: You've got to practice what you preach. Biggs, who heads TIAA-CREF, the world's largest retirement plan provider, is catching flak from some of its investors who...
IS CITI RESEARCH 'SEPARATE BUT EQUAL'?
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amAFTER Citigroup's announcement last week of layoffs in its Salomon Smith Barney brokerage and investment banking unit, some wags wondered why the firm's usually prudent CEO Sandy Weill carries two...
SAMANTHA'S SINGLES-MEET A STINKER
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amTHE most eligible people on Wall Street didn't turn out to be all that, well . . . eligible. Matchmaker Samantha Daniels, founder of Samantha's Table, hosted an event at...
DOT-COM DUD SIGNS BOOK DEAL TO WRITE HIS AUTO-FLOPPERY
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amTHE poster child for the excess of the Internet bubble is now writing a book about his experiences. Stephan Paternot, the 26-year-old co-founder of TheGlobe.com, has signed a deal with...
4 QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTOPHER TITUS POOR MOM WAS A BIT 'CUCKOO,' TOO
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amChristopher Titus bases his Fox sitcom, "Titus," on his dysfunctional family - a much-married, alcoholic father (played by Stacy Keach) and a mentally ill mother. But with "Titus" having just...
THE SKINNY ON PHAT FEST
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amSHORT movies usually get short shrift at moviehouses. One welcome exception is the PS 2001 Phat Shorts Film Exhibition, unreeling tomorrow and the following two Mondays at Anthology Film Archives...
LL COOL J
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amDecked out in pony-skin pants, Gucci shoes, a Versace shirt, a rhinestone-studded do-rag and Got Rocks shades, LL Cool J is a far cry from drab mechanic Ray Bud, the...
TERRIFIC TRIO REMINDS US WHY STAGE IS THE THING
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amArt is an evolutionary process - you adapt or perish.When the photographer made his hesitant entrance at the beginning of the 19th century, painters and sculptors paid scant attention. The...
FIRTH'S AUSTEN POWER PRIDE AND PREJUDICE FOR BRITISH ACTOR IN 'BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY'
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amWhat better way for British actor Colin Firth to combat Darcymania than to resurrect - in an ironic, post-modern way, of course - the "Pride and Prejudice" character that inspired...
THE TRAUMA, AND COST, OF GOING GLAM
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amLast Monday I felt unusually homesick. It happened at the premiere of "Bridget Jones's Diary." I expected to be infuriated by watching a Texan play Britain's much-loved disaster girl. Instead,...
THE SAVVY SHOPPER
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amWOMEN'S APPAREL Chaiken Parsons School of Design 24 W. 40th St., bet. 5th & 6th avenues (212) 334-3501 Sale: Through Monday Open: Sunday noon-5 p.m./Monday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Chaiken styles...
A SHANGHAI SURPRISE AND WONTON PLEASURE IN MIDTOWN
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amJohn's Shanghai 144 W. 46th St. (between Sixth Avenue and Broadway) (212) 391-0888 ------- Good, inexpensive restaurants are the hidden gems of Midtown. Those open for lunch and dinner seven...
PRESSED INTO SERVICE
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amPanino is not the newest character on "The Sopranos" - it's the hottest sandwich in New York. Although it comes in many varieties, the panino - "little bread" - is...
SWIMSUIT DONT'S, FROM BUTT BARING TO TINY TOPS
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amSure, you may feel as if you should lose a few pounds before you get into a bathing suit this summer. But if you can't make it to the gym,...
MAKE A SPLASH - WITH THESE HOT STYLES AND GREAT DEALS, IT'S EASY TO BE WELL SUITED
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amTired of the freezing cold? Been bundled up just a bit too long? Dreaming of beach music, swimming pools and barbecue? Well, you're not alone. Warmer weather is here -...
DON'T TAKE A BATH: THESE BABIES CAN BE HAD FOR LESS THAN $40
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amThere plenty of stores - like H&M, Target, Old Navy and Benetton - that sell great knock-offs of expensive designer suits, which means it's easy to find a bargain beauty...
W. LACKS BILL'S CHINESE FORTUNE
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amHAVE you ever wondered why Big Bill was able to keep the peace with China for eight long years while President Dubya got caught smack in the middle of a...
NO CRUISE CONSOLE FOR NICOLE AFTER MISCARRIAGE
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amHeartbroken Nicole Kidman thought her recent miscarriage would salvage her marriage with Tom Cruise. Instead, the "Mission: Impossible" star seemed uninterested in Kidman and the child, insisting he wanted to...
PUTIN PAL TO FACE TRIAL IN KREMLIN KICKBACKS
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amJust days after leaving New York to face justice in Switzerland, a top Russian official has been indicted on money-laundering charges by authorities in the Alpine nation. Pavel Borodin -...
CLASSIC COP POSTER SHOULD GIVE RUDY A CLUE
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amWHEN he was 15, Pat Lynch saw something that was indelibly written. It was a poster of a sprawled cop with a bullet in his brain and the words said...
BUSH: SEND D.C. REALITY CHECK WITH YOUR TAX CHECK
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush said yesterday the "crucial votes" for his budget are "still ahead" and implored Americans to lobby Congress for his fat tax cut, which the Senate trimmed...
CHINA TELLS U.S.: YOU BETTER BE SORRY
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The U.S.-China stare-down heated up as China repeated its demand for an apology, while U.S. diplomats met for a third time with the 24 Americans who've been held...
CONDI & CAROLINE LIFT ISRAELI SPIRITS
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM. TWO very different women, Princess Caroline of Monaco and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, brought a breath of hope to Israel last week. Defying her father, the beautiful princess...
RED-LETTER DAY AS MARS PROBE LAUNCHES
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amNASA's latest attempt to probe the Red Planet blasted off from Cape Canaveral yesterday with high hopes it will put the space agency's faltering exploration program back on course. The...
HEVESI: BUSH'S CUTS WILL TAKE COPS OFF OUR STREETS
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amMayoral candidate Alan Hevesi joined Rep. Anthony Weiner yesterday to blast an expected proposal to cut $187 million in cop programs from President Bush's budget, saying it would pull cops...
ARAFAT OFFERS PASSOVER GREETING AMID VIOLENCE
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - As tanks rolled and mortars fired, Yasser Arafat took time out from the ongoing Middle East violence yesterday to deliver a Passover greeting to Israel. The Palestinian president...
FIGHTING A 'LOSING' BATTLE DRUG-MAKERS IN RACE TO BE FIRST WITH FAT PILL
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amThe race is on to find a magic fat pill. Pharmaceutical companies are tripping over each other in their haste to develop new anti-obesity drugs. It's a ripe market: an...
REDFORD CATALOG SOLD ITEMS MADE BY CULT CHILDREN UNPAID KIDS MADE FURNITURE
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amA catalog company owned by Robert Redford unwittingly sold products made by a firm that uses unpaid child laborers - all members of a controversial upstate cult - to make...
SALAD BARF! DELI-DUMP SUSPECT NABBED NAUSEA REIGNS AS COPS BARE 'WASTEFUL' TAINT SPREE
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amA gross-out gourmet was caught dumping human waste on a Midtown salad bar - and is suspected in more than a dozen similar stomach-turning incidents, police said. Marco Arellano, 34,...
BX. MOM BUSTED AS BABY NEARLY DROWNS IN TUB
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amA 10-month-old Bronx boy was in critical condition yesterday after nearly drowning in a bathtub while his mom spent at least 20 minutes taking with a neighbor in the hallway,...
MASTER-FUL TIGER LEADING L.I. GOLF PHENOM
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amTiger Woods traipsed while others tripped at the Masters yesterday, and left himself 18 holes away from again wearing golf's green jacket. The indomitable Woods fired three birdies in a...
EVENING COMMUTE NOT SO 'GRAND'
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amHoliday travelers rushing to Passover Seders yesterday got temporarily shut out of Grand Central Terminal after a partial building collapse halted Metro-North train service in and out of the station....
WISECRACKING MOM TO PEP UP PENTAGON NEW 'VOICE' IS NEVER AT A LOSS FOR WORDS
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Pentagon's new public face and chief spokeswoman soon will be a hip, sassy, 6-foot blond mother of three. For sure, the Department of Defense has never had...
NEW YORK POST: FROM APRIL 8, 1971:
April 8, 2001 | 4:00am"Off-Track Betting got a winner's reception today as customers by the thousands flocked to the city's betting parlors in Grand Central Terminal and Forest Hills to place first-day wagers. "By...
CHOICES PRETTY SLIM AT THE MOMENT
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amThese are the anti-obesity pills nowavailable. Brand names are followed bygeneric names in parentheses.* Xenical (Orlistat): This pill works as a "fat-blocker," decreasing the body's absorption of dietary fat by...
LEADER CREATED FOR-PROPHET INDUSTRY
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amElbert Eugene Spriggs was working in a carnival in Chattanooga, Tenn., when he says he heard the Lord ask him, "Is this what I created you for?" The year was...
TABLOID TAPES REVEAL ROYAL RUMBLE
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amQueen Elizabeth is having daughter-in-law problems again after a British tabloid published transcripts of Sophie Rhys-Jones badmouthing the Royal family. Comments made by Rhys-Jones, wife of Prince Edward, during an...
CAMPAIGN REFORM WON'T $TOP THE FAT CATS: EXPERTS
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The good news is Congress is on the verge of banning fat cats from pouring unlimited millions into Democratic and GOP party coffers every election. The bad news...
GOTTI SON JAILED FOR UNLICENSED DRIVE: COPS
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amAnother member of the Gotti family is driving police crazy. Mob boss John Gotti's youngest son, Peter Gotti, 26, was arrested last night for driving with a revoked license, police...
WOMAN RESCUED FROM BRONX BLAZE
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amA two-alarm fire ripped through a four-story Bronx building last night, injuring seven firefighters and one female resident, officials said. Fire Department spokesman Robert Calise said the blaze at 1045...
SCHOOLS SEEING WORLD OF DIFFERENCE DIVERSITY IS CHANGING LIFE IN N.Y. CLASSROOMS
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amThe 2000 census revealed dramatic changes in the composition of the city's booming population. Today, The Post takes a look at how those changes have affected the city's schools. In...
CULTURAL HOLIDAYS POSE BIG PROBLEM
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amThe way high-school student Michael Kwon sees it, the state educators who scheduled this year's English Regents exam could have used a little help with their math. Just add up...
E. SIDERS CALL FOR END OF PAY-PHONE PLAGUE
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amEast Side residents are ringing mad about the ad-plastered sidewalk pay phones that seem to be popping up everywhere - as many as 10 at one intersection. In an area...
ON THE WRONG TRACK JFK TRAINS CAN'T RUN ON CITY RAILS
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amThe Port Authority has done it again, spending $64 million to buy new rail cars for its AirTrain at Kennedy Airport - but making sure those cars can't make the...
SCHOOL'S MATHEMATICS DON'T ADD UP
April 8, 2001 | 4:00am'IWALKED out of there, and I tell you, my head was spinning," the distressed caller told me. "It was like a cult. It was like they were selling Amway or...
SECT CHILDREN ARE USED TO ABUSE
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amFor some children of the Twelve Tribes, the beatings begin in infancy and sometimes don't stop until they're old enough to have kids of their own. They start working as...
GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE APOSTLE OF HATE
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amHere are some of the"teachings" of Twelve Tribesleader Elbert "The Apostle"Spriggs: CHILD-REARING: "We must beat respect into our children. There is no such thing as harsh treatment in any role...
10G FROM LENNON IN HIS OWN WRITE?
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amA fan's letter to former Beatle John Lennon didn't win him a trip around the world, but it might mean $10,000 for his family. A destitute Indian man identified only...
LENO RIPPED FOR 'FASCIST' JAB AT RUDY
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amWilliam Fugazy, who heads an anti-bias group, yesterday called on NBC and comedian Jay Leno to apologize for labeling Mayor Giuliani a "fascist" on "The Tonight Show." Fugazy, head of...
HITMEN NEED WIN AND A PRAYER
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amFor those of you keeping track at home of the Hitmen's narrowing playoff hopes, today is the day of reckoning for Rusty Tillman and his team. Believe it, or not,...
XAVERIAN'S MARTINEZ GETTING PRO ADVICE
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amDanny Martinez has seen it all before. The scouts, the media, the pressure. While some high school prospects could be overwhelmed by the scrutiny involved with being a potential future...
ANDRO'S A 'ROID THAT HASN'T BEEN DESTROYED
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amSINCE Mark McGwire declared two seasons ago that he no longer uses androstenedione, that was that. On blind faith, alone, the media-driven issue began to fade. But andro has not...
NO MORE CHIRP TRICKS CBS HAS BIRDS LIVE IN CONCERT AT MASTERS
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amTHE memory of certain sins dies harder than others. For all the good public deeds Aaron Burr may have performed - he was the third Vice President of the United...
RANGERS' REVIVAL JUST FOOL'S GOLD
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amA TWO-week, pressure-free spurt following elimination and all of a sudden people want to make a case for everyone's return to Broadway - except, of course, for Valeri Kamensky, fingered...
PCB SOLUTION IN HUDSON IS MADE CLEAR
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amTHE announcement from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Erin M. Crotty that findings from preliminary studies of the Upper Hudson River Valley show elevated levels of...
SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES KNICKS READY FOR RETURN OF MOURNING
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amKNICKSatHEATToday12:30 - NBC WEVD (1050 AM) When they last met, a heartbroken Alonzo Mourning was doing his annual hands-on-head, painfully slow walk off the Heat's home court. Despite a 29-point,...
MAGNA PURCHASES CALL-A-BET
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amMagna Entertainment Corporation has completed its deal with Ladbroke Racing Corporation to acquire Ladbroke Racing Corporation's account wagering operations (Call-A-Bet), the Meadows harness track, four off-track betting facilities and an...
JETER FANS IN CLUTCH AS YANKS FALL
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amDerek Jeter's return to the lineup yesterday was spoiled when he swung through Toronto closer Billy Koch's slider to end Yankees' 3-2 loss to the Blue Jays at the Stadium.NY...
GETTING DEREK BACK MAKES IT A HAPPY DAY
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Yankees are tied to the railroad tracks, the train only 157 games away. They may have a truckful of recognized championship parts, but around these parts, a good panic...
THOMAS V. IGNORANT - CASE DISMISSED MEDIA ATTACKED WRONG MAN IN THOMAS SMEAR
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amSURROUNDED by a series of high-profile NBA suspensions and ensnared by discord and dysfunction palpitating throughout the league (and that's only the polluted atmosphere at the top of the standings),...
TURK TELLS MAD VLAD TO TAKE IT EASY, 'BABY'
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amMONTREAL - Up 10-0 in the sixth, the Expos Vladimir Guerrero was upset. On a slightly inside 2-0 fastball from Turk Wendell, Guerrero thought the ball was too close. "[Guerrero]...
ALONZO WON'T START, BUT HE'S HEATING UP
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amMIAMI - The comeback is slow, cautious, mysterious and with just a touch of paranoia. Not that we expected anything less when it comes to Alonzo Mourning and Pat Riley's...
SHINJO LONE BRIGHT SPOT IN BLOWOUT
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - In the Mets' 10-0 loss to the Expos yesterday, there was only one positive - Tsuyoshi Shinjo. Shinjo, starting for the sick Jay Payton in center,...
TORONTO ROOKIE WATCHES 'RUDY' - THEN LIVES IT
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amBlue Jays left-hander Chris Michalak, who starred at Notre Dame from 1990-93 and bounced around seven organizations since then, found the perfect way to relax before making his first major-league...
GOLF'S BEST FACE LONG ODDS TO GET PAST WOODS TODAY
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Tiger Woods will be going for an historic fourth straight victory in a major championship today when he takes a one-stroke lead into the final round of the...
L.I.'S DIMARCO WON'T GO AWAY
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Well, at least he didn't spit the bit. Long Island's Chris DiMarco, the unlikely Masters rookie who led after rounds one and two, yesterday went spikes-to-spikes with Tiger...
SO FAR, HE'S STEVIE LE PEW - TRACHSEL GETS FRENCH FRIED IN DEBUT VS. UPSTART EXPOS
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amMONTREAL - Memo to Steve Trachsel - don't do it. After giving up 10 runs in his Mets debut, Trachsel said he planned on watching the film. "I'm trying to...
ALL EYES ARE ON TIGER IN SUNDAY SHOWDOWN WOODS TO BATTLE MICKELSON IN BID FOR 4TH STRAIGHT MAJOR
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Beware of what you wish for. Phil Mickelson has his wish. Now it's time for him to stand up on a major championship Sunday and deliver - deliver...
FINISH WITH A FLOURISH DEVILS CLAIM EAST TITLE WITH WHITEWASH OF HABS
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amDevils2Canadiens0 MONTREAL - Their greatest season complete, the Devils now try to make it count. They'll begin defending their Stanley Cup Thursday, this time as Eastern Conference champions after capturing...
MR. CLUTCH GETS METROS IN GEAR
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amMetroStars2Revolution1 All goals count the same on the scoreboard, but in life - as in the MLS season - some are bigger than others. Adolfo Valencia has made a career...
EXPOS SHINING WITH FORECAST OF RAINES
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amMONTREAL - Tim Raines managed to rattle young Mets left-hander Glendon Rusch right out of any chance he had of winning his 2001 debut Friday night in the opener of...
STRICKER BACK ON TRACK
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - The pressure of playing in the Masters at Augusta National can be 18 holes of shear torture. But Steve Stricker has found a way to keep himself calm...
KAYE NOW TICKED OFF AT AUGUSTA
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK AUGUSTA - Smiles and an appreciation for competing in the Masters were absent for Jonathan Kaye, who shot a 2-over-par 74 yesterday. Kaye, playing with Franklin Langham, the former...
NOT THE CRAW, THE CLAW! - DIMARCO GETS SMART WITH NEW PUTTING GRIP
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - The Masters leaderboard had everything entering the weekend. There was, of course, Tiger Woods, the best player in the world by a millennium or two, seeking to become...
STILL IN OUTER SPACE - LEAGUE'S GREATEST GOOFBALL HASN'T COME DOWN YET
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amBill "Spaceman" Lee hasn't come down yet. He still lives in the clouds. He still has a beer in his right hand and on his breath. He still gets blasted...
HALL'S CALLING FOR ROCKET'S RECORD JERSEY
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Give George Steinbrenner another gold star for getting the most publicity for his dollar. Roger Clemens will present the Yankee jersey he wore in Monday's record-breaking start to...
ELIAS CHASING BIG FINISH - PATRIK LOOKS TO CRACK 100 AS DEVILS CLOSE IN MONTREAL
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amMONTREAL - The coach thinks Jason Arnott makes the "A" Line go, while Petr Sykora may be the most talented of the threesome. All that's left for Patrik Elias is...
ANGEL HOVERS JUST OFF LEAD
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amMASTERS NOTES AUGUSTA - Lurking as a possible stunning winner of the Masters today is little-known Argentine Angel Cabrera, who sits just three shots off Tiger Woods' lead entering the...
LEAVE THE GUY ALONE - STRAWBERRY'S WELFARE TRAMPLED BY FLORIDA DA'S PUBLICITY GRAB
April 8, 2001 | 4:00amSuggestion to the Hillsborough State Attorney's Office: Why not just put a loaded gun to Darryl Strawberry's temple and pull the trigger? Or strap him to a gurney and pump...