April 14, 2001
EASTER ADDS COLOR TO WHITE HOUSE
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - How do you hard-boil 10,000 eggs for Easter?About 150 at a time, in a giant stockpot full of dye and a touch of white vinegar if you're getting...
WEBVAN CEO SPEEDS AWAY FROM 'NET GROCER
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amRunaway failure Webvan just lost its driver. George Shaheen, CEO of the home delivery grocery, announced he was quitting late yesterday. "A different kind of executive is needed to lead...
BABES WITH BOWS HOT... BUT TRULY CLASSICAL?
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amTHEIR name is Bond, just Bond - and with their halter tops, sequined midriffs and dewy good looks, they could double as Bond Girls.They've been called "the Spice Girls of...
CBS HOOPS IT UP TO A PRIME-TIME WIN
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amCBS, led by "Survivor 2" and NCAA basketball, snagged last week's ratings crown - but couldn't be coronated until today because of a Nielsen computer glitch. With "S2" the week's...
WIFE OF LOST PILOT HAILS THE RELEASE
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe wife of the Chinese pilot who crashed after colliding with the U.S. Navy spy plane praised the release of the 24 American crewmen, China's state-run media said yesterday Ending...
B'KLYN DEMS FEUD OVER SPOILS OF A HEVESI WIN
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S a long way to Election Day, but one of Alan Hevesi's leading supporters already is talking about the patronage jobs that will open up if the comptroller becomes mayor....
NEW YORK POST: FROM APRIL 14, 1957:
April 14, 2001 | 4:00am"New York's first Saturday minus regular postal service was marked by non-delivery of mail to homes and offices and by non-transaction of business at the stations . . . "Postmaster...
SCREAMING BEATLE FANS 'STAGE' PROTEST
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amA British clergyman has been bombarded with hate mail because he plans to sell the stage regarded as the birthplace of the Beatles. Canon John Roberts said he is planning...
BLACK PANTHERS TELL BILL TO KEEP OUT OF HARLEM
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amSaying Bill Clinton will accelerate "white gentrification" in Harlem, the New Black Panther Party yesterday demanded the ex-president abandon his planned office there and "go home." "Harlem is ours!" shouted...
GOV RIPS NAVY MOVE TO RENEW VIEQUES BOMBING
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday blamed the "Navy bureaucracy" for deciding to resume bombing on Vieques - just days after he went to the Puerto Rican island to try to...
ALL'S FARE: $5 HIKE DUE FOR JFK CABS
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe $30 flat fare from JFK Airport to any point in Manhattan is about to go up to $35 this summer - the first hike in five years, The Post...
REVENGE OF THE NERDS
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amThousands of Chinese computer users have been downloading - from an American software company - an animated virtual pet modeled after President Bush. Eruptor.com, which distributes "PortaBush," yesterday noticed a...
CITY: KEEP CONN. CLUB BIG OUT OF LIMELIGHT
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amCity officials vowed yesterday to fight Peter Gatien's plans to sell his problem-plagued Limelight to a Connecticut man whose two dance clubs are under scrutiny for an overdose death and...
NYPD CASTING WIDER NET FOR COP RECRUITS
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe NYPD, plagued in recent years by image problems and a competitive market, is launching a new initiative to attract recruits to join New York's Finest. Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik...
ABUSED STEEDS LEFT IN HELL RETURNED TO RECENTLY CONVICTED OWNER
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amTHE horses wandering the fields at Roseview Farms look like victims of a famine - their bones bulge, their skin is covered with sores, and their stomachs are bloated with...
MCD'S: HOLD LETTUCE ON ; PICKLE SUIT!
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amA Tennessee woman who claims McDonald's served her an unhappy meal when she was burned by a hot pickle has settled her suit against the restaurant - but she may...
BUSH RUN$ A DISTANT 2ND TO VEEP
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amCall Vice President Dick Cheney the $36 million man. Cheney, who's had two heart scares since the November elections, must be doing his stress-filled job for love, because the former...
FRAIL POPE KNEELS FOR SOMBER SERVICE
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amA weak Pope John Paul II presided over Good Friday services in Rome last night, kneeling for most of the solemn Stations of the Cross. The pope watched most of...
COPS BUST SUSPECT IN SPREE OF BANK JOBS
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amEagle-eyed cops nabbed a soft-spoken serial bank robber in Midtown yesterday as he tried to add to his string of heists, police said. Cops from the 17th Precinct Anti-Crime Unit...
U.S. PLACES BLAME SQUARELY ON CHINA BARES TAPE OF JAN. INCIDENT
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House yesterday launched its sharpest attack yet on China, saying a Chinese pilot caused an April 1 midair crash while trying to "harass" a U.S. spy...
HIP-HOP STAR JAY-Z SLAPPED WITH GUN RAP
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amHard-core hip-hopper Jay-Z - who swapped his crack-dealing lifestyle for rap - was arrested for illegal gun possession outside a Midtown nightspot early yesterday. Cops say the Brooklyn-born rapper -...
HOME BASE TO CHEER FOR THE WINNING TEAM
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amStaten Island native Kenneth Richter and 23 other Navy crew members freed from China will be hailed today as American heroes at a rally in Washington state before heading home...
HOMELESS MAN IS ARRESTED IN TEEN'S RAPE
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amCops last night arrested a homeless man in the push-in rape of a Brooklyn teen two weeks ago. Acting on a tip, cops arrested Anthony Jordan, 39, who is homeless,...
KID FALLS DOWN ELEVATOR SHAFT
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amA 10-year-old Staten Island boy was in critical condition after falling six stories down an apartment building's elevator shaft last night. The boy was with a friend at 600 Hylan...
CINCY CALLS FOR CALM BUT PREPS FOR UNREST
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amCincinnati authorities are bracing for a revival of three days of rioting today when a man shot by police is buried. A dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed again last night, despite...
DON'T HITCH A FREE RIDE ON 'POTTER' TRAILER
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amDie-hard Harry Potter fans who have been going to one theater chain just to watch the film's trailer and then asking for a refund better think again. General Cinema Corp....
OLD PEACENIK BERRIGAN GETS BUSTED AGAIN
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amPeace activist Daniel Berrigan was arrested along with seven others at a Good Friday protest that ended with the group blocking the entrance to the Intrepid Air and Space Museum....
KNOCK ON WOOD, HERE'S HOW TO HIT BIG 3 PICK 3
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amWITH the May 5 Kentucky Derby just three weeks away, a stampede of 3-year-olds goes postward today in a trio of Derby preps - the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, the...
DEVILS DELIVERED HURRICANE WARNING
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe playoff opener wasn't even over, and the Devils were already working on tomorrow afternoon's Game 2. They weren't quite content with winning one game when the victory seemed assured...
TWO 'CHAMPS' FIGHTING HARD TO MEASURE UP
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amTHERE are things about boxing that will never change - for instance, it still comes down to two guys whacking one another upside the head - and at the same...
ROCKET-PEDRO MATCHUP SHOULD BE FENWAY CLASSIC
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - The always-hot Yankee-Red Sox rivalry gets an a huge jolt of juice today when Roger Clemens collides with Pedro Martinez on the eight-foot circle of dirt in the...
HOUSTON'S AIMING FOR SOME EASTER BASKETS
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe Knicks may get a nice present for Easter - Allan Houston. Houston who missed his third straight game last night vs. Atlanta with a bruised thigh, said the "chances...
MO SHOWS HE'S HUMAN - RIVERA BLOWS LEAD IN 10TH
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - The conversation between Mel Stottlemyre and Mariano Rivera was not deep. Standing on the sloping clay in the middle of a sold-out Fenway Park , the pitching coach...
NEWMAN'S NOT DONE, BUT NETS ARE
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amBOX: PAGE 33Cavaliers97Nets91 Johnny Newman is not dead. And so he has every intention of playing in his 216th game tomorrow when the Nets face the Celtics in Boston. You...
JOE WON'T RUSH BERNIE'S RETURN
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - While the Yankees certainly miss Bernie Williams, don't expect Joe Torre to pressure his All-Star center fielder and cleanup hitter into returning before he is completely ready. Williams...
MANNY MIRACLE COULD BE LOOMIN' FOR RED SOX
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - As if the Yankee-Red Sox rivalry needed another layer of intrigue and interest, Manny Ramirez provided one last night in the first meeting between the teams this season....
'BIG O' SOARS IN KNICK LAUGHER
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amKnicks101Hawks65 Before last night, the Knicks had lost twice to the Hawks this season, but that was when Dikembe Mutombo patrolled the Atlanta middle. The depleted Knicks, playing again without...
GOOD NEWS-BAD NEWS FOR FONZ
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amEdgardo Alfonzo, who entered last night hitting .086, showed signs of breaking out of his slump in the Mets' 3-2 loss to the Reds - going 1-for-4 with a hard...
CAMBY NOT SURE ABOUT RETURN DATE
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amKNICK NOTESIn a slight reversal, Marcus Camby would not commit last night to being ready for Game 1 of the playoffs, which is eight days away. "I'm not ready to...
POKEY HR SMOKES AMAZIN'S ; REESE'S 3-RUN SHOT KOS METS
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amReds3Mets2 Steve Trachsel made one mistake all night, and that came back to haunt the Mets. But the Amazin's blew countless scoring chances all night, and that will haunt them...
NEW RULES NOT FRIENDLY TO VG STYLE
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES That the Knicks were one of six teams to vote against the NBA's new defensive rules changes for next season is quite telling. For one, the changes designed...
ESCH SAYS JERSEY'S A PERFECT FIT
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amThere has been a great wailing and gnashing of teeth in some circles, great rejoicing in others regarding the NBA's new rules changes for next year. Evan Eschmeyer, the Nets'...
HOUSTON IS HOPING TO RETURN VS. PHILLY
April 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe Knicks were without three of their five starters last night when they met the Hawks at the Garden - but they may get some reinforcements for tomorrow against the...