April 15, 2001
KANN JOB AT DOW JONES
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Dow Jones workers getting the ax will undoubtedly take comfort knowing their boss had a really crappy vacation in the Caribbean. Citing drastically declining ad revenues, Dow Jones CEO...
NOW THEY'RE OFFERING HELP: IN BEAR MARKET MAKEOVER, 'NET BROKERS DOLE OUT ADVICE
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amONE unexpected consequence of the bull-turned-bear market is that one-time do-it-yourself investors are looking for advice and getting it -- even from the deep discount online brokerages. Instead of relying...
EXTREME SPORTS STOCKS DELIVER EXTREME RETURNS
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amTHERE'S a not-so-quiet-revolution being fought these days by teenagers against traditional sports, and Gary Schoenfeld finds himself on the front lines, well armed and ready for battle. Schoenfeld is no...
TRANSAMERICA PREMIUM: A TIGHTLY RUN, PROFITABLE BOND FUND
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amWITH stocks going nowhere fast, more and more investors are turning their attention to bond funds. For the most part, bond funds come in two shapes: those that invest only...
SITE OF THE WEEK
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amTailored for women www.wfn.com THERE are a lot of Web sites dedicated to women's issues and finances, but only a handful address the special concerns women have when they invest....
HUGGABLE TEDDIES MAKE BEAR MARKET BEARABLE
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amTHERE'S no doubt about it: America is in the throes of a bear market. Teddy bears, that is. One strange consequence of the prolonged decline in U.S. stock prices is...
AIRLINES HITTING CLOUD BANKS IN SEARCH OF SAFE LANDING
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amTHE airline sector isn't flying high right now, but better news could be on the horizon. The industry has been rocked by strikes and by AMR's megatakeover of money-losing TWA....
BULL'S EYE
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amQuote of the week "He was dismissed for throwing things at me. We have to operate a disciplined company and you do not throw things at the chief executive." -David...
CEOS MORE WORRIED ABOUT SINKING INTO THE EARTH THAN INTO BANKRUPTCY
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amBULL'S EYE has been laboring under the apparently false impression the disaster that is most on the minds of American CEOs is the plunging stock market. Thank goodness for Business...
BARBADOS T-SHIRT MAKER LATEST DOPE DUPE
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amDRUG runners have long tried to get marijuana into this country by stashing it in shipments of legitimate goods destined for the United States. The latest victim of this crime...
JUST GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amDo you ever feel like everyone is getting married but you? I just got back from a mad dash to Britain to watch yet another friend take the plunge -...
THE SAVVY SHOPPER
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amBEDDINGItalian Home Linens 560 Seventh Ave., at 40th Street (718) 747-1656 Sale: April 18-20 Open: Tues.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m./Fri. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Linens by Bellora, Marzotto, Domino and Le Immagini...
THE WOMEN BEHIND THE CAMERA
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amTwo talented actresses, Julie Delpy and Maria de Medeiros, have stepped behind the camera to try their hands at directing. So, how did they do? You'll be able to judge...
JAKE BUSEY
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amJake Busey is as goofy and lighthearted in real life as he is onscreen in his portrayal of Kyle, a ruthless bachelor in the comedy "Tomcats." But instead of expressing...
UP AGAINST A CLASSIC PERFORMANCE
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amThe actor was not particularly young, and certainly not unknown or underconfident. Yet here he was, talking some time ago about an impending turn as Shakespeare's Richard III and admitting...
HE'S ON A ROLE: WHY VERSATILE JOHN TURTURRO IS NEW YORK'S BUSIEST ACTOR
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amJohn Turturro, one of the busiest actors in movies, says he's trying to slow down. Really, he is. "I'm at the point now where I'd rather work less and have...
BRODERICK UNBOUND: THE ACTOR IS POISED FOR HIS BIGGEST HIT YET IN 'THE PRODUCERS'
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amMatthew Broderick says the very thought of auditioning for "The Producers" -- the $10.5 million musical version of Mel Brooks' film -- made him queasy. "I heard they made you...
FOR NEW YORK WOMEN, BOOK CLUBS ARE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amAre you having trouble finding a woman who meets your lofty and discriminating intellectual standards? Someone whose white-hot passion for Proust matches your own, someone who never misuses the word...
NEW BREWS RUSSIAN IN: FORMER SOVIET NATIONS ARE SUDDENLY TURNING OUT GREAT BEERS
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amThere's a strange truth about beer. Some rather poor countries make some rather fine brews. The first-class San Miguel, for example, may be the best product of any kind from...
LATEST DIRT ON DOGS: NOW PEOPLE AND THEIR FURRY FRIENDS CAN SHARE SHAMPOOS
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amTreading the mean city streets day after day, dogs tend to get, well, dirty. (In fact, stroke a city dog who hasn't been bathed in a month, and your fingers...
WHAT I WATCH
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amJulie Lewit-Nirenberg Co-founder MODE Magazine "I go to sleep with re-runs of "Law & Order." The detectives are so funny. They have these really clever black-humor kind of lines. They...
BRINKS CONVICT TO GET A PASS IN ITALY
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amA TERRORIST involved in the bloody 1981 Brinks robbery - who was freed by the Clinton administration so she could serve the rest of her 40-year sentence in Italy -...
FUROR OVER FDNY PLAN TO HIRE DIALLO COP
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amMinority firefighters yesterday joined the father of cop-shooting victim Amadou Diallo to denounce the decision of the FDNY to hire one of the officers who killed the unarmed street vendor....
'BRAVEST' BIG SHOULD KEEP RACE CARD IN DECK
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amIT HAS to sadden and hurt someone like myself - who has such sacred respect for the Fire Department - to listen to the words of Lt. Paul Washington. Washington...
RUDY DENIES COPS TARGETED JAY-Z
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday dismissed accusations that the NYPD is gunning for rappers like Jay-Z, who was busted on a weapons charge after leaving a Manhattan nightclub. "The NYPD targets people...
LEBANESE FRONT HEATS UP AS SOLDIER DIES IN ATTACK
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Hezbollah guerrillas killed an Israeli soldier yesterday with anti-tank missiles fired across the Lebanese border. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres immediately called on the United States, France and the...
SCHOOL DONOR WILL STAY TRUE TO WORD: PRIEST
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amThe priest who was promised $150 million by an anonymous donor and wants to save threatened Catholic schools said yesterday he is confident that the huge gift is on the...
PITY THIS 'CHIP' OFF THE OLD BLOCK
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amEVEN though you thought the sickening divorce of Patricia Orr Duff Medavoy Perelman (according to rumors, she may also have married a mad Czech, who chained her to a radiator)...
THE NEW YORK POST FROM APRIL 15, 1912:
April 15, 2001 | 4:00am"Titanic Hit Berg," announced The Post's headline above a story that reported: "Out of the ice-strewn seas off the Newfoundland banks, terse flashes of the wireless telegraph told today how...
GESUNDHEIT! POLLEN RISING ALONG WITH TEMPERATURE
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amThe sneezing season has arrived with a vengeance. A wet winter and spring has allowed trees to flourish - which means plenty of allergy-inducing pollen. "We're expecting high pollen counts,...
ALLERGY PILLS NOT TO BE SNEEZED AT
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amHere's a look at some of the most popular allergy drugs currently on the market, and what medical experts say about them:Over the counter: * Antihistamine tablets and liquids like...
REST ASSURED: NO SNOOZE'S BAD NEWS
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amOne of the most powerful and popular weapons in the interrogation arsenal is sleep deprivation - a technique used around the globe to leave prisoners feeling confused and compliant. Experts...
DARRYL: 'I WAS ALSO ADDICTED TO WOMEN'
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amFormer Yankee slugger Darryl Strawberry isn't just battling booze and drugs - he says he was also addicted to women. "Not one, not two, but, you know, women, women, women...
GALS MAKE IT PLANE: THEY'D GO FOR SHANE
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amHero pilot Shane Osborn's smooth flying isn't the only thing turning this small-town boy into a big-time star. His square-jawed good looks have made him a huge hit with women...
REV. AL TARGETS OIL GIANTS OVER SUDAN
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amFresh from a fact-finding trip to Sudan, the Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday deplored the slave trade in that war-torn African country and called for sanctions against oil companies doing business...
DENISE GETS IMMUNITY DEAL :NO PROSECUTION OVER PARDONGATE
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amDemocratic fat cat Denise Rich has cut an immunity deal with Manhattan U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White in the probe of ex-President Clinton's pardon of her fugitive billionaire ex-husband Marc...
CINCY COPS FIRE BEAN BAGS AT DEMONSTRATORS
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amPolice in strife-torn Cincinnati fired bean bags at about a dozen protesters yesterday after the funeral service for a black teen whose shooting by a white police officer triggered three...
EMINEM DISCOVERING A ROMANTIC 'DESTINY'
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amHe's got a date with Destiny. Raunchy rapper Eminem, who's currently going through a divorce from estranged wife Kim Mathers, is secretly making music with sexy Destiny's Child singer Beyonce...
A BRONX TALE: FERRER RUNS AS 'ANTI-RUDY' CANDIDATE
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amHe used to be "Freddy" - now he's Fernando. Four years after a botched run for City Hall, Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer is back, trying to position himself as...
PUFFY'S HIT WITH LICENSE RAP IN FLA.
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amHe can change his name, but he can't change his tune. Rap mogul Sean "Puffy" Combs, acquitted last month on weapons-and-bribery charges, was nabbed yesterday by Miami Beach cops for...
CREW WELCOMED HOME AFTER CHINESE TAKEOUT
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amOAK HARBOR, Wash. - About 7,000 well-wishers, many wearing red, white and blue, joined relatives and friends of the freed spy plane crew to welcome them home yesterday with flags,...
LIFE-SAVER PILOT'S BRAVE TALE : TELLS HOW HE BROUGHT CRAFT OUT OF DANGER
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amThe pilot of the downed U.S. spy plane says he thought everyone was going to die when a Chinese fighter jet slammed into his craft. "First thing I thought was,...
U.S. SPY HELPS NAB IRISH TERROR CHIEF
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amA bomb exploded outside a vacant postal office in London last night and police said they suspected the Real IRA, a dissident republican group responsible for the deadly 1998 Omagh...
PLANE CREW DENIED SLEEP BY CAPTORS
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amChinese interrogators tried sleep-deprivation techniques against their American captives in what may have been a scheme to extract secrets from them.APChina used sleep-deprivation techniques against the captive crew of the...
HOW SEX PROMISE LURED ISRAEL TEEN TO TERRORIST DEATH
April 15, 2001 | 4:00am"Do you want to have sex with me?" That blunt question has led to untold millions of pleasurable trysts - but for Ofir Rahum, a 16-year-old Israeli boy looking for...
SOCCER STAR GETS HER KICKS IN NEW LEAGUE
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amTiffeny Milbrett is ready for her close-up. After years of playing in the shadows of soccer greats Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain, U.S. Soccer's 2000 female player of the year...
NO MORE AUSCHWITZ DISCO NIGHTS
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amThe drinking, dancing and cavorting is finally over. Eight months after its opening, the governor of Maloposka, Ryzard Maslowski, ordered the controversial discotheque in Auschwitz to be closed. And not...
COPS IN BID TO ZIP BACKPACK PICKPOCKETS
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amThe NYPD wants to do more than lock up thieves. Now cops are giving away a device to lock them out of backpacks and zippered bags. To combat more than...
WHEN RELIGIOUS PARANOIA OUTSTRIPS UNDERSTANDING
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amMANY readers of the widely syndicated comic strip "B.C." will not be able to read today's Easter Sunday installment, which makes explicit reference to the Jewish roots of Christianity. Some...
COMMUTERS ARE COMING IN WAVES :THRIVING FERRY SERVICES EYE EXPANSION
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amSo many commuters are taking it to the river to go to work that New York Harbor will soon become the busiest ferry port in the nation. Over the next...
STARS PUT A PRICE ON THEIR HEADS: SNATCH UP PRIVATE GIGS FOR BIG BUCKS
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amThe going rate for Jay Leno or Bill Cosby is around $300,000 -- but be warned, they'll want $10,000 extra to fuel their private jets. Ricky Martin's manager won't even...
COPS NAB COUPLE IN DEADLY ROB-ASSAULT
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amA couple has been charged with robbing and assaulting a man who died at a Queens hospital, where he had clung to life for nearly two weeks before anyone knew...
CROWD VENTS ANGER AS TEEN PUT TO REST
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amEnraged crowds gathered outside a Cincinnati church yesterday as a funeral service was held for a black teen whose shooting by a white police officer triggered three days of rioting....
ELEVATOR-DEATH BOY WAS DOING TRICK FOR PAL
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amA "fun-loving" 10-year-old Staten Island boy died yesterday from injuries he suffered after plunging six floors down his apartment's elevator shaft during horseplay with a friend. John Ramirez died of...
WILL RIPS SOPHIE OVER PUTDOWN OF PRINCESS DIANA
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amBritain's Prince William is outraged about the way Prince Edward's wife belittled his mother Princess Diana, it was reported today. "How dare she compare herself to my mother," William was...
BAN MAKES JET SKIS ENDANGERED SPECIES
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amJET SKI owners have just two summers left to enjoy their machines in national parks across the country. The small vessels that generally accommodate one or two riders are to...
GIANTS HOPING A GEM FALLS TO THEM AT 30
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amThey would like to believe that their draft philosophy is best represented by last year's selection of Cornelius Griffin, who at the moment is Exhibit A when it comes to...
JETS SIZING UP MIAMI'S MOSS
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amThe Jets know what they want in next weekend's NFL Draft. They've targeted their needs, have a list of top players they'd like to have fill at least one of...
OTHELLA'S NOT QUITE VAN'S FELLA
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA -The rousing ovation Othella Harrington received when he came out of the Hawks' game Friday night in the second quarter illustrated how the Garden feels about "The Big O."...
NETS PUSH KENYON FOR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amOrlando's Mike Miller is still playing. The Nets' Kenyon Martin is not. Miller will go the playoffs. Martin will not. Miller now is the odds-on choice to win the Rookie...
OH, BROTHER! SYKORA GETS HIS REVENGE
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amThere was an obvious correlation when Petr Sykora returned Thursday to the playoffs that he last left on a stretcher. But he says it hurts his head to think about...
RED ROOKIE BELIEVES IN MIRACLES
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amChris Reitsma can still remember the pain four years later, four years after he'd crumpled in a heap, clutching at the right elbow that had just blown out. It was...
NEW NBA RULES HIT ALL NET CHANGES WILL JACK UP SLOW GAME
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Who knows if the four new rule changes prove to be a panacea for what's ailing the NBA between the lines, or turn out to be nothing more...
SPOILS GO TO VICTOR (LIRIANO)
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amH.S. BASEBALL Monroe6 Clinton3 Victor Liriano got a lot of playing time last year as a freshman on a team that won the PSAL championship. That wasn't enough for his...
TORRE SAYS FAMILY COMES FIRST FOR BERNIE, BOMBERS
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - Joe Torre could have certainly used Bernie Williams against the Red Sox this weekend. Especially with Michael Coleman's cranky hamstring. However, Torre will never ask a player in...
SORIANO MAKING A HABIT OF STEALING SHOW
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - When I arrived yesterday to Fenway Park there was absolutely, positively no way I was going to write about anything but the power arms of Roger Clemens and...
LEITER CAN'T DO IT ALL HIMSELF
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amAl Leiter's problem in yesterday's 1-0 loss to the Reds was that he couldn't hit as well as Cincinnati right-hander Chris Reitsma. The Reds rookie led off the sixth with...
PHILLIPS' LINEUP COULD USE ANOTHER BAT TO MAKE SOME NOISE
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Braves don't have the Mets' number any more and you can still count their number of victories on one hand. They are loaded with confidence from four wins in...
CLEMENS, MARTINEZ STILL COME UP ACES
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - Rocket-Pedro IV had its moments even if Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez didn't figure in yesterday's decision at Fenway Park. Usually when a pitching matchup gets hyped the...
SLUMP DRIVIN' METS BATTY
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amThe way the Mets are swinging their bats, you'd have thought Pedro Martinez was on the mound instead of rookie right-hander Chris Reitsma. But that's the way it's going these...
'STONE' PROVES TO BE 'SHORE' THING
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amSkip To The Stone made a successful East Coast debut as he took the lead after a quarter-mile and drew off to win the Grade 3, $150,000 Bay Shore Stakes...
SAY FLORIDA SANDY WINS BOLD RULER
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amSay Florida Sandy, the pride of the New York-breds, circled the field on the far turn under Joe Bravo to win yesterday's Grade 3, $100,000 Bold Ruler Handicap at the...
TWO BIG A TRAINERS SUSPENDED
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amTrainer Greg Martin has been suspended 45 days for post race positive of the drug Ketorolac in three of his runners last year. Martin will serve the days from yesterday...
COACHES NOBODY WANTS
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amWe all want comfort. That's why aging stars take the Rangers' money, why Tim Connolly, a 19-year-old, two-year veteran without a day spent in the minors, isn't the player he...
MIDDLEWEIGHT AND SEE: UNIFICATION UPSET IS AN UGLY SCENARIO FOR KING AND HIS MEN
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amSPONTANEITY has been dying a long, slow death for many years now. Everything, even Presidential elections, have a script these days, and a cast of characters that who know their...
SPIRIT OF 76ERS: BROWN & IVERSON HELP PHILLY STAKE CLAIM TO TITLE
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amLarry Brown really wanted to shut it down in 1997. One year off. Just one. That was what Brown sought after coaching from one end of the continent and back...
GIANT STARS TAKE THEIR CUTS
April 15, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES Kerry Collins, Michael Strahan and Tiki Barber of the Giants were special guests of the Mets yesterday and Collins and Barber took batting practice. Collins was the better...