April 22, 2001
SANDY FOR MAYOR OF THE CITI?
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amTHE race to become the next mayor of New York could get even more crowded, if Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill decides to throw his hat in the ring. There's no...
PROTESTORS TARGET TIAA-CREF CEO JOHN BIGGS' HOME
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amAFTER two years of complaints that they say have gone unheeded, investors in TIAA-CREF funds took their protests to the streets -- the streets outside the home of TIAA-CREF CEO...
EX-PREZ COMES OUT SWINGING
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amPOLITICIANS have to watch what they say. But for ex-politicians, it's another story entirely. Take George Bush, the former president and father of the current president. He treated real estate...
WHAT, IS IT 1999 AGAIN?
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON is a company town -- and its company is the decidedly non-profit federal government. That's got some inside-the-Beltway types like D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams concerned, so they're planning to...
INVESCO LEISURE FUND'S MARK GREENBERG IS AN EXPERT ON FREE TIME
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amMARK Greenberg is a man who takes leisure seriously. Portfolio manager of the Invesco Leisure fund, Greenberg is no couch potato but someone who closely studies the habits of those...
MEEHAN'S MAGIC MARKET CALL
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amHIS crystal ball forecast nailed the market bottom and the ongoing upswing They say no one can call the market's exact bottom. They might be wrong. Bill Meehan interrupted a...
WHAT I WATCH
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amJIVEJONESPRODUCER/SINGER-SONGWRITERMTV'S "UNDRESSED." IT GIVES YOU A PROVOCATIVE LOOK AT YOUNG AMERICA'S SEXUAL DEVIANCES. WITH THEIR CRAZY AND UNBELIEVABLE LIFESTYLE, WHO WOULDN'T LOVE THAT?GLENN LEVANTPRESIDENT/FOUNDER D.A.R.E. AMERICA"JEOPARDY" AND "WHO WANTS TO...
'TIME' FOR MORE ASIAN ACTION
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amHot on the heels of the success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," the Film Forum is bringing back two classics of the Hong Kong martial-arts genre, "Once Upon a Time...
4 QUESTIONS FOR JOSIE BISSETT DON'T MONKEY AROUND WITH A NEW MOTHER
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amWho are your heroes? My parents! For me, raising one child is a challenge. They raised three of their own and then adopted three more - while working full time,...
I'LL NEVER ENTER A SWIMSUIT CONTEST AGAIN
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amA few weeks ago I said I didn't give a hoot how I looked in a swimsuit. I take it all back. Last week I found myself dancing on a...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: GALE HAROLD
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amGale Harold plays a homosexual heartthrob in the Showtime series "Queer as Folk," a role he does so convincingly that many viewers wonder about Harold's real-life orientation. But the thirtysomething...
TURKISH DELIGHT IN THE MOST UNLIKELY OF LOCATIONS
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amTarabya 351 Second Ave. (between 20th & 21st streets) (212) 254-2651 Perhaps Tarabya is best described first by what it's not. It isn't on the most happening block in town....
ALL THAT JAZZ FEST: AN EVENT WITH SAX APPEAL
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amThere is only one festival in America where people make an annual pilgrimage to eat deep-fried pig fat and hear music playing from a dozen stages all day long. Jazz...
WING NUTS FLOCK TO CENTRAL PARK FOR SPRING TALON SHOW
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amWhile it's known for other diversions, Central Park ranks among the best bird-watching sanctuaries in America. And now is one of the best times to admire our feathered friends: the...
IT'S THE STORY, STUPID: TEEN SKIN FLICKS NEED TO DO BETTER OR DIE
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amHere's a news flash: Teens have taste! It wasn't that long ago that filmmakers had only to marry three words -- teen, sex, comedy -- throw in a name like...
SOMEONE FAMILIAR, SOMEONE PECULIAR, SOMEONE FOR EVERYONE -- THE INCOMPARABLE ZERO MOSTEL
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amZero Mostel was a force of nature -- an unnatural force of nature. He was wonderful and grotesque, and he fascinated and appalled, on stage and off. He was one...
TEMPLE MOUNT ARTIFACTS LOOTED
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM. PALESTINIAN pirates are brazenly digging up Jewish artifacts from the holy Temple Mount site and trying to sell them on the black market for as much as $1 million....
BUSH RIPPED ON POLLUTION
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amA top Democrat went gunning for President Bush on the environment yesterday and used the party's weekly radio address to say Bush is "willing to let the big polluters have...
LONDON CALLING FOR NYER'S HEAD
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amSeven months after he left America to take a shot at fixing London's shoddy Underground, the man who saved New York City's subways in the 1980s is facing a firestorm...
CARL: GOV CARES ABOUT VOTES, NOT VIEQUES
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - State Comptroller Carl McCall mocked Gov. Pataki's crusade against Navy bombing on Vieques last night, comparing him to a late-coming "Rip Van Winkle." McCall, who is seeking the...
ECO-HOLICS ARE JUST TRUST-FUND TRASHERS
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amTHEY are whitebread trust-fund trashers and traitors who are a bull's roar away from the hippies of another generation of demonstrators. Molotov cocktails, slingshots, helmets and gas masks have replaced...
LIFEGUARD A SCAPEGOAT IN BOY'S DEATH
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amFOR Jim Hoesten, the death of 16-year-old Cecil Reed III is like a loaded gun aimed at his face. For the past year, the state has gone out of its...
SKAKEL CONVICTION HARD TO WIN, SAY EXPERTS
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amSTAMFORD, Conn. - Prosecutors will have a tough time convincing a jury that Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel murdered a teenage neighbor more than 25 years ago, experts told The Post....
DISCOVERING MISSING 'LINK'
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amA HEARTLESS quiz show dominatrix steps foot on American soil just as American doctors announce they're looking for the right human donor for the world's first mechanical heart. Coincidence, evil...
DOUGLAS' BOYHOOD BRUSH WITH TRAGEDY
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amMichael Douglas says he has tight security around his infant son because Douglas himself barely escaped a kidnap plot as a youngster, it was reported yesterday. The star of several...
NEW GENERATION ARISES FOR SUPER-SEX PILLS
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amSuper sex drug Viagra may be a miracle cure for millions of frustrated Romeos around the world - but the little blue pill hasn't helped everyone beat impotence. In fact,...
VALLONE RANGER RIDING HIS OWN RACE
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amHe first arrived at City Hall three mayors ago - long before his thinning hair gleamed silver. Now, after 15 years of molding the City Council into a fairly powerful...
YANK MEL MAKES PITCH FOR A CURE
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amTOMORROW is technically an off-day for the Yankees and pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre - but he has two jobs now. One is to help the Yankees to a fourth straight...
QUEBEC PROTEST WATERED DOWN
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amPolice opened fire with water cannons and rubber bullets yesterday to drive rock-throwing protesters back from barricades protecting Quebec City's Summit of the Americas - President Bush's first big international...
COP 'IN SHOCK' AFTER VAN ; TRAGEDY
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe cop who lost five family members when their van smashed into a bus learned of the Brooklyn crash from TV news - and had his worst fears confirmed after...
CANNIBALS FINISH OFF FIGHT FOE
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amA couple of cannibals in Kazakhstan will have to get by on prison food for the next 20 years - the length of their sentences for devouring a man after...
PERU LEARNED OF MISSIONARY PLANE FROM U.S. AIRCRAFT
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe crew of a U.S. surveillance plane urged Peru to check out a seaplane carrying American missionaries - and then watched as Peruvian jets shot down the aircraft, officials said...
PETER FORTUNATE VALLONE
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amBORN:Dec 13, 1934, in Astoria, QueensHOME: Modest two-family,wood-frame house around the corner from apartment building where he was born. Shares a beach house with in-laws on the Jersey shore during...
B'DAY FIT FOR A QUIET QUEEN
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amQueen Elizabeth enjoyed a quiet 75th birthday yesterday, with just her husband by her side for most of her milestone day. The queen took a morning horse ride with Prince...
DISTRAUGHT DAD: 'I LOST MY FAMILY!'
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe family of Alexander Shatman was waiting for the light to change when tragedy struck. Suddenly, as a silver Porsche swerved to avoid a cab, the driver lost control and...
OD VICTIM: CLUB NEARLY KILLED ME
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amA man who overdosed on drugs at Twilo told The Post that club employees "almost killed me" in dealing with him - praising prosecutors for investigating the problem-plagued Chelsea nightclub....
LIVERY CABDRIVER SLAIN BY GUNMEN IN QUEENS
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amCops used a bloodhound in an intense manhunt last night for two men who robbed and killed a livery driver in Queens. The victim was the first livery driver killed...
U.S. BROKERS TENTATIVE GAZA PACT
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - In a major breakthrough for Mideast peace, a U.S.-brokered meeting between Israeli and Palestinian diplomats yesterday led to an agreement meant to stop the bloodshed in Gaza. Sources...
THE HAMPTONS FOR LE$$ THEY'RE GIVING AWAY GETAWAYS PRICES ON SUMMER RENTALS DROPPING IN THE EAST END
April 22, 2001 | 4:00am"Most of the renters are low-balling . . . [and] things are getting more negotiable."REALTOR NOEL LOVEThe Hamptons, on the cheap? At this time last year, overworked East End realtors...
ABOUT THE DISEASE
April 22, 2001 | 4:00am* What is multiple myeloma? A rare, life-threatening cancer of the bone marrow in which malignant plasma cells interfere with the growth of red and white blood cells.* How common...
PRISON RULES EASED FOR DYING GOTTI
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amJohn Gotti, who's in the final stages of his battle with terminal cancer, is now being allowed "limited contact" with family members who visit him, The Post has learned. Gotti,...
MURDER BY ANY OTHER NAME...
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amNINE years ago, Tracy Marciniak's then-husband beat her nearly to death. She survived. Her unborn son, who was four days away from his due date, wasn't so lucky. Doctors told...
THE NEW YORK POST FROM APRIL 22, 1964:
April 22, 2001 | 4:00am"President Johnson flies here today for the opening-day ceremonies at the 1964-65 World's Fair, which is expected to draw upward of 350,000 people throughout its first day. "Joining Johnson at...
RUDY TO SWING BIGGER TAX AX
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amDespite an uncertain economy, Mayor Giuliani plans to propose a surprise $180 million income-tax cut when he presents his next - and final - city budget next week. Mayoral aides...
LEVY TO TAKE REINS OF 7 BX. SCHOOLS
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amBronx schools are bombing out, Schools Chancellor Harold Levy says. The chancellor announced that he's taking over seven failing schools - all in The Bronx - in an attempt to...
SO FAR, DUBYA'S NO JOKE EARNS HIGH MARKS FOR FIRST 100 DAYS
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Late-night comics must be pretty disappointed in George W. Bush as he nears his 100th day as president - he isn't living up to expectations as a butt...
DISTRAUGHT DAD BROKE DOWN OVER B'KLYN CRASH
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe anguished Brooklyn father whose family was wiped out in a horrific car crash pointed an accusing finger at the driver and declared, "You killed my family," witnesses said yesterday....
DID U.S. HAVE HAND IN PERU MISSIONARY SHOOTDOWN?
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amA U.S. surveillance plane watched as a Peruvian jet shot down a plane carrying American missionaries mistaken for drug smugglers - and may have provided the plane's position, officials said...
WILD TURKEY FUN TO HUNT, GOOD TO EAT
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amTURKEY hunting is a sport rich in tradition that was begun long before settlers ever arrived in America. Using the wingbones of the turkeys themselves, native Americans hunted the wild...
DON'T COUNT GRAVES OUT SLATS: NEW WORKOUTS COULD BENEFIT WINGER
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amRALEIGH -While an individual close to Adam Graves last week confided that the winger is expecting to be bought out by the Rangers prior to July 1, Glen Sather in...
TO HALL IN A HANDBASKET GREED TURNING COOPERSTOWN INTO WACKO MUSEUM
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amI GUESS we shouldn't be surprised, but as Bud (Nero) Selig meets the terms of his hands-off engagement, the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown has become just another MLB-licensed kiosk....
CHILDS SAYS HE WON'T PLAY VILLAIN
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Before he made his return to the Garden for the first time as a Raptor, Chris Childs had predicted he would not play the villain's role so long...
JUNK-YARD JEROME COULD BE THE KEY
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - In Detroit, Jerome Williams universally was regarded as one of the NBA's best rebounders, especially off the offensive glass. The "Junk Yard Dog" represented pure energy as a...
REALITY WEIGHS ON MJ RETIREMENT'S NOT SO PERFECT FOR MIKE
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - By elevating the chance of returning to His Hoopdom from one-tenth of one percent to 15-20 percent, Michael Jordan acknowledged for the first time (to NBC) what a...
LJ MAY BE READY TO PLAY TWO
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amSee ya' Thursday. That's the story on Larry Johnson, who missed the last six games and the last two practices because of a painful back, and is likely to return...
SPREE: PLAIN AND SIMPLE, WE'LL WIN AGAIN
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amEnough of the niceties. Latrell Sprewell believes that despite their stumble down the stretch, the Knicks are ready to put the Raptors to sleep for a second straight spring. "I'd...
CAMBY MAN CAN WITHOUT EW HERE
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amMARCUS Camby says it's really not about him and that he just wants to win. He's right on at least one account. It's obvious that no one wants the Knicks...
RAPS NOT JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - They have spoken of the past - specifically, their only playoff venture past - with the frequency and warmth that families talk about felony-convicted relatives. The Raptors realize...
THIS IS GETTING SERIOUS REELING DEVILS FACE PROSPECT OF NO ARNOTT
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amRALEIGH - The Devils again confront their own demons today, quite probably without their top center. Another season-ending disaster is threatening to rear its familiar head. When they visit the...
FOURTH STARTER REMAINS SUSPECT
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amORLANDO Hernandez says his elbow is not 100 percent and what the Yankees need is a doctor. Dr. Watson because he will bring along Sherlock Holmes. Hernandez is an international...
COUNTRY HIDEAWAY WINS
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amCountry Hideaway took the lead in midstretch, then dug in to hold off Critical Eye to win yesterday's Grade 3, $150,000 Bed o' Roses Breeders' Cup Handicap at Aqueduct by...
TRAP TIME FOR DEVILS DEVILS MUST RETURN TO THEIR ROOTS
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amRALEIGH - The Penguins, of all teams, have scored only 10 goals in their opening five games against the Caps. Yet they've won three of them. Which just goes to...
E-GADS! JETER'S GLOVE OUT OF RHYTHM
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amIf his name weren't Derek Jeter, there might be cause for alarm. But it is Derek Jeter, so there is no alarm. "Playing good defense involves a certain rhythm," said...
RED SOX HAVE STAFF INJECTION IT'S NOT JUST PEDRO AND PRAY FOR RAIN
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe Red Sox rotation isn't bad. It's just that it doesn't look very impressive when compared to the guy at the top. At least that's the feeling of Boston's ace,...
TERRELL GRINS AND BEARS IT
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amMost prognosticators had him being taken between the third and sixth picks of the NFL draft, but Michigan wide receiver David Terrell was still available when the Bears selected him...
MOSS PICK RECEIVES SOME MIXED REVIEWS
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amTHEY sat in the front row of the section marked JETS FANS. Scott Dillin, on the aisle, wore his green Dennis Byrd jersey. On his head was a white construction...
BOSOX BATTER MOOSE - ROUGH UP MUSSINA IN STADIUM ROMP
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amMike Mussina stood on the mound yesterday but he might as well have been trying to throw strikes from the outfield. Sick, tired, drained by the flu, he was waging...
EL DUQUE'S EL MYSTERY
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amCould El Duquecito be replacing El Duque in the Yankee rotation? The answer to that question is almost as big a mystery as exactly what's wrong with Orlando Hernandez' elbow...
E-ASY DOES IT FOR METS
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - During yesterday's 5-2 Mets' win over the Reds, Todd Zeile yelled to his teammates in the dugout, "The worm is turning, boys." The spark for Zeile's words was...
JETS SAY: VIVA SANTANA - TRADE WITH STEELERS NETS MIAMI WIDEOUT
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amEach year, draft day becomes somewhat of a second Christmas for NFL teams and their fans. Yesterday, the Jets gave themselves and their expectant fans a little gift. It came...
THE 'D' IN THIS DRAFT STANDS FOR DEFENSE
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amIt's always "follow the leader" in the NFL. The Baltimore Ravens won the Super Bowl with a defense some consider to be the best of all time. They dominated the...
BOLTS COME OUT ON TOP
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amWith the first three rounds of the NFL Draft complete, here's an early look at the winners and losers. The Chargers might have dealt away the Michael Jordan of football...
GIANTS CORNER MARKET WITH ALLEN, PETERSON
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amWhat started with a trade up and continued with a trade down concluded yesterday with the Giants coming out of Day 1 of the NFL Draft with two cornerbacks, one...
LEITER MRI SHOWS ONLY MINOR STRAIN
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES CINCINNATI - No. 1 starter Al Leiter returned to New York yesterday for an MRI on his elbow, with the future of the Mets' season potentially on the...
WARD, HOU SLAMMED AGAIN FOR REMARKS
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amEven as Charlie Ward and Allan Houston stuck by their controversial remarks about the Jews and Jesus, another Jewish organization came down hard on the two Knicks players last night...
WARD & HOU TURN TO GAME
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amCharlie Ward was happy that Garden prez Dave Checketts came to Purchase to meet with him, Allan Houston and Kurt Thomas to discuss remarks they made about Jews in a...
IT'LL BE SAME OLD STORY WITHOUT EW
April 22, 2001 | 4:00am(=)FOR the first time in 14 years, the Knicks begin a playoff series without the Big Fella, lovable ol' St. Knick himself, Patrick Ewing, in the middle, glowering and calling...
PEDRO: OUR STAFF'S MORE THAN JUST ME
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe Red Sox rotation isn't bad. It's just that it doesn't look very impressive when compared to the guy at the top. At least that's the feeling of Boston ace...
TOMLINSON'S CHARGED UP
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amAll along, LaDainian Tomlinson had his sight set on San Diego, albeit more for the climate than for the coaching. Likewise, the Chargers thought highly of Tomlinson, too, even considering...
IF THERE'S A WILL ... GIANTS TRADE UP TO SNARE ORANGE'S ALLEN
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amIt is a simple formula, really. If there's a player you have a conviction on and you do not believe he will be sitting there waiting for you to select...
ICHI-BAN: JAPAN'S NO. 1 EXPORT ICHIRO TAKING BASEBALL WORLD BY STORM
April 22, 2001 | 4:00amTHE voice of Jim Colborn, pitching coach of the Dodgers, dripped with caution when he learned it was a reporter on the other end of the line. He must have...