April 26, 2001
HAS ICAHN MET HIS MATCH?
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amIN Visx Inc., Carl Icahn may have met a better bluffer than himself. When I wrote about Visx back in November, Icahn was stuck in a big stock position in...
HOPE FLOATS, MARTS RISE
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amHere we go again. The Wall Street cha-cha sent stocks higher yesterday as good economic news and the approaching end of earnings season lifted spirits and snapped a four-day slump....
THERE'S A NEW BOSS ON FIFTH - HUGO AIMS FOR FUN AT ITS FLAGSHIP
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amTo a lot of guys, shopping is the most boring thing in the world. But Hugo Boss aims to change all that. The company is opening a giant flagship store...
DILLER LOOKING TO INTERNET PLAY
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amBarry Diller is cooking up some acquisitions - and this time Vivendi Universal will back anything he does, he says. The CEO of USA Networks said yesterday he is looking...
SEC BACKING OFF ON D'ALESSIO
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe SEC, with its tail between its legs, is backing off and removing charges and penalties against the remaining defendant in what's left of the notorious Oakford trading-for-profits case, sources...
LEVITT, O'CONNOR PAWNS IN BOOK BATTLE
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amTwo imprints within the Random House Inc. empire signed big books from high level public servants - Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt. The...
WORLD TRADE DEAL HITS MAJOR SNAG
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amSilverstein Properties' deal to acquire the World Trade Center was on the brink of collapse last night, as the real estate firm struggled to come up with the financing and...
END OF COMEDYWORLD.COM NO LAUGHING MATTER
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amComedyWorld.com boss Jody Sherman wasn't laughing yesterday as he explained why he pulled the plug Monday on his comedy syndication company. "You try raising money in the current climate," he...
POSNER, ZARB ON LIST FOR SEC CHAIR
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amFederal judge Richard A. Posner of Chicago has made a short list of nominees contending for Wall Street's top cop slot, sources say. Also resurfacing as contenders for the SEC...
HOPE FLOATS, AND MARTS RISE
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amHere we go again. The Wall Street cha-cha sent stocks higher yesterday as good economic news and the approaching end of earnings season lifted spirits and snapped a four day...
PLAY BALL! - BROOKLYN'S NEW MINOR LEAGUE TEAM IS FAST BECOMING A MAJOR ATTRACTION
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amHUGE crowds are expected to descend on the Kings Plaza Shopping Center Saturday morning and they won't be schlepping there for the discounted galoshes. No siree. People at this mob...
WHEN A LABEL IS MORE LIKE A FABLE
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amWHILE grocery shopping recently, I was struck by a few out-of-control carts - as well as by the number of product labels that boast bold assertions.And because I value communication...
LOOKING UP TO IDOL
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amBILLY IDOL SOME idols have feet of clay, and others like Billy Idol are made of rock. At the Bottom Line, long after most of us thought Idol's fire was...
LOOK THIS GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amTROILUS AND CRESSIDAAmerican Place Theatre, 111 W. 46th St. Through May 13. Call TeleCharge at (212) 239-6200. ---------- SHAKESPEARE'S most savage, cynical period is the early years of the 17th...
SURVIVE THIS: 'LINK' AND 'OUTBACK' DUEL
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amCBS has scheduled an additional, post-finale episode of "Survivor 2" - which will go head-to-head with past "Survivor" contestants on NBC's "Weakest Link" on the same night. The "Survivor vs....
WELL DUNNE - 'BIOGRAPHY' IS BACK AND FULL OF LIFE
April 26, 2001 | 4:00am"Biography" ( ) A&E Network, premiere month begins May 1 ----------- THE only letter I've ever saved from a man is one I got recently from writer Dominick Dunne. It...
KISS OF DEATH - TONIGHT'S GIRL-GIRL 'FRIENDS' LIP LOCK MEANS IT'S OVER
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amTHE makers of NBC's "Friends" must be running out of ideas if a same-sex kiss is all they can come up with in the way of a promotable angle for...
THE STARR REPORT
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amLewis answers Jamie Lee's plea for help You wouldn't think that comedian Richard Lewis, who titled his book "The Other Great Depression," would be the nurturing type to whom someone...
NEXT REAL TV HOST COULD BE BROCKOVICH
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amCOULD Erin Brochovich be the next Anne Robinson? Brockovich, the sexy, crusading paralegal made famous by last year's Julia Roberts movie, is under consideration to host a new reality show...
PART PRETENTIOUS - AND ALL NAKED
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amFRANCE MOVESCompagnie Josef Nadj, The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave., at 19th Street, (212) 242-0800. Through April 29. Boris Charmatz/Association Edna, the Kitchen, 512 W. 19th St., between 10th and...
PENTAGON BIGS PREDICTED PERU TRAGEDY IN '94
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amTop U.S. generals warned years ago that Peru's "you fly, you die" anti-drug smuggling program could lead "to the death of innocent persons." Newly declassified documents revealed that Pentagon officials...
BET ON FIREWORKS AT SPORTS-GAMBLING HEARING
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amA major league battle over college sports betting hits the table again today, as high-priced coaches, academics and gambling experts duke it out in a Senate hearing. Sen. John McCain's...
DC 37 BIGS INDICTED IN ABUSE OF UNION DUES
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amThree officials of DC 37, the largest municipal union in the city, were indicted yesterday for allegedly plundering their locals - buying luxuries with the dues of parks workers, security...
ULTIMATUM FOR KIDNAP-ADOPT MOM
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amA Queens judge warned yesterday that the ailing adoptive mom in a 22-year-old tug-of-love abduction must come to New York by June to face kidnapping charges or face arrest and...
NEW YORK POST: FROM APRIL 26, 1941
April 26, 2001 | 4:00am"Babe Ruth, idol of American youth for so many years, has been toppled from his pedestal by Joe DiMaggio, according to a nationwide survey conducted by the Boys Athletic League....
DIFRANCESCO QUITS N.J. GOV RACE
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amNew Jersey's embattled acting Gov. Donald DiFrancesco suddenly dropped out of the race yesterday, leaving former Rep. Bob Franks poised to replace him as Republican front-runner. DiFrancesco's stunning announcement came...
CHRISTIE SUED OVER FRISKING
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe New Jersey man shown in a controversial photograph being frisked by then-Gov. Christie Whitman in 1996 has filed suit against her and the state police, saying he was targeted...
WE NEED TO PAINT DIFFERENT PICTURE
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amAT the Immaculate Conception Church on Hillside Avenue and 168th Street in a borough called Queens last month, John Patten was hearing a list of names. "I was listening to...
STATE GOP: SUSPEND GAS TAX 'TIL LABOR DAY
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Assembly Republicans yesterday urged a temporary $132 million cut in the state sales tax on gasoline to help fight skyrocketing prices at the pump. "With the cost of...
COPS CORRAL 'WISEGUYS' ON WIRE TIPS
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amA secret tape recorder, strapped to just the right wiseguy, can do a whole lot of damage to the Mafia. For three years, a "highly placed" Genovese crime-family associate wore...
PETE: GREEN NOT TRUE TO OUR HEROES IN BLUE
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe gloves came way off in the mayoral race yesterday when City Council Speaker Peter Vallone blasted his Democratic rival Mark Green as an "ultra-liberal" who has "consistently attacked" city...
VICTIM DOES A NUMBER ON RAPIST: COPS
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amA courageous rape victim helped capture her attacker yesterday by calling the cell phone he stole from her and telling him she wanted to see him again - luring him...
POL WANTS 'NET MUSIC WARNINGS
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - The head of a state Senate task force on media violence yesterday called on music sites such as Napster to better protect kids from hate songs. Responding to...
WAR OVER BUDGET CUTS IS LOOMING
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amA legacy-minded Mayor Giuliani yesterday presented his eighth and final budget, a $39.5 billion plan - including new service cuts - that he said would leave the city in sound...
RUDY LOOKIN' TO TURN TRIPLE PLAY - HINTS AT STADIUM DEALS FOR METS, JETS & YANKS
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday strongly suggested that long-awaited deals to build new stadiums for the Yankees and Mets - and possibly the Jets - could be just weeks away. At a...
CAMBY 'COURTS' TROUBLE - FAMILY'S HOSTAGE CRISIS IS ONLY LATEST PROBLEM FOR STAR
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amCALL it the Camby curse. Marcus Camby, the Knicks' 27-year-old center, was just getting back on track when he was blindsided by Monday's kidnapping and rape of his beloved younger...
CAMBY TO PLAY TONIGHT AFTER FAMILY TRAUMA
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amKnick star Marcus Camby will suit up for tonight's playoff game against the Toronto Raptors - just three days after his sisters and mother were terrorized by a convicted sex...
MATH PANEL: JOHNNY'S TEACHER CAN'T COUNT
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amKids in city public schools flunk math because many teachers barely understand it themselves, an explosive report prepared for Schools Chancellor Harold Levy charges. The chancellor's math commission, in a...
BROKERS: ELDERLY PAIR BOMBARDS US WITH NASTY E-MAILS
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amSome of the city's top brokerage firms say they're being harassed by an elderly Brooklyn couple who've flooded their computer systems with as many as 80,000 e-mails in one month....
ARNOLD CHEATED, MAG SAYS
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amArnold Schwarzenegger dropped out of the California gubernatorial race a day after learning that the National Enquirer would be publishing front-page allegations of an extramarital affair, The Post has learned....
COUNCIL KILLS RUDY'S CAMPAIGN-$$ VETO
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani's veto of the city's campaign-finance law was overridden by a defiant City Council on 40-6 vote yesterday - despite intense lobbying by the mayor's top lieutenants. Council Speaker...
'ALLY' FINALE A DEAD END?
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe latest arrest of drug-addicted actor Robert Downey Jr. forced a "furious" David E. Kelley to completely retool the final episodes of "Ally McBeal." Cops picked up Downey, 36, on...
W. HAS GUYS GRUMBLING: US AGAINST FEM
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amCALL it the job war of the sexes. Some Republican men are grumping that President Bush has given women too many spots in the limelight - First Lady Laura Bush...
RUDY EARMARKING $80M FOR SCHOOL-PRIVATIZE FIGHT
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday set aside $80 million in his budget plan for his final battle to privatize the city's failing schools. He also redirected nearly $1 billion in state education...
HIZZONER, VALLONE HAVE EYES ON THEIR FUTURES
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe budget battle this year could turn explosive because Mayor Giuliani is trying to cement his legacy at City Hall - and City Council Speaker Peter Vallone trying is trying...
EXPELLED KID'S MOM SAYS HE'S THE VICTIM
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe mother of a 10-year-old boy who was driven out of two Brooklyn elementary schools says her son is being persecuted by school administrators. "He's the one who's been tormented,"...
B'KLYN TOT FOUND SAFE AFTER ORDEAL WITH EX-CON
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amA 3-year-old boy who vanished with his ex-con baby-sitter was found safe and sound yesterday at a Brooklyn storefront church where he had been dumped the day before, police said....
NYPD CLEARS DIALLO COPS - WITH RETRAINING
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe NYPD has cleared the four cops who fatally shot Amadou Diallo, but will make them undergo retraining before they regain their guns and shields. The two-year internal investigation laid...
KERREY ADMITS 'NAM CALAMITY - BUT INSISTS CIVILIAN KILL A 'MISTAKE'
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Medal of Honor hero Bob Kerrey admitted yesterday he led a raid in Vietnam that killed unarmed women and children, but insisted it was a "tragic mistake," and...
HILL THROWS OPEN HOUSE FOR BROKEN COLLEAGUE
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton hosted her first big-bucks party last night, opening her D.C. mansion to contributors to bail out a broke fellow senator who lost a fortune...
NURSING-HOME WOES BARED
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amComplaints about shoddy nursing-home care are on the rise in New York, and facilities must hire more workers to deal with the problems, according to a new study by the...
EXPELLED KID'S KIN BLAME HIS TEACHERS
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe grandparents of a 10-year-old barred from a Brooklyn school said yesterday that teachers should have stepped in sooner when the boy was being bullied. The couple, who do not...
BRIT COW RISES FROM GRAVE - 5 DAYS AFTER FOOT-MOUTH 'EXECUTION'
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amA spunky calf - dumped in a mass grave after supposedly being executed in the foot-and-mouth crisis - was found alive after spending five days amid rotting cow and sheep...
HILL THROWS OPEN HOUSE FOR BROKE COLLEAGUE
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Clinton hosted her first big-bucks party last night, opening her mansion to contributors to bail out a broke fellow senator who lost a fortune on a...
DOC BEGINS HIS NEW LIFE BEHIND DESK ; DOC GETS FRESH START
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amYANK NOTES Dwight Gooden spent his first day of work as a do-it-all employee for George Steinbrenner and the Yankees yesterday behind a desk at Legends Field in Tampa. Gooden,...
BUMBLING BOMBERS - YANKS THROW AWAY ANOTHER WIN VS. M'S
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amThey stunk. Again. There isn't any other way to describe how George Steinbrenner's collection of high-priced and underachieving Yankees performed last evening when they handed the Mariners a victory for...
GUILLEN FOLLOWS IN A-ROD'S FOOTSTEPS
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amCarlos Guillen isn't Alex Rodriguez and he isn't trying to be. Guillen knows he'll never hit like A-Rod or replace the $252 Million Man as the linchpin of Seattle's lineup....
DUQUETTE LOOKS LIKE NEXT GM
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - When Steve Phillips wants, he can essentially promote himself to "king of the castle." When that happens, Phillips' assistant, Jim Duquette, will become the Mets' general manager. "Everybody...
METS BREWSED AGAIN - LEITER PLACED ON 15-DAY DL
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - After the latest loss, a 7-2 decision to the Brewers, Bobby Valentine sat behind an oak desk and spoke in full uniform. As he tried to figure how...
CHAMPS WILL SQUEAK BY
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe Devils' reign as Stanley Cup champs hinges squarely on the cranky knee joints of Scott Niedermayer and Jason Arnott. The two crucial Devils will have to play hurt through...
ROBINSON JOINS JET SECONDARY
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amIt took quite a bit longer than expected, but the inevitable reunion between Herman Edwards and Damien Robinson finally took place yesterday when the Jets signed the former Buccaneers' free...
RAPTS NOT PUSHING THE PANIC BUTTON
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amTORONTO - Desperation, thy name is Toronto. Or at least it should be. The Raptors are going into the Garden tonight for an undeniably critical Game 2. They win and...
MARKS SOCKS 'SIX HEADS' WITH MOUTH
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amAndrew "Six Heads" Lewis and Larry Marks may be welterweights, but both have heavyweight mouths. This was obvious yesterday in mid-Manhattan as both fighters dished out verbal punches at each...
HOTSHOT SHOOTER PICKS ST. JOHN'S
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amGoing into last season, Mike Jarvis was outlining plans for a bigger, stronger St. John's team led by a phenomenal point guard. It didn't work. His trio of centers -...
SPREE: WE NEED TO HOLD HOMECOURT
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Latrell Sprewell said tonight's Game 2 at the Garden is just as important for the Knicks as it is the Raptors, although the Knicks have a 1-0 lead...
'ELTON' DOES TUNE ON FIELD
April 26, 2001 | 4:00am1ST RACE - Normally we wouldn't recommend taking any horse at this level going off at 3-5, but with the late scratches of Homah Ling Ling and Mom's Dream, it...
DEVILS ROLL OUT WELCOME MATS
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amIt may be the ultimate compliment, that Toronto built its team specifically to beat New Jersey. It's just that the Devils wish the Leafs weren't so impressed. Rarely has one...
CAMBY TRIES TO REBOUND
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amA sullen Marcus Camby came back to work yesterday telling the world not to worry about him following his first Knicks practice. "Don't feel sorry for me," Camby said. "My...
BAILEY ON DERBY OUTSIDER
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amHall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey, two-time winner of the Kentucky Derby, has been bouncing around from one possible Derby mount to another all spring. Now it appears he'll be...
MARCUS NEEDS TO FEEL GARDEN OF LOVE
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amTHIS is a night to get on your feet and cheer. Three years ago Marcus Camby came to town with a reputation of being too soft for this city. Some...
JEB BUSH WON'T PULL POINT GUARD
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amSaying Charlie Ward "didn't have meanness in his heart" when he made his infamous comments about Jews, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush rejected the American Jewish Congress' attempt to have the...
LEAFS STILL PAYING FOR SCOTT HEIST
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amTO MAKE Pat Quinn feel right at home, just because I am that welcome wagon kind of guy, here are two words for the Toronto GM-coach as he settles into...
PHILLIPS MAY OPEN DOOR FOR DUQUETTE
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - When Steve Phillips wants, he can essentially promote himself to "king of the castle." When this happens, Phillips' assistant Jim Duquette will become the general manager of the...
METS' HINCHLIFFE BEATING THE ODDS
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - The Mets starter today, Brett Hinchliffe, only has four fingers on his left hand and the two middle fingers are the size of pinkies. "They look like a...
OAK GIVES VG PROPS
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amTORONTO - The Knicks know what they're doing, better than Toronto does. So how are the Raptors supposed to deal with that? In a nutshell, a nutshell containing typical Oak-speak,...
LEAVE CHARLIE ALONE! - WARD'S PERSECUTION WAS DESERVED, BUT IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amCHARLIE Ward tried threading a pass to Marcus Camby on the fastbreak in the first half Sunday afternoon and threw it away. A Garden fan in the front row bellowed...
HINCHLIFFE BEATING THE ODDS
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - The Mets starter today, Brett Hinchliffe, only has four fingers on his left hand and the two middle fingers are the size of pinkies. "They look like a...
YANKS SPOIL FORMULA
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amSOMEWHERE between when the Yankees popped champagne corks at Shea Stadium in October and opened their three-peat defense, they turned from a team that played the National League brand of...
SCOTT EARNING HIS KEEP
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amTHE ink on the contract Drew Henson signed with the Yankees during spring training not only narrowed the Heisman Trophy field and improved Ohio State's chances of winning a Big...
TORRE: KNOBBY BACK TO HIS OLD SELF
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amChuck Knoblauch claims his move from second base to left field has nothing to do with his hot hitting at the plate. He insists that not having to worry about...
BUMBLING BOMBERS:YANKS THROW AWAY ANOTHER WIN VS. M'S
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amMariners 7 Yankees 5 They stunk. Again. There isn't any other way to describe how George Steinbrenner's collection of high-priced and underachieving Yankees played last night when they handed the...
BUMBLING BOMBERS: DOC BEGINS HIS NEW LIFE BEHIND DESK
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amYANK NOTES Dwight Gooden spent his first day of work as a do-it-all employee for George Steinbrenner and the Yankees yesterday behind a desk at Legends Field in Tampa. Gooden,...
THE DOCTOR IS IN: GOODEN BEGINS NEW CAREER BEHIND DESK
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amDespite Robert Downey Jr. and Darryl Strawberry giving in to the demons of drugs recently, there is proof that rehabilitation can work for high-profile names. All you had to do...
VINCE WON'T WINCE: LENNY
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amRAPTOR NOTES TORONTO - For good or bad, Vince Carter has taken the weight of the Raptors' hopes and chances on his shoulders. Maybe too much weight. Still, it's OK...
EL DUQUE STILL FEELS NO PAIN
April 26, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES El Duque arrived at Yankee Stadium yesterday at 2 o'clock and reported to the medical staff that Tuesday's 12-minute bullpen session didn't affect his right elbow in the...