May 8, 2001
SOME TIPS ON WHAT TO BUYFOR THE RECESSION
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amLAST Tuesday I began this column by saying: "We have a recession." The point was simple. The government had just reported 2 percent economic growth in the first quarter of...
BUSH CHOOSES PITT TO MAKE SEC CHAIRMAN
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amIt looks as if Dubya's finally found his man for the top slot at the SEC. After months of rejections from big Wall Street execs, Harvey L. Pitt, securities law...
MAKEOVER AT REVLON: GIVING UP MORE SPACE ON TONY MADISON AVE.
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amSTRUGGLING Revlon, which dumped Cindy Crawford as its spokesmodel, is getting rid of its Madison Avenue face, too. Although the name above the entrance to 625 Madison Ave. still says...
BABY BELL CRACKDOWN ; FCC LOOKS TO UP FINES IN ACCESS BEEFS
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amMichael "the deregulator" Powell is suddenly regulating. The Federal Communications Commission chairman known for his hands-off approach to governing the industry has asked Congress to come down harder on the...
DID WRITING ON THE WALL TIP MAG'S NEXT HAND?
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amUsually magazine editors jealously guard their cover topics and lineups for upcoming issues - especially in some of the most fiercely competitive category niches. So plenty of eyebrows were raised...
TAMPER TANTRUM ; JILL STUART'S SPOUSE IS SLAMMED FOR LETTER TO WITNESS
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amDesigner Jill Stuart's husband and partner Ron Curtis has been slammed by a Supreme Court judge who accused Curtis of trying to intimidate a witness in a case against the...
ANSCHUTZ GOES FOR WALDEN MEDIA
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amBillionaire industrialist Philip Anschutz has added another piece to his burgeoning Hollywood empire. The Denver-based oil and railroad tycoon in the midst of a movie theater chain buying spree has...
TYPO SINKS CA STOCK AND WANG'S $57M GOES POOF
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amIt's being called Charles Wang's $57 million typo. When his Computer Associates reported its latest preliminary quarterly earnings several days ago, someone committed a major boo-boo on the press release...
NO MORE ROOM SERVICE FOR ZOHO
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amIt's checkout time for the hotel industry's electronic marketplace, Zoho.com. The pure-play dot-com is taking no more orders after May 21 while it urgently looks for a buyer - after...
DELL, 3COM FIRE 7,000 IN LATEST CUTS
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amTwo tech companies led the deepening layoff parade yesterday - with Dell Computer axing 4,000. Dell, the nation's biggest maker of personal computers, blamed the slowing computer purchases, although it...
INVESTORS SUE OVER MARKETWATCH IPO
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amFederal investigations and investor lawsuits threaten to expose the underbelly of Wall Street's IPO dealmakers and their practices during the heydey of the Internet bubble. A new class action suit...
SCHULMAN OUT AS CEO AT PRICELINE
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amPriceline.com has lost another leader - the one who just boosted its stock by 500 percent in four months. Only last week, Wall Street was hailing Priceline's recently installed CEO...
NYRO FANS HAVE SOMETHING 'COMIN' '
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amELI'S COMIN'Vineyard Theater, 108 E. 15th St. Through June 2. (212) 353-3366. THE angst-anchored confessional songs of the late Laura Nyro are unlikely fodder for musical theater, yet the Vineyard...
NATURE'S CURES: FLOWERS, FRUIT & OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO TREAT KIDS' AILMENTS
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amIF you've ever chased a screaming child with a pin, trying to extract her splinter, you'll go bananas over this:Take a piece of banana peel, tape it to the kid's...
BUZZ
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amWhat prostate? The prostate plays a pivotal role in men's health - but many men are clueless as to what it is and does. A recent national survey found that...
PAUL SOARS WITH WINGS
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amPAUL McCARTNEY and WINGS "Wingspan: Hits and History" Capitol Records With the incredible success of last year's "1" - the CD of The Beatles' No. 1 hits - still fresh,...
SKY'S THE LIMIT AT CHRISTIE'S SPACE AUCTION
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amYOU don't need the $20 million bankroll "space tourist" Dennis Tito used to get closer to the cosmos.For considerably fewer bucks, you can buy a piece of the space race...
CH. 4 NIPS FOX AT WIRE WITH 8 EMMY WINS
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amCH. 4 fought off a tough challenge from Ch. 5 to snare the most New York Emmy Awards. Ch. 4 won eight statuettes, including one for Tim Minton's investigative reporting,...
'SOPRANOS' YOUNG; GUN A GONER? JACKIE JR. BETTER STOP MESSING WITH BOSS TONY'S KID
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amWHAT will Tony Soprano do with Jackie Aprile Jr. - the handsome, mixed-up son of his former boss and the kid that sleeps (or used to, anyway) with his daughter?...
PRODUCING RESULTS ; SHOWS SHOULD SPEND AD DOLLARS WISELY
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amHERE'S the question the producers of every Tony-nominated musical that is not "The Producers" should be pondering this morning: How much money should I spend chasing Tony votes when the...
THE STARR REPORT
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amPolly: New meaning to 'Queens parking lot' Think you're parking your car in a safe, long-term parking lot at LaGuardia Airport? That might not be the case. Ch. 11's Polly...
SEVEN'S WAVING ANCHOR GOODBYE
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amVETERAN Ch. 7 anchor Robb Hanrahan is looking for a new job at another local station - despite having about two years remaining on his contract at the ABC-owned station....
CALIFORNIA SCREAMIN' ; DISNEY'S NEW PLAYGROUND IS A THRILL FOR DAREDEVIL TEENS
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amI have this vague memory of being 3 years old and visiting Disneyland shortly after it opened in 1955. The trip demanded a tedious drive on a California freeway, and...
THE NEW HIP-HOP FEUD: BATTLE LINES ARE BEING DRAWN IN THE EFFORT TO CLEAN UP RAP
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amTOMORROW could be an important day for hip-hop.But will a clash of egos derail a real discussion of critical issues?Former Nation of Islam leader Conrad Muhammad is organizing a summit...
THE YOUNG TURKS ; ALL-INCLUSIVE BEACHES ON A CARIBBEAN ISLE CATERS TO KIDS
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amTHERE once was a time when spending my vacation at an all-inclusive resort would have been anathema to me. But that was 20 years ago. Now, we are a family...
HIP OPERA ON HI NOTE: MTV'S RAP ON BIZET IS CARMEN ELECTRIC
May 8, 2001 | 4:00am"Carmen: MTV's Hip Hopera" Tonight on MTV at 8 p.m. 1/2 LOOK, don't get me wrong. I never figured out how someone could review a Hong Kong karate flick one...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amScreen idols Who says America has no history? Cinema Treasures, a New York-based Website, offers architecture buffs a comprehensive guide to the grande dame movie houses and theater palaces in...
SHARPTON WILL BACK FERRER IN MAYORAL RACE
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Rev. Al Sharpton has made a commitment to endorse Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer for mayor, The Post has learned. Sharpton will announce this week that he will not...
EX-BUDDY TO SNITCH ON 'BULL'
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amWhat goes around comes around. King Rat Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano apparently will get a taste of his own medicine - his ex-business partner has reportedly struck plea deals in...
WATKINS-SLAY CONFESSIONS OK'D FOR TRIAL
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amThe still-grieving dad of slain social worker Amy Watkins yesterday hailed a Brooklyn judge's crucial ruling allowing the suspect's confessions to be used in court. "Oh, I'm very relieved," Lawrence...
BRAVO, 'PRODUCERS'! - NOMINATED FOR A RECORD 15 TONYS
May 8, 2001 | 4:00am"The Producers," Mel Brooks' smash-hit musical comedy, yesterday received 15 Tony Award nominations, the most for any show in Broadway history. The $10.5 million musical received the coveted Best Musical...
S.I. SCHOOL HAILS SPY-PLANE HERO
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amThe only New Yorker aboard the spy plane downed in China last month came home yesterday to a hero's welcome at his former middle school, where he defended the mission...
NEW YORK POST: FROM MAY 8, 1877
May 8, 2001 | 4:00am"The Hippodrome is again transformed. This morning at 10 o'clock, it was thrown open by the Westminster Kennel Club for its first annual bench show of dogs. Although the placing...
HEVESI PICKS AT OLD RACIAL WOUND - CROWN HTS. 'POGROM'
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amCITY Comptroller Alan Hevesi stepped into the political quagmire of the racially charged Crown Heights riots, calling the violence a "pogrom" during a private meeting with an influential Jewish group....
TORRE BARES NIGHTMARE OF ABUSIVE DAD
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amYankee manager Joe Torre says he is still haunted by memories of his abusive father - including a harrowing incident in which his kid sister defended their mother with a...
NASSAU COP CUTS DEAL ON SEX RAP - QUITS FORCE, FACES PROBATION
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amA Long Island police officer, charged with forcing a woman to perform oral sex to avoid jail for drunken driving, has been allowed to cop a plea - despite similar...
OWNER SQUAWKS OVER 'HOSTAGE' PARROT
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amA kindergarten teacher's beloved pet parrot - who escaped from her apartment last week when a fire ripped through her building - says her bird is being held hostage by...
COMMISH OF WELFARE LOSES COOL
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amWelfare chief Jason Turner stormed out of a City Council hearing yesterday after the committee chairman sarcastically asked him whether clients tossed from the rolls were likely to "come live...
BROTHERS BUSTED IN BALL-FIELD TRASHING
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amThree brothers indicted for illegal dumping that turned a Queens field of dreams into a nightmare of trash were arrested yesterday. Francesco Casalino, 42, of Malverne, L.I., and his brothers...
SHE MAINTAINS GRACIE UNDER PRESSURE
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amBEING the first lady of the City of New York while playing second banana in your husband's life is like being a lame-duck mayor. You've got the car, the bodyguards...
VICTIM FINGERS CENTRAL PK. COP
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amA Puerto Rican Day wilding victim yesterday stunned an NYPD trial when she suddenly identified a motor-scooter cop as the officer who ignored her cries for help after she escaped...
MOTHER'S DAY BANNED . . . . . . AT P.C. SCHOOL WITH SAME-SEX VEX
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amPARENTS whose kids attend a pricey Manhattan private school are in an uproar over a new policy aimed at protecting the feelings of children raised by same-sex couples: Mother's Day...
SWINDLER GETS 18 YRS. FOR $10M INVEST SCAM
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amAn inveterate stock swindler with a penchant for opera and custom-tailored suits was sent to jail for up to 18 years yesterday for swiping an astounding $10 million from investors...
PUFFY: MY J.LOVE WAS LIKE FRANK'S FOR AVA
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amFrank Sinatra will spin in his grave over this one: Sean "Puffy" Combs says his romance with Jennifer Lopez had all the torrid qualities of the affair between Ol' Blue...
SHAMED CRONY: BILL IS DISLOYAL
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Disgraced Clinton associate Webster Hubbell - who was left out of the ex-president's pardon party - is now painting Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton as selfish and disloyal....
DRIVERS FUME WITH GAS SET TO ZOOM PAST $2 PER GALLON
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amGasoline prices rocketed to their highest levels of the year this month - climbing at a record-setting rate that will likely put $2 a gallon in the rear-view mirror for...
POLS GIVE EXAM FOES' ALBANY INVASION AN F
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amHundreds of protesting students and teachers skipped classes for a trip to Albany yesterday to urge a boycott against high-school graduation requirements, prompting strong rebukes from top state leaders. "These...
CHINA SPY PLANES FLY AGAIN
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A U.S. surveillance plane flew near China yesterday for the first time since the spy-plane standoff - but this time no Chinese warplanes tried to harass it. The...
CAMBY SISTER: EX RAPED ME TWICE
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amKnick star Marcus Camby's sister revealed yesterday that her ex-boyfriend raped her twice while police were massed outside her Connecticut home during last month's hostage ordeal. In court documents, the...
'63 GREAT TRAIN ROBBER SURRENDERS TO BRITS
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amNotorious Great Train Robbery fugitive Ronnie Biggs ended his life on the lam yesterday, returning to Britain and turning himself in to Scotland Yard officials who spent decades hunting him....
SHE WAS A GRIFTER OBSESSED WITH STARS - HAD AFFAIRS WITH MANY CELEBRITIES
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amROBERT BLAKE'S slain wife was obsessed with celebrities and would frequently break the law to support her groupie lifestyle, friends say. Leebonny Bakley, 44, who was shot dead Saturday night...
LEX SUBWAY LINE 'STEPS' FORWARD
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amThe Transit Authority has boosted service on the overcrowded Lexington Avenue subway line by more than 10 percent at rush hour with a decidedly low-tech tactic - getting people to...
COPS SAY L.I. PRIEST SODOMIZED BOY, 15
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amA Long Island Catholic priest has been charged with sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy, police said. The Rev. Michael Hands, 34, was arrested by Suffolk County detectives and charged with...
DONNA TAKES ON JUDI - SEEKS ORDER BARRING HER FROM MANSION
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amDonna Hanover wants a judge to order Mayor Giuliani's girlfriend to stay out of their home - Gracie Mansion. Hanover, in the midst of a divorce battle with the mayor,...
BRONX MAN FACES SLAY RAP FOR KILLING CAR THIEF
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amA fed-up Bronx school-bus driver was hit with a murder rap yesterday after blowing away a notorious neighborhood thief he caught breaking into his car, police said. Victor Vicenty -...
ACTOR THREATENED WIFE, HER BROTHER SAYS
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amRobert Blake's troubled wife lived in fear of the "Baretta" actor, who once warned her he "already had a bullet with her name on it," one of her relatives said...
'MIRACLE' WORKER IS OK AFTER BRIDGE FALL
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amA worker lost his footing and fell off the Williamsburg Bridge yesterday, plunging 150 feet into the East River - but miraculously didn't even break a bone. Officials marveled that...
S.I. SLAY SUSPECT NAILED IN GEORGIA
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amA fugitive wanted for gunning down a man in a Staten Island bar last year has been nabbed in Georgia, cops said last night. Roddy Singletary, 21, was stopped by...
W. NILE CROWS DEAD IN N.J.
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amDead crows found in two suburban New Jersey communities tested positive for West Nile - the first in the Garden State this year. New Jersey officials said a crow found...
HILL: I'LL BACK ED PLAN IF PREZ COMPROMISE$
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday she would support President Bush's education legislation - but only if federal funds are raised to reduce class sizes and renovate aging school buildings....
MAN FACES MURDER RAP AFTER SHOOTING CAR THIEF
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amA Bronx school bus driver whose car had been broken into four times was hit with a murder rap yesterday for blowing away a career criminal he caught burglarizing his...
BUSH SET TO BOOST GOTTI, PIRRO JUDGE
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush is set to promote the judge who shipped "Junior" Gotti and Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro's husband off to prison, officials said yesterday. Bush tomorrow intends...
BESIEGED HALE BOSS QUITS
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amThey're cleaning house at Hale House - with the charity's embattled director agreeing yesterday to quit to make way for a new board of directors in the face of a...
HILL: I'LL BACK ED PLAN IF W. COMPROMISE$
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday she would support President Bush's education legislation - but only if federal funds are raised to reduce class sizes and renovate aging school buildings....
PREZ TO GIVE PIRRO JUDGE A JOB BOOST
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush is set to promote the judge who shipped "Junior" Gotti and Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro's husband off to prison, officials said yesterday. Bush tomorrow intends...
BRIDGE WORKER SURVIVES FALL
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amA worker lost his footing and fell off the Williamsburg Bridge yesterday, plunging 150 feet into the East River - but miraculously didn't even break a bone. Officials marveled that...
ISRAELIS SEIZE SHIP IN GIANT ARMS BUST
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israel said yesterday it had captured a Palestinian-bound ship packed with smuggled weapons. The seizure of hundreds of weapons aboard a fishing vessel bound from Lebanon for the...
HERO'S WELCOME HOME FOR S.I. CREWMAN
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amThe only New Yorker aboard the spy plane downed in China last month came home yesterday to a rousing hero's welcome at his former middle school, where he defended the...
DONNA TAKES ON JUDI : WANTS HER KEPT AWAY FROM KIDS AT MANSION
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amDonna Hanover is asking a court to order Mayor Giuliani's girlfriend, Judi Nathan, to stay away from Gracie Mansion when their kids are there, The Post has learned. As their...
HOOP DREAMS CAN COME TRUE
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amHorace "June" Jenkins, Jr. has always tried to be a standup guy, some think to his detriment. When he learned midway through his studies at Union County College in New...
GRUNFELD GETTING LAST LAUGH
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Bucks held a pep rally before their 104-92 victory over the Hornets Sunday in Milwaukee outside the sold-out Bradley Center. General manager Ernie Grunfeld had spoken just a few...
SHORT-CIRCUIT ; SLOW-STARTING JETER SUFFERS POWER OUTAGE
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amSunday morning eyes, which seconds ago were filled with laughter over a joke he made about himself, went still. Sitting at his locker getting ready for a game, the man...
YANKEES BELIEVE FANS WILL BEHAVE FOR TWINS
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amMajor League Baseball and the Yankees don't believe the security force at Yankee Stadium needs to be beefed up tonight when the Yankees open a three-game series against the Twins....
JUSTICE FEELS RIGHT IN LEFT
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Is getting David Justice's bat going worth the price of disrupting the positive vibes coming from Chuck Knoblauch in left field? That's the question Joe Torre will ask...
JOPPY TO TRINIDAD: TALK IS CHEAP
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amWilliam Joppy said he'll let Felix Trinidad talk. He doesn't really care. The 29-year old Maryland native had nothing to say about his outspoken opponent's verbal jabs over the last...
ALLAN'S TOWN CHANGING? HOUSTON OPT-OUT MAY SPELL NY END
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amAllan Houston's agent said yesterday the Knicks guard will definitely opt out of his contract to become a free agent on July 1 and will notify the club within the...
XAVERIAN GETS HELP FROM 8TH WONDER
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amXaverian 7 St. Fran. Prep 2 When you are batting eighth in the lineup, you can usually get away with being a bit of a liability at the plate. So...
ALLAN'S TOWN CHANGING? HOU'S DAD: SON, SPREE NOT ON OUTS
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amIf Latrell Sprewell and Allan Houston are on the outs, it's news to Wade Houston, the former Tennessee coach and Houston's father. "The day before Game 5, Allan called me...
WEST-ERN DIRECTION
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amJERRY West spent last week at the Desert Classic observing a slew of godforsaken college seniors unsuccessfully trying to impress 29 NBA teams to select them somewhere in the first...
NIEDERMAYER: DOMI THREATENED ME
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amTORONTO - In a dramatic moment that turned the heat higher in this already-bitter playoff series with the Maple Leafs, injured Devil Scott Niedermayer charged that Tie Domi threatened to...
NOT READY TO ABDICATE ; GUTTY DEVILS TAKE LEAFS TO THE LIMIT
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amGAME 6 Devils 4 Leafs 2 TORONTO - Champions still, and perhaps champions again. There are still knuckles in their heads, but there are still lions in their hearts, these...
DEVILS RIDE THE 'A' LINE TO LAST STOP
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amTORONTO - There is no way around it. In the biggest of games, the biggest of players must produce. It has been that way in hockey forever, even before the...
KEVIN COPS AN ALTITUDE: MILE HIGH DEBUT DOESN'T FAZE APPIER
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - When the new Met starter came here last season a water cooler turned into a punching bag. Mike Hampton attacked the machine the way the Rockie bats attacked...
HARD WORK IN CAGE PAY-ING OFF FOR JAY
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES DENVER - Jay Payton believes in work. So when things were going bad for him this season, he took batting practice before and after games. His average was...
LEITER TO MISS ANOTHER TURN; PAYTON HURT
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES DENVER - Met ace Al Leiter, who last pitched on April 20, doesn't think he will start on this road trip. "Based on the days and what I...
HAMMY PUTS HARD-LUCK PAYTON ON DL AGAIN
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES DENVER - The story of Jay Payton's career has been a red-hot bat followed by injury. The two converged again last night in the fifth inning. In Payton's...
ROCKIE MOUNTAIN HIGH: METS ERUPT EARLY, HANG ON FOR WIN
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amMets 10 Rockies 9 DENVER - Games at Coors Field are always about the conditions. Starters rarely go nine and almost always need help. So on a cool night here...
DEVILS NEEDED SPECIAL EFFORT TO STAY ALIVE
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amTORONTO - They have played largely without discipline and without commitment to either one another or the program. The veteran leadership committee has unleashed a variety of astonishing verbal jabs...
DEVILS JUST ONT. TO KNOW WHY
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amTORONTO - The anonymous Devil was just asking. "Why have there been so many Ontario referees in this series?" the nameless Devil wondered. As this bitter series headed to a...
NIEDS: TIE WARNED ME
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amTORONTO - In a dramatic moment that turned the heat higher in this already-bitter playoff series with the Maple Leafs, injured Devil Scott Niedermayer charged that Tie Domi threatened to...
BIG-LEAGUE MISTAKE? AILING SNACHEZ STANDS BY CALL TO PASS ON'LOW-BALL' OFFER FROM DODGERS
May 8, 2001 | 4:00amHumberto Sanchez doesn't care what the scouts say. "I make my own decisions," Sanchez said. "Only I really know what's best for me." Perhaps, but that doesn't mean professional baseball...