May 12, 2001
GOOD NEWS = BAD NEWS : FEDS FEAR SPOOK STOCKS, BONDS
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amA spate of good news about the economy turned out to be bad news for stocks and bonds yesterday. Share prices slid and investors dumped bonds following surprise reports that...
AUSSIE BOMBSHELL SAYS SHE WAS...BORN TO BE THE BLONDE
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amAUSTRALIAN actress Poppy Montgomery was "floored" when her agent called to tell her that she got the role of Marilyn Monroe in the CBS miniseries "Blonde," airing tomorrow (9 p.m....
MAKE HER DAY
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amYou don't need money to make a Mother's Day gift your mom will treasure - just a pen, paper and a few good memories. That's right, memories. You're going to...
REAL KIDS REVEAL: HOW WILL YOU TREAT YOUR MOM ON MOTHER'S DAY?
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amIsabel Santana, 12, Manhattan I am not going to let her get out of bed and I'm going to do all the cooking. I'm going to buy her roses, a...
SHOWER MOM WITH FLOWERS: FOR FLORA AND FUN, HEAD FOR THE GARDENS
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amMum's not the word today. Mom is. You can surround her with all kinds of blooms, herbs and trees at the city's two beautiful botanic gardens this weekend, and it...
EX-GOP BIGS IN LOBBY $WEEP-UP
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Moving to exploit an increasingly lucrative insider business, two of New York's best-known Republicans have formed a new lobbying firm, The Post has learned. Former Rep. Bill Paxon,...
ANGOLAN REBELS ENSLAVE ORPHANS AS KID SOLDIERS
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amRebels in Angola kidnapped 60 children from an orphanage during a raid this week in a case that is shining the global spotlight on the horrifying practice of conscripting children...
DEAD MAN LAUGHING : TIM THE TERRORIST SNEERS AT VICTIMS
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amTERRE HAUTE, Ind. OFF Highway 63, where the federal prison sprawls, Timothy McVeigh is in charge again. The man who decided the exact size of the bomb, the exact place...
HEVESI: I WOULD HAVE SAVED COMMUTER TAX
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amCITY Comptroller Alan Hevesi says Albany wouldn't have yanked the commuter tax, worth an enormous $360 million a year to the city, if he had been mayor instead of Rudy...
GOODNESS GRACIE! AN ALMOST-CAT FIGHT
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amDONNA Hanover-Not-Giuliani planned to confront First Girlfriend Judith Nathan before guests at Gracie Mansion last month, said sources familiar with court documents. But the attempted cat fight - which also...
NEW MIDEAST ATTACK AND COUNTERATTACK
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A pipe bomb exploded yesterday near one of two main gates to Jerusalem's Old City, wounding two tourists, and the Israelis rocketed PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat's headquarters. As...
GIULIANI DISPLAYS 'BUNKER' MENTALITY
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amA news conference, his weekly radio show and an afternoon on the golf course - that's how Mayor Giuliani glided through the day as his lawyer was ripping Donna Hanover...
PAROLEE SET SLAY TRAP FOR GIRLFRIEND'S EX: L.I. COPS
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amA paroled killer pretended to be his girlfriend on the Internet so he could lure her ex-boyfriend to a midnight tryst - and his death. But the ambush went awry,...
GREEK TRAGEDY FOR FRATS AS 'SEXIST' ZETA'S ZAPPED
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe toga party's over for Dartmouth College frat Zeta Psi, which was booted off campus forever yesterday for its naughty newsletters. As justification, Dartmouth said "the fraternity harassed specific fellow...
HELMSLEY FACES 600G LAWSUIT OVER 'EX'-ECUTIVE
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amAn ad exec says she's paying the price for "Queen of Mean" Leona Helmsley getting stiffed by her ex-boyfriend when she found out he was gay. Helmsley met the man...
THE 6-MINUTE MASSACRE
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe Carnegie Deli killers did their dirty work in less than six minutes - entering the apartment, binding and shooting five people and racing away from the drug den with...
MAYOR GRINCH STEALS MOTHER'S DAY
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amOK, now let me get this straight: A mayor who fights against indecency has his big-mouth lawyer say the most indecent things possible about the mother of his kids -...
OUTLAW'S RUN ENDS IN HOTEL SHOOTOUT
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amA desperado with a yen for high-stakes casino gambling ran out of luck yesterday when he was killed in a shootout with law officers in the lobby of a Times...
KIN BEG BLAKE: PAY SLAIN WIFE'S WAY HOME
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - The family of Bonny Lee Bakley is begging for her body - still unclaimed at the morgue - to be sent home to New Jersey, and for...
SENATE BIGS: WE'LL WHACK TOP TAX RATE
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amSenate leaders cut a deal yesterday to lower the top income tax rate from 39.6 percent to 36 percent as President Bush pleaded with Congress to wrap up work on...
SLAIN ACTRESS' DESCENT ENDS WITH TRAGEDY
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amBut the former bit actress now will be remembered as one of three killed in a drug dispute in an apartment above the Carnegie Deli. It was a sad end...
DONNA VS. RUDY: NOW IT'S WAR! 2 CAMPS TRADE UGLY REMARKS
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe gag order is off in the Rudy Giuliani-Donna Hanover divorce case, and so are the gloves - his side says she's an "uncaring mother" and her side says he's...
PANEL: 'X' THE RX ON ALLERGY DRUGS
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amConsumers may soon be breathing easier after a federal advisory panel yesterday recommended that the government allow three prescription allergy drugs to be sold over the counter. The Food and...
HALE HOUSE HEAD DISPUTES RIP-OFF CHARGE
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amLorraine Hale, the embattled president of Hale House, fired back at her critics yesterday, defending her stewardship of the Harlem charity and blasting reports that she ripped off the $17...
MCVEIGH MAY NOW FIGHT TO BLOCK EXECUTION
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amOklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh may decide to fight his execution on the basis of thousands of newly discovered documents the FBI improperly withheld from his defense, his lawyers said...
BROOKLYN HS PRODIGY TAKES 50G SCI-PRIZE
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amA Brooklyn Tech HS student yesterday won a prestigious $50,000 international science award for her research project on diagnosing stomach cancer. "I'm so surprised. I'm so excited," 17-year-old Monika Paroder...
DIOCESE PLANS NEW CUTBACKS
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe Archdiocese of New York announced yesterday it will close 11 departments and lay off 23 employees to save money. "This is a difficult decision, but one that needs to...
VALLONE ROUGHS UP 'SOPRANOS'
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amCity Council Speaker Peter Vallone yesterday got into a gangland war - blasting the hit TV show "The Sopranos." "It has a lot of Italians killing a lot of people,...
LILLY LOVES WEEKENDS
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amYankee Notes Ted Lilly received some high praise yesterday, even if it was by association. The Yankees' fifth starter, slated to pitch today against Baltimore, was bumped from the starting...
THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE EASY
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amLarry Robinson had his problems keeping matchups straight in the last round, and the chance to reach the Stanley Cup finals will be the biggest test yet of the Devil...
DISTILLED OUT OF PREAKNESS; 'BILL' MAY GO
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe Preakness lost one of its speed horses yesterday when Distilled was declared out because of an injury. Gate-to-wire winner of the Illinois Derby, Distilled was eased as the favorite...
DEVIL FOCUS: STOP LEMIEUX AND JAGR
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amFrom the cracker barrel to the shrine of serious hockey to the NHL's soap opera of finance, this has been one strange and varied Stanley Cup tour for the Devils....
TRINIDAD ON ROAD TO GLORY :JOPPY BOUT CRUCIAL STEP TOWARD CROWN
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amFelix "Tito" Trinidad is traveling a path that is closing in on greatness and leading to immortality. He's heading toward the kind of career that can make him not just...
LJ AGENT: HE'S NOT RETIRING
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amFor better or worse, co-captain Larry Johnson looks as if he's coming back next season to the Knicks. What a difference a week makes. LJ missed 14 of the final...
PANTALEO FINALLY WINS ONE
May 12, 2001 | 4:00am3RD RACE - I Think I Can Fly was making his first start since being claimed by Joe Pantaleo. For this race he switched tactics and rated off the pace....
CANN HE HIT IT? DON'T BET ON IT
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amWHEREVER he was yesterday, Bill Parcells had to be so aghast he was either turning over on his chaise lounge at home in Sea Girt and spilling his lemonade, or...
HOT PENS CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe Devils will be up against destiny's child tonight when they take on the Penguins in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals at the Meadowlands. By beating the Sabres...
DEVS KNOW: MARIO MAKES THIS SPECIAL
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Devils cross their hearts and hope to die if they're not telling the truth. Coming from them, a team that has emerged as one of the most outspoken and...
LEITER SAYS HE PLANS TO HURL FRIDAY
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Al Leiter's elbow isn't completely healed, but with the Mets' struggling, the plan is still for Leiter to return to the mound next Friday at Shea against...
TINO: YANKS' MR. CLUTCH
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe Yankees had played some pretty lousy offense going into last night's game against the Orioles, with Derek Jeter not hitting home runs and sluggers David Justice and Bernie Williams...
START IN LEFT NOT SURE CURE FOR JUSTICE SKID
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amDavid Justice came into last night's 14-5 win over the Orioles in a slump, and has said that being limited to DH duty has contributed to it. Joe Torre wasn't...
WILL METS KEEP ALEX ON ROSTER?
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - When Alex Escobar walked out to stretch last night, he was holding a cup of coffee. Was it symbolism? Today, Escobar will find out if his first...
LATEST MET 'L' EXTRA PAINFUL
May 12, 2001 | 4:00am10 INNINGS Giants 3 Mets 2 SAN FRANCISCO - The Mets played better last night, but the result was the same. Benito Santiago hit a bases-loaded shot into the left-field...
PLENTY OF BLAME TO GO AROUND
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN FRANCISCO - One positive emanating from the Mets' clubhouse as they headed into San Francisco last night was that no one has publicly begun pointing fingers even...
AND NOW, DEEP THOUGHTS : DEREK AND YANKEES FINALLY PLAYIN' LONGBALL
May 12, 2001 | 4:00amDerek Jeter has had longer home-run droughts - after all, he's not a home-run hitter. Still, Jeter's leadoff blast to right-center in the seventh inning on Thursday night may have...