May 15, 2001
SWAPIT'S STAFF TOLD TO FIND A NEW TRADE
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amUsers of the SwapIt.com service will have to switch to a new site. The Waltham, Mass.-based company folded late Friday, giving staff just a few hours of notice. The site...
MERRILL HUNTING? RUMORED TARGET SAID TO BE EYEING LAZARD
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amFor months, Wall Street has been abuzz with speculation that Merrill Lynch might be the next acquisition candidate. Just last week, the market was rife with revived rumors about a...
TIGER THEORY EARNS STRIPES: DOW RISES AFTER WOODS PLAYS - AGAIN
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amThe streak continues. Despite uncertainty about how much the Fed would cut interest rates today, the Dow rose 56.02 yesterday, to 10,877.33 - the 19th time in a row the...
FIRED PRESIDENT SUES FASHION WIRE DAILY
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amWeb site Fashion Wire Daily is being sued by the company's former president, who was fired, The Post has learned. Marshall Lester is seeking $500,000, saying he was terminated "for...
HOTEL HELL VEXED VORNADO ; THE TRUTH ABOUT BLOOMBERG DEAL
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amIT was the Hotel That Never Happened - not Steve Roth's supposed intransigence - that turned the Vornado-Bloomberg lease talks into "the longest-running show in town since 'Cats.'" That, and...
FLATIRON MOVING IN WITH J.P. MORGAN
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amSilicon Alley venture fund Flatiron Partners is retreating from Silicon Alley and giving up its offices. The fund, which in five years bankrolled at least 57 dot-com gambles, confirmed yesterday...
EARTHLINK FOUNDER IN FRAUD SUIT
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amTalk about getting audited. Earthlink co-founder, Hollywood money manager and top Scientologist Reed Slatkin, was hit with a SEC lawsuit Friday which charged that he operated a $230 million Ponzi...
KOMANSKY: NO HSBC DEAL
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amMerrill Lynch boss David Komansky yesterday tried desperately to quash persistent market speculation that the largest U.S. brokerage firm was in merger talks with Britain's biggest bank, HSBC Holdings. At...
DOBBS' RETURN ENERGIZES RIVALS
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amAfter all the hoopla surrounding Lou Dobbs' return fades, the big questions will be: Can he fix the ailing "Moneyline"? Or has the competition eaten away at too much of...
TUBE'S BIZ BATTLE ; CNN, CNBC, FOX FIGHT FOR SHARE IN A HEATED MARKET
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amHe's back! CNN's Lou Dobbs got back in the saddle on "Moneyline" last night - and his archrivals in the heated business-news TV realm did everything in their power to...
NEW SKYSCRAPER SLATED FOR 237 PARK AVE.
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amA dramatic new glass office tower is being planned for Park Avenue, The Post has learned. The 50-story skyscraper, designed by Skidmore Ownings Merrill, would be built by Max Capital...
FED'S NOT COMING TO THE RESCUE THIS TIME
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amCHOOSE your poison. The Federal Reserve Board will meet today to decide what to do about interest rates. And while experts have made a sport out of batting around opinions...
DOUBLE THE PLEASURE AT CITY BALLET'S GALA
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amNEW YORK CITY BALLETNew York State Theater, Lincoln Center. (212) 870-5570. NEW York City Ballet is getting into its stride during its nine-week spring season at the New York State...
BUZZ
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amSkin scan The sun is shining, the beach is beckoning - and skin cancer is on the rise. The Skin Cancer Foundation says there'll be over 1 million new cases...
'ROSWELL' HOPES FOR SAME FATE AS 'BUFFY'
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amBAD news and good news for "Roswell," the cult-favorite show about teen aliens. The two-year-old series has been axed by The WB - but it may mean the sci-fi drama...
BAM! NBC BOSS BURNS EMERIL ; VIEWERS FOR CHEF SITCOM SECOND RATE?
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amWHAT was NBC West Coast president Scott Sassa suggesting yesterday when he said NBC's new "Emeril" show wasn't made for the network's most prized viewers - who don't tune in...
'DOBSON'S' CHOICE AT THE MINT
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amDIANA OF DOBSON'SMint Theatre, 311 W. 43rd St., 5th floor.(212) 315-0231. Through June 3. IMAGINE a younger contemporary of Shaw's, an English woman of strongly feminist slant who wrote bitter...
'WEST WING' AND A PRAYER ; HOW COULD SOMETHING SO RIGHT ...?
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amA scene about midway through tomorrow night's season finale of "The West Wing" illustrates everything that network television is capable of achieving, yet rarely does. A scene at the end...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amDon't tarry Hundreds of artisans will spread their wares on the lawns of the historic Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown during the annual Spring Crafts Show this Friday through Sunday. Check...
R.E.M.'S DEEP
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amR.E.M. "Reveal" Warner Bros. When you talk about electric Southern rock, names that come to mind are the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Little Feat and, most recently, the Black Crowes....
THE STARR REPORT
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amTelemundo wins kudos for fire coverage I was remiss last week in not mentioning that Spanish-language WNJU/Ch. 47 (Telemundo) won the New York Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Newscast (under...
BONZO FOR BEDTIME: WILL THE 7 O'CLOCK SOLUTION MAKE YOUR KIDS HEALTHY, WEALTHY AND WISE?
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amTHE book is "The 7 O'Clock Bedtime" -- but its author must be dreaming. Then again, Inda Schaenen has a point about today's overscheduled, overtired kids. In her book, out...
RUDY - END THIS REPULSIVE SPECTACLE!
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amIF there's been a more repulsive, petty spectacle in recent memory than divorce lawyer Raoul Lionel Felder's public slanders against the estranged wife of Felder client Rudy Giuliani, I can't...
JACKIE'S SIS SELLS ESTATE
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amLee Radziwill is taking the money and running from the Hamptons. After spending most of her life summering on the East End, the surviving sister of Jackie Kennedy Onassis has...
ALBANY'S ROADBLOCK ; THERE'S A CHANCE POLS WILL MOVE ON SOARING CAR INSURANCE
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amWITH an eye toward next year's election, Gov. Pataki has finally addressed the issue of auto-insurance reform. The governor had been relatively silent on the issue even as New York's...
OSCAR IS SECRET TO LONG LIFE: DOCS
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amAnd the Oscar goes to . . . a longer life! Scientists say the surefire way for Hollywood actors and filmmakers to increase their life spans is to win an...
HIGH COURT WHACKS WEED RX
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Supreme Court yesterday ruled there is no "medical necessity" exception for the seriously ill in the federal law that bans pot. The 8-0 ruling - Justice Stephen...
13 TONS OF COKE SEIZED IN HISTORIC BUST
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amThe Coast Guard found half a billion dollars worth of cocaine hidden in the fuel tanks of a run-down fishing ship in the largest drug bust in maritime history. The...
FERRER'S ADVISER RISKS DISBARMENT
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amTHE top adviser to Fernando Ferrer's mayoral campaign - Bronx Democratic Chairman Roberto Ramirez - will find his legal career in jeopardy if he takes part in another protest in...
PREZ PLEDGES $550M TO ENFORCE GUN LAWS
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday came out shooting against gun violence, but critics accused him of missing the target. The anti-gun-control Bush, who rarely talked about guns on the campaign...
STATE SUES HEART-LESS DRUG FIRMS
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amState Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed suit against two drug companies yesterday, charging they conspired to keep a cheap heart medication off the market. "We will not allow private companies...
MCVEIGH PAL WANTS NEW TRIAL: NICHOLS CITES FBI FLUB
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amTimothy McVeigh's accomplice, Terry Nichols, yesterday demanded a new trial, claiming in a U.S. Supreme Court appeal that the FBI screw-up denied him a "fertile source" of evidence that could...
ABC BIDS TO SINK 'LINK' WITH REGIS MATCHUP
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amMemo to Anne Robinson: You say "goodbye" - now say hello to Regis Philbin in head-to-head competition. ABC is expected to announce that starting this fall, Philbin's "Who Wants to...
FEDS SHAKE FAITH IN DEATH PENALTY
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amFBI Director Louis Freeh did what Pope John Paul II has not been able to do: turn this law-and-order Catholic conservative against the death penalty. Timothy McVeigh's guilt is unquestionable,...
$5M LAWSUIT OVER BULLET IN BOLOGNA
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amA suspected drug dealer who was served a bullet-and-bologna sandwich wants a side of lettuce - about $5 million worth. Louis Olivo, who is expected to undergo surgery to remove...
RAISING KIDS ALONE IS A FASHION RISK
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amTHERE was ecstatic good news - and catastrophe - tucked into the 2000 census, the government's method of keeping track of how we live, and with whom. The great news...
WE'RE CLOSING IN ON CARNEGIE SLAYER: POLICE
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amCops yesterday launched an East Coast manhunt for one of the Carnegie Deli massacre fiends - and suspect that a relative may be hiding him. Police said the suspect, known...
FORMER COP NEVER GAVE UP ON THEM
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amPrivate eye Michael Race, who helped free two innocent men from jail yesterday, spent most of his life sending hundreds of killers to prison. Race, a former NYPD detective commander...
CITY TAKING WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amBeyond the urban orchestra of wailing sirens and honking horns, officials yesterday used a tranquil Central Park to announce a citywide program to preserve thousands of acres of undeveloped parkland....
CASE RIPS COVER OFF FAMOUS STRIP CLUB
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amATLANTA - The trial of the owner of a posh strip club began yesterday with the dropping of dozens of bold-faced names - and lurid hints of lesbian sex shows...
HIZZONER'S THE 'INHUMAN' ONE
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amLET'S see if I understand this: The mayor's attorney wants us to feel sorry not only because the mayor can't have sex, but because he can't have extramarital sex. Anymore....
HEAT MAY LEAVE CITY POWERLESS
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Blackouts could hit the city this summer if the weather's a scorcher, and electricity will be expensive, a federal energy agency warned in a report yesterday. "Supplies of...
DEMS: DRIVE CARS OUT OF CENTRAL PK.
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amThe days of driving a car around Central Park will likely come to an end next year when a new administration takes over City Hall. All four Democratic mayoral contenders...
SLAY TRIAL OPENS FOR 'DUMBFELLA'
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amThe trial of an accused cop killer began yesterday with dramatic details of how a wannabe wiseguy nicknamed "Mr. Clean" bragged about the 1987 murder to undercover officers posing as...
U.S. OPEN NETS $420M FOR APPLE, STUDY SAYS
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amThe U.S. Open tennis tournament has grown into the mother of all sporting events in the country - pumping $420 million in direct economic benefit to the city - more...
'99 VICTIM IDS MIDTOWN 'RAPIST' IN LINEUP
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amAn emotional rape victim picked her attacker out of a police lineup and then broke down in tears when officials told her they had DNA evidence to help put him...
RUDY VOWS VOUCHERS WILL BE A REALITY
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - Mayor Giuliani insisted yesterday the Big Apple would eventually adopt a school-voucher program, but key Board of Education members weren't convinced. "It's going to happen - this will...
BUSH SET TO VISIT BIG APPLE IN JUNE
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush isn't snubbing New York anymore. Bush is set to visit the Big Apple on June 19 - his first trip to New York since the campaign...
RUDY LAWYER: DONNA WAS 'CRUEL'
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani's marriage to Donna Hanover was "over" five years ago, but he finally filed for divorce for "cruel and inhuman treatment" partly because of her indifference to his battle...
PARKING THUG GETS ONLY A YEAR IN DEATH OF RABBI
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amA legal loophole let a Bronx man off the hook with a misdemeanor sentence yesterday for punching a Hasidic rabbi and father of eight who then died from cracking his...
SINGLE MOMS INCREASE AS FAMILY FADES, CENSUS SHOWS
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amThe number of single mothers in America increased three times as fast as married couples, census officials said yesterday - as family advocates expressed concern about the future of the...
BLAKE'S WIFE JUGGLED DADDIES IN SHOCKING TAPES
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Actor Robert Blake's slain wife - in a telephone call she boldly taped - once wondered aloud whether she'd be better off claiming Blake or Christian Brando...
MAN 'TORCHED' BY TEENS DIES: COPS
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amA homeless man, allegedly torched by the 16-year-old son of a Bronx preacher, died last night, authorities said. Walter Eckman, 47, died at New York Hospital's burn center, where he...
NEW YORK POST: FROM MAY 15, 1911
May 15, 2001 | 4:00am"Flew 101 Miles An Hour," read The Post's headline above a story that was datelined Paris and reported: "Lieut. Fequant and Henry Weyman broke all aviation records at the Mourmelons...
RED LIGHT FOR CELL PHONE DRIVERS
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday proposed a statewide ban on using hand-held cell phones while driving - a move that could make New York the first state in the nation...
INNOCENT MEN FREED AFTER 14 YRS. IN JAIL
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amThey were the calm at the eye of the storm. Showing little emotion, two men who were wrongly convicted of a 1987 murder on the word of a crackhead stepped...
BUICK OFFICIALS PRAY FOR TIGER
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amFingers will be crossed and collective breath will be held as June 15 approaches. That'll be the day when Buick Classic officials will know for sure whether Tiger Woods will...
DROSSIN WILL TRY MARATHON
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amBased on her efforts the last five years, Deena Drossin can claim that she's the top female cross-country runner in the country. Perhaps that's why she now believes she's ready...
RICKEY GETS AMAZIN' RING SNUB
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amRickey Henderson is the only member of last year's Mets who will not receive an NL Championship ring. "Rickey is not getting a ring because he went to another playoff...
TIME'S RUNNING OUT FOR LIFELESS METS: BUT STEVE DOESN'T BLAME BOBBY V
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amSteve Phillips thinks the last-place Mets are underachievers, but it is not Bobby Valentine's fault. "I think Bobby is doing everything he can," Phillips said. "I don't think there is...
AGBAYANI OUT FOR 2-5 DAYS
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES Benny Agbayani is expected to miss two-to-five more days because of his abdominal strain, but GM Steve Phillips said putting Agbayani on the disabled list is not an...
HOUSTON: I'D LIKE TO BE A KNICK, BUT . . .
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amAllan Houston stated for apprpoximately the millionth time yesterday he wants to remain a Knick despite his decision to opt out of his contract and become a free agent. However,...
CHAVEZ JOINS ELITE, AT LAST
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - At about 8:30 on the morning of the Kentucky Derby, trainer John Ward called his jockey Jorge Chavez on the mobile to check his frame of mind. "Where...
TRAINERS EASE LOAD ON DERBY SURVIVORS
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Coming off the second-fastest Run for the Roses ever, the mile and a quarter in a gut-wrenching, bone-jarring 1:59.4, just five survivors from the 17-horse field in the...
TIME'S RUNNIN GOUT FOR LIFELESS METS: LINE UP THE LIMOS, AMAZIN'S FUNERAL NEARLY UPON US
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Mets only show life when left for dead. So leave them for dead and boo at tonight's funeral, the opening of a six-game homestand. Better yet, everybody bring an...
HASIM'S BLUNDER A LA KING
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amTHE HISTORY of boxing is fraught with stories of guys who, either under pressure or drunk on arrogance, made the wrong decision and paid for it. There was Billy Conn...
TATIS TRIPSTILDEN AGAIN
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amMadison 11 Tilden 3 Felix Tatis didn't know much about Madison's baseball team when he transferred to the Brooklyn school in the fall. "I was in a bad environment in...
THE 'WE' GENERATION : DEVILS BELIEVE 'TEAM' MINDSET IS KEY TO REPEAT
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amGirded for the Penguins' greats to play that way tonight, the Devils are aiming to go one better. The celebrity the Devils are seeking is a different sort from the...
PENGUINS DEFENSE TOOK ITS TOLL ON OFFENSE
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amOne time-tested adage is that the best offense is a good defense. Yeah, right. Try telling that to the Penguins. Might as well try selling them on the idea that...
SOFT C-WEBB IS NO SAVIOR
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amSUBJECT: C-Webb Becomes C-Ya Webb as Kings Abdicate Playoffs Without A Whimper. Chris Webber unofficially changed his name to Nero yesterday after fiddling around for much of the condensed second...
AGENT: HILLIARD'S NOT ABOUT TO QUIT
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amThere are so many rumors circulating about Ike Hilliard that something appears to be amiss with the slick Giants receiver. Thus far, we've heard the following: Hilliard is set to...
COOK'S PRIDE MIGHT LEAD TO DOWNFALL
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amIn his one year at St. John's, it became clear no player has more pride than Omar Cook. That pride, combined with his natural talent, led to some spectacular performances....
IT ALL DE-PENS ON JAGR: SOON-TO-BE-DEALT STAR HOLDS PITT'S FATE
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amYOU'LL know it's over for the Penguins in this series when Mario Lemieux begins firing pucks not at Bobby Holik or John Madden, but at Jaromir Jagr. You'll know it's...
HOUSTON: I WANNA STAY, BUT ...
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amAllan Houston stated for about the millionth time yesterday he wants to remain a Knick despite his decision to opt out of his contract and become a free agent. However,...
WEBBER TO VISIT LATRELL
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amLess than an hour after his season, and possibly his Sacramento career, ended Sunday night in a four-game sweep vs. the Lakers, Chris Webber revealed he soon planned to visit...
CHECKETTS OUT AS GARDEN PRESIDENT
May 15, 2001 | 4:00amDave Checketts, the charismatic president of Madison Square Garden, stepped down yesterday, ending a 10-year run that bottomed out this spring with the Knicks getting knocked out in the first...