May 17, 2001
HUNGRY CITI HAS A BANK CRAVING
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amCITIGROUP is on the prowl. And New York City bank depositors are probably going to be its prey. Wall Street believes the giant New York-based financial institution has such an...
CBS EATING NBC'S THURS. TV DINNER$
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amLooks like more bad news for NBC. As the networks finish announcing their fall 2001 TV schedules, NBC's once unbeatable "Must-see-TV" Thursday night fortress looks to be in deep trouble....
TRUMP DITCHES COLUMBIA CAMPUS PLAN
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amDonald Trump can't wait on Columbia University any longer. The developer is now planning to build as many as 5,000 more housing units on his giant Upper West Side development...
CEO BAGS BIG BUCKS - WEBVAN EX-BOSS TO GET $375G A YEAR FOR LIFE
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amNice work, if you can get it. George Shaheen, the former CEO of grocery e-tailer Webvan will scoop up $375,000 a year for the rest of his life. Shaheen left...
NO STAYING POWER - DOBBS' 'MONEYLINE' DROOPS ON 2ND NIGHT
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amLou came - and went. After a stunning Monday night premier of the new "Lou Dobbs Moneyline," the show's second night tanked. The new and improved "Moneyline" brought CNN 196,000...
J. CREW'S BLUES - RETAILER'S SALES FALL; LAYS OFF 28 HQ STAFF
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amJ. Crew has hit a rough patch. The retailer, which has been looking to turn its fortunes around, has been lagging rivals in same-store sales and has eliminated 28 jobs...
NEWHOUSE SCORES GOLF FOR WOMEN
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amMedia giant Meredith Corp., the Des Moines, Iowa-based owner of women's magazines and television stations, is trimming its print portfolio to concentrate on home and hearth titles. Yesterday, Meredith said...
NASDAQ SURGES, BUT IT MAY BE FLEETING
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amThe Nasdaq enjoyed big gains yesterday, closing up almost four percent - but experts warned it may not last. The tech-heavy index closed up 80.86 at 2166.44, putting it more...
NASDAQ TURNS IN A BLUE-RIBBON DAY
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amThe Nasdaq enjoyed huge gains yesterday while blue chips soared to their fifth-highest single-day jump, finishing 32 percent higher than its 52-week low of April 4. The gains came as...
WILL 'MOULIN' BRING IN THE MOOLA? BAZ LUHRMANN'S ROCK 'N' ROLL MUSICAL IS A $50 MILLION GAMBLE
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amBAZ Luhrmann dared to dream the impossible dream with his dazzling third film, "Moulin Rouge," but the unorthodox musical is proving a marketing nightmare. With his $50 million spectacular opening...
THE NEW YORK KIMES: MARY TYLER MOORE IS THE GRIFTER WHO CORRUPTED A SON
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amKimes"Like Mother, Like Son: The Strange Story of Santeand Kenny Kimes" Sunday on CBS/Ch.2 at 9:00 SINCE I've always wanted to be a grifter myself - even though I've never...
ANGRY BABS: 'I CAN QUIT'
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amBAM! Barbara Walters is kicking it up a notch. The day after her newsmagazine show, "20/20," was yanked from its comfortable timeslot, Walters is saying she may leave the network...
A BAND OF GOLD LEAVES 'EM COLD
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amIN the interest of scientific research, as well as my even greater interest in picking up women, I decided to see if it's true that wearing a wedding band helps...
SHUFFLIN' BACK TO BUFFALO 'BLUES'
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amLACKAWANNA BLUESThe Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St. TeleCharge, (212) 239-6200. Through May 27. -------- DOING autobiography on stage takes a heart open to the world you've seen, an ear alive...
AN 'X-FILES' CLIFFHANGER
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amTHE future of "The X-Files" is shrouded in mystery - again. Late yesterday, Chris Carter - the show's creator and guiding light - had not agreed to re-sign with the...
THE STARR REPORT
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amPerry's gone, but his 'Weekend' lives on Despite the death of his good friend Perry Como, George Kalman - a.k.a. Johnny Knox - will continue with his syndicated radio show,...
LOCAL BOYS SING GOOD GOLLY MISS DOLLY
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Chelsea Mountain Boys, a Manhattan urban twang band, hoped to ignite the city's country music scene with a tribute to Dolly Parton tonight at Downtime. Little did frontman Chal...
CAT IN HAT: SPLAT! - 'SEUSSICAL,' SOON TO BE 'THE FORMER MUSICAL'
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amTHE cat's in the bag and the bag, at last, is in the river."Seussical, the Musical" - a show once billed as a sure-fire hit along the lines of "The...
WEB-HOP BAND: ANIMATED RAPPERS NET FANS
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amIN 1969, the cartoon band the Archies, a figment of bubblegum-pop guru Don Kirshner's imagination, had a No. 1 hit single both here and abroad with "Sugar Sugar." As was...
COPS SEEK HARLEM GIRL IN KIDNAP
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amA teen-age girl walked off with a Harlem couple's infant boy last night, police said - an act a neighbor called "a cry for help." Cops fanned out through the...
NEW YORK POST FROM MAY 17, 1946
May 17, 2001 | 4:00am"Seldom is seen in the theater an offering in which everything is just as it should be, but such a show arrived last night when 'Annie Get Your Gun,' starring...
DINKINS ENDORSES GREEN
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amPublic Advocate Mark Green yesterday adopted mayoral rival Fernando Ferrer's pledge to build a racial coalition, as he snagged the coveted endorsement of former Mayor David Dinkins. "I will construct...
AMY'S DAD LASHES OUT AT DEFENSE ATTORNEY
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amThe father of slain social worker Amy Watkins said he was "full of hostility" as the lawyer for his daughter's accused killer thundered through a dramatic 70-minute summation. Lawrence Watkins...
MANHATTAN BRIDGE ADDS FOOT, BIKE LANE
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amTransportation officials are opening an extra lane on the Manhattan Bridge, but there's a catch - you need a bike or a good pair of shoes to use it. Forty...
HIKIND HOPES PATAKI SACKS 'WAX' AFFAIR
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Assemblyman Dov Hikind, leading an effort to oust Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's statue from Madame Tussaud's wax museum, urged Gov. Pataki yesterday to cancel a planned fund-raiser there....
PEOPLE MAG PROVES RUDY FEUD'S AN ISSUE
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani may think nobody but the Big Apple's newspapers care about his all-too-public divorce battle with Donna Hanover, but People magazine begs to differ. The national weekly revealed yesterday...
THEY'RE NO PLAYTINGS: TRANSSEXUALS SUE TOY CHAIN
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amThree transsexuals have sued Toys "R" Us, claiming they were threatened by bat-wielding workers while shopping for life-size Barbie Dolls last Christmas at the Bensonhurst store. The three men-turned-women say...
PA. MAYOR NAILED ON SLAY CHARGE
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amThe mayor of York, Pa., who won renomination for a third term Tuesday, will surrender today to face murder charges in the death of a black woman during a 1969...
'BLEEKER' ST. A LANDMARK CASE
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amThe Department of Transportation has solved the Case of the Missing Consonant, sharing the blame for the Bleecker Street blunder with the preservation group that ordered the misspelled street signs....
AL HOT UNDER THE COLLAR AFTER REVEALING MOB 'TIE'
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amMaybe Al D'Amato should have someone else pick out his ties. While appearing on the NY1 cable channel Tuesday night, the former senator showed off a colorful tie that he...
IS JACKIE AT TOP OF 'HIT' PARADE?
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amWILL Jackie Jr. get whacked? That's the question on the mind of every "Sopranos" fan as the HBO series heads into its season finale Sunday night. But if that's all...
'JR.' GOTTI TO FACE JUDGE IN CLUB TRIAL
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amATLANTA - John "Junior" Gotti will tell a judge today whether he'll testify in the racketeering case of a posh strip club that catered to sports stars and allegedly funneled...
HEAT'S ON CELEB $$ GURU: SUIT: HE RAN $230M RIP-OFF SCHEME
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amEARTHLINK co-founder and investment guru Reed Slatkin glided easily among Hollywood hotshots and the gilded rich of Santa Barbara. But, investigators say, the devoted Scientologist was not just networking -...
CROSS-DRESS FLAP COSTS SCHOOL $1M
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amA Brooklyn parochial school will pay more than $1 million to a male student whose classmates forced him to cross-dress on a teacher's orders, The Post has learned. "It's a...
SIC A WATCHDOG ON CAR INSURERS: CRITICS
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Consumer groups yesterday called for the creation of an "advocate's office" to help fight against unjustified auto-insurance rate hikes. Similar offices in Texas and Florida saved drivers hundreds...
FEDS HAVE EVEN MORE MCVEIGH PAPERS: FREEH
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Embattled FBI Director Louis Freeh yesterday dropped a bombshell on Congress, revealing that there are even more documents in the Timothy McVeigh case that haven't been turned over...
ARSENIC-CASE WIFE 'BANISHED' TO N.J.
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amA Manhattan woman, accused of repeatedly lacing her husband's food with arsenic, won't be cooking again for him any time soon - a judge has sent her to live in...
JENNA COMES 'CLEAN': BEER-BUST BUSH KID FACES GARBAGE DUTY
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amJenna Bush may soon be picking up trash, with Secret Service agents at her side. A Texas judge yesterday ordered President Bush's daughter to perform community service - which could...
WHAT NERVE! O.J. GIVE BLAKE MURDER-CASE ADVICE
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amO.J. Simpson said yesterday he's "fascinated" by the murder of Robert Blake's wife - and knows just how the "Baretta" actor feels. Simpson - whose "trial of the century" held...
DOW JUMPS OVER THE MOON: 342-POINT RISE SPURS WALL ST.
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amWall Street poured money into stocks yesterday, pushing the benchmark Dow Jones industrial average past the 11,000 mark for the first time since last September. But market pros said it...
COPS HUNT CARNEGIE SUSPECT DOWN SOUTH
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amNew York detectives, hunting one of the gunmen in the Carnegie Deli massacre, flew to New Orleans and Atlanta yesterday in hopes of catching the killer in his old haunts....
'DUMBFELLA' BOASTS OF COP-KILL ON TAPE
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amAn accused cop killer gleefully boasted his cold-blooded slaying of an off-duty officer was proof-positive he could be trusted as a Mafia hit man, tapes played in a Queens court...
'SHREK' IS LOOKING LIKE A MONSTER HIT
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amIf the fans who turned out to see Hollywood's latest animated version of the beauty-and-the-beast legend are any indication, "Shrek" should do boffo business and live happily ever after in...
HOFSTRA-SLAY SUSPECT KEPT ROTTING BODY IN CAR: COPS
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amA spoiled frat boy carved up a Hofstra honor student who spurned his sexual advances and drove around with the putrefying body in his Land Rover for a week before...
FBI 'SPY' 21 COUNTS
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amA 25-year FBI veteran who allegedly became a millionaire selling secrets to the Soviet Union was indicted yesterday on espionage charges, and faces the death penalty if convicted. Robert Hanssen,...
EXAMS IN: READ IT - AND WEEP
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amToo many city fourth-grade public school students still can't read and write at grade level - despite a modest improvement on state exams, scores released yesterday show. The bottom line:...
HUGE RISE IN LATINA TEENS GIVING BIRTH
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amThe number of teenage Latina girls having babies has increased dramatically in New York City during the last decade, even as the teen birth rate has dropped, a new report...
POL'S IN THE 'PICTURE' AS D.C. INTERN GOES MISSING
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amDetectives probing the mysterious disappearance of a Washington intern found a framed photograph of her and Rep. Gary Condit in her apartment, police sources said yesterday. The photo of 24-year-old...
RUDY ALLIES REVOLT OVER SCHOOL $$
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amBoard of Education President Ninfa Segarra and two other City Hall allies sided with Schools Chancellor Harold Levy yesterday against Mayor Giuliani in the fight over school funding. Segarra, a...
THE 'SWEETEST GUY' AND THE SPOILED LOSER
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amThey lived on the same dorm floor for a few months and took a camping trip together, but Shaun Alexander and Max Kolb had little in common. Kolb, 20, was...
B'KLYN RAPIST ON SECURITY TAPE: COPS
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amA Brooklyn woman was raped and robbed by a man whose face was captured by a nearby grocery-store video camera before the crime, police said yesterday. The suspected Prospect Heights...
SON: NO WAY MY DAD 'BARETTA' IS A KILLER
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Actor Robert Blake's son last night declared his dad "is innocent - period" of the murder of Bonny Lee Bakley, adding that the former "Baretta" star's tough-guy...
MUSICIAN COPS PLEA IN GIRLFRIEND TUSSLE
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amPoet-musician Gil Scott-Heron pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault in Manhattan yesterday for a 1999 fight with his former live-in girlfriend. Under the plea deal, Scott-Heron, 51, will serve no jail...
PAIR FOUND SLAIN IN WASH. HTS.
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amThe bodies of two men shot execution-style were found on the rocks along the Hudson River in Washington Heights yesterday, police said. The two unidentified victims, both dressed like restaurant...
HILL ON OAKLEY FEUD: 'IT'S BEEN RESOLVED'
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amCharles Oakley reportedly has received the $54,000 he was owed by Sixers forward Tyrone Hill. Oakley, when approached on the subject last night before the Sixers buried the Raptors 121-88...
A SHORT-LIVED RUSCH: RICKEY, PADRES PUMMEL GLENDON
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amPadres 5 Mets 2 The Mets haven't been consistently anything this year. Not even consistently bad. Take the case of left-handed starter Glendon Rusch. Rusch has a 12.60 ERA on...
BRAGG FILLS ESCOBAR'S SHOES
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES Darren Bragg has made his living jump-starting teams. The Mets are a little broken-down at the moment, yet they hope a good spark plug is the answer. Bragg,...
LEMAIRE IS RUBBING OFF ON LEMIEUX
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - Sean O'Donnell stopped short of calling Mario Lemieux a hypocrite. But he is amazed at his change of tune. Only a few months ago, O'Donnell was playing defense...
LEND A HAND - LEARN TO TEACH
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amNEW York hunters who feel that they would like to share their knowledge of the sport to those who are just starting out can sign up to teach Sportsman Education...
RACE WITH MORE BOUNCE TO OUNCE
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - If Monarchos, the great gray monster of the season, can reproduce the electrifying charge that annihilated the Kentucky Derby and the Florida Derby, Saturday's Preakness is over before...
MIGLIORE RIDES FOUR WINNERS
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amThoroughbred owner and breeder Jerome Brody, 79, died in Florida on Tuesday evening following a long illness. * Having received a stay, trainer John Dowd will not start a 120-day...
'SPARKY' ROLLS A LUCKY 7
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Monarchos was master of all he surveyed in the Kentucky Derby 12 days ago, winning by 43/4 lengths in near-record time. But the dark gray colt they call...
SCHOSBERG: MONARCHOS IS JUST LIKE HIS DADDY
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Few people were more thrilled by Monarchos' victory in the Kentucky Derby than someone not even really connected to the colt: Rich Schosberg, who trained the Derby winner's...
BROKEN TOES MAY SHELVE KASPARAITIS
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - Two broken Penguin piggies may be the big break the Devils need. Penguin defenseman Darius Kasparaitis may have to sit out Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals...
DEVILS LOSING TALENT SHOW . . . BUT HOPE BETTER 'TEAM' WILL PREVAIL
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - Now this semifinal has spunk. Great stars against the great team, offense against defense, grudges already grown. And square at one each. The Stanley Cup champs admit it....
CAVS EYE FORDHAM COACH
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amFordham basketball coach Bob Hill has had a preliminary interview for the vacant Cleveland Cavaliers head-coaching position, sources told The Post. Hill flew to Phoenix last week and met with...
METROSTARS' FARIA IS HALFWAY THERE
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amWhen the MetroStars drafted Brazilian forward Rodrigo Faria, his abundant skills and soccer pedigree implied his time would come as one of their most important attacking players. But chances are...
DEVILS IN FAMILIAR SPOT
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - The championship team we remember and expect the Devils to be is the one that stormed through the final nine games of last year's playoffs, winning seven while...
MARCUS IS TRYING TO UNWIND
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Two days ago, Marcus Camby's two sisters and mother left his Westchester home where they had been living since the season ended. They went back to Connecticut, where...
LAYDEN NOW ON HOT SEAT
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amHis buddy, Dave Checketts, is gone and now Knicks GM Scott Layden sits on the hot seat, the hottest seat at the Garden today. No one is on the spot...
RICKEY'S GRIPE HAS RING TO IT
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amSAY this about the remarkable Rickey Henderson: The guy really knows how to honeymoon. He leads off relationships with new ballclubs the way he leads off baseball games. He goes...
IVERSON TORCHES RAPTORS WITH 52
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amSixers 121 Raptors 88 PHILADELPHIA - Allen Iverson received his MVP trophy from NBA commissioner David Stern then promptly went out and played exactly like an MVP, registering his second...
METROS TAME RAPIDS FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amMetroStars 1 - Rapids 0BEST FOOT FORWARD:Clint Mathis (left) battles Rapids' Robin Fraser for ball during second half of MetroStars' 1-0 victory at Giants Stadium last night.New York Post: Nury...
KNOBBY HURT AFTER CRASHING INTO WALL
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - Chuck Knoblauch left last night's game in the bottom of the fourth inning after bruising the lower abdominal wall on his left side, below the rib...
A'S DO IT AGAIN! SMACK YANKS IN EXTRA INNINGS
May 17, 2001 | 4:00am10 INNINGS A's 4 Yankees 2 OAKLAND - Looking to add juice to a dormant lineup, Joe Torre sat Paul O'Neill, elevated Alfonso Soriano from seventh to second, batted Derek...
TRACH'S A REAL STREAK SHOW
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amNAME one, just one reason the Montreal Expos should remain in the major leagues. The Long Island Ducks outdrew them Tuesday night. The Big O is so empty burps can...
RICKEY CHANGES TUNE ABOUT RING
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amRickey Henderson was far more outspoken before last night's game about the NL Championship ring snub and Steve Phillips' explanation for it than he was his first night back at...
AMAZIN' JUGGLING ACT: V, MET HANDS FULL WITH INJURIES
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amLook up the Mets in any preseason magazine. Look at their roster, look at their projected lineup and look at where they're predicted to finish. It's a guarantee you won't...
WHERE HAS ALL THE POWER GONE? BOMBER BATS FAILING IN CLUTCH
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Welcome to the Summer of Grind. Joe Torre enjoys telling people that his three-time defending World Series champion Yankees' greatest attribute is the willingness to do the mundane...
BERNIE STILL ON TARGET FOR FRIDAY RETURN
May 17, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - While plans can change - especially when they involve a family death and air travel from Puerto Rico to Seattle - the Yankees are looking forward...