May 18, 2001
AT&T PULLING PLUG ON ONSITE ACCESS
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe company that bragged about wiring the Empire State Building has gone belly-up. OnSite Access, one of the city's largest local-exchange carriers, with more than 70 million square feet wired,...
DUBYA'S CHOICES COULD DUMP DISCLOSURE RULE
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amOnly seven months old, controversial Regulation Fair Disclosure is under heavy attack from Wall Street's Securities Industry Association - and may even be headed for the political scrap heap. While...
INDIES FINDING CHANNELS FULL - NETWORKS GORGING ON OWN STUDIOS
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe networks have spoken - and they're talking synergy. The six major networks have put the final touches on their fall 2001 schedules, and one thing is crystal clear: It...
WIDOW'S WEEDS FOR EGARDEN SITE
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amLawn and garden supplies company U.S. Home & Garden Inc. is burying eGarden.com, its electronic marketplace. The site, which was designed to link up makers and sellers of goods such...
FIRSTMARK REELING - STAR INVESTORS IN TELECOM CO. WANT OUT
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amLynn Forester, the wireless entrepreneur and well-connected bride of billionaire banker Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, may be charming Manhattan's social circuit, but she seems to be arousing the ire of...
COURT POOH-POOHS POOCH PROCEEDING
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amTHE world may not be going to the dogs just yet, but in one upscale condo building, the fate of an adorable puppy has hung in the balance until recently....
NASD INVESTIGATING 2 MORE CSFB-ERS
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amTwo more CSFB honchos were tagged by federal regulators yesterday as the bi-coastal investigation into IPO allocations during the tech explosion heats up. Credit Suisse First Boston director Ladd William...
TIME WARNER WRITERS BLAST E-BOOK CONTRACT
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amWhen Laurence Kirshbaum, CEO of Time Warner Trade Books, unveiled the electronic publishing arm known as iPublish two weeks ago, he said it "redefines publishing as we know it," and...
BIDS DUE IN FOR FRESH MEADOWS APARTMENTS
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amBids were due in last night for Fresh Meadows Apartments, the giant Queens development that's home to 3,285 families and a familiar landmark for motorists on the Long Island Expressway....
'ROUGE' AWAKENING - A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING IN A POSTMODERN ATTEMPT TO REINVENT THE MOVIE MUSICAL
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amMOULIN ROUGE [***] Exuberant, gutsy, but sometimes too campy attempt to reinvent the musical. Running time: 125 minutes. Rated PG-13 (a few smutty jokes). At the Ziegfeld, 54th Street and...
WWF STARTS REALITY SHOW
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amTHE World Wrestling Federation took a knockout punch on the XFL last week, but it's getting off the mat with a new reality-based TV show this week. "WWF Tough Enough,"...
'IRON CHEF' TO AMERICA - SHATNER TO HOST COOKING'S MOST BIZZARE SHOW
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAM Shatner will host an American version of "The Iron Chef" - the most bizarre cooking show in the world - next fall on UPN. The show, a one-time special...
ANNE FRANK: UP FROM HELL - STORY FROM THE ATTIC IS BRUTAL
May 18, 2001 | 4:00am"Anne Frank" [ ] May 20, May 21, 9:00, ABC, ---------- WHEN you see "Anne Frank" - and if you've got half a brain, you will see "Anne Frank" -...
'WRONG NUMBER$' PLAGUE 'RINGING' - CAST MEMBERS' CHECKS BOUNCE AT B'WAY MUSICAL
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amCHECKS are bouncing at "Bells Are Ringing." In a sign that the Tony-nominated revival is strapped for cash, several cast members - including leading lady Faith Prince - saw their...
TEACHER'S AN ALIEN
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amSPACE vixen Jeri Ryan -who single-handedly boosted the ratings for "Star Trek: Voyager" - is joining the faculty of David E. Kelly's "Boston Public." Ryan, best known as "Voyager's" curvaceous...
STARS SPRING INTO ACTION FOR THE ABT
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amAMERICAN BALLET THEATERAt Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center; (212) 362-6000. Season runs through June 23. --------------- THE other day, someone unwisely asked me what the difference was between American Ballet...
ON A WHOLE NEW HIGH - HIP-HOP'S FIRST LADY ELLIOTT DIGS DEEP INSIDE AND COMES UP DANCIN'
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amMISSY Elliott is hip-hop's most respected woman. Acts like Lil' Kim and Foxy Brown trade on bootilicious sex appeal to sell records. Miss E doesn't need to.Her two previous albums...
STARR REPORT
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amHe's Wald in: Jonathan takes over 'Today' Jonathan Wald will take over as executive producer of NBC's "Today" show, replacing Michael Bass who, in turn, had replaced Jeff Zucker on...
J.LO HITS A NEW.LO
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amANGEL EYES [] Longwinded, embarrassing eruption of Hollywood sentimentality at its schmaltzy worst. Running time: 104 minutes. Rated R (violence, sexuality, extreme mawkishness). At the Empire 25, the 84th Street,...
NUTS IN LOVE WITH 'AMY' - ALL OTHERS, BEWARE
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amAMY [] Aussie "Tommy" has its moments. Running time: 104 minutes. Rated PG-13 (domestic violence). At the Empire and the Angelika. ---------------- THE press notes for "Amy" boast that this...
DIARY THREAT DROPPED
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amTHE heirs of Anne Frank won't sue ABC for its miniseries after all. The Anne Frank-Fonds, a foundation which represents Frank's estate, had threatened legal action against ABC for "Ann...
BRINGING 'DEAD ELVIS' TO LIFE
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amELVIS may have left the building - but his spirit will rock the hall. Bassoonist Milan Turkovic will do the full Presley in white jump suit and pompadour when the...
SHE BROKE HER BACK IN A 'JACKASS' STUNT
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amANOTHER "Jackass" stunt, another "Jackass" injury. This time it was model Stephanie Hodges, an aspiring actress who broke vertebrae in her back and fractured her pelvis last month while performing...
CAN'T MAKE A MEAL OF 'FAST FOOD'
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amFAST FOOD FAST WOMEN [] Often charming, but occasionally trite or sitcom-esque indie about love and loneliness in Manhattan. Running time: 98 minutes. At the Lincoln Plaza, the First &...
IT HAPPENED ONE 'NOCTURNE'
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amNOCTURNEThe New York Theatre Workshop, 79 E. Fourth St. Telecharge, (212) 239-6200. ----------- IN Joliet, Ill., a young man of 17 is driving home one hot summer night in July...
TIME FOR ROMEO TO GIVE LOVE STORY A REST
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amA WEEK and a half ago, I died and went to tabloid heaven. Or maybe it was hell, I'm not sure. I'm talking about the sad tale of Romeo and...
'BOMB' HATE GRAFFITI ALARMS TOP ARTS HS
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amAn elite Manhattan high school was on alert yesterday after racist graffiti and a bomb threat were found scrawled on a wall. The graffiti threatened to kill all blacks, Hispanics...
THE ENERGY BLAME GAME - DEMOCRATS' DANGEROUS DANCE OF DENIAL
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amBETWEEN 1990 and 2000, the U.S. population grew by 13.2 percent. The number of housing units nationwide grew by 22 percent, spurred in large measure by the declining number of...
BABY SITTER BUSTED AFTER PIT BULLS ATTACK S.I. GIRL
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amThree pit bulls attacked a 6-year-old Staten Island girl yesterday, breaking her arm and biting her several times, cops said. Cops weren't sure who owned the dogs - but police...
MOB BOSS NAILED IN CAR-THEFT RING BUST
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amA notorious Mafia boss, who was acquitted in the sensational 1986 slaying of an undercover NYPD detective, was arrested yesterday in a roundup of suspects in a multimillion-dollar car-theft ring,...
DUBYA'S PICK FOR SOLICITOR IN HOT WATER
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush is facing a Senate showdown after Republicans had to pry Ted Olson's nomination as solicitor general out of a deadlocked committee yesterday. In the toughest confirmation...
NEW YORK POST: FROM MAY 18, 1987
May 18, 2001 | 4:00am"An angry President Reagan vowed a full investigation today into the Iraqi airstrike that killed 28 sailors aboard the USS Stark in the Persian Gulf yesterday. 'Their loss and suffering...
RUDY'S COUSIN JOINED CITY'S BUSINESS JUNKET TO FRANCE
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani's cousin, Catherine Giuliani, enjoyed Paris courtesy of the city's Economic Development Corp., The Post has learned. Catherine Giuliani, chief-of-staff to EDC President Michael Carey, was one of three...
OUR HOMES WASTE JUICE - EVEN ON 'OFF' DAYS
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amNew York's millions of faxes, televisions, computers and radios use enough electricity when they're switched off to power every home in San Francisco. And an even bigger electric shock: America's...
HOFSTRA-SLAY SUSPECT ON RX FOR DEPRESSION
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe Hofstra student accused of gutting and sexually mutilating a kind-hearted classmate is a diagnosed manic-depressive who is on medication, The Post has learned. Despite taking several drugs to control...
FIRED LOTTO GAL SEEKS PROBE
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe Manhattan woman bounced as a New York State Lottery announcer yesterday asked the state attorney general's office to launch a probe into her firing. Reny Monk's lawyer, Ronald Kuby,...
EX-KNICK: CLUB GAVE ME GIRLS FOR ROMP
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amATLANTA - Former Knick John Starks told a grand jury how a strip club manager provided him with women for sex and made dancers available to him and other Knicks...
WAX OFF: TUSSAUD STRIKES THE 'BAND'
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amEven Mayor Giuliani's wax image is putting his marriage behind him. Officials at Madame Tussaud's wax museum in Times Square have removed the gold wedding band that once adorned the...
DONNA DOESN'T PLAY THE VICTIM CONVINCINGLY
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amJUDI NATHAN didn't know Mayor Giuliani had publicly - and bravely - pledged his undying love for her yesterday when her phone rang. I simply said: "The mayor said that...
MISSING INTERN LEFT CLUE: E-MAIL TO PAL IS POINTING TO CONGRESSMAN
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amA newly discovered e-mail from a missing Washington intern strongly suggests the mystery man she was dating is a member of Congress, cops said yesterday. "My man will be coming...
RUDY: JUDI IS MY 'ETERNAL' SWEETIE: OPENS HEART ON 'ADULT' ROMANCE
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday pledged "eternal" gratitude to girlfriend Judi Nathan, and said he hopes their love lasts "forever." "My relationship with Judith Nathan is an adult one. It's a mature...
MAN NABBED IN NIKI HOSP-PIX SCAM BID
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amA Georgia "flimflam artist" scammed $8,000 from Niki Taylor's publicist by pretending he had photos of the critically injured supermodel in her hospital bed, authorities said yesterday. Cops busted William...
TRICKY CAMS WATCH THE WATCHERS
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amThey look like everyday household items - an alarm clock, a lamp, a painting, a smoke detector, a teddy bear, a toy truck. But each item houses a concealed, deluxe,...
AMY'S DAD MOVED BY DEFENSE LAWYER'S NOTE
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amAmy Watkins' father and her alleged killer's lawyer reached a separate peace yesterday after the defender wrote the dad a heartfelt letter. Sam Gregory wrote the note after Lawrence Watkins...
BAD-EGG KID PELTS BILL ON POLISH TOUR
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe yolk was on Bill Clinton yesterday when a Polish protester nailed him with a raw egg as the former president strolled in Warsaw. The egg hit Clinton's sleeve as...
'MONEY HONEY' IS PREFERRED STOCK
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amForget Alan Greenspan. Maria Bartiromo makes stocks go up quicker - and she's a lot better to look at. According to a study by two professors, the Wall Street TV...
BUSH ENERGY PLAN FUELS HOT DEBATE
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Democrats and environmentalists yesterday ripped President Bush's energy plan, while business leaders embraced it as a clear-eyed solution to the nation's power shortage. The critics claimed Bush and...
GRANNY CATCHES NANNY ABUSING TOT ON TAPE: COPS
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amA Long Island grandmother who suspected her 2-year-old grandson was being abused by his baby sitter set up a video-camera sting - and was horrified to catch the nanny slapping...
GOV: TEST SCORES PROVE IT'S TIME TO AX ED. BOARD
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amGov. Pataki yesterday renewed his call to abolish the Board of Education after seeing test results that show a majority of the city's fourth-grade students can't read or write at...
TOT KILLED BY GIANT'S BLOWS: N.J. OFFICIALS
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amGiants rookie Jeremiah Parker and his girlfriend killed her 4-year-old boy with torturing punishments like biting, whipping and hitting - and, possibly, violent shaking, prosecutors charged. In upgraded charges filed...
GEEZER WHIZ! HE NAILS A HOLE-IN-ONE AT 101
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amMost centenarians just putter along, but a 101-year-old Florida golfer did his fellow golden-agers one better yesterday - when he smacked a hole-in-one. It was the sixth time Harold Stilson...
HALE HOUSE GIVES LORRAINE HEAVE-HO
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amLorraine Hale was booted yesterday from the Harlem charity that bears her family's name as its new, state-appointed directors probe the organization's finances. "Our highest priority is, and will continue...
RED CROSS TAKES SHOT AT ISRAEL
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe Red Cross jumped into the Mideast conflict yesterday, while the Palestinians urged the U.S. Congress to do the same. Rene Kosirnik, head of the International Red Cross in the...
WIFE-SLAY BULLETS DON'T MATCH BLAKE'S AMMO
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Bullets that killed the wife of actor Robert Blake don't match the ammo seized at the home of the former "Baretta" star, sources said yesterday. Bonny Lee...
'SOPRANOS' SINGING A REAL-LIFE LOVE SONG?
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amWhile mobs of fans are taking a whack at guessing how the season finale of "The Sopranos" will end Sunday night, there's a bigger mystery brewing: Are the actors who...
CONSERVATIVE POL BY DAY, LIBERAL AT NIGHT
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amHe's so conservative he voted to quash flag burning. Yet he once moshed at a Pearl Jam concert and posed astride a Harley Davidson motorcycle for a raunchy biker mag....
SLAIN 'ANGEL' INSPIRES 4G GIFT
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe parents of a Bronx "angel" who was brutally raped and slain got an unexpected gift of $4,550 last night. The money was raised by David Mendez, who has been...
QNS. TEACHER FACES STUDENT-SODOMY RAP
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amA Queens high-school teacher was indicted yesterday on charges of repeatedly sodomizing a 15-year-old student, after the tormented victim spilled the horrifying secret to her parents - four years later....
SLAY-CASE MAYOR SURRENDERS
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe mayor of York, Pa., surrendered yesterday on a 32-year-old murder charge - for allegedly providing ammunition and telling an accomplice to kill blacks. Mayor Charlie Robertson, 67, was a...
'SPY' WANTED ME TO FIND GOD: STRIPPER
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe stripper befriended by Robert Hanssen says the indicted FBI spy lavished $80,000 in gifts on her, including jewels, trips and a Mercedes, but never once asked her for sex....
NINE HURT IN LIRR CRASH
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amA Long Island Rail Road train collided with a work train carrying a crane in Hewlett yesterday afternoon, injuring five passengers and four railroad workers, authorities said. The LIRR passenger...
HENDERSON, TRAMMELL ARE BLASTS FROM PAST
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amRickey Henderson thought he was underpaid at $1.8 million a year. Bubba Trammell said he'd play everyday for free. Two things the San Diego outfielders have in common: they both...
KENYON'S FIRST RATE
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amNets forward Kenyon Martin, runner-up in the Rookie of the Year voting, received a consolation prize yesterday when he was named to the NBA's first-team All-Rookie Team. Martin, the No....
NO KIDDING: METS STINK
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amTIME to stop all the talk about the Mets getting David Wells or any other player of note. Last-place teams don't add significant pieces. They trade them. And why kid...
ORDONEZ UNHAPPY WITH TIME ON PINE
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES Rey Ordonez' sarcasm displayed his annoyance. Ordonez wasn't in the lineup last night and he was asked if it was simply a day off. "A day off?" Ordonez...
4-GONE CONCLUSION - PODS POUND TERRIBLE TRACHS IN HR BINGE
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amIn a season of embarrassing performances, last night was the worst for the last-place Mets. Steve Trachsel was the star of the latest horror show, a 15-3 disaster of a...
METS, YANKS FLUSH TASTELESS PROMO
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amIN THE relentless, often mindless pursuit of the almighty "young male demographic," Fox Sports Net continues to challenge its senior rival, ESPN, to what in junior high we called "a...
WEAKS ARE COMING ON STRONG
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amTHE saltwater fishing picture keeps getting brighter, with weakfish highlighting the scene this past week, along with the bass, blues, fluke, blackfish and flounder. If you were fishing in Great...
ENCORE FOR MONARCHOS - DERBY WINNER PRIMED TO BAG SECOND JEWEL
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Ah, what a difference one insignificant defeat has made for the reputation of Kentucky Derby hero Monarchos, the choice for tomorrow's $1 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. Facing...
DERBY STARS COULD OFFER A PREAK PREVIEW
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - The 126th running of the Preakness tomorrow will almost assuredly follow the pattern of nearly all its predecessors: it will be dominated - and won - by the...
HATCHETTE'S BIG PICTURE
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES Matthew Hatchette has no designs on being a Keyshawn Johnson clone for the Jets. He does, however, have the kinds of bold plans that Johnson always had as...
CHSAA'S REALIGNING
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amWhen the basketball season starts next year, expect the CHSAA to have a different look. With La Salle dropping to the league's 'B' Division, the Archdiocese of New York was...
EARLY RAIN WON'T BE FACTOR
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe forecast for tomorrow's 126th running of the Preakness Stakes calls for early rain with temperatures in the high 70s and dropping into the 60s at post time. "We're dying...
JFK'S HOROWITZ CALLS IT QUITS
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amAfter his team won the PSAL championship in December, John F. Kennedy head coach Jerry Horowitz wouldn't say that he had just coached his final high school football game, but...
WILLIAMS FACES TOUGH ROAD BACK
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Bernie Williams is expected to return to the Yankees tonight in Seattle. Even though Williams wasn't hitting when he left the team last Sunday, his return is expected...
PRADO RIDES THREE WINNERS
May 18, 2001 | 4:00am1ST RACE - Mom's Dream was sent off the 1-5 favorite and despite lunging at the start, she recovered quickly to stalk the pace. On the far turn she took...
TRAMMELL IS MAKING MOST OF BIG CHANCE
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amBubba Trammell said it in spring training, and he's still adamant about it: Play me, don't pay me. The San Diego outfielder has never been given the chance to play...
METS SEE THE LEIT - AL GETS NOD VS. L.A. AFTER LONG STINT ON DL
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amWhen a team is losing, days feel like they're 48 hours long. When a player is on the disabled list, he feels useless. When you combine those two feelings and...
ABRAHAM'S TOP CONTENDER - FORMER FIGHT-GAME HONCHO MAY BE GUY TO TAKE OVER MSG
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe man who may be Garden king is in London now, on Radio City business. Seth Abraham, former president of HBO Sports, is not expected back until next week, but...
YANKS CHOKING IN CLUTCH - LIFELESS BATS HELP A'S SWEEP 'EM CLEAN
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Mike Mussina wasn't good. Mike Stanton was worse. Todd Williams was brutal. Yes, the Yankees' pitching was repulsive against the A's yesterday at a sun-splashed Coliseum. However, the...
SORE SIDE SIDELINES KNOBBY
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - Joe Torre didn't provide a platform for Chuck Knoblauch to talk his way into yesterday's meek Yankee lineup against the A's. However, Torre believes his leadoff...
CHECKETTS TOSSED OVER LOST DOLLARS
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amWhen push came to shove, $160 million in lost revenue was too much to ignore. That's what Madison Square Garden and its chairman, Jim Dolan, stand to lose this year...
COACH K FINALLY WISES UP
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amFor one of the rare times in his coaching career, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski found himself out of the loop. Just after the 1999 season, when his dynamic Duke team was...
AMAZIN'S HOPIN' TO SEE LEIT
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amWhen a team is losing, days feel like they're 48 hours long. When a player is on the disabled list, he feels useless. When you combine those two feelings and...
DEVILS REGAIN CONTROL - AVOID PITT FALL, GRAB 2-1 EDGE
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amGAME 3: Devils 3 - Penguins 0 PITTSBURGH - On what the captain called the Devils' Finest Night as Stanley Cup champs, Larry Robinson had a pretty good evening, too....
BRODEUR'S CONCENTRATED EFFORT KEY TO DEVS' SUCCESS
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - All around the NHL, they talk about how great it is to play in Toronto or Montreal or maybe even at the Garden. But Martin Brodeur has a...
V SHUFFLING LOSING DECK
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amA LOSING team is always one injured player away from making things right. A losing team calls upon its best prospect hoping he is ready even when it knows he...
MARTY SEES IGLOO, NOT MEADOWLANDS, AS PLAYOFF HOT SPOT
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - All around the NHL, they all talk about how great it is to play in Toronto or Montreal or maybe even at the Garden. But Martin Brodeur has...
IT'S A WAR OF ATTRITION - INJURIES TAKING A TOLL ON DEVILS AND PENS
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - More than a month into the Stanley Cup playoffs, depth begins to tell. The marathon reached its 16th game for the Devils and Penguins with Game 3 of...
COACH K KNOWS THE SCORE NOW
May 18, 2001 | 4:00amFor one of the rare times in his brilliant coaching career, Duke's Mike Krzyzewski found himself out of the loop. Just after the 1999 season, when his dynamic Duke team...
BETTOR'S GUIDE TO PREAKNESS STAKES
May 18, 2001 | 4:00am1. MARCIANO 30-1 Gray or roan colt, by Two Punch (Mr. Prospector), out of Pardonable (Magesterial) Jockey: Mark Johnston - Preakness Record: (1) 0 0 0 Trainer: Tim Ritchey -...