May 20, 2001
CSFB'S ALLWET ... AGAIN
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amYOU'D think Credit Suisse First Boston CEO Allen Wheat would learn from his mistakes. Wheat took over in 1997 and engineered the firm's rebound, partly by hiring superstars to run...
NEED NOBU RESERVATIONS? CALL CITY ACCESS PROVIDERS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amO matter how rich, charismatic or alluring you may be, chances are pretty slim that you'll ever get to first base on the first try with the maitre d's in...
STOCK SLIDE? WHO CARES?
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amDON'T worry, Primedia. Some one out there loves you. The owner of New York, Seventeen, Fly Fisherman, American Baby and the Channel One in-school network has seen its stock sink...
FOLIOS LET INVESTORS PICK THEIR PAGE
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amCALL it fear of the unknown. The mutual fund industry is up in arms about folios, which put investors in the driver's seat -- letting them play manager of their...
KEMPER TOTAL RETURN WALKS BEAM OF STOCKS, BONDS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amFor investors who can't figure out if they prefer stocks or bonds, Gary Langbaum has a potential solution. He runs the Scudder Balanced fund, which offers equities and fixed-income securities...
THE NEW PSEUDO IS NO RERUN
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amPSEUDO? Back from the dead? And making a profit? If that sounds like a sick joke, it gets sicker. One of Pseudo's old programs, "High Weirdness with Judge Cal" (live...
POKER-PLAYING DAY TRADER FLUSH WITH BUCKS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amIN today's zigzagging stock market, what's a day trader to do? If you're anywhere as good at playing the odds as Chris Ferguson, then you might try your hand at...
CSFB'S ALL WET.... AGAIN
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amYOU'D think Credit Suisse First Boston CEO Allen Wheat would learn from his mistakes. Wheat took over in 1997 and engineered the firm's rebound, partly by hiring superstars to run...
THE MONET PIT ART FAIR IS DUTCH TREAT FOR CITY'S BIGGEST BUYERS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amThe city's spring auction season is in full swing, as bidders battle each other for multimillion-dollar works by Van Gogh, Picasso, Gauguin and Monet. Meanwhile, top museums like the Met...
MY FIRST TIME AT A REAL-LIFE ORGY
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amI've always thought I should go to an orgy at least once in my life. Like shacking up with a pop star in Vegas or surfing a Big Kahuna wave,...
4 QUESTIONS FOR SAM NEILL GIVE ME A GLASS OF WINE OUTSIDE MY SHED
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amWho are your heroes? Among others, Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Everest, and a great (fellow) New Zealander. James Mason, a great actor, and a friend. Swede Momsen,...
THE LOVABLE MOBSTER
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amNICK Pileggi was nominated for the Academy Award for co-writing the screenplay for "Goodfellas," the seminal mob movie with DeNiro, Pesci and Bracco. So I asked Pileggi to help me...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: DENISE MARIE QUINONES AUGUST
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amDenise Marie Quinones August, who was crowned Miss Universe 2001 on May 11, never dreamed of being a beauty queen. She was more of a braniac. "I never followed pageants...
DYLAN'SMYSTIQUE AT 60, THE ROCKER'S NEVER BEEN HOTTER
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amBob Dylan is a man of few words. And despite the hundreds of books that have been written about him, he remains something of a mystery. As he turns 60...
'FAST FOOD' STAR'S A REAL FRENCH DISH
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amIn one of those strange turns of cinematic fate, the American actress who stars in Amos Kollek's quirky Manhattan-set romantic comedy, "Fast Food Fast Women," is a major cult figure...
LIVING WITH ALL THOSE SKY-HIGH EXPECTATIONS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amWhat you see is what you get, right?Well, when it comes to the theater, that's not always the case. Sometimes what you see is not what you expect. In fact,...
BLAKE'S SCREEN KILLER
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amIs life imitating the movies? News that Robert Blake is a suspect in the killing of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, brings to mind the actor's first big-screen success as...
WHAT I WATCH
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amDENIS LEARY Star of "The Job" and creator of Crudegreetings.com ESPN's NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs - in hopes Ray Bourque gets his name on the Cup. TIPPI HEDREN Star of...
LATIN FOOD SECOND ONLY TO GRANDMA'S
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amJavier 70 Greenwich Ave. (near Seventh Avenue) (212) 929-7878 Javier's menu calls the restaurant's style Latin Caribbean cuisine. But it's the word "homemade" on the awning out in front of...
WILL 'PEARL' JAM? OR WILL MOVIEGOERS HARBOR RESERVATIONS ABOUT THIS BIG-BUDGET EXTRAVAGANZA?
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amWhen "Pearl Harbor" dive-bombs thousands of U.S. theaters this Friday, will the date be one that lives in Hollywood infamy? That's certainly possible. Early reports indicate that the movie may...
HOT TO TROT- WHAT' SMALLER THAN SOME DOGS AND CATCHING ON AS A COMPANION? THE MINI-HORSE, OF COURSE
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amAt the Big Apple Circus, appearing in Queens' Cunningham Park through May 28, the Schumann troupe's horse act is the mane event. But none of those powerful, 800-pound Saddlebreds and...
THE MONET PIT: ART FAIR IS DUTCH TREAT FOR CITY'S BIGGEST BUYERS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amThe city's spring auction season is going full swing, as bidders battle each other for multimillon-dollar works by van Gogh, Picasso, Gauguin and Monet. Meanwhile, top museums like the Met...
NBA GREAT'S 'LOST' TROPHY UNEARTHED
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amSome basketball-loving police officers want to give an assist to one of the game's greatest scorers. Cops, who found in their property warehouse a 40-year-old high-school trophy awarded to NBA...
WE'VE GOT YOU 'MADE,' RUDY!
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amLAST week I revealed the earth-shattering news that every Sunday night Rudy Giuliani and his crew get together at Gracie Mansion to watch "The Sopranos." The mayor, I'm told, loves...
GOP SENATOR MULLS SWITCHING PARTIES
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A Republican lawmaker is reportedly discussing switching parties, a move that would give Democrats control of the Senate. Vermont Sen. James Jeffords has been courted aggressively by Democrats...
CALLOUS SHOCK DOCS ZAP HOLES IN PEOPLE'S LIVES
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amLINDA Andre has a five-year hole in her life. Chilling things happen to her, like the time she met a man in the street - a man she had once...
SCRIBES RECREATE BAR 'SCENE'
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amIT WAS Hollywood's reparations to Brooklyn for stealing the Dodgers to La-La Land. We were cast as "Crony One" and "Crony Two" in a scene of art imitating life. Snuggled...
FANS WHACKY AT THOUGHT OF NO 'SOPRANOS' FOR MONTHS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amSomeone getting whacked is the least worry on "Sopranos" fans' minds as the hit show ends its season tonight. Their real fear - what's a fan to do when HBO's...
QUIZ MEANIE ANNE ADMITS: I'D BE THE 'WEAKEST LINK'
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amTV's quiz Queen of Mean Anne Robinson concedes she'd be the weakest link on her own show because she doesn't know "the sort of trivia" she asks her guests about....
TA SET TO BOOT UP COMPUTER TRAINS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amBeleaguered straphangers take heart, "Robotrain" is on the way. Crowd-busting subway cars run by computers will begin rolling along the L line within the next three years in the first...
SECRET BURIAL PLANNED FOR BLAKE'S SLAIN WIFE
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - The slain wife of Robert Blake will be memorialized as a "beloved mother" on a headstone the embattled actor plans to erect on her secret burial site,...
FROM FOSTER CHILD TO VASSAR GRADUATE
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amIt means feeling like an unwelcome guest 24/7, being put in special education when you're really a straight-A student - and, most of all, it means cringing at the word...
BURIED ALIVE! HUMAN BOMBS' TERROR TRAINING
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM. ONE of the tests a suicide bomber may go through before exploding himself is to be buried alive - then rescued from the verge of suffocation. Here is what...
JAZZ SINGER LEAPS TO HER DEATH
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amA critically acclaimed jazz and cabaret singer who was depressed over losing her recording contract and her latest gig jumped to her death yesterday, police said. Susannah McCorkle, 55, who...
TRAILBLAZER BADILLO TAKES ONE MORE SHOT AT OFFICE
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amThis is the final part of a Post series on profiles of mayoral candidates. At 71, Herman Badillo certainly could rest on his laurels as the nation's first Puerto Rican...
BLOOMBERG GETS 3RD NOD FOR MAYORAL BID
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amLikely mayoral wannabe Michael Bloomberg has won the nod of the Staten Island Republican Party - his third GOP endorsement, sources said. The county's executive committee voted "overwhelmingly" last week...
VAN HALEN VOWS HE'LL BUTT OUT CANCER
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amPuffing on a cigarette, rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen said yesterday he's undergoing daily treatment for cancer but is otherwise feeling fine. The 46-year-old leader of the band that bears...
POLYGAMIST GETS NONE? FIVE-WIFE UTAH MAN FACES ZERO CONJUGAL JAIL VISITS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amA Utah man convicted of bigamy won't get conjugal visits if he's sentenced to jail time - and may be allowed to see only one of his five wives behind...
HOW SEX FIENDS SLIP THROUGH LEGAL LOOPHOLE
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amTO some people who live at 301 E. 47th St., there was something pervy about the muscle-bound middle-aged man who moved into their upscale apartment building in January. He wore...
MISSING-INTERN TWIST
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amWashington police have interviewed neighbors of California Rep. Gary Condit about whether missing intern Chandra Levy was ever seen visiting his home, D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey said yesterday. While...
NEW YORK POST FROM MAY 20, 1895:
May 20, 2001 | 4:00am"Thomas A. Edison has made a new move in the fight against the North American Phonograph Company. "Chancellor McGill instructed Receiver John R. Hardin of that corporation to refuse Mr....
NYPD PAINTERS WIN GAME IN OVERTIME
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amForget the MBA. File away the law degree. Looking for big bucks in city government? Try becoming a painter for the Police Department. City records show that John Vitiello, a...
MAN RAPES CO-WORKER: COPS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amA Brooklyn financial consultant was arrested yesterday on charges of raping a female colleague working late in a Midtown office building, police said. Mohd Majid, 30, used an electronic card...
SHOCKER AT THE LOCKER THIEVES TARGETING UPSCALE HEALTH-CLUB PATRONS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amNew Yorkers are shedding more than extra pounds at city health clubs - they're losing credit cards, Rolexes, Palm Pilots and other valuables at an alarming rate. Burglaries in locker...
W. PRESCRIBES HOME REMEDY FOR HMOS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush is pushing Texas and its patient bill of rights as just what the doctor ordered to cure all Americans of their HMO blues. More than three...
WILD PARROTS HAVE B'KLYN IN POLLY GRIP
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amThere's a whole lot of squawkin' going on in Brooklyn. Hundreds of boisterous, wild monk parrots have built enormous communal nests on utility poles, in trees and even on window...
GYM MEMBER SUFFERS WRONG KIND OF 'LIFTING'
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amWhile Hank Schob was lifting weights, a locker-room thief was lifting his belongings. When Schob, 54, an acting coach, finished his exercise routine at the Bally Sports Club on West...
PIAZZA UNMASKED CATCHING UP WITH A MET SWINGER WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE MIKE?
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amHe was a boy with a dream, growing up in Valley Forge, Pa. Now, Mike Piazza is our Hall of Fame-bound Met catcher/heartthrob. But what's the man behind the mask...
RUDY'S TOUGH LAWYER IS JUST GETTING STARTED
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amWhen it comes to Raoul Felder, Donna Hanover "hasn't seen anything yet," a former protégé says. "Mr. Felder does not mince words, and he does not hold back. When he's...
MURDER-SUICIDE IN QUEENS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amA 67-year-old Queens man apparently bludgeoned his daughter-in-law to death in Ozone Park early yesterday before hanging himself outside his home, police said. The murder-suicide was discovered by Pooran Gangaran,...
NICOLE PRODUCES AN ITALIAN BEAU
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amSaucy "Moulin Rouge" star Nicole Kidman has been distracted from worries about her busted-up marriage to Tom Cruise by dates with an Italian film producer. Kidman was secretly squired by...
'FRAMED' WRITER HELPS NAB SUSPECT
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amShaun Considine writes tell-all books about Hollywood movie stars - but now he knows what it's like to be part of a real-life cop drama. The 64-year-old author of books...
AMAZIN' PRICE OF LOSING
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amNow, owners must pay to salvage season Steve Phillips did have a $42 million panic attack that caused him to sign Kevin Appier because the veteran right-hander was the best...
READY FOR THE WORLD
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amLife is quite different now for Chad Pennington. The rules have changed significantly for the Jets' backup quarterback, one of their ballyhooed four first-round draft picks in 2000. Firstly, Pennington...
WANT TIX FOR 2002 OPEN?
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amLOCAL GOLF Get ready to get your tickets for next summer's U.S. Open at Bethpage Black. Starting June 18, the USGA will begin accepting ticket requests for the 2002 Open....
ON NORTH FORK, LET BIRDS BE YOUR FISHING GUIDE
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amEARLY in the morning, before heading off for work, North Fork locals can be seen in their pickup trucks at various spots along the Long Island Sound or Peconic Bay...
HASEK: HASTA LA VISTA? GOALIE'S NOT LIKELY TO STAY IN BUFFALO AT REDUCED SALARY
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - Dominik Hasek has no intention of offering his services to the Sabres for a discount when he meets this week with team management, Slap Shots has learned. "Nothing...
NETS NEED MORE LOTTERY LUCK
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amThe Nets have not gotten many breaks during their history, unless you consider bone breaks. Last spring was an exception when Nets CEO Lewis Katz sat on the dais and...
MARBURY: I LOVE JERSEY
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amNets superstar point guard Stephon Marbury brushed away rumors he's hoping the Knicks trade for him this summer. "I'm happy where I'm at," Marbury told The Post. "Everyone's tradeable, but...
ORANGE STICK PRIDE 'CUSE GAINS 19TH FINAL FOUR
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amSyracuse University has been automatic in the NCAA lacrosse quarterfinals the last 19 years. Hofstra became victim No. 19 yesterday at Hofstra Stadium, the "neutral" site for the northern bracket,...
IT'S OBVIOUS SHEFF'S MISSING INGREDIENT
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amROBIN Ventura, Todd Zeile and Steve Phillips had wondered aloud about the impact trading for Gary Sheffield would have on the team's precious chemistry. So I ventured into the Dodgers'...
CHECKETTS BURNED HOUSTON PAL: AXED EXEC VOWED 7-YEAR DEAL
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amDAVE Checketts' abrupt retreat leaves Allan Houston a little more wobbly than most MSG employees. The free agent-to-be no longer knows for certain how much money he can count on...
METS BACK TO BEING AMAZINGLY AWFUL
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amKevin Appier said this season has been a "[bleeping] disaster" thus far and no one can argue with him. Appier picked up the loss in the latest Mets embarrassment, a...
KEVIN LOSES COOL AFTER LOSS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amWhen your pitching line seems to be automatically attached to an $8.5 million price tag, the term "quality start" takes on a whole new meaning. Kevin Appier didn't pitch poorly...
DICKY'S ON FAST TRACH
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amIn his last start, Steve Trachsel showed all the poise of a 22-year-old rookie. Trachsel's rotation slot, ironically, will been filled by the young but unflappable Dicky Gonzalez. The 22-year-old...
LOSING JOCKS MAKE THEIR POINTS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Here's what the losing jockeys had to say after Point Given, ridden by Gary Stevens, won the 126th Preakness Stakes yesterday: JORGE CHAVEZ (Monarchos) - I guess you...
BULLET BOB IS BACK SAVORS WIN AFTER DERBY DISAPPOINTMENT
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Bullet Bob pressed the trigger and killed 'em in the Preakness! Bob Baffert, the hard-driving trainer who cost horseplayers the Fort Knox vault when his horses bit the...
REY'S RETURN PUTS DESI ON BENCH
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amSteve Phillips said Edgardo Alfonzo, who left yesterday's game in the eighth inning with a strained left patella tendon, will not need to go on the DL. "Not that I'm...
BRODEUR JUST WANTS WINS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - He's dying for this playoff showdown with boyhood hero Patrick Roy, the one that is one victory each from taking place for the first time. But the goalie...
THE 'A' TRAIN LOOKS UNSTOPPABLE
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - They have been on for 10 of the 13 goals the Devils have scored in these Eastern Finals. Yes, the "A" Line is back on the express tracks,...
DEVILS LEARNED A LOT FROM ONE LITTLE LAPSE
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - An 181/2-minute gap once played a major role in the destruction of the Nixon presidency. A 61/2-minute gap may have played just as significant a role in a...
THE EAST IS LEAST COME PLAYOFF TIME
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amSUBJECT: Two Game 7s in Leastern Conference Semis. Not only can't the East whip the West, the East can't seem to whip itself. Let's take a peek, shall we, at...
MOM MUM TO JESSE ABOUT KID
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amThe mother of Jesse Jackson's love child says she didn't tell the civil-rights leader she was pregnant for several months for fear it would hurt his political career. "I guess...
BACK FROM THE BRINK COMATOSE YANKS COME TO IN NINTH, TOPPLE M'S IN 10
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amSEATTLE - The top step of the dugout was shoulder to shoulder. Two outs away from having a one-hit, 1-0 shutout thrown at them stared the Yankees in the face....
BROSIUS PAYS PRICE FOR SUZUKI DRILLING
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amSEATTLE - Even though nobody in either uniform believed that Yankee starter Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez intentionally hit Ichiro Suzuki with a first-pitch fastball in the back leading off the...
THIS TIME, SORIANO MAKES GOOD
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amSEATTLE - One game after his lack of concentration on the base paths led to a lecture from Joe Torre, Alfonso Soriano yesterday helped the Yankees win a game with...
STICK A FORK IN 'EM! BLOWOUT PUTS DEVS ON VERGE OF FINALS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - They're ready. The Devils are ready for another trip to the finals and the chance to join only the dynastic Canadiens, Islanders and Oilers as winners of three...
A ROGUE OF THEIR OWN YES, DEVILS, STEVENS' SHOT ON JAGR WAS CHEAP
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amWE LIKE to pretend that the Tie Domis all play for the other guys. But they play for the home teams, too. And they always have. Thursday, late in the...
READY FOR THE WORLD? CHAD PENNINGTON'S FUTURE WITH JETS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, AS ARE THE EXPECTATIONS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amLife is quite different now for Chad Pennington. The rules have changed significantly for the Jets' backup quarterback, one of their ballyhooed four first-round draft picks in 2000. Firstly, Pennington...
PROKOPEC'S FORM TRUE WORK OF ART
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amFollowing Kevin Brown in the rotation is a little like being commissioned to paint the Mona Lisa's sister. Dodgers rookie right-hander Luke Prokopec seems pretty good at paint-by-numbers. Historically, the...
YEAH IT WAS UGLY, SO WHAT - YANKS JUST HAPPY TO GET WINS
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amYankees 14 - Mariners 10 SEATTLE - When you haven't eaten in almost a week, you don't grouse about the fat in free beef. That was the Yankees' mindset late...
CHARLTON: SORIANO HAS LOT TO LEARN
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES SEATTLE - Watching Alfonso Soriano forget how many outs there were in the ninth inning of Friday night's game when he was doubled off first on a routine...
SLUMP HAS MOGILNY DOUBTING HIMSELF
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - What a night it was for Alexander Mogilny, scoring two goals and recording three assists in Game 2 against the Maple Leafs. Wow, that was really something, that...
THE STARS ARE ALIGNED - DEVILS GEAR TO STOP SUDDENLY REUNITED LEMIEUX AND JAGR
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - Some coaches hardly bother. They figure working matchups disrupts their team and distracts them from other duties. Some coaches don't last long in the NHL. Devils coach Larry...
BREATH OF FRESH AIR: CANDID WARD PROVING TO BE A WINNER
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Among the many memorable highlights of the 2001 Triple Crown - many still to be seen - it is unlikely any will surpass the star it has born....
POINT GIVEN ROLLS: MONARCHOS MUST SETTLE FOR SIXTH
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Redeeming his soiled reputation after finishing fifth as the heavy favorite in the Kentucky Derby, Point Given surged into contention on the far turn, then drew off down...
BURNING ROMA WINS SIR BARTON
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - Burning Roma is a 3-year-old Maryland-based colt who was being pointed for the Preakness all spring. But after he finished third as the odds-on favorite in his Preakness...
HANGIN' A ROUND: POST JOINS PHIL SIMMS FOR 18 HOLES ON SENIOR COURSE
May 20, 2001 | 4:00amPhil Simms, the former Giants quarterback turned NFL broadcaster, has been a member of Ridgewood Country Club since 1990, and is thoroughly familiar with the tree-lined fairways and small greens...