May 23, 2001
STUMBLING PEGASUS REDESIGNS ITSELF INTO THE LEIBER GROUP
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amThe troubled Pegasus Apparel Group has decided to start over from scratch, reshuffling the top management deck and changing its name. CEO Stephen Ruzow has been made chairman, while President...
SO LONG, SOLLY ; CITI DUMPS LEGENDARY 'SALOMON' NAME
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amSandy Weill, chairman of Citigroup, is dumping the legendary bond house name of Salomon from the tony bank's rosters forever - setting off Wall Street buzz about further acquisitions or...
NOTORIOUS REVIVAL ; PUFFY PLANNING TO BRING BACK TWICE-FAILED MAG
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amIt's back . . . Sean "Puffy" Combs' Notorious magazine is going to be resurrected yet again. Though reps for Bad Boy Entertainment, the umbrella parent for all Combs' ventures,...
BENDEL'S BLDG. GOT GUCCI, NOW BURBERRY'S IN: ESCADA OFF TO PARK AVE.
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amTHE former Henri Bendel's Building at 10-12 West 57th St. has become the temporary headquarters for retailing flagships. Until February, the building housed Gucci, which was remodeling its own Fifth...
NASDAQ STREAK HITS DAY SIX
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amTech stocks continued their winning ways yesterday as the Nasdaq posted its longest rally since February of 2000 - but profit-taking sunk the Dow, breaking its four-day surge. Market pros...
DOBBS GAVE $1,000 TO W TEAM
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amHe has only been back on the air for a week, but controversy keeps dogging CNN's Lou Dobbs. The host of the network's "Lou Dobbs Moneyline" recently made a $1,000...
FULLER GETS BRUSH AT GLAMOUR
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amGLAMOUR Editor-in-Chief Bonnie Fuller is said to be out of a job and is expected to be replaced by Self Editor-in-Chief Cindi Leive. Fuller had a meeting yesterday with Conde...
IT'S WAR! 'PEARL HARBOR' MISSION: BLAST OLD BOX-OFFICE CHAMP OUT OF THE WATER
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S zero hour for "Pearl Harbor" - as Disney pulls out all the stops to ballyhoo the $140 million blockbuster, which has a shot this weekend to topple the all-time...
GRANNY TREKKIE ; TOUCH OF GRAY AND A BABY IN FINALE
May 23, 2001 | 4:00am"Star Trek Voyager" finale Tonight at 8 on UPN 1/2 I AM having a serious crisis in my relationship and I can only thank my lucky, err, stars that there...
THE STARR REPORT
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amFNC exclusive: Dan gabs about BabsDan Rather says he'd "love" to see Barbara Walters as his co-host on the "CBS Evening News." "If there's an opportunity we could get Barbara...
R.E.M.'S LEAP WAKES UP 'UNPLUGGED' FANS
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amR.E.M. IN the MTV studios overlooking Times Square, the band R.E.M. - one of the most respected alternative acts in music since the early '80s - became simply Michael Stipe,...
HIGH MARKS FOR 'TEST'
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amCRASH TEST DUMMIESNew Victory Theater, 209 W. 42nd St.; (212) 242-0800. Through June 3. -------- WHAT is it in us that enjoys seeing an irresistible force strike an immovable object?...
A LA CARTES AND CRAFT
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amCRAFT ½ 43 E. 19TH ST. (212) 780-0880 'THE name Craft is about sourcing great ingredients and letting them speak for themselves," states chef/owner Tom Colicchio. But "Hard Labor" is...
DON'T CRY - THERE'S MORE
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amHEARTBROKEN Trekkies grappling with withdrawal pains after tonight's last-ever episode of "Star Trek: Voyager" can take comfort: yet another Trek spinoff is on the way next fall. And if the...
'SONG' HITS THE RIGHT NOTE
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amOUR SONG [ 1/2] Engrossing tale of a summer in the life of three adolescent girls in Brooklyn. Running time: 96 minutes. Rated R (absurdly, for brief bad language). At...
NONTRADITIONAL FLAVORS BECOMING . . .. . . POPSICLE'S LATEST SHTICK
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amWITH Memorial Day this weekend, summer's swelter can't be too far off. And when the going gets hot, the Popsicle's the king of cool.The classic ice-on-a-stick is getting some new...
ON THE SIDE: CIAO TO COCO PAZZO AS CAFE WILL SHUT ITS DOORS
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amCOCO Pazzo Cafe will close its doors on June 3.Owner Pino Luongo has opted not to renew his lease for 7 E. 59th St. and is making plans to open...
'VAMPIRES': NEW MUSICAL BLOOD
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amNOW that the spring theater season is winding down and there's no excitement about the Tonys - news flash: "The Producers" is going to win everything - Broadway is turning...
MORA! MORA! MORA! ; IT'S BOMBS AWAY WITH PEARL HARBOR SPECIALS
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amTHE 60th anniversary of Pearl Harbor - and the debut this weekend of a $140-million movie on the "day that will live in infamy" - has given TV an excuse...
ANGRY POL WOULD REIN IN ZAP-HAPPY STATE SHOCK DOCS
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amTHE politician's friend had a right to be depressed. Following the almost simultaneous deaths of his parents, the man's 17-year-old son tied a belt around his neck and hanged himself...
BUSH SCHOOL BILL PASSES HOUSE
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The GOP-controlled House yesterday easily passed what President Bush calls his No. 1 priority - education reform, including annual reading and math tests to hold schools accountable. The...
CITY'S $1M CANCER BID
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amThe city is spending $1 million on a new program to fight prostate cancer - the same disease that struck Mayor Giuliani and then-Police Commissioner Howard Safir last year, officials...
TED TO TURNER LOOSE AS DIVORCE IS OFFICIAL
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amBorn-again Christian Jane Fonda and religion-bashing hubby Ted Turner officially ended their troubled 10-year marriage yesterday. The once-golden couple have been separated since January 2000 - and admitted their marriage's...
BLAKE, KIN CALL TRUCE FOR FUNERAL
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Actor Robert Blake and the family of his murdered wife have called a temporary truce in their bitter feud in order to plan a funeral for her,...
99ó PROTEST A REAL GAS
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amA pumped-up protest against skyrocketing fuel prices was staged at a Long Island gas station yesterday, featuring a 99-cents-a-gallon price - and a half-mile-long line of cars waiting to fill...
SLAY-RAP GIANT: MOM BEAT CHILD
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amThe Giants rookie charged with his girlfriend in the death of her 4-year-old son faces arraignment today in a New Jersey court, where he will claim the mother regularly abused...
THE WAR OF THE GIULIANIS - HIZZONER'S MRS. DISHONORS HIM
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amYOU'VE been forewarned. This column is a Donna spin-free zone. This means that all complaints, rationalizations, machinations and hallucinations offered by Donna Hanover-Not-Giuliani, her staff, agents, emissaries, sympathizers and groupies...
MOVE OVER, MIKE - GOETZ WANTS TO RUN FOR MAYOR
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amAS Cindy Adams would say: Only in New York, kids. I steal her signature line because subway gunman Bernie Goetz wants to run for mayor - seriously. "If Mike Bloomberg...
THAT CHEAPSKATE CELLIST! - CABBY RIPS $75 'TIP' FOR RETURNING $4M INSTRUMENT
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amA cabby who helped a world-renowned musician recover his $4 million cello was hopping mad yesterday when he got his reward - a check for a measly $75, without even...
SHOT TEEN WILL TESTIFY AGAINST COP
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amA teen is expected to take the witness stand in a Bronx courtroom today and face the police officer who two years ago shot him, even though he was an...
DUBYA-DALAI TALK MAY DEEPEN CHINA CHILL
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amThe Dalai Lama will get an audience today with President Bush - a meeting that could deepen the U.S. rift with China. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning Buddhist leader, who met...
POST STORY PUTS BRAKE ON AUTO IN$URERS
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - The state's insurance czar yesterday delivered a blunt warning to auto-insurance companies seeking "gargantuan" rate hikes: "It ain't going to happen." Insurance Department Superintendent Greg Serio cracked the...
'JUNIOR' IS IN THE 'PICTURE' AT STRIP-CLUB TRIAL
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amJurors yesterday saw photos of John A. "Junior" Gotti in the Atlanta trial of a strip-club owner accused of funneling cash to the mob, and hookers to Knick players and...
LEVY TURNING UP HEAT ON SUMMER STUDENTS
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy plans to boost summer-school attendance by reaching parents with a new speed-dialing system, a hot-line number and truancy teachers knocking on doors. Levy said he also...
'PEARL' CUT SO JAPAN WON'T 'HARBOR' GRUDGE
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amProfit-hungry Disney is taking the scissors to "Pearl Harbor," chopping scenes that might offend moviegoers on the losing side in World War II - and hurt the box office. The...
HEVESI HITS STRIKE LAW
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amMayoral hopeful Alan Hevesi says he supports revamping the state law that bars government employees from striking - a controversial position no other elected official has taken. Hevesi seems to...
REV. AL ROAD TRIP WILL TEST PREZ RUN
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amThe Rev. Al Sharpton said yesterday he is hitting the road this summer on an nationwide tour to test the political waters for a possible run for the White House....
WINNER IN MESS IS PRESS: RUDY
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amNew York's news media are making "a public spectacle" out of his private life, a testy Mayor Giuliani griped yesterday - as new details emerged about his Monday-night run-in with...
DEFECT PUTS BRAKES ON NEW SUBWAY CARS
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amThe roll-out of hundreds of new subway cars has been put on hold until September - about a year after their scheduled debut - as the Canadian-based maker tries to...
TRYING TO ACE CANCER - CHEMO NEARLY KILLS LEUKEMIA-STRICKEN TENNIS STAR
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amCancer-stricken tennis champ Corina Morariu, Lindsay Davenport's doubles partner, is fighting for her life after a massive dose of chemotherapy nearly killed her. Just days after learning she has a...
CORPORATE SMASHUP MAY SEVER FAMILY TIES
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amFOR 106 years, the Fords and Firestones were inseparable - they built their business empires together and they married into each other's families. But the powerful relationship based on tires...
HILLARY WON'T YET ZING 'RIGHT WING' NOMINEE
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON. CRITICS have called Ted Olson the backbone of the alleged anti-Clinton "right-wing conspiracy" - but Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton insists she's keeping an open mind about his upcoming confirmation...
CIRCLE LINE JOLT ONE 'SCARY' RIDE
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amA Circle Line boat carrying sightseers got stuck in a mud bar yesterday near the Statue of Liberty. "We lurched forward savagely on a dramatic angle - it was scary,"...
LEVY REOPENS SEX CASES - FOCUS ON FIRED INVESTIGATOR
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy has reopened six sex-abuse cases handled by an investigator fired for botching a 1998 probe of the Bronx teacher recently charged with sodomizing a student. The...
INSIDE CARNEGIE HELL - SUSPECT'S GORY TALE OF COLDBLOODED SLAY
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amAndre Smith stonewalled for more than a day as cops questioned him about the Carnegie Deli massacre. But in the end, police say, Smith confessed all - greed, gunshots and...
GOP DEFECTOR SET TO STIR UP SENATE
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House braced for the worst as Sen. Jim Jeffords prepared to bolt today from the Republican Party, costing the GOP control of the evenly divided Senate....
N.J. CARNIVAL KID FOUND SLAIN
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amA 10-year-old boy who vanished from a New Jersey church carnival Sunday was found slain yesterday next to a railroad line. Prosecutors said they had several leads in the killing...
THE NEW YORK POST FROM MAY 23, 1911
May 23, 2001 | 4:00am"With prayer and speech-making by officers of the city, state and nation, the New York Public Library, the finest library in the world, was formally opened this afternoon. President Taft...
'RESTRAINT' WON'T HELP ISRAEL
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amFaced with one of the deadliest terrorist attacks that Israel has seen in years - the suicide bombing attack last Friday outside a crowded shopping mall in the coastal town...
AOL TO BOOST ITS 'NET PROFITS WITH RATE HIKE
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amYou've got bigger bills. AOL is increasing its price by $1.95, to $23.90 a month, for unlimited dial-up access to the Internet. The hike starts with the July billing cycle....
BUSH IN GOP TAX GRAPPLE
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - In a nasty, behind-the-scenes struggle, top Republican lawmakers are scrapping with President Bush over his support for mailing taxpayers a tax-cut rebate check. Congressional Republicans oppose the plan,...
INSIDE CARNEGIE HELL ; SUSPECT'S GORY TALE OF COLDBLOODED SLAY
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amAndre Smith stonewalled for more than a day as cops questioned him about the Carnegie Deli massacre. But in the end, police say, Smith confessed all - greed, gunshots and...
SUNY: LET US TEACH CITY'S TEACHERS
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - The State University of New York is moving to create a special urban teacher-preparation center aimed at the needs of New York City, The Post has learned. "The...
CELL CHAT COSTS DRIVER LIFE
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amA Long Island man who pulled onto the center shoulder of a highway to talk on his cell phone was killed when a newspaper delivery truck rammed into his car,...
17 MOB SUSPECTS ARRESTED
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amA major mob sweep yesterday put 17 alleged associates of the Bonanno crime family behind bars, police sources said. Members of the NYPD's organized-crime investigation division and investigators for the...
COPS BELIEVE BODY IS MISSING N.J. BOY
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amThe body of a boy, believed to be the 10-year-old who disappeared from a New Jersey carnival Sunday, was found yesterday in the woods near both the fairgrounds and his...
ASTHMA DRUG ALONE A RISKY RX: STUDIES
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amThe increasingly popular practice of prescribing an asthma drug that relaxes air passages without also prescribing anti-inflammatory steroids is being slammed as dangerous in two new studies. Researchers found that...
DEFECTOR TO STIR UP SENATE
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House braced for the worst as Sen. Jim Jeffords prepared to bolt today from the Republican Party, costing the GOP control of the evenly divided Senate....
INSIDE CARNEGIE HELL: SUSPECT'S GORY TALE OF COLDBLOODED SLAY
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amAndre Smith stonewalled for more than a day as cops questioned him about the Carnegie Deli massacre. But in the end, police say, Smith confessed all - greed, gunshots and...
NICOLE: MY LIPS SEALED ON SPLIT
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amRumors have run wild about why Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman broke up, but don't expect the flame-haired beauty to ever reveal the truth. Kidman, 33, says she'll go to...
OLD RIVALS JUST HEATIN' UP : YANKS MAY NEED TO RESHUFFLE IF ANOTHER TITLE'S IN THE CARDS
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amIN A makeshift news-conference room, David Cone talked yesterday about his return to The Bronx, and also what it means to be 38 and trying to prove that a confluence...
EVEN IN DEFEAT, MARIO'S SUPER
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amIF Michael Jordan is pondering a recall of his perfect ending, there must be no such thing. Obviously, there must be something more important about coming back and trying, even...
IN END, DARREN'S NIGHT NOTHING TO BRAGG ABOUT
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - Darren Bragg's linebacker mentality was evident again last night as he got hit after hit. But in the end, he didn't come through, and that was...
DEVILS GET THEIR DUE: DATE WITH DESTINY - ROBINSON KNOWS ABOUT DYNASTIES
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amLARRY Robinson knows something about repeating and he knows something about egos that can go bump in the night to undermine title defenses. The man didn't share a locker room...
SIXERS ANSWER CALL: ALLEN'S MATES STEP UP IN GAME 1 WIN
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amGAME 1 Sixers 93 Bucks 85 PHILADELPHIA - See? The 76ers aren't just Allen Iverson. Nope, they're Dikembe Mutombo and Aaron McKie and Tyrone Hill and a lot of other...
FASSEL HAS SURGERY
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amGiants coach Jim Fassel underwent surgery yesterday to remove bone spurs in his neck and spent last night at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. He is expected to be released today....
STAPLES BOSS EYES GARDEN JOB
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amThe Garden is known as the world's most famous arena, but Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles is now being regarded as the hottest one. So, in its pursuit of...
NETS BEGIN CLIMB FROM DREGS
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amThe Nets, once again beneficiaries of the NBA draft lottery, yesterday began their annual process of working prospects. While they did not bring in anyone worthy of the No. 7...
CONE'S EMOTIONAL RETURN HAS BOMBERS CONCERNED
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amOne of the biggest hearts in sports was broken twice last year when Joe Torre skipped over David Cone at Shea Stadium in July and stayed with Denny Neagle in...
JAROMIR FINISHES PITT-IFULLY
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amWhen he stripped off his Pittsburgh jersey in the sweltering visitor's locker room at Meadowlands Arena last night, Jaromir Jagr knew he may never again wear the only NHL jersey...
OUST PENS, ADVANCE TO AVS
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amGAME 5 Devils 4 Penguins 2 Now the Devils can join the greatest teams of our time, but they'll have to become one of them to do it against the...
SO MUCH FOR MOMENTUM : ZEILE HORROR SHOWKILLS METS' EFFORTSFOR 3-GAME STREAK
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amExpos 3 Mets 0 MONTREAL - The Mets wasted a chance to win three in a row for the first time this season. They wasted a chance to stay out...
CANARSIE SOPH FOLLOWS UNCLE JOE'S FOOTSTEPS
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amYusuf Carter doesn't remember what he was doing the night that his uncle hit the home run that clinched the 1993 World Series. "I don't know where I was," Carter...
FIERY HESTON GOES FOURTH AS NRA HEAD
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amCHARLTON Heston, who has electrified the National Rifle Association with his rousing, musket-waving speeches, was re-elected to an unprecedented fourth term as NRA president in Kansas City on Monday. The...
MONMOUTH'S GEARING UP FOR ITS GRAND OPENING
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amPumped up with the biggest overnight prize money in its 56-year history, Monmouth Park will swing open its gates Saturday to launch a new season of thoroughbred racing by the...
LAVIOLETTE READY TO LEAD ISLANDERS
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amFormer Islander defenseman Dennis Vaske couldn't help but notice the similarities. When Vaske played for Peter Laviolette at Providence of the AHL in 1999, he kept thinking how the guy...
HOLY TOLEDO! FIGHT SET FOR INTREPID
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amLou Duva is giving new meaning to the term battleship after announcing that Duva Boxing will bring the first-ever professional boxing event to the flight deck of the Intrepid Sea...
CAMACHO JR. HEADS CARD IN BROOKLYN
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amLou DiBella, the creator of HBO's Boxing After Dark series, said that he couldn't think of a better fighter to headline the return of boxing to Brooklyn than Hector "Macho"...
CONE: I WANT TO WIN TITLE IN BOSTON
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amSay this for David Cone: If Benedict Arnold had owned Cone's captivating communication skills, he'd be considered more of a patriot these days than Mel Gibson. Cone came back to...
BELLINGER DRAWS SHORT STRAW IN MINOR MOVE
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Yesterday, the Yankees' bench was Kate Moss thin. Today, it's downright anorexic. Because he has options remaining, the Yankees sent utilityman Clay Bellinger to Columbus (Triple-A) when they...
THESE SOX MAY BREAK HISTORIC HEX
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amTHE history books tell us the Red Sox will make a mistake, pitch a Denny Galehouse here or a Bobby Sprowl there, and get swallowed in the wake of the...
RAIN KOS TRACHSEL'S TRIPLE-A START
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - Hey, at least Steve Trachsel didn't get lit up again. But then, the troubled Met righty didn't make any progress either, as his first minor-league start...
MR. SHINJO SURPRISIN' : TSUYOSHI SUCCESS TURNS SOME HEADS
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amMONTREAL - Tsuyoshi Shinjo sat in front of his locker before last night's game with the Expos and looked as relaxed as a man on a beach. As a reporter...
TRACHS WAITS FOR RESULTS
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - Mets Triple-A pitching coach Rick Waits was the man most responsible for the Bobby Jones Norfolk Miracle Cure last season, besides, of course, Jones himself. Waits,...
JAROMIR'S PEN OUT OF INK
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amHe took the ice at Meadowlands Arena wearing a Pittsburgh jersey probably for the last time. Even if the Penguins somehow managed to rebound from two humiliating losses to the...
ARNOTT: 'A' IS FOR ATTACK - JASON SAYS HIS LINE MUST STEP UP
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amHis $900G of two-year bonus money already secured, the Cup-clinching hero is ready to start flexing his scoring muscle, and his right knee. Jason Arnott is lagging behind his A...
SAM GIVIN' REAL BANG TO BUCKS
May 23, 2001 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Sam Cassell looked around the visitors' locker room here last night, saw a large throng of media and broke into a huge smile. "Back where I'm supposed to...
DEVS SET TO DEFEND
May 23, 2001 | 4:00am"JACQUES Lemaire was always the best," Martin Brodeur was saying with a chuckle yesterday morning. "We'd come back into the room after a bad game and he'd be there, saying,...