May 26, 2001
SMITH QUITS TAKEOVER TARGET HUGHES
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amHughes Electronics Chairman Michael Smith resigned yesterday, as the No. 1 U.S. satellite-TV broadcaster continues to negotiate a combination with News Corporation. Jack Shaw, senior executive vice president at Hughes,...
JOE LOCKHART'S SPIN AT ORACLE IS OVER
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amSpinning for Larry Ellison turned out to be harder than spinning for Bill Clinton. Oracle Corporation confirmed yesterday that former White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart quit his Vice President...
GE DROPS $1.2B IN DERIVATIVES
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amLosers, take solace. Even some of the world's biggest corporations have no better luck playing the markets than a hapless day-trader. Three of the biggest companies in the country have...
MARTS BACK DOWN DOW OFF 117 ON ECONOMIC GROWTH REPORT
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amMarkets were walloped again yesterday as Wall Street struggled to digest unappealing economic news amid listless pre-holiday trading that threatened to drag blue chips below 11,000 again. The Dow plummeted...
MISSION IMPROBABLE
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amIt's the rare man who calls himself a "certified lunatic." But Tomas Kubinek - also known as "master of the impossible" - is proud of what he does, especially when...
ALL ABOUT ARTHUR EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE AARDVARK MOVES TO MANHATTAN
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amIt all began one grim day when Marc Brown lost his job. The small college in Boston where he'd been teaching art went out of business. That night, as he...
RADIO DEEJAY SPINNING & BREAKING RECORDS
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amTALK about extended play - New Yorker Glen Jones will spin discs for more than three days straight in his attempt to break the world deejaying record this weekend at...
WEEKEND TO REMEMBER SALUTING MILITARY WITH FAIRS, PARADES AND MORE
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amDON'T let the rain ruin your parade this weekend - a few sprinkles and the occasional thunder clap are no reason to hide indoors and see bad movies. Grab your...
ALL ABOUT ARTHUR - EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE AARDVARK MOVES TO MANHATTAN
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amIt all began one grim day when Marc Brown lost his job. The small college in Boston where he'd been teaching went out of business. That night, as he wondered...
COP ALERT FOR RAPIST 'PLUMBER'
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amA serial rapist who poses as a plumber to trick his way into victims' apartments is likely to strike a tenth time, city cops fear. "This guy is every female's...
BETS ARE ON HEVESI FOR THE LIBERAL NOD
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amLIBERAL Party leader Ray Harding will announce his pick in the mayoral race next Saturday, and most insiders bet it will be city Comptroller Alan Hevesi. That would be mighty...
SUICIDE-BOMB ATTACKS BLOW UP IN ARABS' FACES
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Three Palestinians blew themselves up in two separate suicide bombings yesterday, injuring 67 Israelis, but killing only themselves. The State Department condemned the attacks, endorsed Israeli Prime Minister...
'TAX RELIEF IS ON THE WAY' REBATE CHECKS DUE AS BUSH SNARES $1.3T TAX-CUT WIN
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Taxpayers will see up to $600 in immediate tax relief - in the form of mid-summer rebate checks - as President Bush's $1.3 trillion tax cut was finalized...
ALBANY AIR WAR HEATS UP AS MCCALL NIXES GOV'S JET BIDS
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - State Comptroller Carl McCall yesterday clipped the wings of future private-jet charters for Gov. Pataki and suggested the governor use commercial planes to fly around the state. "I...
NEW YORK POST FROM MAY 26, 1978:
May 26, 2001 | 4:00am"ATLANTIC CITY - Crowds of eager gamblers and rubber-neckers jammed the Resorts International casino here within minutes of New Jersey Gov. Brendan Byrne's official opening of the East Coast's first...
FORGET ABOUT SUN WITH YOUR FUN THIS WEEKEND
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amMother Nature, you are the weakest link! New Yorkers may need an umbrella - and not the beach kind - for the Memorial Day weekend, which is ushering in the...
BLIND COURAGE BESTS EVEREST
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amTwo Americans - one blind and the other age 64 - broke world records yesterday by scaling Mount Everest. Erik Weihenmayer, 32, of Golden, Colo., became the first blind climber...
EDUCATORS WILL GET LESSONS ON ABUSE
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - School employees will soon be educated on how to report cases of sexual and physical abuse of students at the hands of school personnel. A new state Education...
NYPD'S DUKE RETIRES
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amPolice Capt. George Duke, who has overseen kidnapping cases ranging from tuxedo king Harvey Weinstein to those of Chinese gangs, retired yesterday after 40 years on the force. His last...
GOP 'TURNCOAT' TIP IGNORED
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House ignored rumors that turncoat Sen. Jim Jeffords might quit the GOP because no one took them seriously, top Bush aides conceded yesterday. Though Democrats began...
DONOR SAYS TORRICELLI STRONG-ARMED HIM
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amA businessman has charged that embattled New Jersey Sen. Robert Torricelli and his staffers twisted his arm to raise $18,000 for the lawmaker's 1996 campaign. Joseph Supor, who owns a...
'IT WAS LIKE QUICKSAND' ; OUTRAGED WITNESSES TELL OF DANCE-FLOOR DEATHS
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Stunned Israelis were glued to their TV sets yesterday as they watched over and over a videotape of a wedding reception-turned-nightmare when a packed dance floor collapsed and...
MITCHELL HEIRS' LAWSUIT IS GONE WITH THE WIND
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amA parody of Margaret Mitchell's classic "Gone with the Wind" - told from the perspective of a slave - was cleared for publication by an Atlanta federal appeals court yesterday....
BUSH GIVES 'PARDON' TO GIDDY MIDDIES
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Pardon me? Yep, it's true - President Bush waited only five months to issue his first presidential pardons. But they're not likely to spark a federal probe and...
SERIAL GRIFTER AT IT AGAIN? USED 'STROM' SCAM TO CHEAT ÉMIGRÉS: COPS
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amAn elderly grifter who once posed as David Rockefeller's "secret wife" is behind bars again - charged with scamming immigrants out of big bucks in a scheme revolving around a...
LEVY MATH: BETTER TEST SCORES ADD UP TO BONUSES
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amPrincipals and other supervisors who oversee 300 of the city's public schools are about to get merit bonuses of $2,750 to $15,000 for boosting student test scores, Schools Chancellor Harold...
POLICE WALK TIGHTROPE IN INTERN PROBE
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amCops in the nation's capital are walking a fine line as they search for missing intern Chandra Levy. On the one hand, they are under intense pressure from her family...
MAYOR PLANNING ANOTHER HIT ON HANOVER'S STAFF
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amCity Hall will reassign one of Donna Hanover's top staffers next week as part of the escalating battle in the First Couple's bitter divorce, The Post has learned. Sources close...
'ASTHMA' GIRL INCITED FATAL FIGHT: COPS
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe 9-year-old girl who collapsed and died during a scuffle at school was the "aggressor" and picked the fight with a classmate she blamed for getting her in hot water,...
CAGING BULL: SAMMY AND SON FACE 15 YRS.
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amSalvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano is looking for a deal in Arizona that would give him no more jail time on charges there than the 12 to 15 years he'll get...
REV. AL'S 'CELL' PHONE PORTLY PARSON OPENS JAIL HQ
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amRev. Al Sharpton got a new home - and possibly a new political headquarters - yesterday: A Brooklyn federal lockup. He'll soon have the right to call reporters from the...
BOX-OFFICE BANZAI! SELLOUT CROWDS PACK OPENING OF 'PEARL HARBOR'
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe "Pearl Harbor" epic opened to sellout audiences yesterday and The Post was there - along with American fans wowed by the action, and Japanese moviegoers worried about the message....
CAN HE STOMACH THE SLAMMER?
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amJailhouse eats may not satisfy Al Sharpton's taste for good food. The portly politico prisoner's only meals at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, will be in-house cooking...
LEVY THROWS BX. BIG IN SEX CASE OUT OF SCHOOL
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy yesterday took action against three Bronx administrators for not reporting an alleged sex attack to police - but failed to act against his own bureaucrat for...
BOMBERS WATCHING BUC ARMS
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - The Yankees' No. 5 starting spot has been a revolving door since spring training. Christian Parker was hurt after one start. Randy Keisler got spanked hard and while...
NEW WRINKLE ADDED TO 'SURVIVOR' SUIT
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amTHE lawsuit of "Survivor" contestant Stacy Stillman against CBS took another twist yesterday when CBS distributed the newly unsealed testimony of her co-contestant, Dirk Been. Stillman contends that "Survivor" producers...
SCRAPPY METS TOP MARLINS ON PEREZ RBI HIT
May 26, 2001 | 4:00am10 INNINGSMets4Marlins3 Bobby Valentine had inside information that Tsuyoshi Shinjo might have to brace himself at the plate last night. And when Shinjo was plunked, Todd Zeile and the rest...
PAN FIELD WON'T ATTEMPT BELMONT
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amOver the past 20 years, the Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont has served as a springboard to victory in the Belmont Stakes for horses like Coastal, Danzig Connection, A.P. Indy,...
TOO-DEEP DEVILS WILL BRING CUP BACK TO SWAMP
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - They let Eric Lindros come back last year and it didn't matter. This time, the Devils shouldn't worry whether the guy the Avs own in his place will...
THORPE KEEPS HIS EYE OFF THE BALL
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe first rule of golf is to keep your head down and your eye on the ball, right? Then how is Jim Thorpe threatening to win the first major tournament...
PALMER'S DISARMED AFTER 83
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amSENIOR NOTES After shooting his age (71) on Thursday, Arnold Palmer felt like shooting himself yesterday after ballooning to an 83 and missing the cut at the Senior PGA Championship....
M'STARS HOST WORLD'S BEST
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amMajor League Soccer has long wanted to test itself against the best soccer teams in the world. When forward Clint Mathis and his league-leading MetroStars host UEFA Champions League winner...
FINALS PRESSURE? DEVILS DON'T MIND
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - This stage has become the Devils' domain. While the challengers are talking about perhaps never getting back to the Stanley Cup Finals, the champs are settling in as...
VARVARO NO-NO STUNS LEHMAN
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amAnthony Varvaro didn't know much about Lehman before he took the mound against the Lions yesterday. "My [summer league] coach had seen a couple of their hitters and said they...
DOUBLEDAY: WE WON'T DUMP SALARY
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amAs far as co-owner Nelson Doubleday is concerned, the Mets are a playoff-caliber team. Regardless of where the Amazin's are in the standings, the sometimes offbeat co-owner says his team...
TRIBE DINGERS KEEP EL DUQUE WINLESS
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - Almost two months into the season, it's no longer correct to describe the Yankee rotation as "The Fab Four." Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte and Mike Mussina have qualified...
BOBBY V STILL STEAMED IN BEANBALL AFTERMATH
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES Bobby Valentine is well-versed on baseball's code. And as far as he remembers, swinging at a 3-0 pitch during a blowout isn't a mortal sin. That's why the...
JINTS ADD EX-XFL SCOUT
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe Giants have raided the now-defunct XFL. Well, not exactly raided, but they have added Steve Malin to their scouting staff. Malin spent last season as a regional scout in...
TORRE WON'T MANAGE YANKEES BY NUMBERS
May 26, 2001 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - The Yankees have won four out of their last five games - statistical proof they are going better than they have in a long time. Moving atop the...