June 10, 2001
THIS MINI HAS MORE
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amWOULD you like a new BMW for $18,000? The year 2001 is turning out to be the dawn of downsizing in the automotive industry. While last year saw record sales...
BULL'S EYE
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amHappy Birthday, DONALD Don Trump will always be the Teflon tycoon, but his casino's stock isn't that enduring. Shares in his Atlantic City casino group have dipped several times below...
PREMIER PORTFOLIOS FOR PENNY PINCHERS
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amTHE U.S. economic slowdown continues, forcing more companies to lay off workers, which translates into reduced spending and a lower level of investment by Americans than in recent years. But...
BASICS FOR INVESTORS
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amwww.prars.com/ibm/ibmframe.html IF you read The Post business pages faithfully but are befuddled by earnings news, we've got a Web site for you. PRARS, the Public Register's Annual Report Service, and...
PHILIP MORRIS TO SPIN OFF KRAFT FOODS
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amMANY companies may feel they need to withdraw planned initial public offerings, citing "the current economic climate." Not Kraft. This Wednesday, Philip Morris is going ahead with its widely anticipated...
GLINSMAN PICKS WINNERS FROM BOTH SIDES
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amTHE last year's volatility has left many investors wondering whether they should become more aggressive about their investments or more conservative. They can do both by buying shares in the...
SMALL FUNDS DELIVER BIG SURPRISE
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amSize does count. In the battle for investment dollars, corporate giants with high-profiles, posh digs and bulging budgets often seem a smarter bet than the smaller statured, less popular, less...
SUPER DUPER GARY COOPER
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amGary Cooper, the fearless hero whose slightest glance terrorized movie bad men, showed the same lack of fear when he faced his own death. "I know what is happening is...
TED KOPPEL SAW A MAN EXECUTED AND THOUGHT . . . 'HOW HUMANE, HOW PAINLESS, HOW EASY, HOW SIMPLE' ...IT SHOULD NEVER BE SHOWN ON TV
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S really pretty simple. A guy lies strapped down on a gurney and waits for a couple of other guys to release poisonous fluids into his arms. That's basically what...
SOPHOMORE SLUMP FOR PLAYWRIGHTS
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amJazz is vital to American culture - it's perhaps our only indigenous art form - yet little of it splashes over to other arts. There have been only a few...
BAD STRATEGY VIDEO GAMES: HOLLYWOOD'S LATEST RIP-OFF
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amIf you need further proof of Hollywood's blatant cynicism, just wait for the rash of video-game spinoffs coming to a theater near you. If the live-action "Tomb Raider" and computer-animated...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: TRACI LORDS
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amThings are looking better than ever for Traci Lords, the ex-X-rated star, who just won a Best Actress award at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival for her new movie, "Chump...
4 QUESTIONS FOR JUDGE HATCHETT I CAN'T FORGET THE DAY DADDY DIED
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amWho are your heroes? My parents. They kept me inspired. I was so fortunate to grow up in an incredible home with parents who were just wonderful. They loved me...
I NEED A ROOMIE WHO WON'T DRIVE ME CRAZY
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amTalk about a classic New York tale. When a man recently killed two people to get his hands on their apartments, who didn't see the irony in the story? OK,...
DUNE DEAL: AVOID BEACH BUMMERS THIS SUMMER WITH THESE QUIETLY FABULOUS GETAWAYS
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amIt's time once again to break out the sunscreen, shades and flip-flops. It seemed like it would never arrive, but - believe it or not - summer is finally here....
DO-IT-YOURSELF DO'S ARE SHORE TO PLEASE
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amA beach day is almost always a bad hair day, right? Not with these hot and trendy hairstyles, which are guaranteed to turn heads. And they're all do-it-yourself. So you...
FRUGAL FEASTS FOR EVERY PALATE -- AND BUDGET
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amPrime your reservation-dialing finger. One of Gotham's most popular dining bargains -- New York Summer Restaurant Week -- is almost upon us. The annual eat-fest takes place from June 25...
DAVE'S WORLD: YES, HE HEADS THE NO. 1 TOUR ACT IN THE COUNTRY, BUT DAVE MATTHEWS STILL LOVES HIS INNER CHILD
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amForget, for a second, that Dave Matthews, the charismatic leader of a band that grossed $68 million in concert ticket sales last year, heads the No. 1 tour act in...
NOT SO GENTLE BEN: OSCAR WINNER KINGSLEY KICKS SOME BUTT IN HIS NEW FILM, 'SEXY BEASTS"
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amBen Kingsley, a bad-ass sex symbol? Well, yes, if you believe the legendary British actor, who claims women are getting all hot and bothered over his role as a tattooed...
LARRY ROMAN'S GOOD AT EVERYTHING BUT DECISION-MAKING
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amLarry Romano likes things in pairs, and not just shoes and socks. How else to explain his playing in two rock bands, living on two coasts and starring in two...
HOT DAYS, CHILLY DOGS: HOW TO HELP YOUR PET KEEP COOL DURING THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amNew Yorkers love nothing more than spending time outdoors with their dogs. But ironically, sometimes it's better to let dogs stay indoors in the warm months. As the weather heats...
ITALIANS SAY CIAO TO THEIR LITTLE WALLETS
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amThe arrival of the single European currency next year has already created all sorts of problems for Italian leather craftsmen, who are frantically rushing to redesign wallets for the new,...
WHAT'S THIS JURY PUFFING?
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amTHE smoking Nazis are at it again. Last week, a jury awarded ex-junkie alcoholic Richard Boeken more than three billion dollars in damages because he's dying. Of cancer. From smoking...
DIG THIS MIRACLE WEED - FIDO WON'T
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amA gardener has developed a miraculous plant that keeps cats and dogs off the lawn. Pets are repelled by the plant's horrendous smell, which sends them packing the moment they...
WANT MADONNA NAKED? CONDOM'S GOT IT COVERED
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amMadonna's getting naked again - this time on condoms! A pharmaceutical company in Europe has bought the rights to use nude photos of the pop queen on its safe-sex products,...
BIEN THERE, WON THAT: CAPRIATI BOUNCES BACK AT FRENCH OPEN
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amJennifer Capriati continued her stunning comeback from a world of drugs and crime yesterday by capturing her second straight Grand Slam title at the French Open in Paris. The former...
HONG KONG DOCS FEAR HUMAN MAD-COW CASE
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amDoctors believe a woman in Hong Kong has come down with the human form of mad-cow disease from eating British beef. If further tests confirm that, it would be the...
RFK JR. SET TO BE JAILHOUSE DADDY
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amBobby Kennedy Jr. likely will be in jail when his wife has their next child. The environmental lawyer and civil-rights activist faces federal jail time for trespassing on the U.S....
PUERTO RICAN DAY VICTIMS DEMAND NEW COP ATTITUDE WOMEN BLAST POLICE INACTION AT 2000 PARADE
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amAs salsa music blares above Central Park today and the colorful Puerto Rican Day Parade floats wind up Fifth Avenue, Marlene Torres will be nowhere in sight. Last year, during...
BRONX FIEND HID VICTIM'S CORPSE IN CARPET: COPS
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amA Bronx man who says he strangled a woman two months ago kept the body wrapped up in a rug inside his sister's house, police said yesterday. Pedro Morales, 36,...
BOOK BUDS LAURA & LYNNE SHARE A NOVEL FRIENDSHIP
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Move over, Oprah - now there's the First Wives Book Club. First Lady Laura Bush and Lynne Cheney share a love for historical novels, which they have started...
TODAY IS MCVEIGH'S LAST FULL DAY ALIVE FINAL VICTIM IS HEARTBROKEN DAD WHO STILL LOVES HIM
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amTERRE HAUTE, Ind. WHEN Timothy McVeigh looks into eternity through the eyes of a coward, he leaves behind yet another victim. If the virus of venom hadn't infected Timothy McVeigh,...
HE COULD BE SEN. 'SURVIVOR'
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amHe couldn't survive reality TV, but former "Survivor 2" contestant Michael Skupin - who severely burned himself this season when he passed out near a campfire - said he may...
KIDS TO SQUEEZE SOURPUSS LEMONADE BROTHERS PLAN FIGHT VS. PRETZEL MEANIE
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amWhen life gives you lemons, make lemonade - or in the case of 9-year-old Max Mortimer, make more lemonade. The kiddie capitalist, whose Fifth Avenue refreshment stand was shut down...
SWEET WHEELCHAIR-ITY CITY SAMARITANS OFFER AID TO QNS. MUGGING VICTIM
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amA disabled Queens man - whose motorized wheelchair was snatched by a heartless thief - was flooded with offers of help yesterday and the promise of $6,000 for a new...
VATICAN BLASTS NUNS VERDICT
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amThe Vatican yesterday slammed the murder convictions of two Rwandan nuns for their role in the nation's 1994 genocide. And it insisted the sisters were singled out among many responsible...
L.A. BEAR PAIR IN POOL SCARE
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amA frisky pair of black bears caused bedlam when they wandered into a Los Angeles suburb. One of the 300-pound creatures even went for a dip in a backyard pool....
HEVESI GETS HISPANIC COPS' NOD FOR MAYOR
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amThe NYPD's oldest Hispanic officers organization yesterday endorsed City Comptroller Alan Hevesi in his run for mayor. Hispanic Society President Louis Hernandez said his group backed Democrat Hevesi on the...
LOCAL BARS PUT GALLOWS HUMOR ON TAP
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amTERRE HAUTE, Ind.-Timothy McVeigh will be a dead man walking, but tonight, there will be live men and women celebrating. In this farm-belt town, the drinks served in the bars...
100 CALL FOR RELEASE OF REV. AL AND FELLOW VIEQUES PROTESTERS
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amOn the eve of today's Puerto Rican Parade, emotions exploded over the bombing of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques as 100 demonstrators gathered in Brooklyn yesterday to call for...
BABY JR.LO DUE: REPORT
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amSultry singer-actress Jennifer Lopez reportedly expects a baby with her dashing dancer boyfriend, Cris Judd - and the couple plans to wed as soon as they can arrange the ceremony....
COCAINE FUELED NEPAL RAMPAGE
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amNepal's crown prince gunned down his family following a cocaine-and-alcohol binge after his father demanded he choose between the throne and the woman he loved, a London newspaper says. Doctors...
DESIGNER: SMUTTY EMINEM IS BEST XXX-ERCISE MUSIC
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amHe may have a dirty mouth, but Eminem can help you lose weight. That's the word from fashion designer Betsey Johnson, who keeps herself in shape by exercising to the...
ISRAEL, PLO MULL U.S. PEACE PLAN
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - As their tense truce holds on by a thread, Israelis and Palestinians are considering an American proposal for a lasting cease-fire, The Post has learned. Friday night, CIA...
CHUCK: DERAIL PENN STA. LOAN
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amSen. Chuck Schumer wants to slam the brakes on Amtrak's plan to borrow $300 million using Penn Station as collateral - a deal that would have taxpayers in the lurch...
DONNA STILL 'FIRST' IN SOME HEARTS
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amDonna Hanover may no longer be the hostess of Gracie Mansion - but since she's still Mayor Giuliani's wife, she's still proudly introduced as New York's first lady on the...
TRAGIC BABIES' HEARTS SAVE TWIN MIRACLES
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amEight-month-old twins Tiana and Briana Harper are two tiny medical miracles. Five months ago, both were on the verge of death. But today, the twins - who had heart transplants...
BOMBER DOESN'T WANT TO DIE, LAWYER INSISTS
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amMcVEIGH from Page 1 of us," Tritico said. Sometime before 8 this morning, New York time, the bomber will be moved to a tiny cell in the one-story death house...
LOTS OF MENUS TO CHOOSE FROM
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amTERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Some restaurants here aren't even open today, but their owners say they'd make an exception if Timothy McVeigh wanted them to make his last meal. McVeigh...
*NSYNC HUNK A NICE B'KLYN BOY POP-SENSATION BANDMATES ARE HUMBLE HEARTTHROBS
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amTHE music exploded through the quiet night air at Giants Stadium. Then, pandemonium as thousands of teary teenage girls with flailing arms rushed the stage barricades. The Beatles? Mick and...
'TORCH' PLANS TO BURN ASHCROFT
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Robert Torricelli's corruption probe has become so serious, he's now pursuing a scorched-earth strategy - right out of Bill Clinton's playbook - that includes tearing down Attorney...
WHY THIS ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY MAKES ZERO SENSE
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amYOU could say 15-year-old Sylvana has been a constant victim of sexual abuse - legally. Boys have been grabbing her butt and breasts since she entered junior high school. "It...
IS EGAN'S SILENCE A CARDINAL SIN?
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amAT A recent Brooklyn luncheon, Avery Cardinal Dulles said that despite pervasive anti-Catholic bias among reporters, the clergy "cannot responsibly ignore the news media." That's not something that needed explaining...
L.A. ON DEFENSE AGAINST REPEAT OF LAKER-FAN RIOT
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - They're hoping for a repeat for the 2000 world champion Lakers - and prepared to prevent a repeat of the riots that came with the title. L.A....
CIA ENVOY COULD BE ARAFAT'S LAST CHANCE
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM. CIA chief George Tenet's return to shuttling between the Israelis and Palestinians appears to be a last-ditch effort by the United States to halt the bloodshed now in its...
SCHOOL SEX REPORTS UP SINCE CRACKDOWN
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amAllegations of school-related sex offenses by students and employees have skyrocketed since Mayor Giuliani proposed a new law threatening jail for staffers who fail to report such incidents, figures show....
BUSH'S EURO CHARM TEST
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush sets off tomorrow night on his first official jaunt to Europe, featuring an international test of his personal charm across five countries - including four where...
BIG CHILL FOR TIPPER & HILL
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Tipper Gore's prime job these days is unpacking cartons and quietly helping ex-veep husband Al settle back into their suburban home in Arlington, Va., as they start writing...
THE SUBWAY AWARDS : YOUR TICKET TO HIGHS AND LOWS OF BIG APPLE'S CROSSTOWN RIVALRY
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amIt is the most heated crosstown rivalry in baseball, maybe in all of sports. Back in 1997, Major League Baseball decided to bless us by allowing interleague play. And on...
STRIPERS GETTING LARGER
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amFROM Cape May to Cape Cod the striped bass has become the dominant gamefish and although many anglers associate this species with coastal saltwater fish, they do spawn in freshwater....
SHOTS IN THE DARK MELROSE WATCHED DIFFERENT GAME 6
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amTHE art of expert TV sports analysis is very often - far too often - the art of getting away with slick-sounding, hard-hitting nonsense. Thursday night, ESPN/ABC hockey analyst Barry...
RE-INVENTING KERRY RYAN EXPRESS GETS WOOD IN FAST LANE
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amCHICAGO - The child in Kerry Wood resurfaced during a recent telephone conversation with his boyhood idol. Cubs manager Don Baylor arranged for Wood to talk to Nolan Ryan via...
SHAQ ALLOWED TO GET PUSHY REFS GIVIN' O'NEAL GREEN LIGHT SHAQUILLE GETS HELP FROM REFS
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - As expected, the 76ers are struggling mightily to pass their Shaqchology Final, a test the rest of the NBA class already failed miserably. All the homework and tutors...
FOLEY (73) BAGS NFL TITLE
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amFormer Jets quarterback Glenn Foley captured the players' portion of the NFL Classic yesterday by firing an impressive 1-over 73 and unseating defending champion Craig Hentrich, the Titans' punter, who...
ZIEGLER GRABS ONE-SHOT LEAD
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amThe good news for Larry Ziegler is that, as he enters today's final round of the NFL Golf Classic, when he looks in his rear-view mirror he sees no big-name...
SMOLTZ CAN'T GET BACK ON TRACK
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amFor the second straight game, Atlanta sent a Cy Young winner to the mound at the Stadium, only to have him get shelled in short order and leave The Bronx...
ROCKER SOCKS 'EM SLAMS DOOR ON BOMBERS RIPS INTO MEDIA AFTER GAME
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amThere are times when the ultimate team sport becomes a one-on-one challenge between pitcher and hitter. So intense are these situations that a delirious sold-out Yankee Stadium crowd can't invade...
NO CROWN, BUT HE'S THE KING OF THIS CROP
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amWITH a galloping power that can only be described as epic, Point Given annihilated one of the best fields ever to run in the Belmont Stakes yesterday, a bravura performance...
PETTITTE PULLED FROM; HIS NEXT START
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amAndy Pettitte's hopes of taking his regularly scheduled turn Thursday are dead. Even if Pettitte's slightly strained left groin doesn't give him a problem in a bullpen session Tuesday, Joe...
RELIEVER GETS HIS 'PAYBACK'
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amAtlanta closer John Rocker was at his best in the Braves' 10-6 win at the Stadium yesterday - as a pitcher and an agitator. Once again he showed his million-dollar...
FORBIDDEN APPLE TAKES MANHATTAN
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amJimmy Cannon on Tim Tam's bad break / P. 80 Gary Stevens flashes thumbs-up sign after guiding Point Given to blowout victory yesterday in Belmont Stakes.NY Post: Nury Hernandez Under...
YANKS' BULLPEN WOES ALL ABOUT THE MONEY
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amThe Yankees did not like Jeff Nelson's big mouth or big contract demands, and therefore forgot his big contributions. They made faulty [offseason] decisions in theory and finance.JOEL SHERMAN, on...
JOCKS CHIME IN ON STAKES
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amHere's a rundown on how some of the losing jockeys felt about the way yesterday's 133rd Belmont Stakes unfolded:VICTOR ESPINOZA (A P Valentine, 2nd place): "I was riding him the...
MAKING HIS 'POINT' BAFFERT'S MONSTER DESTROYS FIELD BY 121/4 IN 3RD JEWEL
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amOh, what might have been. Point Given, coming off a 21/4-length score in the Preakness three weeks ago, captured the 133rd Belmont Stakes yesterday at Belmont Park by 121/4 in...
TWO OF THREE GOOD, BUT...
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amIN the cryptic language of the Daily Racing Form, the official chronicler of All Things Thoroughbred, Point Given's two minutes of disaster at Churchill Downs in the Kentucky Derby is...
A MOLSON FOR LECLAIR?
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - If Patrick Roy's trade to Colorado in the middle of the 1995-96 season marked the end of the world as we know it in Montreal, it was the...
SICK & GETTING SICKER AMAZIN' OFFENSE FLATLINES IN LOSS TO WRETCHED RAYS
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amDevil Rays5Mets2ST. PETERSBURG - The Mets have influenza of the bat. It is a condition that atrophies hitters' abilities with men in scoring position and forces them to press. The...
EVEN LENNY'S FEELING 'PINCH' OF MET MISERY
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - Lenny Harris is one of the few Met hitters who have done what was expected of him this season. He is the lefty pinch-hitter extraordinaire,...
WILL FINDS A WAY
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amFor the first time in more than a decade, rookies feeling their way with the Giants know they are not only making their initial foray into the NFL, but they...
DEVIL BID TO REPEAT- CHAMPIONS' REIGN ENDS AS BOURQUE FINALLY GETS CUP
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amAfter so many triumphs of desperation, the Hearts of Champions finally broke. The Devils' reign died last night when they became the first-ever defending Stanley Cup champ to be dethroned...
ROY WINS NHL - BEST THIRD MVP
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - While capturing his fourth Stanley Cup, Patrick Roy last night added evidence to a claim as the greatest playoff performer since 1965. Roy became the first player to...
BURIED BY AVALANCHE - SMUGNESS MAD JERSEY'S CUP RUNNETH OVER
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - In the end, the team that went through the entire season with one purpose and one purpose only was simply not good enough to achieve its objective. The...
BEEZER SAYS: I'M DONE
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - After coming within one victory of his first Stanley Cup, Vanbiesbrouck last night told The Post that he is retiring after a career than spanned 20 years. "I...
BOURQUE SAVORS INITIAL CUP WIN
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - The heart-tugging story of these playoffs had a happy ending, and Ray Bourque now stands unsurpassed as the Charm of Game 7. When Avalanche captain Joe Sakic immediately...
FONZIE'S BUM BACK BETTER, BUT....
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES TAMPA - Anyone who has ever had a bad back knows that it can go at any moment. So Edgardo Alfonzo can't say his back problems, which kept...
BOURQUE'S RECORD PUT TO ULTIMATE TEST
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - It was finally time for the Devils to fear Ray Bourque and his cosmic Cup quest. While his 22-year drought hadn't elicted much sympathy from the Devils, they...
NO PASSION, LITTLE DRAMA: IT WAS A FINALS TO FORGET
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - The NHL and ABC wanted a seven-game Finals in the worst way, which, don't you know, is exactly the way they got one. Maybe somebody someday will be...
THE DEVIL LEGACY: DYNASTY OR DUDS? CHAMPS PUT IT ALL ON LINE IN FINALE
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amDENVER - Everybody loves a parade. Larry Robinson particularly enjoyed the tentative plans this city had for its Avalanche tomorrow. "Sounds good to us. I like urinating on parades," the...
WILL FINDING WAY: GIANTS NOTICE ROOKIE CB ALLEN
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amFor the first time in more than a decade, rookies feeling their way with the Giants know they are not only making their initial foray into the NFL, but they...
SOLSTICE FUN AT DYKER BEACH
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amLOCAL GOLF Once again, it's time to celebrate golf's longest day at the second annual Brooklyn Solstice Golf Marathon, set for June 21 at Dyker Beach. With 54 holes of...
THE COURSE THAT COULD SLAM TIGER
June 10, 2001 | 4:00amABSTRACT: The ringing phone was picked up by Dave Bryan, the head golf professional at 65-year-old Southern Hills for the last 13 years. The request made by The Post was...