August 7, 2001
Directors Duel
Director Kevin ("Chasing Amy") Smith says the "surprise" ending of Tim Burton's "Planet of the Apes" comes as no surprise - to anyone who saw it in one of his...
NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME TO BUY STOCKS
GET out your calendars. We are going to do some stock market timing. I know, Wall Street says timing the market is foolish and that it can't be done. Don't...
UNION SQ. HOTEL'S LOUD NEIGHBORS
HIP tenant, hip corner. Loud Records, Sony Entertainment's hip-hop unit that's home to Wu Tang Clan, Xzibit and Mobb Deep, just moved its executive offices into new digs at 215...
BIZ NEWS TIME WARS - 'MONEYLINE' GOES HEAD TO HEAD WITH 'BUSINESS CENTER'
After nearly three months of duking it out with CNBC's "Business Center" - CNN's "Moneyline" has been rescheduled in an effort to steal some of CNBC's thunder. As of Aug....
HINDERY TALKING TO YANKEENETS
George Steinbrenner & Co. may have found someone to run a new regional cable network to carry Yankee and Net games - cable vet Leo Hindery Jr. The former AT&T...
THE END IS NEAR; WE MEAN IT!
Today may go down in history as Black Tuesday. At least that's what Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein is predicting. In a note to clients last Friday entitled "Fraud!," Albert Edwards, DKW's...
CYBERGOLD TO FOLD THIS MONTH
Another online currency has lost its glitter. CyberGold, which paid users a few cents to follow basic marketing instructions, is closing Aug. 31. The parent company, MyPoints.com, has decided not...
NO JOB JOY IN JULY - 205,975 JOBS CUTS LAST MONTH IS NEW HIGH
More companies announced plans to cut jobs in July than in any month since a respected outplacement firm began reporting layoff numbers - and it could get worse. Challenger, Gray...
MICROSOFT UNVEILS 'NETBENCH
It's world domination - one butt at a time. The Microsoft Network yesterday launched the world's first Internet-ready park bench. Based in the grounds of the Abbey in Bury St....
INTEL CHIPS AT MARTS - DOW OFF 111 ON SEMICONDUCTOR PRICE CUT
Blue chips saw triple-digit losses yesterday as Wall Street shrugged off optimism that the tech sector would revive soon. Dismal earnings from big Internet router-maker Cisco Systems Inc. are due...
RODDICK GIVES $150M BODY SHOP STAKE TO CHARITY
Anita Roddick -founder of The Body Shop -says she's selling a $150 million stake in the company to give to charity. "People say 'Give it all away?' as if you...
STARR REPORT
Long Island sound: Ch. 2's new weather gal Ch. 2 has hired New York native Janine D'Adamo as weekday morning weather anchor. She replaces Tony Pann, who left Ch. 2...
TAYLOR & BOLOGNA SHTICK TOGETHER IN 'LEAVE ME'
IF YOU EVER LEAVE ME . . . I'M GOING WITH YOU []Cort Theater, 138 W. 48th St., (212) 239-6200 ---------- PRESUMABLY, it takes a lot of chutzpah to write...
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS - GHANA'S MOLE GAME PARK IS FOR COWBOYS WHO LEFT THEIR HEARTS IN THE BUSH
MAKE sure to lock your door, says the concierge at Mole National Park. Rooms have been ransacked, valuables disappear. Bandits are on the prowl, wreaking havoc. They're long-armed and dangerous....
'DIVORCE COURT' JUDGE SACKS RUDY
'DIVORCE Court" Judge Mablean Ephriam says she'd throw the book at Mayor Rudolph Giuliani if his divorce ever landed in her court. Ephriam, who was a divorce mediator and trial...
REEL-LIFE MOVIES
"History Vs. Hollywood" Tonight at 8 on History Channel WHEN I was a kid, my father made us watch "The Longest Day" whenever it came on television. He said it...
BADGE TO THE BONE - FILM FEST PUTS BLUE WALL ON THE SILVER SCREEN
WITH the troubled NYPD dominating headlines, what could be more timely than the new series at Film Forum? Some 50 movies about New York cops will unreel for eight weeks,...
CNN'S SPLIT SCREEN: HEADLINE NEWS GETS OFF TO A GIDDY AND GRAPHIC START
WHAT a gyp! This so-called "new" Headline News is nothing but a lame televised text service with generic talking heads who have about as much personality as Max Headroom. The...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
Antique bonanza It may be a bit of a hike, but the Madison-Bouckville Outdoor Antiques Show is worth the trip for dedicated collectors. Held in Bouckville, N.Y., a little town...
SECOND TIME'S A CHARM: USHER ADDED NEW SONGS, DID A LOT OF REARRANGING AND CAME UP WITH A PRETTY GOOD DISC IN "8701"
USHER "8701" i i ½ Arista When Usher canned this album six months ago, it looked like the project was dead in the water. But, after eight new songs and...
THE BEAUTY DRILL: COFFEE GROUNDS FOR CELLULITE, VODKA AS HAIR TONIC
IF you want to look gorgeous by Labor Day weekend, put hemorrhoid cream under your eyes, coffee on your thighs and your entire body in an orange-juice bath. Diane Irons'...
WAY TO GO: AUTHOR'S NYC TOILET BOOK FLUSH WITH INFORMATION
SOMETIMES you just gotta go. In this city, land of the "Restroom for customers only" signs, the pressing question is where. Relief is at hand. "Where to Go," Vicki Rovere's...
SOFTENING THE BLOW
Gas attacks are nothing to sniff at - especially if you suffer from intestinal ailments. Now there's Under-Ease - protective underwear that filters out flatulence. Made from a soft, polyurethane-coated...
COPS FEAR ELECTION DEJECTION: SHUDDER AT THOUGHT OF GREENOR FERRER
Last part of a series. It would be a crime to vote for either Mark Green or Fernando Ferrer, say New York's Finest. Cops - already frustrated by low salaries...
SUBWAY MIRACLE MAN
A man plunged off a Brooklyn subway platform yesterday - and miraculously escaped serious injury as three cars rolled over him, authorities said. But a firefighter who was pulling the...
ROBBERY FOILED AT B'KLYN STORE
Cops thwarted an armed robbery at a Brooklyn drugstore last night. The incident sparked a tense standoff inside the closed Rite Aid store at Linden Boulevard and Kings Highway in...
INSIDE BILL'S BOOK
BILL Clinton sells memoirs forrecord sum.- news item Memo to: Sunny Mehta, Publisher, Alfred A. Knopf Co. From: Bob Barnett, Superagent My client Bill Clinton (hereafter WJC) is as aware...
NEW YORK POST FROM AUG. 7, 1974
"Philipe Petit, a fearless Frenchman who has walked a tightrope in some of the most public places in the world, did it again today between the two towers of the...
LIZ DOLE EYES HELMS' SEAT
Elizabeth Dole is ready to re-enter politics - and would "seriously consider" a run for Sen. Jesse Helms' seat if he retires, as expected, next year. Dole, a presidential candidate...
NO MORE NEW POLICIES, N.Y. CAR INSURERS WARN
ALBANY - New York's auto insurers are warning that they may stop writing new policies due to the state Legislature's failure to renew two key laws, officials said yesterday. The...
FINANCE BD. KEEPING $2M FROM HEVESI
Alan Hevesi yesterday was dealt a major blow by the city's Campaign Finance Board, which withheld $2 million in matching funds from his mayoral campaign until he resolves billing questions...
POLS SWAP BARBS ON BUDGET
ALBANY - Gov. Pataki and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver lobbed verbal hand grenades at each other yesterday as hopes dimmed for a quick solution to the state's budget war. "Let...
MCCALL: PLANE-SAVINGS ESTIMATE PIE IN SKY
ALBANY - A plane sometimes used by Gov. Pataki will cost the agency that bought it $1.9 million more than projected, state Comptroller H. Carl McCall charged yesterday in a...
WHAT'S BEHIND HIS CAM-PAIN
The battle between Alan Hevesi and the city's Campaign Finance Board is centered on whether the comptroller's image-maker, Hank Morris, can work for free and whether Morris' firm is charging...
TAXES PAID FOR SEX JAUNT: REPORT
Two South Jersey Port Corp. directors allegedly spent hundreds of dollars on randy romps through the strip joints of Veracruz, Mexico, during a five-day convention - at taxpayers' expense. Now,...
BILL OF SALE: EX-PREZ INKS $10M BOOK DEAL
Former President Bill Clinton moved quicker than anticipated and sold the world rights for a "thorough and candid" memoir to the Alfred A. Knopf group of Random House Inc. for...
WORKERS: SPA KNEW OF 'PERV'
Two former workers at a posh Long Island day spa say a masseur, arrested for improperly touching a woman, sparked at least two dozen complaints from other women or their...
WARNING FAILED TO SAVE TRAGIC BABY - SLAIN WEEKS AFTER LAWYERS RIPPED CITY'S HOMELESS SERVICES
Lawyers for homeless families warned the Giuliani administration of serious problems in a new emergency housing program - just weeks before a Bronx baby was beaten to death in a...
U.N. ENVOY KEPT ME HOSTAGE, HOUSEKEEPER'S SUIT CHARGES
A United Nations diplomat was sued yesterday by his former housekeeper, who claims he was kept a prisoner in the man's home and paid next to nothing for his work....
MARIAH'S FILM ON HOLD
The opening of Mariah Carey's first starring movie, "Glitter," is being postponed for three weeks while nervous studio suits wait to see if she recovers from her mental meltdown. Carey...
NEW 'STAR WARS' SEQUEL: 'ATTACK OF THE CLONES'
The Force was with "Star Wars" fans today as director George Lucas revealed the official title of his famed sci-fi series' next chapter. The fifth "Star Wars" installment, scheduled for...
COPS FEAR ELECTION DEJECTION
The NYPD has suffered another blow: The official responsible for training New York's Finest has resigned, The Post has learned. Dr. James O'Keefe, the director of the NYPD's Police Academy,...
WTC BOMBING SENTENCES UPHELD
A federal Court of Appeals panel has upheld the life sentences of four men who helped bomb the World Trade Center. The four men were each sentenced to more than...
LEVY WARNS NEW TEACH IMPORTS: NO FILES, NO JOB
As the Board of Education scrambles to fill more than 1,000 vacant teaching slots, Schools Chancellor Harold Levy's office is warning recruits from foreign countries that they have to bring...
BASEBALL'S ROSE INVESTED IN COKE BIZ, EX-PAL SAYS
Baseball all-time hits leader Pete Rose invested in cocaine, had his signature forged on memorabilia and knocked out singles with a "corked" bat, a former pal claims. Rose, now 60,...
FURNACE GETTING HOTTER TODAY
Brace yourself - if you thought yesterday was hot, today is expected to be hellish. Manhattan is in the grip of a heat wave which has already produced the hottest...
LIFE'S STILL A BEACH - EVEN WHERE 3 DROWNED
A VOTIVE candle, a bleached and tattered bouquet burrowed into the sand, and a poem dedicated to "three little angels" are the only reminders of the unspeakable tragedy that occurred...
ED. BOARD IGNORED BUDGET WARNINGS
The head of the School Construction Authority cautioned school officials that their 1999 capital-spending plan low-balled costs - but the Board of Ed passed it anyway three months later, according...
STORY SADLY FAMILIAR TO ANGUISHED FAMILY OF ANOTHER DEAD MAN
BENJAMIN DUARTE shuddered when he heard over the radio that an allegedly drunken cop, who reportedly killed three people and an unborn infant in Brooklyn, was released without bail despite...
ROAD-RAGE 'GUNMAN' GIVES UP
The alleged gunman in a bloody road-rage confrontation surrendered yesterday to Brooklyn police. Julus Mbatogo, 22, of 772 E. 45th St., in Flatbush - accompanied by a lawyer - turned...
OUTRAGE GROWS OVER NO-BAIL COP
The judge who freed accused DWI killer cop Joseph Gray without bail is actually a civil court jurist who only occasionally presides over criminal cases on weekends. Judge David Schmidt,...
PLO DEFIES CALL FOR TERROR ARRESTS: PUBLISHES OWN LIST OF ISRAELI 'WAR CRIMINALS'
JERUSALEM - Palestinian officials refused yesterday to arrest seven people identified on an Israeli most-wanted list as potential suicide bombers or bomb masterminds. Instead, the Palestinians countered by publishing a...
CONDIT'S LEGAL LIMBO: COPS WON'T MOVE AGAINST HIM UNTIL FALL
WASHINGTON - The feds are unlikely to decide whether to pursue obstruction-of-justice charges against Rep. Gary Condit and his aides until the District of Columbia gets a new U.S. attorney...
CATERING TO JILTED COUPLE'S DEMANDS
The catering hall that canceled a Long Island couple's dream wedding agreed yesterday to get them to the church on time after all - striking a deal to pay to...
OUTRAGE GROWS OVER NO-BAIL COP: GIULIANI JOINS IN CRITICISM OF JUDGE
Mayor Giuliani yesterday joined the growing chorus of outrage over a city judge who freed an alleged drunken-driver cop charged with killing three people. Giuliani ripped Brooklyn Judge David Schmidt's...
BID TO ID HERMIT NIXED
A friend of eggs-and-sausage mystery hermit Irwin Rose was thwarted from identifying him at the city morgue yesterday because she didn't have proper ID. Tara Colligan, who visited Rose in...
UNHOLY MESS AS DEMS DECIPHER HASID 'SUPPORT'
Confusion over the Satmar Hasidic group's endorsement in the mayor's race has grown so deep, even a Talmudic scholar couldn't sort it out. Late Sunday night, some Satmar members claiming...
UNHOLY MESS OVER HASIDIC BACKING
Confusion over the Satmar Hasidic group's endorsement in the mayor's race has grown so deep, even a Talmudic scholar couldn't sort it out. Late Sunday night, some Satmar members claiming...
HILL'S STAFF STARTS BRACING FOR STORM
WASHINGTON - Three members of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's staff have formed their own legal-defense funds as the New Square Pardongate probe presses ahead, The Post has learned. Manhattan U.S....
NEW SQ. POL TESTIFIES IN PARDON FLAP
The deputy mayor of the New Square Hasidic community, who lobbied then-President Bill Clinton and his wife for pardons, has testified before a grand jury probing the case, sources told...
STUDIO DELAYS CAREY FILM AS STAR RECOVERS IN REHAB
The opening of Mariah Carey's first starring movie is being postponed for three weeks while nervous studio suits wait to see if she recovers from her mental meltdown. Carey is...
MODEL PAL'S BID TO ID HERMIT ENDS IN FIASCO
A friend of eggs-and-sausage mystery hermit Irwin Rose was thwarted from identifying him at the city morgue yesterday because she didn't have proper ID. The incident occurred even as other...
PARDONGATE HEATS UP: GRAND JURY HEARS NEW SQUARE POL
The deputy mayor of the New Square Hasidic community, who lobbied then-President Bill Clinton and his wife for pardons, has testified before a grand jury probing the case, sources told...
VICK TAKES ACT ON ROAD - TOP PICK EAGER TO TEST JETS
GREENVILLE, S.C. - The most intriguing No. 1 NFL draft pick in at least a decade makes his road debut Saturday when Michael Vick takes the Giants Stadium field against...
TROTTIER'S 19 TO BE RETIRED
It's perfect timing for everybody. With the Islanders poised to rise from the dead this season, the franchise will officially close the Stanley Cup dynasty era once and for all....
LOOKS LIKE BENNY WON'T DO THE WAIVE
Waiver purgatory ends for Benny Agbayani tonight. Agbayani has sat out the past two games as trade rumors involving the Giants - who claimed him at the end of last...
TESTAVERDE GIVES COLES, HATCHETTE PASSING
JET NOTEBOOK Vinny Testaverde feels like he has plenty to be excited about. "I've liked a lot of what I've seen so far," Testaverde said at the Jets camp at...
MOSS LOSS SENDS JETS TO PLAN B
It was supposed to be different this year. The Jets, long among the worst punt-receiving teams in the NFL, had a new special-teams coach and, more important, a first-round draft...
BOOS? NAH, THOSE'LL BE BRUUUUCES FOR CHEN
MET NOTES A little after 7 p.m. tonight, the Mets will take the field. Lefty Bruce Chen, a former Brave and Phillie, will walk to the mound at Shea for...
SNOWBALL'S CHANCE IN 'L' FOR STERLING: ICY YANK BATS LEAVE HITCHCOCK HANGIN'
Angels 3 Yankees 1 Yes, it's true the Yankees hit several balls hard and watched them die in the Angels' leather. But it's also correct to point out that yesterday's...
IT'S DEJA VU FOR BAILEY-MOTT TEAM
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Life at the Old Spa can be just like the movie "Groundhog Day," where the characters re-live the same experience over and over again. Take yesterday's Grade...
'POINT' TIRED, BUT . . . - HASKELL WINNER MAY RUN IN TRAVERS
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Trainer Bob Baffert, back in town yesterday for the yearling sales that begin tonight, gushed over Point Given's courageous victory in Sunday's Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park...
FASSEL HELPS FAMILY GRIEVE FOR MATRIARCH
ALBANY - The other day Jim Fassel was walking for exercise down Western Avenue, just off the campus at the University at Albany, along with Giants security official Mike Murphy...
POTE OUTING IS HEAVENLY FOR ANGELS
About three hours before Anaheim's game at Yankee Stadium yesterday, Angels manager Mike Scioscia found out starter Scott Schoenweis was suffering with a stomach ailment. He had little choice but...
GIANT SEASON'S ALL ON THE LINE
ALBANY - Any big bar bouncer can lift the weights and take a 3-point stance. What separates 300-pound guys who can play football from ones who can't are their heads...
SPRAINED TOE KOS CB ALLEN
GIANT NOTES ALBANY - Before they even got a chance to knock heads with the Patriots for two days, the Giants suffered an injury, as rookie cornerback Will Allen went...
REHBEIN, FORMER JINT COACH, DIES
ALBANY - Dick Rehbein, an assistant coach with the Giants for eight years and this season the quarterbacks coach for the Patriots, died yesterday of heart failure. He was 45....
SNOWBALL'S CHANCE IN 'L' FOR STERLING: CALL GETS POSADA HOT UNDER THE COLLAR
Maybe it was the 98-degree heat. Maybe it was striking out looking as the potential tying run to end a 3-1 loss to Anaheim, or even that the final pitch...
DIXON STILL CATCHING UP
ALBANY - It is not Kerry Collins' first choice to come down hard on one of his teammates. He is not a fiery sort in that regard, but after watching...
CLIFFORD JOINS KNICKS STAFF
The Knicks promoted former Adelphi head coach Steve Clifford to be Jeff Van Gundy's third assistant and hired Andy Greer as their advance scout. Greer, former assistant at Northern Illinois,...
BOMBER MOMENTUM MELTING
THIS is what the optimist could have seen yesterday. The optimist could have seen David Justice hit his first homer since coming off his second DL stint and envisioned what...
EL DUQUE TAKES THE MOUND
YANKEE NOTES If Orlando Hernandez doesn't suffer any setbacks, it's likely the playoff-tested right-hander could join the Yankees' rotation on Aug. 17. Hernandez started for Tampa (Single-A) last night against...