August 12, 2001
DIVIDENDS: MORE FOR LESS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amFEWER public companies than ever before are bothering with paying out a dividend -bad news for conservative investors who like to safety of that regular payment in addition to potential...
THE RAGTOPS OF INVESTING
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amTIRED of pouring money into stocks just to watch it disappear? Hey, buy a convertible, instead -a convertible bond, that is. There's been an explosion of convertible bonds this year:...
BAD SECTORS, GREAT FUNDS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amEVEN as the average technology-oriented mutual fund lost almost one-quarter of its value in the first half of 2001, the Fidelity Select Software fund posted a gain of 2.77 percent....
THE NARDELLI EFFECT AT HOME DEPOT
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amWHEN Robert Nardelli did not get the nod from Jack Welch to become the new CEO of General Electric, he jumped to Home Depot, where he has been enthusiastically received...
BULL'S EYE
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amDEAD ONLINE GROCER WON'T DIE WEBVAN.COM might be out of business, but at least the former online grocer is still in baseball pennant contention. While the Foster City, Calif.-based company...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: RICH CRONIN
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amIt's not easy to live in the shadow of limelight-hogging boy bands like the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC. But LFO (Lyte Funky Ones) and lead singer Rich Cronin have managed...
THESE FILMS HAVE SEOUL
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amSexy Jung Suh in the Korean horrow flick "The Isle," at the Anthology. Get ready for a new Asian invasion - movies from South Korea. The past few years have...
WITH BRITS, CHITCHAT OFTEN DRAWS A BLANK
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amI used to scoff at Americans for saying "How ya doin'?" to strangers. They don't actually care, it seems to me, so why do they bother to ask?But at a...
TONYS BRING SUMMER SLUMP TO B'WAY
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amBroadway's 2001-02 season officially started on June 1. Yet so far only three shows - count 'em, three! - have opened. These include the richly enjoyable "Major Barbara," with a...
A SUMMER OF FLASHES IN THE PAN
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amWhat a crazy summer.Movies are breaking opening-weekend records at the box office, then fading into obscurity. Call it the disposable-hit syndrome. Five movies so far this year have opened with...
IN AN AGE OF LOW EXPECTATIONS, A CALL TO SHARPEN OUR TEEN THUGS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe arrest of 16-year-old Robert "Downey Jr." Iler has highlighted a shocking problem among America's youth: Our delinquents have practically zero criminal know-how. Last month, the alleged "Sopranos" cast member...
WHAT I WATCH
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amJOHN PENOTTI President, GreeneStreet Films "The Jon Stewart Show." Besides the fact that he is extremely funny, he has a cunning insight and completely refreshing perspective on current events. JENNIFER...
SHOPPING HOUNDS: THESE DOG-FRIENDLY STORES WILL BRING OUT THE ANIMAL IN YOU
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amOne of the singular pleasures of having a dog in New York is being able to take him shopping. And we don't just mean shopping for dog food and other...
COLLAR ME VINTAGE
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amVintage fashion has experienced a boom in recent years; now it, too, is going to the dogs. Hamptons vintage mecca At Haven's House (Madison Street, Sag Harbor, FLICKS THAT CLICK:...
VODKA RAISES BAR: A TOAST TO THE TOWN'S BEST MARTINIS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe fashion-forward girls of "Sex and the City" ruined -ruined! -the Cosmo for everyone by drinking it morning, noon and night in every episode of the hit show. Now that...
LOBSTER'S ON A ROLL AT CHELSEA MARKET
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe Lobster Place in Chelsea Market Ninth Avenue at 15th Street Summer's dining mantra is "keep it simple." Which accounts in part for the popularity of that seasonal favorite, the...
A GREAT OPENING ACT? YOU BETA BELIEVE IT
August 12, 2001 | 4:00am"Who is that band?" Any music geek will remember the scene from the rock flick "High Fidelity," when Rob, the record-store owner (John Cusack), drops the needle on "Dry the...
MAKING HIS MARK: HUNKY SUGAR RAY FRONTMAN HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO CHARM TEEN FANS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amMark McGrath, the blond-tipped, tattooed tour de force who fronts Sugar Ray, claims he can't take much credit for his own success. The Sugar Ray phenomenon, he says, is unrelated...
FABLED PRISON'S UNCERTAIN FATE
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amTime could be running out for California's oldest and most notorious lockup, as state officials weigh pulling the switch on San Quentin State Prison to make way for luxury housing....
VICTORIA GOTTI
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amDESPITE scorching heat and humid air "so thick you could cut it with a knife," 10,000 screaming fans turned out last week at Rye Playland to cheer on performers Joan...
VICTIM'S DAUGHTER GETS TEST-Y WITH OFFICERS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amCHRISTINA Baez wants mandatory drug and alcohol testing for any on-duty cop involved in a tragic car crash. Baez is motivated by the blood that oozed out her 78-year-old father's...
CLONE CRUISE IS JUST TWO NUTTY
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amLAST week, an Italian doctor and U.S. researcher announced their decision to clone humans despite opposition from just about every leader of just about every country. Severino Antinori, the cloning...
BREAST DEFENSE
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amIS there any hope for real women with real breasts, when in a single week, not only does WonderBra come out with an inflatable bra, but the next day a...
IS JUSTICE DRUNK?
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amSO, let me get this straight. If you violate the open-container law by drinking alcohol on the street, or even at a street fair, you are clearly breaking the law...
HILL'S GIVING US A LISTEN
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amSEN. Hillary Rodham Clinton, whose husband has so much personal testosterone that he's caused a worldwide shortage, recently made big news by saying that if health insurers cover Viagra, they...
ANGUISH OF VICTIM WHO TOOK DRUG RABBI'S RX
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amFor three long years, Jean Brigleb saw top-flight specialists, took the prescription pregnancy drugs Pergonal and Metrodin and followed every instruction to the letter - and still didn't get pregnant....
GRIEVING KIN BACK CAPTAIN
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe rising-star captain exiled from the 72nd Precinct after one of his cops ran over and killed a young family is getting support from a surprising corner - the relatives...
FORMER POST FOTOG DIES
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amWilliam N. Jacobellis, a New York Post photographer for 23 years, died of a heart attack at his home in Tucson, Ariz., last Tuesday. He was 81. Jacobellis specialized in...
SURROGATE MOM SUES OVER ABORTION BID
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amA British woman is suing a California couple who contracted her as a surrogate mom - charging they wanted her to abort one of the twins she's carrying because they...
BOTTOM LINE: IT'S BLOOMBERG'S MONEY
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S your business who you vote for. It's this newspaper's business who it endorses. And it's Michael Bloomberg's business how and when he spends his own freakin' money. But $17...
VAN-OVERHEAT TOT CRITICAL
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe 2-year-old Brooklyn boy left in the heat in a van for nearly an hour Friday was in critical condition in Brookdale Hospital yesterday. Maria Nunez, a mother of five,...
DEATH WATCH: DAPPER DON KEEPS HOLDING ON
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Cancer-stricken crime boss John Gotti has rallied from a brush with death in a Missouri hospital, where he is being held under heavy security. The ailing Gotti,...
BOOZING COPS KEEP LOCALS UP ALL NIGHT
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amBarbara Spencer often has trouble keeping her eyes open at work thanks to a drunken crowd that gathers outside her bedroom window and keeps her family awake all night. According...
SHARON STANDS FIRM ; INSISTS HQ TAKEOVER IS NOT A PROVOCATION
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amIsraeli leader Ariel Sharon stood by his decision to seize the PLO's headquarters yesterday - as the leader of a top Arab terrorist group called on "holy warriors" to continue...
MIKE SWINGS AT FOES ; DEFENDS $9M CAMPAIGN-SPENDING RECORD
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amMegabucks mayoral hopeful Mike Bloomberg defended his record-setting, $9 million-in-a-month campaign spending yesterday as his rivals blasted the dollar amount as "obscene." Stumping in Bay Ridge with City Councilman Marty...
BLOOD TEST CONFIRMS WEST NILE ; S.I. WOMAN INFECTED RECENTLY, CITY FINDS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe results of new blood tests released last night by the city Health Department show that a 73-year old Staten Island woman contracted West Nile virus recently. Until yesterday, health...
FEDS BUST CITY NARC ON POT RAP
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amA veteran Queens narcotics detective has been busted on federal drug charges, The Post has learned. Detective Winston White, 33, of the Southeast Queens Initiative, was apprehended at around 3...
A HORRIFIC MEMORY THAT WILL NEVER FADE
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amTEN years have passed, but time hasn't dulled my memories of Crown Heights on the brink. I can still hear the fury-laced shouts of the mob. I can see the...
MORALITY AND THE 'MOLESTER' MAYOR
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amWaterbury Mayor Philip Giordano, in his failed bid to defeat Joe Lieberman for the Senate last year, blasted the Connecticut Democrat for failing to back legislation "to protect children from...
BILL WATCHERS WANT 'TOME-LY' ANSWERS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Veterans of the Bill Clinton scandals have a few questions they would like the ex-president to address in his upcoming $10 million book. Former White House FBI Agent...
COURT APPEALS DRAG ON
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe federal Court of Appeals has spent more than a year deliberating the convictions in the Crown Heights riots - and still hasn't decided. "It shows they're weighing it seriously,"...
TRIP TURNS TRAGIC FOR B'KLYN COUPLE
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amChopper-crash survivor Chana Daskal was planning a blowout 30th-birthday party for her husband, David. Now the Brooklyn mother of two is fighting for her life in a Las Vegas hospital...
ASTROLOGIST: AFFAIR HAD 'SIGNS' OF TROUBLE
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amChandra Levy's love affair with Gary Condit was spiced with passion and intellectual debate, and tempered with disagreements, New York astrologist Susan Miller says. Miller paints a picture of a...
BLIND VENDOR: CIG STING WAS A TRICK
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amA legally blind newspaper vendor says inspectors from the city Department of Consumer Affairs duped him into selling cigarettes to a minor and then slapped him with a summons. "I...
BX. LITTLE LEAGUERS ONE WIN FROM SERIES
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amBRISTOL, Conn. - New York's state champion "Baby Bronx Bombers" blasted their way to a 11-0 shutout last night, besting a Maryland team in a win that puts them one...
YOUNG THUG STABS COP IN BROOKLYN
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amAn off-duty Bronx cop was stabbed in the back by a young thug last night as the officer took his nightly jog at the track of a Brooklyn high school....
HEVESI BITES THE HAND THAT FEEDS HIM
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amALAN Hevesi's criticism of a New Jersey company for worsening flood damage in southeast Queens didn't stop him from pocketing donations from the firm's top executive. Hevesi in 1999 blasted...
SAVED BY SLAMMER ; PRISON HOME FOR DOOMED HORSES
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amWALLKILL - Dozens of retired thoroughbred race horses have escaped slaughter and found new life in the oddest of settings - an upstate prison. "It's this or [they become] Alpo,"...
HELICOPTER HORROR ; WIVES ESCAPE DEATH AS THEIR HUSBANDS DIE
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amA tourist flight to view the beauty of the Grand Canyon ended in unimaginable tragedy when two New York area men died in a fiery air crash as their wives...
WHEEL-WELL STOWAWAYS TAKING THE ULTIMATE RISK
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe unidentified man who plummeted to his death from the wheel well of a JFK-bound jet last week was the latest in a growing number of airline stowaway tragedies. There...
HEALING OLD WOUNDS ; CROWN HTS. TRIES TO BRIDGE DIVIDE 10 YRS. AFTER RIOTS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amFrom his perch on the steps of his President Street home in Crown Heights, Venton Johnson could see it all: the station wagon speeding through the busy intersection, the little...
THE E-MAIL NEVER FAILS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amFROM AmIgO1524: "What I'd like to know is why Monica didn't get the same protection as Judi since she was also a very 'Good Friend' to an elected official. Maybe...
MISSING INTERN'S 'OLD' FLAMES ; CHANDRA TURNED ON BY POWER MEN: PALS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amFriends had been telling Chandra Levy for years: Quit falling in love with older men. But for Levy, affairs with older men in positions of authority provided security and excitement...
RISE AND FALL OF STRESSED SONGSTRESS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amFrom her earliest days of domestic turmoil to her recent emotional collapse, songbird Mariah Carey has leaned on her mother for support. Mariah's mother, Patricia Carey, got Mariah to take...
SUPERHERO'S NEW BATTLE IS PERSONAL
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe creator of star-spangled superhero Captain America will do battle this week with his newest arch-enemy - the comic-book company that still sells stories about the iconic patriot. Sixty years...
BEN'S NO-BOOZE BIRTHDAY BASH
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amOscar winner Ben Affleck turns 29 on Wednesday, but there will be no celebration, no wild parties and - most importantly - no booze to mark the event. Affleck, who's...
THE NEW YORK POST FROM AUGUST 12, 1929
August 12, 2001 | 4:00am"Cleveland - Babe Ruth probably is proud of his many records and achievements in baseball, but it is doubtful if he prizes any of them more than he does the...
DUBYA IN TEXAS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amVacation Day 8 found President Bush keeping a low profile again, giving his weekly radio address from his ranch in Craw-ford, Texas. Bush said his decision last Thursday to restrict...
CHOPPER FALLOUT: COMPANY HAS A CRASH HISTORY
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe company whose tourist helicopter crashed near the Grand Canyon - killing five New Yorkers and leaving a fifth with horrendous burns - has a record pockmarked with disaster. Papillon...
THE PERFECT WOMAN: STARS TAKE 'PART' IN FANS' FEMALE IDEAL
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amWho has the ideal figure among the female celebrities of the world? Here's a hint: think composite. Start by taking a little bit of Catherine Zeta-Jones, a smidge of Liz...
RUNNING FOR CITY HALL
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amPolitical play of the Week: While The Post months ago broke the story that former Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan was backing Fernando Ferrer, last week's formal endorsement is precisely the...
HE'S JUAN TO WATCH
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amHE'S an equal opportunity destroyer. Left-handed power pitcher, fine. Right-handed control specialist, no problem. Juan Camacho says that hitting is his favorite part of playing baseball, and the way he...
'STOCK' MARKET PAYING BIG DIVIDENDS IN JERSEY
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amTHE New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife stocked more than 400,000 warmwater fish in selected ponds, lakes, rivers and reservoirs throughout the state during June and July with plans...
PALS TOUCHING ALL THE BASES ON MAJOR ROAD TRIP
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amFor every pair of buddies who ever wanted to disappear for the summer, take in a game at every Major League ballpark on the continent and never had the time...
HOLIK GONE, BUT WHEN?
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amLOU Lamoriello knows already whether he's going to be able to keep Bobby Holik beyond this season. You'd have to presume that if the GM thought he could, he would...
SATHER STILL WORKING ON LINDROS DEAL, CONTRACT
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amTHERE is no guarantee that Eric Lindros will attempt to resurrect his NHL career in a Ranger uniform, but Slap Shots has learned that Glen Sather is continuing to aggressively...
REFS MAY BE NO-SHOWS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amNEGOTIATIONS between the NHL and the union for its on-ice officials, whose CBA expired at the end of the playoffs, is not going so well. We're told that the referees...
PGA PLUS RYDER CUP EQUALS GOLF HEAVEN
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amPRESEASON games have begun in the NFL, baseball pennant races are heating up, and NASCAR isn't having too shabby of a season either. But for the next month are so,...
RICE HAD TO BE CUT FROM KNICK MENU
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amMUCH LIKE Patrick Ewing had to go last summer, Glen Rice's time was up in New York, too, after one brief season. The Knicks' perimeter glut was ready to turn...
BALLGATE: MIKE WAS RIGHT
August 12, 2001 | 4:00am"IF I was this guy, here's what I would ask for: a game-used uniform, a game-used bat, a game-used batting helmet. Everything signed. And, I'd want to see it signed...
GAVIOLA, 'GOLD' IN 'SPA' BATTLE
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Trainer Christophe Clement has dethroned the mighty turf filly Gaviola once this year, sending out England's Legend to take her down in the New York Handicap at...
CARTER EXPECTS CALL FROM THE HALL IN 2002
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amToday he'll be inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame. A year from now, Gary Carter believes he'll be enshrined in Cooperstown. "I think next year it will probably happen,"...
ALLEN'S GLAD DEBUT'S OVER
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - Will Allen figures his second game will be better, simply because it's not his first game. Allen made his Giants preseason debut in Friday's forgettable 14-0...
IT'S TIME TO GET PHYSICAL ; FASSEL SAYS CAMP WILL BE NO PICNIC
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - For the Giants, the fault lies not in what they are doing but how they are doing it. That is Jim Fassel's take after sorting through the wreckage...
NO SWORD FOR 'CUGAT'
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The racing gods, who frowned on With Anticipation when he was disqualified in his last start, gave him their blessing yesterday in the Grade 1, $500,000 Sword...
BIG MAC TAKES THE FIFTH
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amFor the most part, Mark McGwire has looked more like Dave Kingman than Harmon Killebrew this season. McGwire moved ahead of Killebrew and into sole possession of fifth place on...
ABRAHAM SHALL LEAD THEM: SECOND-YEAR DE STARS IN SO-WHAT LOSS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amFalcons 20 Jets 10 It was only one play in an otherwise innocuous preseason opener, but it represented such a dazzling dose of hope for the Jets. It had nothing...
VENTURA'S MYSTIFIED BY SLUMP
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES Robin Ventura has slumped before, but never this badly for this long. After hitting into a game-ending double play in yesterday's 6-3 loss to the Cardinals, Ventura said...
ROBERTS CRUISES AFTER MISERABLE RUSCH HOUR
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amIt was a long day for Glendon Rusch, which meant it was also a long one for Grant Roberts. After Rusch coughed up a 2-0 lead yesterday by allowing six...
WOE IS METS ; AMAZIN' EMBARRASSMENT CONTINUES VS. CARDS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amCardinals 6 Mets 3 The last time the Mets hosted the Cardinals at Shea, they used them as a stepping-stone into the World Series. These Cards aren't even as good...
ZEILE PLAYS THE VILLAIN
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amTHE sides in a charity softball game yesterday were named for two wrestling federations. That meant the dugouts and corridors of Shea were filled with cartoonish characters with oversized bodies,...
FIRST-TIME CALLERS WISH EDWARDS LOTS OF BUC
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES Less than two hours before kickoff last night, Herman Edwards had an emotional moment inside the Jets' locker room when Buccaneers coach Tony Dungy and several of his...
LILLY DROPS APPEAL
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - Not knowing what direction he was headed in if he kept his suspension appeal alive, Ted Lilly dropped it yesterday so he could start Saturday against...
HITCHCOCK CAN'T CUT IT ; LEFTY MAKES QUICK EXIT AS A'S REMAIN RED-HOT
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amA's 8 Yankees 6 OAKLAND - Sterling Hitchcock was acquired by the Yankees to solidify the back of the rotation. Last night the veteran lefty was as stable as the...
CHEN MUSIC SWEET SO FAR FOR METS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amHey kids, if you follow Bruce Chen's example, you could either wind up with a wicked major-league curveball or lifelong arm problems. The Mets left-hander began breaking off curves when...
NOT IN THE CARDS: RUSCH, METS FOLD AS MCGWIRE, MATHENY POWER ST. LOO
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amCardinals 6 Mets 3 The last time the Cardinals had come to Shea, had been humbled by a swaggering Met team that used them for a stepping stone into the...
TONY BALLGAME: FAREWELL TO BEST HITTER SINCE TED WILLIAMS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - You are sitting next to baseball history and there is a feeling of warmth. You realize this journey is not just about numbers, the 3,134 hits, the eight...
TORRE GROUNDS CHUCK: SPENCER STARTS AHEAD OF SLUMPING KNOBBY
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - True to his word, Joe Torre watched four awful at-bats from Chuck Knoblauch Friday night and started Shane Spencer in left field last night. "I wasn't comfortable watching...
LILLY'S FALL FROM GRACE: STRUGGLING SOUTHPAW SLIPPING OUT OF ROTATION
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Joe Torre watched Ted Lilly muddle through two innings Friday night and had enough. So, with the Yankees in a five-run hole going into the third inning, Torre...
TORRE TORN BETWEEN SHANE, KNOBBY IN LEFT
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - If Joe Torre carried out a pre-game plan to watch how good the at-bats coming out of left field were Friday night, he probably was going...
DOUBLE-THREAT VICK LIGHTS UP MEADOWLANDS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES The Jets got a first-hand look at Michael Vick last night at Giants Stadium. Vick, the NFL's No. 1 draft pick who went 20-1 as a starter at...
THEIR 'OUR' WAS AT HAND: HERM, TERRY ANXIOUS TO SEE JETS DEBUT
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe words "our team" takes on a completely different connotation for Herman Edwards and Terry Bradway. Sure, both are career football men, with Edwards having done just about everything in...
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY WORRY WOODBURY
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES Tory Woodbury said he's used to playing in front of about 3,000 fans. So he knew when he was going to get into the Jets' preseason opener against...
KICK SAVES TO THE CURB
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amBUD SELIG, far more than most, should grasp the absurdity of the save rule. He sold cars for a living. And you don't take the guy who nearly ruins your...
SMITHWICK RIDER STILL IN HOSPITAL
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA NOTEBOOK SARATOGA SPRINGS - Jockey Joseph Delozier 3rd appeared bruised but otherwise OK Thursday when he flew back to Maryland to be with his expectant wife just hours after...
JOEL SHERMAN'S PLAYOFF DERBY
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amSEVEN weeks to determine the fate of seven AL contenders. OK, six contenders really since the Mariners essentially clinched a playoff spot before Memorial Day. So who will the other...