August 14, 2001
MICROSOFT TO UNVEIL XP IN NEW YORK
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amMicrosoft is secretly planning to launch its Windows XP operating system in New York City in October, The Post has learned. The three-day event's centerpiece is expected to come on...
STOCKS ARE JUST ABOUT OUT OF LUCK
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amTHE stock market rallied right on schedule last week, and the newest load of awful economic news will probably keep investors psyched for another week or so. The Federal Reserve...
$50M MAKEOVER FOR MET LIFE
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amMET Life is spending $50 million to beautify its widely unloved namesake tower at 200 Park Ave. - but it doesn't want to talk about it. The $50 million estimate...
MIDTOWN YWCA ON THE BLOCK
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amMidtown investors are more enthusiastic than the Village People for the 10-story Midtown YWCA now on the market. But they are not likely to be slinging much more than $25...
WILEY BUYS 'DUMMIES' PUBLISHER
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe "Idiot's Guide" fumbled its chance yesterday to own the rival "Dummies" guides - and lost out to the brainiacs. After spirited bidding among a handful of top publishers -...
WEBVAN'S MOVING OUT ITS SOFTWARE
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe dismantling of Webvan continued yesterday as the blown-out company put its technology on the block. The former online grocer announced it is accepting bids on its business units, technology...
GOLDMAN'S DARK DAY - BLOWN TURBINE EMPTIES 1 NY PLAZA DIGS
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amWall Street was thrown into a tizzy yesterday when a burst casing forced Goldman, Sachs to halt trading and redeploy staffers working there. Other employees at 1 New York Plaza...
AXMAN DUNNING IS CHOPPED AT ZD
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amAfter swinging the ax at Ziff Davis for months, CEO Jim Dunning has been axed himself. Chicago-based Willis, Stein & Partners - which financed Dunning's $780 million purchase of Ziff...
WB RECORDS WELCOMES WHALLEY
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amWarner Bros. Records finally got their guy. One year after Warner Bros. Records signed Interscope President Tom Whalley to a record-breaking $40 million contract to become chairman and CEO, Whalley...
$2.4M FOR SUPER BOWL ADS
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amIT could cost anywhere from $2.4 million to $2.5 million for a 30-second ad on next year's Super Bowl, according to published reports. Fox, which is airing Super Bowl XXXVI...
WITH THESE ESSENTIAL OILS, NO TROUBLES, NO TOILS
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amOIL'S well that works swell. So believes Mary Lee Patton, who touts the advantages of essential oils and aromatherapy in a new book, "Mary Lee's Natural Health & Beauty." Severely...
A CAPITAL WEEKEND - ON FOOT OR BY BIKE, GET INTO WASHINGTON'S GREAT OUTDOORS
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amMORE THAN likely, Washington isn't the first place that pops into your head when contemplating your next outdoor adventure. But it's not a bad thought. Next time you visit D.C.,...
TWISTED ACT'S A HANDFUL
August 14, 2001 | 4:00am'THE Puppetry of the Penis" is coming to New York - and it's going to make "The Full Monty" look like a Disney production. The show, featuring two naked "performance...
BUZZ
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe eyes have it New products for the visually challenged will be demonstrated this week at the Lighthouse Store in Manhattan. The devices include full-coverage sunglasses ($39.95); a universal TV...
'JACKASS' CANCELS ITSELF - KNOXVILLE DECIDES TO KILL MTV SHOW WHILE STILL HOT
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amMTV's controversial stunt show "Jackass" is no more. The show's star, Johnny Knoxville, whose real name is P.J. Clapp, called it quits late last week for a career in movies....
WHEN THE DEAD CAN KEEP ROCKIN'
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amDead Last Tonight at 9 on WPIX/Ch. 11 [ 1/2] if you're over 16 [ ] if you're 12 or suffer from arrested development. ------- TOO bad I'm not 12,...
STARR REPORT
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amLocal Farn policy - Kendra to Ch. 4? General assignment reporter Kendra Farn has left Ch. 2 after five years - and could be joining NBC-owned Ch. 4 on a...
TOUR DE MONTREAL - WITH BIKE LANES GALORE, THIS SPRAWLING CANADIAN CITY IS A CYCLIST'S PARADISE
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amIT is assumed that Montreal was named for Mont Royal, the 232-meter mountain that stands in the middle of the city. But when you're seeing Montreal by bike, you may...
THIS GRASS IS BLUER
August 14, 2001 | 4:00am* ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION "New Favorite" [ 1/2] Rounder On "New Favorite," bluegrass revivalists Alison Krauss & Union Station have stitched together a majestic quilt of mountain music...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amLay ladle lay Spooning takes on new meaning when you consider the more than 2,300 utensils from around the world on display in Mexico City's Soumaya Museum. All the pieces...
THE CYBER-SLAVE HORROR - VICTIM'S OWN WEB PROFILE: I'M 'SMALL AND LOST'
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe Massachusetts girl allegedly sexually terrorized by a Long Island couple was a sad, vulnerable 15-year-old who thought she was "small and lost." An America Online account believed to belong...
NEW YORK POST: FROM AUG. 14, 1945
August 14, 2001 | 4:00am"WAR OVER!" read The Post's front-page headline, as we reported President Harry Truman's announcement that Japan had accepted surrender terms. "Tokyo Radio declared today that 'the imperial decision was granted,'...
PARKS DEPT. SPRINGS $2M WATER-BILL LEAK
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe city got hosed because the Parks Department failed to help collect $2 million in overdue water bills from concessionaires, according to an audit released yesterday. Auditors for Comptroller Alan...
PLAYBOY PRINCE WILLS A SEX MACHINE: BOOK
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amPrince William has turned into a skirt-chasing ladies' man - actively pursuing beautiful blondes and using a private suite to entertain them, a sensational new book claims. William, now 19,...
FANNING THE MIDEAST FLAMES - A NEW FACE OF WAR
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amWHAT we are seeing inside the borders of Israel is nothing less than the new face of war in the 21st century. "Terrorism" is not the appropriate word to describe...
E. SIDE MAN DIES AMID HIS CACHE OF GRENADES
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amAn elderly man found dead yesterday in his East Side apartment had been stockpiling weapons - including 16 grenades - much to the shock of his neighbors, cops said. Residents...
PEEPING LAW WOULD FOCUS ON VIDEO VOYEURS
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - State lawmakers yesterday proposed legislation to close a legal loophole that has allowed voyeurs secretly videotaping women to get off with a slap on the wrist. At a...
'COPTER VICTIMS ARE LAID TO REST
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amMourners of the five Brooklynites killed in a Grand Canyon helicopter crash described their loss as a "black cloud" hovering over their tightknit Orthodox Jewish community at a marathon funeral...
MEDIA MAVENS HUG A THUG IN HAVANA
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S fair to suppose Fidel Castro's mail yesterday didn't include 75th-birthday cards from MTV chief Tom Freston, Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter and CBS head Les Moonves. They're all under...
FENCE-HORROR FAMILY SUES
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe family of a Manhattan man whose skull was shattered by a security fence that fell off the roof of a five-story condominium has filed a $55 million lawsuit against...
PARKWAY OF DEATH - HORRIFIC CRASH CLAIMS 3 MORE LIVES ON 'SAFE' N.J. TOLL ROAD
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amA 30-mile stretch of the Garden State Parkway has turned into a highway of death. Three elderly people died in a grisly single-car crash on a rain-slicked Parkway early yesterday...
THE GREAT TEACHER AIRLIFT - 700 FOREIGNERS SIGN UP TO HELP EASE SHORTAGE
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy yesterday welcomed more than 700 foreign teachers - including 500 from the Caribbean, 125 from Canada and another 100 from Europe - who will be in...
'$EAGULL' READY TO TAKE WING ON B'WAY
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amPlans are afoot to move the celebrity-stuffed "The Seagull" from Central Park to Broadway, where the top ticket price will be $100, The Post has learned. The super-hot show -...
JUDGE OKS $3M GATIEN CLUB DEAL - LIMELIGHT TO ROCK ON
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amDebt-plagued club king Peter Gatien will sell his landmark Limelight dance club for $3 million under a deal approved yesterday by a Manhattan bankruptcy judge. But the buyers, who will...
32 FATALITIES ON HIGHWAY THIS YEAR ALREADY
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amMore people have died in fatal accidents on the Garden State Parkway so far this year than all of last year. There have been 23 fatal accidents - that took...
LEVY: I'LL CUT $20M IN ED. BD. SPENDING
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy told City Hall yesterday he plans to slice the budget for the Board of Education's central bureaucracy by more than $20 million. That could result in...
GOV: GIVE BOOZE DEATH DRIVERS 25 YRS.
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amDrunken drivers who kill could be jailed up to 25 years under stiff new laws proposed yesterday by Gov. Pataki in the wake of the case of an alleged DWI...
S.I. GETTING SPRITZED - POLS PROTEST USE OF W. NILE PESTICIDES
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe city plans to begin ground spraying on northern Staten Island tonight to combat the West Nile virus as a political outcry against pesticides kicked into high gear. "My phone's...
'DIVORCE HIT' SUSPECT IS BACK IN BX.
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amA Bronx hit man was back in New York yesterday to face murder charges for killing a man who refused to divorce his wife, police said. Hector Rodriguez, 26, was...
SURVIVOR'S SIS: SHE'S A 'FIGHTER'
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amLAS VEGAS - The heartbroken twin sister of helicopter-crash victim Chana Daskal yesterday called her critically injured sibling "a fighter" who needs everyone's prayers and support to conquer devastating burn...
FBI DIGGING FOR BODIES IN B'KLYN
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe FBI yesterday began digging in a vacant lot in Brooklyn after hearing that two bodies could be buried there, sources said. An FBI spokesperson said only that the bureau...
'HUNKS' IN BEEFCAKE BATTLE
August 14, 2001 | 4:00am"Hunk-o-Mania" yesterday strutted into Manhattan federal court - where two warring managers of male strippers testified in a fight over beefcake brand names. Manhattan promoter Thomas Zizzo is trying to...
DUO PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN ERASE-INK SEC'Y SCAM
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amA former Bear Stearns secretary and her husband pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges they stole at least half a million dollars from her bigwig boss by forging checks using...
CYBER SLAVE - INTERNET KIDNAP TEEN'S RAPE HORROR
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe Long Island cyberperverts who brutalized a 15-year-old girl during an S&M ordeal "lent" her out as a sex slave to a Queens man - who repeatedly raped her and...
2 KILLED IN BMW CRASH
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amTwo young people died and two others were critically hurt just before dawn yesterday when their speeding BMW smashed into a tree and burst into flames on their way home...
CONDIT SIGNALS HE'LL RUN IN 2002
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Embattled Rep. Gary Condit is moving forward with plans to hold his annual fund-raiser this fall - a sign he intends to run for re-election next year, The...
GOTTI, DAUGHTER IN SEPARATE HOSPITALS
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - John Gotti and his eldest daughter yesterday were resting comfortably in hospitals 1,500 miles apart. Angela Gotti, 40, underwent successful laparoscopic surgery at a Long Island hospital...
IT'S BOOM OR BUST FOR BABY BOMBERS
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amIt's do or die tonight for a squad of young Bronx baseballers trying to get to "The Show" - the Little League World Series. The Rolando Paulino All-Stars must defeat...
MIKE: DON'T TAX POOR - HE'D EXEMPT 100,000 IN CITY
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amRepublican mayoral candidate Mike Bloomberg last night suggested abolishing the city's income tax for the 100,000 poorest New Yorkers. Speaking before a small group of Asian-American Republicans in Chinatown, Bloomberg...
TOP ISRAELI PREDICTS 5 BLASTS A DAY
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A top Israeli general yesterday warned government officials that Hamas may soon be able to carry out five suicide attacks a day, with dozens of victims. The chilling...
LIGHTNING ZAPS N.J. DRILL COP
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amLightning struck at a New Jersey police academy yesterday, knocking a drill instructor unconscious and sending two recruits to the hospital, officials said. Steven Walrond, 26, a drill instructor in...
LEVY HONES BUDGET AX - TO PARE ED BOARD SPENDING BY $20M
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy told City Hall yesterday he plans to shrink the budget for the Board of Education's central bureaucracy by more than $20 million. That could result in...
KIN OF MAN HIT BY FALLING FENCE SUE LANDLORD FOR $55M
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe family of a Manhattan man whose skull was shattered by a security fence that fell off the roof of a five-story condominium has filed a $55 million lawsuit against...
GREEN MAILS DEMOCRATS A CD-ROM WITH A VIEW
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amHe may never go platinum but Mark Green is trying to turn his mayoral campaign into a high-tech hit by mailing out 100,000 computer compact discs to Democratic voters. Following...
HANG A LEFT INTO THE BATHROOM, SMART ALECK
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amLeft-handed people may be smarter than righties, but they probably spend a lot more time in the bathroom. That's the conclusion of a study that shows lefties are twice as...
DUBYA IN TEXAS
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amPresident Bush mixed work and play on Vacation Day 10, golfing with pals and threatening to veto any bill that tries to short-circuit his plan for limited federal funding of...
CAUGHT IN WEB OF DECEIT - 'NET HAS BECOME PREDATORS' HUNTING GROUND
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amNOT long ago, an enterprising pervert had to leave his house to procure an object of his desire. Today, all he needs is a modem and an AOL account to...
CAUGHT IN WEB OF DECEIT
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe Massachusetts teen allegedly terrorized by a Long Island couple believed she was "small and lost." An AOL account believed to belong to the girl carries a teary-eyed personal profile...
YANK FATE RESTS ON ARMS
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amOAKLAND - It has never been about effort with Joe Torre's Yankees because they don't shirk their big-league responsibilities. However, with the regular-season finish line seven weeks away, we are...
LET'S GO, RED SOX! - YANKS SHOULD BE ROOTING FOR BOSTON TO BEAT OUT A'S
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amOF all the odd things in this season, the oddest may be this - the Yankees should be rooting for the Red Sox. Kinda. Anyone who watched the A's sweep...
OGBOGU IN LINE FOR START AT END
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amA year after being idled by injury, Eric Ogbogu is now bidding for the starting defensive end job opposite John Abraham. Herm Edwards yesterday said that Ogbogu, who missed the...
KIDD PUMPED FOR ASSISTING TURNAROUND
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amNobody plays the transition game like Jason Kidd. On the court, he weaves fast breaks like magic, dazzling teammates with passes that seem to be inconceivably zipped through Skittle-sized holes....
GIANTS NEED DAN TO CATCH ON NOW
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Prove it. That is what Dan Campbell needs to do. He knows it. Everyone around him knows it. His place on the Giants is secure and he will...
IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE FOR YOU
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The tradition of heavy favorites getting buried in stakes races at the Spa graveyard continued yesterday as previously unbeaten Cashier's Dream, 3-5 in the Grade 2, $150,000...
TRAVERS HOPEFULS TUNE UP
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Scorpion, A P Valentine, Dollar Bill and Volponi, all pointing for the Aug. 25 Travers, tuned up yesterday morning at the Old Spa. Scorpion, upset winner of...
TAGS MAY SACK REFS - COMMISH READIES REPLACEMENT OFFICIALS
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amNFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue yesterday said that the league would mobilize replacement officials for the final preseason games if no agreement is reached in the next 10 days with the...
JINTS HAVE MUDDLE IN THE MIDDLE
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Little, if anything, positive for the Giants came out of Super Bowl XXXV. One lesson, though, taught by the ravenous Ravens defense on that Jan. 28 night in...
STAYING HOME IS A KEY
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amThe goal all along has been to win the franchise's first-ever WNBA crown. And for much of the season, the Liberty seemed perfectly capable of doing so. But now there...
SEHORN QUIETLY HITS HIS STRIDE[[BD]] - CORNER'S BACK IN ALL-PRO FORM
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - Jason Sehorn was hardly noticed in the preseason-opening loss to the Patriots, mainly because he wasn't challenged. Do not mistake his inactivity for ineffectiveness. Sehorn, finally...
BROKEN-HANDED BROSIUS IS ON HIS WAY BACK
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - Scott Brosius' recovery from a broken left hand takes a step forward today when he is expected to report to the Yankees' complex in Tampa. According...
LINDROS DEAL MAY BE NEAR
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amEric Lindros could be a Ranger by the end of the week. That's when Ranger GM Glen Sather is expected to return from John Davidson's charity golf event in Alberta...
STEVIE'S DOING WONDERFULLY - CONFIDENT TRACHSEL FINALLY A HIT
August 14, 2001 | 4:00amAs recently as last month, Steve Trachsel would've let one bad pitch become two, with one bad game snowballing into the next. The 30-year-old right-hander says it was indecision and...