August 21, 2001
IT'S TIME FOR ALAN GREENSPAN TO STEP ASIDE
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S too bad Alan Greenspan can't be fired. The Federal Reserve will meet today and the guessing is that it will cut interest rates for the seventh time this year....
RELATED SELLS REVLON BLDG. STAKE
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amTHE shimmering Revlon Building at 625 Madison Ave., whose title tenant will be gone by 2003, just lost half of its ownership, too. Steve Ross' Related Cos. has sold its...
CNN PUTS PETER BART ON ICE
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amLou Dobbs has told Peter Bart to take a walk. Bart, the embattled editor-in-chief of Daily Variety who was suspended last week after a Los Angeles magazine article quoted him...
CNN TAKES AIM AT CNBC IN A.M.
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amCNN, in its quest to liven up its look, is beginning to look a lot like CNBC. CNN yesterday announced its plans to launch a morning business show that will...
MACK PICKS LEGAL WHIZ - TAPS GARY LYNCH TO FIGHT IPO PROBE
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amJohn Mack moved aggressively yesterday to get out ahead of a slew of investigations of his firm's IPO practices by hiring the SEC's former chief enforcement officer as his general...
'O' NO! OPRAH SUED - FETISH MAG CLAIMS RIGHT TO THE NAME
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amOprah Winfrey was slapped with a lawsuit by a German fetish magazine yesterday for using the "O" magazine title that the Germans have owned for 14 years. Winfrey launched her...
MARTS GAIN; FED MEETS TODAY
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amMarkets rose yesterday as investors got some good news and snapped up bargains in advance of today's Fed rate-cut decision. The New York-based Conference Board report that the index of...
EXCITE ON THE BRINK - BIG BACKERS SEEING STAKES EVAPORATE
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe undertakers are coming. Excite@Home's accountants said yesterday the company might not pull through. The broadband Internet service company is running scared of a Nasdaq delisting, which would trigger its...
GOLF IN HOLE WITHOUT NO.1 WOODS
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amNO Tiger Woods. No good ratings. With Tiger Woods out of contention, the preliminary TV ratings for the PGA Championships' final round slumped 36 percent from last year. CBS Sports'...
SWEETNESS AND FIGHT
August 21, 2001 | 4:00am* SUGARCULT "Start Static" [] Ultimatum Music Quartet Sugarcult's pop aesthetic is snatched from the British age of New Wave, when Elvis Costello was butting heads with Joe Jackson for...
STARR REPORT
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amSaying goodbye to an old friend Bob Williams, a distinguished, longtime TV columnist for The Post, died yesterday. He was 84. Williams, born Robert Colburn Williams in Syracuse, was nominated...
'FRIENDS' FALL OUT
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amSITCOM director James Burrows is suing Warner Bros. for $5 million - claiming they promised him a piece of "Friends" in exchange for directing the pilot in 1994. Burrows said...
FORD PULLS ANCHOR AS BACKSTOP
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amGOOD Morning America" is about to say goodbye to Jack Ford. Ford was lured away from NBC to ABC in 1999 with the promise that he would eventually become the...
TIME TO CUT CLUELESS CLUTTER
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amLEAVE it to the TV business to take something that's already suffering and make it worse. Network TV is hemorrhaging viewers and yet, that isn't stopping the industry from following...
JANET'S SHOW A LUST-SEE! - SEXY SINGER SIZZLES IN OPENER AT THE GARDEN
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amJANET JACKSON'S goal is simple: Send the boys home wanting her and the girls home wanting to be her. Mission accomplished last night at Madison Square Garden, where the singer...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amSin City simple When you're leaving Las Vegas, but can't bear to tear yourself away from the gaming tables, call on America West and Certified Airline Passenger Services (CAPS). If...
CBS FIRST WITH A SEX-CHANGE SITCOM CHARACTER, BUT PLEASE ... DON'T CALL HER A 'HE'
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amCBS is taking the plunge into the turbulent waters of sexual transformation this fall - featuring a transsexual as a major character on TV for the first time. "The Education...
BUZZ
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amShort on shots New York City lags behind the national average for childhood vaccinations - with nearly 35 percent of the city's kids inadequately immunized against measles, mumps, whooping cough...
JEWELRY THAT'S JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amTRUE, those dull, clunky medical ID bracelets can save your life, identifying you - if you're not able to speak for yourself - as diabetic, epileptic or allergic. But couldn't...
MAN MASSACRES 5 CALIFORNIA KIN
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amA man with a history of violence and mental instability went on a murderous rampage yesterday in a suburb of Sacramento, Calif., killing five members of his family, including his...
NEW YORK POST FROM AUG. 21, 1959
August 21, 2001 | 4:00am"MINNEAPOLIS - Turning down a committee recommendation against it, delegates to the 43rd annual convention of the American Federation of Teachers yesterday passed a resolution favoring use of physical force...
GORE IN '04 - STILL DEMS' BEST BET
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amWHO'S the strongest candidate the Democratic Party could field for president in 2004? The conventional wisdom in Washington is particularly enamored of Sen. John Edwards - though Rep. Richard Gephardt...
TYSON'S ACCUSER RIPS RAPE PROBE
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe woman who accused boxer Mike Tyson of rape blasted prosecutors yesterday, saying they treated her as a "suspect rather than a potential victim." Arlene Moorman, 50, said she's devastated...
FIERY LIBERAL GREEN MELLOWS WITH AGE
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amThis is the first installment of columnist Andrea Peyser's travels with the six candidates for mayor.MARK GREEN was having trouble outshouting the air conditioner rumbling in the basement of the...
JESSE, SHARPTON & KWEISI ARE PROBLEM, NOT SOLUTION
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amAN Al Sharpton race for the White House is yet another sign of the radical despair and crisis of leadership in black America. The best-recognized black community spokesmen today are...
TEEN LITTLE LEAGUE FAN HAS A BIG HEART
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. A TEENAGE boy tapped Ivette Torres on the shoulder. This total stranger, a kid from a Maryland suburb, a kid who had never been in The Bronx in...
L.I. MAN DROWNS AS BROTHER IS RESCUED
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amTwo brothers' weekend swim at a Long Island beach ended in tragedy when one of them drowned, police said. Oscar Castillo, 21, and his brother, Angel, 19, of Huntington Station,...
'NOW WE CAN REACH OUT TO EACH OTHER': PAIN, BUT NO ANGER, AT CROWN HTS. MEETING
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amIN A deli on Coney Island Avenue, two men sat across from each other, their faces etched with so much pain and grief, it was as if the tragedies that...
2 SOUGHT IN STICK-UP AT N.J. CASINO
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amAtlantic City police are still searching for two suspects in a wild robbery, chase and carjacking sparked by an argument over a card game at Donald Trump's Taj Mahal Casino....
AILING GOTTI SENT BACK TO SOLITARY, DESPITE APPEAL
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amCancer-stricken mob boss John Gotti is back in solitary confinement - despite an attempt by his lawyers to keep him hospitalized. Lawyers for Gotti, who is in the advanced stages...
SCHUMER THREATENS W. NOMINEE
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday picked a fight with President Bush, threatening to nix one of his environmental nominees if the White House bails out of a battle against...
AL REVS ENGINE FOR POSSIBLE PREZ RUN
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Rev. Al Sharpton said yesterday he will road-test a potential 2004 White House campaign by taking a bus trip across New Hampshire this fall - and he...
TIMES SQUARE 'SLASHER' HAS VIOLENT HISTORY
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe ex-con charged with fatally stabbing a Brooklyn teen in Times Square over the weekend was paroled from prison last month - despite a long arrest record and a violent...
BUDGET TALKS SPUR NOTHING BUT HOPE
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki and legislative leaders failed again yesterday to reach a final budget deal, but agreed to keep talking - which many saw as a hopeful sign. "There...
EMINEM: I'M A GOOD 'POP' STAR
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amRap star Eminem says the real Slim Shady is a loving dad - and not the man behind his violent lyrics and outrageous antics. The Grammy Award-winning rapper told a...
$175M JACKPOT IS OF GREAT CONN.CERN HERE
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amPowerball mania is sending hordes of New Yorkers over the Connecticut border to scoop up lottery tickets for tomorrow's $175 million drawing. Ticket sales have been "nuts" for days at...
CHAGALL THIEF'S NOTES ARE FAKES: COPS
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe theft of a $1 million Chagall painting from New York's Jewish Museum has resulted in three hoax letters being written to cops - including one that sent FBI agents...
EX-CONVICT CHARGED IN BX. SLAYING
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amA Bronx ex-con was arrested yesterday and charged with murdering his former girlfriend's sister and 4-year-old niece. Cops said Jesus Velazquez slashed the throat of Gladys Cabeza, 29, and smothered...
DUBYA IN TEXAS
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amPresident Bush took a detour from his monthlong Texas Timeout to chat with veterans and tour a Harley-Davidson factory in Milwaukee on Vacation Day 17. Bush dodged a question on...
BOMBERS EXPLODE - BIG VICTORY HAS BRONX KIDS BELIEVING THEY CAN WIN IT ALL
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - The Bronx Baby Bombers have the courage of champions, too. Trailing for the first time in the Little League World Series and saddened because most of their...
SUMMER SCHOOL A FLOP FOR MOST
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amSummer school was a bust for thousands of students who are still flunking math and reading after the six-week program. Nearly two-thirds of the kids showed little or no progress...
'REVEREND' NAILED IN UNHOLY TAX SCAM
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amA bogus Brooklyn minister pretended he earned a quarter of a billion dollars last year - and tricked the state into cutting him a staggering $5.4 million tax-refund check, prosecutors...
SUBWAY CAT STIRS CITY RABIES FEARS
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amA stray cat, captured in a Brooklyn subway station earlier this month, tested positive for rabies - the city's first rabid domestic animal in 48 years - prompting health officials...
'YOU'RE A MURDERER!' - DWI COP HEARS OUTBURST AFTER PLEADING FOR PITY
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amMoments after tearful DWI cop Joseph Gray denied he's a "monster," a Brooklyn man, who sneaked into the officer's press conference posing as a reporter, screamed, "You're a murderer! You...
FAMILY MASSACRE BRINGS MANHUNT
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amA 27-year-old man went berserk yesterday, fatally stabbing his estranged wife and four other relatives during a bloody rampage in a suburb of Sacramento, Calif., authorities said. Cops went on...
LIZZIE MIGHT FACE JURORS
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amA grand jury yesterday secretly grilled Southampton cops on the Lizzie Grubman SUV debacle - as her lawyer hinted she could still go against the odds and opt to testify....
POLL RANKS NYU TOP SCHOOL IN 'WEED'ING
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amIt's like the 1960s all over again at New York University. The Princeton Review Guide's national student survey of 321 top colleges found that NYU has the most potheads of...
CONNIE WILL QUIZ CONDIT ON ABC THURSDAY
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amABC's Connie Chung has won the Gary Condit sweepstakes. Chung will interview the shamed congressman about Chandra Levy's disappearance, this Thursday at 10 p.m. on "PrimeTime Thursday" (WABC/Channel 7) -...
FERRER VOWS TIME OFF FOR SCHOOL VISITS
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amFernando Ferrer yesterday vowed to give city workers time off to meet with their kids' teachers, saying it would encourage more parents to take an active role in education. Meanwhile,...
HEVESI GOT 9G DONATION FROM 'BROTHEL' LANDLORD
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amMayoral candidate Alan Hevesi took $9,000 in donations from a Queens landlord who was sued twice by the city for renting out buildings that were used as brothels, The Post...
FROM HERO TO HURT - 'DISSED' TINO POWERS WIN, INJURES GROIN
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amARLINGTON - Tino Martinez awoke yesterday with the Yankees' front office stunned about him questioning the brass' appreciation for him. When he went to bed, Martinez dragged a tender groin...
POINT GIVEN'S A GO IN THE TRAVERS
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Trainer Bob Baffert gave the final thumbs-up to running Point Given in Saturday's $1 million Travers Stakes after the chestnut supercolt worked five furlongs in :59.1 yesterday...
KENYON CAN'T WAIT FOR KIDD'S ARRIVAL
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amKenyon Martin talked yesterday about not setting specific goals for the upcoming season. But one thing he couldn't deny was his excitement. For example, Nets coach Byron Scott predicted last...
SNOW DANCE CAN'T BE CAUGHT
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - In three starts since trainer John Ward switched Snow Dance from dirt to grass, the 3-year-old Forest Wildcat filly has never seen another horse. Yesterday, in the...
MAJOR EXPOSURE NEXT FOR TOMS
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amDULUTH, Ga. - David Toms wasn't exactly an unknown when he arrived at the Atlanta Athletic Club last week for the 83rd PGA Championship. With five career victories in nine...
STRAHAN'S A HAPPY MAN - NEW SEASON, NEW ATTITUDE
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Happy Michael walks around as if he owns the place. Happy Michael treats practice like his personal therapy session, laughing, grunting, working, playing, cajoling. Happy Michael spars with...
DOCS: ERIC'S TAKING A BIG CHANCE
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amA concussion, in medical terms, is defined as an altered state of consciousness resulting from a blow or whiplash where there may be a brief loss of consciousness. In simpler...
FASSEL GETTING TICKED OFF ABOUT KICKING QUESTIONS
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - He finally got upset. After repeated questions about the possibility of signing a veteran kicker, Jim Fassel got testy yesterday. "I want to get off the...
RANGERS PIN HOPES ON HEALTHY LINDROS - EX-FLYER: I'LL WIN OVER FANS WHO RIPPED DEAL
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe rest of Eric Lindros' hockey life began yesterday. It began with him as a Ranger, slipping into Blueshirt No. 88 after it had been handed to him by Mark...
TIME FOR LEADERSHIP
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amBefore the WNBA Eastern Conference semifinal series came down to tonight's do-or-die Game 3 at The Garden, The Post asked Liberty GM Carol Blazejowski which players she thought would rise...
HAMPTON RETURNS TO SHEA
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amAl Leiter showed two sides of his personality when the question was asked: What do you think the reaction will be when Mike Hampton returns to Shea tonight? Leiter was...
PUNTER'S STORY IS SON-THING SPECIAL
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amThe truth of the matter is this: Tommy Parks doesn't have much chance to be the Jets' punter on Sept. 9 when they open their season against the Colts at...
INJURY PUTS FERGUSON ON BENCH FOR SEASON
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES The Jets' worst fears about Jason Ferguson's right rotator cuff injury were realized yesterday when the team's medical staff determined their starting defensive tackle will have to undergo...
ESCOBAR: I'LL STILL BE GREAT
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amInformation has overloaded Alex Escobar's mind this year. Confusion has replaced confidence. Everyone but Dear Abby has called with advice. The result is Escobar, the Mets' top prospect, regressing in...
EL DUQUE'S ALL SET FOR RETURN TONIGHT
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ARLINGTON - To say the Yankees have missed Orlando Hernandez would be an understatement. However Hernandez missed the game just as much since he went on the shelf...
SATHER'S GAMBLE CAN PAY OFF WITH HUGE DIVIDENDS
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amSUDDENLY everyone wanted to talk about Eric Lindros refusing to play junior hockey at the Soo and refusing to start his NHL career in Quebec as if he and his...
CAPTAIN'S PICKS HAD HARD ROAD TO RYDER
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amDULUTH, Ga. - If the way they've handled adversity in their personal lives is any indication, the two players selected yesterday by Curtis Strange to complete the U.S. Ryder Cup...
TICKED TINO POPS OFF -SLUGGER'S BLAST STUNS YANK BRASS
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amARLINGTON - Production, price tag, how the Yankees' season ends and what the Yankees believe is left in his tank will ultimately decide whether Tino Martinez' Bomber career continues beyond...