August 22, 2001
TACKY CAMPAIGN FOR TENANTS
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amDAILY News staffers may be getting used to the echoes of empty spaces in the old John Hancock Building at 450 West 33rd St., but the owners of the tan,...
SOME OF THE GURUS REALLY BLEW IT
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amAbby Joseph Cohen got it wrong. The famed Goldman Sachs market guru admitted as much yesterday when she cut her year-end target for the S&P 500 to 1,500 from 1,550...
WHAT'S IN A NAME? - ONCE WOOLWORTH, VENATOR SWITCHES TO FOOT LOCKER
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amFor the third time, the former Woolworth empire is getting a new name. Venator Group said yesterday it's christening itself with a new corporate name only three years after it...
HEAD-HUNTER BRAINTRUST IS FLATLINING
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amBrainTrust is to be officially switched off today. The boutique staffing agency specializing in dot-commers, is shutting the shop. Co-founder Rachel Shall said yesterday the company's four offices, including New...
SHOCK TREATMENT - ONLY SURPRISE CUTS HAVE GIVEN MARKETS A LIFT
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amAlan Greenspan can't get a rise out of the markets - unless he shocks them. After the Fed chairman eased interest rates the expected quarter point yesterday, the markets swooned,...
WARNER MUSIC BRINGS IN GURU TO BOOST LABEL
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe turnaround continues at Warner Music Group. Record industry guru Jeff Ayeroff was yesterday named the creative director of Warner Brothers Records. He was also tapped to be Warner Music...
NASDAQ SAYS PROFITS TOOK A 57% DIVE
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe upstart Nasdaq exchange gave its first quarterly earnings report yesterday - and the news was not good. Hardwick "Wick" Simmons, new chief executive of the nation's second-largest stock exchange...
HAMPTONS HOMES GO BEGGING
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amWall Streeters aren't buying $5 million beach houses in the Hamptons much anymore. Luxury real estate in the Hamptons is on the skids, with the number of deals down 47...
NAACP PREZ TELLS BART TO RESIGN FROM VARIETY
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amA firestorm continued to rage yesterday over alleged racist and homophobic remarks by embattled Variety Editor-in-Chief Peter Bart. NAACP President Kweisi Mfume called on Bart to resign his magazine post...
AOL = AX ONLINE - 1,700 CANNED AS SYNERGY MEETS OVERLAP
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amYou got nailed! AOL Time Warner announced yesterday it is canning a total of 1,700 -1,200 from its AOL service and 500 staff from the Sun-Netscape alliance -and reorganizing the...
THINK MTV HAS HERE'S WHY NOT
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amTHE music video for the hit song "Because I Got High" - which had been banned from MTV - has finally won approval from the music channel. The sing chronicles...
LIGHT 'N' DRY ITALIAN LAMBRUSCO CAN CUT IT
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amTHE wine buyer for the all-Italian wine shop Vino recalls a simple summer dinner several years ago in Bologna. It consisted of parmigiano reggiano cheese, pears and a cool, dry...
TAKEOUT FOR THE TABLE - HOW TO BRING HOME YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT WARE
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amNEW York's hottest restaurants aren't just about food. They're also about fashion. Today's designer eateries have every last detail carefully coordinated - right down to the candle holders. And as...
STARR REPORT
August 22, 2001 | 4:00am'AH' goes big-game hunting, bags Valentine UPN chief Dean Valentine says the network was "unaware" of alleged rigging violations on its new Friday-night reality show, "Manhunt." " 'Manhunt' was green-lit...
ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amARABELLE [ 1/2] 37 E. 64TH ST. (PLAZA ATHENEE HOTEL) (212) 606-4647 ---- ARABELLE gives "hotel restaurants" their goofy old name back. Today, of course, many hotels host the best...
PRIME TIME ON W. SIDE
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amNOW that chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten has renewed the lease at his eponymous four-star restaurant at the Trump International Hotel and Tower, he and partner Phil Suarez will open a branch...
BATTLE OF BULGIN': MAKING A CHOICE
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amBULGIN' WAFFLES [ 1/2] 49 ½ FIRST AVE. (AT THIRD STREET) (212) 477-6555 --------- ORDERING a Bulgin' Waffles Dream Machine isn't something that can be done with your eyes closed....
HER SCOOP INTERVIEW WITH GARY CONDIT TONIGHT MAKES BRIDESMAID CONNIE... TOP-RUNG CHUNG
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amCONNIE Chung has come in from the cold. It's been six long years since Chung was exiled by CBS News after her disastrous run as Dan Rather's co-anchor on the...
'LISA' HITS THE MOCK
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amLISA PICARD IS FAMOUS [] Hip, gently nasty satire about struggling New York actors. Running time: 87 minutes. Not Rated. Film Forum, Houston Street, between Sixth Avenue and Varick Street....
GUY RITCHIE PAL COMES OUT SWINGING
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amJASON Statham's checkered career has included stints as a model and a pro diver. But it was street smarts that helped Statham - the star of the new movie "John...
DON'T WAIT FOR CONDIT BOMBSHELL
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amI KNOW you won't be able to resist watching Connie Chung interview Gary Condit tomorrow night on ABC, but I can save you the trouble. I know exactly what he's...
STRAPHANGERS TRAPPED IN STATION
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amIt was a straphanger nightmare-come-true - eight people were stuck for an hour last night between a one-way exit turnstile and a locked gate at a West Side subway station....
WORLD'S FAIR PAIR PLUCKED FROM TOWER
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amTwo drunken Queens men were rescued by cops in a helicopter yesterday after becoming trapped atop the rusted-out World's Fair towers in Flushing Meadow Park. At first, three men got...
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS ABOVE THE LAW
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amMONDAY, 40-year-old Jesus Velazquez was charged with the most horrible of crimes. Cops allege that, on the night of Feb. 28, he walked into the Bronx home of his ex-girlfriend's...
A HERO PASSES - HITLER FOE PETER BERGSON
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amONE of the great heroes of the 20th century died over the weekend, and it's a shame that his passing did not get the coverage it deserved. His real name...
DONNA-RUDY LAWYERS SPAR OVER HIS $$ FILES
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amDivorce lawyers for Mayor Giuliani and Donna Hanover yesterday were back before a judge, who urged both sides to play nice - at least for now. Hanover lawyer Helene Brezinsky...
DISNEY RIPPED OVER 'BUBBLE BOY' MOVIE
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amDisney's new flick "Bubble Boy" was blasted yesterday by a support group for victims of immunodeficiency, which says it pokes fun at the deadly disorder. "It's the cruelest depiction of...
'TOKEN RESISTANCE' PAYS OFF - JUDGE TEMPORARILY BARS TA FROM CLOSING SUBWAY BOOTHS
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amA judge yesterday temporarily barred the Transit Authority from closing or cutting hours at 53 subway token booths, pending a ruling on a lawsuit about the issue. Manhattan Supreme Court...
NEW YORK POST FROM AUG. 22, 1911
August 22, 2001 | 4:00am"Mona Lisa Disappears - Leonardo's Famous Canvas Gone From Louvre," read The Post's headline on the art theft of the century. "The museum has been searched from cellar to attic...
CITY EYEING DECOY STOP-LIGHT CAMERAS
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amCity officials are considering putting up "dummy" sky-spy cameras to slow drivers gunning through red lights, officials said yesterday. With state lawmakers refusing to let the city install more real...
HOPE FOR A BUDGET? IT DEPENDS WHOM YOU ASK
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - It was the "Tale of Two Budgets" yesterday as state lawmakers split sharply over whether progress has been made in their ongoing budget talks with Gov. Pataki. Senate...
LIFE CAN'T BE 'BEAT' - HEART MAN
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amHis new heart doesn't beat, it whirs. And that's how Robert Tools knows he's alive. Six weeks ago, the 59-year-old former teacher became the first patient ever to receive a...
THE YIN AND YANG OF SMOKERS' PSYCHES
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amMen are more likely to smoke because they're angry - and women when they're happy, a study claims. And that finding could be the key to developing more effective ways...
FOUR CANDIDATES IN SEARCH OF A DEBATE
August 22, 2001 | 4:00am'HE never shuts up, this man," said Peter Vallone of Mark Green. "I'll try for a contentious debate," vowed Mark Green. Green and Vallone were talking during the sound check...
HEVESI & VALLONE DUKE IT OUT: CLASH ON ABORT BILL & BUDGETIN DEBATE
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amBattling for moderate voters, mayoral candidates Alan Hevesi and Peter Vallone mixed it up angrily yesterday over an abortion-clinic protection bill and the city's budget during a debate among the...
ALL-AMERICAN EFFORT: PATRIOTIC BX. KIDS REACH U.S. SEMIS
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - They haven't won the U.S. championship yet, but the Bronx Baby Bombers wanted to make it clear yesterday that they are America's team. After beating the Northwest...
ARAFAT AGREES TO GO TO BERLIN FOR TRUCE TALKS
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Germany jumped into the Mideast conflict yesterday, and got Yasser Arafat's pledge to begin truce talks with Israel in Berlin. Israeli sources said a meeting, limited to proposals...
MASSEUR'S SEX CHARGE UPPED
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amAuthorities have upgraded the sexual-abuse charge against a former masseur at a trendy Long Island day spa to a charge of sexual molestation, The Post has learned. Kyoung Ju, 41,...
JESSE HELMS SET TO RETIRE
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Jesse Helms, a senior Republican and icon of conservative politics, is expected to announce his retirement today. Helms, in his fifth term, is expected to say he...
BOUNCER REVERSES COUR$E
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amA lawyer for injured Conscience Point Inn bouncer Scott Conlon is backing off his client's charges that Lizzie Grubman purposely ran down Conlon and 15 others, apparently because they fear...
HILL SHARPENING HER AX FOR ANOTHER BUSH PICK
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON. SEN. Hillary Rodham Clinton is gunning for her second scalp in the Bush administration: Eugene Scalia, son of the U.S. Supreme Court justice, sources tell The Post. Clinton, Sen....
BRYANT GUMBEL'S DIVORCE SETTLEMENT . . . SHE GOT THE CASH
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe Gumbel rumble ended yesterday in divorce - leaving the $6 million-a-year man half the man he once was. The newly ex-Mrs. Bryant Gumbel, June, got the pair's Upper East...
ROAD TO LOTTERY RICHES: NYERS ROLL INTO CONN. FOR CHANCE AT $200M
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amThrongs of New Yorkers filled the quiet streets of tony Greenwich, Conn., yesterday to take a shot at tonight's quickly growing Powerball jackpot - which now stands at $200 million....
LOOKS LIKE END OF TUNNEL
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amClub king Peter Gatien must vacate the drug- and violence-plagued Tunnel nightclub in Chelsea, a stern bankruptcy court judge ordered yesterday. Under the order, Gatien has 15 days to surrender...
LAWSUIT CALLS FAMED SCULPTOR A 'CHISELER'
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amWorld-renowned sculptor Richard Serra duped two collectors out of a $6 million piece of art, court papers charge. Art aficionados Marvin Friedman and James Corcoran claim in papers filed in...
CITY ROLLS DICE IN PUSH FOR OTB SLOTS
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - The Giuliani administration is pushing for the option to place video slot machines in local OTB parlors - a move critics say would create a patchwork of "mini-casinos."...
BIAS-MUG PAIR SOUGHT
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe NYPD's hate-crime unit is looking for two black teenage girls who they say attacked a white 27-year-old single mom three times near her East Flatbush home. In each attack,...
REV. SCAM RAN TRUE TO IRS 'FORM'
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amState officials scrambled to wipe the egg from their faces yesterday, saying a bogus minister used a "sophisticated scam" to trick them into cutting him a $5.4 million tax refund....
HUBBY RIPS 'SORRY' COP IN DWI CASE
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amA heartbroken Victor Manuel Herrera, whose loved ones were wiped out by a cop accused of drunken driving, yesterday angrily rebuffed the officer's apology, saying that "sorry does not bring...
CHANCELLOR HAILS GAINS IN SPECIAL ED
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amSpecial-education classes are no longer a "dumping ground" for students who aren't severely impaired, Schools Chancellor Harold Levy said yesterday. Levy reported the number of students assigned to special-ed classes...
@#$% WHITE TRASH, PART 2
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amA Conscience Point Inn parking attendant has emerged as a new witness in the Lizzie Grubman assault case, allegedly telling police he was the first to encounter the p.r. princess...
CARJACK SUSPECT FLAGS SELF FOR ARREST
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amCops say there'll always be dumb crooks - but few are likely to be dumber than José Rodriguez. They say Rodriguez, 49, got into a Bronx livery cab early yesterday...
PILOT DIES IN STUNT-PLANE CRASH ON L.I.
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amA stunt plane crashed at a Long Island airport yesterday, killing one pilot and critically injuring a second during a flying lesson in the two-seater. Police said Anthony Perner, 62,...
HIGH-FLYING GREEN SOARS ABOVE MAYORAL MUDSLINGING
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amMark Green won the mayoral debate - and he barely had to throw a punch. The front-runner in every public poll, the public advocate cavalierly shared his game plan during...
LEWD MOWER MAN CUTS AND RUNS
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amA notorious flasher, who's long terrorized a peaceful New Jersey community by allegedly exposing himself to neighbors, has been busted after trying to escape cops - on his lawnmower. And...
DAD, SON EMBRACE IN MOMENT OF SHEER JOY
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. THE wait was killing Felipe Almonte. "I was getting desperate because I thought I'd never get here," said Almonte, who arrived from the Dominican Republic on Monday to...
CRITICS DOWNGRADING LEVY - FADING WITH POLS, PARENTS
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy - who faces his first formal job evaluation today - got mediocre reviews from mayoral candidates yesterday. And he received mixed grades from other education experts...
FEDS: CONDIT A SECURITY RISK: SAY HE CAN BE BLACKMAILED
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - FBI counterintelligence agents have sent a letter to Congress questioning why Rep. Gary Condit continues to have access to the nation's secrets as a member of the House...
I HAD NO SEX WITH THAT WOMAN: HILL'S BRO RIPS ATTACK SUSPECT AS A 'PUNK'
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's brother yesterday called the jealous beau who allegedly attacked him "a punk" - and insisted he wasn't having sex with the man's gal pal. "Daniel has...
MASSACRE SUSPECT'S TOT DEAD
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe toddler son of a California man accused of killing his wife and four relatives was found dead yesterday near Sacramento, as cops stepped up their hunt for the suspect....
EVICTION MARSHAL SLAIN IN B'KLYN
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amA city marshal was burned alive yesterday after a fierce struggle trying to evict a family from their Brooklyn apartment, police said. One of the residents targeted for eviction, 53-year-...
SUIT: SCULPTOR IS A 'CHISELER' - COLLECTORS WANT BACK $6M WORK
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amWorld-renowned sculptor Richard Serra duped two collectors out of a $6 million piece of art, court papers charge. Art aficionados Marvin Friedman and James Corcoran claim in papers filed in...
DUBYA IN TEXAS
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe president's Vacation Day 18 began like a day on the campaign stump, with W. in Missouri pitching his tax cut as if it hadn't already passed Congress. "There are...
SPURNED BEAU PARTIED WITH RODHAMS BEFORE FIGHT
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amA Pennsylvania paper-mill worker was partying with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's brother just hours before catching him in the sack with his fiancée, The Post has learned. Daniel Coyne, 45,...
COPS HAIL CAB HIJACK AS DUMBEST
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amCops say there will always be dumb crooks - but few are likely to be dumber than Jose Rodriguez. They say Rodriguez, 49, got into a Bronx livery cab early...
FONZIE: I'LL BE A STAR AGAIN
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amTO WORRY is to lack faith and if there is one thing Edgardo Alfonzo has an abundance of, it's faith. He doesn't cram it down your throat. He doesn't take...
BENITEZ REGISTERS HAT TRICK OF SAVES
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES Closer Armando Benitez has earned a save in each game of the Mets' three-game win streak. He joined John Franco as the only two relievers in franchise history...
NICK MAKES MOST OF DEBUT
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amARLINGTON - When Nick Johnson made his major league debut last night, there were two sets of eyes looking down on the Yankees' top prospect. "Nick was very close to...
MARTINEZ, CASHMAN MAKE UP
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ARLINGTON - Tino Martinez hopes his cranky left groin can heal as quickly as his fractured relationship with the Yankees' front office did. Martinez is out at least...
SHELLED DUQUE - HERNANDEZ DROPS TO 0-6 IN RANCID RETURN
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amARLINGTON - Timid, said Jorge Posada. Tentative, explained Joe Torre. Terrible, screamed the Rangers' bats. Since the Rangers punished Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez for four homers in the span of...
SOMETHING FISHY ABOUT BLUEFISH ASSESSMENT
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amTHE news from the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council was certainly good for the fluke, sea, bass, porgies and bluefish stocks along the Atlantic Coast. All these species have received favorable...
HERM NOT SWEATING LOSS OF FERGUSON
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES Herm Edwards, undaunted by the season-ending loss of NT Jason Ferguson, yesterday all but dared teams to run inside against the Jets. "I think the best thing to...
VICTOR: LET'S PAINT N.Y. GREEN
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amThis is a Giants town, and always has been, except when Joe Namath Fu Manchewed up the Colts in Super Bowl III and when Bill Parcells was 30 minutes from...
LI'L E-MAC IN BIG ROLE - EMMANUEL HOLDS ON TO NICKEL
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - His expression rarely changes, but even Emmanuel McDaniel had to force a slight smile when asked the genesis of his underdog mentality. For full effect, McDaniel should have...
ROOKIE PUNTER KEEPS COFFIN 'EM UP
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - Talk about pressure. Rookie punter Rodney Williams tried some directional kicking yesterday morning, seeking to send the ball out of bounds as close to the goal...
JACKSON POINTS TO GLUT IN KNICKS' BACKCOURT
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amMark Jackson believes the additions of point guard Howard Eisley and swingman Shandon Anderson make the Knicks a better team but isn't sure the Glen Rice blockbuster made it a...
POINT GIVEN TAKES OLD SPA BY STORM
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Not since Easy Goer ran in the Travers in 1989 has one colt captured the public's fancy like trainer Bob Baffert's Point Given, who arrived at the...
TECH AIDE UNDER GUN IN KICKOFF
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amWhen Georgia Tech coach George O'Leary was asked who will be his starting punt returner in Sunday's Kickoff Classic against Syracuse at Giants Stadium, his response was offensive coordinator Bill...
TWO INDICTED FOR FIGHT-FIXING
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amOn Aug. 12, 2000, a boxing match between Richie Melito, a heavyweight from Flushing, and Thomas Williams, of Washington, D.C., was held virtually behind closed doors at the Paris Hotel...
IT TAKES A VILLAGE
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - They call it baseball, but it's really all about community. A community is taking shape in so many ways in The Bronx, thanks to the Rolando Paulino...
KID STAR AMAZES AMAZIN'S
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amBobby Valentine walked through the Met clubhouse just as the game ended on TV, and the outcome caught his interest. It was three hours from first pitch at Shea, and...
JOHNSON PLAYS LIBERTY SAVIOR
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amLiberty 72 - Sol 61 The unthinkable nearly happened again. But this time, Vickie Johnson made sure the Liberty didn't break. Two days after watching in disbelief as a 10-point...
METS - AND FANS - TORCH HAMPTON
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amMet fans were bloodthirsty for Mike Hampton last night. And Hampton played right into their bloodlust by getting bled dry in the first inning. They say misery loves company, and...
AMAZIN'S, MIKE RIP HAMPTON
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amMets 5 - Rockies 2 Between the boos that greeted him when he stepped to the mound and the four runs he allowed in the first inning, Mike Hampton's return...
PIAZZA REFUSES TO GIVE IN
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amThe Mets long ago acknowledged that the rest of this season is about preparation for next, taken out of contention by an inept offense. From an outfield that hasn't produced...
EL STINQUE LIVES! - HERNANDEZ DROPS TO 0-6 IN RANCID RETURN
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amRangers 13 - Yankees 3 ARLINGTON - Orlando Hernandez certainly provided a lift last night at The Ballpark. Too bad, it had nothing to do with helping the Yankees beat...
BX. STAR AMAZES THE AMAZIN'S
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amBobby Valentine walked through the Met clubhouse just as the ballgame had ended on TV, and the outcome caught his interest. It was three hours from first pitch at Shea,...
NICK'S BIG ADVENTURE - PHENOM JOHNSON GETS FIRST CALL FOR AILING TINO
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amARLINGTON - When Nick Johnson made his major league debut last night at The Ballpark, there were two sets of eyes looking down on the Yankees' top prospect. "Nick was...
HAMPTON ANCIENT HISTORY TO METS
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES Let pining fans wonder about how the Mets would be doing if they had managed to re-sign Mike Hampton. The Amazin's say they've long since put the departed...
TIME'S NOT ON HAMMON'S SIDE
August 22, 2001 | 4:00amCredit the Miami Sol with coming up with the best defense yet against Becky Hammon. Keeping her off the floor. In the regular season, the popular Liberty guard averaged more...