August 23, 2001
CHIP WARS ON WALL ST.
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amTHE second annual semiconductor slugfest has begun on Wall Street. Last summer, a Salomon Smith Barney analyst by the name of Jonathan Joseph took the extremely bold step of declaring...
GM, SEMIS LEAD MARTS' RELIEF RALLY
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amWhat a difference a day makes. Markets snapped back yesterday, sending stocks higher as good news from Detroit signaled that interest rate cuts may finally be gaining traction with corporate...
BACKSTREET BOY PLANS OWN LABEL
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amBackstreet Boy Brian Littrell is branching out. Littrell, along with his wife, Leighanne, have launched their own music label and production company, Brileigh Productions. The 26-year-old boy-band member said the...
LEGACY OF BOTCHES - NEW EXCITE TROUBLES ADD TO ARMSTRONG'S WOES
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amMichael Armstrong's legacy at AT&T just gets darker. The mega-telco's myriad problems intensified yesterday, as its high-speed Internet service provider Excite@Home announced it had canned its auditors, Ernst & Young,...
WWD'S WEB WIPEOUT - FAIRCHILD HALTS LAUNCH; STAFFERS SHOCKED
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amWomen's Wear Daily's new Web site lay in tatters yesterday as top brass unexpectedly pulled the plug on the much-hyped launch slated for next month. Yesterday afternoon, Women's Wear Daily-owner...
WARNACO RESTATING EARNINGS; TO POST LOSS
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amLinda Wachner's Warnaco announced yesterday it would restate its financial results for the last three years and post a higher quarterly loss. Warnaco, the beleagured New York-based maker of maker...
OLD ECONOMY FIRMS GRAB FAILED DOT-COMS' LEASES
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amPrime sublease space is springing up all over the city - and now some real companies that have been around for a while are starting to take some of it....
JOSEPHTHAL GOES ON THE BLOCK
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amJosephthal & Co., one of the last independent retail brokerage firms, is on the block, The Post has learned. The small, New York-based broker, which specializes in providing investment research...
HOGGING THE SCREEN - ANSCHUTZ' CONTROL COULD HIKE THE PRICE OF TICKETS
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amMovie ticket prices could be on the rise again now that Denver oilman Philip Anschutz's has a bigger reach over Big Apple movie houses. Anschutz, a conservative Denver oilman who...
A LITTLE 'NIGHT' MISCHIEF IN THE HAMPTONS
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amTWELFTH NIGHTAgawam Park, Southampton (corner of Jobs Lane and Pond Lane). Through Sunday, at 7:30 p.m. Suggested donation, $12. Call (631) 267-0105. ------ AN annual summer Shakespeare Festival is one...
'WEST WING' SICK SECRET IS OUT
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amFOR prime-time's most popular President, the road back to the White House starts next month on "The West Wing." The critically acclaimed drama will open the new fall season with...
STARR REPORT
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amGlick comes clean on Modine fixation Jiminy Glick has broken his silence on his hero-worship of actor Matthew Modine. Viewers of Comedy Central's "Jiminy Glick" have heard Jiminy (Martin Short)...
HOW IT FELT TO BE THERE
August 23, 2001 | 4:00am"Breaking The News" [ 1/2] Friday at 8 on CBS/Ch. 2 ------- ONCE upon a time in a land far, far away there lived TV reporters. They weren't especially good...
MY LOVER WENT NUTS - 'SURVIVOR'S' HATCH DEFENDS HIMSELF OVER DATE FROM HELL
August 23, 2001 | 4:00am'SURVIVOR" star Richard Hatch is facing another tribal council on the domestic front - for allegedly beating up a former lover who, sources say, was also his son's nanny. After...
CELEBS IN THE HOUSE
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amSOME celebrities lend their names to a restaurant, bar or lounge, become partners and barely stop by, but other stars truly cherish their havens. Michael Imperioli of "Sopranos" fame operated...
LARD HAVE MERCY! - WILL HOLLYWOOD EVER BE NICE TO FAT PEOPLE?
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amPLUS-SIZE mania has already swept the modeling world. So when will Hollywood get a clue? "Why can't a mom be a normal woman who just happens to be a size...
FERRER STILL STUCK IN BAD OLD DAYS OF DINKINS
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amFERNANDO FERRER on the campaign trail can be as painful to watch as disco dancing. Without the drugs. He is running for mayor on the premise that minorities can't get...
HAMAS BIGS GET AWAY AS ISRAEL KILLS 6
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - At least six Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks yesterday, but two top Hamas leaders escaped a missile that hit their car. The bloodshed began before dawn when...
THE ANTI-TAX CHOICE - VALLONE KNOWS MORE TAXES MEAN FEWER JOBS
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amWHEN Peter Vallone talks about his credentials to be mayor, he highlights one key fact: Under his 12 years at the helm of the City Council, New York City taxpayers...
SECOND RAP FOR ACCUSED RANDY RUBBER
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amA former masseur at a trendy Long Island day spa was hit with a second sex-abuse charge yesterday, and the smiling, unlicensed massage therapist was again released without bail. Kyoung...
FOUNDING 'FATHER' - ROLANDO: MY LITTLE HEROES WILL WIN BIG
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amThe man who founded the Bronx Baby Bombers pulled a Joe Namath yesterday, saying the team that bears his name will "win it all" to become Little League World Champions....
ASIAN GALS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF BUBBA IN VEGAS
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amBill Clinton looked "as happy as a pig in mud" this week as he enchanted thousands of Asian women in Las Vegas. The former president jetted to the glitzy gambling...
BANK SCAMMER GAVE ALAN BIG BUCKS, TOO
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amAlan Hevesi took a $1,000 donation from a Queens lawyer who was convicted of taking part in a $1 million bank scam, The Post has learned. Hevesi refunded the donation...
BLADE IN MY STARBUCKS: MOM
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amA Brooklyn mom has a latte complaints about the iced coffee she ordered at a local Starbucks - she says she found a boxcutter in the plastic cup. "I was...
NEXT MAYOR TO BE STUCK WITH RUDY 5
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amSome of Mayor Giuliani's senior aides will be serving in the next administration - whether the new mayor likes it or not. With little more than four months left in...
CELL PHONES HALT RECITAL
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amFamed pianist Andras Schiff stormed out of his sold-out concert because too many cell phones were going off in the audience. The Hungarian virtuoso was in the middle of his...
WEST NILE FELLS QNS. RESIDENT
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amA 75-year-old Bayside man has become the second person this summer to be struck with the West Nile virus, prompting officials to begin spraying for mosquitoes in Queens, it was...
WIFE-KILLER DENIES TOT MURDER
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amHours after the bodies of his wife and baby were found in their bathtub, a Brooklyn man yesterday admitted stabbing her to death because she accused him of cheating on...
TOP COPS DON'T BUY INTO GREEN'S SUDDEN SUPPORT
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amMayoral wannabe Mark Green's bid to reinvent himself as tough on crime isn't sitting well with police bosses, who yesterday blasted the Democratic front-runner as a phony. Union leaders representing...
SHE REEKS OF '60S STENCH AND DESERVES NO MERCY - EVER!
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amTHE snake has been put back in its cage and another nail firmly hammered into the coffin of the sickening '60s. Kathy Boudin's supporters say she's changed. Sure - she...
GIULIANI: PROBE HEVE$I
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani said yesterday City Comptroller Alan Hevesi should be investigated for helping a major campaign contributor try to arrange a lucrative private business deal. "The circumstances suggest inappropriate use...
37-YR. RENT 'IMPOSTER' FACES $5M LAWSUIT
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amA Manhattan man is facing a $5 million lawsuit for allegedly posing as another man for more than three decades to live in a rent-controlled Greenwich Village apartment. Aldo Vigliarolo,...
ON THE ROADSHOW TO ARTISTIC RICHES
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amA Manhattan art dealer broke the bank on public TV's "Antiques Roadshow" - putting a quarter-million-dollar value on a painting by American master N.C. Wyeth that had been hanging for...
DWI BUST FOR EX-TALK SHOW HOST ROLONDA
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amLos Angeles cops busted former TV talk-show host Rolonda Watts on suspicion of drunken driving yesterday - her second run-in with the law this year. Watts, swerving in her 1998...
I'D HAVE SHOT HIM DEAD - HILL BRO
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's brother says he wishes he'd been packing heat when he was attacked by a jealous neighbor who caught him getting hot and heavy with his girlfriend....
CALIF. KILLER LURED TOT WITH TOYS
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amA "coldblooded, calculated killer" suspected of butchering six family members used new toys to lure his 3-year-old son to a grisly death, Sacramento authorities said yesterday. Reward funds topped $20,000...
NEW YORK POST FROM AUG. 23, 1927
August 23, 2001 | 4:00am"BOSTON - Miss Luigia Vanzetti and Mrs. Rose Sacco took back from the State of Massachusetts today the bodies of Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco. In the half-hour just after...
NOW IT'S A FEDERAL CASE
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amThe U.S. Justice Department is investigating "Asian-bashing" attacks against students at a Brooklyn high school to determine whether their civil rights were violated, The Post has learned. Two lawyers in...
B'KLYN SLAY FUGITIVE HELD IN FLA.
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amFlorida police, with the help of some good Samaritans, nabbed a man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend in Brooklyn last year, authorities said yesterday. Teofilo Diaz, 46, was pulled over...
HAS KID PITCHING STAR'S VISA EXPIRED?
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. THE mother of Little League pitching ace Danny Almonte yesterday was denied a visa to enter the United States because the government claims her son is here illegally....
COP STOPS RAPE IN CENTRAL PARK
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amQuick action by a cop on his lunch break saved a woman from being raped in Central Park yesterday, police said. The suspect, David Shorter, 48, allegedly accosted the woman...
BIG-LEAGUE SUPPORT FOR LI'L LEAGUE PHENOM
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - The Bronx Baby Bombers are ready to play the best game of their lives tonight against hard-hitting Oceanside, Calif., in the do-or-die Little League World Series U.S....
BRINKS-SLAY RADICAL'S PAROLE BID REJECTED
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amKathy Boudin, a key player in the murderous 1981 Brinks armored car heist, was denied her first parole attempt yesterday. The ruling means Boudin, a co-founder of the radical Weather...
MOTHER-SON RUBBLE RESCUE
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amTwo good Samaritans yesterday rescued a Brooklyn mom and her 3-year-old son from the rubble of a brick building facade that collapsed as they walked by. "I'm not a hero...
CANYON COPTER VICTIM: 'IT FELL FROM THE SKY'
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amThe lone survivor of the Grand Canyon helicopter crash that killed five Brooklyn residents and the pilot told paramedics that the engine suddenly quit before the aircraft hit the ground...
CASINO BUS CRASHES - 23 INJURED ON RETURN TRIP FROM ATLANTIC CITY
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amA day trip to Atlantic City became a nightmare when a busload of gamblers returning to New York overturned on the Garden State Parkway, injuring 23 passengers, none seriously. The...
SHOCKED FAMILY CALLS FOR DEATH PENALTY
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amThe tenant who allegedly torched a city marshal should be charged with first-degree murder, which would make her eligible for the death penalty, the marshal's police officer son said yesterday....
AIDE LET TRAGIC MARSHAL GO SOLO
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amA city marshal might have escaped being burned alive if a staffer hadn't refused to meet him at the Brooklyn building where the horrific attack occurred, The Post has learned....
RELAFORD REAL DEAL - LITTLE MAN DOING BIG JOB FOR AMAZIN'S
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amAN inmate from a penitentiary in Trenton, N.J., writes letters to "Manager Valentine" twice a week. He watches every Mets game he can on television and mails reviews. In his...
L.I. MAN IN IMMIGRANT CON: DA
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amLong Island authorities say they've busted a phony lawyer who preyed on Latino immigrants by taking their money and never sending their documents to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Manuel...
CASINO BUS CRASHES - 16 INJURED ON RETURN TRIP FROM ATLANTIC CITY
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amA day trip to Atlantic City became a nightmare when a bus of gamblers returning to New York overturned on the Garden State Parkway, injuring 16 passengers. The crash occurred...
DUBYA IN TEXAS
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amPresident Bush passed Vacation Day 19 by running, pumping iron at his personal gym, and calling Mexican President Vicente Fox for a 20-minute chat. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said...
DISPUTE OVER COPTER VICTIM'S HARROWING TALE
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amThe lone survivor of the Grand Canyon helicopter crash that killed six told a paramedic that the engine suddenly quit before the aircraft hit the ground and burned, said a...
RECIPE FOR A $13 MILLION MCSCAM - 'UNCLE JERRY' RAN A NATIONAL RING OF FAKE WINNERS: FEDS
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amThey called him "Uncle Jerry" - and he led a double life. On duty, Jerome "Jerry" Jacobson was an ex-cop and head of security for the firm that ran McDonald's...
METS DECIDE FRANCO'S NOT AVAILABLE
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES Was John Franco available last night? Franco thought so - but Met staff felt prudence was best. Franco, who aggravated a bruised ankle on the next-to-last pitch he...
PLANET OF THE APPIER - KEVIN'S GEM, DESI'S HR CARRY METS PAST ROCKIES
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amRockie first baseman Todd Helton took his textbook cut on the 2-2 pitch, and the ball disappeared over the Mets' bullpen and into the trash-dump area in right field. Met...
TINO TO SWING TODAY; RETURN STILL UP IN AIR
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ARLINGTON - Tino Martinez says he can play tomorrow night against the Angels. Joe Torre would love to see this seasons' Yankee MVP in the lineup. However, unless...
BERNIE STUCK ON 199
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amARLINGTON - Bernie Williams admits it's neat that his next homer will give the Yankees 11 players to have 200 dingers in pinstripes, but the switch-hitter said reaching that milestone...
TEXAS STOMPING - RANGERS HAMMER BUMBLING BOMBERS
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amARLINGTON - The foul odor oozing out of the Yankees' clubhouse last night was directly related to the Yankees' worst performance of the season. Mike Mussina believed the 8-1 beating...
EIGHT CHALLENGE 'POINT' - 'GIVEN' IS EVEN-MONEY
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - After drawing the far outside post for the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont Stakes and Haskell, Point Given landed in lucky 7 yesterday when a field of nine...
HEAT ALERT REIGNS AT HS CAMPS
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amNot long ago, most high school football coaches were occupied with finding running backs and backup free safeties during training camp. Sure, they talked about safety precautions during summer practices,...
RODDICK'S STAR COULD BE RISING
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amThe karma is already going well for American teen sensation Andy Roddick. Roddick, 18, wound up with a picture-perfect draw yesterday for next week's U.S. Open, setting the stage for...
ISLANDERS BRING BACK BILLY SMITH
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amThe Islanders yesterday took another step toward restoring hockey pride to Long Island. As first reported in Sunday's Post, Billy Smith was officially announced as the team's new goaltenders coach,...
HERM RUNNING SECONDARY SCHOOL
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amUsually, when the boss enters a meeting room unexpectedly and unannounced it means trouble. Not so with Herman Edwards and his Jets' secondary. Edwards, an accomplished NFL cornerback for 10...
LOVE OF GAME, KIDS FUELS SKIPPER
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - The pressure is on Alberto Gonzalez, but you would never know it from the manager's calm demeanor. The pressure of winning the Little League World Series is...
WINGS BEAT HULL OUT OF RANGERS
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amTurning down more money from the Rangers, Brett Hull yesterday signed a reported two-year, $9 million deal with the Red Wings. The Rangers are believed to have offered Hull two...
SEHORN'S IN IT FOR LONG HAUL
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - It is the year 2007 and Jason Sehorn is lining up at free safety, playing for far less money than he currently earns, playing despite diminished physical skills,...
HOLMES CLINCHES JOB AS BIG BLUE FOOT
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - It appears as if the Giants' place-kicking derby is all but decided and the winner is Jaret Holmes. Jim Fassel yesterday afternoon put some heat on...
STRAHAN, 'GOUT GO TWO ROUNDS
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - The last practice of training camp in full pads yesterday afternoon brought out the nastiness in the Giants, as Michael Strahan and Luke Petitgout engaged in two separate...
LOOKS AS IF SWAYNE'S GOT IT MADE
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES If you're wondering about the bubble players on the Jets' roster, take note that 27-year-old rookie free agent Kevin Swayne seems to have all but solidified a spot...
ORANGEMEN FOCUS IS STRICTLY ON TECH
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amYou would think Syracuse coach Paul Pasqualoni wouldn't have to worry about job security. After all, he's posted an impressive 81-36-1 record in 10 seasons in upstate New York. He's...
AS USUAL, JORDAN HOLDS THE CARDS
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amNow that the owners and commissioners and representatives and lawyers - lots of lawyers - have mapped out a financial blueprint for Michael Jordan's return to the NBA, His Airness's...
PETE DRAWS NO. 10 SEED
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amPete Sampras' horrible year got worse yesterday when he received a dreadful draw for the U.S. Open. According to Patrick McEnroe, Sampras has only himself to blame. Seeded 10th after...
SORE HAND KEEPS ROBIN IDLE
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amFor the second straight game, Robin Ventura last night was a late scratch from the Met lineup, sidelined by a sore left hand. He hasn't played since taking a line...
HEY, HE'S WORTH THE PRICE - AT GLOOMY SHEA, PIAZZA GIVES FANS BANG FOR BUCKS
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amIt's been a wretched Met season in so many ways, because Mike Hampton left and A-Rod never came and Fonzie hasn't hit and so on and so on. But while...
PETE GETS BAD SEED
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amPete Sampras' horrible year got worse yesterday when he received a dreadful draw for the U.S. Open. According to Patrick McEnroe, Sampras has only himself to blame. Seeded 10th after...
BASEBALL TALK ON ICE - LINDROS DEAL HOT TOPIC IN METS' CLUBHOUSE
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amA YEAR ago, all the talk around Shea Stadium centered on a pennant race the Mets ultimately won. What made for the most interesting topic of August conversation last night...
VERSATILE RELAFORD MAKING POINTS WITH BOBBY V
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES Desi Relaford used to be an everyday major league shortstop. That has changed - but not necessarily for the worse. "I don't think he played that much second...
DIMINISHING RETURNS - JUSTICE, EL DUQUE FALLING SHORT AS YANKEE SAVIORS
August 23, 2001 | 4:00amARLINGTON - When David Justice's left groin had him on the shelf at the same time Orlando Hernandez was recovering from toe surgery, the Yankees' party line was simple and...