September 1, 2001
LEAVING @HOME COX, COMCAST DROP EXCITE SERVICE
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amThe collapse and bankruptcy of AT&T's struggling Internet group, @Home, appeared more likely as a cash-crunch crisis deepened yesterday. AT&T, which controls 74 percent, has refused to put any more...
MARTS' DOWN WEEK ENDS SLIGHTLY UP
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amWall Street ended the August slide with modest gains yesterday even while recording its biggest weekly losses in six months. Stocks ticked up slightly higher in light pre-holiday trading, bringing...
CURSES! EX-'CHARMED' STAR BUSTED
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amCALL it the curse of "Charmed." Actor Greg Vaughan, who played Dan Gordon on The WB's good-witches series, was busted Thursday for allegedly driving drunk in Los Angeles. Vaughan was...
HOW NOT TO RAISE A BRAT
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amWhat's the matter with kids today? Psychologists think they have the answer and it's not pretty. "They're narcissistic, self-absorbed and materialistic," say Laura Smith and Charles Elliott. "They're self-centered and...
CURTAIN UP! - GREAT THEATER FOR CHILDREN
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amPuppet shows aren't enough. Theater for kids these days has to be every bit as imaginative and thrilling - if not more so - than the shows on Broadway and...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amLaboring over talking points for this Labor Day weekend? Jawing isn't hard work. Employ these profitable pieces and jump into a prime position. At the end of the evening, you'll...
THE LAST LAZY, HAZY, CRAZY DAYS OF SUMMER
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amFall - a.k.a. "The Other Side of Summer" - unofficially starts Tuesday, but don't let it ruin your Labor Day weekend. Round up the "Boys of Summer" and toast the...
NEW YORK POST FROM SEPT. 1, 1976
September 1, 2001 | 4:00am"The Meadowlands joins the Money Derby tonight . . . New Jersey's new mile track opens the newest betting windows with 10 harness races that will attract such driving celebrities...
DEMS' PRIMARY CONCERN: LOW TURNOUT
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Sept. 11 primary elections will be the most competitive in years, but experts predict that the overwhelming majority of voters won't be participating. With every citywide office up for...
ISRAELIS BULLDOZE 6 HOMES IN GAZA RAID
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli forces yesterday destroyed six houses used by snipers in the Gaza Strip and placed Jerusalem on a high alert for a possible bomb attack. At least 22...
COPS TURN OFF 'PANTY-STEALING' TV MAN
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amA Long Island satellite-TV workman was arrested and charged with stealing the panties of a woman while he was installing a system in her home, police said. The bizarre crime...
RUDY RIPS PBA ON DWI COPS
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani said he nearly "fell out of my chair" when the head of the police union complained that drunk cops are being treated too harshly. "This is very serious,...
GAY-BASHER WORKED FOR HEVESI
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amA teenager who cops said spewed anti-gay slurs during an attack in the Village was among those workers paid by Alan Hevesi's campaign to collect signatures to get the city...
KMART SIGNS OFF MISSES TARGET
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amKmart is backing down. The mass retailer has removed all its promotional "Dare to Compare" signs from its stores after rival Target Corp. filed a false-advertising lawsuit. Kmart's "Dare to...
ARAFAT'S RACE CARD RIPS ISRAELI 'BRUTALITY' AS U.N. TALKS OPEN
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The U.N. conference on racism kicked off yesterday with Yasser Arafat quickly accusing Israel of a "colonial, racist plot" against the Palestinians. "What we can hope for is...
RAISING CITY BOSSES' $PIRITS
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amLabor Day is around the corner, but top city officials were celebrating Christmas yesterday when Mayor Giuliani doled out raises of up to 8 percent over two years to 3,900...
CONDIT'S CHANDRA-TRASHING FLACK JUMPS SHIP
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Rep. Gary Condit's hired-gun spokeswoman - who made headlines by smearing Chandra Levy as a girl who slept around - yesterday abruptly called it quits. "As of right...
TRAGEDY UNITES TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amPARK Avenue bumped up against Bedford-Stuyvesant yesterday. And Harlem. And The Bronx. And even Detroit. From 4 in the morning, the avenue whose name is synonymous with money, where it...
TENNIS TYKES' HAVEN PLAYERS' KIDS GET COURTLY CARE
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amThere's a special room at the U.S. Open in which tennis stars are outranked by cartoon characters and Pete Sampras takes a back seat to Pebbles and Bam Bam. The...
MIKE SPENDS MORE THAN RIVALS RAISE
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amGOP billionaire Mike Bloomberg spent $3.8 million on his mayoral campaign last month, while Mark Green continued his hot fund-raising roll by raking in $530,000 - more than his three...
BLOOMY MAKES BADILLO AN OFFER HE CAN REFUSE
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amMike Bloomberg made a surprising offer to Republican primary rival Herman Badillo in their first mayoral debate yesterday: Come work for me when I'm running City Hall. The hard-to-believe employment...
WOMAN SLAIN BY LOVER: COPS
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amA Harlem woman's stormy romance ended in tragedy yesterday when she was stabbed to death by her boyfriend in an argument, police said. Joy Jackson, 35, died from a single...
TEARS FOR AALIYAH CINDERELLA FUNERAL FOR MUSIC PRINCESS CELEBS AND FANS BID SAD FAREWELL
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amR&B singer Aaliyah was laid to rest yesterday after a Cinderella-like funeral in which her silver-plated coffin was carried through the Upper East Side in a horse-drawn, glass-paneled hearse. The...
BX. ARGUMENT TURNS DEADLY
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amOne woman was shot dead and a second woman was wounded in a violent dispute outside their Bronx apartment building, police said. Yvette Humphrey, 39, and Nereda Martinez, 38, were...
NEW CONTEST TAKES WING
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amSome tennis enthusiasts double-faulted at the U.S. Open yesterday in a competition that involved making paper airplanes. Thousands of fans are flying to the United Airlines booth at Flushing Tennis...
CAR-CRASH HORROR RESTAURANT OWNER KILLED IN SMASH
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amCeleb restaurateur Jeff Salaway - who owned Nick & Toni's, the Hamptons' choicest eatery - was killed early yesterday when he drove his car into a tree as he headed...
HIS BISTROS WERE TRUE LABORS OF LOVE
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amJeff Salaway was a true restaurateur. Co-founder of the high-profile Nick & Toni's restaurant, he was known for his sense of humor, laid-back attitude, generosity and devotion to family -...
PAULINO STRIKES OUT BOOTED FOR FAKING ACE ALMONTE'S AGE
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amThe man who created the Rolando Paulino All-Stars - and the scandal that engulfed them - has been kicked out of Little League for life. League officials settled the score...
FOURTH COP HIT WITH DWI RAP
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amA drunk Bellevue Hospital cop hit a pedestrian while driving the wrong way on Tenth Avenue in Manhattan early yesterday, police said. George Herrera, 37, was arraigned last night on...
SINS OF THE FATHER DRAG ALL DOWN
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amNOW that Danny Almonte's father and the Rolando Paulino All-Stars' founder have been branded as cheaters, the parents of the remaining Bronx Baby Bombers are hunkered down in a familial...
SOAP FIRM CLEANS UP CORPORATE SPYING ACT
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amIvory Soap maker Procter & Gamble has had its reputation dragged through the mud after admitting it spied on arch rival Unilever. P&G - the maker of shampoos Head &...
CROWD DESERTS RODDICK IN WIN OVER QUALIFIER
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amAmerican teen sensation Andy Roddick found himself in unfamiliar territory. The crowd was rooting against him. The U.S. Open night-card throng always loves a good underdog, and after 223rd-ranked Jack...
JUDGE JAILS BUSH-TAPE LEAKER
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amA judge yesterday ordered a year in jail for the former aide to President Bush's campaign who is accused of leaking Bush's secret debate prep video to Democratic rival Al...
CALL 'EM DEAD SOX - JORGE'S HR GIVES YANKS 7-GAME LEAD
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - The Red Sox are dead. After a summer of being called plucky, dysfunctional, resilient and gutsy, they are 3-D. That's morgue talk for bodies on slabs that are...
ROSTER LOOPHOLE STILL OPEN
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - Thanks to the support of the Players Association, the loophole the Yankees used quite successfully the past two years to juggle their post-season roster is back in play....
RELIEVER HITS NEW LOWE
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - In the Red Sox clubhouse yesterday afternoon, Derek Lowe caught up on his hate mail. The deposed Boston closer, just back from a 10-game road trip, was chuckling...
LEITER BAT, ARM RENEW METS' HOPE
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amMets6Marlins1 Al Leiter refuses to look for signs of a Met Miracle. He says he's not trying to sound corny, but each player must take it one pitch, one at-bat...
BACKUP REFS BETTER THAN BACKUP PLAYERS
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES BALTIMORE - The replacement officials worked out a whole lot better than the Giants' backup players. There were no obvious blown calls in yesterday's 38-9 Giants loss to...
AT LEAST THEY HAVE THEIR HEALTH BIG BLUE JUST HAPPY TO EMERGE UNSCATHED
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amRavens38Giants9 BALTIMORE - Only in the preseason can a team walk off the field on the wrong end of a 38-9 blowout loss and in good conscience be happy with...
INJURY FORCES 'POINT' TO RETIRE
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Point Given, the best horse to race in America this year and one of the all-time greats, has been retired because of a strained tendon in his...
SUBPLOTS GALORE AT PENN STATE
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. - One coach says he's been waiting for a night like this his entire life. The other coach says he never thought such a night would come...
HALL'S STRONG LEG ERASES ALL DOUBTS
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amThe Jets are a week away from their season opener - the true beginning of the Herman Edwards era - and they don't know who'll be punting for them against...
IVANISEVIC JUST PLANE OUTSHINES GIMELSTOB
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK In a match between two of the most emotional players on the tour, Wimbledon champ Goran Ivanisevic beat Justin Gimelstob 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 in the second-round yesterday. Ivanisevic had...
VELARDE'S ENCORE TO BEGIN AT FENWAY
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - When Scott Brosius' fractured left hand didn't heal in four weeks, the Yankees started looking at alternatives to the less-than-sterling troika of Luis Sojo, Clay Bellinger and Enrique...
HEWITT PLAYS RACE CARD - COMPLAINTS TAINT VICTORY OVER SCRAPPY FOE BLAKE
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amLleyton Hewitt won another tennis match yesterday at the U.S. Open, but lost the respect of many fans. His 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 second-round rally past Yonkers native James...
HINGIS AVOIDS SWISS MISS VS. SPENT FOE
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amMartina Hingis' No. 1 aura, veteran savvy and brilliant volley skills weren't quite enough against nemesis Iva Majoli yesterday at the U.S. Open. It turns out Hingis' best weapons at...
ON-MEND PEDRO TAKES HILL
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - We'll find out today if 80 percent of Pedro Martinez is enough to beat 100 percent of the world champions. The Red Sox right-hander takes the mound this...
NEW SONG, SAME TUNE
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - For seven innings, Frank Castillo had ruined Yankee hitters' timing by varying speeds and spotting pitches with precision. For seven innings, the Fenway villain, Roger Clemens, had pitched...
ADD ROCKET TO SHORT LIST OF BASEBALL'S SURE THINGS
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - You think he was good when the Yankees scored tons of runs for him, you should have seen him last night when Frank Castillo was stringing zeroes for...
GM MUST TAKE FALL, NOT JIMY
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - Jimy Williams was the lucky one. He got fired. He didn't have to stay around to watch the inevitable collapse of this Red Sox team fading faster than...
ON-MEND PEDRO TO TAKE HILL TODAY
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amWe'll find out today if 80 percent of Pedro Martinez is enough to beat 100 percent of the world champions. The Boston right-hander takes the mound this afternoon with about...
PLAY IT AGAIN, RANDY - YANKS GET VELARDE FOR BRONX ENCORE
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - When third baseman Scott Brosius' fracture in the left hand didn't heal in four weeks, the Yankees started looking at alternatives to the less-than-sterling troika of Luis Sojo,...
FOR BOTH PARTIES, IT'S ONCE MORE WITH (GOOD) FEELING
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - After the labor mess was settled in 1995, causing an abbreviated spring training, a group of veteran free agents gathered to work out in Homestead, Fla., to work...
CONE NOT READY TO CONCEDE
September 1, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - David Cone felt comfortable in a Boston uniform from day one, and he still feels comfortable as the Red Sox's days as playoff hopefuls wind down. One thing...