September 2, 2001
PAY ATTENTION TO NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTORS
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amNATIONAL Semiconductor is not an economic indicator but it plays that role this week. The company reports earnings on Thursday, and what it has to say is important to all...
SMALL MOSAIC, BIG GAINS
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amMOSAIC" is defined by Webster's as "the process of making complex designs through small bits." At Madison Investments, which runs the Mosaic funds, the definition is altered slightly to mean...
YOUR OPTIONS, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT THEM ...
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amIF James Bond was into personal finance, he might find options to his liking. They're exciting, risky and provide a clear mission to accomplish. There's no sexy broad named Honey...
NBER SHOCKER: THE EARTH IS ROUND
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amLIKE Haley Joel Osment, economists see dead people. Without the use of psychics or Ouija boards, Joseph Ferrie, one of the National Bureau of Economic Research wonks, sees dead people...
NEED WORK? MOVE TO INDIANA!
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amSO you're one of the tens of thousands of New Yorkers who recently lost their jobs, and you want to find another one. The thriving metropolis of Elkhart, Ind., wants...
SCHWAB TELLS IT LIKES IT ISN'T
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S so much easier to point the finger of blame - even when you, yourself, are in the wrong. The folks at Charles Schwab Corp. are becoming a textbook example...
BOSSES OFF COURSE
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amAMERICA'S top executives may want to take a break from practicing their golf swings this weekend - in favor of practicing their management skills. A new survey reveals that many...
MUSICAL MARTHA GOOSE: SHE'S AFTER YOUR KIDS!
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amShe cooks, she crafts, she gardens and she appears to print her own money. Now Martha Stewart is bucking to be a music mogul. With the arrival of "Martha Stewart...
WHAT I WATCH
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amTOM SHANNONOWNER, BOWLMOR LANESI NEVER MISS "THE SIMPSONS." IT IS THE MOST BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN, SATIRICAL SHOW ON TV. I STILL REMEMBER LINES FROM EPISODES I WATCHED 10 YEARS AGO.TONI TENNILLEGRAMMY...
SARAJEVO GETS REEL
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amSarajevo seems an unlikely place for an international film festival. But the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, that troubled Balkan nation, hosts one that began in 1995 while the city was in...
AALIYAH AND ME: A LESSON IN FUTURE SHOCK
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amI was waiting for the F train Monday morning, my paper open on the story of Aaliyah's death. Next to me an old woman caught sight of the story and...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: GINA PHILIPS
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amGina Consolo Philips is warning squeamish moviegoers about her new movie, "Jeepers Creepers," a horror flick that opened Friday in which she plays a woman who's stalked by a demonic...
NUNN AT THE NATIONAL: A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amLONDON - The New York theater lover who visits London for the first time may find some pleasant surprises, particularly when it comes to ticket prices. Unlike virtually everything else...
PAWS FOR REFLECTION - DOG OWNERS RATE THE CANDIDATES ON THEIR PET PEEVE
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amYou've heard of political glad-handing. Now get ready for glad-pawing. With the Sept. 11 primaries fast approaching, candidates are discovering it's just as important to stop and stroke the dogs...
MILLS: IT'S JUST ME, MYSELF AND 'EYES'
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amDon't look now, but another former TV star is hawking her own line of makeup. Still, in this case, she's somebody to watch: ex-"Knots Landing" femme fatale Donna Mills. Mills'...
MICHAEL'S STARRY NIGHT: JACKSON RETURNS TO THE STAGE, SURROUNDED BY THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amEmerging from the shadow of scandal and a self-imposed musical exile, Michael Jackson returns to the spotlight this week with his first U.S. concert in more than a decade, but...
GLOVED ONE HAS WEATHERED MANY UPS AND DOWNS AND A STORM OF CONTROVERSY
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amIt's been a career of extreme highs and lows for the King of Pop, who became a star as just a boy, rose to dominate music by recording some of...
COME TASTE THE WINE ON A 'TOUR' OF IBERIA
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amPico 349 Greenwich St. (between Harrison & Jay streets) (212) 343-0700 Forget the Dow. The Dao is up. The Dao is but one of the regions of Portugal producing wines...
VICTORIA GOTTI
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amYES, you read correctly - I'm an heiress - as in 200 million big ones. According to the government, the money is hidden. I make a few phone calls -...
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amPRESIDENT Bush returned to work last week after taking a month off. This is a historic first. Not only is he the first president in recent times to take a...
KID IS JUST A PAWN IN PAULINO'S 'IMPORT BIZ'
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amROLANDO Paulino, the founder of the Bronx Baby Bombers, knew. Paulino orchestrated the overseas journey from fame to shame for over-age pitching ace Danny Almonte, his brother Juan and possibly...
WRONG-SIDE SURGEON WIELDS SCALPEL AGAIN
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amA brain surgeon under scrutiny for his role in an operation on the wrong side of a patient's skull six months ago is wielding his scalpel again at another Brooklyn...
WILL-CUT-FOR-CASH DOC AT L.I. HOSP
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amA plastic surgeon fined $20,000 for performing 50 to 100 unofficial operations for cash while he was a resident at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital is now working at a Long Island...
SKY WAS NO LIMIT FOR THIS SOARING R&B SONGBIRD
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amGIVEN the choice between a horse-drawn carriage and a chance to sing again, if only in the shower, Aaliyah would choose to sing. She would turn on the water, throw...
THIS PART OF THE JOB A SAD-BUT-TRUE REALITY
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amTOMMY Crowley, 28, attended a firefighter's funeral for the first time yesterday. His father, Billy Crowley, said, "The sad fact of life is maybe this is his first, but it...
'HE WAS A HERO' : FIREMAN'S WIFE SAYS FINAL GOODBYE
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amThe widow of Staten Island firefighter Michael Gorumba gave her husband an emotional farewell at his funeral yesterday. Lori Gorumba said her husband, who died of a heart attack while...
'CONDOR' FLIES OVER HIGH-CRIME PRECINCTS
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amThe NYPD has quietly retooled the focus of the anti-drug initiative Operation Condor away from narcotics and toward beefed-up patrol in higher-crime precincts, The Post has learned. Police Commissioner Bernard...
TOP GOURMETS PAY RESPECTS TO RESTAURATEUR
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amThe best and brightest of the Big Apple's culinary world are planning to attend today's funeral for Jeff Salaway, the owner of the most popular restaurant in the Hamptons. Among...
MEASURING UP TO NICOLE TALL ORDER FOR BEAUS-TO-BE
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amIn short, Tom Cruise just couldn't measure up. Taking another jab at her much shorter ex-husband, statuesque screen star Nicole Kidman said her next beau had better be a tall...
KIDS RETURNING TO A CRUMBLING BUILDING : HALF-FIXED PS 24 A DEPRESSING SIGN OF SYSTEM'S WOES
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amHere's frightening evidence that the city's school system is falling apart. Just days before Schools Chancellor Harold Levy rings the opening bell for the new school year for the city's...
SHARPTON FUMES OVER POST'S AALIYAH COLUMN
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amThe Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday said Post writer Rod Dreher should be punished by the paper for penning an "abysmal, shocking and racist" column that criticized the extravagance of tragic...
PREGNANT TEEN SHOT TO DEATH IN BRONX PARK
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amAn 18-year-old pregnant Bronx woman - due to give birth in two weeks - was found by her sister dying on a bench in a city park early yesterday, fatally...
THE NEW YORK POST FROM SEPT. 2, 1932
September 2, 2001 | 4:00am"New York City will elect a new mayor on Nov. 8," The Post reported as Jimmy Walker became the first mayor to quit under fire. "Mr. Walker, dramatically defying Gov....
MEDICAL EXAMINER EYES TOT'S DEATH
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amThe medical examiner's office is investigating the death of a four-month old South Bronx boy who died suddenly early yesterday. Police were summoned to a sixth-floor apartment at 673 East...
JAZZ ADDS PIZZAZZ TO TOURNAMENT
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amThe A train made a surprise stop at the U.S. Open yesterday. Jazz lovers attending the Open were serenaded with cool tunes like Duke Ellington's "Take the A Train" as...
FIREMAN HURT IN TRAINING FALL
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amA firefighter suffered a broken arm yesterday when he fell from a ladder during training in Brooklyn. The Ladder Company 111 firefighter, whose name was not released, plunged 15 feet...
ANGRY DAYS FOR LIZZIE GRAND JURY
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amThe Lizzie Grubman grand-jury hearing room has been the scene of angry confrontations, shouting and the grueling questioning of several witnesses by panel members, The Post has learned. Some of...
LOVE CHILD HOUNDS MEDIA BIG
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amMedia mogul Allen Neuharth likes to be known as a hard-nosed businessman, but also bills himself as a benevolent millionaire who has adopted six children. But there is another side...
FLA. GRIDIRON QUEEN'S TRULY SPECIAL FEAT
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amThis was no TV movie. If it were, Ashley Martin's historic appearance - the first-ever by a woman at a Division I college football game - would have decided the...
TIMES PICKS MARK OVER 'MUTATED' AL
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amAlan Hevesi's mayoral bid suffered a major blow today, when The New York Times' endorsement - long coveted by Hevesi's camp - went to Democratic front-runner Mark Green. The paper...
THE CHEAT GOES ON : DANNY CAME TO BRONX AS RINGER: PROBE
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amTop Little League officials believe 14-year-old pitching phenom Danny Almonte was used by adult coaches who brought him to The Bronx to be a ringer in their youth baseball league....
'WHITE TRASH' BOUNCER SAYS L.I. COPS BEAT HIM
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amScott Conlon - the Hamptons bouncer who says Lizzie Grubman ran him down after calling him "white trash" - is suing the Suffolk County Police, saying cops beat him up...
LIE CRASH KILLS DISABLED PATIENT
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amA United Cerebral Palsy ambulette crashed into a concrete divider on the Long Island Expressway yesterday afternoon, killing one of its wheelchair-bound passengers, police said. The 1997 Dodge Suburban van...
CONDIT'S RETURNING TO ZERO'S WELCOME
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Rep. Gary Condit returns to the nation's capital this week like a loser on "Survivor" - a marked man with his team of fellow Democrats eager to vote...
BISHOP'S WIFE HAS 'NO REGRETS'
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amThe wife of a Roman Catholic archbishop whose marriage broke his priestly vows arrived in New York last night with "no regrets" about her ill-fated romance. "I have no regrets...
HERE'S YOUR WAKEUP CALL, GENTLEMEN!
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amZERO hour for the mayoral candidates is about to arrive. After months of a sleepy primary race, New Yorkers returning tomorrow night from their Labor Day vacations will start focusing...
BILL $TILL BLABBING : AGAIN TAKES HIS GOLDEN THROAT ON THE ROAD
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - If Bill Clinton suffers from jet lag, he's not stopping long enough to find out. The globe-trotting ex-president this week kicks off a new round of big-bucks speaking...
SEX ED, HOLLYWOOD STYLE
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amIt's high time we take sex education out of the classroom and put it where it belongs - in the cineplex. This call to action comes after just 39 viewings...
'PREP' IS HEP! TOURNEY FANS SPORT COURT STYLE
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amAnyone who thinks the preppy look is dead obviously hasn't spent much time at the U.S. Open this year. Women dress in neat, solid-colored T-shirts and Lily Pulitzer-print bermudas or...
ENGLISH WILL BE HURDLE FOR MANY NEW TEACHERS
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amThe Board of Education's 8,000 teacher recruits take their first steps into the system this week, with principals concerned that many will not make the grade. The new teachers include...
TROUBLING CONCERNS OVER NEW 'TROUBLEMAKER' LAW
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy could set off a new powder keg in his attempts to help teachers deal with troublesome students. Under a new state law, schools are required to...
ANNE, YOU ARE THE BITCHIEST TV HOST
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amQuestion: What game-show hostess may be the "Top TV Bitch" off all-time in Britain? Answer: "The Weakest Link's" Anne Robinson. The Queen of Mean is in the running for the...
ALMONTE MESS A SAD SOCIAL COMMENTARY
September 2, 2001 | 4:00am"LOOK at the bright side of all this," the wise guys said when the Rolando Paulino All-Stars, the pride of the Bronx, were eliminated from the Little League World Series....
AUSTIN'S POWER PLAY BUSTS USA NETWORK
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amWEDNESDAY on USA Network, Tracy Austin did the impossible. She restored some common decency to a sport by restoring some modesty to a sports telecast. Austin was working the Martina...
WPIX FIXTURE REMEMBERED
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amFriends, family and ex-teammates of Duilio Costabile gathered in Miami, today, to memorialize Costabile, known to so many for so long as a camerman and Phil Rizzuto's foil on Ch....
SIZE NO MATTER IN CORR'S FIELD
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amCOMING out of high school, Frank Corr heard a lot of advice. Most of it was the same. "Everybody said, 'Fulfill your college dreams because you're not the prototypical size'...
DEADLINE'S SNEAKING UP ON BIG-GAMERS
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amNEW YORK'S hunting season is fast approaching and for big-game hunters the filing deadline for management permits is this Friday and it is important to have all your I's dotted...
LL SCANDAL EXPOSES RACIST TURK
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amIF Turk Wendell ever gets lost in Japan or Russia or Germany the way he got lost at night while hunting mountain lions, I hope nobody stops to help him....
ALLEN'S LOOKIN' FAR FROM READY
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amWhen Jim Fassel tersely stated Friday afternoon, "The one thing I know out of this game is who's going to help us and who isn't," he wasn't talking about Will...
LL MOTTO: IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE CHEAT . . .
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amDON'T laugh, but here are the words to the Little League pledge, a pledge that was read aloud before every game in Williamsport."I trust in God . . . I...
TESTS ARE TOUGH AT YALE'S COURSE
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amOK, class, it's time to go back to school, so let's take a course at Yale. If you're looking for higher education, go to New Haven and play one of...
GANG GREEN EXPLORE CORTEZ AS D-LINE FIX
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amFor years, the Jets defensive line has needed help. When defensive tackle Jason Ferguson went down with a shoulder injury early in training camp, those needs became even more glaring....
COLES CATCHES STARTING SLOT
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amThe nicest surprise this summer for the Jets has been the play of second-year wide receiver Laveranues Coles. So it should come as no surprise that Coles was named one...
FOR BOMBERS, IF THERE'S A WILLIAMS, THERE'S A WAY
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - They don't beat them the way Chuck Wepner used to get beaten, with blood splattering all over the ring, spilling into the front couple of rows, jumping off...
BOSOX BULLPEN CAN'T CLOSE OUT
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amOnce rabid Red Sox fans finish running Derek Lowe out of town on a rail, maybe they'll turn their attention to Ugueth Urbina. A day after Lowe blew up in...
YANKS GET AN EL OF A LIFT
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - Pedro Martinez went to warm up, and the Fenway faithful stood and applauded. His name was announced and the crowd revved up even more. Martinez walked from the...
CONE'S NOT SURE IF HE'S COMIN' BACK
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - David Cone has not decided whether he'll retire after the 2001 season. "[I'll] just take some time when the year's over and try to figure it out," said...
OLIVER GIVES SOX SPY IN CLUBHOUSE
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - Joe Oliver was informed he was angry at the Yankees for releasing him. "I was?" the recently recalled Boston catcher asked yesterday morning. The widespread assumption was that...
LACK OF DEPTH A REAL PROBLEM
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amThe complete breakdown among the reserves that paved the way for the Giants' 38-9 loss to the Ravens in Friday's preseason finale was not quite as bad as it appeared,...
BAILEY BAGS MEET RECORD
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS -1ST RACE - A severe thunderstorm hit region Friday night, so opener was taken off turf while rest of turf races remained on yielding grass course. Holmdel led...
CAME HOME ROLLS IN SPA'S HOPEFUL
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Discretion proved the better part of valor yesterday for Came Home in the Grade 1, $200,000 Hopeful Stakes. Not wanting to tangle with the West Coast's top...
VELARDE WISHES HE HUNG AROUND
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - If Randy Velarde knew the Yankees were on the verge of winning a World Series after the 1995 season, he would never have left for the Angels via...
DON'T PLAN TO SEE PETE IN CUP PLAY
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amIf Patrick McEnroe ever hoped to recruit Pete Sampras to play for the Davis Cup again, forget it. It's unlikely that Sampras will compete for the Cup again after McEnroe's...
BENNY BREAKS HAND ON SWING
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amBenny Agbayani left last night's 3-2, 11-inning win over the Marlins in the fourth with a fractured bone in his right hand. Agbayani broke the bone while trying to check...
'BANK' PROBLEMS HELP 'DELAWARE'
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Jerry Bailey sewed up his seventh riding title in the last eight years at the Old Spa yesterday. The human Fourstardave rode three winners on the card...
HURRICANES BLOW OUT PENN ST.
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amSTATE COLLEGE. Pa. - In a made-for-ESPN Instant Classic, the raw emotion of a recovered paralyzed football player and an expanded football stadium was supposed to carry Penn State to...
TAGLIAFERRO'S MIRACLE RUN LIGHTS UP HAPPY VALLEY
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Adam Taliaferro's Penn State teammates had a feeling he might shock the nation last night. They were right. Paralyzed from the neck down after making a...
FANS FIRM IN SUPPORT OF JENNY
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amEven when she was a prodigy being hailed as the next great women's player, Jennifer Capriati never made it past the U.S. Open semifinals. During this year's fortnight, the Flushing...
SAMPRAS, RAFTER HEAD FOR CLASH
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amThe convergence is going quite nicely. Pete Sampras and Patrick Rafter are on a collision course for a Labor Day meeting in the Round of 16. Meanwhile, Andre Agassi and...
PAYTON'S DOUBLE HOOKS FISH IN 11
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amThe Mets lost Benny Agbayani to a broken bone in his right hand last night but they won a game, the kind of exhilarating, extra-inning affair that would've gone the...
GRACIOUS BLAKE HAS LESSON FOR AGASSI
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK James Blake is all of 21 but taught Andre Agassi, 10 years his elder, a lesson about graciousness during the controversy regarding Lleyton Hewitt's alleged racist remarks. U.S. Open...
AMAZINGLY, METS STILL BELIEVING
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amHow good are the Mets going right now? Al Leiter is even hitting. "Al Leiter gets a triple and a couple of RBIs, there might be something in the air,"...
STATE OF DISREPAIR - NATION'S TOP RECRUITS NO LONGER ROARING ABOUT JOEPA'S LIONS
September 2, 2001 | 4:00amSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. - To understand what is happening before our very eyes, the slippage of one of college's premier football program, one has to understand the electrons that fired...