March 23, 2002
TARIFF TRADE-OFF - EU TARGETS ORANGES, U.S. EYES LUMBER
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amIt's steel versus oranges in a battle that's supposed to be about economics, but that economists say is nothing but politics. The European Union said it will introduce new import...
TRAVELERS IPO DIDN'T GO FAR
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amThe initial public offering for Travelers Property Casualty Corp. - spun off from Citigroup - may have been one of the biggest, but it wasn't even close to being one...
MARTHA'S NEW NYSE QUEEN
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amDon't cross Martha Stewart. She's been nominated to sit on the board of the New York Stock Exchange, which makes the rules, issues the orders and hands out punishment to...
BOARD PROPOSES 'NEW ANDERSEN'
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amIn a last-ditch effort to save Arthur Andersen from extinction, Paul Volcker, head of Andersen's oversight board, proposed a takeover of the scandal-scarred firm to create a "new Andersen." The...
'ELLIE' SOUNDING LIKE A SAD SONG
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amFEWER and fewer people are "Watching Ellie," and the Julia Louis-Dreyfus sitcom is going bye-bye after April 2. NBC says it isn't canceling the show, which has plunged from 16.7...
SPRING INTO ACTION! - WHERE TO FIND FUN EVERY DAY OF YOUR BREAK
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amSeems it was only yesterday that we were celebrating winter break. Now it's spring - and with Passover and Easter around the corner, most kids in this city are getting...
REAL KIDS REVEAL: WHY 'SHREK' WILL TROUNCE 'MONSTERS, INC.' [VOX POX)
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amAt the Oscars tomorrow, it's "Shrek" vs. "Monsters, Inc." (OK, "Jimmy Neutron" is in the running, too, but no one we spoke to saw it.) Here's what the critics say:...
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENTS - DARE TO BE DIFFERENT AND CHECK OUT THE SPIRIT AWARDS
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amTomorrow night's Oscar gala isn't the only movie shindig this weekend. In a giant tent on a Santa Monica beach, some 1,200 people will gather this afternoon for food, drink...
OSCAR, THE DRINKING GAME
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amYou don't really want to be sober around midnight tomorrow night, do you, when you find out that "Moulin Rouge" was robbed for Best Picture? Of course not - and...
RATIN' WHOOPI
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amFOR the fourth time, the Academy has tapped Whoopi Goldberg to host the Oscars. Last time out, she donned a Queen Elizabeth I costume, in the style of "Shakespeare in...
WHO NEEDS VANITY FAIR? THROW YOUR OWN PARTY
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amANYTHING - and everything - goes on Oscar night. But it's no fun if you watch it all alone with your pet hamster. Mariela Azcuy, a 25-year-old publicist who lives...
LIVING ON PARK AVE. - SCOFFLAWS RULE DIPLO ROW AS CITY DELAYS BLITZ
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amA LONG-PLANNED crackdown on diplomatic parking scofflaws was put on hold after Sept. 11, allowing offenders to keep ducking past-due bills of more than $20 million. Diplomats from the oil...
POLS BACK APPEAL BY YANKEL'S BROTHER
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amThe brother of a Jewish scholar killed during the Crown Heights race riots is drumming up heavy hitters to back his challenge to an appeals court decision that ordered a...
MORE CHAOS AS TRUCE TALKS HIT STANDSTILL
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - U.S. officials vowed to try once more to wrap up a Mideast truce this weekend despite another suicide bombing and a failed round of talks yesterday. No progress...
POLS SELF-PROMOTE ON THE BACKS OF OUR KIDS
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amIT was bound to happen sooner or later - the racialization of the public-school reform debate in New York City. So welcome to the spotlight City Councilman Charles Barron, a...
LAWYER: PA DRAGS OUT PAINFUL '93 WTC SUITS
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amLitigation from the 1993 World Trade Center bombing case has dragged on so long it's a national embarrassment - and the Port Authority shouldn't be allowed to delay it any...
SLAY SUSPECT FLEES BROOKLYN COP STATION
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amA manhunt was under way last night after a suspect in a Brooklyn bloodbath escaped from the 88th Precinct stationhouse by prying open a window gate and slithering through a...
WARY U.S. CUTS DIPLO STAFF IN PAKISTAN
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Bush administration ordered the evacuation of non-emergency staff and dependents from the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan yesterday in response to mounting threats to Americans from pro-Taliban and...
GOP: DEMS GO '$OFT' ON REFORM
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Republicans yesterday accused Democratic leaders of hypocrisy for taking a record-setting $7 million "soft money" donation from a TV mogul before it's illegal. "It's pretty hypocritical of them,...
PAIR OF 4-YEAR-OLD BOYS STRUCK WHILE CROSSING W. SIDE STREET
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amA motorist struck two 4-year-old boys, injuring one critically, on an Upper West Side street yesterday. The children were on their way to a neighborhood day-care program, accompanied by their...
COUPLE'S TRAGEDY - PREGNANT WIFE ANDHUSBAND WIPED OUT IN JERUSALEM BLAST
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Tsipi Shemesh, five months pregnant, had gone to a Jerusalem medical center with her husband, Gadi, Thursday afternoon for a checkup on their future child - when a...
FIERY MIKE: INCINERATOR CRITICS FULL OF HOT AIR
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg insisted yesterday that garbage incinerators throw off "no pollution" - and anyone fighting a new proposal to burn New York's trash just wants to "grandstand." "No matter what...
CONGRESS TO SIT IN N.Y.
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amThe Congress is coming! The Congress is coming! Taking up a suggestion by Rep. Charles Rangel (D-Manhattan) that Congress convene in New York this year, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday sent a...
VICTIMS' KIN SEE LIFE IN 'SPHERE'
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amRelatives of victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing stood together yesterday at the interim World Trade Center memorial, saying the tribute shows the...
KELLY PULLS COPS OUT OF JFK UNIT AFTER CUSTOMS CONFLICT
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amA simmering feud between the NYPD and the U.S. Customs Service has erupted, with the top cop yanking an entire compliment of more than two dozen detectives from a drug-fighting...
FBI HUNTS ROGUE SAILORS
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Law-enforcement agencies were hunting yesterday for four Pakistani seamen who jumped ship in Virginia last week after being granted a temporary shore leave by authorities. The FBI and...
KIN WROTE LINDH OF THEIR LOVE
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - American Taliban John Walker Lindh was offered "unconditional love" by his divorced parents while he was being held as a war prisoner, according to letters from his family...
NEW VOW OF SILENCE - DAILY WON'T NAME ACCUSED PRIESTS
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amStanding his ground, Bishop Thomas Daily yesterday reiterated that his Brooklyn diocese won't tell cops when its priests are accused of sexually molesting kids - but said he regretted his...
CHUCK: LET'S SPEND FEDS' 9/11 AID ALL OVER TOWN
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amSen. Charles Schumer wants funds earmarked for lower Manhattan groups to be spread to nonprofits all over the city - including the Bronx Zoo, The Post has learned. The proposal...
BAN STAYS ON SINAI - STATE NIXES REPRIEVE FOR HOSP TO DO LIVER TRANSPLANTS
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amThe state Health Department vowed yesterday not to lift a six-month ban on liver transplants using live donors at embattled Mount Sinai Medical Center - despite any request from the...
WHO'S SORRY NOW? MIKE & COUNCILMAN IN APOLOGY WAR
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg traded more insults yesterday with a Brooklyn councilman who hammered the mayor for what he called racist comments about black and Hispanic parents. "The councilman has a right...
SLAY EYED FOR LINK TO RABBINICAL-TRIAL CASE
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amYeshiva student Avner Abensour, who was murdered earlier this week, was trying to avoid a court trial when he went before a rabbinical panel to resolve his burglary charges against...
'PAY TO PLAY' GOP BASH WILL HONOR REBUILD BIG
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - "Pay to play" political fund-raising - chased out of Washington by campaign-finance reform - is coming to Ground Zero, The Post has learned. For the first time since...
IT'S A SECRET - JUST LIKE IT WAS IN BOSTON
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amBISHOP Thomas Daily's words were razor sharp, and capable of cutting open a festering wound 200 miles away from his Brooklyn diocese. The stab victim yesterday was Patrick McSorley, a...
BOOTLEG DVD RING SMASHED
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amBronx cops yesterday recovered thousands of bootleg DVDs and CDs and more than $6,000 in cash during a bust of a counterfeiting ring, authorities said. Officers from the trademark-infringement unit...
JOKER JAYSON EXAGGERATING GUN TALE: JET
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amJayson Williams has difficulty sticking to the truth when it comes to telling stories about his reckless gunplay, his old pal, Jets receiver Wayne Chrebet, said yesterday. Chrebet said that...
FIDEL BRISTLES AT U.S. SNUB, BOLTS SUMMIT
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Cuba claimed yesterday that President Fidel Castro abruptly quit the global summit in Mexico because President Bush threatened to boycott the event if he hung around - a...
LEVY'S TEACHER-HIRE PLAN: GET LICENSED OR GET LOST
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy has proposed a new policy that would bar the hiring of uncertified teachers next fall, The Post has learned. Such a rule would come a year...
FIRE SHUTS HOLLAND TUNNEL
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amThe Holland Tunnel was shut down yesterday as firefighters battled a raging warehouse fire near the New Jersey entrance. The inbound lanes were closed around noon because the intense flames...
MIKE CRASHES SCHOOL CRITICS' PRESS BRIEFING
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg took angry City University of New York students to school during a surprise impromptu exchange in front of City Hall yesterday. The students were denouncing proposed budget cuts...
SCENT OF A HOUSE FIRE WAKES AL
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amFire erupted in the guesthouse of the Rockland County estate of Oscar-winning actor Al Pacino yesterday, routing the "Godfather" star, girlfriend Beverly D'Angelo, their year-old twins and friends, police said....
MAYOR CRASHES EDU-CRITICS' PRESS CONFERENCE
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg took angry City University of New York students to school during a surprise impromptu exchange in front of City Hall yesterday. The students were denouncing proposed budget cuts...
HOSTESS TO DON GEM OF A DRESS
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amIf E! television host Jules Asner feels like a million bucks on Oscar night, she must be underdressed. That's because the comely correspondent is slated to wear designer Anne Bowen's...
INDIANA AIMS FOR REVENGE
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amSOUTH LEXINGTON - Neither team wants to be branded a Cinderella, saying any destiny they've achieved has been earned, not given. But when 10th-seeded Kent State and fifth-seeded Indiana sqaure...
FOREST HEIRESS, PROPER GAMBLE DUEL IN CICADA
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amToday's Grade 3, $100,000 Cicada Stakes at the Big A drew a field of six 3-year-old fillies going seven furlongs, but it boils down to a two-horse race between Forest...
JINTS NEAR DEAL WITH WILLIAMS
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amThe Giants are finally on the verge of getting something accomplished in NFL free agency, as an agreement with their own safety, Shaun Williams, is imminent. Re-signing Williams, a starter...
STARS CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amWhen the MetroStars kick off their season tonight at the Meadowlands against the New England Revolution there will be an air of optimism thicker than ever before. Consider the fact...
NIEU'S STAY MAY BE SHORT
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amThis is the danger of this Devil deal: Joe Nieuwendyk could walk after next season. Universally admired for so long, Nieuwendyk says he's still just trying to adjust to the...
SPREE STILL GUNNING FOR BIG MAN
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amLatrell Sprewell renewed his cry for Knicks management to add a big man this summer who can score and defend in the post, even if it can't be Chris Webber....
STRUGGLING JASON: NO PROBLEM, I'LL BE READY
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - Jason Giambi hasn't met many but he has some advice for Yankee fans when it comes to his exhibition season numbers. "Don't panic," Giambi advised anybody...
JAYHAWKS' TRUE GRIT KO'S ILLINI
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amMIDWEST: Kansas 73 - Illinois 69 MADISON, Wis. - Form has held here, which is not a bad thing for those who want to see the best play the best...
ISLES FEEL THEY'RE ON RIGHT TRACK
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amThe first objective was to start playing hard, which the Islanders have done for two games. "We're working," Chris Osgood said. "We're working hard, we're playing better than we did...
THIS CONN GAME IS NOT FOOLPROOF
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amSYRACUSE - It takes more than heart to get to the Elite Eight. And little Southern Illinois had its giant heart broken last night. The Salukis huffed and puffed but...
PHIL ATTACKS COURSE, CRITICS - MICKELSON DEFENDS AGGRESSIVE STYLE AT PLAYERS
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amPONTE VEDRA BEACH - Phil Mickelson has heard the whispers of criticism for his aggressive play and yesterday he audaciously answered the critics. "I won't ever change," Mickelson said with...
ROUGH WINDS TAKE THEIR CUTS ON TIGER
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amPLAYERS NOTES PONTE VEDRA BEACH - Tiger Woods walked off the course following his second round yesterday looking and sounding as if he'd just gone 12 with Tyson. He hardly...
YANKEES COUNT THEIR BLESSINGS
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amBlue Jays 7 - Yankees 5 TAMPA - Nobody had a better day yesterday than the Yankees. In the span of an hour they learned Andy Pettitte's left elbow is...
DAVIS - IGNORE THE POLLS
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amSOUTH NOTEBOOK LEXINGTON - To the uninformed pollsters who have left Big Ten regular-season champion Indiana off their ballots, IU coach Mike Davis just has one thing to say: Forget...
BUTLER BADLY WANTS TO GO FOURTH
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amEAST NOTES SYRACUSE - Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun can recite the list of former Husky stars off the top of his head: Clifford Robinson. Donyell Marshall. Scott Burrell. Ray Allen....
TRAGIC NUMBER
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amLet the countdown begin. The Knicks' tragic number for mathematical playoff elimination is seven following last night's action. Conceivably, they could be cooked before April arrives. According to the Elias...
OREGON DUCKS TEXAS UPSET
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amMIDWEST: Oregon 72 - Texas 70 MADISON - His career, not to mention this determined run to glory for his team, was teetering dangerously close to coming to a bitter...
RICE BURNS LINCOLN WITH TWO TICKS LEFT
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amSTATE PLAYOFFS GLENS FALLS - Shagari Alleyne was supposed to make the difference for Rice in its game against Lincoln last night in a state Federation tournament semifinal. But the...
HIT DOG BACK IN SWING WITH TOWERING BLAST
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amCardinals 5 - Mets 4 JUPITER - Mo Vaughn's determination to make a road trip changed a forgettable Grapefruit League game into something special. For the first time this year,...
HUSKIES WIN DOGFIGHT - OUST SCRAPPY SALUKIS TO ADVANCE TO ELITE 8
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amEAST: UConn 71 - Sou. Ill. 59 SYRACUSE - The 3-point shot has become the most feared weapon in college basketball, and Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun had reason to worry...
FRANCO NOT SURE WHEN HE'LL RETURN
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amMET NOTES JUPITER - Post reader John Franco couldn't believe who was on the back page yesterday. "I got headlines over Indiana [in early editions]," the Met captain said. While...
NETS, MARTIN BLAST BUCKS
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amNets 108 - Bucks 84 The four words the Nets have come to dread this season - other than "good seats still available" - ran together once again in the...
TERPS SAY: BEEN THERE, WON THAT
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amEAST NOTES SYRACUSE - Steve Blake has been there. So has Juan Dixon. So has Lonny Baxter. Maryland has seven players who went to the Final Four last season on...
TALIEK AT KEY POINT FOR UCONN
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amSYRACUSE - It was so easy in high school. Taliek Brown of Queens was stronger, quicker, flat-out better than almost any other guard he faced. He averaged 22.5 points and...
WALKER'S PITCHING FOR SPOT IN BULLPEN
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amJUPITER, Fla. - Pete Walker finally found his pitching identity. Now it's the Met bullpen that has the crisis. For the past month, Walker has done all that the Mets...
STARS WOULD TELL THE STORY - GOODEN, WILLIAMS KEYS TO JAYHAWK-ILLINI CLASH IN MIDWEST SHOWDOWN
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amMADISON - Sometimes lost in all the analysis and film study and mental gymnastics is a simple fact that helps decide so many games: Whose star plays better? That possible...
LOW USING GOOD FOUR-SIGHT
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amThe numbers fairly jumped off the page. In Thursday night's 5-2 victory in Ottawa, Ranger centers received between 11:16 and 17:21 of ice apiece. Four of them did. On the...
NETS, MARTIN GO NUCLEAR ON MILWAUKEE
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amNets 108 - Bucks 84 The four words the Nets have come to dread this season - other than "good seats still available" - ran together once again in the...
MACCULLOCH SET TO GIVE NETS BIG LIFT
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amTodd MacCulloch didn't have to wear a suit again last night. And for that he gave thanks. See, for nearly a month, the Nets center has been wearing a suit...
NETS LOOK BEYOND PLAYOFF CLINCHER
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amNET NOTES The magic number for the playoffs for the Nets last night was four - four Net wins, four Heat losses and the Nets would clinch a playoff spot....
JONES KEEPS DUCKS AFLOAT - FINGER-ROLL WITH 2.8 LEFT ELIMINATES LONGHORNS
March 23, 2002 | 5:00amMIDWEST: Oregon 72 - Texas 70 MADISON - His career, not to mention this determined run to glory for his team, was teetering dangerously close to coming to a bitter...