March 28, 2002
CRUZ LANDING CHELSEA CONDO
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amNO more Manhattan hotel rooms for Penelope Cruz. Now she's getting her own pad in the Big Apple. According to well-placed sources, the ravishing Spanish-born actress and main squeeze of...
GAMBLING ON ANDERSEN - VOLCKER MEETING WITH PARTNERS AS N.J. CASINOS BAIL
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amTick, tock, tick, tock. Arthur Andersen continued its desperate race against the clock yesterday, as the firm's partners agreed to meet with Paul Volcker on his rescue plan. But the...
VALENTINO ACQUIRED BY RIVAL FOR $210M
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amFinally, Valentino's suitor has made it to the altar. After trying to sell it for a year, Holding di Partecipazioni Industriali SpA (HdP) has finally found a buyer for fashion...
LIPPER PULLS PLUG - LIQUIDATES CONVERTIBLE FUND AFTER 45% LOSS
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amKenneth Lipper, the Hollywood bigwig and hedge fund manager, told clients yesterday that he will liquidate his faltering Lipper Convertibles fund after big losses in the last 15 months, The...
ICAHN'S BIG BEEF - MORTON'S SOLD TO INSIDERS, INVESTOR AFTER SNUB
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amMorton's Steak House chain, the red meat Mecca favored by presidents, movie stars and free-spending titans, is being sold. The 61 restaurants, known for their paneled men's club trappings and...
BILLIONAIRE SAUDI PRINCE IN HOTEL BIZ WITH KHADAFY
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amSaudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal plans to build swank hotels in Libya with the country's strongman dictator Moammar Khadafy. Alwaleed, who's also the largest single shareholder of Citigroup, signed...
FIRMING UP SUPPORT - ANDERSEN'S BAILOUT RECEIVES NEEDED APPROVAL FROM FIRM'S KEY PARTNER
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amTick, tock, tick, tock. Arthur Andersen continued its desperate race against the clock yesterday, as the firm's partners agreed to meet with Paul Volcker on his rescue plan. But the...
THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO - DESIGNER LARRY LEIGHT HAS CREATED SPECTACULAR SUNGLASSES INSPIRED BY THE NEW FORD THUNDERBIRD
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amLarry Leight, head designer and the driving creative force behind the California-based Oliver Peoples eyeglass design company, was one of the A-list designers recently asked by Ford to create designs...
MIDNIGHT OIL IS STILL SMOKING
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amMIDNIGHT OIL IN a musical attack ferocious enough to scrub Satan's soul clean, Australia's mighty Midnight Oil sweetened its political lyrics with driving guitar-powered old-school rock 'n' roll at Irving...
BILL O'REILLY SPECIAL REVEALS THE MONSTERS AMONG US WHO WANT KIDS TO WATCH... SICK ACTS
March 28, 2002 | 5:00am"An 'O'Reilly Factor' Special: The Corruption of the American Child" [ ] Tonight at 9 on Ch. 5 --------- IF Bill O'Reilly's goal was to make some purveyors of shock...
ELLIE GETS REPRIEVE
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amNBC decided last night to extend Julia Louis-Dreyfus' series, "Watching Ellie" by two additional episodes - April 9 and April 16. It was to have aired next week for the...
GOOD MORNING AHH ... PROTESTERS CRASH STUDIO
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amANIMAL rights protesters crashed "Good Morning America" yesterday and interrupted two live interviews by shouting slurs about wildlife handler Jack Hanna, a frequent guest. "Jack Hanna is a wildlife pimp!"...
'BAND' GOES BACK INTO BATTLE
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amHBO is striking up "Band of Brothers" again. The critically acclaimed 10-part World War II miniseries produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg that debuted last fall will re-air starting...
THE FUNNIEST MAN IN A DRESS - BERLE WAS TRULY THE KING OF COMEDY
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amHE had the biggest cigar I ever saw. My one and only gander at Milton Berle's cigar was at the Friar's Club on 55th Street in 1988, at an event...
ELLIE BOUNCES OFF THE BOTTOM
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amTHE ratings for "Watching Ellie" finally leveled off Tuesday night. Since its impressive debut five weeks, the ratings had been tailspinning downward - fueling speculation that the "Seinfeld" curse was...
FIGHT IS RHINO-MIGHT
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amTHE star of a Canadian kids' show called "Ricky's Room" is set to lock horns with Smoochy, the lovable rhino of the twisted black comedy "Smoochy Must Die," opening tomorrow....
'ENOUGH, JASON!' - 'GRADUATE' STARS TURNER & BIGGS GET OUT OF BED
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amSHE'S 47, he's 23. Put Kathleen Turner and Jason Biggs together as lusty Mrs. Robinson and her boy-toy Ben and they make box-office magic. Their show "The Graduate," opening April...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amA cat named Lucky saved a 7-year-old Michigan girl from being raped by pouncing on her attacker. Police said Wulfrido Lopez, 36, snatched his victim, who was holding Lucky, from...
1984 SLAY SUSPECT FIGHTING EXTRADITION
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - The man accused of molesting and murdering an Asian girl in Massapequa 18 years ago said yesterday he'll fight extradition - and remain in a Los Angeles...
'THEY RISE UP ...' - THE PASSOVER ATTACKS HAVE THE SAME GOAL AS THE SAUDI 'PEACE' PLAN
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amTHE blood flowed in the land of Israel yesterday - in the midst of the same religious ceremony Jesus Christ was celebrating as he took his Last Supper 1,969 years...
OLYMPIAN'S BRACELET TRIBUTE
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amU.S. silver-medal bobsledder Todd Hayes wore an engraved bracelet in honor of fallen WTC firefighter Robert Wallace during his recent Salt Lake City run - and said it gave him...
LOOK JUST LIKE A STAR - OSCAR-KNOCKOFF DRESSES FOR A MERE $250 TO $300
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amYou don't have to have Julia Roberts' wardrobe budget to afford a dress like the one she wore to the Oscars. A mere $250 will get you Roberts' black jersey...
BLOOMY'S BERMUDA SHORTS OK: POLL
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amNew Yorkers don't care where Mayor Bloomberg goes on weekends - but if they had a chance to tag along, Bermuda is where most would want to visit. Thirty-six percent...
TAX FOES GIVE HILL WORST RATING EVER
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton scored an "F" in her first year in Congress by voting for more new government spending than any of her 99 colleagues, an anti-tax...
PELOSI: NEWFOUND MYSTERY NOTE COULD BE CLUE TO AMMON DEATH
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amGenerosa Ammon's new husband, Danny Pelosi, insists that a document allegedly written by murdered millionaire Ted Ammon proves he was hiding up to $300 million in assets - and he...
W. HITS CAMPAIGN TRAIL - ALL-OUT BID FOR GOP TO REGAIN SENATE
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amPRESIDENT BUSH is now campaigner-in-chief as well as commander-in-chief, trying to win Republican control of the U.S. Senate in the same dogged, focused way he ran his presidential campaign. "I'm...
ENRON GIRLS GET WHAT MARKET BARE$
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amFemale Enron employees who pose for Playboy will be paid on a sliding scale - depending on how naked they get, The Post has learned. The more skin they show,...
REPORT CARDS SHOW HUGE RACIAL DIVIDE AMONG KIDS
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amThe city's black and Hispanic students are performing at anemic levels, lagging well behind their white and Asian counterparts, the latest state figures show. It's the first time the state's...
WHAT'S SHOCKING IS THAT WE EXPECT THIS KIND OF HORROR
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amTHE most frightening thing about yesterday's hotel massacre in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya is that it came as no surprise to anyone. That Palestinian terrorists would seize the...
'SUDDENLY, IT WAS HELL' - & 20 AT THE SEDER WERE DEAD
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amNETANYA, Israel - Israel's military chiefs huddled last night to weigh retaliation for the suicide bombing that killed at least 20 people yesterday in what is being called "the Passover...
ARCHDIOCESE WILL CLOSE HS IN BRONX
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amThe Archdiocese of New York announced yesterday it is shutting down 45-year-old St. Helena's Commercial HS in The Bronx because of declining enrollment and rising red ink. Teachers said Helena,...
SHHH! PREZ INKS FINANCE LAW
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday quietly signed a landmark law to restrict campaign cash and insisted he's not "really unhappy" with the measure - which immediately triggered an NRA lawsuit....
'STRIP SEARCH' COP, ACCUSER FACE RAPS
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amA Long Island cop accused of forcing a woman to strip during a traffic stop last year will be arraigned on federal civil-rights charges today - just days after his...
'KILLING HAS TO STOP' - BUSH PRESSURES ARAFAT AGAIN TO MUZZLE ATTACKS
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush condemned the Palestinian suicide bombing that blew up U.S. peace hopes yesterday, saying the "callous" and "coldblooded killing" must stop. "My heart breaks for those innocent...
MANHATTAN, QNS. TOP LITERACY LIST
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amElementary schools in affluent neighborhoods in Manhattan and Queens led the city in acing reading tests last year - capturing five of the 10 performance slots, according to new school...
GRATEFUL CITY HAILS 1,358 MORE FINEST
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amThe NYPD graduated its most diverse class ever yesterday - including a third-generation officer, the daughter of a Massachusetts cop, and a former schoolteacher from Miami. Of the 1,358 cops...
CITY MAY $OCK SUBURBS - MIKE MULLS HIGHER TOLLS FOR COMMUTERS
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday said he's weighing the idea of a tiered toll system for the city's bridges, with suburban motorists paying more than those who live in the five boroughs....
COPS RIP SCAM SUSPECT - FACES RAP FOR 268G RED CROSS CON
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amDaniel Djoro's first flight to New York, five months ago, was hosted by the Red Cross, which swallowed his sob story of losing a "brother" on Sept. 11. But his...
'OSAMA' E-MAIL HAILS 'BATTLE OF NEW YORK'
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Osama bin Laden may have re-emerged after months in hiding yesterday, sending an e-mail message to a newspaper praising the Palestinian suicide bombers and denouncing Saudi Arabia's Middle...
COPS EYE SON IN FAMILY KILLINGS
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amPolice are trying to figure out if a 34-year-old Queens man fatally shot his elderly father and brother yesterday during a dispute in their home - and then made it...
$AVE MORE THAN WATER
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amHomeowners will soon have another incentive for conserving water during the drought: saving cash. The New York City Water Board yesterday proposed a 6.5 percent rate hike, the largest since...
LOSER LOVER JAILED FOR HACKING PAY FILES
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amA lovelorn computer hacker was hit with an 18-month jail sentence for breaking into his ex-firm's top-secret salary files and giving the woman who rejected him a $140,000 upgrade in...
MILTIE, DUDLEY DEAD - WORLD LOSES TWO OF ITS FAVORITE FUNNYMEN
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amIt was the day the laughter died. Two men who joked their way into America's hearts - "Mr. Television," Milton Berle, and Hollywood's most unlikely sex symbol, Dudley Moore -...
TUNNEL REMAINS E-Z-DOES-IT ONLY
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amThe Holland Tunnel remains in restricted use to drivers while New Jersey firefighters continue to stamp out a persistent blaze - but there's a possibility it will be fully reopened...
DIMINUTIVE ENTERTAINER, 66, WAGED VALIANT FIGHT AGAINST BRAIN DISEASE
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amOne of Hollywood's most unlikely sex symbols - 5-foot-2, middle-aged and touting no Tinseltown good looks - lovable Brit Dudley Moore died yesterday in New Jersey. Moore, 66, died of...
AN UNLIKELY STAR WHO SCORED A 10 IN CHARM
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amA MUSICAL genius who became an unlikely movie star in middle age, Dudley Moore gained immortality as the tipsy but childlike millionaire in his most enduring film, "Arthur." In that...
THAT'S ONE FOR RESPECT - NETS END ROAD WOES VS. SIXERS
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - There was so much on the line last night for the Nets. They wanted to regain something resembling competitiveness on the road. They wanted to erase the wretched...
IT'S GLOOM AND DOOM AT GARDEN
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amWhat a difference 19 weeks make. For it was just that long ago that the Flyers came into the Garden for the first time this season. On that night, the...
JERSEY'S JORDAN COULD BE IN DEMAND
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amNET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - Nets assistant coach Eddie Jordan figures to be on the hot list this off-season. Depending upon what jobs are open and where, Jordan should be one...
SUNDAY BREAK WOOD BOUND
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amKentucky Derby hopeful Sunday Break ran his way into the April 13 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct with an erratic but impressive victory in yesterday's sixth race here, an allowance at...
GAME COULD BE DAJUAN'S MSG TRYOUT
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amThe NIT Final, also known as the Dajuan Wagner Knick tryout, continues tonight when GM Scott Layden is expected to examine the point guard's abilities while Memphis takes on South...
SUDDEN SCARE FOR JETS, VINNY
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amVinny Testaverde unexpectedly underwent surgery on Tuesday to remove a benign tumor in his right foot. The surgery, performed by Dr. John H. Healey, the chief of orthopedic services at...
FONZ IN HIS PRIME (AGAIN)
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - On a muggy afternoon of bad baseball packed with butter-fingered fielding, Edgardo Alfonzo supplied more nostalgic moments yesterday for the final Thomas J. White Stadium audience...
E-GADS! - VALENTINE MIFFED AT AMAZIN'S POOR PLAY
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amCardinals 7 - Mets 2 PORT ST. LUCIE - Bobby Valentine made his point yesterday morning, but his team didn't catch on. With four errors Tuesday night, the Mets kicked...
UMP GETS BOBBY ALL WOUND UP
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - Umpire Joe West and Bobby Valentine have had a running dialogue lately, and the Mets skipper doesn't like the direction the talk is taking....
KVASHA TURNS THE JEERS TO CHEERS, FOR ONE NIGHT
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amWhen asked about his season, Oleg Kvasha shrugged and said that it had been "up and down." He thought for a minute and seemed to come to a realization. "I...
DUQUE OF DOUBT - AILIN' ELBOW PUTS BOMBERS IN 'TIGHT' SPOT
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amTAMPA - Something is going on inside Orlando Hernandez' right arm. Brian Cashman said Hernandez described it as a tired shoulder. Joe Torre said El Duque pointed to a spot...
WTC HOOP TOURNEY SET
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amWhat started as an idea to keep the memory of three friends that were lost in the WTC attacks alive has turned into a slam dunk of a charity program....
RONDELL'S STILL HOPING TO DODGE DL
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - It may be nothing more than false hope, but Rondell White continues to believe he has a chance to be with the Yankees when they leave...
ABSENCE OF MATHIS HURTS METROS
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amCrew 1 - Metros 0 No Clint Mathis, no victory for the MetroStars last night. While Mathis, the MetroStars' best player and arguably the best player in America, was scoring...
A WINTER BLUNDERLAND - YANKS' OFFSEASON MOVES NOT LOOKING SO HOT NOW
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amTAMPA - A bad sign for the Yankees has been the bad signs. As the majors' financial heavyweight, the Yanks were destined to land Jason Giambi in free agency as...
IU GUNS FOR UPSET ON GRAND SCALE
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amATLANTA - The men with guns and wires dangling from their ears were there for the president. But the welcome signs, banners and cheers were for the Indiana Hoosiers, the...
POSTELL WALKS THE WALK - BACKS UP 'STAR' PROCLAMATION VS. PISTONS
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amKnicks 89 - Pistons 82 AUBURN HILLS - The same teammates who ribbed Lavor Postell all afternoon were high-fiving him in euphoria late in the fourth quarter of last night's...
SPREWELL: WE COULDA WON IT ALL
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES AUBURN HILLS - Latrell Sprewell still believes if the Knicks could have somehow snuck into the playoffs as the eighth seed, they'd have as good a chance as...
TERRAPINS' BAXTER: 'WE'RE READY TO WIN' - MARYLAND STAR TALKING TOUGH
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amATLANTA - The Terps are breaking protocol, which at this time of the year is better than breaking curfew. Maryland arrived at the Atlanta Hilton Airport last night after all...
ISLES SNAP, CRACKLE AND POP
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amSenators 4 - Islanders 1 For all the success the Islanders have had this season, they still have at least two weaknesses that have traditionally plagued them. Last night, they...
DEVILS RIDE ROUSING RALLY TO VICTORY
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amDevils 4 - Penguins 3 PITTSBURGH - Offense when needed. Goals on demand. What a concept, especially for the Devils. Last night's 16 minutes of final fury rekindled their hopes...
SPREWELL WANTED KNICKS TO PARTY LIKE IT WAS 1999
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amAUBURN HILLS - Latrell Sprewell still believes if the Knicks could have somehow snuck into the playoffs as the eighth seed, they'd have as good a chance as any team...
CHANEY: POSTELL'S GAME NEEDS FINE-TUNING
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES AUBURN HILLS - Don Chaney admitted to "concern" about Lavor Postell's bold proclamation he's a budding All-Star who just needs playing time. With Allan Houston probably out until...
MAC WARY OF SIXERS
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - When Allen Iverson drove this way and a bone in his left hand went that way last week, the cynics forecast certain disaster for the 76ers. No Iverson?...
SCOTT: WE MUST EARN THE RESPECT OF PHILLY
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amNET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - There was so much on the line last night for the Nets here. The Nets were trying to regain something resembling competitiveness on the road. They...
SHEFF STANDS BEHIND STRAW
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amKISSIMMEE, Fla. - In slugger Gary Sheffield the Braves have landed a fearsome force, a bat equal to Mike Piazza, but there is another side of Sheffield most fans don't...
DEVILS MAY SPLIT ELIAS, SYKORA
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH - The scouting report from the pros is that Joe Nieuwendyk and Jamie Langenbrunner both play better when they play together. If Kevin Constantine comes to that same conclusion,...
RANGERS BATTLING THE CLOCK
March 28, 2002 | 5:00amWhile the rest of the world looks at reality, the Rangers choose to look at the standings: three points out of the playoffs with eight games to go. "It does...