April 11, 2000

CMGI FILLS OUT OLD BLUE CROSS OFFICE TOWER

The owners of the former Blue Cross and Blue Shield building at 622 Third Ave. have finally leased the last of their space, The Post has learned. CMGI, a Nasdaq-100...

HERMES SITE ON THE BLOCK - MIDTOWN MECCA OF HIGH FASHION TO FETCH TOP DOLLAR

HERE'S a question sure to rattle media cages around town: Which upscale Hearst-owned title, blessed with a prominent market position and a high-fashion profile, is on the block?Kate White and...

EXPERT ADVICE: RIDE OUT THE STORM

As Nasdaq enters its second week of volatility, financial planners continue to tell their clients to stay put and ride out the craziness, because over the long-term, stocks remain a...

WACHNER'S IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT IN CALVIN SALE

CLEVER Linda Wachner. Warnaco's combative chairman and CEO let Calvin Klein think he had a real chance of selling his design empire to the buyer of his choice. She let...

MART TAPPED OUT BY SALES OF SHARES AT TAX TIME

Move over, January effect; the April effect is taking hold. There's a new market theory that suggests the Mondays in the weeks before taxes are due tend to have sell-offs,...

NASDAQ UNDER ATTACK - DROPS 258 IN 2ND-BIGGEST POINT LOSS

The Nas-dogs were howling yesterday as investors shoved technology companies into the doghouse. The bearish downturn snapped a three-day winning streak for the Nasdaq. The Nasdaq composite index -- where...

IT LOOKS LIKE US WEAKLY - SALES FALL FAR SHORT IN MAG'S DEBUT ISSUE

The early returns on Jann Wenner's $50 million bid to turn Us from a struggling monthly into a vibrant weekly indicate that it's off to a rocky start on newsstands....

MD SUES TIMES OVER 'PRIVACY VIOLATIONS'

A former medical official at the New York Times claims she was fired because she wouldn't give out confidential medical information about employees to their bosses. In a lawsuit filed...

FLEETBOSTON PUTS CHASE, CITI, HSBC IN CROSS HAIRS

FleetBoston Financial is planning to take on the giants of New York banking -- Chase and Citibank -- with a major expansion in the city. The Boston-based bank will open...

HDP'S STAYING IN FASHION - DROPS CALVIN, TRYING ON ABBOUD

Don't count HdP out of the fashion business yet. The Italian conglomerate, which owns the house of Valentino and Fila sportswear, is closing in on Joseph Abboud's business, sources tell...

HEARST, CONDE NAST FORM DISTRIBUTION LINKUP

Conde Nast is climbing into bed with Hearst in a new joint venture that will handle the newsstand distribution for the once-bitter archrivals. The new company will be called the...

B2B NOW MEANS BOOM TO BUST

B2B may already be going bust. The much hyped business-to-business market took a big knock yesterday when Safeguard Scientifics, an Internet holding company, announced it would not invest in any...

CONDE NAST, FAIRCHILD TO LAUNCH STYLE.COM

CondeNet announced yesterday the creation of Style.com, the first offspring of the union between magazine giants Conde Nast and Fairchild. The fashion portal, Style.com, will be launch in June with...

WATCH OUT FOR THIS KIND OF 'WEDGEE'

WEDGEE "I Knew Them When" Tidal Wave Records Despite having the most cringe-inducing name in rock, these Florida musicians have created some of the best music in independent rock. Their...

'TALK' IS ALL DOGS & KISSES :'THE PRODUCERS (OF 'TALK TO ME') CAN'T RISK WAITING OUT A SECOND SEASON SLUMP FOR THE OBLIGATORY LESBIAN KISS-SCENE, THEY GET TO IT IN THE SECOND EPISODE INSTEAD.'

"Talk To Me" Tonight at 9:30 p.m., WABC/Ch.7 1/2 WHICH show has the following elements? A successful big city radio talk show host A same-sex sibling A dog And an...

A COWARD TWO-FER IS ONE TOO MANY

NOEL COWARD'S SUITEIN TWO KEYSLucille Lortel Theatre, 121 Christopher St., between Hudson and Bleecker streets, (212) 239-6200. 'NOEL Coward's Suite in Two Keys" at the Lucille Lortel Theatre offers two...

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHEF SARA MOULTON AND EGGS?; (YOU CAN BEAT EGGS -- BUT YOU CAN'T BEAT THE FOOD NETWORK CUTIE'S CRAZY COOKING SCHEDULE)

SARA Moulton is the cooking world's answer to the Money Honey. And nowadays, Sara -- call her the Foodie Cutie -- may be on the air more than her Wall...

AUDIENCE COMES 2ND AT TRIBUTE TO ROSS

VH1DIVAS 2000 IT WAS a brainstorm three years ago when VH1 launched its now-annual Diva series. The idea was sweet and simple: Gather a gaggle of divas and let them...

THE STARR REPORT

Good enough to eat Troubled ex-"Superman" star Margot Kidder will resurface in a three-episode arc of "Peter Benchley's Amazon" which kicks off Saturday, April 22 (6 p.m. on Ch.9). In...

GET SET FOR SOME REAL LIPS SERVICE

Playlist is New York Pulse'snew, subjective, highly selectiveguide to what's playing in NewYork City. Most of it will have todo with music, but other itemswill be thrown in from time...

YAHOO! THE WHO! - LEGENDARY ROCKERS JOIN WEB-GENERATION

VETERAN rockers The Who are talkin' about a new generation -- the dot-commers. The legendary group, which disbanded in 1983, announced yesterday yet another reunion tour , but this time...

AD A BLACK EYE FOR CH. 2

CRITICS have slammed Ch.2 for accepting at least $300,000 to run an eye-surgery ad on its Web site -- and then airing a same-day news story featuring the ad's doctor...

IN-LINE WITH THE PAST - SKATING THROUGH AMISH COUNTRY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

LIKE many former exercisers, I was once a skater -- one of those gung-ho New Yorkers who stepped into a pair of Rollerblades one day and instantly had visions of...

TASTE OF SAN JUAN - A RESTAURANT SAMPLER THAT WILL ENTICE VISITORS TO VENTURE BEYOND THEIR HOTEL

THERE'S a lot more to San Juan than a pool and a beach. You've heard that before -- yet, lots of folks arrive in the Puerto Rican capital for a...

TRAVELER'S UPDATE

Print matters Whether you're looking to gather information on a specific location, or just trolling for vacation ideas, check out the new Web site www.desteo.com. You'll get access to more...

FORGET CLINTON FATIGUE: NOW IT'S GIULIANI ENNUI

AT a most atypical Saturday-night party on the Upper West Side this past weekend -- atypical because it was populated by ideological conservatives, a breed as rare in the neighborhood...

PERU PREZ'S FOES RIOT OVER ELECTION RESULTS

Peru's president, Alberto Fujimori, braced for new protests today as election results indicated he may avoid a runoff against a dark-horse populist in his bid for an unprecedented third term....

PROFILE IN COURAGE FROM ABORT WARS

IT DIDN'T start with Roe vs. Wade. It began with a mild Democratic assemblyman from upstate New York who threw away his political career for a principle. Thirty years ago...

HEVESI VS. HIZZONER: BEHIND THE BASHING - HARSH WORDS DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN TWO ONE-TIME PALS

IT WAS a warm and beautiful midsummer's day in City Hall Park, but Comptroller Alan Hevesi looked distinctly uncomfortable. Hevesi, one of the city's highest-ranking Democrats, had just endorsed Ruth...

YANK FANS PRAY FOR MEL - AILING COACH IS CALLED 'TRUE BLUE'

The Yankee faithful offered prayers for cancer-stricken pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre as they gathered at the Stadium yesterday, even as the home opener was postponed until tomorrow because of bad...

HIZZONER'S BUDDY MCCAIN SEES HILL AS SENATE 'STAR'

Sen. John McCain -- a staunch supporter of Rudy Giuliani -- yesterday stuck his foot in his mouth by saying Hillary Rodham Clinton would be a "star" in the Senate...

COL.'S DOPEY WIFE: ARMY KNEW I WAS A DRUG FIEND

The heroin-smuggling wife of a narcotics-fighting U.S. Army colonel says the military never should have let her move to drug-drenched Colombia, The Post has learned. In seeking a lighter sentence,...

CITY BIDS TO ENFORCE LIVERY-CAR SECURITY

Taxi inspectors will fan out across the city next month in a crackdown on livery-cab owners who haven't installed mandatory partitions or security cameras, The Post has learned. "I don't...

SUICIDE -- OR MURDER? - PALS TROUBLED BY MYSTERY OF LINDA'S EX

DETECTIVES investigating the death of Linda McCartney's first husband are looking for evidence that he may have been murdered. Joseph Melville See Jr., 62 -- the inspiration for "Jo Jo"...

ROCKER ROOTERS FIND THE 7 IS HEAVEN

New Yorkers have obviously forgiven John Rocker. That's what two Atlanta Brave fans -- one wearing a Rocker uniform -- found out yesterday as they rode from Times Square to...

PORN TEMPTRESS WAS ROOT OF ALL EVIL IN STOX SCAM: PROSECUTION

A missing porn star "is the motive" for a sex-fueled insider-trading scheme she pulled off with a disgraced Wall Street exec and a New Jersey businessman, prosecutors said yesterday. Kathryn...

KIN 'RAIDED' JONBENET'S HOME AFTER SLAY: BOOK

Patsy Ramsey's sister removed piles of belongings from the family home two days after little JonBenet was murdered, a detective who worked on the case charges in a new book....

CITY LIABLE IN COP-VS.-COP SHOOTING AT SUBWAY STATION

The city is responsible for the 1994 "friendly fire" shooting of a black undercover cop by a white officer, a judge has found. In a ruling made public yesterday, Manhattan...

LET'S NOT FORGET THE HORRORS OF COMMUNISM

IF THE U.S. government launches an assault on Lazaro Gonzalez's house, it's unlikely to be like Janet Reno's blitzkrieg against the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. But it's still going...

HILLARY HEDGES HER BETS ON CASINOS

ALBANY -- Hillary Clinton, who once fought against casinos in Arkansas, yesterday backed a planned Indian-run casino for the Catskills. "Hillary believes that the development of a casino at the...

'BABY MUG' MOM SUING CITY FOR SUBWAY ORDEAL

The latest victim of a Queens serial mugger who preys on women with babies said yesterday she's suing the city because the subway station where she was held at gunpoint...

SCHOOLKIDS BRACE FOR NEW ROUND OF EXAMS

Fear of flunking hits the classroom tomorrow as 300,000 anxious public-school students try to pass reading tests -- a new requirement to move on to the next grade. And their...

MONTEL'S WIFE DUMPS HIS DUDS

TV talk man Montel Williams' wife chucked his clothes out of their Connecticut home yesterday -- her 36th birthday -- after seeing pictures of him and a curvy Swedish model,...

'DINNER' A WINNER OF PULITZER PRIZE

"Dinner With Friends," Donald Margulies' funny and compassionate hit play about marriage and divorce, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama yesterday. "This is quite momentous and quite thrilling," Margulies told...

NOW IT'S MADONNA (AND PAL) WITH CHILD

When the pregnant Madonna and copycat conceiver Ingrid Casares left the singer's Central Park West pad together over the weekend, mums was the word. But the pregnant pair was spotted...

RUDY COOL AS LEVY MULLS BID TO GET RID OF 'INTERIM'

The Board of Education expects Interim Schools Chancellor Harold Levy to say tomorrow whether he wants to become the full-time chancellor -- and Mayor Giuliani did not immediately reject the...

BENING HAS LITTLE BEATTY BABY

Hollywood couple Annette Bening and Warren Beatty have another daughter, the sultry brunette star's spokeswoman said last night. The baby is the fourth child for the 41-year-old, Oscar-winning actress and...

VITAMINS CAN MAKE YOU SICK

People who scarf down megadoses of vitamins C and E, selenium and beta carotene aren't helping ward off disease -- and may actually be harming themselves, the government said yesterday....

S.F. EARMARKS $6M FOR PARK AT HEART OF JOE D FEUD

San Francisco officials said yesterday they want to pump up to $5.8 million into a playground that would bear Joe DiMaggio's name. Fueling an already ugly war of words between...

JENNY CRAIG SHEDS MONICA FROM NEW DIET COMMERCIALS

Weight-loss company Jenny Craig has trimmed a heavyweight from its new ad campaign -- Monica Lewinsky. The once-chubby Sexgate siren, who weighed in as Jenny Craig's slimming spokeswoman in December,...

HILL FACES BAR-ROOM BRAWL IN ARKANSAS

WASHINGTON -- A conservative legal group is prodding the Arkansas Bar to yank Hillary Rodham Clinton's law license -- at a time when the same panel is mulling whether to...

ELIAN KIN WANT TO MEET DAD - FAMILY IS SEEKING RENO AID

One of Elian Gonzalez's Miami uncles is set to meet today with Attorney General Janet Reno -- in an 11th-hour appeal for a sit-down between the feuding family factions. The...

PROBER MULLS CHARGING BILL WHEN HE'S NO LONGER PREZ

President Clinton's lies about sex with Monica Lewinsky are "an open matter" that may get him indicted after he leaves office, Whitewater independent counsel Robert W. Ray said yesterday. Ray's...

M*A*S*H'S MAJ. BURNS DIES

Actor Larry Linville, best known for his role as the neurotic Maj. Frank Burns in the classic TV show "M*A*S*H," died in Manhattan yesterday of complications of pneumonia, said his...

3 BOYS CHARGED IN HARLEM SCHOOL SEX ATTACK

Three boys were charged yesterday with sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl at a Harlem elementary school, police said. Two of the suspects, one 11 years old and the other 10...

HILLARY FACES ARKANSAS BAR-ROOM BRAWL

WASHINGTON - A conservative legal group is prodding the Arkansas Bar to yank Hillary Clinton's law license - at a time when the same panel is mulling whether to disbar...

MARINE DEATH PLANE GROUNDED

The Pentagon grounded its Osprey aircraft yesterday as parents of Marines who died in a crash of the new aircraft complained that their sons were used in a dangerous experiment....

LONE GENE MAY BE KEY TO AGING

Scientists have discovered a single human gene that acts like a switch to kick-start the aging process - and all the ills that go with it, researchers say. The discovery...

HEDGING HER BETS? FLIP-FLOPPING HILL BACKS N.Y. CASINO

ALBANY - Hillary Clinton, who once fought against casinos in Arkansas, yesterday backed a planned Indian-run casino for the Catskills. "Hillary believes that the development of a casino at the...

$100M 'PHANTOM' A MENACE TO ITS VIDEO RIVALS

It's enough to make Darth Vader crack a smile. The long-awaited video release of "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" blew away "The Sixth Sense" this week - rolling up two-day...

FEDS SEEK ELIAN REUNION SITE: SHRINKS MEET WITH 6-YEAR-OLD

The feds last night were looking for a neutral site to reunite Elian Gonzalez and his father this week - after the boy's Miami relatives met with government shrinks about...

KIDS SAFER ON STREETS THAN SCHOOLS: POLL

A year after the shooting tragedy at Columbine HS, millions of Americans have lost their confidence in school safety - believing kids are safer on the street than in class,...

CITY LIABLE IN 'FRIENDLY FIRE' 1994 COP SHOOT

The city is responsible for the 1994 "friendly fire" shooting of a black undercover cop by a white officer, a judge has found. In a ruling made public yesterday, Manhattan...

HIZZONER'S PAL MCCAIN SEES HILL AS 'STAR' IN THE SENATE

Sen. John McCain - a staunch supporter of Rudy Giuliani - yesterday stuck his foot in his mouth by saying Hillary Rodham Clinton would be a "star" in the Senate...

DOUBT CLOUDS TODAY'S BILL-BARAK MEETING

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak arrives in Washington today for a marathon series of talks with U.S. officials amid doubts that any breakthrough is imminent on two Mideast...

SLUMPING CLAUDE: I'LL PAY OFF IN PLAYOFFS

There is defiance in his voice, not a trace of being humbled by his brutal slump. It has only set the stage for hockey's money player, the one with his...

GIANTS EYE CITIZEN SHAUN

He tried to recruit both of them. He traveled to Big Stone Gap, Va., to get Thomas Jones and headed to Florence, Ky., to land Shaun Alexander. Only one of...

SAY AMEN! OUR MAN GETS RARE AUGUSTA ENCORE

AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB (10th Tee, 8:45 a.m. Monday,. April 10, 2000) -- I have snuck my way onto Augusta National. I cannot tell you how, because I must protect...

VIJAY: CHAMP, BUT NOT PEOPLE'S CHOICE

AUGUSTA -- We meant no offense. Vijay Singh is a gentleman. Always smiling. Always polite, unlike some players on the PGA Tour. But there were precious few in the Augusta...

RANGERS GET WHAT THEY OVERPAY FOR

THAT THE RANGERS actually got together for an informal team function following yesterday's physicals and formalities at Rye is beyond me. I'd have thought that since pretending to be a...

TRIP DIDN'T CALM YANK FEARS

THE WORD that was most commonly associated with the Yankees this spring was "vulnerable" and the first road trip this season did not dispel that concept of susceptibility. There were...

TODAY'S TIX GOOD FOR OPENER

Mother Nature obviously doesn't get caught up in the Yankees' home opener. With the weather reports calling for steady rain and cold temperatures today, the Yankees smartly postponed their opener...

GEORGE: MEL HAS 'HEART OF A LION'

YANKEE NOTES Since Mel Stottlemyre was expected to return to his duties tomorrow night after missing today's postponed home opener to begin chemotherapy treatments, there is a good chance the...

BOSS KEEPING EVEN KEEL ; LIGHT ON CRITICISM OF 3-3 START

Concerned enough in the middle of spring training to call late-night sit downs with his Inner Circle to discuss perceived problem spots, George Steinbrenner watched the Yankees' first six regular-season...

WANG SET TO BUY ISLES

Computer Associates CEO Charles Wang will announce either Thursday or Friday that he has purchased the Islanders, The Post learned last night. The announcement will be made at a press...

PIAZZA OK AFTER MONSTER CRASH AT PLATE

MET NOTES PHILADELPHIA -- The collision was gigantic. The Phillies' Kevin Sefcik used the 90 feet running down the third-base line to turn into Ronnie Lott eyeing a receiver over...

INDY: WE WUZ ROBBED!

Indiana coach Larry Bird showed up at the Garden yesterday angry that his team hadn't competed hard in Sunday's loss at Charlotte. But that paled in comparison with the anger...

CLUELESS BOBBY JONES: MET RIGHTY BAFFLED AFTER PHILLY HORROR SHOW

Phillies 9 Mets 7 PHILADELPHIA -- Fresno Bobby Jones knew some things after the Mets' 9-7 loss last night in the Phillies' home opener. He knew he blew an opportunity...

EWING & SPREE GIVE KNICKS FINAL ANSWER

THERE WAS a made-for-miracles atmosphere to the Garden last night, and not just because one Father Tim Hirten barely missed a million-dollar shot at halftime from the opposite free throw...

REPORT: KEYSHAWN AGENT TALKS TO BUCS ABOUT DEAL

Keyshawn Johnson and the Jets appear set to say goodbye. One report last night said that Keyshawn's agent, Jerome Stanley, was negotiating with the Tampa Bay Bucs in an effort...

PLAYING NUNNALLY SHOULD BE A HABIT

PHILADELPHIA -- Darryl Hamilton's MRI was negative, but so have been the vibes coming out of the Mets' center-field position. He is 35 years old and has a foot considerably...

PAT HAND PAYS OFF: EWING GETS AWAY WITH GOALTENDING, HITS GAME-WINNER

Knicks 83 Pacers 81 Patrick Ewing got away with one when the officials missed his redirection of a Larry Johnson 3-pointer with 21.7 seconds left -- a play that should...

VG: WE GOT WHAT WE DESERVED IN MIAMI

On the day after, Jeff Van Gundy wasn't talking about "miracles" or "prayers" or "Hail Marys." The Knick coach was talking about accountability. Van Gundy said the Knicks got their...

VAN GUNDY: WE GOT WHAT WE DESERVED IN MIAMI

On the day after, Jeff Van Gundy wasn't talking about "miracles" or "prayers" or "Hail Marys." Van Gundy was talking about accountability. The Knicks coach said his team got what...

FIRST TRIP DIDN'T CALM ALL FEARS ABOUT BOMBERS

THE WORD that was most commonly associated with the Yankees this spring was "vulnerable" and the first road trip this season did not dispel that concept of susceptibility. There were...

SPREWELL BECOMING THE INVISIBLE KNICK

KNICK NOTES Latrell Sprewell sure has been hiding his face the last 24 hours. Spree bolted the visitor's locker room at American Airlines Arena for the team bus Sunday night...

RELAX, KNICK FANS: JEFF'S CREW WILL HAVE 'FINAL' WORD

THE Heat is basking in its one-point, overtime victory over the Knicks Sunday in Miami. The Pacers are thrilled with their best record in the Eastern Conference, which will give...

GIVE THE KIDS A CHANCE

PHILADELPHIA - Darryl Hamilton's MRI's might be negative, but so still are vibes coming out of the Mets' center-field position. He is 35 years old with a foot hotter than...

LEITER: I'LL START VS. BUCS ON FRIDAY

MET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - Al Leiter, who missed his last start with a strained groin, threw 35 practice pitches yesterday, reported "no problem," and pronounced himself set to pitch Friday...

ZEILE DOESN'T NEED A MAP: RETURNS TO VET AS MET

PHILADELPHIA - As Todd Zeile drove here with Robin Ventura for last night's game, Zeile spoke about Philadelphia and where he used to park and go around Veterans Stadium back...