February 8, 2001
FASHIONMALL TO ENTER JOINT VENTURE
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amFashionmall.com and GenesisIntermedia are putting off merger talks, but now plan to enter into a joint venture of sorts. The two companies said in a joint announcement that Fashionmall.com has...
NEWS CORP. EARNINGS UP 7.1 %
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amNews Corporation said yesterday its second-quarter operating earnings rose 7.1 percent, beating Wall Street estimates, on the strength of films such as "X-Men" and cable networks including the Fox News...
VERIZON SAYS EQUIVALENT OF 10,000 JOBS WILL DISAPPEAR
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amCost-cutting spread yesterday to local phone giant Verizon, which will eliminate the equivalent of 10,000 jobs this year. Verizon, the nation's largest local phone company, with 200,000 employees, said it...
MENSWEAR A NO-SHOW - DESIGNERS CHOOSE INFORMAL 'PRESENTATIONS' OVER CATWALKS
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amMenswear designers are stepping off the runway. Instead, many designers are choosing to show their fashions in presentations at which editors and buyers can touch and see the clothing up...
GUCCI GETS MAJORITY CONTROL OF BOTTEGA VENETA
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amGucci got it. Domenico De Sole's Gucci Group N.V. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire control of Italian luxury leather goods company Bottega Veneta. The talks were first reported...
STAMPEDE FROM CISCO - BELLWETHER'S TROUBLES CAUSE FLIGHT FROM TECHS
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amCisco System's disappointing earnings pulled down stocks around the world yesterday, as it provided one more piece of evidence that even the most solid of tech companies remains shaky. The...
B&N.COM UNPLUGS 350 WORKERS AFTER LOSS
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amBarnes & Noble's online store announced it would fire 350 workers yesterday on news that its fourth-quarter loss had widened. Sixteen percent of Barnesandnoble.com's staff will get the boot because...
TW'S BIG CABLE BILL - WILL PAY TO SETTLE ANTITRUST SUIT WITH SMALLER RIVAL
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amTime Warner agreed yesterday to settle a $1 billion civil lawsuit brought by a small cable company that charged the corporate giant with a range of antitrust violations, The Post...
SUSPENDED ANIMATION - ICEBOX CARTOON SITE PUT IN DEEP FREEZE
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amBeing cool is not enough. Nor, apparently, is edgy. Online animation site Icebox said yesterday it will pull the plug Friday due to lack of funds. The company, which produces...
ACURA'S NEW PERFORMANCE SPORTS SEDAN
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amALTHOUGH Honda makes some of the best-selling models in the world, its luxury nameplate, Acura, is nowhere near as popular. Say the words "luxury import" to most people and they...
CONJURING UP A HARLEM OF YORE
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amTHE CONJURE MAN DIESAt the Henry Street Settlement, 466 Grand St. Through Feb. 11. Call (212) 353-1176 or Ticket Central, (212)279-4200. --------- ONE of the lost lights of the Harlem...
CRITICS HOPE TO MAKE EMINEM EAT HIS WORDS
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amEMINEM'S flair for sparking outrage has crossed the pond, where he kicks off a sold-out British tour today.Gay rights activists there have vowed to stage protests at the rap giant's...
WHO'LL TAKE ON JULIA?
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amAS sure as the sun will rise tomorrow, Julia Roberts will get a nomination for "Erin Brockovich." But in a bumper year for female lead roles, it's much harder to...
CINEMA SCORES IN SYMPHONY HALLS
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amMOVIE music is coming out of the theater and into a concert hall near you.Not since John Williams led the Boston Pops in "Star Wars" have so many hallowed halls...
SO MANY WEB SITES, SO LITTLE TIME
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amTHE thrill is gone. The novelty of the Internet has worn off.Web surfing has become a national pastime - but users have already become jaded. The majority of Web surfers...
THE STARR REPORT
February 8, 2001 | 5:00am'GMA' baby bonanza a Texas-sized winner "Good Morning America," which featured five live births on Tuesday, got a little bit of a ratings bump from the February sweeps stunt. In...
WILL THE SECOND ROUND OF SMASHMOUTH FOOTBALL ... XCEL? FLOP? OR WILL THE WHOLE THING GO LIMP?
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amTHE XFL's "smashmouth football" ripped a ratings touchdown last weekend in its debut - but can it pull an instant replay this weekend? "The ratings were phenomenal," says industry analyst...
DEVIL WOMAN
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amTHE DEVIL'S MUSIC: THE LIFE AND BLUES OF BESSIE SMITHAt Theatre 3, 311 W. 43rd St. Through March 3. Call Ticket Central (212) 279-4200. -------- BESSIE Smith was a hell...
ANOTHER SORE LOSER - 'SURVIVOR' STACEY ISN'T THE FIRST TV CONTESTANT TO CRY 'I WUZ ROBBED!'
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amWHAT do Stacey Stillman, Herb Stempel and Sinisa Savija have in common? They all emerged disappointed from their experiences as participants in TV game shows. In 1958, Stempel ushered in...
AND THEN THERE WERE 3 'TEMPTATIONS'
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amEMOTIONS were raw on last night's edition of "Temptation Island," when all but three of nine beautiful single women were sent packing. The sexy singles, handpicked for the show by...
BACK DOC DISCOVERS AN 'ORGASMO' GIZMO
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amA doctor using a device to cure back pain has found it delivers unexpected benefits: orgasms. Dr. Stuart Meloy made the discovery when he hooked it up to a female...
IT'S ALMOST GETTING TO BE A REGULAR EVENT
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amSecurity breaches, involving gunmen, unarmed intruders and even a small plane, have plagued the White House for years. * March 3, 1984: David Mahonski, under surveillance by the feds because...
BRAVEST $TEP IT UP AT EMPIRE STATE
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amThe city's' Bravest climbed their way to a $10,000 finish yesterday in the 24th Annual Empire State Building Run-Up, while two veteran race champs pulled off thrilling three-peats. Some 150...
TEACHER'S SEX RAP SHEET GROWS
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amA former city schoolteacher who faces charges of having sex with five teenage girls on Long Island was indicted yesterday for raping two students at a Hell's Kitchen school. Anthony...
IRAN COURT REJECTS APPEAL OF 10 JEWS
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amIran's supreme court yesterday rejected the final appeal of 10 Iranian Jews sentenced to prison on charges of spying for Israel in a case that drew international condemnation. IRNA, the...
CITY HOPES $3M 'ADS UP' TO A BIG TOURISM BOOST
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amIt could be "I Love New York" all over again. The city's tourist bureau is spending $3 million on a first-ever nationwide TV ad campaign to lure visitors - and...
DUBY'S FEMALE TROUBLE - MUST CLOSE THE ELECTORAL GENDER GAP
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON. PRESIDENT BUSH has a woman problem. While it's not a White House intern scandal - such as the one that almost cost Bill Clinton his presidency - Dubya's inability...
MCCALL SET TO SUPPORT FERRER'S BID FOR MAYOR
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amState Comptroller Carl McCall, New York's highest-elected black official, plans to endorse Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer's mayoral bid on Tuesday, The Post has learned. McCall, who is running for...
CRITICS: BILINGUAL ED TRANSLATING TO FAILURE
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amAn advocacy group says some bilingual classes are little towers of Babel - with children who speak a jumble of foreign languages mixed in together. More than one-third of bilingual-education...
VANDAL TRASHES CHURCH STATUE
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amA landmark Catholic church near Battery Park was vandalized yesterday when a statue of Christ was knocked off a cross and left at the front door. Police said the vandal...
RON'S ELLEN NOT WEDDED TO KEEPING KOSHER
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amEllen Barkin says things aren't always kosher in her marriage to billionaire Ron Perelman. The sexy blond movie star reveals that while the Revlon cosmetics czar keeps a strictly kosher...
TORRICELLI HAMMERS ACCUSER IN $$ PROBE
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Robert Torricelli yesterday denied telling an FBI witness against him to flee the country instead of talking to probers. Torricelli (D-N.J.), who is under federal investigation for...
TERROR WITNESS' RADIOACTIVE REVELATION: SAYS BIN LADEN WAS OUT TO BUY URANIUM
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amTerror overlord Osama bin Laden may have bought uranium - a key ingredient in building a nuclear bomb - while preparing his minions to attack the United States, a former...
EX-1ST COUPLE GIVES BACK 28G WORTH OF PRESENTS
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Clintons yesterday gave back some of the goodies they took with them when they left the White House - until federal officials sort out who really owns...
HILLARY WANTS TO MAINTAIN LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - In an echo of the past - or maybe a hedge against the future - Sen. Hillary Clinton has quietly taken steps to keep her legal defense fund-raising...
WESTERNS QUEEN DALE EVANS GOES TO LAST ROUNDUP
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amDale Evans, who reigned as Queen of the West and rode down happy trails with her late cowboy-king husband Roy Rogers, died yesterday. She was 88. Evans died of congestive...
POLS EYE BUBBA ACT TO TIGHTEN RENT LAW
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amBill Clinton's "extravagance" in picking his pricey post-presidential office may push Congress to clamp down on taxpayer-funded rents, and two key lawmakers are teaming up to lead the charge. "Clinton's...
CRUISE MISSILE: TOM FILES DIVORCE PAPERS
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amTom Cruise threw the first grenade in the bust-up of his marriage to Nicole Kidman yesterday - officially filing for divorce against the sexy redhead actress. The Hollywood power couple...
SHOPPING ON MICK'S MONEY - WE JOIN LOVE KID'S MOTHER ON $PREE
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amLUCIANA MORAD took Mick Jagger's money shopping yesterday - 24 hours after she settled her year-long child-support battle with the ramblin' Rolling Stone. The Brazilian bombshell whizzed through Prada stores...
HOUSE PANEL TO GRILL BILL'S FORMER AIDES ON PARDON
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A congressional committee is set to quiz two former Clinton administration officials today on their conflicting versions of how the outgoing president pardoned fugitive oil trader Marc Rich....
IS BILL COOKING HIS LIBRARY BOOKS?
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amIT'S a measure of how queasy Democrats are getting about Bill Clinton that some now fear there could be a link between large secret gifts to the Clinton library and...
ANOTHER VICTIM PUTS GUN IN PUFFY'S HAND
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amThe last of three gunshot victims in the Club New York shooting trial testified for the DA yesterday that Sean "Puffy" Combs had a gun - and that a defense...
LIVID JUDGE SLAMS STAR SCAMMER BEHIND BARS
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amA federal judge ripped into disgraced celebrity money manager Dana Giacchetto yesterday, accusing him of stonewalling investigators to protect his famous clients while "the little people" got nothing. Judge Robertson...
TEAM BUSH'S 'MISTAKE' ON AIDS OFFICE
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Bush White House did a quick flip-flop yesterday and insisted Chief of Staff Andrew Card made a "mistake" when he said the president planned to shut a...
ARTFUL DODGER MAY HAVE MADE OFF WITH $50M
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amA Manhattan art dealer may have swindled galleries for $50 million to $75 million - the biggest such fraud in history - a shocking new report says. Michel Cohen, who...
DOORMAN DEATH WAS SLAYING: M.E.
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amA well-liked doorman at the Central Park West building "The Century," found last November dead of a single gunshot wound to the head, was murdered, the medical examiner ruled yesterday....
'ROUGH STUFF' PRINCIPAL NABBED
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amA principal at an Upper West Side middle school was busted yesterday for allegedly manhandling an 11-year-old student - dragging him out of an auditorium assembly by the neck, then...
GUNMAN OPENS FIRE AT WHITE HOUSE - EX-IRS WORKER MAY HAVE BEEN MAKING BIZARRE SUICIDE BID
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amA former IRS accountant with a grudge against the government opened fire outside the White House yesterday in a bizarre mini-rampage described by police as a failed suicide-by-cop attempt. A...
NYPD TRANSFERS DESK-JOCKEYS TO ENFORCEMENT, PATROL DUTIES
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amPolice Commissioner Bernard Kerik yesterday ordered 92 desk-bound cops at Police Headquarters back onto patrol or into specialty units, The Post has learned. Kerik believes many officers are doing work...
LINDBERGH'S WIDOW DEAD AT 94
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amAnne Morrow Lindbergh, widow of aviator Charles Lindbergh and mother of the baby whose murder was one of the 20th century's most infamous crimes, died at her Vermont home yesterday...
MAYOR HOPEFULS TALK ISSUES AT VILLAGE FORUM
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amThe four Democratic mayoral candidates attacked social problems rather than each other at a candidate forum in the West Village last night. Public Advocate Mark Green, Bronx Borough President Fernando...
LIST OF DUBIOUS PARDONS GROWS
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amThe number of last-minute pardons or commutations handed down by President Clinton that skirted the normal Justice Department review process is reportedly more than double the number originally revealed. Included...
DA: HONORS STUDENT MADE FAKE LICENSES
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amA Long Island high-school honors student was charged yesterday with selling to underage kids fake driver's licenses made on the teen's home computer. A Nassau County assistant district attorney said...
TERM-LIMITS FIGHT HEATS UP AT CITY HALL
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amThe term-limits debate led to an angry confrontation at City Hall yesterday when a community activist charged that local legislators would have nothing to do but watch "soap operas" if...
ARISTIDE IS ONCE AGAIN HAITI'S PREZ
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amTo the throbbing beat of drums and the joyous cries of thousands dancing in the streets, Jean-Bertrand Aristide resumed the presidency of Haiti yesterday. Holding his hand on the Bible,...
TWO COPS NABBED IN SEPARATE ACCIDENTS
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amTwo cops have been busted for fleeing the scene after getting into separate off-duty accidents, police said yesterday. In the more serious case, Sgt. Frank Santaromita, an eight-year veteran assigned...
'ESCH' HAS A HEALTHY RESPECT FOR ADMIRAL
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amLooking back, Evan Eschmeyer should have stayed in bed. It was back when the season had real hope for the Nets. They were stumbling after a 6-4 start and Eschmeyer...
BYRON DOESN'T SEE BLOCKBUSTER
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amNET NOTES If you're looking for a player shake-up via trade before the Feb. 22 deadline, don't bother, Nets coach Byron Scott says. Scott simply doesn't see it happening for...
BACK UP THE ZAMBONI - TIME FOR SATHER TO RID RANGERS OF FAT CATS
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amWHEN the going got tough, Neil Smith bailed out on both Colin Campbell and John Muckler and everybody within the organization knew it. By the end, half of the players...
VELASQUEZ BECOMES SANTOS' AGENT
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amFormer Eclipse Award winner Jose Santos has announced that he has hired Hall of Fame jockey Jorge Velasquez to be his agent. Velasquez recently was in New York handling the...
MOGILNY'S ROAD TO RICHES THROUGH TUNNEL? - ALEX MAY TAKE BLUESHIRT GREEN
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amKANATA, Ont. - The Devil with the most to gain this summer peered over the list that could mean bad news in the big bucks department. "Wow. This is pretty...
JETS TAB RISON AS WR COACH
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amThe vacancy list for Jet assistant coaches has been cut to one or two after yesterday's hiring of Mose Rison as receivers aide. The move leaves the Jets needing only...
COOK, HAMILTON ON THE BLOCK - AMAZIN'S ARE HOPEFUL OF DEALING THE PAIR
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amWho wants a millionaire? That's the new twist on the saying today. Outfielder Darryl Hamilton and lefty reliever Dennis Cook, who are both going to make a few million dollars,...
EAGLES ARE SEEING ORANGE - SURPRISING BC SOARING IN RARE SYRACUSE AIR
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amCHESTNUT HILL - It's almost impossible to gauge how far Boston College's basketball team has come in the past year. It's nearly impossible to describe the 17th-ranked Eagles' flight from...
NO SLEEP THROUGH BROOKLYN - BOROUGH NABS TOP FOUR SEEDS IN PSAL HOOP CHAMPIONSHIP
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amAt the beginning of the season, the talk around the PSAL was that the best basketball in the league would be found in Brooklyn. That proved to be true and...
'X' MARKS THE SPOT FOR CUBAN
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amAs far as professional sports owners go, Mark Cuban seems to have a different agenda than, say, Wellington Mara. In his latest attention-grabber, the Mavericks' billionaire owner offered several sexually-explicit...
WILL REAL KNICKS PLEASE STAND UP
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amHERE WE are at the halfway point of the NBA season and I'm still not convinced we should waste any more of our depleted sports energy expecting great things from...
YANKEES THROWN A CHANGEUP - MO, DEREK DEALS DELAYED AS SPRING TRAINING NEARS
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amIn a stunning transformation, the Yankees just might sign Mariano Rivera to a multi-year contract and end up arbitrating with Derek Jeter. The team is still closer and more likely...
EAGLES CLIP 'CUSE BY A CLAW - BOSTON COLLEGE EXACTS REVENGE ON ORANGEMEN
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amBoston College 65 - Syracuse 63 CHESTNUT HILL - A second after Boston College guard Troy Bell tipped away Kueth Duany's last-ditch pass - an instant after Bell's third great...
SPREWELL'S OVERTIME WORK PAYS OFF
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amAfter logging 50 minutes of court time last night, an exhausted Latrell Sprewell might have looked forward to a relaxing weekend off from basketball. Instead, the Knicks' 30-year-old guard has...
BUBBA SNUBBA! - EX-PREZ NOT INVITED TO KNICK GAME
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amIs the Garden prez snubbing the ex-prez? In failing to do the obvious, Garden president Dave Checketts has not yet and has no plans to invite Bill Clinton to a...
VAN GUNDY ORDERS UP MORE RICE
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Jeff Van Gundy said before last night's game he would spend the All-Star break trying to find a way to get Glen Rice more minutes in the season's...
NYK MARATHON - SPREWELL, KNICKS OUTLAST MIRACLE MAVS IN TWO OTS
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amWhen Michael Finley's 12-foot prayer went through the net at the buzzer, sending the game into overtime, Dallas' eccentric owner Mark Cuban went nuts. Sitting behind the Mavericks bench, Cuban...
'X' MARKS THE SPOT FOR CUBAN - MAV OWNER STANDS BY GRAPHIC MAG INTERVIEW
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amAs professional sports owners go, Mark Cuban seems to have a different agenda than, say, Wellington Mara. In his latest attention-grabber, the Mavericks' billionaire owner offered several sexually-explicit answers in...
KURT'S RETURN MEANS CRUNCH IN FRONT COURT
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES With Kurt Thomas returning last night from a five-game absence, the minutes crunch will be like never before in the front court. While Luc Longley clearly became the...
MORE RICE, PLEASE - VG PRAISES GLEN, MULLS PLAN TO GET HIM MORE MINUTES
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amJeff Van Gundy said before last night's game against the Mavericks at the Garden that he would spend the All-Star break trying to find a way to get Glen Rice...
MO NEGOTIATIONS THROWN A CURVE
February 8, 2001 | 5:00amThe uneasy negotiations between the Yankees and Mariano Rivera were complicated further when the multi-media corporation SFX fired two of the closer's long-time representatives, Jim Bronner and Bob Gilhooley, Tuesday....