April 13, 2001
THE NEW YORK TIMES JOINS PINK SLIP PARADE
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amPink slips may soon be showing at the Gray Lady. The New York Times yesterday joined the parade of media giants that are about to downsize. The company plans to...
ROTHSCHILD'S NEW PLAN - STALLED IN I-BANKING PUSH, FIRM BANKS ON RESTRUCTURING
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amRothschild, the elite international private investment bank catering to blue bloods and royalty, has failed to make a splash as deal-makers in the U.S. Amid much fanfare and excitement last...
SPIELBERG, GIANTS START HI-TECH DISCOUNT GAME
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amNew York Giants fans will be offered membership in a first-of-its-kind high-tech affinity discount program in the upcoming weeks, thanks in part to powerhouse Hollywood producer Steven Spielberg. Spielberg, who...
THEMESTREAM DRIES UP AS EXECS HIT LIFEBOATS
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amOnline hobbyist site Themestream announced it is closing today. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company styled itself as a variety of things, but was best known as a place for self-publishing by...
IT'S A GHOST TOWN - DOT-BOMBS FLEEING SILICON ALLEY; RENTS DOWN, VACANCIES UP
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amWhere is everybody? With the bursting of the dot-com bubble, rents are plummeting in the Flatiron District and more square footage is coming on the market than is being rented....
NASDAQ BACK ON TRACK! - 4-DAY RALLY IS BEST SINCE LABOR DAY; DOW JUMPS 1%
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amThe mini-rally continues. Tech stocks rose yesterday for the fourth straight day - their second best weekly showing ever - and blue chips also surged ahead, giving hope that the...
THE UPPER MIDDLE EAST SIDE? - ART DEALER'S LEASE TIED TO U.S.-IRAN RELATIONS
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amONE Upper East Side art dealer who's keeping a particularly close eye on U.S.-Iran relations is Richard Feigen. The famed art purveyor, whose clients have included movie stars, royalty and...
NO EXPENSE SPARED WITH OUTRAGEOUS PROMOTION OF 'AI'
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amThose Pop.com workers aren't sitting on their hands. Stephen Spielberg's Web crew have been hard at work producing a complex teaser site for "AI," the DreamWorks/Warner Brothers blockbuster that opens...
DOW JONES PROFITS' SLIDE MEANS 202 GET AX
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amThe parent of The Wall Street Journal, chronicler of the economy's bad times, is having plenty of troubles itself - firing 202 people after an 81 percent plunge in profits....
GOLF 'SHOTS' ALL TOO REAL FOR DAMON
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amMatt Damon dived for cover when bullets started flying in a Las Vegas golf course - but it wasn't an action scene from his latest movie. The Oscar-winning star and...
THE STARR REPORT
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amKlensch clinched by Ch. 4 for May days Ex-CNN fashion maven Elsa Klensch will be joining Ch. 4 next month for a series of reports. Klensch has inked a deal...
MIGHT AS WELL HANG UP ON 'RINGING'
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amBELLS ARE RINGING ()The Plymouth Theatre, 236 W. 45th St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue. (212) 239-6200. ------------ IF you haven't seen Faith Prince in "Bells Are Ringing," which opened...
MAMET MACHO MEN, ADRIFT & ALL WET
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amLAKEBOAT ( 1/2) Mamet's testosterone-laden cargo. Running time: 98 minutes. Rated R (profanity, sex). At the Screening Room, Canal and Varick streets. ----------- HIGH-CALIBER acting by a big-name cast is...
DULL ACROSS THE BORED
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amSTATES OF CONTROL ( 1/2) Woman (and audience) on the verge of boredom. Running time: 82 minutes. Not rated (sex, profanity, violence). At the Two Boots Pioneer Theater, Avenue A...
HOW ROSE'S GARDEN GROWS - ARTIST AND COFFEE FARMER IS NOT A 'READY-DONE MAN'
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amMICHAEL Rose is one of reggae's most electrifying players.He's most famous for "Sensimella," but Rose's other songs are anthems in Jamaica, including "Rude Boys (Back in Town)," "Party Next Door"...
SURPRISE 'SURVIVOR' ENDING GUARANTEED
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amNOT even the winner knows who won "Survivor: The Australian Outback." As The Post reported last December, CBS announced its plan to keep the show's ultimate winner secret even from...
A LESS THAN FULL 'CIRCLE'
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amTHE CIRCLE ( 1/2) Seven women suffer oppression in Iran. In Farsi, with English subtitles. Running time: 91 minutes. Not rated (nothing offensive). At the Lincoln Plaza and the Angelika....
JUST CALL HIM P. DOGGY
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amIS Janet Jackson trying to tell us something? Her new album, "All for You," is dedicated to Puffy. "Puffy, I love you," Jackson writes in the liner notes. "I miss...
IN AUTUMN, OLD ROLES FALL TO STIRRATT
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amAUTUMN Defense's John Stirratt is chilling in Chicago, watching the first spring rain from his porch. Such moments are rare for the bass player of Wilco, who follows an insane...
JESUS IN FACT - CROSSES WERE NOT BUILT FROM SCRATCH BUT MADE BY NAILING LARGE CROSS BARS ONTO EXISTING TREES
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amJesus: The Complete Story ( 1/2) Sunday at 8 p.m. on Discovery *Jesus In The Himalayas ( 1/2) Saturday at 5 p.m. on Travel Channel *Biography: The UnknownJesus ( )...
'DIARY' AUTHOR PENS LAWSUIT ON HOUSE
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amTHE latest work by "Bridget Jones's Diary" author Helen Fielding is a 33-page lawsuit.The 42-year-old Brit is suing after the $1.5 million dream house she bought in the Hollywood Hills...
BY JOVE, JONES'S GOT IT!
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amBRIDGET JONES'S DIARY () Charming, romantic comedy with a terrific central performance by Renee Zellweger. Running time: 94 minutes. Rated R (mild sexual allusions). At the 42nd St. Ewalk, the...
EASTER BATTLE: 'JOE' VS. 'JOSIE'
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amWILL "Josie and the Pussycats" purr their way to the top of the Easter weekend box office? Or will "Joe Dirt" wipe the floor with them and "Bridget Jones's Diary"?...
THE 'FOLLIES' OF HER WAYS? - MUSICAL'S DRAGON LADY BARES SHOW TO ITS BONES
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Hollywood legend Ann Miller calls her "that hateful woman" who "gave me one of the biggest heartbreaks I've ever had in show business." The actress Kaye Ballard calls her...
MUSICIANS' LOCAL TRIES TO DRUM UP BUSINESS AT 'BLAST'
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amLOCAL 802 - which represents Broadway musicians - is threatening to unionize the cast of "Blast!" - setting the stage for a possible showdown between the union, one of the...
AMBER AMBLES OFF AFTER 'SURVIVOR' BOOT
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amAMBER BRKICH became the 11th "Survivor 2" contestant booted out of the Australian Outback last night - and the first casualty of forgotten tribal loyalties. For the first time, members...
CINCY UNDER CURFEW AMID 'RAMPANT' RIOTS
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amA curfew hit Cincinnati streets, restaurants, shops and churches last night after the mayor declared a state of emergency amid the city's worst racial violence since the riots that erupted...
NEW YORK POST: FROM APRIL 13, 1905
April 13, 2001 | 4:00am"Work on the East River rapid transit tunnel, which was indefinitely postponed soon after the Creegan 'blowout,' was resumed today, the city's engineers and the New York Docking Co. having...
DON'T WAIT FOR A CRISIS TO HONOR MILITARY
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S a memorial poster to guts and glory. "That's my son, America," said Patricia Hedlund, of Poplar Grove, Ill. There was her boy, Naval cryptologist Jeremy Crandall, with a face...
GOODBYE TO GOOD DEALS: THE 'NET RETURNS TO EARTH
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amIT was too good to be true: A service that delivered and picked up rental videos at a price competitive with the local video store in less than an hour....
'NONCANDIDATE' BLOOMBERG SETS UP SHOP
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amMedia mogul Michael Bloomberg's campaign headquarters was already up and running yesterday - complete with "Mike for Mayor" computer screen-savers - The Post found in a surprise visit. Bloomberg, a...
WE FORGET VICTIMS AND TURN FIENDS INTO CELEBS
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amTHE crimes were all but forgotten. But the punishment will live forever in the minds of those who witnessed it. Fifteen years ago this month, a man named Daniel Morris...
DA PUSHES NEW SAFE BABIES LAW
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amThe Manhattan district attorney's office yesterday announced a new ad campaign to raise awareness of a new state law allowing women who do not want to keep their babies to...
E. HARLEM SUBWAY SNUB STIRS STATION FRUSTRATION
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amEast Harlem residents are furious over the Transit Authority's plans for a Second Avenue subway that would speed through most of their neighborhood without stopping. Early descriptions of the $12...
CREWMAN POPS QUESTION DURING GUAM LAYOVER
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amFreed U.S. spy plane crewman Josef Edmunds has wasted no time in mapping out his future: He popped the question to his girlfriend, and she said yes. The 30-year-old Navy...
BITTY BOOZE-BOTTLE BANDITS BUSTED: COPS
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amKennedy Airport cops have scotched a $1.5 million scam in which mini-bottles of booze intended for American Airline passengers were spirited away and sold to stores, officials said yesterday. Three...
KERZNER KIDS FEEL CALEIGH'S PAIN
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amThe bitter custody battle over Ron Perelman and Patricia Duff's 6-year-old daughter is all too familiar for three Long Island teens who were the bones of contention in a nasty...
GOV TAPS EX-DINKINS AIDE FOR SEC'Y OF STATE
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amSUNY vice chairman.Gov. Pataki yesterday nominated Randy Daniels, a SUNY vice chairman and former deputy mayor to Mayor David Dinkins, as New York's new secretary of state. Daniels, an African-American...
RON'S KID IS LEFT COMING AND GOING
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amPoor little rich girl Caleigh Perelman will grow up under a judge's tightly scripted schedule that splits her time evenly between the posh homes of her billionaire dad and millionaire...
CULTISTS INSIST KIDS 'ARE NOT OPPRESSED'
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amCAMBRIDGE, N.Y. - Unapologetic members of the controversial Twelve Tribes cult yesterday called a press conference to defend their lifestyle against allegations of child-labor abuse and racism. But even while...
MEET THE JAPANESE JETER - METS' ROOKIE HAS DREAMS OF BECOMING A SUPERSTAR
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amHE'S been dubbed the Derek Jeter of Japan because of his good looks and his flair for the dramatic. Now, Tsuyoshi Shinjo wants to take New York by storm. "At...
FBI WARY OF MCVEIGH EXECUTION SNOOPERS
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The FBI will put super-high-tech scrambling in place to prevent illegal snoopers from picking up the closed-circuit broadcast of next month's execution of Timothy McVeigh - but experts...
COMPANIES BID TO BUY BOARD OF ED HQ
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amTen firms are considering buying the Board of Education headquarters in downtown Brooklyn and converting it into an apartment complex, an office tower or a college facility. Mayor Giuliani released...
LOVING MOM AT PEACE WITH SIAMESE TWINS
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amWhen Mayda Marrero first saw her daughters locked in their perpetual embrace under a web of tubes and catheters, she was amazed at how normal the Siamese twins looked to...
SCANDAL TAINTS NEW BUYER OF LIMELIGHT
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amNightlife king Peter Gatien is selling Limelight to a controversial Connecticut club owner whose properties also face allegations of rampant drug dealing and deadly overdoses. Limelight is under contract for...
SPOUSE DIVIDED ON HUBBY'S FERRER BLAST
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani's top political adviser found himself under a new attack yesterday for controversial comments about Fernando Ferrer - from his own wife. Democratic fund-raiser Suri Kasirer took issue with...
DUBYA'S WORDS UNDERSCORE HUGE CHANGE IN U.S. POLICY
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amPRESIDENT BUSH'S tough talk in welcoming the spy-plane crew back to freedom was a dramatic sign of how much U.S. foreign policy has changed in the few short months since...
WASH. ISLE PREPARES WELCOME WAGON - HOME BASE THROWING BIG BASH FOR HEROES
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amThe Navy crew members released by China will get a hometown heroes' welcome, including a giant rally, when they return to Washington's Whidbey Island tomorrow. Military brass, politicians and a...
QNS. FIEND MADE GAL SLAVE: COPS
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amA Queens ex-con forced a woman to marry him and be his love slave for six months, repeatedly beating her and threatening to kill her if she left, police said...
HAGGLING OVER PLANE'S RETURN - JIANG URGES U.S. TO HALT SPY FLIGHTS
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - China is claiming the return of the damaged American spy plane is no done deal - and could be jeopardized by the U.S. decision to restart surveillance flights...
BRANDO'S PNEUMONIA COULD STALL $2M COMEDY CAMEO
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amFamed actor Marlon Brando reportedly has pneumonia, which could delay the filming of his $2 million cameo role in the horror spoof sequel "Scary Movie 2." Daily Variety reported Brando,...
CO-STARS BUSCEMI AND VAUGHN IN BLOODY BAR ORDEAL
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amQuirky actor Steve Buscemi was knifed in the face and Hollywood hunk Vince Vaughn was arrested for brawling during a fracas in a North Carolina bar yesterday, police said. The...
SPY FLIGHTS WILL RESUME
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A stern President Bush yesterday vowed to ask China some "tough questions" as he welcomed home the spy plane's crew and rapped Beijing for holding the Americans for...
HINGIS STALKER GETS 2 YEARS
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amThe crazed stalker who claimed he and Martina Hingis were madly in love was handed a two-year prison sentence yesterday for terrorizing the sexy tennis ace. Dubravko Rajcevic, a 46-year-old...
SHRINKS: CREW OK AFTER 'LESS TRAUMATIC' ORDEAL
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amSpy-plane crew members who returned to the United States yesterday should bounce back quickly from their hair-raising midair collision and days in captivity, experts said. "This was less traumatic than...
BAD IRBE COULD BE FINER FOR CAROLINA
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amArturs Irbe couldn't blame his performance on rust. How could he after the Carolina goaltender played a league-high 77 games this season? Instead, Irbe simply considered last night's showing to...
CHIPPER'S FEELING MIGHTY LOW
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amAtlanta third baseman Chipper Jones sat at his locker - no, make that slumped - never raising his head as he spoke. His Braves had just blown scoring chance after...
HISTORY INSTRUCTS DEVILS TO KEEP THE HEAT ON
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Devils have taken it in the back in enough first rounds to enter this one with their heads on a swivel. The Stanley Cup champions, one year removed from...
SWEET VICTO-REY - ORDONEZ DELIVERS CLUTCH HIT IN 10TH
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amAs the bottom of the 10th inning transpired, manager Bobby Valentine walked over to Rey Ordonez in the Mets' dugout and said, "You are going to be the guy, Rey."...
GIANTS' TASK 'MOST DEMANDING'
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amThere will be no sneaking up on anyone this season for the Giants. Last season, there were modest expectations, as evidenced by the fact the Giants were not on Monday...
NMFS NUMBERS ARE FLUKE
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amWHILE the nightmare has ended in New Jersey, the fluke situation in New York got even worse for recreational anglers as commercial netters get off relatively easy. In New Jersey,...
METS HIGH ON SAENZ; YANKEES LIKE THEIR OSCAR
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amQUIZ: Before this week's question, an apology for last week when I mistakenly had Brad Radke for seven straight seasons of at least 25 starts, when it was only six....
LAND OF THE RISING STARS - JAPAN HOPS ON ORIENT EXPRESS TO BIG LEAGUE SUCCESS
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amSO far, the majors have been the land of the rising sons. Tsuyoshi Shinjo of the Mets and Ichiro Suzuki of the Mariners are demonstrating Japanese position players can indeed...
END OF A STORMY SEASON
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amA lot went wrong last season with St. John's. The loss to Fordham at the Garden. The loss at Virginia Tech. Call it a lost season. "Coach [Mike Jarvis] said...
BIG A, OTB CLOSED SUNDAY
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amFans are reminded that there will be no racing on Easter Sunday. All off-track wagering outlets in the state are also closed because of a state law that mandates there...
JETS GET RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN SEASON AT HOME
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amThe Jets, 9-7 last season and without a playoff berth, will play three prime-time night games on their 2001 schedule, which was released yesterday. Of significance is the fact that...
NEVER TOO EARLY TO SEE RED...SOX
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - It's Easter Weekend so maybe New England's living room won't be filled with foul chants. Perhaps Yankee fans who score a ticket to the four soldout games won't...
COLEMAN CARRIES GRUDGE
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amBOSTON - While Michael Coleman remembers Jimy Williams as one of two men who kept him from playing for the Red Sox, the Red Sox manager has only good memories...
FOR ROOKS, SORIANO'S SECOND TO NONE
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BOSTON - Nine games don't amount to much when a season lasts six months. However, it's hard to ignore that Alfonso Soriano's blistering start has made him the...
MARCUS CAN BE OR CAN'T HE?
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amMarcus Camby's storybook season could still wind up with a tragic ending. Because of one freak play Wednesday night in Indiana, when Camby flew through the air for a dunk...
LUC STILL QUEASY ABOUT TAKING MEDS
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Marcus Camby's hip injury has not made center Luc Longley reevaluate his stance of refusing to go back on anti-inflammatories. If Longley does not take the pills, he...
MJ, FORGET THE DC FOLLIES - SUPPORTING CAST'S STRICTLY SECOND RATE
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amACCORDING TO Michael Jordan's Court Jester, Charlatan Barkley, His Airness plans to announce whether he's leaving retirement villages in Las Vegas and Paradise Island for the thrill of joining the...
SLUMPIN' FONZIE AWAITS HAPPY DAYS
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amThe same confidence that makes Edgardo Alfonzo the Mets' best clutch hitter also is keeping him from worrying. So far, he hasn't hit - in the clutch or otherwise. He...
EXHIBIT A FOR THE DEFENSE - CHAMPS RAZE 'CANES IN OPENER
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amGAME 1: Devils 5 - Hurricanes 1 Only the stakes have changed. The season-ending Jersey Juggernaut is now a playoff machine. "The only negative is that we don't play until...
CLIMB ON BOARD FOR AMAZIN' RIDE
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amTHIS IS what we've learned from the first nine games of the season. Get ready for another incredible ride. The scoring ineptitude was almost laughable last night at Shea as...
A SHOW WORTH WATCHING
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amTHEY are the best show in town, difficult though it may be to identify exactly what town that is. This much, however, is clear: those who refuse to pay attention,...
WILD 10TH CAN'T DERAIL BENITEZ
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amAfter Armando Benitez had escaped disaster and the Mets beat the Braves, 1-0, in 10 innings last night, the big right-hander could laugh about what had transpired. In the 10th,...
MONARCHOS SET TO FACE 5 FOES
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amFive weeks ago, making his first stakes appearance in the Florida Derby, Monarchos suddenly emerged as a top contender for the Kentucky Derby, now just 22 days away. Ridden by...
STEVIE STARTS OVER - TRACHSEL MUST TRY TO FORGET MONTREAL
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amAfter Steve Trachsel gave up 10 runs in five innings in Montreal last Saturday, pitching coach Charlie Hough came up and told him not to look at the film. "Charlie...
BRIND'AMOUR NOT CURSING FATE THAT KEPT HIM OFF DEVILS
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amA decade later, Rod Brind'Amour recalls just how close he came to playing for the Devils. "That was an interesting time," Brind'Amour said with a smile yesterday at the Meadowlands....
MATCHUP HAS NO JUICE
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S odd, isn't it, that the people who do the most complaining about the lack of attention paid to the Devils are the people who work for the media outlets...
NOT A 'CANE-CESSION SPEECH - CAROLINA GM GIVES TEAM SHOT TO BUMP OFF CHAMPS
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amThe Carolina GM clings to hope. "We have a chance," Jimmy Rutherford proclaimed before his Hurricanes opened the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Devils last night at the Meadowlands. "The...
BENNY'S READY TO PLAY IN PAIN
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES Benny Agbayani, who is eligible to come off the DL April 24, vowed before last night's game that his left hamate bone will be healed then. "It's going...
METS' CLUBHOUSE HAS NEW ATTITUDE
April 13, 2001 | 4:00amA YEAR ago at this time Whartongate was in full swing. That's when Bobby Valentine was talking honestly about his team, but management viewed the situation as the manager talking...