July 26, 2001
MORE SUITORS EYE AT&T CABLE
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amA HANDFUL of companies have made "serious" overtures for AT&T's broadband operation in the wake of Comcast Corp.'s $51.3 billion offer to buy the cable business, according to sources with...
ZIFF TAKES A HIT - DUNNING DISOWNS FAMILY PC, CANS 25
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amZiff-Davis shuttered a magazine and a video operation, and cut 25 more staffers, as the beleagured publishing giant looked to stave off major financial problems. Unable to find a buyer...
LUCE'S TIME GETS LOOSER - 'LADDIE' MAG PART OF $1.64B IPC BUY
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amTime Inc., the house that Luce built, has its first beer-and-babes mag in the fold. With its $1.64 billion acquisition of IPC Publishing yesterday, AOL Time Warner gets Loaded -...
MARTHA: IT'S A B(AD) THING - ISSUES WARNING FOR THE FIRST TIME
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amYou know things are bad when even Martha gets hit by the ad slowdown. The domestic doyenne's Martha Stewart Omnimedia yesterday issued a profit warning - the first time she...
EARNINGS FEED WALL ST. RALLY; DOW SOARS 164
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amWall Street clung to the slim straw of a few good earnings reports yesterday to stage a rebound and break a three-day losing streak. Rosy profit outlooks from Exxon Mobil...
FCC OKS NEWS CORP. BUY OF CHRIS-CRAFT
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe Federal Communications Commission, under Chairman Michael Powell, yesterday approved News Corporation's $4.35 billion purchase of Chris-Craft Industries and its 10 television stations. By a 3-2 vote, the FCC said...
BOOMER SITE GOES BUST
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amIt was an early death for Next50.com, the Web site for Baby Boomers. A message in large type on the home page announced the bad news yesterday. "We were well...
CMGI PUTS 100,000 FT. ON THE MARKET
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amA once-jet propelled Internet star that gobbled up more than 100,000 square feet of office space in New York is now furiously trying to sublease most of it. The Andover,...
STARR REPORT
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amSnow kidding: Montel hurts his hand Audience members attending yesterday's season-opening taping of "Montel" might have wondered why host Montel Williams was applying ice to his hand between segments. It...
LOOK AT BROOKE! - FORCEFUL, GUTSY & SEXY IN 'CABARET'
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amCABARET [ 1/2]Roundabout Theatre Company at Studio 54, 254 W. 54th St., between Broadway and Eighth Ave. (212) 239-6200. ----------- THE sensuously innocent look has fled. That Lolita aura of...
AS CRIME GOES BY ; '48 HOURS' GETS IT WRITE
July 26, 2001 | 4:00am"48 Hours: Murder They Wrote, The End of the Dream" Tomorrow at 10 p.m. on WCBS/Ch. 2 HI. My name is Linda and I'm a junkie. No, not drugs -...
OH, CANADA! NBC SORRY ABOUT 'WEST WING' SNAFU
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amMONTREAL - Spin doctors with "West Wing" were in overdrive yesterday after the latest embarrassment to hit the acclaimed NBC drama. Earlier this week, NBC put the word out that...
TO ETCH HIS OWN: KID'S TOY IS ARTIST'S TOOL
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amMATT Carson is an artist who uses no paints, brushes, canvas, pencils or paper. The 28-year-old Brooklynite makes his art on Etch A Sketch, the vintage red plastic toy with...
HAS TV'S WILD ONE LOST HER CHARM? SHANNEN DOHERTY BASHES BOSS (AGAIN!) AND CO-STARS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amH AS Shannen Doherty's reputation for being a difficult diva finally put the kibosh on her career - or will it bring her one step closer to becoming the next...
KING'S RANSOM: LARRY IS HOLDING US HOSTAGE
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amAMERICA held hostage - Day 13! Well, maybe not all of America, but viewers of CNN's "Larry King Live" may be excused for feeling like hostages since Larry began devoting...
NEWCOMER POPS TO TOP OF CHARTS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amFIRST she left P. Diddy's "The Saga Continues" in the dust. Now, 20-year-old R&B newcomer Alicia Keys has trounced veteran singer Aaliyah in the battle for the top of the...
HOW TO LOOK THE PART
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amDressing to go out during a recession is easier than it seems. You probably won't be able to afford the designer gear necessary to enjoy a dirty martini at the...
'PROFILING' COPS SEEK DISABILITY $$
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amTwo New Jersey state troopers - who touched off a national furor over racial profiling by shooting at a van carrying black and Hispanic men - are seeking special pensions....
WORK READY ON NEW I-80 BRIDGE
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amConstruction of a new bridge on Interstate 80 westbound in New Jersey is expected to begin next week and may be finished by September, state transportation officials said. The work...
DID PATAKI JUST CEDE POWER?
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY THE "breakthrough" accord announced here Tuesday will do more than end the four-month-long budget stalemate that has turned the state Capitol into an embarrassing model of governmental dysfunction. There's...
NEW YORK POST: FROM JULY 26, 1948
July 26, 2001 | 4:00am"Citing the number of superhighways under construction or planned in The Bronx and other boroughs, city engineers today disapproved a suggestion by the Automobile Club of New York that an...
SLUGGER'S SORDID SEX SAGA - ATLANTA STAR: STRIP CLUB BIG WATCHED ME SCORE WITH GIRLS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amBaseball star Andruw Jones testified yesterday that he had sex with two Gold Club dancers while the owner of the posh Atlanta strip club watched. The Atlanta Braves outfielder said...
RUDY TO BARE NYPD'S RACIAL DATA
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani softened his grip on police statistics yesterday, agreeing to reveal closely guarded numbers that some say could show whether police use racial profiling. Giuliani said he will sign...
DIVORCE ATTACK HAS $8M PRICE TAG
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amA Manhattan man's savage dumbbell attack on his wife - in front of their horrified kids - has cost him $8 million in their divorce settlement. In a landmark decision,...
MAN SMITES DOG - KOREA VET SAVES SON FROM PIT BULL
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amA quick-thinking Korean War vet shot and killed a crazed pit bull attacking his teenage son on a Queens street. "The dog . . . looked at me and then...
FDA WARNS THIS DRUG KILLS MORE THAN PAIN
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe feds issued a warning yesterday that the widely abused painkiller OxyContin, which produces a heroin-like high, is addictive and deadly. The Food and Drug Administration said the drug, which...
BLACKS RIP RAPPERS - POLL ALSO FINDS SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL VOUCHERS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Nearly three-quarters of black Americans say rappers don't make good role models, and a sizable number support vouchers for private schools, according to a survey released yesterday by...
*NSYNC IN STORE FOR HUGE SALES
July 26, 2001 | 4:00am*NSYNC's "Celebrity" status is skyrocketing. The boy band released its third album, "Celebrity," yesterday and gauging from first day's sales, the band's got another big hit on its hands. It...
POLS BID TO IN$URE OWN JOBS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - New York City members of Congress have begun pouring cash into powerful state political committees, hoping to keep their seats during next year's redistricting, The Post has found....
TRAGIC KID'S BIRTHDAY GIFT - PATAKI PAL MAKES GOOD ON PROMISE OF HOSP-TRANSIT VAN
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amA Long Island mom who couldn't bring her severely brain-damaged son home on weekends because insurance wouldn't pay for an ambulance was handed the keys yesterday to a shiny new...
GREEN RIVALS TIED FOR 2ND
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe struggle among three mayoral contenders to make it into the likely Democratic runoff primary against Mark Green has tightened to a dead heat, according to a poll released yesterday....
STUPIDITY HITS HOME - SEX-CASE VIGILANTES TARGET WRONG ADDRESS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amA New Jersey man caught in a case of mistaken identity has been hit with hate mail and harassment by vigilantes trying to drive an accused pedophile out of town....
'INSENSITIVE' RAP RILES SEX-CRIMES COPS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amA third of the city's rape victims had "negative experiences" with NYPD sex-crime investigators, according to an explosive report by the city's leading rape-crisis organization. But the surprising findings by...
PISTOL-PACKIN' POP GUNS DOWN LIBERAL MYTH
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amTHREE cheers for Ernie Regent, who has provided the city with the best civilian use of a handgun to serve the public good since Bernie Goetz served notice on those...
MASSAGE TURNED TO MOLEST: SPA SUIT
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amA Long Island mother of two is suing an upscale suburban day spa for $31 million because she claims a masseur sexually molested her during a massage. The 39-year-old woman,...
TEACHER GUILTY OF RAPING KIDS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amA former city teacher, busted for having sex with young teenage girls, has pleaded guilty to rape, sodomy and other charges. The overwhelming evidence against Anthony Correnti of West Islip,...
HEVESI: TALE OF 'TWO CITIES' IS FICTION
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amProclaiming that New York is generally going the right way under Mayor Giuliani, mayoral candidate Alan Hevesi yesterday took on rival Fernando Ferrer's claim that New York is turning into...
HARLEM BUBBA SHOWS HIS TRUE GRITS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amBill Clinton wolfed down bacon and grits for breakfast as he sweet-talked Harlem business leaders yesterday before making a surprise visit to his new office digs. The ex-president is wasting...
CONDIT 'AFFAIR' IS GOOD NEWS - FOR THE GOP
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amREP. Gary Condit and the mess over missing intern Chandra Levy could be turning into the Republican Party's secret weapon - and a major political problem for Condit's fellow Democrats....
'BROKER' BY $2.1M - SUIT: NEST EGG WAS BLOWN ON DOT.COM STOCKS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amA Long Island stockbroker blew the $2.1 million nest egg of a Queens man in a reckless dot.com-fueled investment disaster, according to New York Stock Exchange filings. Parnell Augustine, 38,...
DEFENDANT CITES BANKING 'CONSPIRACY' IN SCAM TRIAL
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amA senior citizen accused of swindling millions from investors truly believes there is a top-secret banking conspiracy among the super-rich that officials don't want you to know about, her lawyer...
NEW WOE$ FOR SUICIDE MODEL'S AGENCY
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe lives of models are not as glamorous as you'd expect. First, Wilhelmina plus-size model Natasha Duncan stabbed herself to death earlier this week because she was hurt by the...
FAN-TASY WORLD LIKE THE '80S ALL OVER
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amMadonna's first concert tour in eight years landed at Madison Square Garden last night as Material Girl wannabes, self-proclaimed Boy Toys and other fans honored her with an '80s celebration....
BALLET BIG IN DEEP TUTU QUITS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amLouis G. Spisto - the embattled executive director of the American Ballet Theater - resigned yesterday. Spisto is fighting charges of sexual harassment and age discrimination and has clashed with...
PHEW YORK! WE SET POWER-USE RECORD
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amNew Yorkers wilting in yesterday's steam bath combo of heat and humidity pushed power usage to an all-time high before welcome rains began washing away the misery. Con Edison set...
DRIVER DROWNS AS VAN VEERS OFF B'KLYN PIER
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amA woman learning to drive on a Brooklyn pier drowned yesterday when she suddenly zoomed back through two fences and hurtled into New York Harbor, critically injuring the man who...
SWIMMERS MAKE WAVES OVER LIFEGUARD HOURS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amSwimmers hit the surf at Rockaway Beach yesterday before the lifeguards came on duty, despite the tragic deaths of three girls in the strong currents while the beach was unguarded...
TEEN BUSTED IN TA LOCKER THEFTS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amA teen who masquerades as a motorman has been busted for breaking into Transit Authority lockers - less than a month after getting out of jail - police said. Edward...
DRIVER-ED TRAGEDY - TUTOR DROWNS IN VAN PLUNGE
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amA teen was killed yesterday when a friend he was teaching to drive suddenly zoomed backward through two fences and hurtled off a Brooklyn pier into New York Harbor, cops...
ME-DONNA SHOW DISSES HER FANS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amBE SHOCKED or not so shocked, but last night at the Garden, the music was the most immaterial element of the Material Girl's latest concert extravaganza. Madonna's hour-and-a-half concert, with...
COUSIN KILLED 'SNACK' KID: COPS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe tragic tale of 9-year- old Taniqua Hall - shot dead with a gun she found above her grandmother's cupboard - took another sad turn yesterday when a cousin admitted...
MIDTOWN BRICK-TOSS SUSPECT NABBED AFTER CHASE
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amA longtime criminal was chased into the waiting arms of police after he hurled bricks at two people in Midtown, cops said. Perry Bradley, 42, was near 135 W. 50th...
CONDIT GOOD NEWS - FOR REPUBLICANS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amREP. Gary Condit and the mess over missing intern Chandra Levy could be turning into the Republican Party's secret weapon - and a major political problem for Condit's fellow Democrats....
MATERIAL GIRL'S FANS SET TO JOIN KILT CULT
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amEvery fashionista with an active Platinum Visa card will be plunking it down for a kilt this fall. Why? Because Madonna wore one on her Drowned World Tour, of course....
WE'RE LIVING IN A MATERIAL WORLD: DIVA'S GIG AT GARDEN A 'CLASSIC'
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amMadonna's first concert tour in eight years landed at Madison Square Garden last night as Material Girl wannabes, self-proclaimed Boy Toys and other fans honored her with an '80s celebration....
HEAT ON ALIBI: CONDIT WHEREABOUTS QUESTIONED BY COPS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Cops and the FBI are not satisfied with Rep. Gary Condit's alibi for the day intern Chandra Levy vanished, and plan to press him for more details about...
JUSTICE MIGHT BE BACK NEXT WEEK
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amYou can describe David Justice as a help, even a big help. But don't hang "the savior" title on him when he returns from a left groin injury. In the...
YANK TASK IS E-NORMOUS ; IMPROVED DEFENSE IS KEY TO FOUR-PEAT
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amSMALL jealous minds keep looking for the little things that inevitably will add up to the Yankees doom. A franchise in irrefutable decline from 114 victories in 1998 to 87...
METS INEPT, EVEN IN WIN
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amMets 5 Marlins 2 Looking as if he had escaped a car accident instead of a play at the plate, Mike Piazza laughed after the Mets' 5-2 win over the...
VALENTINE AND ZEILE HAVE HEART-TO-HEART
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amMIAMI - With the rest of the Mets taking batting practice, manager Bobby Valentine and struggling first baseman Todd Zeile sat alone in the corner of the clubhouse yesterday. In...
GIANTS GUNG HO FOR CAMP FASSEL
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Their hearts longed for something more, but their heads refused to be tempted by false hope. When the Giants last year assembled for training camp, they saw themselves...
'BUSTER'S' LOOKS MORE THAN READY
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Will it be deja vu all over again for jockey John Velazquez when he rides 2-year-old Buster's Daydream in today's Grade 2, $100,000 Sanford Stakes at the...
AT SPA, 'LOVE' CONQUERS ALL
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - A record opening-day crowd of 31,254 turned out yesterday to kick off the six-week summer stand at the Old Spa. The weather was gorgeous, sunny and hot...
SAVARESE MAY RETURN TO METROS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amTuesday was as good an afternoon as the Metro- Stars have had in a long time, and they didn't even take the field. A pair of near-simultaneous announcements in Midtown...
PHILLIPS NOT THINKING BIG
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amMIAMI - As Tuesday's trading deadline nears, Met GM Steve Phillips doesn't expect to make any big deals. He wishes he could - but the market doesn't contain the type...
JETS SIGN NOS. 2 AND 3 PICKS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amThe Jets yesterday signed Lamont Jordan, their second-round draft pick from Maryland, and Kareem McKenzie, their third-rounder from Penn State, leaving only No. 1 pick Santana Moss unsigned. Training camp...
EVEN IN WIN,METS INEPT
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amMets 5 Marlins 2 Even when the Mets win, they must do it by overcoming the same old storyline. Last night, the Mets did something not even '62 Mets ever...
THANKS, REGGIE! JAX' PEP TALK SPARKS JETER, YANKS OVER TIGERS
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amYankees 4 Tigers 2 Reggie Jackson was being pure Reggie. Standing in front of a seated Derek Jeter late yesterday afternoon, Mr. October was running through some of his best...
WITASICK DOESN'T WILT IN THE HEAT
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amWin or lose, Jay Witasick doesn't prefer to see his outings rehashed on "Baseball Tonight." Whether he blows up on the mound or blows away hitters, Witasick admits he's more...
BOMBERS CAST EYES AT PIRATES' SCHMIDT
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amYANK NOTES Are the Yankees prepared to go the rest of the way with Ted Lilly and Randy Keisler and hope the neophyte lefties are good enough to hold off...
YANKS HAVE DISEASE OF 'E'
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Yankees, historically adept at catching The Boss's flak, able to win four of the last five World Series by flawlessly catching Joe Torre's drift, aren't doing as well this...
BUCS' SCHMIDT COULD BE BOMBER ANSWER
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Are the Yankees prepared to go the rest of the way with Ted Lilly and Randy Keisler and hope the neophyte lefties are good enough to hold off...
KEISLER LEARNING FROM ROCKET MAN
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amBeing around greatness does two things to a young player like Randy Keisler. One, it makes him realize how hard a legend like Roger Clemens works. And two, it makes...
DAVID: I'M NO SAVIOR- JUSTICE NOT LOOKING TO BE HERO IN RETURN
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amYou can describe David Justice as a help, even a big help. But don't hang "The Savior" title on him when he returns from a left groin injury. In the...
WARD ON THE REBOUND: PUTS RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSY BEHIND HIM
July 26, 2001 | 4:00amCharlie Ward, appearing at a Knicks' community project in Harlem yesterday, said the controversy he became embroiled in in late April over remarks about Jews was "a learning experience." Ward...