August 18, 2001
DOW PLUNGES 151, NASDAQ 63 AMID BIG LAYOFFS
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amRising job layoffs and more dismal profit outlooks slammed stocks yesterday. Profit warnings by Dell Computer and Gap, along with more than 13,000 announced job cuts - including up to...
NO DELAY FOR M'SOFT: COURT
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe government won a victory against Microsoft yesterday, keeping the pressure on in the settlement stakes. Battered tech shares headed even further south as a federal appeals court refused to...
VARIETY EDITOR HIT WITH SLUR-SPENSION
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amPeter Bart, one of Hollywood's most powerful voices, has been silenced. The editor-in-chief of Hollywood bible Daily Variety was abruptly suspended from the entertainment trade paper while it investigates offensive...
SONY PLANS U.S. LAYOFFS
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amSony has stunned the entertainment world with reports that it'll start firing workers at its music and consumer electronics operations here. Sony's music group, home to stars such as Jennifer...
DIG, THEY MUST - NEW YORK CITY IS AN URBAN EXPLORER'S ATLANTIS
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amARE you the kind of person who aches to peek behind the boarded-up windows of abandoned buildings? You're not alone. Urban exploration, the investigation and documentation of the city's lost...
NAACP BOSS RIPS NETS, HAS TALK SHOW COOKING
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amNAACP president Kweisi Mfume, a frequent critic of the major networks for not employing enough minorities in television shows, has taped a talk show pilot for one of NBC's syndication...
GOTTA CATCH 'EM NOW! EIGHT GREAT WAYS TO SAVOR SUMMER
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amWith only two weeks left till Labor Day -and the start of you know what -there's so little time and so much to do. Here are a few ideas for...
HARU? FINE, THANK YOU
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amAt last week's launch party for Haru, Rocky Aoki's new flagship sushi bar and restaurant, the sashimi was super-fresh but the air-conditioning was nonexistent. Nice trick, Rocky, but you don't...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amMiddle East bombs, a downed chopper, Internet sickos - it's enough to tarnish the silverware, let alone a good talk over a hearty meal. Let's get to some fluffier fare....
HOOP TO IT
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe uninitiated might imagine that the audience at a New York Liberty playoff game consists of subdued young women politely watching the game. Unless you're hard of hearing, it will...
TELLING TALES
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amWhen Tammy Hall was growing up in Clarksville, Tenn., her father would gather her and her 10 brothers and sisters around him and tell them stories. Wonderful stories. "When he...
DUBYA'S 'FAITH' AIDE JUMPS SHIP
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush suffered a blow yesterday when his point man on the faith-based initiative said he's quitting because of partisan politics and the stress it has added to...
RUDY'S HOUSE HUNT HITS THE WALL
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amMAYOR Giuliani isn't making much headway in his hunt for a new apartment. Giuliani announced seven weeks ago that he was moving out of Gracie Mansion to avoid run-ins with...
2ND BLACK MARK FOR QUEENS ELDER HOME
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - A Queens nursing home cited for serious violations by the state Health Department in February still has not fixed the problems, officials said yesterday. The Dr. William O....
BETS OFF ON RUDY'S BID TO SELL OTB
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - The Republican-led state Senate yesterday told Mayor Giuliani to hold his horses, announcing plans for public hearings this fall before it will even consider the proposed sale of...
NEW YORK POST: FROM AUG. 18, 1939
August 18, 2001 | 4:00am"One by one, the big movie theaters succumb to stage shows. Yesterday, the Capitol celebrated its departure from peace, dignity and plenty of seats with 'The Wizard of Oz' on...
LAWMEN IN HUNT FOR PERV ROCKER
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amMarilyn Manson is a wanted man. A sworn arrest warrant was issued yesterday against the shock rocker for a lewd stage maneuver - and more icky charges may follow, a...
OFF AND RUNNING - HE'S OUT OF JAIL, BUT AL'S MUM ON ENDORSING FERRER
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday walked out of a Brooklyn prison a free man ready to dive back into politics - but he was in no rush to embrace mayoral...
JUDGE RAPS CITY FOR TAKING KIDS FROM BATTERED MOMS
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amA Brooklyn federal judge is giving the Administration for Children's Services six months to reform and restructure its practice of removing children from homes where spouses are being abused. Appearing...
FREDDY SAYS HE'S NO. 1 AS 4 BLACKS BACK HIM
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amBronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer declared himself the front-runner in the mayoral race yesterday after receiving the endorsement of four black leaders in Harlem. "Remember this day," Ferrer said. "It...
MAN QUIZZED IN HOSP MOLESTS
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amPolice early today were questioning a man in the attempted sex attacks of two female patients - one of them 93 years old - at Beth Israel Hospital on the...
2ND DAY-LABOR THUG WANTS TRIAL MOVED
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amA day after tattooed hatemonger Christopher Slavin was handcuffed and hauled off to prison for beating two Mexican day laborers, the gloves came off in the case against his alleged...
DA LETS TYSON OFF HOOK IN CALIF. RAPE CASE
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amBoxing bad boy Mike Tyson won't be socked with rape charges. The San Bernardino, Calif., district attorney's office yesterday declined to file the charges against the ex-heavyweight champ, saying it...
STRAPHANGER HEALTH ALERT OVER BAT OUT OF SUBWAY HELL
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amCommuters bitten or scratched by the D train bat should see a doctor, the Health Department warned yesterday. The sparrow-sized bat reportedly hitched a ride from Norwood-205th Street in The...
FRAUDSTER GRANNY MAY GET NEW TRIAL
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amAn elderly socialite was convicted of swindling would-be investors yesterday - but the verdict was immediately cast into doubt because of an 11th-hour legal fiasco. Elizabeth Kummerfeld - who helped...
ANGRY ALAN BRANDS BRIBE CLAIM A 'LIE'
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amAlan Hevesi lashed out yesterday at a claim he took a $6,000 bribe, saying it was an "ugly smear" timed suspiciously close to the mayoral primary election. Hevesi repeatedly used...
COPTER SURVIVOR COULD LOSE LEGS
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amHelicopter crash survivor Chana Daskal has taken a turn for the worse and may need to have her legs amputated, a hospital source revealed yesterday. "Her lower extremities - that's...
ISRAELIS NAB WOULD-BE SUICIDE BOMBERS
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A massive manhunt caught two Palestinians with the 5-pound bomb they planned to explode in a packed Haifa disco, Israeli police said yesterday. Israeli security forces had been...
THE BRONX IS UP, BABY - LITTLE LEAGUERS PSYCHED FOR TODAY'S SERIES OPENER
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Their strength comes from one another. They are a team in every sense of the word. And the Bronx Baby Bombers are out to make a statement...
'SOUL TRAIN' WHISTLES FOUL AGAINST MTV
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amMusic icon Don Cornelius warns he will roll his "Soul Train" right over MTV if the video giant doesn't stop steering top artists away from his awards show. Cornelius says...
DI BUTLER'S THREAT - MIGHT SUMMON ROYALS TO TESTIFY
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amPrincess Diana's beloved butler may call members of the royal family to testify as he battles charges of stealing hundreds of her personal belongings, his lawyer said yesterday. Standing on...
PRISON BIGS IN HUNT FOR POISON-PEN WRITER
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe superintendent of a new maximum-security prison won't be the only one fired over a bizarre letter-writing scandal - the state Department of Correction said yesterday it's looking for the...
COACH'S GRINCH BOSS LETS TEAM DOWN
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. TWELVE of The Bronx's best kids are pursuing their dream of winning a Little League world championship - but they're not getting all the help they need from...
KERIK: I'LL EXIT WITH HIZZONER
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amPolice Commissioner Bernard Kerik says that when Mayor Giuliani goes, he's going with him - slamming shut the door on talk he'd stay on the job under New York's next...
AFFAIR WITH WALL STREET WHIZ ENDED IN 'BETRAYAL,' SHE SAYS
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amMarylin Star fell madly in love with financial guru James McDermott - but he told her he they could never wed because her pornographic pedigree would never pass muster in...
NO CHARGES IN TOT HEAT DEATH
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amA Brooklyn mother whose 2-year-old son died after being left alone in the family car in sweltering heat will not be charged, police sources said yesterday. The medical examiner ruled...
PORN STAR SURFACES - WILL BARE SECRETS OF SEX-STOX SCAM
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amFugitive porn queen Marylin Star has returned to New York and plans to blow the lid off a major sex-and-stocks scandal and bare all to the feds about her affair...
BOMBSHELL SNAPS: GIRL HOGTIED BY CYBER-PERV
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amAuthorities have confiscated kinky digital photographs depicting brutal and sexual abuse of a 15-year-old girl - but the lawyer for cyber-sadist James Warren says the shots will exonerate him. The...
TEEN SAVED AFTER 14 HRS. ADRIFT IN ATLANTIC
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amA Tennessee teen spent 14 terrifying hours on the shark infested Atlantic Ocean after being swept out to sea on his 4-foot rubber air mattress. Frankie Icenhour, 15, of Mountain...
16-YEAR-OLD CHARGED IN RAPE-&-ROB
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amA 16-year-old Westchester boy who preys on Asian women is charged with a brutal rape and robbery attack on the Lower East Side - and remains a suspect in four...
COMMISH: I'M FOLLOWING HIZZONER OUT THE DOOR
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amPolice Commissioner Bernard Kerik says that when Mayor Giuliani goes, he's going with him - slamming shut the door on talk he'd stay on the job under New York's next...
JETER'S SQUEEZE PLAY - YANK HUNK STEALS LATINA LOVELY FROM A-ROD
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amTexas Ranger Alex Rodriguez may have scored the bigger pay package, but Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter got the girl. Jeter bore the brunt of A-Rod's barbs back in March when...
COPS GRILL 2 IN FARRAKHAN SON SHOOTING
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Two men were in custody last night for questioning in the shooting and beating of the 42-year-old son of Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan. No charges were...
YANKS THROW WRENCH IN MARINERS' MACHINE - MUSSINA, 3 BOMBER HRS SINK SEATTLE AT STADIUM
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amOne of their best arms was punished by Derek Jeter, Shane Spencer and Alfonso Soriano. Mike Mussina and Ramiro Mendoza quieted their potent lineup. Last night at a packed Yankee...
ROBIN DEAL FADING FAST
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES If Robin Ventura were with any other team - even the Red Sox - his chances of being dealt to the Yankees would be very high. But Ventura...
DODGERS PROPEL METS TO NEW LOW
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amDodgers 8 - Mets 3 LOS ANGELES - The Mets hit various new lows last night in their latest loss, an 8-3 thumping by the Dodgers. Their seven-game losing streak...
FLUTE, 'DANCE' BATTLE IN 'BAMA
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The spotlight falls on Kentucky Oaks winner Flute today in the Grade 1, $750,000 Alabama Stakes, but the daughter of Seattle Slew will hardly be playing a...
'POINT' LOOKS LIKE A 'GIVEN'
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Barring an unforeseen setback between now and Tuesday, when he boards a flight to New York, Point Given will run in next Saturday's Travers. "We've pretty much...
BACKUP GARRETT LOOKS READY AND ABLE
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amAs soon as the words came out of his mouth, Kerry Collins looked around for something to knock for good luck. He reached backward and wrapped his knuckles on the...
LINDROS SET FOR MONDAY
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe medicals are done, so is the contract, as are the insurance issues. Still, The Post has learned that announcement of the trade that's destined to bring Eric Lindros to...
JETS HAVE MUCH TO GET DONE VS. RAVENS
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe Ravens are coming, and Herm Edwards sounded a warning this week to his Jets. "They're defending Super Bowl champions; every time they step on the field they're gonna play...
JUST CALL HIM JUNIOR JUNIOR
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Never forget they are kids. Television and even Little League itself have turned this Little League World Series into another star-studded affair. Survivor for 12-year-olds. The field...
TIGER SURVIVES - BARELY - KATAYAMA AND TOMS GRAB LEAD AT 9-UNDER
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amDULUTH, Ga. - Mark O'Meara had set a course record with a 7-under par 63, and diminutive Shingo Katayama of Japan offered some international flavor by taking the lead in...
RICE-TO-ROCKETS IS FINALLY DONE
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe Glen Rice-to-the-Rockets deal became official yesterday when the Knicks and Mavericks each agreed to pay the Rockets about $1 million yesterday morning as "future considerations" to keep the three-team...
KATAYAMA SHOWING HIS METTLE
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amDULUTH, Ga. - At 7,213 yards, the Atlanta Athletic Club was supposed to favor long hitters. So what's a guy who carries five woods in his bag doing tied for...
O'MEARA'S RECORD ROUND REVIVES GAME
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amNOTES DULUTH, Ga. - These days, Mark O'Meara is best known as Tiger Woods' buddy. But he rekindled some magic in his golf game yesterday by shooting a 7-under-par 63...
BOSTON MARKET FOR VENTURA?
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES LOS ANGELES - The Mets are going to the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry card in their effort to unload Robin Ventura. By creating the perception that the Yankees' interest...
EL DUQUE MAY RETURN TUESDAY
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amIf everything goes well in a bullpen session tomorrow, the Yankees will welcome back a very big part of their recent October success Tuesday night in Texas. While there are...
IN ROUND 1, M'S DON'T MEASURE UP
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amALFONSO Soriano burst quickly to his left to engulf a leadoff grounder by Ichiro Suzuki and throw out Seattle's speedy right fielder. Derek Jeter turned the first pitch of the...
LOU SINGS BLUES: WE'RE GETTING HOSED!
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amCrying in baseball? No. Critiquing the field conditions after a loss? Apparently that's OK. At least Seattle manager Lou Piniella saw fit to say "they're starting to wet these fields...
MARINERS: HOLD PLAUDITS 'TIL OCTOBER
August 18, 2001 | 4:00am"For you guys, it's important," Seattle set-up man Jeff Nelson was telling the press yesterday. "For us, it's just another series." Maybe so. When you run roughshod over the entire...
M'S REAL SEASON JUST STARTING
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amTHIS is the Mariners' year. So far. And so far is not good enough. There are no victory laps in August, no parades. In August, you are only on pace...
87-34 MEANS NOTHING TO 3-TIME CHAMPIONS - MUSSINA, HRS MUZZLE SEATTLE
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amYankees 4 - Mariners 0 One of their best arms was punished by Derek Jeter, Shane Spencer and Alfonso Soriano. Mike Mussina, Mike Stanton and Ramiro Mendoza made their wood...
CHEN ENGINEERING SOLID MLB CAREER
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - It was all about prospect and hope. That is why Bruce Chen's grandparents left China for Panama. "The situation in China wasn't very good so we were...
D-DAY FOR EL DUQUE - E'LL TEST TOE, MAY RETURN TUESDAY
August 18, 2001 | 4:00ameverything goes well in a bullpen session tomorrow, the Yankees will welcome back a very big part of their recent October success Tuesday night in Texas. While there are a...
VENTURA-TO-YANKEES TALK FADING
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES If Robin Ventura were with any other team - even the Red Sox - his chances of being dealt to the Yankees would be very high. But Ventura...
METS SHOP ZEILE, ROBIN
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES LOS ANGELES - Since it became totally clear to management that the Mets were out of the race, the club has focused on next season. This has meant...
FAST PROGRESS ON 911 CALLS
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe average 911 response time is the fastest it's been since 1992, when the NYPD started keeping the statistics, police officials said yesterday. Last year, Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik was...