April 23, 2000
.....AND LOSERS
April 23, 2000 | 4:00am* CALVIN KLEINThe designer took his company off the market after he failed to find the deal he wanted. * BARRY HERTZ The online-trading pitchman and head of Track Data...
THIS WEEK'S WINNERS
April 23, 2000 | 4:00am* STEVE JOBSThe Apple CEO said profits were up more than 70 percent at the once-struggling company, while its shares have risen nearly 250 percent in a year. * GREG...
NEWSDAY HIT WITH STAFF DEFECTIONS
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amANTHONY Marro's Newsday, normally a steady-as-it-goes tabloid with few comings and goings, was rocked by the recent defection of two of its star reporters and one top editor. Two other...
LARGE-CAP GROWTH FUND WITHSTANDS DOWNTURNS
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amCHARLES Goodfellow wasn't too shocked to see the fund he manages - the BNY Hamilton Large-Cap Growth fund - rise to the top of the weekly charts when the markets...
OPRAH'S GIFTS REPAID WITH SWEAT
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amOPRAH Winfrey hasn't done much to dispel the notion that her editorial staff had a lot of anguish while trying to get the first issue of her new magazine out...
BRAIN DRAIN CONTINUES AT CRAIN PAPER
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amVamoosing.YET another staffer has left Investment News.Marlene Star, managing editor and second-in-command to editor Keith Girard, tendered her resignation last week. Five reporters have left the Wall Street trade newspaper...
MONEY HONEY RILES VIEWERS WITH HER TRIMARK GRILLING
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amCNBC is taking flak from some viewers over its on-air comments about Knight/Trimark Group, the biggest market maker on the Nasdaq Market. Some viewers are complaining CNBC has a conflict...
WEILL TAKES SPOTLIGHT AND FORGETS RUBIN
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amLET there be no doubt about it: Sandy Weill is firmly in control of Citigroup. Since booting his co-CEO, John Reed, Weill is not at all interested in getting into...
WHAT I WATCH
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amSHANNON SINGER/SONGWRITERI love LL Cool J's character on "In The House." The show was hilarious.RICHARD KIRSHENBAUM CO-FOUNDER & CEO KIRSHENBAUM BOND & PARTNERSI'm hooked on "Sex and the City." The...
STOPPARD DRAMA ALL TOO 'REAL'
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amAs Broadway gears up for its customary, who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire fiesta known as the Tony Awards, the big question is whether a show is better the second time around.There are currently three...
'KAHUNA' IS A PLUM FOR ROOKIE ACTOR
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amLooking suave and self-assured, Peter Facinelli saunters into a Midtown hotel bar chomping on peanut M&Ms. "This is my lunch - see what they pay me?" he quips. Facinelli may...
FONDA AT 60: STILL RIDIN' HIGH
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amPeter Fonda - whose portrayal of the long-haired biker and cocaine dealer Captain America in the 1969 odyssey "Easy Rider" spoke to a generation of disaffected young people - turned...
WHERE THE BEAT GOES ON
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amPity the poor club owner: He must fight skyrocketing rents, cabaret-license crackdowns and neighborhood noise complaints, all while trying to attract enough people to make a living. With the recent...
LEMPER: ICH BIN EIN VAMP
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amUnfurling her astonishingly long limbs as she settles into a sofa at Uptown lounge Fez, German chanteuse Ute Lemper seems to be channeling every 1920s and '30s siren to ever...
THE BOOK REPORT
April 23, 2000 | 4:00am"Like Normal People" by Karen E. Bender, Houghton Mifflin, 288 pages $23 It's a story of a day in the life of Lena Rose, but this is no ordinary day...
KOSHER FOR KARAOKE
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amIt was difficult to pass up an invite to Audrey Bernstein and Russell Steinberg's "Karaoke for Passover" shindig at the West Village club Elbow Room last Wednesday. But it was...
SWIMMING IN STYLE - IT'S TIME TO GET SUITED UP FOR SUMMER
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amIt's two months until Memorial Day: Do you know where your bikini is? No? Well don't fret. According to Glamour magazine, rare is the bathing beauty who can't find a...
SOME THONG TO CONSIDER: A BEACH-BUN WORKOUT
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amSisqo's "Thong Song" is the unofficial tune of spring break 2000, but sand-loving beauties who want to step into these cheeky little bottoms better be in shape. If your buns...
THEIR VINTAGE SWIMWEAR WILL SUIT YOU JUST FINE
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amThere's good news for beach-bound gals who love retro suits. The Metropolitan Vintage Fashion & Antique Textile Show will draw more than 60 antique clothing dealers next weekend -- many...
BRING OUT THE DEAD - CAN TALKING TO THE DEPARTED CHANGE YOUR LIFE? YES, IF YOU BELIEVE FILMS LIKE 'FREQUENCY'
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amWe see dead people . . . in the movies . . . all the time. Or at least often. From "Field of Dreams" to "Ghost" to 'The Sixth Sense,"...
A HOT DOG HAS ITS DAY
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amThey're short of leg but long on fans -- and next Sunday at noon, dachshunds will be the focus of a celebration at the annual Spring Fiesta in Washington Square...
JOE PROCOPIO - "PETHOVEN"
April 23, 2000 | 4:00am* JOE PROCOPIO "Pethoven" ** Jona Music Music for animals gives one pause. Are the little furballs smart enough to like certain melodies? I don't know, and Billy Budd -...
GUY-GERCOUNTER
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amNAME: Vincent Cancila AGE: 23 SPOTTED: Bryant Park (42nd Street and Fifth Avenue) HOME TOWN: Brooklyn RESIDENCE: Brooklyn HEIGHT: 5'11'' WEIGHT: 168 lbs. OCCUPATION: Plumber CLOTHING STYLE: If it's comfortable,...
MEALS & DEALS: OUT OF THIS WORLD
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amMuseum Food Court American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street (212) 769-5100 The American Museum of Natural History's new Hayden Planetarium features a spectacular space show,...
NEW YORK PET: MUSICAL PAWS - COMPOSER CAN REALLY CALM YOUR BEAST
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amWhen Chuck Berry wailed "Roll Over Beethoven" he wasn't trying to command a pet pooch to perform tricks. But when veteran musician Joe Procopio, 58, plays his latest tunes, he...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: AMY IRVING
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amABSTRACT: born to theater parents in San Francisco, Amy Irving got her first taste of the dramatic life as a 9-month-old when her mother, actress Patricia Pointer, carried her on...
NEW FRUIT'S A SWEET DEAL
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amIt's called "miracle fruit," and a little experimenting makes the reason obvious. These large, red berries, which look vaguely like figs, have a bland taste. But nibble a few bites...
FAMILY RIGHTS A FRONT-PAGE ISSUE
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amThe saga of nurse Joy Schepis and her lover/attacker Dr. Stephen Pack was such a big story last week that it even displaced Elian Gonzalez from his one true home:...
LINDA'S TICKED, BUTT GOOD!
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amLinda Fiorentino is really ticked. The star of "Where the Money Is" says NBC and the NBA better find the money. Quick. She was in a locker room recently suiting...
CLINTON'S COMMANDOS DO A FILTHY FAVOR FOR FIDEL
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amPRESIDENT Clinton "dishonored his family in Washington. He dishonored the White House. Now he has dishonored my family and he has dishonored America." Those are the words of Marisleysis Gonzalez...
SCHOOLS GIVE 'CHEATING' LESSONS COACHING DISTORTS TEST RESULTS: EXPERTS
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amCity schools are spending huge amounts of time and money coaching kids for standardized tests - cheating them out of a well-rounded education in a frenzy to boost scores on...
DOC: COUNT ON DAMAGE TO PSYCHE
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amElian Gonzalez's harrowing separation from his Miami relatives by armed federal agents was a traumatic and potentially devastating experience for the 6-year-old-boy, child psychology experts say. "I was all for...
HISTORICAL MURAL IN COVERUP FLAP
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - New York's top educational officials have covered over a once-celebrated historical mural because of objections from black staffers, The Post has learned. The massive, 35-by-22-foot allegorical mural -...
TUG-OF-LOVE TYKE IS BONDING QUICKLY, CLAIMS FATHER'S LAWYER
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amThey hadn't seen each other in five months, but when Juan Miguel Gonzalez finally held his 6-year-old son in his arms yesterday, it looked as if they would never let...
THE SHOT SEEN 'ROUND THE WORLD
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amThe photograph of a federal agent wearing riot gear and toting an automatic rifle as he confronted the man holding a frightened Elian Gonzalez yesterday sparked a thousand responses -...
FOES: RENO'S DELAYS MADE CRISIS WORSE
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Attorney General Janet Reno got a big pat on the back yesterday from her boss, President Clinton, for her handling of the Elian affair - but she was...
CROWD'S REAL ANGER: THEY'VE LOST THEIR POSTER CHILD
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI. STARING at the computer-printout photo held high above Dubi Zeledon's head, the woman gasped. The woman clutched her chest, staggered into her friend's arms and broke down in tears....
APPEALS MAY DELAY RETURN TO CUBA FOR WEEKS
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amElian's not going back to Cuba yet. His father has promised to keep the boy in the United States as long as legal appeals continue, a process expected to take...
STORM-TOSSED TYKE'S PLUSH NEW HOME IS LAP OF LUXURY
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amThe sprawling military facility where 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez and his dad are staying is considered The Plaza of air bases, where guests are treated like kings. Father and son are...
FATHER AND SON MAY STAY AT IDYLLIC MD. PLANTATION
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amThe Wye Plantation, where Elian Gonzalez and his father are expected to head after they leave Andrews Air Force Base, is a gorgeous preserve on Maryland's eastern shore. Visiting this...
DONNA'S HER OWN WOMAN HER PART IN CONTROVERSIAL PLAY IS LATEST STEP AWAY FROM HIZZONER'S SHADOW
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amVAGINAS may be the only controversial thing Donna Hanover talks about this election season. Although you will find the mayor's wife talking on Broadway, and talking on TV shows, one...
DEVASTATED MIAMI KIN ARE DENIED A D.C. VISIT WITH BOY
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amReeling from the early-morning raid on their home, Elian Gonzalez's Miami relatives rushed to the nation's capital yesterday to fight to see the boy - but were turned away at...
A REAL-LIFE MADE-FOR-TV DRAMA
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amIt looked like the kind of unrest we're used to seeing broadcast from other places. But this was happening right here in America, live on TV on a cool spring...
COPS KILL DERANGED MAN
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amA deranged Queens man who stabbed his elderly mom and then slashed his wrists was shot dead yesterday after he aimed a gun at cops and refused to drop it,...
WELL-OILED RAID WAS TWO WEEKS IN THE MAKING
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amThe crack squad that staged a daring raid to seize Elian Gonzalez trained for more than two weeks to make sure the seizure went smoothly. In all, more than 150...
EXPERTS SAY THEY'RE TOO EASY - OR TOO HARD
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amThe state reading tests being used to measure student progress - and to determine their future - have several major flaws, experts told The Post. Some educators ridiculed the reading...
HOW RENO'S RAIDERS GOT THE DROP ON BOY
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amThe frantic seizure of Elian Gonzalez and his tearful reunion with his father climaxed a saga that has captivated Americans and Cubans for nearly five months. Here is the dramatic,...
B'WAY PRODUCER COHEN DIES AT 79
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amColorful Broadway producer Alexander Cohen, who brought the Tony awards to television, died yesterday of complications from emphysema. He was 79. A prolific and outspoken showman, Cohen was a product...
FEDS MADE THE BEST OF A DIFFICULT JOB: EXPERTS
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amMany experts in hostage situations said yesterday's Elian Gonzalez raid was handled deftly - and that the government agents involved were in more control than it appeared. "They carried it...
RAID RIPPED BY NEARLY EVERYONE
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amReaction was swift and furious last night over the armed seizure of Elian Gonzalez. President Clinton praised the Justice Department's lightning-fast raid on the home of the boy's relatives -...
HAVANA RINGS WITH THE SOUND OF JOY AND TRIUMPH
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amThere was dancing in the streets of Havana yesterday as overjoyed Cubans hailed the U.S. government's seizure of 6-year-old refugee Elian Gonzalez from his Miami relatives. "It's marvelous!" roared Carmen...
AS A JOURNALIST, DICAPRIO MAKES A TITANIC FLOP
April 23, 2000 | 4:00am"ABC News Special:Planet Earth 2000" Last night at 8 p.m. on ABC/Ch. 7 Zero stars Leonardo DiCaprio turned out to be a dud as an interviewer in his debut as...
KEN STARR'S TEAM LONGED TO INDICT HILLARY: BOOK
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amA shocking new book on Sexgate claims that nearly every lawyer in prosecutor Ken Starr's office believed Hillary Clinton lied under oath about her role in the Whitewater scandal -...
'BOND' STAR'S SON INJURED IN CLIFF PLUNGE
April 23, 2000 | 4:00am"James Bond" star Pierce Brosnan found himself at the center of a terrifying real-life drama yesterday after his teenage son was seriously injured when the car the boy was riding...
NO DAY AT THE BEACH FOR SAD SANDRA DEE
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amIt was the late '50s - Sandra Dee was the hottest starlet in Hollywood. As "Gidget," she officially launched the beach-party movie craze - and her storybook marriage to pop...
WHATTA BLAST! TENDER-MEAT LOVERS GETTING MORE BANG FOR THEIR BUCK
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amCall it Dynomeat. A bizarre but promising new technology that can turn tough, low-grade beef into cuts as tender as filet mignon will soon be giving consumers more bang for...
YANKS, METS GOTTA SHARE ; NEW STADIUM SHOULD BE FOR BOTH TEAMS
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amLOOK, I've given the Mets, Yankees and City Hall long enough to work out a deal for a couple of new parks and what do we fans have for all...
GREAT SCOTT WANTS REPEAT PERFORMANCE FIRST-ROUND HERO STEVENS ONE HOT DEVIL
April 23, 2000 | 4:00am"For my contribution offensively, obviously this [series was my best]."SCOTT STEVENS The Scott Stevens Series sends a tingle down his spine, as well as his right arm. Of his 29...
SAUNDERS DREAMS OF GOING TO CAMP
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amWhy leave? That's the way Vaughn Saunders is looking at things. Why leave the New York area, where he's spent his entire football career, to try to make it somewhere...
SHORT SLIGHT-LY MOTIVATED LB IS DRIVEN BY SLIP TO 4TH ROUND
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amHe knows the number, and the names. There were 17 linebackers selected ahead of him in last weekend's NFL Draft, and Brandon Short has the list nearly put to memory....
PRETENDERS GO HOME! : CUP CHASE BETTER WHEN TOP TEAMS ARE ALIVE
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amFIVE of the league's best six teams have already made it through to Round Two, with first-overall St. Louis still alive in its fight with San Jose. It's the best...
WARD MUST COME UP BIG
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amSo much for any chance of the Knicks starting the controversial Big Backcourt today vs. Toronto as they did twice during the season. Jeff Van Gundy has been tightlipped about...
HUNTERS GOBBLING UP TURKEYS IN NORTHEAST
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amTURKEY hunting has become a very popular sport here in the Northeast and with their numbers continuing to grow, so does the success rate of hunters. This wasn't always the...
CAUSE FOR CONE-CERN : DAVID GETS SHELLED AS JAYS ROLL AGAIN
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amTORONTO - David Cone has never been about excuses. Now, faced with revolting numbers next to his name, Cone is not about alibis - not even after Joe Torre provided...
INJURED MIGHTY TO MISS DERBY
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amThe May 6 Kentucky Derby lost a major contender yesterday when trainer Frank Brothers said Mighty, two-length winner of the Louisiana Derby, will be sidelined for several weeks after injuring...
LJ NOT GRIPING OVER SCHEDULE
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amThere is one Knick who won't mind the extra days off in between games in the first round - Larry Johnson. Johnson missed 12 games this season with back and...
RUBY RUBLES WINS BED O' ROSES
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amNew York-bred distaffers have been dynamite in graded stakes so far at Aqueduct, and that trend continued yesterday when Ruby Rubles - a sprinter stretching out to a mile -...
BROSIUS ON TRACK TO RETURN
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amTORONTO - Yankee manager Joe Torre thinks Scott Brosius might return Tuesday if the Gold Glove third baseman doesn't suffer any setbacks during an injury rehab stint that started last...
NYRA WEBSITE OFFERS FAN CONTEST
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amBeginning tomorrow, fans will be able to enter the Belmont Park Fantasy Challenge at the NYRA website, http://www.nyra.com. Entrants may choose three jockeys, four trainers and three horses from each...
BY JORGE, GIRARDI KNEW IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE YANKS
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amWhen the Yankees decided not to bring back Joe Girardi as a high-priced backup catcher, many thought his departure would severely diminish the two-time defending champions' chances of earning another...
FRANCO, EWING TWO OF A KIND AGING STARS IN SAME BOAT
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amJOHN Franco is not much of an NBA fan. Today, though, when the playoffs begin for the Knicks, he will root for Patrick Ewing. Root for a kindred spirit. "He's...
ORDONEZ COMES THROUGH WITH BIG DAY AT THE PLATE
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amWhen the Mets needed big hits yesterday, they got them from ... Rey Ordonez? That's right. The light-hitting shortstop, whose batting average had barely been registering this season, came up...
DID THEY MAKE UP ? V, BAYLOR DISAGREE
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amEven when Bobby Valentine says he is trying to defuse a situation, he makes it stranger. The feud between Valentine and Cubs manager Don Baylor began in Japan, where Valentine...
THINGS COULDN'T BE BETTER : EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT FOR AMAZIN'S IN SWEEP
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amIf Bobby Valentine could've scripted the perfect formula for yesterday's doubleheader, this would've been it: a huge afternoon from the heart of the order, big innings late in each game,...
JAY SHOULD BE OK AFTER BOUT WITH STONES
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amMets outfielder Jay Payton was taken to the Hospital for Special Surgery before yesterday's doubleheader sweep of the Cubs with kidney stones. After being examined and given painkillers, he returned...
YANKS WINNING IN SPITE OF SELVES
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amQUIZ - Of the 20 men who made up the top 10 in batting average in each league in 1996, just one finished in the top 10 in either league...
FAN COMES LASTTO WFAN HOSTS
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amIF THE Yanks or Mets began to tack on an extra charge for extra-inning games - pay as you exit - they wouldn't have to worry about the fallout on...
THE TOWN SAVED BY GOLF
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amGo play High Bridge Hills Golf Club. It'll not only provide you a pleasurable golfing experience, but you can be part of the revitalization of a small town that not...
BOBBY V STILL MIGHT HAND IT TO REED
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES Righty starter Rick Reed still can't catch a baseball or pick up anything heavier than a shoe with his injured left hand. But neither he nor manager Bobby...
THE MATCHUPS
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amIn the regular season, the Raptors looked in-Vince-ible against the Knicks, winning three of four games. Vince Carter was at his electric best as Latrell Sprewell looked lost trying to...
BUTCH WANTS VINCE TO GET DEFENSIVE
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amORLANDO, Fla. -- OK, here's the scary part. Vince Carter, according to his coach Butch Carter, has reached only 60 percent of his potential. After first improving on his left...
AIR CANADA
April 23, 2000 | 4:00amVince Carter may be the next Jordan and the biggest obstacle between the Knicks and the second round of the playoffs, but at heart he's still Michelle Carter-Robinson's son (MD+BO)D(MD-BO)AYTONA...