August 30, 2001
SOMETHING'S UP AT KMART - DEAL WITH FLEMING COS. MAY PAY BIG DIVIDENDS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amCOULD lowly Kmart turn into an over-achiever in this kind of market? You might expect a company such as this discount retailer to hold its meetings with analysts at a...
FASHION WARS MOVE UP A NOTCH
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amThe fashion-TV battle rages on. While the style. network, the fledgling sister of E! Entertainment Television, has secured additional exposure in the New York metro area for coverage of the...
BMG RE-UPS ZOMBA'S JIVE IN U.S. FOR A YEAR
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amBritney's back in the house. Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) has worked a deal with Zomba Music Group to renew its distribution deal for the United States and Canada. The deal...
TED'S PITCH TO AOL TW: LET ME BUY THE GAMES
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amTed Turner says he's ready to buy the money-losing Goodwill Games from AOL Time Warner to prevent their likely shutdown. The 63-year-old Turner, pushed aside in the corporate suite at...
DOWN BUT NOT OUT - WYLY VOWS TO KEEP THE HEAT ON AT CA
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amSam Wyly may be down - but he's not out. The Texas billionaire was sent packing by 75 percent of voting Computer Associates shareholders - according to a preliminary count...
NYSE'S GRASSO KNOCKS NASDAQ'S FILING WITH SEC
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amThe New York Stock Exchange's Richard Grasso took a swing at rival Nasdaq's efforts to become a public stock exchange. Nasdaq's application to become a publicly listed exchange is "incomplete,"...
NEW MICROSOFT JUDGE DIGS IN THE SPURS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amBill Gates has a couple of new dates in his Pocket PC. The new judge in the Microsoft case, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, says she wants a "to-do" list from both sides...
FORD ELIMINATES EXEC BONUS PAY
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amFord's top brass, including CEO Jacques Nasser, voted to wipe out their own bonuses this year along with those of about 6,000 other executives. Managers last year shared $442 million...
LOWER GDP, BIG LAYOFFS HAMMER THE MARKETS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amStocks took a beating again yesterday as the August slide swept blue chips perilously close to this year's lows. Reports that the nation's economy had slowed to a pace unseen...
ZIFF DAVIS 'NET CHIEF IS DUMPED
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amThe ax swung again at embattled high-tech publisher Ziff Davis Media as acting CEO Avy Stein eased the company's Internet chief out of her job, source said. Wenda Harris Millard,...
CSFB IS FACING MORE JOB CUTS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amWall Street is set for a new round of layoffs. John Mack, newly anointed chief executive of embattled Credit Suisse First Boston, will make good on his "Mack the Knife"...
THIS ROCKER HAS REASON TO CROWE
August 30, 2001 | 4:00am30 ODD FOOT OF GRUNTS ROCKERS wanna act and actors wanna rock - that seems to be the nature of the beast, but despite a number of less-than-successful turns, every...
LADIES FIRST - WOMEN'S OPEN FINAL IS SO HOT, THEY'RE MOVING IT TO PRIME-TIME
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amTHE U.S. Open women's tennis finals will air - for the first time - in prime-time this year, a mark of how far the women's game has come. So why...
BUCKWHEAT BLUES ROCK THE BOAT
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amBUCKWHEAT ZYDECONew York Blues Cruise. The final concert of the summer season is an acoustic evening with singer/songwriter Martin Sexton tonight. The cruises board at Pier 17 at South Street...
MAXWELL IS ON TOP FOR 'NOW'
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amR&B crooner Maxwell had the best week of his life, on the album charts at least. The new album "Now" from the 28-year-old Manhattan singer, who just finished a seven-venue...
DENIRO SAID SORRY JACKO, I CAN'T MAKE IT. SO... BRANDO ROLLS IN AS A VIDEO STAR
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amMICHAEL Jackson has reportedly snagged Marlon Brando and the cast of "The Sopranos" for his new video, "You Rock My World." Brando agreed to appear in the video after Robert...
'SOPRANO' DECISION POSTPONED 'TIL SEPT.
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amJUDGMENT Day for "The Sopranos" is Sept. 13. That was the word yesterday from Chicago Circuit Court, where a group of Italian-Americans argued their case against HBO and the makers...
FIVE ADVENTURES FOR THIS WEEKEND - IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR A WET 'N' WILD LABOR DAY
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amYOU can bake in the sun on your rooftop. Or you could wait on line outside a Hamptons nightclub for seven hours. Why not try something different? These daytrips will...
STARR REPORT
August 30, 2001 | 4:00am'Friends' in need of a ninth season?Jennifer Aniston is indicating to anyone who will listen that this will be the last season of "Friends." But don't tell that to Warner...
ROCK ON, BROOKLYN! - WILLIAMSBURG'S THE LIFE OF THE MUSIC PARTY
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amNEW York's rock 'n' roll scene is alive and well in Williamsburg, home to a handful of new music clubs that are making waves on both sides of the East...
THE BESTS OF THE FESTS - THE LOWDOWN ON FALL FILM GATHERINGS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amIT'S high time for film festivals - a season of movies, parties and, of course, paparazzi. Take the Venice Film Festival. In a scene that would have made Fellini proud,...
NICE (PEN) STROKE: KIDS CLAMOR FOR PLAYERS' AUTOGRAPHS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amThe hottest action at the U.S. Open so far isn't at center court - it's outside the stadium, where a hard-core crowd of pre-teen autograph hounds has been battling for...
NEW YORK POST: FROM AUG. 30, 1990
August 30, 2001 | 4:00am"Ken Griffey was signed by the Seattle Mariners yesterday, joining Ken Jr. to become the first father-son combination to play on the same team. The Mariners announced the signing of...
HEY, KID, BE A GENT - LIKE THESE THUGS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amIF Baby Soprano wants to sing abuse at cops, he should follow a real-life script from fellow cast member Anthony Sirico, who plays Paulie Walnuts. Joe Coffey, who retired as...
THE COMEBACK REV
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amWILL it ever get any better than this for Al Sharpton? * During his 88 days in prison for trespassing at Vieques, he's visited by a political Who's Who. *...
DEMOLITION OF PARKING GARAGE OK'D
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amDespite community outcry, a Manhattan judge yesterday gave the city the green light to knock down a 400-space municipal garage lot in parking-poor lower Manhattan. In a seven-page decision, state...
WHO REALLY IS MARK GREEN?
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amIF Mark Green wins the race for mayor (and polls suggest he's well on his way) it'll be because he manages to fool an awful lot of New Yorkers. Green...
AGE FUROR CLOUDS BOMBERS' PARADE
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amNew York toasted the Bronx Baby Bombers yesterday with a flag-waving, salsa-dancing parade - even as new questions arose about the star pitcher of the Little League team. Thousands of...
S.I. MAN 3RD W. NILE CASE
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amA 44-year-old Staten Island man has become the third city resident infected with the West Nile virus this year, and another round of pesticide spraying is planned in the borough,...
SHATTERED WEDDING PLANS - AALIYAH'S BEAU IS DEVASTATED
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amAaliyah's heartbroken boyfriend revealed yesterday the two planned to marry next year, saying, "She was the one, she was definitely the one for me." Roc-A-Fella Records CEO Damon Dash told...
NO LUCK THE OTHER NIGHT? GO BIG GAME HUNTING FOR $115M
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amIf you missed out on last week's $295 million Powerball prize, don't despair - you have a chance at a $115 million prize tomorrow. No winning tickets were sold in...
MCCAIN OK IN PROSTATE, BLADDER OP
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain is expected to be sent home from the hospital tomorrow, after successful surgery to cut out a "benign enlargement" from his prostate and to remove...
HILL READY TO PULL PLUG ON TAX CUTS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amSCOTIA, N.Y. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday said she supports "slowing down" President Bush's $1.3 trillion federal tax cut if the economy continues to weaken. Clinton said she and...
UNION BIGS CALL FOR A CATHOLIC HS STRIKE
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amUnion leaders representing Catholic high-school teachers in the New York Archdiocese are calling for a back-to-school strike because of low salaries. "You can't live on $31,000 a year," said Henry...
FEISTY RUDY REIGNS ON DEMS' PARADE
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani was positively gleeful yesterday over how he's stolen the thunder from the Democrats who want to succeed him at City Hall. "I'm flattered that I'm dominating the Democratic...
FDNY WARNS BRAVEST OF HEART DANGER
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amWell before the death of 27-year-old Michael Gorumba, the Fire Department warned New York's Bravest about the dangers of the No. 1 firefighter killer: heart attacks. A video released to...
CLIFF-HANGER HERO - RISES TO SAVE PALS IN WRECK
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amSlipping in and out of consciousness, a New Jersey man spent six frantic hours trying to lead police to a horrific car wreck by cell phone - before dragging himself...
'GUINEA PIG' NIGERIANS SUE OVER MED DEATHS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amPharmaceutical giant Pfizer was sued yesterday by dozens of Nigerian families who say the company conducted secret drug tests on their children that led to the deaths of 11 kids....
CITY DUMPED MERCURY INTO WATER SUPPLY
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amThe Department of Environmental Protection pleaded guilty yesterday to knowingly dumping mercury into the city's water supply. The city agency admitted in a hearing that for two years employees knowingly...
TEARS FOR A GREAT DAD: WIDOW: FIREMAN LIVED FOR HIS SON
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amFallen firefighter Michael Gorumba lived for his 2-year-old son, Andrew, and "couldn't wait to become a dad again," his grief-stricken widow, Lori, told The Post yesterday. "He was a great...
BADILLO READS MIKE THE 'RIOT' ACT
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amRepublican mayor hopeful Herman Badillo yesterday took his sharpest swipe yet at megabucks rival Mike Bloomberg, charging the media tycoon would be "dangerous" in City Hall because he couldn't handle...
BACK RELIEF FOR HIGH-STRUNG TENNIS FANS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amThere's plenty for fans to do on the grounds of the U.S. Tennis Center besides watching tennis - like getting a free back massage. In a pavilion put up by...
LEVY LOPS $190M IN PROGRAMS AND JOBS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy yesterday imposed a whopping $190 million in cuts that wipe out or reduces after-school sports and staff-training programs and eliminates teacher's aides and guidance counselors. Levy...
HOOPS LEGEND KILLED - EX-N.J. STAR SHOT BY EX-COP LOVER: POLICE
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amA legendary New Jersey high-school hoops star who went on to counsel troubled teens at a Los Angeles shelter was shot dead by her ex-cop boss after the two women...
HOLIDAY PILGRIMS LABORING TO LEAVE
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amIt'll take a lot of work to get in and out of town Labor Day weekend. "There'll be heavy [traffic] delays on any major point in and out of the...
YOU PAID 250G FOR DEM BUSH-BASH TRIP
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amDEMOCRATIC leaders in Congress are all in a tizzy, claiming that President Bush broke the bank with his $300 tax rebate, but they're a lot less miserly when it comes...
ILER WISED OFF TO THE @#$%&* COPS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amCarmela would wash his mouth out. Robert Iler, the 16-year-old actor who plays mobster Tony Soprano's son on HBO's "The Sopranos," was a real "wiseguy" after his mugging arrest last...
PUPIL STABS DEAN - EXPELLED JOHN JAY MAN RETURNS WITH KNIFE: COPS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amA hulking John Jay College student booted for bad grades and harassing a professor stabbed a dean with a steak knife yesterday after being told he couldn't return to the...
BAND STEALING ME BLIND: SUIT
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amA Brooklyn artist charges in a $1 million lawsuit that the R&B group Men of Vizion is so shortsighted it used the logo he created without paying him. The artist,...
DEMS PLANNING TO SLICE UP 'CONDIT COUNTRY'
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Rep. Gary Condit's district is likely to be redrawn within days to make it more Democratic, but less friendly for the congressman, California sources said yesterday The move...
RED-TAPE NIGHTMARE - ENROLLMENT MIX-UPS INFURIATE STUDENTS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amThe Board of Education bureaucracy is making high-school registration a nightmare for hundreds of students and parents - with lines of red tape, unhelpful or absent school officials, unresponsive phone...
JUDGE TOSSES AILING BEATLE'S $11M LAWSUIT
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amA Missouri judge may have cost cancer survivor George Harrison a whopping $11 million - after charging the ex-Beatle faked his life-threatening illness to "fool" the court. Harrison won the...
ISRAEL OUT OF W. BANK TOWN
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli troops were ordered out of the West Bank town of Beit Jala today - but they'll stay out only if Palestinians stop shooting at Gilo, a nearby...
DWI-COP VICTIM SHOCKER - HUBBY ABUSED TRAGIC WIFE, AUTHORITIES SAY
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amVictor Herrera beat and abused his wife for more than two years, and the pregnant woman had an order of protection against him when she and their young son were...
HALL OF A NIGHT IN HARLEM
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amThirteen sports and entertainment greats were honored last night at induction ceremonies for the National Black Sports & Entertainment Hall of Fame, which boosters plan to build in Harlem. Inductees...
STUDENT STABS DEAN: COPS: HAD BEEN BOOTED FOR 'VERY, VERY' BAD GRADES
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amA hulking John Jay College student booted for bad grades and harassing a professor stabbed a dean with a steak knife yesterday after being told he couldn't return to the...
RULING KEEPS HYNES' CHALLENGER ON PRIMARY BALLOT
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Brooklyn District Attorney Charles "Joe" Hynes will face his first primary after the state's top court refused yesterday to kick his challenger off the ballot. Not only will...
ARAB GUNS KILL NEW TRUCE BID
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A deal to bring peace to a Jerusalem suburb and end a two-day Israeli occupation of a West Bank town collapsed last night as Yasser Arafat failed to...
BEATLE TRIED TO MAKE ME FOOL ON THE HILL: JUDGE
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amA heartless Missouri judge may have cost cancer survivor George Harrison a whopping $11 million - after charging the ex-Beatle faked his life-threatening illness to "fool" the court. Harrison won...
RULING KEEPS HYNES' CHALLENGER ON BALLOT
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Brooklyn District Attorney Charles "Joe" Hynes will face his first primary after the state's top court refused yesterday to kick his challenger off the ballot. Not only will...
DUBYA IN TEXAS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amA chipper President Bush was in a "make-my-day" mood on the 26th - and final - day of his Texas vacation as he all but dared Democrats in Congress to...
ADWATCH: MARK GREEN
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amTITLE: "Bridge" LENGTH: 30 seconds PRODUCER: Firm of Trippi, McMahon & Squier SCRIPT: Announcer: "Can a mayor really unite New York?" Green: "Instead of picking fights with people, I fight...
SELES MAKING NOISE
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amAbove the sounds of squeaking sneakers and hushed murmurs, of racquets and vicious forehand shots, one familiar noise drowned out all others. Monica Seles was, if not at her best,...
FAST FINISH REMEDIES SLOW START FOR RAFTER
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amSixth-seeded Australian Patrick Rafter struggled early, but beat Belgian Christope Rochus 7-5, 6-2, 6-1 last night at Arthur Ashe Stadium. After trailing the first set 5-2, Rafter won five straight...
CHEN NOW A PHILLY BUSTER - MET BATS COME ALIVE AS BRUCE BAGS WIN
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amThe word that sped down the Jersey Turnpike was that Larry Bowa thought Bruce Chen was soft. The word found Chen's ears, and for nearly two weeks he anticipated facing...
JETS MUST GET DEFENSIVE
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Through the first three preseason games, the Jets have shown ascending progress with their newly-installed West Coast offense. Because tonight's preseason encounter with the Eagles at Veterans Stadium...
PECA: ISLANDERS CAN BE WINNERS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amThe Islanders' summer of fun continued yesterday when they officially announced the signing of center Michael Peca, who is getting a five-year deal worth $20 million. Peca was acquired in...
RAHMAN'S REIGN NOT TOO ROSY
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amA LITTLE over four months ago, Hasim Rahman landed the punch that should have changed his life. But practically from the instant his right hand landed on the chin of...
ANOTHER MINOR SETBACK KEEPS ESCOBAR ON FARM
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amAlex Escobar's Triple-A season has mirrored the Mets' season. A year with so much expectation has turned into disappointment. The moment things go right, something invariably goes wrong soon after....
JETS, EAGLES AGREE: TURF AT VET ALL SET
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amJET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - The Jets conducted their early walkthrough at Veterans Stadium yesterday afternoon and gave the place the OK to play tonight's preseason finale. Two weeks ago, an...
FASSEL: BE MUM TO ZEBRAS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Before the Giants began practice yesterday, coach Jim Fassel addressed his team regarding the impending lockout of NFL referees. "I have told everybody, all coaches, all players, I...
JINTS TAP ANDERSEN OVER BRAD
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amMorten Andersen and Brad Daluiso went kick for kick, starting with about 32-yard field-goal attempts and working their way back to between 50- and 55-yarders. Each kicker got about 15...
SPIT HAPPENS - ON COURT - LOSER TABARA EXPECTORATES AT VICTORIOUS JERSEYITE GIMELSTOB
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amThe spit hit the fan at the U.S. Open yesterday as threats and saliva flew through the Flushing Meadows' air. Jersey Justin Gimelstob, after learning Czech Republic native Michal Tabara...
THIS IS NO GAME OF TAG - COMMISH ORDERS UP REPLACEMENT OFFICIALS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amWhen the Jets take the Veterans Stadium field tonight, their coaches and veteran players will not recognize the officials handling their final preseason game. And, based on the hard-line stance...
HARPER-GRIFFITH PLAYS IN ROLE-MODEL'S SHADOW
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK It was appropriate Brooklyn's Levar Harper-Griffith was placed on Court 10, yards from the Arthur Ashe statue for his Open debut yesterday. The kids in Brooklyn would shout "there...
YANKS, METS EYE NITKOWSKI TRADE
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES The Yankees have joined the Mets in trying to make a trade for former St. John's standout, C.J. Nitkowski, The Post has learned. A source said the Tigers...
TORRE: RIVERA BELONGS IN BOMBERS' MVP RACE
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTESJoe Torre agrees that Roger Clemens is an AL MVP candidate this year, but Torre also thinks closer Mariano Rivera is as valuable as anybody on the Yankees. "It's...
YANK LINEUP IN LIMBO
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amJOE Torre made his list and checked it twice. He was not going to commit the same mistake again. Tuesday it took a conversation with reporters for the Yankee manager...
HARD-LUCK HITCH - IMPROVED STERLING SUNK BY TEPID 'O'
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amBlue Jays 3 - Yankees 2 The venerable home clubhouse at Yankee Stadium resembled a ghost town. Actions spoke louder than words after last night's 3-2 loss to Toronto. Yankee...
MARIANO WINNING VOTES FOR YANKEE MVP
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Although Joe Torre admitted Roger Clemens could be an AL MVP candidate this year, he thinks closer Mariano Rivera is as valuable as anybody else on the Yankees....
DEREK TURNS 'D' CORNER - JETER'S PLAY AT SS SOLID IN 2ND HALF
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amForget the 10-for-38 over his last nine games. Derek Jeter is on a hot streak. Not the type of streak with which you might associate the Yankee shortstop, although he...
SELES MAKING NOISE AGAIN
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amAbove the sounds of squeaking sneakers and hushed murmurs, of racquets and vicious forehand shots, one familiar noise drowned out all others. Monica Seles was, if not at her best,...
DAVENPORT APPLAUDS WILLIAMS SISTERS
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amHere's a change. Lindsay Davenport, after beating Emilie Loit, 6-0, 6-2, commended Venus Williams and Serena Williams - and even Anna Kournikova - for bringing life to the women's game....
HARPER-GRIFFITH: SOLID OPEN DRAW
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amIt was appropriate Brooklyn's Levar Harper-Griffith was placed on Court 10, yards from the Arthur Ashe statue. The kids in Brooklyn would shout "there goes Arthur Ashe" every time they...
IVANISEVIC REFUSES TO CHANGE HIS TUNE
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK After winning his U.S. Open first-round match over Hugo Armando, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3, yesterday, Goran Ivanisevic revisited the incident in which he called a Wimbledon linemen "a faggot." "They've...