March 2, 2001
JETS TO BE CAUTIOUS IN THIS FREE-FOR-ALL
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amWith free agency beginning at midnight last night, anxious Jets fans awaiting a bevy of new talent to be signed should be warned to be patient, because the Jets don't...
PORTLAND'S BIG GAMBLE - BLAZERS ARE ASKING FOR TROUBLE IF THEY PICK UP STRICKLAND
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amSEGUE this! Taking a cue from the league-leading 76ers, who embraced a remarkable risk last week by swapping All-Star centers, the Pacific Division-cresting Trail Blazers are entangled in a similar...
MATT FRANCO BATTLING ODDS TO STICK
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - The situation this season is different for Matt Franco. Last year, Franco wasn't promised a spot, but his position was much clearer. "It was...
NEW IRON MIKE TRIES AN OPEN-DOOR POLICY
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amLAS VEGAS - The iron gates to the fortress swing open. The muscular man in the sport-coat with the wraparound shades, the ear piece, the microphone on his lapel and...
SEARCH CONTINUES FOR MISSING TRAINER
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amHallandale, Fla., police continued their investigation yesterday into the disappearance of noted horse trainer John Tammaro Jr., who has not been seen since leaving Gulfstream Park on Sunday morning. Police...
HILL CARRIES CARDOZO
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amH.S. BASKETBALL: Cardozo 68 - Magnet 58 Ron Naclerio had seen this happen before. His Cardozo team held a comfortable second half lead and saw it quickly evaporate against Campus...
BEEN-THERE REGGIE: HONOR THY CONTRACT
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amDUNEDIN - Reggie Jackson can understand the money-envy that Gary Sheffield and Frank Thomas are going through because he felt the same way a long time ago. The difference for...
IT AIN'T EASY OWNING GREEN
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amEnergetic Jets owner Woody Johnson got so wrapped up in Gang Green's games early last season that he got a cold every week after putting too much energy into Sunday's...
NAVY SUSPENDS BOMB EXERCISES ON VIEQUES
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amThe Navy has deep-sixed training exercises planned for this month on the controversial bombing range on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, officials said yesterday. The move comes as Defense...
WHINY THUG IS SPOILED, NOT 'BLESSED'
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amTHE Rapper known as Puff Daddy or Puffy or P.D. - or "Fluffy," as Henry Kissinger says it - doesn't like to say how he earned the nickname. "Do I...
TWICE-SOLD TWINS' CALIF. 'DAD' IS JAILED IN KID-MOLEST CASE
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - The California would-be dad in the sensational tug-of-war case over twin babies adopted on the Internet is embroiled in a new controversy - he's charged with molesting...
POLL FLUNKS SCHOOLS, BUT FAVORS ED BOARD
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amCity residents give thumbs down to public schools - but they still overwhelmingly oppose abolishing the Board of Education and putting the next mayor in charge of education, a new...
DEMS PITCH TAX CUTS HALF THE SIZE OF W.'S
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Democrats responded yesterday to President Bush's tax cut proposal by offering a smaller, $700 billion package which they claim does more for poor Americans and is less risky...
FBI HUNTS 2ND SPY IN ITS RANKS - CLUES POINT TO TIP-OFF ON 'MOLE' BUST
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Spycatchers who strongly suspect Robert Hanssen wasn't the only Russian mole inside the U.S. intelligence community have begun grilling dozens of government employees. The hunt for a second...
FATTY FOODS ALSO BAD FOR KIDS' MENTAL HEALTH: DOCS
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amKids who eat a high-fat diet could severely stunt their mental development, scientists say. Experiments on lab rats suggest that fatty foods, eaten excessively, cause memory problems. It's already been...
'Y' EXPANSION EXPOSES BIAS AT W'BURG PROJECT
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amA DIRTY little war has been declared against Ruth Neale, a diminutive 66-year-old Jewish woman who has dedicated her life to teaching children. Fliers are being circulated that accuse her...
NO DAY IN THE COUNTRY: TWO VIEWS FROM THE 'BURBS
March 2, 2001 | 5:00am* BOBBI BOLANDArclight Theatre, 152 W. 71st St. Ticket Central, (219) 279-4200. * SUBURBSt. Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Ave. at 54th Street. Telecharge, (212) 239-6200. --------------------- THE stage formulas of...
EASY TO BE HARD: POLISHED PANTERA PUTS THE PEDAL TO THE METAL
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amFOR the last decade, Pantera has flown under the radar of mainstream rock - but any head-banger who has slammed to the band will argue that the Texas quartet is...
BRITNEY SETS FIRST LIVE CONCERT ON TV
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amMOVE over, Boss - here comes Britney! HBO will air a live concert featuring teen pop sensation Britney Spears in November "Britney Spears Live from the MGM Grand Las Vegas,"...
A WOMAN HUSBANDS HER RESOURCES
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amME YOU THEM () Well-made, bittersweet dramedy from Brazil about a woman and her three "husbands." Running time: 107 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sexuality). In Portuguese, with English subtitles. At the...
THREE STOOGES
March 2, 2001 | 5:00am"The Lone Gunmen" ( 1/2) Sunday night at 9 on Fox/Ch. 5 ----------- IF the sight of fingertips pecking swiftly upon the keys of a computer keyboard gets your juices...
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF CAVES, RETRIBUTION
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amCAVEMAN'S VALENTINE () Samuel L. Jackson hits one out of the park. Running time: 105 minutes. Rated R (sex, violence, profanity). At the E Walk, the Lincoln Square, the Harlem...
WALL ST. JOURNAL HIKING COVER PRICE TO $1
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amStocks may be falling, but the price of the Wall Street Journal is about to go up. Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. said yesterday it will raise...
BARGAIN HUNTERS REVIVE TECHS, BUT THE RALLY MAY BE A 1-DAY WONDER
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amTech stocks roared back from the brink in a bargain hunter's rally yesterday - but investors don't expect much bounce in trading today. Although the late day rally yesterday sent...
GROUPE ARNAULT & THOMAS LEE JOIN FORCES
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amThe world is not enough for Bernard Arnault. At least not the fashion and luxury worlds, it seems. Arnault, chairman and CEO of luxury conglomerate LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton,...
LUXURY CARS ARE BACK AS PICK OF LOT FOR THIEVES
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amNO ONE'S snubbing your Honda - but your $100,000 Mercedes-Benz will disappear a heck of a lot sooner in New York these days. Chic and flashy is back in vogue...
AND THE INJURED 'SURVIVOR' IS . . .
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amPIG killer Michael Skupin was the "Survivor" contestant injured so badly, he needed to be airlifted from the game's remote location in the Australian Outback. While trying to prepare a...
NO SPICE, NO HEAT IN 'MEXICAN'
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amTHE MEXICAN () Long, bumpy and violent road movie for Julia and Brad. Running time: 122 minutes. Rated R (strong violence, profanity). At the E-Walk, the Ziegfeld, the Battery Park...
FROM DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amROBERT EARL KEEN ------------ WHO the hell is Robert Earl Keen? He's Texas. And he brought the essence of his home state here for his one-night stand at the Bowery...
COURT TO MASH 'MONSTER'? - JUDGE COULD LOWER BOOM ON NAPSTER AS SOON AS TODAY
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amNapster could lose its pop culture status by the end of today. If federal Judge Marilyn Hall Patel shows no patience with the "monster," the file-sharing site could well be...
FREE DSL PROVIDER WINFIRE WASHED UP
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amFree DSL: oxymoron? Apparently so, as another company bit the dust this week. Winfire, the country's second-largest DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) provider, has been put on the block. Parent company...
BPCA SUES BROOKFIELD - BOTH CLAIM RIGHT TO DEVELOP VALUABLE LOT
March 2, 2001 | 5:00am"The Crying of Lot 49," Thomas Pynchon's classic story, had nothing on the "Wailing Over Site 26." The Battery Park City Authority yesterday unleashed its lawyers to make Brookfield Properties...
KNICKS NIX ROD - LAYDEN SAYS TEAM IS NOT INTERESTED IN ADDING STRICKLAND
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amFor more than a year, Knicks GM Scott Layden pursued a trade for Wizards point guard Rod Strickland, who desperately wanted to come back to his native New York. But...
VAN GUNDY: I WAS REALLY HAPPY FOR PATRICK
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Patrick Ewing usually doesn't get too happy after losing. But Jeff Van Gundy spoke with Ewing late Tuesday night after the Sonics got hammered by the Knicks and...
'CANES SWAMP GORING'S ISLES
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amHurricanes 3 - Islanders 1 While his former Islanders teammates came out in staunch support of Butch Goring keeping his job in yesterday's Post, his current players aren't doing their...
DON'T MISS BIG SHOW
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amSOME of the greatest fishing and hunting talent in the country is gathered at the World Fishing and Outdoor Expo taking place at Rockland Community College in Suffern, N.Y., this...
DEVS AWAIT BIG RETURNS AS INJURY LIST EMPTIES
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amReturns resume tonight. Rebounding as they recover, the Devils may even have their A Line intact for the first time since Feb. 16. "Ready to go," said Petr Sykora, who...
BIG MAC'S PAYDAY NOT ABOUT MONEY
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amJUPITER, Fla. - On the first day of March 2001, a baseball player received $30 million and was roundly hailed for his lack of greed. At an early-morning press conference,...
STREET CRY MAKES NOISE IN DUBAI
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amStreet Cry, making his first start since finishing third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, came off the pace to win his seasonal debut in the $250,000 Dubai 2000 Guineas at...
KNOB WORKS THROUGH FIRST ERRANT THROW
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amDUNEDIN - As tan lines deepened at sold-out Grant Field, the public address announcer read in great detail and with great satisfaction the weather reports from New York and Toronto....
SHEFF STILL HOT ON MET BURNER - AMAZIN'S IN PRIME POSITION FOR DEAL
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - The Mets are in prime position to land Gary Sheffield. As teams continue to be scared by Sheffield's history, the market falls with the Mets just...
WALT SCORED BIG ON EWING'S NIGHT
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amMSG's Al Trautwig, in the open to Tuesday's Sonics-Knicks, used a few seconds to say plenty: "We welcome you live to Madison Square Garden, where Patrick Ewing is going through...
BILL'S AIDES TIE LIBRARY BIG TO PARDON OF RICH
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amA Clinton library trustee played a key role in the last-minute pardon of Marc Rich, former Clinton aides said yesterday as New York state's tax commissioner issued a warrant for...
CALL-GIRL BOSS' SIS KEPT IT ALL IN THE FAMILY: COPS
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amA $2 million-a-year escort service that advertised over the Internet was a sister act, prosecutors said yesterday. Nnenne Egwu, 42, turned herself in yesterday on charges she helped her younger...
AFTERSHOCKS ROCK NORTHWEST
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amThe Northwest was all shook up for a second day, rattled by aftershocks of the powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake near Seattle that caused more than $1 billion in damage. Scores were...
BUS STRIKE IS OVER, BUT TROUBLE LOOMS
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amA one-day strike left 55,000 Bronx and Westchester bus riders scrambling for ways to get to work yesterday - and could be a sign of things to come when city...
SCANDAL-TAINT OTB BOSS DOE$ 'BETTOR' BY QUITTING EARLY
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amThe ex-president of the city's Off Track Betting Corp., who quietly resigned amid charges of credit-card abuse, walked away with a lifetime pension bonus worth an extra $12,000 a year,...
WITH JAX, KNICKS' 'O' GETS THE POINT
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amSEE The Knicks run. It's about time. It's about Mark Jackson. For the first time in such a long time the Knicks offense flowed in the 101-92 victory over the...
TRACHSEL OPENS TO BACK-TO-BACK WHACKS
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - The first look of Steve Trachsel in last night's 5-4 exhibition opening loss to the Expos was from behind. You could see the back...
CAMBY GROWING INTO GO-TO ROLE
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amSEE the Knicks pass. See Marcus Camby fly. One game after taking care of that messy Patrick Ewing business, Marcus Camby took care of the Celtics last night at the...
JETS RE-WORK PACTS FOR MICKENS, HALL
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amIn an 11th-hour maneuver, the Jets squeezed themselves under the required $67.4 million salary cap by restructuring the contracts of cornerback Ray Mickens and kicker John Hall. The Jets, who...
RANGERS MISSED OUT ON BLOCKBUSTER DEAL
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amWhile Theo Fleury tends to getting well, the Rangers are left to contend with the ramifications of their pending trade with the Coyotes having been nullified by the winger's re-entry...
NO WORRIES FOR KERRY
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amFor those wondering and perhaps worrying how Kerry Collins will rebound from his dreadful four-interception Super Bowl nightmare, he has a simple message: Calm down. He promises he is fine....
KING-SIZED WHOPPER DID ALI WRONG
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amTHE new wave of shameless sports entrepreneurs - Mark Cuban, please report to the principal's office - has almost made us forget the old reliables. If only they didn't remind...
STATE DUNS MARC RICH FOR $137M BACK TAXES
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amCalling Marc Rich the "Babe Ruth of concealment," New York's tax commissioner issued a warrant yesterday to recover more than $137 million in back taxes from the financier. Commissioner Arthur...
SCHOOLS RUSH TO FIX FAULTY WINDOWS
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amSchool construction officials promised yesterday to fix more than 100,000 defective new windows - declared safety hazards - by May 1, before hot weather hits the classrooms. The recently installed...
U.S. NAVY HOLDS OFF ON VIEQUES BOMB PRACTICE
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amThe Navy has deep-sixed training exercises planned for this month on the controversial bombing range on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques, officials said yesterday. The move comes as Defense...
JURORS VIEW CARNAGE ON TAPE OF EMBASSY BOMBING
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amThe full horror of a deadly terror bomb attack on the U.S. Embassy in Kenya hit home yesterday as stunned jurors watched gruesome footage of the explosion's chaotic aftermath. Gaping...
FANS & CELEBS IN SQUEEZE FOR SEATS
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amSean "Puffy" Combs played to a full house yesterday with media stars and diehard fans jockeying for seats in the Manhattan courtroom where he's on trial for gun possession and...
SINGER TAKES 'BANNED' STAND AT SMOKE HEARING
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amArguments over toughening the city's smoking laws took several dramatic turns yesterday - including an impromptu opera recital - in a contentious City Council hearing. A change proposed by Speaker...
TOM CRUISE 'TOP GUN' ON CELEBRITY LIST
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amTom Cruise is "the most powerful celebrity on the planet," says Forbes magazine. The Hollywood heartthrob - who recently split with his actress-wife, Nicole Kidman - tops the latest Forbes...
HUMBLE SCHUMER OUTSHINES DIVA CLINTON
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amIT TURNS out that Hillary Clinton is the best thing that could have happened to Chuck Schumer's career and reputation. Last fall, pundits who underestimated Schumer's workaholic probity predicted he...
BARD ON POT? WEED IT & WEEP
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amTo toke or not to toke - that apparently wasn't a tough question for Shakespeare. Scientists say he may have smoked marijuana for inspiration. Pipes dug up from the garden...
THE PREZ CONNECTS - CIVILITY SELLS
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amFOR years, Republican leaders in Washington have watched in confusion as the public seemed to be growing more conservative - but still turned a skeptical or deaf ear to conservative...
BX. HOSP AND NURSING HOME ARE PROBED IN WOMAN'S DEATH
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amA 91-year-old Bronx woman was a homicide victim in either a nursing home or a hospital, authorities said - and state Health Department officials want to know why she died...
JERRY'S TV RETURN
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amJERRY Seinfeld will film a concert in Oakland, Calif. as part of a documentary he's producing on stand-up comedy. Now, the big question: Where will the documentary air? One possibility...
THE STARR REPORT
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amHatchett sharp, but 'Mars' orbit falling The revamped "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" is cooling off after a hot start with new hosts Sam Phillips, Christina Ferrare,...
H'WOOD WRITERS' TALKS 'STRIKE' OUT
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Bargaining talks between screenwriters and producers fell apart yesterday, heightening fears that an all-out labor war looms in Hollywood. Money remains the No. 1 issue separating the...
INTO THE REVIVALS . . . - SONDHEIM SOON WILL BE EVERYWHERE
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amSTEPHEN Sondheim frets publicly and privately that when it comes to writing new musicals, his creative well has run dry. But when it comes to revivals, the 70-year-old cult figure...
FOX COULDN'T RESIST 'T2' - BUT DON'T EXPECT SNOWBUNNIES
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amTHERE will be a "Temptation Island 2," Fox officials said yesterday. The steamy dating show - in which sexy singles try to tempt committed couples into cheating - will return,...
WHO LET THIS DOG OUT?
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amSEE SPOT RUN ( 1/2) Ugh. A mob comedy for kids, heavy on the scatological humor. Running time: 94 minutes. Rated PG (moderate violence, vulgar humor). At the Empire, the...
MAYBE MANDY GOT TOO MUCH SUN
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amTALES that Playboy tempted "Temptation Island" siren Mandy Lauderdale with big bucks have been greatly exaggerated. Lauderdale, an aspiring actress and singer, told Howard Stern this week that she turned...
GIACHETTO: THE SEQUEL - H'WOOD AGENT YORN CHARGED IN $700,000 SCAM
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amHollywood heavyweight Rick Yorn has been slapped with a suit claiming the power talent agent participated in a stock scam with his former money manager, Dana Giachetto, that netted him...
PRICE HIKES FOR WALL ST. JOURNAL AND N.Y. TIMES
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amPrint media prices are headed up - The Wall Street Journal is raising its newsstand price to $1, and The New York Times is boosting its Sunday price to $3....
BAND SUES LLOYD'S FOR FAILURE TO PAY
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amRock band The Black Crowes has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Lloyd's of London, arguing the insurance company reneged on its payments to the band after a canceled tour. The...
GIACCHETTO'S SEQUEL - H'WOOD AGENT YORN SUED OVER $700,000 PAYOUT
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amHollywood heavyweight Rick Yorn has been slapped with a suit claiming the power talent agent participated in a stock scam with his former money manager, Dana Giacchetto, that netted him...
ISBISTER'S SLUMP BEWILDERS ISLES
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amMired in an extended goal-scoring drought, Brad Isbister could use a strong finish to the season before heading into his upcoming contract negotiations. Entering last night's home matchup against the...
LAYDEN NOT LOOKING TO ADD STRICKLAND
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES For more than a year, Knicks GM Scott Layden pursued a trade for Wizards point guard Rod Strickland, who desperately wanted to come back to his native New...
MARVELOUS MARCUS - CAMBY'S HUGE NIGHT ZAPS CELTS
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amSuper Bowl quarterback Kerry Collins was in the Knick locker room last night after their 95-88 victory over the Celtics at the Garden. Camby shook the Giant QB's hand and...
SHANE GETS DERAILED - KNEE ACTS UP DURING SECOND TRIP TO PLATE
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amDUNEDIN - Shane Spencer tried real hard to believe the discomfort in his right knee wasn't serious. A pill or two would hopefully take care of the barking. Then you...
AILING $189 MILLION MAN NOT READY TO WING IT
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES DUNEDIN - First, it was Thursday. Then Friday. Now, Derek Jeter won't know the deal with his inflamed right shoulder is until tomorrow. And considering what the Yankees...
DARK-HORSE JASPERS SHOOT FOR MAAC TITLE
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amBUFFALO - Manhattan heads into this weekend's MAAC Tournament as the No. 6 seed, yet it has a decent shot at winning the title. Coach Bobby Gonzalez's scrappy Jaspers (16-12,...
GIANTS WON'T GET 'SKINNED IN OFFSEASON
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amConsider the Giants offense with imposing target Rickey Dudley at tight end. Consider the Giants defense fortified with rising star Marcellus Wiley at end, John Mobley or Jamie Sharper at...
COPS ARREST RAPIST ON THE LAM IN B'KLYN
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amA rapist who jumped bail before his trial and is suspected of committing a fatal shooting and four gunpoint home invasions while on the lam, was captured yesterday at his...
COPS: FATHER-SON TAX TEAM COOKED BOOKS
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amA father-son accountant team was busted yesterday for allegedly submitting $35 million in bogus deductions on tax forms for their clients. Bruce Rosenberger and his son John also underreported their...
LIBRARY OFFICIAL PUSHED PARDON
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A Bill Clinton library trustee took part in a top-level White House meeting and played a key role in the last-minute pardon of Marc Rich, former Clinton aides...
PUFF GETS PEEVED AT PROSECUTORS - HE INSISTS, 'I THOUGHT I WAS BEING SHOT AT'
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amSean "Puffy" Combs had his say in court yesterday, sticking like glue to his account of innocence in the Club New York shooting, but answering gruffly to even the simplest...
HILL DEFENDS 2ND BROTHER: IT WASN'T LIKE HUGH'S DEAL
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton defended her brother Tony Rodham yesterday for helping a Nashville couple who raised thousands for the Democrats win a pardon for their 1982 bank-fraud convictions. "These...
SECRET SERVICE SPRINGS JENNA'S DRUNKEN BEAU
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amSecret Service agents rescued a boozed-up college student - who claimed to be the boyfriend of President Bush's daughter Jenna - after he was busted for public drunkenness, police in...
GUN-TOTING JEW HAD NAZI STASH, B'KLYN COPS SAY
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amA Jewish Brooklyn man arrested on gun charges maintained a cache of Nazi paraphernalia - and used an SS uniform as a prop in photos of himself and his infant...
QUEENS 'KIDNAP' WAS AN 'ARREST'
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amManuel Gonzalez told cops the black-jacketed men who grabbed his wife from their Queens home were kidnappers - but they turned out to be bounty hunters. Alva Gonzalez-Mercedes, 27, was...
HILL'S NEW BILLS WOULD BOO$T N.Y.
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Clinton - eager to talk policy instead of pardons - yesterday introduced her first pieces of legislation, a package of seven bills aimed at igniting the...
OTHERS LIKE HIM FINISH IN THE MONEY
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amOTB's William Carnevale is not the first - and probably won't be the last - city official to grab a hefty pension under a cloud of suspicion. Take the case...
BIN LADEN: COLE POETIC JUSTICE
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amTerror boss Osama bin Laden penned a poem praising the deadly bombing of the USS Cole - and recited it to guests at a party celebrating his son's wedding, it...
CBS BETS A BUNDLE ITS VIEWERS WILL EAT UP 'HANNIBAL'
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amHUNGRY for more Hannibal the Cannibal? Okey-dokey. "Hannibal" helmer Ridley Scott will serve up nearly an hour of extra footage in a TV version of the runaway smash hit, which...
'WIDOW' IS A CUT ABOVE THE REST
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amTHE WIDOW OF SAINT-PIERRE () Well-acted, picturesque argument against capital punishment. Running time: 112 minutes. In French with subtitles. Not rated (sex, violence). At the Paris, 58th Street and Fifth...
RATINGS JUST TO DIE FOR
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amSERIES 7 ( 1/2) This reality-TV spoof hits a bull's-eye. Running time: 85 minutes. Rated R (violence, profanity). At the Angelika, Houston and Broome streets. -------- 'SERIES 7," a razor-sharp...
SCI-FI 'GOSPEL' WILL LEAVE YOU CLUELESS
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amTHE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PHILIP K. DICK () Frustrating, seemingly endless documentary about the influential sci-fi author. Running time: 80 minutes. Not rated (nothing offensive). At Cinema Village, 12th Street,...
TRUE NORTH'S TROUBLES - SEC PROBE LATEST OF AD FIRM'S PROBLEMS
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amAdvertising group True North, creator of the "milk mustache" ads, abruptly postponed its earnings report yesterday after disclosing its has an accounting problem with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Shares...
GRUNER + JAHR OUSTS FAST COMPANY PUBLISHER
March 2, 2001 | 5:00amDavid Carey, CEO of the Business Information Group at Gruner + Jahr USA, shook up his two-magazine unit yesterday by ousting the publisher of newly acquired Fast Company and luring...