July 8, 2001
MARKET ON THE MEND: AS WALL ST. GAINS STRENGTH INVESTORS SHOULD SAVE THEIRS
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amTHE stock market today is like a hiker who fell off a cliff, was taken to the hospital and has now been wheeled out of the intensive care unit into...
PROFIT AT STAMPS.COM? ONE ANALYST THINKS SO
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amTHE check is in the mail at Stamps.com. This company, whose software lets you buy and print postage using the Internet, hasn't shown a profit. And like its dot-com brethren,...
HELP WITH BOND-ING
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amwww.investinginbonds.com IF stocks have your stomach churning, municipal bonds are the market's equivalent of Pepto Bismol: a good way to get some relief. And there's a Web site that shows...
THE SCORECARD FOR MY 1ST-HALF RECOMMENDATIONS
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amMOST students got their final report cards weeks ago, but for me, a student of the markets, it was necessary to wait until the second-quarter came to a close before...
BEWARE THE NEW LOAD FUNDS!
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amMUTUAL fund firms are finding new and innovative ways to separate you from your money, with the introduction of new fees. The good news for investors is that they don't...
BULL'S EYE
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amThe slowdown in Wall Street deals has investment bankers scrambling for ways to generate fees on deals. Take J. P. Morgan Chase. Up until this week, it looked like the...
CRIME TOPPER AUTHOR JANET EVANOVICH HITS AGAIN WITH BOUNTY-HUNTER HERO STEPHANIE PLUM
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amST. MARTIN'S PRESS309 PAGES, $24.99 Creating a franchise character is something every struggling author dreams about, a personality rich enough to inspire a cult following and a slew of hit...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: VINCENT PASTORE
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amVincent Pastore - a.k.a. Big Pussy Bompensiero from "The Sopranos" - has a lot on his plate these days. Specifically, six movies. The first one to hit theaters will be...
4 QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS MASTERSON STUCK IN THE 'MIDDLE' WITH ME
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amWho are your heroes? Michael Jackson. He is an amazing performer and gives so much to children.Is there a book or movie that has changed yourt life? "A Confederacy of...
EX-POL'S FILM OFFERS SEX, SCANDAL
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amPlenty of showbiz types have turned to politics as a second career - ranging from Ronald Reagan to Nancy Kulp of "The Beverly Hillbillies." But Michael Connolly, the former Massachusetts...
WHY WORKING OUT DOESN'T WORK OUT
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amAmericans blow $19.3 billion a year on vacation time they never use. So how much do we all waste on unused gym memberships? I've certainly contributed plenty. Though it pains...
QUEEN OF THE NIGHT: NIGHT-LIFE DIVA AMY SACCO RULES THE CLUB SCENE
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amThree months ago, when Moomba closed, hordes of downtown denizens were stunned. Where to go? What to do? How to be seen -but not seen? These were just a few...
THE OTHER LITTLE ITALY: A BRONX NEIGHBORHOOD SERVES AUTHENTIC FARE WITH OLD WORLD FLAIR
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amA stone's throw from the Bronx Zoo and Bronx Botanical Garden, descendants of New York's original Italian immigrants make and sell some of the finest foods available in the city,...
NORDIC KNOW-HOW THAT GOES BEYOND SWEDISH MEATBALLS
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amOn a sweltering summer day, it helps to think cooling thoughts. That could mean taking a virtual trip to the land of chilly fjords via Midtown's AQ Café. The spare...
THEATER MUST DO WHAT THEATER DOES BEST: WOW US WITH WONDERMENT
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amPeople frequently say that the theater isn't what it used to be. My fear is that all too often, it is. In many respects, the theater seems unwilling to face...
'MADE' FOR EACH OTHER: JON FAVREAU AND VINCE VAUGHN GO FROM 'SWINGERS' TO MOBSTERS
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amWith the out-of-nowhere success of "Swingers" in 1996, pals Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn became the Crown Princes of the Cocktail Nation. They popularized the neo-lounge movement, introduced "you're money"...
WHAT I WATCH
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amLuther Vandross 5-time Grammy Award Winning Recording Artist (or Singer) I love "The Practice." It's the only show that shows you that good is not always good and evil is...
BROADWAY GOES BARK
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amOn Saturday, Shubert Alley goes to the dogs -and cats -for the third annual "Broadway Barks" adopt-athon. The brainchild of celebrity emcees Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters, the star-studded...
D.C.'S FIRST WIVES SHLUB CLUB
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amWhat's up with political wives? Are they all carriers of the fool gene? If Hillary made us want to shake some sense into her for staying with her straying man,...
VICTORIA GOTTI
July 8, 2001 | 4:00am'I KNOW where the bodies are buried - as a result, husbands will not allow their wives to be in my company." So says Jackie Collins, referring to Hollywood's power...
TEACHERS GIVE BUSH 'F' FOR TEST PLAN
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amIf the country's largest teachers union has its way, kids across America will be able to break their No. 2 pencils in half and ditch standardized tests forever. The National...
FAMILY SAYS VERDICT IN MUFFIN SLAY A BIG RELIEF
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amThe elderly mother of a Nolita muffin-shop owner gunned down in a botched 1999 robbery expressed relief yesterday at the conviction of her son's killer by a Manhattan jury. "We're...
SYRIA: ISRAEL ON WARPATH
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amIsraeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is planning a war in the Middle East, Syria's leader charged yesterday. And while Syria wants peace, President Bashar Assad warned that "we would not...
D.C. ASKS NYPD HELP TO GUARD TRADE TALK
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amCops in the nation's capital are trying to recruit 1,000 NYPD officers to prevent Seattle-type turmoil when the World Trade Organization meets in Washington in September, The Post has learned....
BX. WIFE KILLED BY HER JEALOUS HUSBAND: COPS
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amA 26-year-old woman was shot dead in The Bronx early yesterday when her jealous common-law husband angrily accused her of being unfaithful, police sources said. The fatal confrontation occurred at...
IT'S BUSH LEAGUE ON LINKS
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amAs President Bush hit the golf links in Kennebunkport, Maine with his father and brother yesterday, jokes about hot-button issues and the presence of a throng of journalists sometimes made...
FREED 3 RIP NEW VIEQUES VERDICTS
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amThe three freed "Vieques Four" members expressed anguish yesterday that New York labor leader Dennis Rivera and environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were found guilty of trespassing on the...
MIKE IS AN EDUCATION 'AMATEUR': FERNANDO
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amMayoral candidate Fernando Ferrer criticized the education plan of Republican hopeful Michael Bloomberg yesterday, calling the businessman's proposal to fix city public schools "amateur." "Public education is not 'amateur night,'...
J.LO SOUNDS LIKE A 'WEDDING PLANNER'
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amCould wedding bells be ringing for Jennifer Lopez by the end of the year? The pop siren hinted in an interview with London's News of the World that she may...
'ANGEL' GOTTI DEFENDS DAD OVER THE 'NET
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amA daughter of John Gotti who has avoided the limelight has been logging onto the Internet to defend her cancer-stricken dad, share some insight into his medical condition and blast...
MEMO: CITY BUILDINGS THREATENED BY TERROR
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amThere have been "eight years of direct threats" by international terrorists against busy government buildings in lower Manhattan - despite public claims to the contrary by city officials, The Post...
LOCALS BLAST STAR-STRUCK COPS' 'DOUBLE STANDARD'
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amThe accident at Southampton's Conscience Point nightclub early yesterday morning has thrown new fuel on a simmering dispute that's long raged on the exclusive East End. The locals bitterly resent...
GET IN TRAIN-ING FOR A TWO-HOUR TRIP TO LONDON
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amForget the Concorde - getting from New York to London could take less time than the average movie if an amazing transatlantic supersonic train tunnel gets built. And a team...
P.R. GAL'S NIGHTMARE HER SUV PLOWS INTO HAMPTONS CLUB CROWD
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amPublicity princess Lizzie Grubman was involved in a horrifying Hamptons auto accident that left at least a dozen people injured yesterday when her brand-new black Mercedes plowed into patrons at...
WHY IS HILL SO BLIND TO BOARD OF ED BUNGLING?
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amSEN. Hillary Clinton, the former co-president of this great country, at this moment has greatness at hand. Right now, with much haste, she should run to PS 31 at 425...
SLOBBO'S WIFE: LET ME SEE HIM
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amThe wife of ex-Yugoslav dictator Slobodan Milosevic is seeking a visa to visit her husband, who is awaiting trial before a war-crimes tribunal in The Hague. Mirjana Markovic applied for...
KING'S RANSOM FOR A 'CASTLE' BX. SCHOOL RENOVATION JOB IS $56M OVER BUDGET
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amThe Board of Education's plan to renovate a century-old, castle-like elementary-school building in The Bronx has skyrocketed from $3.7 million to $60 million - and it's likely to keep soaring....
U.S. 'RAPE' SGT.'S FATE RESTS WITH PROSECUTORS
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amA judge yesterday gave prosecutors 10 days to file charges against a U.S. Air Force sergeant accused of raping a Japanese woman on the island of Okinawa. Air Force Staff...
WEIGH TO GO! MICK'S MODEL'S VANISHING ACT ; SLIMMED-DOWN SOPHIE GIVES JAGGER SATISFACTION
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amMick Jagger's sexy gal pal Sophie Dahl is only half the girl she used to be - the slim and stunning supermodel was once pleasingly plump. Five years ago, Sophie,...
TROUBLES MOUNT FOR HOUSE ROMEO
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Rep. Gary Condit may have come clean about his affair with Chandra Levy, but that doesn't mean his problems are going to go away overnight. The California Democrat...
STEM-CELL SCRIPT A REAL HORROR MOVIE
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amTHE controversy over stem-cell research has me thinking of a summer movie classic. It's a love story many people have forgotten, but the time seems right for a remake. In...
CONDIT ADMITS HE HAD AN INTERN-AL AFFAIR
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amRep. Gary Condit ended two months of stonewalling about his relationship with missing intern Chandra Levy by telling Washington cops, "We were lovers," law-enforcement sources said last night. The California...
MAN NAILED IN B'KLYN STRAY-SHOT SLAY
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amPolice charged a Brooklyn construction worker with murder yesterday in the stray-bullet shooting of a woman who was adjusting her window blinds. Joval "Doogie" Fisher was interviewed by Brooklyn detectives...
BLAKE LAWYER KILLS HIMSELF
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amHigh-profile criminal lawyer Barry Levin, who was hired by actor Robert Blake following the mysterious murder of the "Baretta" star's wife, died yesterday in an apparent suicide, authorities said. Levin,...
LETTERS FROM THE HEART OF NEW YORK
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amPerhaps even more touching than the $676,000 donated so far to the Astoria Fire: Post Heroes Fund are the heartfelt sentiments expressed in the letters accompanying the contributions. The letters...
ART DEALER IS ON DECK IN MOB TRIAL
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amA renowned Madison Avenue art dealer is set to take the stand this week as a hostile government witness at the mob money-laundering trial of Gambino crime-family associate Joseph "Joey"...
NEW YORK POST FROM JULY 8, 1901
July 8, 2001 | 4:00am"Poolrooms Reopening/ Gambling-Houses Also Preparing For Business," read The Post's headline about the aftermath of a brief campaign by a vice-fighting citizens group, the Committee of Fifteen. "Many gambling-houses have...
PREZ & STAFF STARRING IN 'THE REDUCERS'
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Call it the incredible shrinking White House. George W. Bush's team seems to be setting weight-loss records - in sharp contrast to the Bill Clinton years when the...
WOMAN TAKES WING WITH COMBAT PILOTS
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM.THE first woman combat pilot was graduated last week from the Israeli Air Force. Roni Tsukerman, 21, will carry out missions, just like male pilots, flying American-made F-16 and F-15...
CHILE-SLAY WIDOW RIPS KISSINGER
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amJoyce Horman wants Henry Kissinger to reveal what he knows about the 1973 murder of her husband. "It is my belief," Horman told The Post, "that he has to be...
TERRORIST QUAKED IN FEAR AT PLAN
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amHe took the nom de guerre "Nabile," Arabic for "noble." As jihad aliases go, this one was a stretch. In three days of testimony last week, Ahmed Ressam -mastermind of...
GARY ON THE GRIDDLE : COPS STILL SUSPECT CONDIT'S CONDUCT
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amWashington police - increasingly suspicious of Rep. Gary Condit's behavior in the Chandra Levy investigation - want to grill him a third time. Terrance Gainer, the D.C. Police Department's No.2...
NETS DEAL MISSES THE POINT
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amSO THE ball will move better with Jason Kidd running the Nets rather than Stephon Marbury. But then what? Who are these scorers who will benefit from Kidd's superior passing...
COLLECTOR HAS $3 MILLION RIDING AGAINST BONDS
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amImagine a $3 million baseball turning into a $3 ball. Those are the nightmares of Todd McFarlane, comic book tycoon and toy manufacturer, who has built a fortune on the...
JUST TURN ON YOUR TV TO SEE THE STARS MID-SUMMER CLASSIC IS VICTIM OF OVEREXPOSURE
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amWELL, no kidding the ratings for the All-Star Game forever are sinking with more velocity than a Kevin Brown fastball. The dish brings the stars into our dens on a...
RIGHT WEAH TO GO MLS MUST MAKE LIBERIAN HERO A METROSTAR
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amTHE MetroStars have been begging the MLS for a replacement for injured star Clint Mathis. The fledgling league has been scouring the planet for new blood, stars with the flair...
IDIOCY REIGNS SUPREME GMS HAVEN'T LEARNED FROM SMITH'S ERRORS
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amTHIS was the week that NHL general managers gladly volunteered to line up at the Kool-Aid fountain from which Neil Smith drank two summers ago. This was the week that...
THE 'A' STANDS FOR ACRIMONY
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amThis entire mess has its roots in Lou Lamoriello's low-ball contract that [Petr] Sykora reluctantly signed in training camp in 1998. The "A" Line finally stands for something: annoyed. Less...
HERO'S TRIBUTE TACKLES DWYER
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amEarlier this year, trainer John Ward held a hot hand for the Kentucky Derby: a pair of aces named Monarchos and Hero's Tribute. Both ran their final Derby preps three...
OJEDA'S BECOME A PEEPLES PERSON
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amTHERE they were, Ross Peeples and Bobby Ojeda, meeting at Cyclones spring training this March. "I saw a 6-4, 220-pound lefthander who threw it pretty hard," Ojeda remembers, chuckling. "I...
HOUSTON WILL BE KNICKS' $100M MAN
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amKnick GM Scott Layden took a moment to take the muzzle out of his mouth to praise the man he is about to bestow roughly $100 million upon July 18....
TODD TAKES REP'S SIDE IN V SPAT - ZEILE CLAIMS AGENT IS A STAND-UP GUY
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amTodd Zeile has known Seth Levinson since 1993 and never has the Mets' first baseman ever heard of his agent's integrity being questioned. That was until this week when Bobby...
MISSING IN ACTION - AMAZIN'S TAKE ON YANKS DOWN THREE
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES The Mets beat the Yankees 3-0 in 10 innings yesterday with a 22-man roster as Robin Ventura, Benny Agbayani and Rick White were all unavailable. As expected, Ventura...
IT'S TOO LATE TO MATTER
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amMIKE Piazza played hero, lining a two-out RBI single despite a fractured toe. He did it in the 10th inning yesterday. Off Mariano Rivera. With Yankee Stadium sold out. To...
SLUMPING SHANE SEARCHING FOR HOT STREAK
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amTomorrow is a dubious anniversary for Shane Spencer, but he plans to honor it nevertheless. On July 9 of last year, Spencer tore the ACL in his right knee at...
IS MIKE'S STAR STILL SHINING
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amAfter not catching in more than a week, Mike Piazza expects to get some work behind the plate tonight. Piazza will either catch tonight's game or work in the bullpen...
BOBBY IMPLORES METS: DON'T GIVE UP
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amBobby Valentine's tried to use meetings as CPR this season. The latest resuscitation technique implored the Mets to play to their abilities and not give up. After Friday's loss to...
PIAZZA SINGLE BURNS RIVERA, YANKS IN 10TH
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amMariano Rivera against Mike Piazza on an immaculate Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. One of the finest closers ever nose-to-nose with one of the most punishing hitters of his generation....
APPIER TURNS IN TRUE GEM
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amKevin Appier is known for studying very hard for each start. How hard, you ask? He is even a student of Met history. Oh yeah, Appier knew no Met had...
MOOSE DOUBLES APPIER FOR NOTHING
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amIf you watched yesterday's game on Fox, you saw the astonishing graphic. Through six innings, Mussina had battled and struggled and thrown 111 pitches in a scoreless game. Heading to...
PHILLIPS CAN'T EXPLAIN IT
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amSTEVE Phillips is trying to explain a monsoon when the forecast was for sunshine. He is attempting to put into words what he finds indescribable. He searches for reasons to...
WITASICK'S ON THE RIGHT TRACK
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amJay Witasick's stuff was filthier than a coal miner yesterday, but it didn't keep him out of trouble. The right-handed reliever didn't drop the ball when he took over for...
JOE, BOBBY MAKE NICE BEFORE GAME
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES All-Star managers Joe Torre and Bobby Valentine posed for a picture yesterday with acting New Jersey governor Donald DiFrancesco and made small talk about their families going to...
DESPITE WIN, METS CONTINUE TO COME UP EMPTY IN CLUTCH
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amBatting with RISP usually means RIP for any Met inning. It did yesterday, until the 10th when against all people the Mets went off on Mariano Rivera. The Mets' inability...
RIVERA'S ACHING, SO JOE UN-SNUBS NELLIE
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES While Joe Torre doesn't believe Mariano Rivera's aching right ankle is anything serious, Torre isn't going to risk the best closer in baseball further injuring it in Tuesday...
ONE-ARMED WONDER INSPIRES US ALL: ST. LOUIS BROWN, NOW 86, TAKES A LOOK BACK AT A REMARKABLE LIFE
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amNANTICOKE, Pa. - The room is bright and clean with a large window. On the bed is an old man, sound asleep. A replica St. Louis Browns road cap is...
EASY RYDER: AMERICANS WILL SMACK AROUND NO-NAME EUROPEANS IN SEPTEMBERG
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amThe simmering emotions that are a lock to be a significant byproduct of the 2001 Ryder Cup won't begin to boil until the matches begin with the first balls struck...
FILM BUFFS GIVE POST LIST MANY THUMBS UP
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amPost sports readers are big-time movie buffs, too, judging from the number of passionate responses we received on last Sunday's Top Ten Sports Films of All Time. "You should receive...
BOXERS HAD BIG SHOES TO FILL - C.I. RICH IN RING TRADITION
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amPROFESSIONAL boxing returned to Coney Island last night when Hector Camacho Jr. faced Jesse James Leija in a 10-round junior welterweight bout before 8,000 seats at KeySpan Park and a...
WILPON CAN ROOT FOR YANKEES, TOO
July 8, 2001 | 4:00amDon't look now but one of the biggest Yankees fans in the city right now may just be Mets co-owner Fred Wilpon. No, Wilpon isn't rooting for the Bronx Bombers...