July 10, 2000
AT&T AND BT EYEING IPO IN CONCERT
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amAT&T could be looking to raise some cash - and to raise the profile of Concert, its joint venture with British Telecommunications. The two companies are mulling over a plan...
HARTZ ON THE BLOCK: STERN PUTS FAMILY PET-FOOD BIZ UP FOR SALE
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amBillionaire Leonard Stern is putting his late father's Hartz Mountain pet-food division on the block to concentrate on the regional real estate business he founded in 1966. Stern has hired...
WAIT AND SEE HOW YOUR FED FEELS ABOUT THIS
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amTHE people surveying for the U.S. Census Bureau were expected to be fired after the task was completed. And these layoffs really didn't have any impact on the U.S. economy....
MERRILL CUTS DEEP ; ANALYSTS SEE LAYOFFS ACROSS WHOLE COMPANY
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amIn a quest to cut costs and improve its operating margins, Merrill Lynch may be planning job cuts above and beyond the 2,000 layoffs in the brokerage division. Every unit...
THE GREAT INDOORS: FOR KIDS MESMERIZED BY NEW POTTER BOOK, IT'S . . .
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amTHOUSANDS of city kids spent a perfect summer weekend holed up inside, mesmerized by the 752-page "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," which went on sale Friday at midnight....
DESIGNER DESTINATIONS: WHERE FASHION'S FAMOUS WILL VACATION THIS SUMMER - AND WHAT THEY'LL TAKE ALONG
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amBRAZIL may be the toast of fashion world at the moment - thanks to Rio's bikini beaches and supermodel Gisele Bundchen - but that doesn't mean all designers are flocking...
ORGANIZED PACKING'S IN THE BAG
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amWHEN it comes to packing for a trip, even the pros make mistakes. Professional shopper Suzy Gershman admits her biggest one is traveling too casual. "The mistake I make most...
IT'S NOT 'TRUE' TO FORM
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amTRUE WEST Circle in the Square Theater, 1633 Broadway, at 50th Street; (212) 239-6200. Editor's note: The Post first reviewed "True West" in March, when it starred Philip Seymour Hoffman...
THE STARR REPORT
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amDay at the improv Out of the mouths of babes . . . Viewers watching tomorrow's "General Hospital" (3 p.m. on Ch. 7) will see a line of dialogue not...
DEATH'S NO LONGER; TELEVISING EXECUTIONS WILL SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE DARKNESS OF DEATH CHAMBERS
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amWHAT'S the matter - seeing a man being put to death is too gross for you? Many of you say you support the death penalty, but few of you apparently...
GOV & ANDY TRADE SHOTS IN POSSIBLE '02 PREVIEW
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amA NASTY political war has erupted between Gov. Pataki and federal Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo, potentially presaging an even more vicious battle - for governor - in 2002. The war,...
ISN'T IT LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE?
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amFORMER Gov. Mario Cuomo, a very honorable man, was saying, "The death penalty is a disaster. It's wrong." In honesty, Mario and I disagree about the color of milk. But...
HEY, WHERE'S YOUR KID? ; CITY SCHOOLS CHIEF CALLS TRUANTS' FOLKS
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy personally got on the phone yesterday to get no-show kids to class, claiming that summer-school attendance at many locations is "horrific." "We got the buses, the...
HARRODS TO QUEEN: WE'VE GOT NOTHING IN STORE FOR YOU!
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amHarrods issued a stinging slap at Buckingham Palace yesterday, telling Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles: You're cheap! The famed London department store - which sells everything from yachts to elephants...
MONEY MAN FOR GOP ON TRIAL IN PAROLE $CAM
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amIt began with Korean immigrants, who have relatives behind bars, claiming they'd been shaken down by Pataki supporters who suggested exchanging campaign cash for early release from prison. It ended...
GIANT U.S. SPY 'VACUUM' SPARKS A GLOBAL UPROAR ; DO FEDS INTERCEPT CALLS AND E-MAILS?
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amU.S. spy agencies are running a monster global surveillance network that's violating the human rights of millions of citizens and undermining foreign businesses, according to a British intelligence expert. Duncan...
TRUMP SINGS FOR THE FENCES AT WRIGLEY
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amCHICAGO -While his beloved Yankees were duking it out with the Mets at Shea Stadium yesterday, Donald Trump was a thousand miles away, holding court at Wrigley Field as the...
BIZARRE FIGHT ON ROCKER EXPRESS
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amA straphanger and subway motorman were charged with assault yesterday in a bizarre fight that erupted after the passenger was robbed by three men, cops said. The incident occurred at...
PREVIOUS VICTIM HEARTSICK 'THIS WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN'
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amN.Y. Post: Susan May TellHow The Post reported the attack on Nicole Barrett in November.Nicole Barrett - the Queens secretary who almost died in a brick attack last November -...
HILL FEELS RUDY'S PAIN
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amROCHESTER - Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday said she felt "empathy" for Mayor Giuliani in the wake of the negative publicity her former Senate foe has received because of an upcoming...
BARAK VOWS TO PRESS ON AS COALITION FALLS APART
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amEmbattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak vowed to keep his date with Palestinians at Camp David this week - thumbing his nose at coalition partners who dramatically quit his government...
FAN STAMPEDE KILLS 12 AT ZIMBABWE SOCCER GAME
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amAt least 12 people were killed and scores of others injured in Zimbabwe yesterday when police fired tear gas at unruly fans during a World Cup qualifying game - and...
NOT-SO-RANDOM VIOLENT ACTS ; WACKOS STEAL OUR SENSE OF SECURITY
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amTHE random attacks are starting to seem a lot less random. A young woman arrives in New York from some other town or city or suburb. Someplace in America that's...
ANGRY POPE SLAMS ROME'S GAY FIESTA AS A BITTER 'INSULT'
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amAn unusually angry Pope John Paul II yesterday dismissed the gay pride festival in Rome as offensive to Christians - then reiterated Vatican doctrine that homosexual acts are "contrary to...
HOLLYWOOD'S 'OUT' ACTRESSES ARE 'IN' THE MONEY
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amWhen it comes to the salaries of Hollywood actresses, les-bian is more. A new study of earning power in America reveals that gay and bisexual actresses earning substantially more than...
THUG BASHES SINGER IN THE HEAD: COPS HUNTING FOR 'HOMELESS' PURSE-SNATCHER
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amAn aspiring singer was bashed in the head with a hunk of concrete on a Midtown street by a purse snatcher who "came out of nowhere" yesterday - in a...
PLAY BALL! PIAZZA FANS CALLING FOR CLEMENS' HEAD
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amWas the beaning of Mets star Mike Piazza on the head by Yankee hurler Roger Clemens simply an accident - or a carefully orchestrated way to get Piazza out of...
DID POLICE GET WRONG MAN IN THE 1ST ASSAULT?
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amYesterday's violence resembled the notorious brick attack on Nicole Barrett in several key ways, reinforcing speculation that the same man did both - and that the wrong man is in...
FIREMAN DECKS LADY, 81: COPS
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amA rookie Bronx firefighter was arrested for assault yesterday after police say he shoved an 81-year-old Greenwich Village woman to the ground because she pushed his bicycle out of her...
BRITNEY: WILLIAM COULD CONQUER ME!
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amTeen sensation Britney Spears says that although she's never met Britain's Prince William, she'd marry his royal hunkness sight-unseen. "Marry Prince William? I would love that!" the singer is quoted...
TWO COPS HURT IN COLLISION WITH ; RUDY ON GRAND CENTRAL
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amTwo cops assigned to protect Mayor Giuliani were injured yesterday when their car rammed the mayor's SUV after it was cut off on a Queens highway. Giuliani, who was on...
JUBILANT MET FANS GET TO LAUGH LAST
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amMets fans were able to hold their heads high last night as their beloved Amazin's avoided a humiliating shutout by winning the last game of the Subway Series against the...
THUG BASHES SINGER ON HEAD WITH A ROCK ; COPS HUNTING FOR 'HOMELESS' PURSE-SNATCHER
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amA homeless man who "came out of nowhere" bashed an aspiring singer in the head with a chunk of concrete on a Midtown street yesterday - in a terrifying repeat...
L.I. TEACHER AND STUDENT DIE IN ARIZ. BUS SMASH
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amA van carrying Catholic high school students from Long Island crashed near the Grand Canyon during a class trip in Arizona - killing a math teacher and a 16-year-old boy....
'COFFEE CAN' BOMBER IS A MYSTERY TO PROBERS
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amA lone bomber is believed to be behind three recent blasts in the city - at the flagship Planet Hollywood in Midtown and two lower Manhattan office towers, sources told...
BIAS ON THE MENU? SOME TOP EATERIES HAVE NO WAITRESSES
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amA WOMAN'S place is still in the kitchen - and not the dining room - at some of Manhattan's toniest restaurants. At top-rated Le Bernardin, chef Eric Ripert said the...
MESS SET TO RE-TAKE RANGERS ; AGREES TO TWO-YEAR, $8M DEAL
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amIT IS not quite Napoleon returning triumphantly to Paris to resume command of his troops, but it is close. And sometime this week, the official announcement will be made, amid...
ZITO'S ALBERT GREAT IN DWYER
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amUntil yesterday, the new millennium hadn't been kind to trainer Nick Zito. His big Kentucky Derby hope, Greenwood Lake, fractured his leg and was retired after the Florida Derby, and...
DEVILS BID TO KEEP CLAUDE
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe team doesn't change hands for 48 hours, yet already YankeeNets is facing its first test as imminent owner of the Devils, battling the Rangers for Claude Lemieux. The NHL...
GOLD MOVER HEADED FOR SPA
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amGold Mover, one of three undefeated stakes-winning, two-year-old fillies in Mark Hennig's barn, will return to Belmont Park and then head to Saratoga to prepare for her next start. She...
FOR ONCE, QVC SHOWS CLASS ; NETWORK DOESN'T CASH IN ON IRWIN'S DEATH
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amIT'S NOT easy to find redeeming quality in sports collectibles shows on home shopping networks. They usually give three-card monte a bad name. Too often, like just about every time...
HAMPTON TO THE RESCUE: SOUTHPAW'S SEVEN SHUTOUT INNINGS PREVENTS A SWEEP
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amMets 2 Yankees 0 There is one word, only one, with which to describe Mike Hampton's start last night. The word is dominant. The 27-year-old Hampton dominated the Yankees in...
JUSTICE TAKES IT ALL IN STRIDE
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amDavid Justice should be overwhelmed. He was traded to the Yankees June 29. Although he was officially swapped for the underachieving Ricky Ledee, at least in theory, he had to...
RIVERA SAYS FORGET REST, I WANT THE BALL
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amAfter a day like Mariano Rivera had Saturday, many closers would have loved to have last night off. Not Rivera. "I want to pitch tonight," the All-Star said before the...
BOMBERS RIP EVICTION FROM WEIGHT ROOM
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amWeak. Very weak. That was the Yankees' reaction to Mets GM Steve Phillips throwing five Yankee players out of the Shea Stadium weight room late yesterday afternoon because Phillips didn't...
'SHAKEN' ROCKET: I'M NOT OUT THERE TO HURT ANYBODY
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amRoger Clemens thought he was done explaining his side of hitting Mike Piazza in the head with a pitch Saturday night when word got back that Piazza had ripped into...
ROGER'S ROTTEN TO CORE ; GUTLESS HEADHUNTER HIDES BEHIND DH RULE
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amJUST as he stands in the batter's box with courage and conviction, Mike Piazza stepped to the plate last night and delivered a crushing blow. This time the Mets' star...
PIAZZA RIPS 'COWARD' ROGER ; SAYS BEANING WAS INTENTIONAL
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amMike Piazza, hit in the head by a Roger Clemens fastball in his first at-bat Saturday night, said yesterday he has lost all respect for Roger Clemens and thinks the...
ZEILE'S PROVING THAT HE BELONGS
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amTodd Zeile had the most comfortable of offers in December. To stop a nomadic career and stay where he liked in Texas. On a three-year contract. With a full no-trade...
NOW THEY'RE JUST CRANKEE OLD MEN
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amFOR MUCH of this first half, the Yankees have been Grumpy Old Men. Too lethargic on the field. Too cantankerous off it. Unproductive and unhappy. Yet they go into the...
O'NEILL CAN'T REPEAT MAGIC
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe way this series was going, Todd Zeile's fourth-inning fly ball seemed destined for Paul O'Neill's glove. But last night, the Mets finally started getting some breaks. "I thought [O'Neill]...
NO SPARKS FLY IN TINO VS. BENITEZ
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amApparently, the baseball gods fell asleep at the wheel. With two outs in the ninth and Jorge Posada on first, Tino Martinez came to the plate representing the Yankees' tying...
TRIBE WON'T BLOCK YANK MOVE TO BRING EINERTSON TO BRONX
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Once the fiercest of rivals, the Yankees and Indians are almost going steady. Not only were the Yankees and Indians cordial enough to pull off David Justice for...
SPENCER OVER & OUT ; KNEE INJURY KOS SHANE FOR SEASON
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe pained look on Shane Spencer's face told you everything you needed to know about the right knee he dragged out of the Yankees' clubhouse last night. Spencer, the ultimate...
TWO GOOFS PROVE COSTLY TO PETTITTE
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amOn most nights, two mistakes by a pitcher won't get him beat. Yet, when his mound opponent makes two fewer gaffes, it's very expensive. Such was Andy Pettitte's plight last...
ARM CRAMP FORCES OUT HAMPTON
July 10, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES After a cramp in his left forearm forced Mike Hampton out of the last night's game with the Yankees after seven shutout innings, Hampton waited on the mound...