July 29, 2001
IT'S TIME TO SPLIT WHEN FIRMS WANT TO REVERSE
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amLIZZIE Grubman isn't the only one who's done some damage throwing things into reverse. Several dozen publicly traded companies are in the process of setting up reverse stock splits, in...
BULL'S EYE
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amDobbs May Have Alien-Ated These Folks FORMER staff at Space.com - there are lot of them - have set up an e-mail list called the "Exphiles," where they commiserate, network...
MAKING GREEN FROM REDS
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amIT would be hard to find anyone who's more excited about the eradication of communism in Eastern Europe than Riad Younes. So what does communism have to do with mutual...
BABY, YOU CAN DRIVE MY DOG - ANIMAL LOVERS FIND PET TAXI IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amHere in New York City, with its wealth of transportation options, on-the-go pet people face frustrating obstacles. Metro-North permits dogs under 25 pounds during off-peak travel times, but subways and...
A DJ CHANGED HIS LIFE : PERRY FARRELL PUTS A NEW SPIN ON HIS MUSIC WITH TWO TURNTABLES AND A MICROPHONE
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amFive years ago, Perry Farrell - the man who helped create an alt-rock nation with his Jane's Addiction and Lollapalooza festival - went underground. He immersed himself in the Los...
MAN OF THE 'HOUR': CHRIS TUCKER CASHES IN BIG, RETEAMING WITH JACKIE CHAN IN 'RUSH HOUR 2'
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amLess than 10 years ago, Chris Tucker was an unknown comic honing his manic shtick at L.A. comedy clubs. Fast-forward through a few bit parts and one hit buddy-cop movie,...
BIG APPLE ON THE CHEAP
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amWE'RE No. 1 in almost every other category, so I guess it's OK that New York has just dropped to fifth (from third last year) in the bragging rights for...
GETTING A FIX ON GETTING FIXED UP
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amFollowing way too many disappointments in my personal life, I have decided to seek professional help. After a string of dates left me despairing either of all New York men...
WHAT I WATCH
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amJANET EVANOVICHAUTHOR, "SEVEN UP""EVERYONE LOVES RAYMOND." I LIKE THE WIFE. SHE CAN'T COOK. THAT I CAN IDENTIFY WITH. ALSO, I DO THE BEER-AND-WRESTING THING WITH MY DAUGHTER. IT'S A BONDING...
'INVISIBLE' NO MORE ; E. LYNN HARRIS FOUND HIS OWN LOYAL READERS
July 29, 2001 | 4:00am"ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS"DOUBLEDAY272 PAGES, $19.95 About 10 years ago, E. Lynn Harris quit his day job selling computers and began peddling and promoting his self-published first novel, "Invisible...
LINCOLN CENTER HITS PAY DIRK
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amDirk Bogarde - the slight, darkly handsome, urbane British film star who went from matinee idol to serious actor - is getting a retrospective, courtesy of the Film Society of...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: JERRI MANTHEY
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amJerri Manthey may have packed up the blue bikini she wore during her "Survivor II" days, but she's not against showing some skin: Manthey will be Playboy's cover girl in...
DYNAMIC DUO MAKES ONE MIGHTY 'DOG'
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amRight now, the most exciting, invigorating talent on the New York stage is the no-holds-barred brilliance of Don Cheadle and Jeffrey Wright in Suzan-Lori Parks' fascinating "Topdog/Underdog," probingly staged by...
'$UPPORTIVE' CAD OF A DAD
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amLET me get this straight. If you marry well for a living, and don't have a job - like, say, Patricia Duff - you not only get a $30 million...
NO LIZZIE-PUTIANS
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amWATCHING the story evolve (or is that de-volve?) over the past several weeks, it's clear why gas-pedal Grubman has remained big news. People think of the Lizzie plowdown as class...
TIRED STARS' TIRED OLD STORY
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amCAN somebody explain to me why only the rich and famous ever get hospitalized for exhaustion? I mean, construction guys work in 100-degree heat and don't end up in the...
YOU'VE GOT E-MAIL
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amFROM Saff19: "The Rep. with the meandering zipper from Modesto seems to have had an apt. that he was using for so many trysts, it was a wonder the bedsheets...
BUMBLING BLOOMBERG ; CAMPAIGN CREW DOGGED BY HIS HEADLINE-GRABBING GAFFES
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amA day after Mike Bloomberg made headlines for waxing nostalgic about reciting the Lord's Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance each morning in grade school, he ratcheted it up a...
POWELL REBUILDING BRIDGES TO CHINA
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin Powell moved yesterday to rebuild strained U.S. relations with China, assuring the Chinese that President Bush's missile-defense plan is not a threat and promising...
KIDS SMOKE 'EMBALMED' CIGARETTES
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amCigarettes soaked in embalming fluid - the kind used to preserve dead bodies - are fast becoming the drug of choice for those looking for a new kind of high....
TYSON'S BIZARRE DEFENSE: NOBODY LOVES ME!
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amFORMER light-heavyweight champion of the world José Torres said it simply but dramatically. "Mike Tyson does these terrible things because he believes any one woman who just talks to him...
HITLER, HITLER, RAH, RAH, RAH? CIA'S WACKY CHEERLEADER LINK
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amAmerican wartime intelligence thought the Nazi salute had been copied from American cheerleaders rather than Mussolini's fascists, it was reported yesterday. The claim is just one of many observations in...
PORN PROTESTERS MARCH ON B'KLYN TO 'X' OUT SMUT SHOPS
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amAbout a hundred Sunset Park residents - including some moms with kids in strollers - yesterday protested against sex shops that have invaded their streets by setting up "garbage retail"...
IT'S ART-ACHE OVER PLAN TO SHUT CENTER
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amMore than 100 supporters of a popular Lower East Side community arts center rallied yesterday against a court decision to close its doors next month - a move that would...
GAMES GURUS IN FOR AN OLYMPIAN WELCOME
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amHigh-powered Olympic officials will be wooed with a postcard tour of famous New York sports landmarks this week in a bid to lure the 2012 Games to the Big Apple....
HERO CYCLIST COASTING TO TRIOMPHE
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amAmerican cycling superstar Lance Armstrong is set to take Paris by storm yet again today as he rides past the Arc de Triomphe en route to a third straight Tour...
DIPLOS TO FIGHT U.N. 'RACISM'
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The United States will send a delegation to Geneva tomorrow to try to strip the anti-Semitic tone from an upcoming U.N. conference on racism. White House officials say...
PSYCHO SEAGULLS PREY ON THE BALD
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amA mailman short on hair refuses to deliver mail to a posh London street - because he says he is being terrorized by a pair of seagulls who attack balding...
WACKY DUEL IN WILD, WILD EAST
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amCommunist archives recently opened in Bulgaria revealed an astonishing account of a duel between a general and marshal who fired 37 bullets at each other - but missed every time....
POLICE EYE CAR RIDE IN CHANDRA'S VANISHING
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amAuthorities now believe that Chandra Levy may have gone missing after getting into a car with someone she knew outside her Washington apartment. Cops are warming to the new theory...
TEMPLE MOUNT FUROR ; ARABS RIP TODAY'S ULTRA-RIGHT MARCH
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A planned ultra-right Jewish march and protest today involving the Temple Mount had tensions near boiling point between Israelis and Palestinian Muslims. Today marks the commemoration of the...
UNCLE'S ANGUISH ; BLAMES SELF FOR DROWNED NIECES
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amOne anguished question has replayed itself a thousand times in the mind of the uncle whose three nieces were sucked away by the current on Rockaway Beach last Monday morning,...
BANDERAS IS 'STRIPPED' OF VEGAS VISITS
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amMovie hunk Antonio Banderas has been banned from visiting Las Vegas ever again by his jealous wife Melanie Griffith, it was reported yesterday. Griffith has stopped her husband's monthly men-only...
PBA: DON'T LEND COPS TO CAPITAL
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amUnion brass are urging cops to boycott the NYPD's effort to send 1,000 officers to Washington to keep the peace when the World Bank International Fund meets in September, The...
NEW COP UNIT WILL FIGHT INSURANCE FRAUD
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amThe NYPD has started the first-ever Insurance Fraud Unit to crack down on phony auto-accident claims, sham body shops and greedy medical providers, The Post has learned. Police Commissioner Bernard...
FITTING END FOR 'BANDIT QUEEN'
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amIndia's notorious Bandit Queen - who once lived by the gun - died by the gun last Wednesday, ending a remarkable life that transformed her from bloodthirsty killer to a...
RAPE? WHAT RAPE? SAYS SILENT MIKE
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amAs California police continued to probe rape allegations lodged against hell-raising heavyweight Mike Tyson, boxing's notorious bad boy pulled on his trunks and returned to the training ring yesterday as...
VICTORIA GOTTI
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amTHE press of the crowd and usual blare of musical instruments is white noise to me. The scattered lights around the stage mimic a thousand assorted jewels, sparkling and glistening....
ANTI-TAX-CUT DEM$ MAKE DO
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Every New York Democrat in Congress voted against President Bush's tax cut - but so far, not one is offering to send the money back to Uncle Sam....
CAB THEFT ENDS WITH SMASH-UP
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amTwo brothers robbed a livery driver of her car yesterday near Grand Central Terminal - but they didn't get far before they smashed into another car and were arrested. Livery...
2ND BODY FOUND IN ROCKAWAY TRAGEDY
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amPolice say they've found the body of one of two sisters who drowned with their teenage cousin in Monday's tragic Rockaway Beach accident. The NYPD Harbor Unit found the body...
TECHNOLOGY RESCUES MARILYN PIX
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amHere's Marilyn Monroe as you've never seen her before - in one of the most erotic shots ever snapped of the blond bombshell. The fact this steamy photo even exists...
DAY-CARE GRANNY SHOT IN PURSE GRAB
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amA beloved 70-year-old day-care center owner - known for her spunk - was shot trying to fight off an ex-con who mugged her at the door of her Brooklyn brownstone...
HECKLED HEVESI: LOUIMA BACKING WASN'T 'SHOWBIZ'
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amDemocratic mayoral hopeful Alan Hevesi yesterday defended his endorsement from police torture victim Abner Louima, saying the support wasn't just "show business." In a surprise showdown with an Upper West...
MAN LEAVES TOT AT COP SHOP
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amA 2-year-old boy was abandoned outside an Upper West Side police station house last night. The toddler, discovered in his stroller at the 24th Precinct, appeared in good health, but...
THE NEW YORK POST FROM JULY 29, 1951
July 29, 2001 | 4:00am"Today it is the melancholy duty of your reviewer to disapprove of Walt Disney's 'Alice in Wonderland,'" wrote The Post's Archer Winsten. "I found it to be a sleep-producing agent...
BOOTED MOB-SEX JURORS SAY CASE IS WEAK
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amTwo jurors in the sex-saturated Gold Club racketeering trial in Atlanta have been dismissed after complaining that prosecutors haven't presented strong enough evidence to win a conviction, The Post has...
RELIEF - OR DEATH - JUST A MOUSE-CLICK AWAY
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amThe Post bought several "prescription-only" drugs without a prescription, using nothing more than an Internet computer and a credit card. While there are plenty of drug-selling Web sites that require...
LIZZIE BETTER CUT A DEAL: PUNDITS
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amSome Long Island legal insiders say p.r. princess Lizzie Grubman should try to cut deals to avoid criminal and civil trials resulting from smashing her SUV into a crowd of...
IF I COULD TALK FOR THE ANIMALS
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amThanks to the peace of mind afforded me by President Bush's tax rebate - which virtually doubled my life savings - I've devoting myself to one of our most worthy...
ARCHER'S REAL PUNISHMENT: HIS CELLMATE
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amJailed millionaire author Jeffrey Archer is facing a nightmare worse than any of the plot twists in his best-selling suspense novels - the man sharing his tiny cell is the...
ALAN: GIVE BOOKS, NOT CHECKS
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amSome people thought Alan Hevesi wanted to start writing checks to every African-American in the city when he surprisingly voiced his support recently for slavery reparations. But the city comptroller...
TRAVOLTA HAS BERRY KEEN EYE FOR LADIES
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amJohn Travolta may be middle-aged and overweight, but he still knows what he likes in women and eagerly rates his favorites. The "Pulp Fiction" star said his biggest crush at...
MERRILL'S MAVEN ; RISING EXEC BREAKS NEW GROUND
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amFrom humble beginnings in the rural South to the pinnacle of power on Wall Street, E. Stanley O'Neal - in line to be the first African-American to run a major...
NO PEACE FOR 'CONFESSION' VICTIM'S KIN
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amA Bronx priest's testimony that freed two men convicted of murder and locked up for more than a dozen years has sentenced the victim's family to a grim prison of...
RX FOR DEATH: ONLINE-DRUG EPIDEMIC WAITING TO HAPPEN
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amPopular, but potentially dangerous, prescription drugs are easier than ever to get, with no long pharmacy lines, no embarrassing consultations - and no prescriptions. State and federal regulatory agencies say...
BALLOONIST'S BID TO KEEP DREAM ALOFT
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amAdventurer Steve Fossett's sixth attempt to fly a balloon solo around the world yesterday suffered another delay - with the U.S. millionaire forced to move his launch site in search...
ROBBER PULLS A 'SAFE' JOB: COPS
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amAn Internet-savvy crook said he robbed a motel in Fargo, N.D., after a Web search revealed the city has the safest jails in the country. Alexander Strathas, 31, researched crime...
HERO CYCLIST COASTING TO YET ANOTHER TRIOMPHE
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amAmerican cycling superstar Lance Armstrong is set to take Paris by storm yet again today as he rides past the Arc de Triomphe en route to a third straight Tour...
DUTCH MAG A BIG HIT WITH DRUG ADDICTS
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amA fashion magazine for female drug addicts has hit Dutch newsstands, giving tips on how to look healthy and young despite years of drug abuse. The glossy mag Mainline Lady,...
THE DUGOUT DIALOGUES ; RIDIN' THE PINE WITH THE BABY BOMBERS
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amA slice of what truly occurs in sports' most fascinating workplace. That's what The Post was searching for when we asked Staten Island Yankees manager Dave Jorn to allow sports...
YANKEE RIGHTY'S NOT SERVING UP MANY MEATBALLS
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amTHE following is not paid for by Subway sandwich company. "I eat a meatball hero from Subway before every game I pitch," says Staten Island's Jason Arnold, laughing. "And it's...
ITALIAN HERO BC OPEN TROT KING
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amItalian trotting sensation Varenne conquered nine U.S. rivals in the $1 million Breeders Crown Open Trot in a world record-setting 1:51.1 by 4½ lengths over Dream Vacation yesterday afternoon at...
ATLANTIC GEESE POPULATION'S EXPLODING
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amTHE Atlantic population of Canada geese will return to the Atlantic Flyway in record numbers this fall, continuing a remarkable resurgence in eastern North America after years of steep declines...
BALTUSROL ON WAITING LIST FOR ITS EIGHTH U.S. OPEN
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amLOCAL GOLF Looks like Baltusrol - for now - has taken a tumble from the U.S. Open rotation. Every 13 years since 1954, Baltusrol's historic Lower Course has hosted the...
GAMES' ESSENCE IS SELLING ; SPECTACULAR MARKETING STRATEGIES THE NORM
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amWHEN I was a kid, big league teams didn't have marketing departments because no one saw the need to sell kids on ballgames. A natural affinity for sports just sort...
KNICKS DON'T RATE ON TNT
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amIF TNT's NBA schedule for the coming season is an accurate barometer, the Knicks will be a .500 team. They're scheduled to appear only five times on TNT, this season,...
CHEN GETS PEN POST
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amThere is no doubt new Met lefty Bruce Chen is interesting. His grandparents were from China and he grew up in Panama, and one of his friends is his former...
BEAUTIFUL PLEASURE EYES GO FOR WAND
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The old bay mare, she ain't what she used to be. That's what people are saying about 6-year-old Beautiful Pleasure after she tired to finish seventh in...
IF A'S GET IN, THEY WILL BE DANGEROUS
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amIF TERRENCE Long had caught a catchable drive against the Yankees last season, it's conceivable the A's could have been World Champions. After the A's acquired Jermaine Dye last week,...
NOW OR NEVER FOR JUREVICIUS ; WR NEEDS BREAKOUT SEASON
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amALBANY - Even though he commanded his undivided attention, the two of them alone in the front seats of a 1994 Ford Explorer, Joe Jurevicius can recall only a handful...
PALMER WINNING RAVES WITH RIFLE ARM
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - You first notice the arm, or, more specifically, the way the ball comes out of his hand upon release. Jesse Palmer has quite a strong arm;...
MOSS CATCHES FIVE-YEAR DEAL
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amWith the arrival of Santana Moss yesterday, the 2001 Jets are finally complete as they begin training camp. Moss, the Jets' No. 1 draft pick, yesterday agreed to terms on...
LIDO PALACE WINS WHITNEY
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - That tired old cliche, "Saratoga is the Graveyard of Favorites," proved true yet again yesterday in the Grade 1, $750,000 Whitney Handicap when odds-on Albert The Great...
JETS FEELING NO PARANOIA AT CAMP EDWARDS
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amThe grueling, two-a-day practices don't begin until tomorrow, but as Jets players were checking into their dorm rooms at Hofstra University yesterday, marking the start of training camp, you got...
RIGGAN PITCHING TO TAKE TURK ROLE
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES When Jerrod Riggan went through the bullpen door in right in the seventh yesterday against the Phils, he wasn't as much coming in to pitch as he was...
BROTHERLY LOVE ; TURK SERVES UP MET WIN IN PHILS DEBUT
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amMets 4 Phillies 3 The eighth inning couldn't have gone better. Turk Wendell strode to the mound as a newly acquired Phillie, garnering the respect of the Shea Stadium crowd...
MET DEADLINE COMES IN APRIL
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amTHE trade deadline is not Tuesday at 4 p.m. for the Mets. It is April 1, 2002 - next season's opening date at Shea against the Pirates. The idea the...
VICTORY RIDE SURVIVES TEST DRIVE, XTRA HEAT
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Xtra Heat, 14-for-16 going into yesterday's Grade 1, $250,000 Test Stakes for 3-year-old fillies, ran a hole in the wind again, but down the stretch she settled...
PHILLIPS SETS SIGHTS ON ADDING OFFENSE
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amWith more chips and more money, GM Steve Phillips is plotting the best way to bring in more offense. With the addition of Bruce Chen and the subtraction of $5...
WENDELL: METS THREW IN THE TOWEL
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amThe fiery Turk Wendlell didn't mince words when asked about what the Mets were doing by trading him and Dennis Cook on Friday. As usual, the reliever calls it as...
ROCKET HURT IN YANK WIN: BALKY GROIN THROWS SCARE INTO BOMBERS
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amYankees 12 Blue Jays 1 TORONTO - Their fingers are crossed ever-so tightly today. Welcome to the Yankees' nightmare. At a time when everything was perfect in their universe, Roger...
WHO NEEDS SPEED? TINO'S GOT SMARTS
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amTORONTO - Willie Randolph watched Tino Martinez break from third base for the plate, and understood that two of the slowest legs in Canada weren't going to get any faster....
AS DEADLINE NEARS, CHUCK LOOKS SAFE AT HOME
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - Because the Yankees have let it be known they are willing to listen to offers for Chuck Knoblauch, other teams have automatically assumed the Bombers and...
TURK, COOK LOOK TO PHIL IN THE HOLES
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amThey pulled into the Mets players parking lot but took an unfamiliar walk into the visiting clubhouse. It's just starting to sink in for Turk Wendell and Dennis Cook. "It's...
NOW ROBIN MOVES TO SEVENTH
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES Friday night, it was Edgardo Alfonzo; yesterday, it was Robin Ventura. Ventura batted seventh against Phillie lefty Omar Daal. Ventura entered the game 9-for-51 (.176) this month. It...
PHILLIPS NOW HAS HIS SIGHTS ON OFFENSE
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amWith more chips and more money at his disposal, GM Steve Phillips is plotting the best way to bring in more offense. With the addition of Bruce Chen and the...
BROTHERLY LOVE: WENDELL SERVES UP WIN TO AMAZIN'S IN PHILLIE DEBUT
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amMets 4 Phillies 3 Robin Ventura didn't have time for pleasantries. It didn't matter that hours ago, Turk Wendell was a teammate. Ventura led off the ninth inning by smoking...
PAULIE'S NOT DEAD YET: RESURGENT O'NEILL MAKING YANK TRADE TALK OBSOLETE
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amTORONTO - While the clock moves quickly toward Tuesday's trade deadline, the Yankees are like the guy in the corner at a freshman mixer: they have their eyes on everything....
KNOBBY SEEMS SAFE AS DEADLINE LOOMS
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES TORONTO - Because the Yankees have let it be known they are willing to listen to an offer for Chuck Knoblauch, other teams have assumed that that meant...
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE: POST'S WILLIS PUTS GOLF'S HOT ROCKS TO THE TEST
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amMark McCormick, the head pro at Suburban Golf Club in Union, N.J., is expecting 24 dozen of the popular Titleist Pro V1 golf balls to arrive soon. But don't bother...
FOR MORE POP, GO CLUBBING
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amIf you're looking to add distance to your game, but still hitting the same metal woods you bought in 1980, it's time for an upgrade. First off, forget about those...
JUST DO IT ALREADY : LINDROS MUST FIND WAY TO BROADWAY
July 29, 2001 | 4:00amA year ago I thought it was the craziest concept around, the Rangers making a move for Eric Lindros. But then, a year ago, it seemed certain that by now...