April 6, 2002
HEAT'S ON ANDERSEN LAWSUITS ARE FLYING AS SETTLEMENT TALKS COOL
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amArthur Andersen's plan to sell its tax consulting unit to Deloitte & Touche is under attack from plaintiffs in class-action lawsuits. Fearful that Andersen's deal will leave them with nothing...
FRAZIER JUMPS TO RANDOM FOR $7M
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amAuthor Charles Frazier is dumping Grove Atlantic, which published his critically acclaimed first novel, "Cold Mountain," in favor a big bucks offer from the nation's largest publisher, Random House Inc....
RESTORATION SPORTS NEW LOOK
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amIt's renovation time for Restoration Hardware. The retailer of goods for the home is set to open the curtains on its new look next week, introducing a redesigned Web site...
LADENBURG GETTING GRUNTAL FOR $60M
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amAfter eluding a deal for years, Gruntal Financial is finally getting sold. Yesterday, Gruntal, one of the nation's oldest independent regional brokerage houses, agreed to be sold to Ladenburg Thalmann...
SARAH JESSICA PARKER PREGNANCY PUTS... 'SEX' ON HOLD 'IF THE WRITERS INCLUDE HER PREGNANCY THEY'LL HAVE TO CHANGE THE SHOW TITLE TO 'UNPROTECTED SEX & THE CITY'
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amOH baby! "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker's unexpected pregnancy has thrown a monkey wrench into the show's production plans. HBO announced yesterday that, as of this Wednesday,...
CARRIE'S LOVE LIFE'S BEEN A BIG DRAMA
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amTHE effect of Sarah Jessica Parker's pregnancy on her "Sex and the City" character, Carrie Bradshaw, remains to be seen. But it's just another phase in Carrie's story, which has...
HOW TWEET IT IS: NEW YORK WHISTLER GETS READY FOR THE BIG BLOWOUT
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amSTEVE Herbst longs for the trill of victory - and he ain't just whistling Dixie. Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" is more like it. And "Clair de Lune" and "Holiday...
THE MOTHER OF ALL MARYS
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amWeekend mornings and hangovers seem to go together like ham and eggs, and the Bar Belles have made it our mission to find the perfect cure. Recently we stumbled upon...
MUST-SEA FILM: YO LA TENGO PROVIDES THE TUNES FOR FILMMAKER'S UNDERWATER SHORTS
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amSwitch on MTV2 - now that's what we call music - and keep the tunes, but replace the images of hipster rockers with footage of sublime sea horses, octopuses, jellyfish...
DINNER PARTY CHEAT SHEET
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amVANILLA TRY Coca-Cola's testing a new beverage for soda lovers: Vanilla Coke. An inside source told Beverage News there's a "90 percent" chance the latest flavor will splash down on...
SHE'S NO DUMMY - SHE INTERVIEWED RUMMY!
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amAlexandra Tatarsky went to the Pentagon recently to grill Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld about terrorism. During the 2000 election, she wrote about the presidential debates and covered the Democratic...
THE COOLEST CLOTHES FOR SPRING: WHEN YOU SHOP, THINK HIP-HOP
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amThis spring, it's nearly all about hip-hop - and short-shorts, patriotism and that perennial passion, denim. Look for all that and more on the city's fashion-savvy kids this season. J.Lo...
FIVE POISED TO GRAB REINS IF YASSER'S YANKED
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - With Yasser Arafat holed up in his Ramallah headquarters, his power weakening, and President Bush saying Arafat had failed as a leader, new attention is being focused on...
2ND AMERICAN TALIBAN MOVED TO PRISON IN U.S.
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - American Taliban soldier Yasser Esam Hamdi was brought to the mainland yesterday, but remains a battlefield prisoner - not a charged criminal - at a Virginia Navy base....
BOUNTY ON G.I. JOES: AL QAEDA LEAFLETS PLACE 100G TAG ON YANK HEADS
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -Al Qaeda terrorists are distributing leaflets offering cash bounties of up to $100,000 for dead or captured American soldiers, journalists and aid workers, officials said yesterday. U.S. military brass...
FBI TRAITOR DUG FOR CLINTON DIRT
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - When he wasn't selling secrets to the Russians, turncoat agent Robert Hanssen was trying to dig up dirt on Hillary and Chelsea Clinton by surfing FBI data banks,...
OTB GETS STATIC OVER FREE ADS ON ITS TV SHOW
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amADVERTISERS on the city Off-Track Betting Corp.'s TV show have apparently gotten freebies - and the matter is now under investigation by the inspector general. "For a while there wasn't...
LOVE TRIANGLE IN CLUB SHOOTING
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amA frustrated suitor was charged with attempted murder yesterday after allegedly shooting and critically wounding a rival who thwarted his attempt to pick up a waitress at a Queens club,...
COPS: METER RIP-OFF WAS ALL IN FAMILY
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amFive more Russian and Ukrainian immigrants were accused yesterday of being part of a ring that stole more than $250,000 from city parking meters over a two-year period. The arrests...
'HOOKER' CHARGED IN CABBY MURDER
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amA suspected prostitute has been indicted on a felony murder charge for allegedly luring a livery cab driver to his death in an apparent botched robbery in Brooklyn last weekend,...
FAMILY OF ST. PATRICK'S SUICIDE MAN: PRAY FOR HIM
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amParents of a downhearted Brooklyn man who shot himself in the parish house of St. Patrick's Cathedral were keeping a 24-hour vigil at his hospital bed yesterday - and asked...
MUSLIM HERO HONORED AT LAST: HUNDREDS MOURN POLICE CADET WHO PERISHED AT WTC
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amIt has been more than six painful months since Mohammed Salman Hamdani went missing on Sept. 11. In that time his family has endured rumors that the 23-year-old Muslim was...
CRISIS IN THE MIDEAST: REVENGE... ISRAELIS WIPE OUT PASSOVER MASSACRE TERRORIST
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli commandos yesterday hunted down and killed the alleged terrorist mastermind of the Passover Massacre that left 26 Israelis dead. In another assault, Israeli forces also used a...
OPRAH CLOSES BOOK: SAYS NOT ENOUGH GOOD READS TO SUSTAIN CLUB
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amOprah Winfrey says it's too hard to find enough good novels to plug in her popular book club, so she's going to can it. For six years, television's richest woman...
POST-9/11 ALERT GRABS MORE FAKE IDS
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amThe number of fake documents confiscated from people applying for driver's licenses rose after Sept. 11, The Post has learned. With the state on high alert, 634 fake Social Security...
WOMAN'S BABY IS CLONE: DOC
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amThe first cloned human baby may be born before the year is out. A woman participating in a controversial cloning project is eight weeks pregnant, according to Dr. Severino Antinori,...
'SAMURAI' MURDER A MYSTERY ON L.I.
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amDonald Platt is an unlikely Japanese warrior, but he still managed to kill a friend with a samurai sword, cops said. Platt, 42, who lives in Wyandanch, L.I., admitted slashing...
HIT-RUN KID AWAKENS AS COPS BUST DRIVER
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amA 10-year-old Staten Island boy opened his eyes yesterday for the first time since he was mowed down in a hit-and-run nightmare two days earlier - as cops arrested the...
SCHOOLS HIT HARD BY FACULTY EXODUS
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amThe Board of Education is suffering from a massive brain drain, with new teachers and veteran supervisors leaving in droves, school and union officials said yesterday. About 22.5 percent of...
DIOCESE LET PERVY PRIEST GET AWAY: DA
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amAn upstate district attorney says the Archdiocese of New York deliberately made it "difficult" for his office to track down an accused pedophile priest who fled to Canada to avoid...
MIKE MIGHT BACK EDUCATION TAX
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg yesterday hinted for the first time that he might back an income-tax hike to raise money for schools - but only if he gets control of the school...
TV SUPERTOWER EYED FOR TRADE CENTER SITE
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amA skyscraping 2,000-foot-tall TV and radio transmission tower is being planned to replace the one lost in the World Trade Center attacks, The Post has learned. Plans for a $200...
VICTIMS QUAKE AT NAMES ON 'ON LEAVE' LIST
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amTHE "survivors" of priestly abuse know how to spot potential child-molesting priests. They see their names listed in the Official Catholic Directory and look for harmless phrases like "Absent on...
L.I. PIANO TEACHER IS CHARGED IN GIRL'S RAPE
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amA Long Island music teacher was arrested yesterday and charged with raping an 11-year-old female student - thanks to a quick-thinking pastor. Cops said Matt Filippi, 33, raped the girl...
PINSTRIPES SUIT WHITE PERFECTLY
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amWearing a black suit with gray pinstripes, Rondell White smiled broadly in the Yankees clubhouse. "It's great to be wearing the Pinstripes," White said. White realized a dream yesterday wearing...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amSome perps leave footprints; this guy left sneakers, officials said. A Denver man was charged this week with stalking three women after leaving them sexually explicit messages scrawled on red...
TIMES SQ. RALLY BACKS PALESTINIANS
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amMore than 2,000 Palestinian supporters marched from Times Square to the Israeli consulate last night in a noisy protest calling for an end to Israeli military action. "We need to...
3 BUSTED AFTER MAN IS BEATEN TO A PULP FOR HIS BOOTS: COPS
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amA New Jersey man was in critical condition with a broken neck last night after a vicious beating by thugs who kicked and pummeled him, then stole his Timberland boots...
BUSH POINTS A FINGER AT BILL: TIES CLINTON'S SUMMIT FLOP TO BEGINNING OF BLOODSHED
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday laid partial blame for the current round of Mideast violence on predecessor Bill Clinton's failed effort to broker a deal between Israel and the Palestinians...
'MOB' SHOOTING STUNS QNS. EATERY
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amA man was shot and wounded last night in a suspected gangland hit at a Bayside, Queens restaurant that was once the home of silent movie star Rudolph Valentino, police...
YANKS & FANS IN ALL-AMERICAN OPENING DAY
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amYankee Stadium was back in the swing yesterday as the good guys trounced the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 4-0 in a chilly home opener marked by pride, pomp and pageantry...
IT'S FEVER PITCH: BLAME BOSS FOR BOMBER BLACKOUT: BLOOMBERG
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg laid the blame for the Yankee cable-TV blackout at George Steinbrenner's door yesterday, saying The Boss was flexing his corporate muscles. "Steinbrenner is trying to exercise his leverage,"...
BEAR IN GRISLY CRASH: 600-LB. BEAST KILLED, MINIVAN SMASHED IN N.J.
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amA family of five was nearly killed when their minivan slammed into a massive black bear - the biggest in New Jersey history, officials said yesterday. The whopping 608-pound, 11-year-old...
GAMING LOBBYIST SKIPS OUT ON STATE PROBERS
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amALBANY - A GTech Holdings Corp. lobbyist under investigation for lavishing expensive dinners on state lawmakers didn't show up to testify about his actions, sources told The Post. Lobbyist Virgilio...
WIFE-STAB JUDGE DODGES JAIL TIME
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amA former Nassau County judge won't have to serve any time behind bars for stabbing his wife in the back during a mental breakdown. At his sentencing yesterday, William Kowtna,...
SAYS HE HAS NO PLAN TO SEE ARAFAT DURING TRIP
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday Israel should halt its military raids against the Palestinians "as soon as possible, without delay." He also announced that he has...
KNICKS ZAP SONICS
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amKnicks 86Sonics 83 SEATTLE - The math says they are dead, but the Knicks showed a pulse last night. In their first game since being officially eliminated from the playoffs,...
SPREE WANTS TO BE PART OF PROCESS
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amSEATTLE - The phone call to Latrell Sprewell came out of the blue from Don Nelson a few days before the 1993 draft. Nelson wanted to pick Sprewell's brain, wanted...
BRASH JEFFERSON GETS RAVES FROM BYRON
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amNET NOTES Byron Scott repeatedly used an expletive when discussing his rookie standout Richard Jefferson. "A [bleep], a rookie [bleep]." But Scott meant it only in the best of terms....
SCOTT'S DIG HAS KEITH MYSTIFIED
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amKeith Van Horn insists he's not upset. Confused, probably. Van Horn simply seems baffled that coach Byron Scott has chosen to address the chief deficiency - consistency - in the...
YANKS IN THERE PITCHING
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amJASON Giambi attracts attention with the two most magnetic qualities in modern baseball - the power of the paycheck and the power of the biceps. So when the $120 million...
KARSAY KEEPS COOL IN DEBUT AT STADIUM
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amSteve Karsay left his nervousness in Baltimore. The Orioles knocked it out of his system on Opening Day, roughing him up for a couple of runs in his inning of...
ANDY'S LIFE OF YANK HOMECOMING PARTY: TOSSESGEM IN BOMBERS' BX. OPENER
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amYankees 4Devil Rays 0 It could change when they step up in class instead of feasting on the dead bats belonging to the Orioles and Devil Rays. Or maybe the...
MISTAKES MAR VICTORY
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amThey have won three in a row, but there are some warts sitting on the Yankees' solid start. They have made six errors in four games, are hitting .111 (3-for-27)...
CONE'S CREATURE FEATURE
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amIn the middle of the bleachers, David Cone led the taunt, "Box seats [stink]! Box seats [stink]! Box seats [stink]!" Out in right field at the Stadium yesterday, there were...
GIAMBI DESERVES BETTERFROM BONEHEAD BOOBIRDS
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amON behalf of the fans of the New York Yankees, I would like to extend the humblest of apologies to Jason Giambi. I know I can't really speak for the...
VINNY: I'LL BE FINE
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amThough there have been numerous requests to speak to Vinny Testaverde this offseason, he has declined. And this week, even a request by the Jets to do a conference call...
RANGERS PRAY FOR A MIRACLE
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amBOSTON - Well, at least the Rangers can't eliminate themselves by losing here this afternoon to the conference's best team. They could be done by midnight if they lose and...
ISLES PREPARED TO END EIGHT YEAR DROUGHT
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amThe playoffs start tonight for the Islanders. After Washington's 0-0 tie with Ottawa last night, the Isles' magic number stands at one, with a win (or overtime game) tonight against...
JERSEY JUGGERNAUT SOARS: REVVED-UP NETS SET TO CLINCH ATLANTIC
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amNets 110Magic 85 As it was, folks thought Jason Kidd was a loon when he predicted 40 victories for the Nets last summer. What if he had ever forecast anything...
BERTH COULD COME TONIGHT
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amDevils 3Thrashers 1 ATLANTA - The scare that cost Larry Robinson his job is nearly over, the Ghost of '96 almost exorcised. A little help from the Islanders tonight and...
BURNITZ BLASTS BRAVES: PIAZZA ALSO HOMERS AS METS HIT STRIDE
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amMets 9Braves 3 ATLANTA - It was a night when Jeromy Burnitz launched a devastating homer, while Gary Sheffield whiffed on four pitches. It was a night when Pedro Astacio...
CHEN DEALT TO EXPOS FOR STRICKLAND
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - According to Bruce Chen, Steve Phillips conceded it might not have been the best possible deal. Nevertheless, the Mets GM pulled the trigger yesterday afternoon and...
BULKED-UP SHEFF'S BAKIN'
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amATLANTA - To look at Gary Sheffield closely is to realize his arms have expanded. He has added a layer of muscle to his biceps, not unlike the way Barry...
AMAZIN' BATS ON HOLD: METS NOT INTO SWING OF THINGS
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amATLANTA - This series is going to set the tone for the entire season. Right, Mo Vaughn? "You don't set the tone until the second half, unless you get off...
POSTELL WILL GET TIME DOWN THE STRETCH
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES SEATTLE - With the Knicks mathematically eliminated from the playoff race following Thursday's loss in Portland, Knicks coach Don Chaney said yesterday that Latrell Sprewell's minutes will be...
SYKORA ADJUSTS TO LATEST SWITCH
April 6, 2002 | 5:00amATLANTA - The Devils' big trade had its effect on those who remained, too. Petr Sykora is the most notable example. After more than two seasons on New Jersey's "A"...