April 7, 2001
PG&E BANKRUPTCY DIMS STREET
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amThe landmark bankruptcy of California's biggest utility company reverberated here and hit Wall Street financiers - but isn't likely to affect our utilities. Pacific Gas & Electric's utility unit became...
DARYL K. SKIPPING FALL
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amDowntown designer Daryl K. will not be producing a collection for fall 2001, The Post has learned. "We've decided not to produce the fall 2001 collection," said the company spokesperson...
THAT SINKING FEELING - DOW DROPS 126 ON JOBS REPORT, PROFIT WOES
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amIt was a wicked week on Wall Street. After a huge rally on Thursday, the markets gave back a third of the gains yesterday, squashing hopes of a prolonged comeback...
THEY'RE FLYING HIGH
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amBD+>PEKING ACROBATSNew Victory Theater, 209 W. 42nd St. (212) 239-6200. Season runs through April 22. THE Peking Acrobats, all 26 of them starting a three-week season at the New Victory...
KEVIN SMITH CAN GO HOME AGAIN
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amRED BANK N.J. - Director Kevin Smith can tell you - it isn't always easy being a local hero. "I was sitting in a car opposite the Quik Stop the...
CROWE'S DANDY GYM
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amCAN'T get to the gym? When you're Oscar winner Russell Crowe, you have it come to you.A gym on wheels called the Muscle Truck was driven in from Los Angeles...
WE BREAK FOR SPRING! - A KIDS' GUIDE TO RECESS IN THE CITY
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amHere we go again! School's out for the whole week - which means it's time to find something to do beyond Game Boy and TV. Luckily, there are plenty of...
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR SPRING BREAK?
April 7, 2001 | 4:00am* Leonard Ferguson, 8, Queens I'll be playing on my bike or rollerblading in the World's Fair Park. But I really want to go to Hawaii. * Anna Maria Smeraldi,...
PAUL'S LADY LOVE NO HIT WITH HIS KIDS
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amPaul McCartney has confessed his children aren't singing, "We love you, yeah, yeah, yeah" to girlfriend Heather Mills. The legendary Beatle said his relationship with the 33-year-old blond amputee and...
TV COP PLAYS HERO ROLE FOR CANCER LADY
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amTitus Welliver isn't a cop, but he plays one on TV - so he was more than happy to perform a heartwarming favor for one of New York's Finest. The...
FBI CHIEF SETTING EXAMPLE WITH LIE TEST
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amFBI Director Louis Freeh will take a lie-detector test to show that no one in the bureau is above reproach in the aftermath of the Robert Hanssen spy scandal. FBI...
PASSOVER BEGINS TONIGHT
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amPassover, the celebration of freedom for Jews, begins at sundown tonight. The eight-day festival commemorates the Israelites' exodus from slavery in Egypt more than 3,000 years ago. The holiday is...
STUN-GUN KID'S APOLOGY ON HOLD
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amA trip to court and school officials stymied a Queens eighth-grader's plans to apologize yesterday to classmates for zapping them with a stun gun. The 13-year-old boy, whose name is...
REST-HOME BIG ADMITS TO $25M MEDICAID FRAUD
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amThe owner of a Brooklyn nursing home pleaded guilty yesterday in what is believed to be the biggest Medicaid-fraud case in the nation, agreeing to pay $25 million in restitution....
BALLY TRAINER DENIES RAPE OF GYM CLIENT
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amA membership salesman for a Brooklyn gym pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of raping a woman while she was working out. Craig Brown, 27, was charged with raping the...
ROCKY'S LOVE NEST SOLD $30M TOWNHOUSE SITE OF NELSON'S LAST STAND
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amThe landmark townhouse where Gov. Nelson Rockefeller died in the arms of his lover has been sold, The Post has learned. Home to the Swedish restaurant Aquavit, the site housed...
HEVESI STIRS UP RACE WITH RUDY SLAP
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amCITY Comptroller Alan Hevesi is about to pay the price for antagonizing Mayor Giuliani in a new TV ad that includes a reference to racial profiling. Sources said the New...
MONEYBAGS MIKE TAKES POTSHOTS AT DEM RIVALS
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amMedia titan Michael Bloomberg is slamming the qualifications of his potential Democratic rivals for the first time. In an extended New York magazine profile, Bloomberg - who is considering running...
FLIP-FLOP FLIER LOWEY CANCELS ASIAN JUNKET
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amWhat a difference a day makes! A delegation of 19 members of Congress, including Rep. Nita Lowey, yesterday canceled a trip to China scheduled to depart today because of the...
'SURVIVOR 3' WANNABES DESCEND ON JERSEY WILDS
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amA small tribe of wannabe "Survivor 3" players showed up yesterday to audition for the hit TV show - each hungry to compete for a shot at becoming a millionaire....
MICHAEL'S MAYORAL RUN IN FULL BLOOM
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amMichael Bloomberg yesterday opened an official "exploratory" committee for mayor and has leased Midtown office space for a campaign headquarters, The Post has learned. In another concrete sign that he's...
TIGER BY THE TAIL! L.I. NATIVE BESTING WOODS
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amForget Tiger and the Shark. A Florida Gator is king of the golf jungle at the Masters. Chris DiMarco, 32, a native of Huntington, L.I., kept his Cinderella story alive...
CURRENT AFFAIR: JUDGE ALLOWS 10 GENERATORS
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amA state judge yesterday handed a win to Gov. Pataki and Mayor Giuliani when he threw out a lawsuit attempting to block the installation of 10 electric generators by the...
W. TAX PLAN IS TRIMMED BY $300B IN SENATE
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House is looking to restore President Bush's tax cut to full strength after the Senate voted yesterday for a slightly smaller version of the $1.6 trillion...
COUNCIL SETS SIGHTS ON SAFER STREET CORNERS
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amImproving visibility at city intersections could make it tougher to park SUVs on city streets, The Post has learned. A City Council committee plans to consider a bill next week...
VIAGRA-SALE CYBERPRANK AROUSES GATES' FURY
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amA young British hacker obtained Bill Gates' credit card number and used it to order Viagra sent to the software czar in an effort to show how vulnerable the Internet...
HILL MUDDIES WATERS ON NEVER RUNNING FOR PREZ
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Will she or won't she? Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday added further confusion to her surprising statement to The Post on Thursday that she'll never - ever -...
BUSH HOPEFUL FOR CREW'S FREEDOM - U.S. NOTE MAY GIVE 'REGRETS' TO CHINA
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush for the first time yesterday claimed "progress" toward winning China's release of the downed spy plane's crew amid reports a letter of "common understanding" is being...
FUZZY FIRST PHOTO BRINGS FAMILIES FLICKER OF HOPE
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amThe first photo of the spy-plane crew held in China shows them looking blankly ahead, unsmiling and giving no indication how they are being treated. The grainy photo, taken by...
LENO TEARS INTO 'FASCIST' RUDY
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amJay Leno labeled Mayor Giuliani a "fascist" and compared his efforts to establish a mayoral arts committee with Adolf Hitler's campaign to ban so-called "degenerate" art. The statements came as...
BOY CONCOCTS 'KIDNAP' TALE TO SKIP EXAM
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amA Brooklyn sixth-grader who didn't want to take a math test panicked parents around the city yesterday with a terrifying tale of being kidnapped off the street - and escaping....
NEW YORK POST: FROM APRIL 7, 1972:
April 7, 2001 | 4:00am"Joseph [Crazy Joe] Gallo was shot to death by an apparent gangland assassin early today as he was celebrating his 42nd birthday in a restaurant in Manhattan's Little Italy. "The...
WELCOME '2' APPLE: DOUBLE-DECK BUSES
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amThe first new double-decker buses to roll down city streets in more than 50 years were launched this week by Gray Line New York. The 30-bus fleet, made by Transbus...
TEACHER TALKS GO TO MEDIATION
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amThe state yesterday named a mediator to help settle the contract dispute between Mayor Giuliani and the teachers union. "I will do everything humanly possible ... to help achieve a...
TEEN VANISHES AFTER COPS DELIVER HER BABY
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amA teen is being sought by police for abandoning her newborn son at a Brooklyn hospital after she gave birth inside a police car early yesterday morning. The mother, who...
WESTCHESTER 'CAP IS ON TAP
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amAn evenly matched field of seven was entered for the 73rd running of the Grade 3 $100,000 Westchester Handicap at Aqueduct today. The one mile race will go off as...
WATERS PLANS TO GET RU IN FLOW
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amGary Waters' refreshing honesty isn't likely to get Rutgers basketball fans dreaming of a 2002 or 2003 NCAA appearance, or have next year's incoming recruits bending over backward with loyalty...
METROSTARS LOADED WITH CONFIDENCE
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amWith their season opener against New England starting tonight at 7:00, half-an-hour earlier than the rest of the MLS slate, the MetroStars will be playing in the league's first game...
LOOK OUT, HERE COMES TIGER DIMARCO STILL LEADS BY TWO AT MASTERS
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Greatness lurks among the blooming azaleas in the legendary name of Tiger Woods. A potential David beats Goliath tale, too, looms in the name of PGA Tour grinder...
HOUSTON: I THINK MY SLUMP'S OVER
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES The last time Allan Houston gave hope that a torrid performance would trigger a shooting surge, it proved merely to be a flirtation. He erupted for 39 points...
DUVAL'S HOPING FOR FIRST WIN AT AUGUSTA
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - If anyone should carry baggage into weekend play at the Masters it should be David Duval. Not only is Duval one of the two best players in the...
OLAZABAL QUIETLY BIDS FOR 3RD GREEN JACKET
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amMASTERS NOTES AUGUSTA - One player who's quietly waiting to pounce here this weekend is Jose Maria Olazabal, who already owns two green jackets with Masters victories in 1994 and...
KNICKS CAN'T WAIT FOR HEAT TO ARRIVE
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amThey have won nine of their past 13 games, yet have often performed as if in need of a transfusion, appearing to struggle with a bout of Late Season Syndrome....
MICKELSON AIMING TO END MAJOR O-FER
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - It looked to be a reoccurrence of those episodes of "poor decision making," that Phil Mickelson talked about here earlier this week. Those moments of over-aggression or poor...
DEREK AND EL DUQUE ARE RETURNING TODAY
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The Yankees will be bolstered by the return of All-Star shortstop Derek Jeter and righty Orlando Hernandez, both set to start today's 1 p.m. tilt with Toronto at...
THESE EXPOS ARE NOBODY'S PATSIES
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amMONTREAL - A loud crowd of 45,183 turned out at that ugly bowl of a dome known as Olympic Stadium last night. They roared during NBA-like pregame ceremonies replete with...
CHRISTIAN FED TO JAYS TORONTO BASHES YANK ROOKIE
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amBlue Jays13Yanks4 The Yankees opened their series against Toronto with an unheralded rookie starter making his major league debut against the hottest-hitting team in baseball. Turns out last night got...
76ERS WIN ATLANTIC
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Larry Brown was reflecting on the progress the Sixers had made during his tenure as coach and how last night's makeshift lineup - that beat the Cavaliers 96-88...
METS GET A BUM'S RUSCH
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amMONTREAL - Glendon Rusch was talking to himself last night, trying to coach himself to being the efficient starter he was last year. But his pitches weren't going where he...
RAINES SAVORS SWEET HOMECOMIN'
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - When Tim Raines, who didn't play all of last season, came up with no outs and men on first and second last night, the Olympic Stadium...
DESPITE 0-FER, SOJO'S A HIT WITH TORRE
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Utility infielder Luis Sojo hasn't hit a lick since he took over the shortstop duties for injured Derek Jeter. But rarely has Joe Torre been so happy with...
TWO FOR THE SHOW - JETER, EL DUQUE RETURNING TODAY
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amAs if the American League didn't have enough reasons to fear the Yankees, ponder this: The three-time defending World Series champions came into last night's game against Toronto with a...
SORE THROAT SCRATCHES PAYTON
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amMET NOTES MONTREAL - When the bus left from the hotel for Olympic Stadium yesterday, Jay Payton was not on it. Payton was also not in the starting lineup last...
LAPOINTE BEGS ISLANDERS TO ADD SOME STAR POWER
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amAs the curtain is set to fall on his fifth straight Islander season without making the playoffs, Claude Lapointe tries to stay optimistic. But still, he admits, it's "frustrating." So...
JINX OR NOT, DEVILS WANT THAT TOP SEED
April 7, 2001 | 4:00amBoldly going where they have crashed before, the Devils have some unfinished business with this Top Seed Jinx. They all know their own history, having suffered through it. They're staring...