April 28, 2001

BACK TO SQUARE 1 : DOW PULLS EVEN IN WINNING WEEK

Buoyed by robust economic news, investors sent stocks soaring, handing the strongest gains to blue chips and effectively wiping out the Dow's year-to-date losses. But market pros warn it will...

PARAMOUNT'S TV WHIZ WALKS

Paramount's television honcho who helped turn "Entertainment Tonight" and "Judge Judy" into huge hits is leaving the corporate suite to make his own shows. Frank Kelly, 49, the co-president of...

ARE WE NOT MEN? WE ARE WIPEOUTERS

IF the Wipeouters' new CD sounds an awful lot like Devo, that's because it is. The Wipeouters were the late '60s, Ohio-based garage and basement band that broke up when...

BILLY'S KID STEPS UP TO BAT :JENNIFER CRYSTAL FOLEY'S DAD PITCHES HER THE 'I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE A HUGE HIT AFTER GETTING FIVE LINES'

JENNIFER Crystal Foley got a phone call from her father, Billy Crystal, while he was on the set of his latest project, "61*" - the story of New York Yankee...

FROM THE POST MAN, FIRST-CLASS FARCE

One minute he's a chef with a dozen dishes - and accents to match. The next, he's an unbalanced ballerina ... a schoolbus driver ... and all eight characters in...

FROM 'SOPRANOS' TO 'CINDERELLA'

Before she was Meadow -- the mobster's daughter on HBO's "The Sopranos" -- Jamie-Lynn Sigler was on stage playing everyone from Annie to Anne Frank. Now she's Cinderella. The Post...

HOUSING BIGS ADMIT KEEPING APTS. EMPTY

Red-faced city officials are admitting 1,000 subsidized apartments are being kept empty, after The Post first disclosed the growing Housing Authority scandal. The shocking disclosure comes after it was revealed...

48G FINE FOR NAVY'S RANDY REV.

A Navy chaplain known as "Father Bob" was court-martialed and fined for committing an indecent act with a male enlisted sailor. Cmdr. Robert Milewski, 53, was acquitted of more serious...

I WON'T LET RUDY SADDLE ME WITH RAW DEALS: GREEN

PUBLIC Advocate Mark Green says he's prepared to scuttle any last-minute contracts Mayor Giuliani signs that lock in the next mayor, but aren't in the "public interest." But Green conceded...

HITLER'S DOC SAW SIGNS HE'D GO NUTS

Two years before World War II began, Adolf Hitler's doctor predicted he would become "the craziest criminal the world ever knew," newly released CIA files show. The Hitler file was...

DIALLO COPS KEEP JOBS BUT LOSE GUNS

Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik refused to give guns and badges back to the four cops involved in the controversial shooting death of Amadou Diallo, even though he formally cleared them...

RUDY GIVING LIBERAL DOSE OF HELP TO PETER

Mayor Giuliani is lending a hand to one of the Democrats seeking to succeed him, arranging a private meeting for City Council Speaker Peter Vallone with Liberal Party boss Ray...

RANGEL: I MEANT 'NAY' ON FETUS BILL

WASHINGTON - Oops. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-Harlem) said yesterday his vote Thursday in favor of a bill to make it a federal crime to harm a fetus was an accident...

COPS BUST FREED CON IN HACK SLAY

A paroled convict with a long criminal history has been arrested in the killing of a Queens livery driver last week during a robbery attempt, police said. Donald Thomas, 44,...

DIRECTOR'S TITANIC SPACE WISH

"Titanic" director James Cameron wants to be sultan of space as well as king of the world. The Oscar-winner said yesterday he hopes to ride a Russian Soyuz rocket to...

THE NEW YORK POST FROM APRIL 28, 1903:

"Racegoers might well be pleased with the first glimpse of the new track of the Metropolitan Jockey Club at Jamaica. It does credit to those who have had its construction...

HILL SNUBBING W. FOR DATE WITH D'AMATO

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton turned down lunch on Monday with President Bush, and instead will break bread with former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, The Post has learned. Clinton's aides had said...

CO2-THERAPY VICTIM'S SHATTERED DREAMS

The woman left brain-dead after a psychiatric session involving an unusual gas therapy had been looking forward to a new job in California, her landlady said yesterday. Leah Grove, 38,...

D.C. CRY: YANKS ARE COMING!

WASHINGTON - President Bush hasn't come to New York, so he's bringing New York to him - the world champion New York Yankees are headed for the Oval Office next...

BLOOMBERG KEEPS FINANCES TO HIMSELF

Michael Bloomberg doesn't want anybody to get a look at his finances - even if it means jeopardizing his deal for new office space for his empire. The Post has...

BOMBS AWAY, VIEQUES :DRILLS RESUME AFTER NAVY CLEARS ISLAND TARGET RANGE

The Navy resumed bombing practice on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques yesterday despite hundreds of angry protesters and reports that several people acting as "human shields" were hiding out...

HAMAS: 6 BOMBERS READY : RENEWS PLEDGE OF VIOLENCE

JERUSALEM - A Hamas leader told 3,000 U.S. flag-burning supporters there are "six more suicide bombers ready to go" in attacks against Israelis yesterday. As the 3,000 Hamas members cheered...

BX. ARTIST UNCOVERS MESSAGE

A Harlem artist repainted the images of four cops in Ku Klux Klan hoods yesterday, hours after they were blotted out with black paint on an Amadou Diallo mural. The...

EX-EPA CHIEF ERASED FILES: FEDS

The former head of the Environmental Protection Agency ordered her computer files erased the day before President Clinton left office - despite a court order from a conservative legal group...

N.Y. LOTTO JACKPOT ROCKETS TO $30M

Today's soaring Lotto jackpot - $30 million - hasn't exactly inspired Lotto fever, Midtown lottery agents say. Sales were up only slightly this week at the Ohan Cigarette store on...

TRASH TALK SET OFF BALDWINS: FAN

A Manhattan dad at the Knicks game Thursday with his son said a loud, beer-drinking fan relentlessly heckled Alec and Billy Baldwin - but the actors ignored him until the...

JACKSON'S 'REVISED' TAX RETURN STILL ERROR-FILLED

THE amended 1999 tax return from Jesse Jackson's beleaguered Citizenship Education Fund is in. But if a first look is any indication, the tax-exempt charity will have to file an...

MOM, 15, KILLED NEWBORN: COPS

A 15-year-old mother is charged with killing her newborn after the medical examiner determined the baby girl was asphyxiated, police said yesterday. Jennifer Graham will be charged as a juvenile...

CAMBY TAKES HIMSELF OUT

Stressed-out basketball star Marcus Camby left the Knicks to be with his shell-shocked family - and is questionable for tomorrow's pivotal playoff game in Toronto. "He's going to come back...

PHONY 'ROCKEFELLER' BUSTED :L.I. CON-JOB SUSPECT TRACKED TO CANADA

A high-flying grifter who used personal charm and the Rockefeller name to bilk millions off unsuspecting marks from Long Island to Los Angeles was busted by Canadian cops, authorities said...

JENNA BUSH HIT WITH BOOZE RAP

Like father, like daughter - Jenna Bush, 19, has followed her dad's footsteps by getting in minor trouble with cops over booze. Austin, Texas, cops early yesterday gave Jenna Bush...

FRANCE PAROLES TOT-KILLING FIEND

A child-killer once called France's "most hated man" has been granted parole on his eighth try and could be released from jail in days. Patrick Henry, then 23, faced the...

MD. SCUTTLES PLAN TO SINK APPLE'S OLD SUBWAY CARS

Maryland officials yesterday torpedoed a plan to turn hundreds of New York City subway cars into a fish-rich offshore reef. Ocean City, Md., officials say they're backing out of a...

GANG GREEN TAKES FLIER ON CASEY

The Jets have a potentially compelling story brewing at quarterback. Former Penn State starter Rashard Casey is trying out for the team in this weekend's minicamp, attempting to win a...

NO MOSS GROWS ON JETS' SWIFT SANTANA

He was the player everyone came to see yesterday at the opening of Jets minicamp, and Santana Moss didn't disappoint. In his anticipated unveiling as a professional, the Jets' No....

DEPLETED M'STARS HOPING TO REBOUND

When the MetroStars entered this season, there were questions on how their young defense would fare under pressure, and thus far the unit has appeared solid and up to the...

NO DOUBTING ALLEN PRIZE OF JINT DRAFT

Will Allen anticipated that his head would be spinning once this weekend is complete. He is the prize, the first-round draft pick of the Giants, the marquee player for the...

MONARCHOS WORKS LIKE CHAMP AS WARD SAYS ALL SYSTEMS GO

There was just one workout yesterday at Churchill Downs for next Saturday's Kentucky Derby, but it was a big one. Monarchos, who figures to be second or third choice in...

MICHAEL JOHNSON QUITTING

PHILADELPHIA - An era in track & field came to an end yesterday when sprinter Michael Johnson officially announced his retirement, effective at the end of this outdoor season. Johnson...

CHAMP BRINGS SPECIAL FAN HOPE

After Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis took the WBA welterweight title from James Page on Feb. 17, the new champ's trainer wanted a quick word. "I told Six about the accident,"...

DEVS KNOW THEY MUST TAKE TWO

The Hearts of Champions must take over tonight, or they won't be that much longer. Just broken. The Devils face another pivot in their pursuit of dynasty tonight, when they...

VELAZQUEZ WINS FOUR MORE

1ST RACE - Social Top broke awkwardly and trailed early. She raced erratically on backstretch while wide and started to move up on far turn. She lugged in badly to...

WILPON MUM ON PHILLIPS' FUTURE

ST. LOUIS - While Nelson Doubleday has already pronounced GM Steve Phillips the future king of the Mets, co-owner Fred Wilpon wouldn't confirm that this is the plan. "I don't...

POWER-PLAY FAILURE A DEVIL DISTRACTION

THE fish stunk from the heads the Devils didn't use, not cashing a single one of eight advantages that undeniably could have turned Game 1. Still, the power play is...

STEAMED RICE WANTS PLAYOFF SHOT

Glen Rice and Jeff Van Gundy met yesterday to discuss the Sixth Man's growing dissatisfaction with the amount of shots he's been getting in the playoffs. "If we're losing, I'm...

GM REACHES OUT TO JEWISH FANS

In their continuing effort to remedy Charlie Ward-gate, the Knicks will have the point guard sit down with various Jewish Knick fans to explain his comments and make amends, The...

CARDS DEAL METS 4TH LOSS IN ROW

ST. LOUIS - The defending National League champions continued to stink last night. The Mets played lifeless baseball and were whipped 9-0 by the Cardinals for their fourth loss in...

SPREWELL'S GOTTA STEP INTO VOID

MARCUS Camby is a lost soul on the basketball floor because of the terrible hostage siege his family went through this past week. So it's understandable that he got lost...

WARD'S GAME CRACKS UNDER THE PRESSURE

Charlie Ward has spent the week defending his good name following the furor over his remarks about Jews and it seemed to finally catch up to him Thursday in Game...

AL'S REAL RAP STAR

TORONTO - Now be honest. If before this first-round playoff series between the Knicks and Raptors began, we were to tell you that one of the starting guards would be...

KNICKS IN CRISIS : MARCUS LEAVES TO GATHER EMOTIONS

The Knicks' season continued to fall apart yesterday when an emotionally distraught Marcus Camby left the club for an undetermined length. Camby, in a morning phone conversation, told Jeff Van...

HAMILTON TAKES SESAT AS PEREZ LEAVES DL

ST. LOUIS - The Mets' roster shuffle continued yesterday, led by Timo Perez coming off the disabled list and jumping into the leadoff spot. Heading to the DL is Darryl...

EL OF A PERFORMANCE : GUTTY HERNANDEZ HOLDS A'S UNTIL TINO WINS IT

Yankees3 A's2 In time, the Yankees have their fingers tightly crossed that Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez will return to the pitcher who challenges hitters with electric sliders, sweeping curves, fastballs...

BOSS IS STAYING CALM THROUGH MEDIOCRE START

The next time George Steinbrenner sees his underachieving group of millionaires in the flesh will be Friday morning when the Yankees will be guests of President Bush at the White...

NO ONE ANSWER FOR METS' WOES

The Mets' 8-13 start ties the worst beginning they've had since 1983 when they opened the season 6-15 and finished in last place. The Mets last started a year 8-13...

CHUCK'S HAVING FUN AGAIN

The game he loved as a kid is fun again. Now, if the Yankees can put together a hot streak, Chuck Knoblauch's return from baseball hell will be complete. "From...