September 2, 2000
QUESTROM GETS BIG BUCKS TO RUN PENNEY
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amAllen Questrom will get $1.25 million a year to take the helm of troubled J.C. Penney. The outgoing head of Barneys will also get a performance-based bonus that is anywhere...
YAHOO! INVESTORS SPOOKED BY BEAR SIGHTING
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amYahoo! investors were crying boo-hoo yesterday as the Internet stock dropped again, bringing its weekly loss to 15 percent. In Internet chat rooms, Yahoo! was one of the most popular...
HONCHOS HUMBLED - IFILM.COM REJECTS HOLLYWOOD BIGWIGS
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amPop's gone flat. Talks between indie film site IFilm.com and the much-hyped entertainment site backed by such industry titans as Geffen and Spielberg broke off yesterday morning. In an e-mail...
'HIGHLAND'S A DOWNER AND WOE IS 'WHIPPED'
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amThe last weekend of summer - and there's not much to recommend in the way of family films. So along with the two big flicks that opened this week, we've...
THEY'VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amNot all puppet shows are for kids these days. In fact, only four of this year's dozens of performances at the Henson International Festival of Puppet Theater are aimed at...
GOOD NEWS FOR ALL BAD GIRLS - CARTOON WORLD'S MINI QUEENS OF MEAN
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amI'M all for female role models on kids' TV, but let's hear it for the bad girls. There's a brave new world beyond the exemplary Power Puff Girls - and...
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEQUEL: 'HIGHLANDER' HOPELESS
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amTHE fourth "Highlander" movie is remarkable in several regards. For one thing, much of it was shot in Romania. For another, its story is so incompetently constructed that the long...
TV'S DUMBEST GRAFFITI ARTISTS TAGGERS SHOW COPS THEIR WORK - ON CABLE
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amJAMES "James-Top" Cade, an old-school graffiti tagger trying to stay cutting edge, thought he had found the perfect venue - a cable-access TV segment dedicated to the graffiti subculture. What...
LO! WHAT BLIMP DOTH BLIGHT THIS TALE ...OF CASTLES AND A KING
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amJEFFREY Wright has a ready answer for anyone who doubts the relevance of Shakespeare today. Perched beside Central Park's Turtle Pond during a break in rehearsals for "Julius Caesar," the...
CITY WALK GAVE GERALDO URGE TO RUN
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amGeraldo Rivera says "had a eureka moment" walking through Times Square that inspired him to run for mayor. "I've gone through a major catharsis in my life," he told The...
L.I. GANG RITE INCLUDED MUGGING GRANNY: COPS
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amA 64-year-old Long Island woman was beaten and dragged by a teen purse snatcher - who later told police he committed the brutal robbery as a street-gang initiation rite, authorities...
'FINE' IDEA: SELLING CIGS TO KIDS CAN NOW BRING 1G SLAP
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - The state has dramatically hiked fines against retailers who sell tobacco products to minors in a crackdown on underage smoking. Gov. Pataki signed the measure into law yesterday....
TIMES SQ. WALK GAVE GERALDO URGE TO RUN
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amGeraldo Rivera says "had a eureka moment" walking through Times Square that inspired him to run for mayor. "I've gone through a major catharsis in my life," he told The...
NO SWEAT OVER SADDAM - ISRAELIS STAY CALM IN FACE OF U.S. ALERT
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Barak yesterday shrugged off U.S. worries that Saddam Hussein will attack Israel with missiles this fall but said his government "is closely following developments with...
SICILY'S 'RAIN' OF RODENTS IS AT AN END
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amIn some places, it rains cats and dogs. In Sicily, it has been raining rats. Dozens of rodents were exterminated in Palermo yesterday after many of them came falling down...
CINCY COP & FLEEING KID DRIVER KILLED
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amA Cincinnati cop's attempt to snatch the ignition keys from a car being wildly driven by a 12-year-old ended in a double tragedy yesterday - the officer dragged to his...
HANGDOG PETA SORRY MILK AD PEEVED RUDY
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amScore one for Rudy and the dairy industry. After defiantly defending its controversial ads featuring Mayor Giuliani, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals got off its high horse and...
OPRAH HAS 'KEY' TO OVAL OFFICE
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amOprah Winfrey's TV show has emerged as a mandatory stop on the presidential campaign trail. Republican George W. Bush - perhaps spurred on by his Democratic rival Al Gore's plan...
RUDY FUMES OVER FIDEL - BUT VOWS 'MURDERER' WILL BE SAFE DURING U.N. VISIT
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani didn't hide his hatred for Fidel Castro yesterday after learning the Cuban president will be in the city next week - calling him a murderous dictator who shouldn't...
'HAPPY' ELIAN BACK TO SCHOOL IN CUBA
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amWalking hand-in-hand with friends, a beaming Elian Gonzalez returned to school yesterday - nine months after his dramatic rescue at sea sparked an international custody battle. "The boy is very...
BIOTECH FIRM WOULD BUY PATIENTS' CANCER TISSUE
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amA biotech company wants cancer and heart patients to let it sell leftover tissue from their surgeries to genetic researchers working on finding new drugs and cures. "We're going to...
PREZ SHOOTS DOWN PLANS TO DEPLOY MISSILE SHIELD
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton yesterday dropped a bomb on plans to build a mini-Star Wars anti-missile defense system - leaving it up to the next president. "I have decided not...
JOINT BIDDERS TO PLACE BETS ON OTB BUYOUT
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The New York Racing Association and the Television Games Network (TVG) announced yesterday they have jointly submitted an "expression of interest" to purchase New York City's Off...
SCALPER SALES SCANT ON THE OPEN MARKET
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amThe first thing some fans see when they get off the subway at the U.S. Open is their friendly scalper - who's having a bummer of a tournament so far....
BUSH, GORE TAKE SCOUTS' SIDE IN KNOTTY PARK FLAP
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - George W. Bush said he was "troubled" federal officials may cut ties with the Boy Scouts over the organization's ban on gays and Al Gore agreed yesterday they...
GYMNAST TO TAKE BRAVE STEP IN N.Y.
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amSang Lan, the gutsy Chinese gymnast paralyzed during the 1998 Goodwill Games, is set to perform at Carnegie Hall this month - bringing New Yorkers a new message of hope...
DRIZZLE & SOME SIZZLE EXPECTED FOR HOLIDAY
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amThe Labor Day weekend won't exactly be a washout. But don't expect it to make up for a summer that was mostly chilly, cloudy and rainy. It will be sunny...
NOW, LET'S TALK CLEMENCY - POLLARD WIFE 'GRATEFUL' HILL TOOK HIS SIDE
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amConvicted spy Jonathan Pollard's wife wrote to Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday, seeking a meeting "as soon as possible" to discuss clemency for her husband, The Post has learned. A "grateful"...
CHENEY: I'D DUMP OIL-STOCK MILLION$
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Republican Dick Cheney said yesterday he's "fully prepared to forfeit" millions of dollars in oil-company stock to avoid a conflict of interest if he's elected vice president. Cheney...
ANOTHER 2 CASES OF WEST NILE REPORTED
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amTwo more New York-area men were reported infected with the potentially fatal West Nile virus yesterday, as officials collected more virus-tainted birds in Central Park. A 61-year-old man from the...
KHALID YOUTH MARCH BACK IN HARLEM
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amPolice are expecting fewer than 1,000 people at today's Million Youth March in Harlem - organized by controversial black activist Khalid Muhammad. A spokeswoman for Khalid's group, the New Black...
CLINTONS ARE LIVING IT UP IN TAX DEADBEAT'S HOME
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amThe Clintons' upstate vacation got off to an embarrassing start yesterday when it was revealed the owner of the lakeside home where they are staying is a million-dollar tax delinquent....
DI'S MOM: PALACE PUT GAG ORDER ON ME
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amPalace protocol prevented Princess Diana's mom from seeking comfort from friends until an hour after she was told of her daughter's tragic death, a London newspaper reports today. "Protocol required...
ON TOP OF THE WORLD - FIRST-PLACE VIEW IS SIMPLY AMAZIN'
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Darryl Hamilton was straight up before last night's game. You approach the game differently when you are in first place compared to trailing. "There is a difference...
KEY TO THE PEN-NANT - RELIEF MUST BE BETTER
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amEVEN through all the injuries and slumps, personnel changes and signs of aging, it has been difficult to watch the Yankees during this less-than-dominant summer and not believe that when...
THEY'RE BACK, BUT ... - TORRE CONCERNED CHUCK, RAMIRO ARE BEING RUSHED
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amJoe Torre had fretted openly that reliever Ramiro Mendoza might be lost for the year, and as recently as Wednesday he said he'd have to prepare as if they'd be...
DINGMAN, THOMPSON HEAD BOMBER CALL-UPS
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES With the rosters expanding to 40 active players, the annual wave of September call-ups arrived last night - albeit just two players and counting. The Bombers recalled righty...
SEHORN SET TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amIf you want to hear about the raw emotion of the moment, learn of the exuberance he feels that at long last, his true return is here, look elsewhere. Jason...
CHREBET SAYS JETS HAVE REALISTIC SHOT AT A SUPER SEASON
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amGREEN BAY - There isn't a cornerback he doesn't think he can't beat, or a pass he doesn't think he can't catch, or a game he doesn't think he can't...
COMELLA'S LOOKIN' TO OPEN HOLES
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES He is not part of the so-called two-headed monster, but he's a vital part of how fearsome the beast will be. Greg Comella is the starting fullback on...
RAMS CAN'T GET WORSE
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amThe Fordham Rams can only go up. After going winless last year, things can't any get worse for second-year head coach Dave Clawson. The Rams, with good reason, want to...
ISLANDERS GIVE JONSSON $1.85M
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amAverting a nasty holdout situation just seven days before training camp, the Islanders signed defenseman Kenny Jonsson to a $1.85 million, one-year deal yesterday. Jonsson, 25, settled for the same...
THE HEAT'S ON DAVIE, IRISH
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amSOUTH BEND - The heat is on here. On and off the field, Bob Davie can't escape it. The day before the Fighting Irish open their season today against Texas...
WARD ACHES TO PLAY KEY ROLE
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amFor months, there have been forces surrounding the Jets that have seemingly tried to push Dedric Ward from the starting lineup, as he should be discounted as a non-factor. As...
DIANA 'CAP HEADLINES LABOR DAY FINALE
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Saratoga will close the doors on its season on Monday with a special 10-race Labor Day card, featuring the Grade 2, $500,000 Diana Handicap for fillies and...
COLES RETURNING IN DEBUT
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amJET NOTES He won't start at receiver, which was a goal for rookie Laveranues Coles, but he will start on kickoff returns alongside cornerback Aaron Glenn when the Jets open...
KNICKS LABORING OVER OFFER TO SIMPKINS
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amThe Knicks are leaning toward making a contract offer to 6-10 free-agent power forward Dickey Simpkins after the Labor Day weekend. Simpkins can be had for the $2.25 million exception....
REED: FAN INCIDENT OVERBLOWN
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - Rick Reed, filled with frustration, sat at his locker before last night's game here and told his side of the ruckus in Shea's players' parking lot after...
EL PLUS TWO EQUALS 'W' - TWINS NO MATCH FOR DUQUE, YANKS
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amYankees 4 - Twins 2 If the Yankees' second-half run hasn't converted the doubters and convinced the naysayers, last night provided a sight that just might. For those who don't...
TORRE QUESTIONS CHUCK AND RAMIRO'S RETURN
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES After Joe Torre had worried that reliever Ramiro Mendoza might be lost for the year, and as recently as Wednesday said he was preparing as if Chuck Knoblauch...
TIME TO GET SERIOUS - SEPT. STARTS BIG PUSH
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amTHE calendar reads September now. For ballplayers who define themselves by counting the rings on their fingers instead of computing the numbers on the backs of their baseball cards, the...
VENUS SLIPS ON WAY TO WIN - WILLIAMS SURVIVES A SCARE TO ADVANCE
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amIt wasn't just her body that was being exposed last night. No, Venus Williams was revealing plenty more, like a sloppy serve and inconsistent groundstrokes. Facing the world's 48th ranked...
FIRST-ROUNDER TRABER INKS AMAZIN' PACT
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - It was at a reduced rate, but first round pick Billy Traber signed with the Mets yesterday after it appeared unlikely to GM Steve Phillips that the...
STILL LEADIN' PACK - CARDINALS DOWN METS ON EDMONDS' HR IN 9TH
September 2, 2000 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - It would've been dramatic if it weren't so predictable. Things haven't been going well for Pat Mahomes lately. So bad, in fact, he went down to Tyler,...