September 8, 2000
WHY THOSE TREASURY INVESTMENTS ARE NOT SO SAFE
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amIS THE bond market getting ready to sucker punch investors? You've probably heard already that bonds have been a much, much better investment this year than stocks. Bond prices have...
CBS SLAPPED WITH SUIT FOR ALTERING AD IN TIMES SQUARE
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amThe "Survivor" network has taken the game a little too far, using deceptive trade practices to get its logo out on New Years Eve, said a lawsuit filed against CBS....
APBNEWS.COM SALE A $TEAL
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amTrue crime Web site APBnews.com has been sold for a song. Boston-based SafetyTips.com snapped up the Alley company's total assets for a bargain $575,000 - after promising $1.5 million a...
PARADISE LOST AT EVE : TWO TOP EXECS RAIDED FROM BARNEYS JUMP SHIP
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amEve.com is losing two of the four Barneys executives it raided earlier this summer. Lisa Gorevitz and Emilia Fabricant have left the cosmetics e-tailer - just two and a half...
WETHERELL DUMPS TECHS : HE'S $5B POORER AS CMGI CLEANS HOUSE
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amLike other investors burned by Internet stocks, David Wetherell is doing major league housecleaning at his online stock empire - the world's biggest. Wetherell, the creator and head of CMGI...
TOYS 'R' US SWAPPING HERALD FOR TIMES SQ.
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amToys "R" Us will close its massive 33rd Street store to make way for its new Times Square flagship, The Post has learned. Toys "R" Us reps previously said there...
MAGS SHOP FOR SHOPPERS : MEDIA FIRMS PULL OUT STOPS IN NEW WAR FOR READERS
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amAttention shoppers! Three of the biggest magazine companies in the land - Conde Nast, Primedia and Time Inc. - are all rolling out new shopper-oriented magazines this fall. And all...
SHE'S MAD ABOUT PLAID - BURBERRY'S CEO TELLS COPYCATS TO KNOCK IT OFF
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amRose Marie Bravo is seeing red - in all the wrong places. The head of Burberry's has put the fashion world on notice that she's not just going to look...
DOBBS LANDS ON SPACE-Y BUSINESS MAG
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amSpace man Lou Dobbs has landed in magazine land once again. In his latest move, the one-time CNN honcho said his Space.com enterprise snapped up the London-based quarterly trade title...
SECOND TIME AROUND : OLDER, WISER - VOICES DEEPER - HANSON BROTHERS TOP FIRST ALBUM
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amWHEN the Hanson brothers broke three years ago - powered by the ultra-catchy "MMMBop" - few predicted the teen trio would sell 8 million copies of its debut disc, "Middle...
PRINCIPAL'S BATTLE FOR KIDS A WEIGHTY ISSUE OF 'TODAY'
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amIT ALL STARTS TODAYExtremely effective, documentary-style French drama about a devoted elementary school principal who does battle with bureaucrats on behalf of his young charges.Running time: 117 minutes. Not rated....
'GUN' SLOW ON THE DRAW
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amTHE WAY OF THE GUN1/2Two hardened killers abduct a very pregnant surrogate mom. Some good lines and plot twists, but too slow by half, and Ryan Phillippe is ludicrously miscast.Running...
BIG APPLE IS A REAL KIDDIE CITY THIS TIME OF YEAR
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amKIDS are back in school, and everyone is back to work. But don't let it be all-work and no-play. The city is alive with activities and events for families. Check...
DENEUVE AND 'POLA X' GREAT FUN TO WATCH
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amPOLA X ASKED once why his movies never received commercial runs here, French renegade director Leos Carax blamed "an old man at the New York Times." The gentleman in question...
SUMMER'S LAST BUMMER
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amTHE WATCHERThe last of the bad summer flicks tells the utterly generic, predictable tale of an FBI agent's duel with a serial killer.Running time: 92 minutes. Rated R . At...
VISITING TROUPES STEPPING UP TO THE STAGE
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amTHE dance season is starting just a little later than usual - or, at least, it is taking rather longer to get into its full stride, let alone gallop. But...
GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YOU : 'NURSE BETTY' OPERATES ON CHEERFUL LUNACY
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amNURSE BETTYFine performances overcome the initial awkwardness of this comedy about a woman who confuses her life with her favorite soap opera.Running time: 112 minutes. Rated: R. At the Empire,...
THE STARR REPORT
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amStreisand ready to take fall on '20/20'? Barbara Walters is thisclose to snagging Barbra Streisand and Anne Heche for on-camera interviews, sources say. "It's looking good that Barbara will have...
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO TOWN? TOWNSHEND, HANSON, HOOTIE AND PAVAROTTI
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amTRADITIONALLY, the fall is marked by concert calmness with the music biz putting its big push on getting records out in time for Christmas. That's the basic story for this...
'SEUSSICAL' STUMBLES : MUSICAL GETS TOUGH NOTICES IN BOSTON, MAY NEED RETOOLING
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amTHERE were long faces in Whoville yesterday as the producers and creators of "Seussical, the Musical" got hit with some tough notices in Boston, where the show is playing its...
KOPPEL SCORES EMMYS
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amCNN - still reeling from a shakeup of its top brass last week - was practically snubbed at this year's News and Documentary Emmy Awards. The all-news cable network took...
HOW FUNNY IS 'THE PJS?' TRY... SUPER DUPER
September 8, 2000 | 4:00am"The PJs" Sunday at 8:30 p.m. (sneak preview tonight at 8:30 p.m.) on WPIX/Ch. 11 1/2 I WAS sick with worry. I thought my favorite neighbors were dying. No, I'm...
GO GIRLS! 'ANGELS' GIVE BOYS THE BOOT: HELEN HUNT LEADS LADIES' FILM CHARGE
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amTHIS fall's movie schedule looks surprisingly like the summer season that just ended - an unusually large number of comedies, horror pictures and special-effects thrillers. One big difference: unlike the...
FROM BJORK TO BOXING, CANNES TO CHINA
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amNOT every movie is a big studio blockbuster. Here are some higlights of the many independent and foreign films due before year's end: SEPTEMBER "WOMAN ON TOP" (Sept. 22): Penelope...
'MONTY' ADDS TOUCH OF CHEEKINESS ; BIG BUCKS PLAYING ON BROADWAY
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amHAVING spent the summer at their beach houses in the Hamptons, their castles in the South of France and their villas in Umbria, Broadway producers returned to Shubert Alley this...
ADWATCH
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amCANDIDATE: Hillary Rodham Clinton TITLE: "Six R's" RUNNING TIME: 30 seconds WHERE SHOWN: Statewide PRODUCED BY: Team Hillary (Mandy Grunwald, Mark Penn, DeVito/Verdi) TEXT: Announcer: "What if, along with reading,...
AIRLINER, FIGHTER JET IN NEAR-MISS
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - The pilot of a commercial airliner dodged a stealth fighter over Southern California yesterday, narrowly avoiding a horrific midair collision, authorities said. Shortly after Boston-bound United Airlines...
'HOOKER' BOMB INJURES 16 IN MOSCOW
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amSixteen people were injured in Moscow yesterday when a man lobbed a grenade at a group of prostitutes, police said. Investigators said the predawn incident appeared to be part of...
'RAGE' BAD BOY RISES ABOVE IT ALL
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amTimmy C., the bass player for Rage Against the Machine, stole the show at the MTV Video Music Awards last night - but not for winning any trophies. He caused...
UNCOUTH CO-HOSTS BEAT UP ON MORTIFIED BRITNEY
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amFun and high jinx took a back seat to self-righteous commentary by rockers, hip-hop heroes and Marlon and Shawn Wayans, who all begrudged the giant success of pop acts like...
PROTEST REQUEST :' EMINEM UNPLUGGED
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amControversy rocked the MTV Video Music Awards last night as protesters rallied outside Radio City Music Hall to rip the music channel for allowing rapper Eminem on the show despite...
MIFFED MADONNA: I'VE HAD IT WITH MOVIES
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amMadonna is fed up with Hollywood and says she won't be making any new movies in the near future. "I can't find a script I like," the Material Mom tells...
RUDY SAYS FEDS OWE CITY $25M
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani charged yesterday the feds are stiffing the city for the $25 million on the security bill for this week's U.N. summit. In a letter to President Clinton, the...
KIDS FEEL FIRST-DAY SQUEEZE - CRISIS-FREE OPENING AS 1.1M PACK CLASSROOMS
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amAbout 1.1 million city public-school students jammed into classes for the first day of school yesterday with high hopes - but many also faced cramped conditions and hurriedly reassigned teachers....
KILLERS IN OUR MIDST ARE WORLD LEADERS
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amSaddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic are staying home, but there is still a handful of killers and thugs enjoying all the trappings of heads of state at this week's U.N....
COPS: BROTHEL BIGS LEARN THERE'S REALLY NO $AFE SEX
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amThe owner and operators of two Queens brothels - who thought they were paying off cops to stay open and to shut down competing houses of ill repute - have...
NOW, EVEN HER VAN IS A REGISTERED NEW YORKER
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amIT WAS only a matter of time once Hillary got her New York state driver's license that her campaign van would follow suit. The dark van the first lady travels...
3 PREZ POLLS TIED IN KNOTS - SURVEYS FIND HUGE VOTER-GENDER GAP
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amDAYTON, Ohio - Two new presidential polls yesterday show Democrat Al Gore slightly ahead of Republican George W. Bush - while a third shows a dead heat. The three polls...
REAGAN LETTERS BARE CONCERN OVER PATTI
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amRonald Reagan considered his wild-child daughter Patti "a problem" and told his wife, Nancy, they had to do something to straighten her out. The former president's concerns are expressed in...
WHAT'S YOUR MARRIAGE TAX?
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amPRESIDENT Clinton has vetoed the Marriage Tax Relief Plan; as we go to press, Republicans are scurrying for enough votes to override the veto. Would you benefit? The Heritage Foundation's...
I'LL BE A PAL, AL, IF YOU GET TOUGH ON TEACHERS
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amIF THE Rev. Al Sharpton wants to become a true servant of God, I will turn my sword against him into plowshares. If he swears to go to a cop's...
'OUT OF TOUCH' LIRR-MASSACRE MOM FACES TOUGH GOPER
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amPOLITICIANS don't come packaged a whole lot more appealingly than tiny Rep. Carolyn McCarthy. Barbra Streisand co-produced a TV movie based on the life of the Long Island nurse, mother...
AL TAKES A SWIPE AT JOE
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Rev. Al Sharpton claimed Al Gore running mate Joe Lieberman could hurt black turnout - but said it has "nothing to do with him being Jewish." Sharpton,...
LIEBERMAN COMING TO TOWN TO GIVE HILL A BOOST
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amSen. Joseph Lieberman has agreed to make his first appearance in New York with Hillary Rodham Clinton - and it will come next week, The Post learned yesterday. The timing...
ODD COUPLE ED & RUDY MAKE NICE
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amThe great mayoral feud may be winding down. Seemingly out of the blue, Ed Koch and Rudy Giuliani - who've been at each other's throats for nearly five years -...
MOM'S RUNNING A REAL CLASS/CAMPAIGN
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amDAYTON, Ohio - Thirteen-year-old Robert Hughes is getting an intensive course in politics between now and Election Day - his mother, George W. Bush's communications director, is home-schooling him on...
HANDSHAKE WITH THE DEVIL - U.S. CUBANS LIVID OVER BILL-FIDEL MEETING
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Outraged Cuban-Americans yesterday threw up their hands in horror over President Clinton's handshake with Cuban strongman Fidel Castro. The close encounter - in which the pair shook hands...
NO KATHIE? NO PROBLEM! REGIS ON A RATINGS ROLL
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amTalk about good riddance. The ratings for Regis Philbin's morning show have surged since Kathie Lee Gifford left - and not everyone at the ABC-TV gabfest is surprised. "Live with...
JOCELYNE'S EX-FUGITIVE FESSES UP
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amProsecutors gave Jocelyne Wildenstein an extravagant 55th birthday present from the deepest heart of Africa yesterday - her fugitive ex-husband, Alec. After two years on the lam in Europe and...
POWELL BLASTS GORE GANG OVER GI EXODUS
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amGulf War leader Colin Powell yesterday accused the Clinton-Gore team of playing "let's pretend" on defense policy, as he sought to give a boost to Republican George W. Bush's presidential...
WILD FASHIONS SET THE TONE FOR EXCITEMENT
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amAre the MTV Video Music Awards the new Oscars? They sure are more exciting -from a fashion point of view, at least. Big winners on the red carpet were Aaliyah,...
'RAGE' BAD BOY ; RISES ABOVE IT ALL
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amTimmy C., the bass player for Rage Against the Machine, stole the show at the MTV Video Music Awards last night - but not for winning any trophies. He caused...
AIRLINER AND FIGHTER JET IN CLOSE CALL
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Pilots of a commercial airliner dodged a stealth fighter over southern California yesterday, narrowly avoiding a horrific midair collision, authorities said. Shortly after Boston-bound United Airlines Flight...
FORGET ATLANTA! IT'S LESSER FOES, NOT BRAVES, WHO HOLD METS' FATE
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amLOOK in their eyes and the Mets tell you they are not scared. They are resilient. That disaster of a 1-5 trip was literally a bump in the road. In...
MENDOZA DONE FOR SEASON: SHOULDER ACTS UP JUST AS YANKS EYED RETURN
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amKANSAS CITY - A river of tears flowed from Ramiro Mendoza's eyes. The pain in his right shoulder was back and a very valuable member of the Yankees' beleaguered bullpen...
MOTTAU: HOPELESS HOLDOUT
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amBURLINGTON, Vt. - Mike Mottau has a Hobey Baker Award. Unfortunately for him, he has no contract bargaining leverage. Even more unfortunately, the defenseman out of BC is about to...
EAGLES HAVE LANDED ; PHILLY'S INTENSITY WILL BE TOO MUCH FOR BIG BLUE
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Giants have won all four of their openers under Jim Fassel, but so far are 0-3 in Week 2. That was the theme after the victory over the Cards....
HOW TO WIN AT THE BIG B
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amAfter six long weeks upstate, racing returns to Belmont Park today with the opening of the Fall Championship Meet. There are several major differences between handicapping at Saratoga and the...
MIKE SOUNDS OFF ON N.Y. LEGENDS
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amMike Piazza says it is flattering for someone to put him up with some of the New York baseball legends, but he doesn't think of himself that way. He did,...
THE RALPH KINER YOU NEVER KNEW
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amRALPH Kiner's not gonna tell you about it. Modesty prohibits him. But he can't stop me. The trivia answer on Wednesday's Mets-Reds telecast included the name of 1950s slugger Ted...
BRING IT HOME! STARTING VS. PHILS, METS GOTTA MAKE SOME HAY AT SHEA
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amNow is the time for the Mets to get fat again. The next six games they play are against the last place Phillies and the below-.500 Brewers. They are all...
ISLANDERS NAIL DOWN HAMRLIK WITH NEW DEAL
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amLAKE PLACID - The Islanders open training camp today with news that restricted free-agent defenseman Roman Hamrlik has signed a four-year deal worth $12.8 million. Hamrlik, 26, who is entering...
GANG GREEN LIKES MIKE: NOLAN MAKING JETS' DEFENSE FORGET BELICHICK
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amBill Beli-who? When the Jets look at the other sideline on Monday night, they will see their old defensive coordinator, Bill Belichick. And while that will stir up some memories,...
EX-PAT BRISBY PLAYS IT COOL
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amJET NOTES As far as ex-Patriots on the Jets go, he's no Curtis Martin. But if anyone has reason to lick his chops for Monday night's game against New England,...
IT'S FALL BONANZA TIME
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amIT came late Monday afternoon, the first hint of the northwesterly winds, a cool dry breeze that signaled the end of summer and the beginning of a fall bonanza that...
SERENA NO-GO IN DOUBLES
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amSerena Williams rankled USTA officials yesterday when she pulled out of the women's doubles semifinal, claiming an injury to her left foot. Williams' alleged injury leaves her a question mark...
STRAHAN TO RUSH EAGLES AT BOTH ENDS
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Look for the Giants to move Michael Strahan over to right end again from time to time if they feel he can get to Donovan McNabb better against...
MCKAY STILL HAMPERED BY AILING SHOULDER
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amEven winning the silver Cup has a cloudy lining. Because the Devils' championship season ended so late, Randy McKay is not completely recovered from surgery to repair the shoulder that...
HEADS UP KERRY, IT'S BIRD LAND
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amThe images were chilling, and sent a troubling message up the turnpike to East Rutherford, N.J.: Troy Aikman knocked down and out and walking out of Texas Stadium in a...
GOLD MEANS CASH FOR U.S. ATHLETES
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amSYDNEY - When Maurice Greene lines up for the 100-meter finals at the Summer Games later this month, he'll be chasing a lot more than international glory - he'll be...
MARAT MOVES ON: YOUNG GUN SAFIN ROLLS PAST KIEFER INTO SEMIS
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES When he's not breaking his rackets in disgust (36 this year for $10,000 worth of fines), the flaky Marat Safin is making nice comebacks. Yesterday at Ashe Stadium,...
ONE SISTER DOWN, ONE MORE TO GO: WILLIAMSES' PARTY BEING CRASHED
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amIf Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport have conspired to ensure the world doesn't see an all-Williams final, father Richard Williams doesn't blame them. "I think it's a good idea for...
AL CAN SEE LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amThis is the time of year that playoff contenders use to sharpen up and make a serious run at the postseason. For the Mets, they are just looking to avoid...
ACHING SHOULDER KOS MENDOZA FOR SEASON
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amKANSAS CITY - A river of tears flowed from Ramiro Mendoza's eyes. The pain in his right shoulder was back and a very valuable member of the Yankees' beleaguered bullpen...
KNICKS COOLING ON SIMPKINS
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amWhile the Knicks still have heavy interest in trading for or signing free agent Glen Rice, their desire for 6-10 free agent Dickey Simpkins appears to be waning. Simpkins, who...
MARTIN SURFS NET TO VICTORY
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amThe net had been Todd Martin's friend all night. He'd charged it over and over, aggressively daring Thomas Johansson to put the ball by him. And when the net swallowed...
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER FOR YANKS
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amYankees 7 Royals 3 KANSAS CITY - Denny Neagle's iron is hot again. After seven outings that ranged from pedestrian to putrid, Neagle hurled a pearl last night and then...
CONE MIGHT RETURN NEXT WEEK
September 8, 2000 | 4:00amKANSAS CITY - Never count David Cone out. Less than 48 hours after writhing in pain on the Kauffman Stadium infield with a dislocated left shoulder, Cone played catch yesterday...