November 9, 2000
FERRAGAMO BUYS SPRING ST. SPACE
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe Midtown-ization of SoHo continues apace. Salvatore Ferragamo, makers of Italian luxury goods, is opening a boutique at the bustling southwest corner of Spring and Greene streets. The 5,000-square-foot shop...
SUCCESS IN SOHO DRIVING VARVATOS RETAIL EXPANSION
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amBased on the success of his first store in SoHo, menswear designer John Varvatos is planning to open on the West Coast and in Europe. The 2,400-square-foot Mercer Street store...
CISCO LEADS NASDAQ ROUT: BUSH PUMPS UP OIL, TOBACCO
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amTech stocks plummeted yesterday amid concerns that the sector is overvalued and corporate profits are slowing. Gains in health care, tobacco, and oil- and gas-drilling stocks helped minimize the damage,...
DOT-COMS' DEATH DANCE GETTING FASTER ; FEW IMMUNE TO SECTOR'S COLLAPSE
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe dot-com shakeout has hit a new level of intensity, as private companies fold faster than ever and once-high-flying public companies teeter on the brink of disaster. The death of...
KENZO DESIGNING TO EXPAND INTO A LIFESTYLE BRAND
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amLook out, Ralph Lauren. Kenzo is the latest fashion house looking to become a lifestyle brand. "We feel there are opportunities in sheets, linens and tableware," Kenzo President Herve Martin...
NEWS CORP. OPTIMISTIC ON MLB DEAL
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amNews Corporation said yesterday it expects to break even on its $2.5 billion six-year deal to show Major League Baseball nationwide in the U.S. The company gave its positive outlook...
CORPORATE SPONSORS TAKE A BIG HIT ON WEB STAKES
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amCompanies that invest in dot-coms are losing millions on some of their deals. But they're gambling may still pay off in the end. Analysts say that tech companies such as...
HAND MADE, LIMITED AND BRITISH
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amIT'S not just that they drive on the other side of the road that makes British drivers different. They have a love affair with sports cars unmatched even in car-crazy...
MERCE'S MINGLE MISSES THE MARK
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amMERCE CUNNINGHAMJoyce Theater, 175 Eighth Ave. at 19th Street. (212) 242-0800. Season runs through Nov. 12. MERCE Cunningham at 81 is still puzzling his audiences, pushing his dancers and making...
TRIPLE PLAY ON COBB HAS SOMETHING ON THE BALL
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amCOBBAt the Lucille Lortel, 121 Christopher St. (212) 239-6200. TY Cobb, the Georgia Peach, was a Detroit Tigers outfielder from 1905 to 1926 and was a phenomenally aggressive hitter and...
'STRICTLY' LOW RENT, FRIENDS
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amSTRICTLY PERSONALAt the SoHo Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street at Sixth Avenue. (212) 239-6200. GUYS who practice standup can write decent comedies. There's Woody Allen, for one, and Jerry Seinfeld. Mostly,...
XMAS SHOW'S A KICK
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amRADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULARAt Radio City Music Hall, Sixth Avenue between 50th and 51st streets, (212) 247-4777. Through Jan. 7. THERE'S tradition, and then there are the Rockettes. Radio City...
THE STARR REPORT
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amCBS goes back to the Wells Six years after "ER" took over the top ranks of network TV, John Wells is poised to reteam with Leslie Moonves to develop a...
O.J. TOLD THE TRUTH ...YOU SHOULDN'T SEE HIS 'TRAGEDY'
November 9, 2000 | 5:00am"American Tragedy" Sunday at 9 on Ch. 2 HAVE you seen the ads proclaiming, "The movie O.J. doesn't want you to see!" After sitting through the Norman Mailer/Lawrence Schiller TV...
DR. SEUSS' GRINCH IS NO POTTY ANIMAL ; AUTHOR'S WIDOW WIPES BATHROOM HUMOR OUT OF THE SCRIPT
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amKEEP the Grinch out of Poo-ville.That's what Dr. Seuss' widow told the filmmakers adapting his classic holiday fable, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" Audrey Geisel, 79, was displeased by the...
ELECTION CLIFFHANGER OVERLOADS WEB PHONE TECHNOLOGY
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amSURFER gURL, who went out to dinner with some like-minded voters, followed the election returns on her Sprint PCS/Sanyo Web-enabled cell phone as there was no TV at the Grange...
VIOLENCE FROM DEATH ROW ; RAP EXEC VOWS TO KEEP GANGSTA IN STYLE
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amGANGSTA rap is back.One of the most violent CDs ever recorded has quietly snuck into stores - and its explosive lyrics may spark more fighting in the rap world.Riddled with...
RUDY IN PAIN FROM TREATMENT
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani has been in pain from the radioactive seeds implanted in his prostate to fight cancer. Friends and aides who normally refuse to discuss the mayor's medical condition talked...
HEROIN KILLED PAULA YATES
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amPaula Yates, sexy blond lover of tragic rock star Michael Hutchence, died from a heroin overdose, it was ruled yesterday. A British coroner concluded the overdose was accidental and that...
VOTE CLIFFHANGER TO BE CONTINUED ... GORE STILL SWINGING AS FLORIDA RE-TALLIES
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amA combative Vice President Al Gore yesterday vowed he's just begun to fight as Florida began a recount to see if George W. Bush really won the state - and...
VOTE RECOUNT STARTS AS CHARGES FLY: GORE GAINS VOTES IN 24 FLORIDA COUNTIES
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amClouds of confusion darkened the Sunshine State yesterday as charges and countercharges flew over the photo-finish election for Florida's crucial 25 electoral votes. In a day of head-spinning developments: Three...
LET THIS ELECTION BE A LESSON TO YOU
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amREFLECTIONS on the closest presidential election in the history of the republic:1. There has to be a complete and impartial investigation of the Florida voting and counting processes, in addition...
DAILY PLANET PROJECTS LEX AS NEW PREZ
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amVoters may not find out who officially won Florida until today, but DC Comics is going ahead and naming the winner of the presidency - and it's Superman arch-enemy Lex...
COURT RULE EXCITES VIAGARA RIVAL
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amA British court has thrown cold water on Viagra - ruling the patent on the key ingredient in the popular anti-impotence drug is invalid. That clears the way for competitors...
THE EMERGING CONSERVATIVE MINORITY
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amYESTERDAY, the leader of the conservative movement in America offered up a sobering observation. Rush Limbaugh had been utterly confident of a Bush victory in recent weeks, but he acknowledged...
'STOLEN ELECTION': AN UGLY PRECEDENT
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amIN the end, the historical precedent for Campaign 2000 was not the anomaly of 1888, when Benjamin Harrison won the electoral vote but lost the popular vote - although that...
ELVIS-COAT BID$ HEARTBREAKING
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amAn auction house got all shook up yesterday when it had to withdraw the sale of Elvis Presley's army jacket because nobody met the opening bid. The jacket, part of...
SHE'S ALREADY EYEING A WHITE HOUSE RUN
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amIN THE madness of monstrous political mayhem, we find ourselves more confused than a matador facing a cow. But there is one given, more certain than anything in this season...
BILL: ONLY FDR HAS LOVED THIS JOB AS I HAVE
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amHis dwindling time in the White House has left Bill Clinton wistful - but he's certain that there's never been a president (well, maybe one) as crazy about the job....
GLOBAL BIGS SHAMED BY PREMATURE CONGRATULATION
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amWorld leaders uncorked the champagne - then put it on ice. Mirroring the confusion of the American electorate, the leaders offered congratulations to George W. Bush - then quickly took...
DEMS SURE PATAKI CAN BE BEATEN
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY - Hillary Rodham Clinton's smashing victory over Rick Lazio proves Gov. Pataki can be beaten in 2002, the two top Democrats eyeing the governor's race claimed yesterday. "Hillary's victory...
'FLA. FIASCO' CATCHES MEDIA FLAT-FOOTED - FLIP-FLOP COMES AFTER MANY HAD CALLED IT A NIGHT
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amStop the presses! The heart-pounding reversal of fortune in the presidential election was reflected on the front pages of newspapers and in the red faces of TV anchors yesterday morning....
LIGHTS OUT FOR CONFUSED BIRDS
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amSO MUCH for bright lights, big city. Lights atop the World Trade Center and the Empire State Building - shimmering symbols of New York's swagger - will be turned off...
NADER: AL GORE BLEW IT FOR AL GORE
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amRalph Nader angrily brushed aside suggestions yesterday that he robbed Al Gore of a victory in the presidential election, and insisted his Green Party is here to stay. The consumer...
SURVIVING SIAMESE TWIN COULD MAKE IT
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amSiamese twin Jodie was making "steady progress" last night in her battle to survive the separation surgery that led to the death of her sister Mary. Experts say if the...
COLE PROBE CONNECTS YEMEN TO BIN LADEN
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amA 1994 deal with Islamic militants loyal to terror master Osama bin Laden that resulted in the appointment of hundreds of extremists to Yemeni security posts is a focus of...
STABBED GUARD'S SIS RIPS TERROR 'BASTARDS'
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe proud, angry sister of a wounded prison guard spoke out for the first time yesterday, tearing into the terrorist "bastards" who attacked her brother. "These terrorists tried to ruin...
GOODYBYE, GOODMAN? - ROY SWEATS OUT SENATE SQUEAKER
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amIt could be at least a week before the bitter race between longtime Republican state Sen. Roy Goodman and Democrat Liz Krueger is officially decided. Yet Krueger - who yesterday...
RUDY CLAIMS HE CAN WORK WITH SENATOR CLINTON
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani heaped admiration yesterday on Senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton - a woman he'd been attacking for months - and said he's "very sure I'll be able to work with...
ARE THEY TOO RICH TOO SOON? MANY YOUNG 'NET ENTREPRENEURS FALL TO DRUGS & BOOZE
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amHE WAS 26, hyper-rich and at the vanguard of the dot-com revolution. But Aaron Bunnell was just another bloated, drug-addled corpse when maintenance workers found him dead in his suite...
TEACHERS GAVE FIRST LADY SOME EXTRA HELP
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amANALYSIS Teachers union president Randi Weingarten is a big friend of Senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton. Weingarten was one of Clinton's earliest and most enthusiastic backers for Senate - and her...
THROWING AWAY KEY ON BX. GANGSTER
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amA bloodthirsty Bronx drug baron was hammered with a lifelong prison sentence yesterday, guaranteeing he will die behind bars for a decade of murders, drug-dealing and violence. Peter Rollack, 26,...
WE WUZN'T ROBBED! THE GREAT IMAGINARY BALLOT BOX CONSPIRACY
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amAS we wait with trepidation for the recount of the presidential results in Florida, we should remember that - despite the irresistible appeal of conspiracy theories and paranoid plots -...
LAZIO'S DEM REPLACEMENT LAUDS GOP SUPPORT
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe Democrat who won the Long Island congressional seat vacated by Rick Lazio said yesterday he has Republican voters to thank for his victory. Steve Israel, a Huntington town councilman,...
LAZIO AND HIS GURU FEUDED OVER FINAL WEEKS
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amRick Lazio and his chief campaign strategist hardly spoke to each other during the final weeks of the race after the Republican candidate lost all trust in his hired-gun consultant,...
CANCER RX HAS RUDY IN PAIN
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani has been in pain from the radioactive seeds implanted in his prostate to fight cancer. Friends and aides who normally refuse to discuss the mayor's medical condition talked...
PROJECTIONS A CASE OF GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amTV news execs were licking their wounds yesterday after the major U.S. networks twice mistakenly reported election results and declared a winner in the pivotal state of Florida. It was...
RAPE COUNSELOR SENTENCED IN SEX ATTACKS
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amA nearly 7-foot-tall rape counselor was sentenced to 24 years in prison yesterday for raping and robbing three upscale Manhattan "masseuses." Darryl Bolden, 37 - a father of two from...
NETS BLEW IT, BUT DO YOU REALLY THINK THEY CARE?
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amTHE first thing on the minds of TV newspeople yesterday was not how they'd screwed up the vote count and misinformed an entire nation with their cockamamie projections on Election...
TV RATINGS BEST IN YEARS
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amMore than 50 million viewers watched the confusing TV coverage of the tightest presidential election in 40 years. It was the biggest election audience in years - at least 34...
TEACHERS MAY HIT BRICKS IF DEAL DOESN'T COME SOON
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe teachers union is raising the possibility of a strike if the city refuses to negotiate a new contract. United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said she's pushing for...
VOTING BIG: SYSTEM NEEDS MASSIVE REPAIR$
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe administrator of the city Board of Elections said yesterday it would take at least a $60 million overhaul of the current system to avoid the myriad problems that occurred...
NEWSMAGS SCRAPPING SPECIALS ON THE ELECTION
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe deadlocked election that bedeviled network TV and daily newspapers on election night is wreaking havoc among the big newsweekly magazines. Time and Newsweek are scrapping their early election specials,...
GOPERS: WAY TO GO, RALPHIE BOY
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON. WHEN the networks called the election for Bush early yesterday morning, an impromptu troupe of singing, whooping and chanting Republican revelers at the Capitol Hilton lit out for the...
A DISHEARTENED GORE IS 'INN' SECLUSION WITH KIN
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amNASHVILLE, Tenn. - Al Gore, unsure for another day whether he's heading to the White House or the history books, spent yesterday huddled with family at a Nashville hotel. Gore's...
JOE'S JOB STATUS IS HANGING IN LIMBO
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amSenator or veep? Connecticut is a state of confusion as residents anxiously wait to find out if Joseph Lieberman will remain their junior senator or be the nation's next vice...
DEFEAT MAY DERAIL KEY TRANSIT PROJECTS
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe failure of a $3.8 billion transportation bond at the polls jeopardizes several crucial mass-transit projects, including the Second Avenue subway and an extension of the N line to La...
GOP HANGS ON IN TIGHT SENATE
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amRepublicans yesterday hung on to the Senate by the skin of their teeth - even with the last cliffhanger still too close to call. By yesterday, Democrats had cut the...
NIGHT-OWL STUDENTS ARE DRAGGING IT THE DAY AFTER
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amKids all over the city went to school bleary-eyed yesterday after staying up late Election Night - mesmerized by the wild action as the nation sought to learn who the...
GO-GO GORE VS. LAID-BACK BUSH
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amTO WATCH Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore cope with the overdrive angst of an undecided presidential race yesterday was to get a good taste of what each...
CORZINE DENIES BUYING $65 MILLION SQUEAKER
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amNew Jersey Sen.-elect Jon Corzine, who spent a record $65 million on his campaign, said yesterday it was his wealth of knowledge on the issues - not his wallet -...
FAA POISED TO CUT NEW FLIGHTS AT LA GUARDIA
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe Federal Aviation Administration plans to reduce the number of new flights to and from La Guardia Airport, where delays have grown so bad, they've thrown off travel schedules around...
GEORGE 'BUSHED' BUT STILL 'UPBEAT'
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amAUSTIN, Texas - George W. Bush and his wiped-out campaign staffers hunkered down behind closed doors yesterday - anxious for a victory gala and ready for a nap. Bush spoke...
CAPITOL HILL VS. KING OF THE HILL - SENATE LEADER LOTT CASTS THE FIRST STONE
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amSenator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed yesterday to serve her full six-year term, as Republican Majority Leader Trent Lott started drawing battle lines. Asked whether she plans to make a run...
FLOOD HAS WINSLET IN DEEP TROUBLE
November 9, 2000 | 5:00am"Titanic" star Kate Winslet is marooned by storms in tempest-tossed Britain, and she hopes sandbags can protect her island home. Dangerously high floodwaters have plagued much of England in the...
HOW HILL SURVIVED HELL - HER CAMP BATTLED THROUGH MINEFIELDS
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amForget "The War Room" - Hillary Rodham Clinton's successful Senate campaign was more like a rerun of "The Bickersons." The first lady's top aides - speaking to The Post on...
'BLUE' PICASSO SELLS FOR A COOL $55.6M
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amMaybe Picasso wouldn't have felt so blue if he knew one of his Blue Period paintings would sell in New York last night for $55.6 million. The sale price for...
SEINFELD'S DAUGHTER IS SASCHA CUTE BABY
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amHere comes the new mistress of Jerry Seinfeld's domain! She's cute-as-a-bug's-ear Sascha, born Election Day at New York Hospital, and decidedly one of Manhattan's Beautiful People, as the accompanying Post...
VOTE RECOUNT STARTS AS CHARGES FLY - PALM BEACH BALLOT IS UNDER CHALLENGE
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amClouds of confusion darkened the Sunshine State yesterday as charges and countercharges flew over the photo-finish election for Florida's crucial 25 electoral votes. In a day of head-spinning developments: *...
IT'S A SPREE PASS :LATRELL'S 146 GAME, IRON-MAN STREAK OVER
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amLatrell Sprewell's iron-man streak is over. Spree had played 146 straight games for the Knicks until last night. That takes into account 36 playoff games, including three last May when...
EWING STILL SCARES RILEY
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amMIAMI - The turnover count is obscene. The offense appears to have been drawn up from the "New Jersey Nets Playbook," the end of the Millennium edition. It might seem...
NET RETURN OF BRODEUR
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe franchise player chose to test his powers of recuperation. Martin Brodeur returned to action last night, less than a week after suffering a groin pull. The 28-year-old was upbeat...
JET SECONDARY OUT TO STOP BLEEDING VS. COLTS
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amWhen combined with the immediate challenge ahead, the numbers are enough to send a head coach to the medicine cabinet for indigestion tablets. The Jets have played nine games this...
YOUNG STORM GEARED UP FOR NEW SEASON
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amIt was the fourth game of the 1998-1999 season and St. John's, then ranked 23rd, was about to find out just how good it was by taking on second-ranked Stanford...
GROH SAYS SAFETY DID NOT CUT IT
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amJET NOTES When Al Groh was asked yesterday why he cut slumping safety Kevin Williams on Tuesday, his answer was quite simple: Williams' play had deteriorated to the point where...
LEWIS-TUA: TOO CLOSE TO CALL
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amTHEY may not yet have settled their little argument, but if there's one thing Gush and Bore proved beyond a reasonable doubt Tuesday night, it is that occasionally two stiffs...
REED A FREE AGENT AS REP RIPS PHILLIPS
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amFeeling disrespected and ignored by Steve Phillips, Rick Reed's agent, Phil Tannenbaum, filed his client for free agency and ripped into the techniques of the Mets' GM yesterday. More importantly...
A RUN OF DOUBLE VISION
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amDouble the pleasure, double the fun. Alvin and Calvin Harrison, the twins who helped the U.S. 4x400-meter relay team to a gold medal at the Sydney Olympics, look alike, share...
REINING IN THE RAMS ; GIANTS HOPE TO KEEP JUGGERNAUT IN CHECK
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amThere seems to be a difference of opinion as to how low, exactly, the Giants defense should set the bar this Sunday as they prepare for the mighty Rams arsenal....
FASSEL WANTS FANS TO PUMP UP THE VOLUME
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES The rallying cry started early in the week, when Jim Fassel, asked about playing on grass this Sunday against the Rams, dropped an unsolicited, not-so-subtle reminder for the...
SOURCE SAYS RAMIREZ'S PACT DEMAND JUST A PLOY
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amAMELIA ISLAND, Fla. - Manny Ramirez's demand of $200 million over 10 years from the Indians was ultimately a ploy to make him more attractive to the Yankees, according to...
NELLIE READY TO GO SHOPPIN'
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amIf the Yankees want to keep right-handed set up man Jeff Nelson away from the free agent market that opens Saturday, they need to add more green to the pot....
SOME AMAZIN' SIGNS REY'S HEADIN' OUT
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amAMELIA ISLAND, Fla. - In another hint about how serious the Mets are about luring Alex Rodriguez - as if more hints were needed - they have begun feeling out...
EWING DOING HIS PART
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amHeat 87 Sonics 81 MIAMI - The turnover count is obscene. The offense often appears to have been drawn up from the "New Jersey Nets Playbook, End of the Millennium...
SOME MOMENTS BEST FORGOTTEN
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amTHE History Channel kicked off its voting campaign yesterday for the 10 Greatest Moments in Knicks history prior to the Spree-less Knicks' 99-97 loss to the Cavs at the Garden....
PREDATORS POP SHODDY DEVILS
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amPredators 4 Devils 3 Selective memory has struck, and it debilitates these Devils. They remember that they are the champs, but have forgotten how hard they had to play to...
CAVALIER ATTITUDE: SPREE-LESS KNICKS LET CLEVELAND OFF 'D' HOOK
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amCavaliers 99 Knicks 97 Allan Houston drove the lane and threw a bounce pass to Marcus Camby wide open underneath with the Knicks trailing by three. The ball slipped right...
FANS TO VOTE ON KNICKS' TOP 10
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES The voting has just begun. A blue-ribbon panel has released a Top-10 list of the greatest moments in Knicks' history that Garden fans began voting on last night....
SPREE STREAK ENDS AT 146
November 9, 2000 | 5:00amLatrell Sprewell's iron-man streak is over. Sprewell had played 146 straight games for the Knicks without sitting one out until last night's bitter 99-97 loss to Cleveland. That takes into...