November 15, 2000
STOCKS TRACK PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amIF you think you're confused by the presidential election, just look at the crazy movement of the stocks that'll benefit from either guy winning. Up until last week's election mess,...
CBS SEEKS DEAL TO SWAP TOWERS - BLACK ROCK FOR 1515 BROADWAY
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amViacom is looking into swapping its CBS unit's landmark Black Rock headquarters for Viacom's own Times Square headquarters, The Post has learned. But the company faces a big obstacle: an...
ISAACSON GETS NO. 2 EDITORIAL JOB AT TIME
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amTime Managing Editor Walter Isaacson is moving upstairs to take over the editorial director job of the entire company - the No. 2 editorial post company-wide - succeeding Henry Muller....
MP3 IN THE CLEAR WITH UNIVERSAL PACT
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amMP3.com was given a new lease on life yesterday when Universal Music Group ended its legal battle against the company - and agreed to buy warrants for the right to...
THEY SHOULD'VE PICKED UP THEIR DRY CLEANING
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amIt's dejavualloveragain.com. Another 'Net grocer admitted it could no longer deliver the goods yesterday. ShopLink.com of Westwood, Mass., closed its business abruptly yesterday. The company went out of business so...
HIGH TECH, LOW BLOWS - M'SOFT, ORACLE CEOS BATTLE AT COMDEX
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amIt was just like the good old days as Microsoft and Oracle head honchos trashed each other at Comdex. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer accused Larry Ellison of pushing "the same...
'FIRST FAN' RUDY STRIKES OUT
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amDONNA Hanover - and not No. 1 Yankee fan Mayor Giuliani - will be contributing to the Simon & Schuster quickie book on the World Series, "The Subway Series Reader."...
GETTY BIDDING BATTLE - GRISTEDE'S OWNER TAKES ON RUSSIAN GIANT
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amGrocery mogul John Catsimatidis is trying to outbid a Russian oil company that wants to take control of Getty's $1 billion gas station group - but says he's looking over...
MERRILL LYNCH ANALYST PANS KRISPY KREME
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amMerrill Lynch took its first bite of Krispy Kreme yesterday - and spit it out. The powerful brokerage started its initial analysts' coverage of the high flying donut chain but...
ON GUARD! HERE COMES OPRAH
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amOPRAH Winfrey may not live in the White House, but she's surrounded herself with mindboggling security fit for the president. The Secret Service-like protection for the queen of daytime TV...
A WISE AND WITTY LOOK AT ONE MAN'S FAMILY
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amFAMILY - the oldest human situation.In a recent American sizing up of the situation, Theresa Rebeck's "The Butterfly Collection," a Connecticut family gathered around its explosive parent. And now comes...
FILM RATINGS FUROR
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amTHE "father" of the NC-17 rating says the classification system is "all screwed up" and is stifling the content of Hollywood movies aimed at adults. Philip Kaufman, who directed "Henry...
HELP IS ON THE WAY
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amTHANKSGIVING disasters might give you stories to share with your grandchildren, but if you'd rather not, here are some tips. * The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line (TM) has been dishing out...
RECALLING SOME APPALLING THANKSGIVING DISASTERS . . . LET'S TALK TURKEY
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amSO you think you've had a Turkey Day fowl-up. At least Big Bird didn't land in the toilet.Of all the things to be thankful for on Thanksgiving, not the least...
CLASSIC FRENCH MADE NEW
November 15, 2000 | 5:00am'WE gave you the best table," smiling Le Perigord owner Georges Briguet flatters our guests, "because we save it for people who dress up the room." Briguet knows our faces....
IS ANYTHING DONE IF THERE'S A DO-OVER?
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amEACH and every one of us has something we wish we could have done over, be it taking the Patriots and the points last week or years ago wearing that...
NOTHING OFFENSIVE IN FOOTBALL LINEMAN'S TURKEY DAY WINE LINE
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amROBERT Parker Jr., the influential wine critic, is the Joe Montana of wine geeks. Glenn Parker, the starting left guard for the New York Giants, is, well, the Glenn Parker...
BACK TO THE PRESENT IN MICROSOFT HOME
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amWHEN Surfer gURL walked through the fake brick entrance into the foyer of the Microsoft Home, a wired loft space being unveiled today in TriBeCa, she didn't feel like she...
THE STARR REPORT
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amLetourneau saga gets another treatment Fox is producing a TV movie about Mary Kay Letourneau. Fox has put out a casting call for the movie, based on the troubled Seattle...
JUST IN TIME - 'SOUTH PARK' ON FLA. MESS
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amWORKING fast, "South Park" has gotten a new storyline into tonight's episode parodying the Florida Fiasco. Tonight's episode will feature a deadlocked election for kindergarten class president. "The [election-themed story-line]...
RETURN OF ANTI-'CHRIST' - BROADWAY GETS ANOTHER 'HORROR SHOW'
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amLET'S do the time warp and flash back to London, 1971.Richard O'Brien, a 31-year-old actor from New Zealand, has just been let go from the West End production of "Jesus...
PINTER'S ETERNAL LOVE TRIANGLE COMES FULL CIRCLE
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amBOUQUETS, large extravagant bouquets are due to one and all for Harold Pinter's "Betrayal," which was resuscitated, enlivened and indeed delivered last night by the Roundabout Theater Company at its...
SALLY SCRUBS UP OK ; IT'S CRYING TIME ON 'ER'
November 15, 2000 | 5:00am"ER, The Visit" Tomorrow at 10 on Ch. 4 1/2 THERE is a reason I don't watch "ER" on a regular basis. Over the past several years, I have spent...
DUBYA'S COUSIN UNDER THE GUN; DID FOX EXEC SHARE POLLING INFO WITH KIN?
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amFOX News Channel is investigating if one of its employees - a cousin of George W. Bush - provided the Bush campaign with insider exit poll data on Election Night....
ELECTION HOT SPOTS
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amHere are other hot spots in America's national ballot bumble: * New Mexico (5 electoral votes): Al Gore regained a razor-thin lead of 374 votes after picking up 500 votes...
AL & DUBYA DO BIG DISAPPEARING ACT: BOTH TAKE A POWDER, LET REPS SWEAT
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amThe presidential candidates maintained low profiles yesterday while election uncertainty swirled around them, letting their spokesmen do the talking - and take the heat. In Washington, Al Gore holed up...
BILL AND HILL DIVIDED OVER VOTE SYSTEM
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - In their first public spat since Hillary Rodham Clinton was elected senator, President Clinton yesterday voiced doubt about his wife's proposal to scrap the Electoral College. "I have...
DUBYA CLOSER TO VICTORY: FLORIDA OFFICIAL SET TO CALL HIM WINNER TODAY
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amFlorida's secretary of state last night said George W. Bush leads Al Gore by 300 votes and she'll certify him as the winner - pending the counting of overseas ballots-...
COUNT GOES ON IN FLA. COUNTIES, BUT COULD BE IGNORED
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amTwo defiant Florida counties forged ahead with manual vote recounts yesterday, despite the threat of a Republican state official to ignore the results. Further hand recounts were possible in two...
Q & A ON THE FLORIDA FIASCO'S LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amQ: Where are we? A: Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris says Republican George W. Bush is 300 votes ahead in the race for Florida's 25 electoral votes, pending the...
HOLIDAY TREE'S STAR HONORS COLE SAILORS
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amTwo sailors from the USS Cole unveiled the golden, 22-point star atop the holiday tree in Rockefeller Plaza yesterday in tribute to their slain comrades. As more details continued to...
HISTORIC PAPERS SPLIT HEIRS IN PA., N.Y.
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amA FAMILY feud is dividing one of America's wealthiest and most well-known clans, as members fight over the future of their ancestors' priceless historical legacy. This blueblood battle is engulfing...
SLAP-HAPPY CIG MONKEYS BEFRIENDED BY THE PUFF-LESS
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amSmokers being attacked by monkeys at an office building in India have asked a zoo to catch the creatures so they can puff in peace - but non-smokers say that'll...
CAR 'DEFECT' EYED IN ALPS TRAGEDY
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amAustrian safety experts yesterday zeroed in on a possible defect in a cable car as the cause behind a deadly inferno at an Alps ski resort. Oily residue found on...
GOV WANTS POWERS TO STAY FOR 'AS LONG AS HE WANTS'
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday backed keeping William Powers as head of the state GOP - despite Hillary Rodham Clinton's landslide win over Rick Lazio. "He's been an outstanding chairman,...
GIULIANI APPLAUDS CUNY 'TURNAROUND'
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani praised the City University of New York yesterday for a "remarkable turnaround" after initiating tougher entrance standards last year. Freshman enrollment at CUNY's four-year colleges increased 5 percent...
SMEARING HIS WAY TO A WIN
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amMANY have noted the resemblance between the Gore camp's strategy in the post-election fracas and the Clinton White House's strategy during the Lewinsky fracas - the sowing of confusion, the...
500 GORE TALLIES DISCOVERED UNDER A PAPER CLIP IN N.M.
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Discovery of a bizarre counting error yesterday pushed Al Gore back into a tiny lead over George W. Bush in this state's see-saw battle for five electoral...
BIDDER WAR FOR ROCK LIGHTING TIX
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amYou don't have to be a VIP to score front-row passes to this year's Christmas-tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Plaza - just filthy rich. The bidding war was getting fast...
DIVERS WANT TO FORGET RUSSIAN SUB HORROR
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amShaken Russian divers yesterday recalled with horror how they blindly groped their way through the doomed Kursk sub in pitch-black waters at times to retrieve the mangled bodies of its...
SORE LOSERS & LAWYERS SEND VOTERS WRONG MESSAGE
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amTHE lessons Sam Kilroy took from his maiden presidential election should cause alarm. "I almost get the feeling it didn't really matter who I voted for," said the 19-year-old Bayside...
JUDGE HAS MERCY ON 'VIRGIN' DEFILER
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amCalling it a "crime not of hate, but of love," a Brooklyn judge slapped a $250 fine on the man who defaced a dung-daubed image of the Virgin Mary, instead...
CITY'S DOT TO TRAIN EYE IN SKY ON BUSES
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amCity transportation officials are daring to venture where the Transit Authority could not - using satellites to track buses, The Post has learned. The Department of Transportation plans to launch...
LIBERALS WILL FEEL ROBBED
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amTHE fate of the American presidency rests today in the very partisan palm of Katherine Harris, Florida's Republican secretary of state. This is like making Rosie O'Donnell the final, arbitrary...
PIT BULL WHO BIT MICROSOFT TAPPED BY AL
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amThe New York lawyer who beat Bill Gates has been hired by the Gore campaign to do the same to George W. Bush. David Boies, the Westchester County legal hotshot...
MAYOR 'NOSE' WHEN TO BLITZ CRIME
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amA day after Mayor Giuliani got assaulted by the scent of marijuana wafting in a Midtown breeze, his administration is renewing its war on quality-of-life offenses. "I was walking out...
ROCKWELL KID GIVES A LESSON ON '60S RACISM
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amRuby Bridges - the black schoolgirl depicted in a Norman Rockwell painting that symbolizes the civil-rights movement - relived for Hell's Kitchen students yesterday the turbulent days of her youth....
B'KLYN MAN KILLED GAL PAL, 2 KIDS: COPS
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amA 21-year-old Brooklyn man was busted for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her two young children - one of them his - then setting fire to their East New York...
'I THOUGHT I WAS DYING,' EX-BEATLE GEORGE TESTIFIES
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amAn emotional George Harrison told a court yesterday of his life-and-death struggle with a knife-wielding madman who stabbed him in the chest last year. "I thought I was dying," the...
BILL & HILL SPLIT ON ELECTORAL COLLEGE - SHE WANTS TO SCRAP IT; HE'S NOT SO SURE
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - In their first public spat since Hillary Rodham Clinton was elected senator, President Clinton yesterday voiced doubt about his wife's proposal to scrap the Electoral College. "I have...
JUDGES REFUSE CASES TO AVOID BIAS TAINT
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amFlorida's high-stakes presidential vote recount has spotlighted the question of judges disqualifying themselves from cases. Federal Judge Donald Middlebrooks ruled Monday on a Republican challenge to a hand recount despite...
FRAUD WON'T SWING CHEESE VOTE RESULT
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amMILWAUKEE - Voter fraud and a smokes-for-votes scandal are not expected to severely alter Al Gore's slim lead in Wisconsin, state officials said yesterday. "In Florida, they are looking to...
GOODMAN TRAILS IN STATE SENATE SQUEAKER
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amRoy Goodman is trailing Democratic rival Liz Krueger by a mere 86 votes in their too-close-to-call state Senate race, the city Board of Elections said yesterday. But both sides said...
WIFE GUILTY IN POISON-POTATO PLOT
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amA Pennsylvania mother of four found out yesterday that plotting to poison her husband was no small potatoes in the eyes of the law. Heather Miller, 26, was sentenced to...
GIULIANI: ARREST UNION BOSS IF TEACHERS STRIKE
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani threatened yesterday to lock up the head of the teachers union if teachers go on strike because of a stalemate over salaries and work rules. "Oh, then she'll...
2ND BRICK-BASH EYEWITNESS TESTIFIES - GOT 'GOOSEBUMPS' SEEING SUSPECT ON TV
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amA second witness fingered accused Midtown brick attacker Paris Drake in court yesterday, but admitted he came forward only after seeing Drake on TV - in handcuffs and under arrest....
THERE GOES THE JUDGE - BUT LOTS OF LAWYERS LEFT IN FLA. SNAKE PIT
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amWEST PALM BEACH.PALM BEACH County is running out of judges - but the lawyers are doing just fine. In this explosion of history, insanity was awarded a monument yesterday. In...
BUSH GETS LEGAL AID FROM A DEMOCRAT
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amIf he makes it to the White House, George W. Bush could owe his presidency to a silver-maned, silver-tongued Democrat litigator little known outside Florida legal circles. Barry Richard, 58,...
'BUREAUCRAT-ITIS' KEEPS DYING VET FROM DECENT CARE
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amTHERE are two ways to die in the mind of Livingston John. The Navy veteran wants to die like a man, but the Veterans Affairs' hospital system seems to want...
MELANIE CHECKS INTO L.A. CLINIC TO KICK RX PILLS
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amHollywood honey Melanie Griffith yesterday admitted she's in a Los Angeles rehab clinic battling a prescription-pill problem. "My doctor has referred me to the Daniel Freeman Hospital [in Marina del...
MENSTRUATION A CARDIAC RISK
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amWomen are more vulnerable to sudden heart disease during their menstrual cycles, when estrogen levels are at their lowest, researchers say. Levels of a form of estrogen known as 17-estradiol,...
OVERSEAS VOTES WILL HAVE FINAL WORD . . . REALLY
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amANALYSIS It looks as if Florida's overseas ballots really will decide who's the next president of the United States. Provisional results show George W. Bush just 300 votes ahead of...
WOMAN'S HEART REMOVED SO DOCTORS CAN REPAIR IT
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amA dying upstate woman let surgeons gamble with her life - allowing them to remove her heart, cut out three fast-growing tumors and then return the repaired organ to her...
AL AND DUBYA LIE LOW AS AIDES PLAY SPIN THE BATTLE
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amThe presidential candidates maintained low profiles yesterday while election uncertainty swirled around them, letting their aides do the talking - and take the heat. In Austin, George W. Bush's campaign...
STRAW'S OUT OF STIR - AND INTO REHAB
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amDarryl Strawberry was let out of a Florida jail yesterday - but his punishment for violating his house arrest and using drugs isn't over. Strawberry, 38, was moved to a...
DUBYA CLOSER TO VICTORY - FLORIDA OFFICIAL SET TO CALL HIM WINNER TODAY
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amFlorida's secretary of state last night said George W. Bush leads Al Gore by 300 votes and she'll certify him as the winner - pending the counting of overseas ballots...
THINK IT'S OVER? THINK AGAIN!
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amNo matter how Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris rules on manual vote recounts the contentious issue is bound to land back in court, legal experts said yesterday. "She's trying...
SPREE WANTED PATRICK BACK
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amKNICKS NOTEBOOK SEATTLE - No matter what the perception, Latrell Sprewell maintains he wanted Patrick Ewing back in the worst way. He has spouted off since training camp began Oct....
KNICKS MAKE BREAK OFFICIAL
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amSEATTLE -The day that Patrick Ewing never dreamed would arrive started the same way so many of his other days have begun -with a morning shootaround. Game No. 1,181 of...
PHILLIPS, BORAS WAGE WORD WAR
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amScott Boras, the agent for Alex Rodriguez, says he called Met GM Steve Phillips Monday an hour before Phillips announced to the world the Mets were out of the A-Rod...
NO HARD FEELINGS: THOMPSON: PATRICK'S OK WITH EX-MATES
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amSEATTLE - Patrick Ewing found his way into the restaurant of the Knicks' hotel Monday night in downtown Seattle on the eve of last night's "ReEwnion" at Key Center. But...
DEVIL WAR WIDENS
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amThe Devils' longest losing streak in nearly a decade didn't budge the GM. Another golden opportunity to end his stalemate with Jason Arnott and Scott Niedermayer has slipped by. Niedermayer...
WATERFOWL NUMBERS ARE ON THE RISE
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amACCORDING to numbers published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), today's waterfowl hunters are spending more time in the field and bagging more birds than any other time...
JETS CAN'T GROH-N ABOUT VINNY'S POOR PLAY
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amTHE Jets had lost another game and the starting quarterback's performance again wasn't what it should have been. So there were questions for Al Groh on Monday, more questions than...
JINTS TRY TO FILL VINCE QUOTE-A - ACCORSI HANDS FASSEL OLD LOMBARDI MANTRA
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amTHERE is a theme for every week, and the one Jim Fassel figures to hit hard, starting today, comes courtesy of Vince Lombardi, via Ernie Accorsi. The Giants are down,...
LEHMAN'S A NET GAIN FOR CROSS
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amHoly Cross soccer coach Paul Gilvary knew his team needed a spark. Backup forward and midfielder Robert Lehman knew he could be doing more for the Knights. They both had...
SCOTT AWAITS CALL FROM RILEY
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amByron Scott has one regret regarding his first ejection as an NBA head coach on technical fouls. Look whom the Nets play tonight: Miami. And so Scott has braced himself...
'WILD' TIME TONIGHT, THEN MESS MILESTONE
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amThe Return is still two days away, with a game in between - tonight in Minnesota. But Mark Messier's first appearance in Vancouver since he re-signed with the Rangers still...
ON A COURSE FOR SUCCESS
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amOne handicapping factor that was obvious over the past few days at Aqueduct was the advantage of a horse already having run a good race over the track, especially if...
INJURY HURTS LIONS' CLIMB
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amCOLLEGE HOOPS PREVIEW Coach Armond Hill knows his Columbia basketball team took a major step last season by jumping from a 5-9, sixth-place Ivy League finish to a 7-7, third-place...
COETZER FINALLY FEELS AT HOME IN GARDEN
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amAmanda Coetzer didn't have too many fond memories of Madison Square Garden going into yesterday's Chase Champioships first-round match against Chanda Rubin. However, she had no intentions of making her...
MUSSINA IN THE MIDDLE: BOMBERS MEET O'S REP TODAY
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amRevealing in the strongest way yet where their priorities lie, the Yankees are scheduled to meet this afternoon in Manhattan with Arn Tellem, representative for Mike Mussina, and are considering...
FOR METS & A-ROD, IT'S A BIZARRE DIVORCE
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amTHIS was divorce without marriage. The Mets and Alex Rodriguez parted in a contentious manner, though they were nothing more than partners in the abstract. After a two-year flirtation built...
RUSSELL: AS GOOD AS IT GETS
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amIF Bill Russell were at his home in Seattle last night, surely he would have tuned in to watch Patrick Ewing in a Sonics uniform, playing against his former team,...
MUSSINA IN THE MIDDLE: AMAZIN'S TRY TO LAND BIRD BEFORE YANKEES
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amThe Mets have moved Mike Mussina to the top of their free-agent list, which could set up a battle with the Yankees for the right-hander's services, according to sources. GM...
THOMPSON'S KID HAS TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amPRINCETON - If John Thompson III were stupid enough to want to throw in the white towel on being known as Big John's Kid, he would have played at a...
DEVILS IN FREE FALL
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amSharks 3 - Devils 2 The collapse has reached such horrendous proportions that Jason Arnott and Scott Niedermayer might not be blamed if they wanted to raise their pricetags. Lou...
KOURNIKOVA CLIPS CAPPY
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amJennifer Capriati was aghast. She bent over and pointed to the spot with her racket, tapping impatiently and imploring the chair umpire to overrule. Capriati did not believe Anna Kournikova...
SPREWELL FLAT IN RETURN
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amSEATTLE - Latrell Sprewell returned to the Knicks' lineup last night after missing three games with back spasms, but he looked as awful as the rest of the team in...
SONICS WIN ONE FOR THE BIG GUY
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amSEATTLE - The aging Patrick Ewing got his revenge last night, although Marcus Camby came of age. The Knicks are still deferring to Patrick, all except Camby, who if he...
EWING'S REVENGE: PATRICK SO-SO, BUT SONICS ROUT KNICKS
November 15, 2000 | 5:00amSonics 96 Knicks 75 SEATTLE - The Knicks won the center matchup by a landslide, but that was about all they won last night at Seattle's supercharged Key Arena. Patrick...