November 29, 2000
$130M B'WAY BONANZA - ZAHN'S HUSBAND SET TO BUY DOWNTOWN GEMS
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amA third-generation real estate investor from Beantown is making his first buy in New York, The Post has learned. Richard Cohen, a principal of Capital Properties, will soon close on...
IT'S TIME TO START LOOKING FOR A MARATHON-USX SPLIT
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amWHEN will Marathon Oil be cut loose by the former U.S. Steel Corp.? Analysts say it isn't a matter of if but when the move will be made. And while...
LVMH GOES SHOPPING - ARNAULT WANTS A PIECE OF TONY PAUL SMITH
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amPaul Smith may be next in line to boast an affiliation with Bernard Arnault's LVMH. Under the terms of a deal in the works, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton would...
SEC SLAPS AN IBM VP WITH INSIDER TRADING RAP
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amA vice president at IBM was charged yesterday with insider trading after he was caught admitting to the scam in phone calls recorded by his broker, the SEC said yesterday....
TECHWEEK LATEST SITE TO JOIN THE ROLLS OF E-FAILURES
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amTechWeek magazine and Web site announced yesterday it has run its last issue. Editor Tim Graham said the business was hurt by a number of factors, including "bad timing" and...
MESSIER PROMISES MESSY FIGHT VS. BERTELSMANN'S NAPSTER
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amNapster and its new partner, Bertelsmann, got a double-dose of bad news yesterday. The German media giant's attempts to lure its top music rivals on board with its plan to...
ARMSTRONG ADDS TO TEAM; AT&T AT NEW LOW
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amEmbattled AT&T chief Michael Armstrong filled a big hole in his management team yesterday, but it didn't seem to make Wall Street happy. Shares of AT&T fell to a new...
OLD GRAY LADY'S PIPES ARE CLOGGED
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amALL the nerve-jarring late night deadlines tied to the election may be causing New York Times pressmen to come down with intestinal problems. Sources say the plumbing has been backing...
CON ED WATERSIDE SALE - SIGNS DEAL TO TURN OVER POWER PLANT SITE NEAR U.N.
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amA huge steam power plant just south of the United Nations is one step closer to being torn down now that Con Ed has signed an agreement to sell the...
MSDW PLAYS FAIR, CANCELS MEETING
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amMorgan Stanley Dean Witter wants to make sure it obeys new disclosure rules - so it canceled an analyst meeting planned for today, just in case. Lawyers for the brokerage...
JUDGE CHIDES MORGAN STANLEY ON SEX CHARGES
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amMorgan Stanley was ordered by a federal judge yesterday to stop fighting subpoenas in a sex harassment case brought by four female employees. Manhattan federal judge Gerard Lynch chided the...
THE WAY TO HOLIDAY HEARTS - GIFTS TO PLEASE THE PALATE ABOUND THIS SEASON
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amTHE holidays are the time to eat, drink and be merry. These gifts for the gourmets in your life will make the going even tastier. From a mini oven for...
PLAZA PASTICHE: SEND AN S.O.S. FOR C.P.S.
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amTHE city's preservation laws protect architectural landmarks, but not sentimental landmarks. So what if holiday visitors to the Plaza are stunned to find that the Edwardian Room has been vaporized...
THE STARR REPORT
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amErnie keeps eye on Ch. 9 departure dateErnie Anastos will be wrapping up his duties at Ch. 9 on Dec. 27 or 28 before heading back to the Ch. 2...
JUST JOKING? YOU BETTE! - FORGET THAT 'DUNG BEETLE' QUIP SAYS MISS M. AFTER DUMPING ON HER SITCOM
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amBETTE Midler says she was only kidding when she appeared on the "Late Show" and "The View" this week and complained that working on her sitcom "Bette" was the worst...
AN OEUVRE ON WHEN IT'S OVER
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amFOR me, a relationship isn't over until a woman starts throwing around words like "restraining" and "order."Seriously, though, with the events of the last three weeks, I started canvassing a...
TOM STEWS - ACTOR & CO. IN TIZZY OVER PHOTOGS
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amTENSIONS are rising between filmmakers and press photographers as Cameron Crowe struggles to keep intact the veil of secrecy surrounding "Vanilla Sky," currently shooting on the streets of Manhattan. A-list...
'MAN' RAKES IN THE BIG BUCKS
November 29, 2000 | 5:00am'THE Unexpected Man" is a high earner.The slender, 90-minute drama starring Eileen Atkins and Alan Bates has already paid back its $480,000 production costs and is on its way to...
TRIP TO TREKKIE HEAVEN - FINAL SEASON BLASTS OFF
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amTHE final season of the final frontier is finally dawning in deepest space. Of course, I don't know if there even is such a thing as dawn in deepest space,...
TNN LAUNCHES SPACE RACE
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amTHE National Network is boldly going into syndication with three of the "Star Trek" series in a flurry of cross-network synergy. TNN, formerly known as The Nashville Network, has acquired...
GUYS HAVE HALF A MIND TO LISTEN
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amWhat women have suspected about men for years is true - guys really do listen with only half their brains. Scientists tested 20 men and 20 women and found men...
EVEN MILD SEX CAN CUT HEART RISK, DOCS REPORT
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amScientists have thrown a pail of ice-cold water on the theory that long and frenzied sex sessions promote better health. They say new research suggests that even nonvigorous sex can...
SECRET LAIR OF FUGITIVE SPY FOUND IN PERU
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amPeru's investigation of a fugitive former spy chief has uncovered secret tunnels, hidden cameras and tens of millions of dollars hidden in Swiss banks. The shadowy world of Vladimiro Montesinos...
3M WILL DIE OF AIDS THIS YEAR
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amAIDS has infected 36 million people - including 5 million this year alone, the United Nations said yesterday in its annual report on the disease. It said that despite advances...
DUTCH MAKE MERCY KILLING LEGAL
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amThe Netherlands yesterday became the first nation to vote to legalize mercy killing. The Dutch Parliament endorsed, by a vote of 104 to 40, a bill allowing doctors to help...
NEW RIDER-FRIENDLY SUBWAY CARS GET OK TO START ROLLING
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amThe city's next generation of subway cars will be hitting the rails for real now that a pair of prototypes have passed a grueling, four-month test, Transit Authority officials said...
OUCH! SNAFU TUGS ICEMAN'S CATHETER
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amFor magician David Blaine, yesterday was a real pain in the ice. Blaine - who's chilling out as a human ice cube for 61 hours - nearly had a meltdown...
CASTMATE MAY HAVE DROPPED DIME ON DOWNEY
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amTroubled star Robert Downey Jr. was back on the set of "Ally McBeal" yesterday as speculation swirled that a worried cast member tipped off cops to his alleged drug use...
MORE DEMS JUMP OFF CREAKY BANDWAGON
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A few more cracks surfaced yesterday in the Democratic armor around Al Gore, and one top Democratic Senate aide said patience is running thin. Rep. Gene Taylor, a...
JUDGE NIXES AL'S BID FOR QUICK RECOUNT
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amA Florida judge last night rejected Al Gore's bid for an immediate recount of selected Florida ballots - raising doubts that Gore can beat the clock to stop George W....
Q & A ON THE FLORIDA FIASCO'S LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amQ: Al Gore says he wants a super-fast track process to get selected Florida ballots hand-counted (or re-handcounted) within seven days. Is that going to happen? A: Almost certainly not....
GORE'S LOST GENERATION?
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amIT'S time Democrats stop focusing on the 2000 election and start worrying about the races of 2004, 2008 and on up to 2040. If Al Gore keeps it up, he...
ADVISER MAY HOLD CARDS - JUDGE CAN BRING IN A 'SPECIAL MASTER'
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amGore attorneys David Boies (above left, standing) and Dexter Douglass (right) address the court as Bush lawyer Barry Richard (seated) waits his turn. Judge Sanders Sauls (left photo) takes in...
GOP HOORAY WITH AL BOOSTER ON ROAD TO MANDALAY
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amWEST PALM BEACH. CAROL ROBERTS, the abrasive and blatantly partisan Democrat on the Palm Beach County canvassing board, has gone off to the wilds of Burma. "She left on Monday...
DUTCH VOTE TO LEGALIZE EUTHANASIA
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amThe Netherlands yesterday became the first nation to vote to legalize mercy killing. The Dutch Parliament endorsed, by a vote of 104 to 40, a bill allowing doctors to help...
OUR DEMOCRACY IS COURTING TROUBLE
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amSO NOW, the tireless Al Gore is trying to get judges to order yet another vote count in Florida. Well, why shouldn't he? He has already made certain that the...
MELANIE'S KICKING AROUND MANHATTAN
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amTroubled star Melanie Griffith - fresh out of rehab - took a bite of the Big Apple yesterday. The perky blond actress flew here to tape an episode of the...
MEN HAVE HALF A MIND TO LISTEN
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amWhat women have suspected about men for years is true - guys really do listen with only half their brains. Scientists tested 20 men and 20 women and found men...
HI-TECH PARENTS PLAY I SPY - KEEP AN EYE ON KIDS WITH NEW-AGE GADGETS
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amIT'S a teenager's worst nightmare - their moms and dads knowing what they are up to, even when their backs are turned. But a new boom in high-tech surveillance equipment...
WHISTLE-BLOW COP: 'I LOVE MY JOB . . . AND I WANT IT BACK'
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amA lone black female cop fired after she blew the whistle on racial profiling in the NYPD said yesterday she wants her job back now that she has been vindicated...
BOARD OF ED LOOKING FOR PARENTS TO GO ON PATROL
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amThe Board of Education wants voluntary "parent patrols" in and around schools to help prevent crimes following the sex attacks at PS 89 in Queens. But as a security precaution,...
DECEMBER 6 TRIAL SET IN CASE THAT MIGHT DOOM GEORGE W.
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE -A trial date has been set for an unheralded court case that could swing nearly 5,000 votes - and the election - Al Gore's way. Leon County Circuit Court...
EX-PRO WRESTLER HAS TO GRAPPLE WITH CONSCIENCE - BROTHER'S DEATH SPARKS HIM TO BARE SPORT'S SEX & REAL VIOLENCE
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amAFTER 23 years of being battered in wrestling rings around the world, Bret "The Hitman" Hart is ready to reveal some of the squared circle's darkest secrets. The profession, he...
'MAYOR BILL' ITEM SIMPLY HIZZ-TERICAL
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amA highly amused Mayor Giuliani fielded questions yesterday about the idea of President Clinton succeeding him in City Hall. "I'm still trying to get over all the unreal things that...
ALLEGED MOB CREW FACES RACKETEERING RAP IN B'KLYN
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amJoey Flowers, Boobsie, JoJo, Big John, Lester and the Viking are in hot water. The latest crew of colorfully monikered reputed mobsters to be hit with racketeering charges were arraigned...
HEY, BIG SPENDER, CHECK OUT THESE GIFTS
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amOur Savvy Shopper, who usually has an eye on bargains throughout the holiday season, has her other eye on a few things that'll set Santa back more than a few...
TEACHERS GLOOMY AS CONTRACT TALKS RESUME WITH CITY
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amThe contract war resumes today between Mayor Giuliani and the teachers union in the first bargaining session in nearly three months. The mayor complains the teachers have the shortest work...
HUD DEMANDS CITY ACCOUNT FOR AIDS-HOUSING FUNDS
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amU.S. Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo's agency has asked the Giuliani administration to account for how it has spent millions of federal dollars earmarked for housing AIDS patients, The Post has...
E-EEK! KING CUTS OFF CYBER-NOVEL WITH READERS IN SUSPENSE
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amHorror writer Stephen King is leaving readers dangling by suspending publication of his e-novel "The Plant," amid the mystery of whether enough readers are paying for downloads. King broke the...
FLA. POLS READY NOW TO ELECT ELECTORS
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE - Republicans in the Florida Legislature are poised to call a special session - possibly this week - to pick a separate slate of electors for George W. Bush....
THEY SHOULD MERIT THE RAISES THEY WANT
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amHERE'S a pop quiz: Who earns more: A) A city schoolteacher. B) A city cop. If you guessed B, you were only partly right. On average, city cops earn slightly...
CIA HELP, BUT STILL NO KEYS - TRANSITION MOVING AHEAD, DESPITE WHITE HOUSE STALL
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amGeorge W. Bush, the president-in-limbo, got a slight nod of legitimacy from the White House yesterday when it agreed to give his aides daily CIA briefings. "We want to make...
BUSH: END IT ONCE AND FOR ALL! - ASKS HIGH COURT TO OK NOV. 14 COUNT
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Lawyers for George W. Bush yesterday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to turn back the clock to Nov. 14, when the Sunshine State first voted Bush the winner...
MILD OR WILD, SEX BOOSTS HEALTH
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amScientists have thrown cold water on the theory that only long and frenzied sex sessions promote better health. Researchers at the University of Bristol interviewed 2,400 men from Wales, asking...
KID HURT IN CLASSROOM NOOSE PRANK
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amA high-school student was in critical condition last night after hanging himself from a noose for as long as 20 minutes in morbid classroom horseplay, authorities said. "It was a...
YOU'LL FEEL HILLARY'S PAIN IN HER MEMOIR
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - You may not have heard the last of Monica Lewinsky. Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday she's planning a book about her "painful experiences" as first lady. New York's...
CASTMATE MAY HAVE DROPPED THE DIME ON DOWNEY
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amTroubled star Robert Downey Jr. was back on the set of "Ally McBeal" yesterday as speculation swirled that a worried cast member tipped off cops to his alleged drug use...
EGAN TO BE CARDINAL IN FEB., REPORT SAYS
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amNew York Archbishop Edward M. Egan will be promoted to the College of Cardinals it was reported last night. WNBC/Channel 4, citing Vatican sources, said the ceremony will likely be...
MUTOMBO'S HAWK DAYS SEEM TO BE NUMBERED
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amSuper agent David Falk met for lunch yesterday in Washington for 2½ hours with Atlanta GM Pete Babcock and Hawks president Stan Kasten to discuss 7-2 center Dikembe Mutombo's future....
SCOTT SEES A LIGHT IN NET TUNNEL
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amThis is all about toughness. That's Byron Scott's constant message to the Nets and last night was no different as the Jazz came to the Meadowlands. The Jazz had won...
STARKS SAYS KNICKS CAN EXPECT SOME BIG THINGS
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amNET NOTES A guard who knows a thing or two about the Knicks is convinced that the "Big Backcourt" of Latrell Sprewell and Allan Houston is going to be good...
SCHNEIDER: IT'S GOOD TO BE KING
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amMathieu Schneider, a native New Yorker, spent his whole life dreaming of playing for the Rangers. Then for two seasons, he did. And have you ever heard the one about...
SPOT SHARP, READY-TO-WIN HORSES
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amHorseplayers can spend hours studying the past performances looking for a sharp, ready-to-win horse. But sometimes they're staring you right in the face. Take a horse that won its last...
COACHES GOTTA STEP UP TOO - SKINS DOMINATING JINTS IN GAMEPLANS
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amIT IS an innocent notion. They call it "out-scheming" and although it sounds a bit sinister, it resonates far more gently than the alternative. There are those in the Giants'...
FISHING FOR THE PERFECT GIFT
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amSANTA knows who's been naughty and nice, but does he really know how to select the perfect holiday gift for the angler in your life? More than likely, Santa needs...
BACK TO FLUSHING? - CONE MAY RETURN TO METS' ROTATION
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amThe Mets are mulling the possibility of bringing David Cone from The Bronx back to Flushing to finish his career as part of their rotation, The Post has learned. At...
TURK AWAITS BETTER OFFER FROM METS
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amTurk Wendell's agent is expected to fax the Mets a counter proposal today and, based on the market for set-up relievers, it will be for far more than the three-year,...
JONES' JOLTS FIRE UP JETS
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amSOME NFL players gain recognition by accident. They simply show up on Sunday, make a few big plays and suddenly they're adorning magazine covers and being glorified on the pre-game...
JETS BRING BACK LEON JOHNSON
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amThe Jets have officially brought back Leon Johnson, re-signing him yesterday and placing first-year tight end Jermaine Wiggins on waivers. Johnson, who was a versatile weapon as a running back,...
LET THE GOODE TIMES ROLL! - STAR GUARD MAKES GRADY TEAM TO BEAT
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amHow important is good guard play in high school basketball? Well, Grady H.S. in Brooklyn was supposed to be among the top teams in the PSAL last year, but lost...
HEAT'S ON: CAMBY'S READY - PRESSURE'S ON MARCUS IN MATCHUP WITH GRANT
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amMarcus Camby slayed one ghost two weeks ago in Seattle, obliterating Patrick Ewing in their first showdown. Tonight, Camby gets a chance to slay another one when Miami's Brian Grant...
SPREE CAN'T STAND MIAMI'S FINE WHINE
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES The whining was enough to shatter glass. From Heat owner Mickey Arison to Pat Riley to star players Tim Hardaway, Alonzo Mourning and Jamal Mashburn, they all complained...
BORDER WAR READY TO RESUME
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amThe Rangers haven't beaten the Devils in 19 straight matchups, yet New Jersey coach Larry Robinson says tonight's game against the Blueshirts is for "bragging rights." Not just because the...
AMAZIN'S MAKE A LATE RUN AT MUSSINA
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amA month after beating them in the Subway Series to win their third straight World Series, the Yankees' largest obstacle in the Mike Mussina Sweepstakes turns out to be the...
ERIC MAY STILL PLAY B'WAY
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amBOB CLARKE says he will trade Eric Lindros to anybody. That includes the Rangers, whom he hates almost as much as he hates Lindros, and the Leafs, never mind how...
RANGERS WIN MSG SHOOTOUT - BUT BIG TEST VERSUS DEVILS LOOMS
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amRangers 7 - Kings 6 Two sobering words to prevent the Rangers from becoming drunk with joy over last night's 7-6 Garden victory over Los Angeles goaltending sieves Jamie Storr...
MAILMAN'S LATE SPURT SINKS NETS
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amThis is all about toughness. That's coach Byron Scott's constant message to the Nets. They're getting the message. They're getting tougher, but they still haven't learned how to win against...
STARKS SAYS KNICKS CAN EXPECT SOME 'BIG' THINGS
November 29, 2000 | 5:00amNET NOTES A guard who knows a thing or two about the Knicks is convinced that the "Big Backcourt" of Latrell Sprewell and Allan Houston is going to be good...