December 7, 2000
BABYGEAR.COM IS JOINING
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amWe'll resist doing a dead baby joke. Baby clothing e-tailer babygear.com announced on its Web site that it has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection. Babygear.com bought the assets of...
BLODGET KICKS AILING YAHOO! EVEN FARTHER
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amYahoo! accelerated its year-long freefall yesterday, after prominent analyst Henry Blodget cut his profit estimates for the portal. Shares of Yahoo! fell $6.37 to $37.50, a decline of 14 percent....
NEAR DELISTING, DRKOOP FIGHTS FOR ITS LIFE
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amDrkoop.com's attempts to save its own neck on the Nasdaq only plunged it into further trouble yesterday as the sickly stock dropped from 52 cents to 44 cents. Grave executives...
GIULIANI DROPS CO-OP TAX RELIEF PLAN
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amA plan to completely overhall co-op and condo property taxes has been ditched by the Giuliani administration - at least for the moment. It appears the city administration is holding...
NEWS HQ MAY BE SOLD: $330M FOR OLD HOME ON 42ND
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe landmarked Daily News building may be back on the market after the New Year, real estate sources said. The 1.1 million-square-foot Art Deco building on the Southwest corner of...
SUITOR BIDS TO GET GOODY; BEST BUY COULD SNAP UP PARENT MUSICLAND
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amMusicland Stores, which operates the Sam Goody music chain, said yesterday it is in merger talks. The Minneapolis-based Musicland "confirmed that is it in discussions with an unidentified third party...
SAFE AND SENSIBLE HOLIDAY GIFTS
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amTHE important people in your life probably already own more than enough sweaters and scarves, and you have probably spent enough time trying to think of something else useful to...
PRESENTS UNDER GLASS: STORES TAKE PANES DRESSING UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amTHEY'RE big, they're bright -- and we can't help looking into them, even if we have to stand in line. Every year, the city's major department stores pull out all...
FERMAT'S PREMISE DOES NOT COMPUTE
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amFERMAT'S LAST TANGOTheatre at Saint Peter's, 619 Lexington Ave. at 54thStreet, (212) 239-6200. Through Dec. 31. 'COPENHAGEN" and "Proof" have a lot to answer for. These and similar plays have...
GREAT WHITE FLAY
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amFORBIDDENBROADWAY 2001Stardust Theatre, 1650 Broadway atthe corner of 51st Street. Telecharge(212) 239-6200. THE old targets are the best.In the latest version of the perennially popular "Forbidden Broadway," master lyrical parodist...
THE STARR REPORT
December 7, 2000 | 5:00am'Sally' stalker Next Tuesday, Sally Jessy Raphael will interview a woman on "Sally" whose story Raphael has turned into USA's movie, "The Stalking of Laurie Show." Hazel Show first appeared...
'QUILLS' DRAWS FIRST BLOOD IN AWARDS
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amTHE returns are in from filmland's equivalent of New Hampshire - and "Quills" has gotten a big boost in this year's anything-can-happen Oscar race. A wide-open movie awards season kicked...
WAR WAS HELL FOR FILMMAKERS, TOO; SPIELBERG'S BEST SHOTS
December 7, 2000 | 5:00am"Shooting War" Tonight at 9 on ABC/Ch. 7 DURING World War II, the Big Three were Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill. Today, the Big Three of World War II are Steven...
WE WUZ WRONG!! 'TITANS,' THE 'DRESSED2KILL' NEW SERIES WE PREDICTED COULDN'T MISS, CANCELLED
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amTHE new TV series we labelled a "Can't Miss Show" last fall - the cheesy primetime soap "Titans' - has been cancelled. Well, you can't get 'em all right. The...
GUCCIONE BAILOUT: PENTHOUSE REFINANCED AS CANCER IS BEATEN BACK
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amWith just three weeks to spare, Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione says he's pulled off a miracle refinancing of $52 million debt that was threatening to take him down the tubes....
'THIRD WATCH' FEELS THE HEAT
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amSOME real-life drama unfolded yesterday in the Brooklyn production office of the NBC show "Third Watch" - where a multi-alarm fire broke out injuring two. A firefighter was treated for...
VIDEOS ADD NEW DIMENSION TO WEB
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amSURFER gURL found the ultimate in video fun on the Web - proving there's something to do on the Internet these days other than holiday shopping. The Video Lab at...
Q & A ON THE FLORIDA FIASCO'S LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amQ: What's the latest? A: The Republican-controlled Florida state Legislature has called a special session, starting tomorrow, with an eye to picking its own slate of electors pledged to George...
IONA'S OFF THE HOOK IN DEATH OF FRAT PLEDGE
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amA Brooklyn judge has dismissed Iona College from a $21 million lawsuit regarding an alcohol-related hazing death last year, saying the school isn't legally responsible for ensuring the well-being of...
DOC GIVES MEN-OPAUSE ALERT
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amMiddle-aged men go through menopause, too - and should be treated with hormone therapy just like women, a doctor says. Dr. Malcolm Carruthers, who says the condition is known as...
BANKS RIP BID TO BAN ATM FEES
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amA proposed bill to ban bank fees at ATMs in the city is unconstitutional, a lawyer for the banking industry told a City Council committee yesterday. Rodgin Cohen, an attorney...
FILMMAKER FINDS WEB LOVE
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amFamed director Ken Russell has produced the greatest love story of his career - and it's no movie. The thrice-married filmmaker says he's finally found the love of his life,...
STUDY LINKS COLON CANCER TO SMOKING
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amPeople who smoke at least 20 years are up to 43 percent more likely to die of colon or rectal cancer, an unnerving new study by the American Cancer Society...
TRAGIC 'SIAMESE' PARENTS UNMASKED
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe parents of the Siamese twins who were separated in an 18-hour operation last month - causing one to die - after a legal battle in England have ended their...
ELECTION TACTICS ARE STRICTLY BUSH LEAGUE
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amTHE last month of waiting and lawyering has showed us something important about George W. Bush the man. He is willing to win by any means necessary. He is willing...
THE WALLENBERG MYSTERY: WHEN THE SOVIETS KILLED THIS HERO REMAINS UNCLEAR, BUT A NEW BOOK GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHY
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amSLOWLY but surely, the Russian government is beginning to leak out details confirming what has long been suspected but never officially confirmed: that Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish angel of mercy...
NEW COLD WAR AS RUSSIA SENTENCES PA. BIZMAN AS SPY
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amA Moscow court convicted a cancer-stricken American businessman of spying and sentenced him to 20 years in jail yesterday in a move the White House said "will cast a shadow"...
FAMILIES OF ISRAELI ENVOYS LEAVE JORDAN AMID THREATS
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israel evacuated families of the staff of its heavily guarded embassy in Jordan yesterday amid fears that its six-year-old diplomatic relations with Amman are threatened. The decision came...
GIVING AT THE OFFICE IS YOUR OWN BUSINESS
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amTO GIVE or not to give? That is the question when it comes to office gifts. According to the "Complete Book of Etiquette" by Amy Vanderbilt, "It is unnecessary for...
A POIGNANT DAY FOR 'PEARL' SAILORS HERE
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amJoe Medure and other members of New York's ever-dwindling group of Pearl Harbor survivors will gather today at the USS Intrepid Museum to make sure history never forgets the day...
CHANNEL 7'S BEUTEL TO DROP ANCHOR
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amBill Beutel, the dean of local news anchors who's been with WABC/Channel 7 since 1962, will leave the anchor desk in January. Beutel, 69, will remain with Channel 7 as...
YEMEN TO TRY THREE IN COLE ATTACK
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amYemen plans to put at least three men on trial next month to face charges they were "culprits" in the suicide bombing of the USS Cole, the country's prime minister...
THUMBS UP FOR SHOW OF HANDS
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A federal appeals court yesterday kept Al Gore's hope alive - refusing to stop the Florida hand counts he needs to beat George W. Bush. The 11th U.S....
MOM'S CD PUTS RAP ON BAD BOY EMINEM
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe mother of potty-mouthed rapper Eminem has issued her own hip-hop CD to answer her son's charges that she was a lousy parent. Debbie Mathers - who's suing Eminem (a...
Q TRAIN 'DEATH DOOR' HAD PASSED OCT. INSPECTION: TA
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe subway door that opened, letting 3-year-old Austin Mei topple to his death this week, was working properly when it was last inspected in October, Transit Authority records show. Austin,...
CLOSER LOOK AT JUDGES WHO WILL MAKE HISTORY
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amUntil this week, the biggest item on Judge Nikki Clark's December docket was an appearance as commencement speaker at her alma mater's law school. "We're hoping she'll still be able...
NEAR-LETHAL JUDGE GRUDGE: WALL ST. HONCHO ON TRIAL TODAY IN PLOT TO SLAY JURIST
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amAT 47, Stuart Winkler was a player, a millionaire Wall Street big shot. But when he was busted on felony stock-fraud charges - and a tough judge threw him in...
5 BEAUTIES MAKE UP REVLON'S 'NEW CINDY' FACE-OFF
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amTwo red-hot Hollywood ingenues, a pair of leggy models and the daughter of a rock 'n' roll icon are on the short list to replace deposed Cindy Crawford as Revlon's...
AND THE PEOPLE'S PICK IS . . . ROBIN
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amAnd the Oscar goes to - Robin Williams! Post readers have voted for Williams to host next year's Academy Awards ceremony. The acclaimed actor and comic won 27 percent of...
CONFIDENT BUSH SAYS NEW TEAM SET TO GO
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amGeorge W. Bush strove to look pumped up for the presidency yesterday, boldly declaring he has a White House team ready to go. "When it comes to a White House...
PANEL 'LOST' HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS VS. COPS
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe police Civilian Complaint Review Board was in chaos during Mayor Giuliani's first term and at least 212 cases were lost or closed improperly, investigators said yesterday. In a scorching...
RUDY ON BOARD FOR CHANGE: WANTS CITY HALL TO RUN CITY SCHOOLS
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani led an unprecedented bipartisan coalition of politicians and business titans who launched a campaign yesterday to abolish the Board of Education and transfer school control to City Hall....
HILLARY VOWS: 'MY PRIORITY IS NEW YORK'
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Incoming Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday that she wants to rent a big house in Washington but swears she's not eyeing a White House return as President...
FAB 4 NO. 1 - 30 YEARS AFTER SPLIT
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amMove over, *NSYNC. The original boy band is back in business. Thirty years after the Beatles broke up, they've shattered the world record for the fastest-selling album, dethroning today's peach-fuzz...
GOP BIG RATTLES $HUTDOWN SABER
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - As if there weren't enough uncertainty in Washington, a top Republican yesterday warned President Clinton that he's ready to shut down the government in the ongoing budget battle....
REVLON STRUGGLES TO CLIMB OUT OF THE RED: NEW PRODUCTS & A NEW LOOK KEY TO FUTURE
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amFOR 50 years, Revlon was the must-have makeup in every woman's handbag. Now the Revlon empire is bleeding ink redder than its vampiest lipstick. Its stocks hit an all-time low...
NEW LINES MIGHT SPELL TROUBLE FOR SUBWAY RIDERS
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe Transit Authority plans to roll out its first new subway service in more than a decade - but the addition of two new letter lines won't spell better service...
TRIAL RIGGED FROM THE OUTSET
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amWAS Edmond Pope railroaded? Unquestionably. From the moment he set foot in that kangaroo Russian court, Pope was on a judicial Trans-Siberian Express to the gulag. Make no mistake: The...
WILL JEB BECOME JAILBIRD TO BOLSTER BROTHER?
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amHOW loony can this endless election get? Well, Jeb Bush may yet get to go to jail - to make sure brother George W. becomes president. The Jeb-goes-to-jail scenario got...
FLA. LEGISLATURE TO PICK OWN ELECTORS: GOPERS SAY IT'S MERELY A BACKUP PLAN
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amThe Republican-controlled Florida Legislature will take the historic step tomorrow of convening for a special session to create a "safety net" - by choosing its own slate of presidential electors...
'MILLIONAIRE' WINNER FUNDING SCHOLARSHIP IN PAL'S MEMORY
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amA native New Yorker who won $500,000 on the ABC hit show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" is donating some of her loot to set up a scholarship to...
NEW TWISTS IN DOWNEY DRUG SAGA
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amSix-week coke binge?Bad-boy actor Robert Downey Jr. was getting high on drugs for six weeks before his latest arrest - and even left his 7-year-old son one night so he...
AL MAKES LAST BID FOR RECOUNT TODAY
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE - Al Gore's lawyers today will ask Florida's top court - for the last time - to recount 13,000 disputed ballots, while twin trials started yesterday, with Democrats seeking...
BUBBA BOMBSHELL: SMOKING A LITTLE POT'S NOT TOO BAD
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amPresident Clinton says inhaling really isn't that bad - as long as you don't overdo it. People shouldn't be tossed in the joint for using or selling small amounts of...
COPS: MOM HURLED NEWBORN TO HER DEATH
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amA 17-year-old Manhattan woman threw her newborn daughter out a window to her death, police said. Chavonda Dunkan was charged with murder early today, about 16 hours after her baby...
SPREE, P.J. NOT DONE BATTLING
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES DALLAS - P.J. Carlesimo does about 75 percent of San Antonio games on the local TV, but he will skip tonight's Knicks-Spurs clash. Wonder why? "He picked a...
STRICKEN NELLIE TURNS TO JOE: COACH SEEKS TORRE'S ADVICE ON PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amDALLAS - Mavericks coach Don Nelson said last night he plans to talk to Yankees manager Joe Torre today to seek advice on whether or not to undergo surgery for...
REFS ROBBED RANGERS - NHL: OFFICIALS SAY ZEBRAS BLEW CALL SUNDAY
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amIt now turns out that the Rangers were not only undermined by a pair of debatable penalty calls late in Sunday's 6-3 Garden loss to the Avalanche, but were in...
MUCKALT RETURNING AT LAST TO ISLE LINEUP
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amSUNRISE, Fla. - In a state where absentee ballots are all the rage, injury-plagued Bill Muckalt was no absentee last night. Out for 21 games with a dislocated right shoulder,...
STEELER PREACHING TEACHING
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amTHE last thing on Levon Kirkland's mind Sunday will be helping his fellow man, especially those wearing blue jerseys. The Steelers' linebacker figures to be a terror in football cleats...
DEVILS SNOWED OUT IN BUFFALO
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amBUFFALO - The kid from Alaska was not impressed. Scott Gomez knows snow. "It never happened in Anchorage," Scott Gomez said of last night's postponement of Devils-Sabres game here. "When...
COLT-KILLER COX REWARDED
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amJET NOTES Jets' linebacker Bryan Cox was named the AFC's defensive player of the week yesterday for his all-around effort in the Jets' win over the Colts Sunday. Cox finished...
JETS RETURNING TO CHOKELAND ; BRUTAL LOSS TO RAIDERS HAUNTS GANG GREEN
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amAl Groh didn't need his memory jogged. "I'll always remember it as one of the worst plane trips home - ever," Groh recalled yesterday. The Jets had just blown a...
A STATE-OF-THE-ART BIG APPLE COMPLEX ; CITY, TEAMS CAUGHT IN STADIUM QUANDARY
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amNEW York City is facing a $3 billion sports stadium crisis. Having not built a major league sports stadium in 36 years - since it paid $28.5 million in 1964...
IKE TRYIN' TO WORK HIS WAY BACK IN
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES The Giants have won the two games he's missed, and so Ike Hilliard knows he must be smart about making his return from the bruised sternum and lungs...
MARINO: FISH HAVE CHANCE TO MAKE SUPE
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amDan Marino's back and legs may have forced him out of football last year, but it seems his head and his heart are still very much in the game. The...
GARDEN STATE SOLD TO DEVELOPERS
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amGarden State Park, a 58-year-old racetrack hurt by declining attendance and competition from Atlantic City casinos, has been sold to a development company. The Pennsylvania company that bought the racetrack...
THE REED IS DONE ; AMAZIN'S BRING BACK RICK WITH 3-YEAR, $21.75M DEAL
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amIt took an additional month and nearly $15 million more for the Mets to retain John Franco, Turk Wendell and finally Rick Reed than they originally thought. And that was...
JINTS EMBARKING ON HOME 'TRIP' ; HOPE TO COPY ROAD SUCCESS AT 16W
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amThere is no place like home for the Giants, which is a good thing. Maybe it is the new grass field. Perhaps it is the arrival of E-ZPass at Exit...
CONE'S IMPERFECT END? RIGHTY FACES MIDNIGHT DEADLINE ON YANK FUTURE
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amDavid Cone wants to hear what the Yankees have to offer today before deciding his next step. "They promised us a firm offer," Cone told The Post from his Tampa...
CAPTAIN CLEANS UP THE MESS: DELAYED CONFIRMATION: RANGERS WERE ROBBED
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amIt now turns out that the Rangers were not only undermined by a pair of debatable penalty calls late in Sunday's 6-3 Garden loss to the Avalanche, but were in...
STRICKEN NELLIE TURNS TO TORRE FOR ADVICE
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amMavericks 94 Knicks 85 DALLAS - Mavericks coach Don Nelson said last night he plans to talk to Yankees manager Joe Torre today to seek advice on whether to undergo...
CAPTAIN CLEANS UP THE MESS ; '11' LEADS BLUESHIRTS PAST CAPS
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amRangers 3 Capitals 2 Here's the burden facing Mark Messier: no matter his leadership qualities, no matter his charisma, no matter his value as a marketing tool, the Rangers need...
MUCKALT SPARKS WIN IN RETURN TO ISLES
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amIslanders 4 Panthers 1 SUNRISE, Fla. - In this state where absentee ballots are all the rage, injury-plagued Bill Muckalt made himself count last night. Out for 21 games with...
KNICKS SUFFER TEXAS MASSACRE
December 7, 2000 | 5:00amMavericks 94 Knicks 85 DALLAS - Down 21 points early in the fourth quarter, Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy gave his team the cold shoulder. Van Gundy was so furious,...