September 4, 2000
HOW INFLATION IS AFFECTING AMERICANS: THE FACTS
IF YOU read the financial pages of other newspapers earlier this week, you learned that Americans are spending wildly and hardly saving. In fact, the savings rate in this country...
CHILD STAR SURVIVORS
ALFRED HITCHCOCK SAID TO ME: 'IF YOU DON'T STOP MOVING ABOUT, I'M GOING TO NAIL YOUR FEET TO YOUR MARK, AND THE BLOOD WILL COME POURING OUT...' - BILLY MUMY...
FESTIVAL OF PUPPET THEATER ISN'T CHILD'S PLAY
IN her 'round-the-world search for great puppet theater, Cheryl Henson found some shows she'd like to forget. In Crete, for instance, an "absolutely brilliant" show turned out to be a...
MARVEL-OUS MAKE-OVER - NEW SPIDER-MAN COMICS DESIGNED TO LURE YOUNG READERS INTO HIS WEB
NOW, Spider-Man's Web has another meaning.In a brand-new version of the 38-year-old Marvel superhero's adventures, due out this week, Spidey's teenage alter-ego, Peter Parker, is no longer a photographer for...
IS GOV GAGGING CUOMO? - ANDY ALL BUT LOCKED OUT OF CANAL PARLEY
A FIERCE new battle has erupted in Gov. Pataki's ongoing war with HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo, The Post has learned. The battle involves an all-out effort by Pataki and his...
ENOUGH SMALL TALK: LET'S GO TO BIG ISSUES
JUST 63 days remain before the next chapter is written in political history, and what the heck are we still talking about? * Infernal and interminable debating about debates. *...
HEY, IT'S NO JOKE: JOE'S EMBARRASSING US JEWS
IT turns out, it's bad for the Jews. I'm talking, of course, about the vice-presidential nomination of Joseph Lieberman. Now, as a New York Jew, the Gnome was initially excited...
LAZIO BACK IN THE HUNT AFTER 4-DAY LAYOFF
Rick Lazio's Hamptons vacation ended yesterday on another beach - he hit the campaign trail in Breezy Point and brushed off criticism that he isn't working hard enough to beat...
COPS NAB SUSPECT IN B'KLYN ATTACK SPREE
Two sharp-eyed cops yesterday collared a man they say accosted four young women on Brooklyn streets this weekend - sexually abusing one of them and robbing another, police said. Michael...
WEST INDIAN FEST 'LIKE HOME' - 4 MILLION REVELERS EXPECTED IN CROWN HEIGHTS TODAY
Forget Labor Day. Up to 4 million revelers are set to celebrate all things Caribbean at the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn today. "This makes you feel proud, proud...
The Beatles watched George Harrison lose his virginity
The Beatles were sex machines in their early days on the road - sleeping nightly with strippers and gobbling down drugs, a new biography of the Fab Four claims. The...
PAUL'S MUSE TURNS TO POETRY
Legendary ex-Beatle Paul McCartney says he's trying his hand at poetry - writing a book of verse he hopes to publish. "I started writing poetry when a friend, Ivan Vaughan,...
ARTIFICIAL BREASTS MAY SOON BE REALITY
Scientists say they may soon be able to produce artificial breasts in the laboratory - sparking new hope for women who've lost their breasts to cancer or want safer enlargements....
DI-GRAVE PLOT PROBED
A plot to desecrate Princess Diana's island grave on her family estate is being probed by Scotland Yard. Investigators had been told that anarchists were planning a vandalism spree around...
FIRED-UP GORE IN 27-HOUR, FOUR-STATE STUMP
PHILADELPHIA - Vice President Al Gore didn't go to bed last night, forsaking sleep so he could take his surging campaign to late-shift workers and an all-night diner. In a...
DEMS URGE JOE TO QUIT SENATE BID
Democratic veep wannabe Joe Lieberman should stop trying to get re-elected to the Senate if the Gore-Lieberman ticket looks like a winner, a top Democratic strategist suggests. Sen. Bob Torricelli...
TEACHER'S STREETWISE SPELLING LIST IGNITES PARENT FUROR
An East Harlem teacher's spelling test for her seventh-grade students reads more like a true-crime book - with students asked to spell words such as "murder," "weapons," "victim recovery" and...
GREAT DEBATE OVER WHICH 3 DEBATES
CHICAGO - Republican George W. Bush kicked off the fall campaign yesterday by going on the offensive and challenging rival Al Gore to three debates - but not the ones...
GIANT AND JET TWIN WINS LEAVE FANS FEELING SUPER
New York football fans doubled their pleasure yesterday, cheering the start of the new season with wins by both the Jets and the Giants. "I blew off a weekend in...
MOM AND TWO KIDS SLAIN
A 28-year-old Yonkers woman and two of her children were stabbed to death yesterday, and a third child was critically wounded, authorities said. A 23-year-old man believed to be the...
COOL WAY TO CUT STROKE DAMAGE
Cooling down a stroke victim within hours of being stricken can significantly curb lingering brain damage, hopeful new research shows. Danish scientists who wrapped conscious victims in cool blankets for...
PROTESTERS DECRY AUSCHWITZ DISCO
A small group of protesters - distraught over a newly opened disco and a planned shopping center near the killing grounds of Auschwitz - angrily demonstrated yesterday outside the Polish...
HOARSE SENSE KOS CHRISTINA CONCERT
A nagging bout with laryngitis forced teen pop queen Christina Aguilera to cancel her show at the New York State Fair yesterday. Thousands of excited young fans who showed up...
FIRESTONE CUT CORNERS: REPORT
The Firestone plant that produced millions of tires now under recall - for blowing apart at high speed - cut the time of a crucial process intended to bond a...
FIRESTONE EYED IN NEW TRAGEDY
Texas police are investigating whether a faulty Firestone tire caused a sport utility vehicle to overturn yesterday, killing a 10-year-old and injuring six people. Cops said the tread had separated...
PAINT BOMBS TARGET IRAN BIGS HERE
Five people of Iranian descent were arrested yesterday for throwing paint bombs at a motorcade carrying two top Iranian officials - and in the hotel where the leaders are staying,...
COP'S GIRL, 6, KILLS BROTHER, 5
The 6-year-old daughter of a city cop accidentally shot her 5-year-old brother to death with her father's pistol yesterday, police said. The tragedy happened at 2:30 p.m. at the Orange...
WOMAN AND TWO KIDS SLAIN
A Yonkers woman and two of her young children were stabbed to death yesterday, and a third child was critically wounded, authorities said. A 23-year-old man believed to be the...
ART TREASURES UNWANTED IN NYPD 'GALLERY'
It's one of the most unusual art collections in New York, but you won't find it on Museum Mile. It's never been on public display, and rarely does anyone but...
IT'S BUMMER IN THE HAMPTONS - PHONY 'ROCKEFELLER' CONS EAST END ELITE OUT OF THOUSANDS
A CLEVER con man posing as a scion of the Rockefeller family cut a fraudulent swath through the Hamptons over the summer, netting hundreds of thousands of dollars from gullible...
ISLES' CHARA STILL LOOKING FOR NEW DEAL
With training camp opening on Friday, Islanders restricted free agent Zdeno Chara remains unsigned and unsure about whether he'll have a deal in place any time soon. "Right now I...
U.S., MCBRIDE BAKE GUATEMALA IN CUP
U.S. 1 - Guatemala 0 Before yesterday's huge World Cup qualifier at RFK Stadium, Brian McBride said the U.S. needed a win; a tie was a disaster he wouldn't even...
HOT BAILEY GUNNING FOR SPA RECORD
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Going into the final card of Spa 2000, Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey has tied his own record of 48 winners at the meet after winning...
1-2 PUNCH HITS LIKE A BOLT FROM THE BLUE; THUNDER & LIGHTNING A FRIGHTENING TANDEM
HE CALLED it. The amazing, all-knowing, all-seeing, all-purpose Tiki Barber predicted on the very day this week he was named the Giants starting tailback that he and Ron Dayne would...
CARDS RATE JINT ATTACK REAL SMASH
Ever since supposed offensive guru Jim Fassel took over as Giant head coach, each season has opened with the promise of an exciting new offense. Yesterday, it finally showed up...
METS TO KEEP KEEN EYE ON LEITER'S LANDING TODAY
ST. LOUIS - It will come down to Leiter's landing today. Al Leiter starts today for the first time since straining his right gluteus. And pitching coach Dave Wallace will...
IT'S AGREED: DAYNE'S TOUGH - TEAMMATES IMPRESSED BY THE NEW BABY BULL
He didn't do anything fancy. No long runs, no great moves. He was just Ron Dayne and that was enough for his coach and teammates. "They knew we were going...
NOT IN THE CARDS - WHITE RIPS 'HERO' EDMONDS AFTER LATEST METS DEBACLE
11 INNINGS - Cardinals 4 - Mets 3 ST. LOUIS - It's the arrogance, which annoys Rick White. Not only were the Mets swept by the Cardinals on the last...
SCARY HIT GIVES GARNES CONCUSSION
The collision was violent and left safety Sam Garnes, perhaps the Giants' most indestructible player, flat out on the grass, motionless, prompting that sick silence that comes when players fear...
FROZEN MO CHILLS YANKS
10 INNINGS - Twins 2 - Yankees 1 Roger Clemens used every bit of his concentration to ignore the black clouds rolling in overhead. Then he told himself to block...
PICK SIX POOL UP FOR GRABS
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Since today is the final day of the Saratoga meet, there will be a couple of changes made to the regular schedule. The Pick Six pool must...
CHUCK STANDS BY HIS WORDS TO THE BOSS
Knoblauch admits he was "in defensive mode" Saturday as he defiantly shielded himself from the doubting barbs of Yankee owner George Steinbrenner, but the second baseman didn't back off his...
ALL LOOKS GOOD IN WIN COLUMN - ... BUT JINTS FAR FROM PERFECT
WHEN you're the Giants, with a coach in his last season of grace, a quarterback seeking security and a defense looking to regain its bravado you don't sneeze at a...
LIGHTNING NEARLY STRIKES BIG BLUE TWICE
GIANT NOTES They say lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place, but it very nearly struck the Giants twice in different places. At training camp in Albany this summer,...
METS LOOK FORWARD TO FRANCO'S RETURN
MET NOTES ST. LOUIS - After yesterday's 4-3 loss to the Cardinals in 11-innings, the question is when is John Franco going to comeback? Franco (left pectoral) is expected to...
VENUS EASILY SENDS SERNA PACKING
Twenty three in a row for Venus now and counting. With the thunderstorms hitting Flushing Meadows at 2 p.m., Venus Williams' Round of 16 match was delayed some three hours....
LEADERS OF THE PAC ARE NO PUSHOVERS
THE most nervous team in the nation today should be Wisconsin, and not because the NCAA is going to suspend another 20-or-so Badgers for getting a discount on sneaker laces...
METROSTARS COACH THINKS SCHEDULE STINKS
MetroStrars head coach Octavio Zambrano isn't afraid to express his feeling when it comes to this year's MLS schedule. He doesn't like it and thinks it hurts the game. "Obviously...
WIN'S ENOUGH FOR KEYSHAWN; KEY: SMALL STATS, BIG WIN
Buccaneers 21 - Patriots 16 FOXBORO - The Buccaneers didn't get Keyshawn Johnson the damn ball very often yesterday, but he wasn't griping about it after his new team survived...
BIG M'S BACK
SARATOGA SPRINGS - The Meadowlands opens it thoroughbred season today, "America's Day at the Races," for a 54-card stand that runs through Nov. 18. Today's post time is 1:10 p.m....
JOHNSON ROOTING FOR PATS OVER JETS
FOXBORO - Moments after he helped his new team beat the Patriots, 21-16, yesterday at Foxboro Stadium, Keyshawn Johnson started rooting for the Patriots. Johnson was asked on his way...
'STING' PERFECT CHOICE IN DIANA
SARATOGA SPRINGS - The curtain rings down on Spa 2000 today with the 62nd running of the Grade 2, $500,000 Diana Handicap for fillies and mares at a mile-and-an-eighth on...
'ROB' SHOWS LOTS OF SPIRIT IN SARANAC
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Much to the delight of the bettors who pounded him down to 3-5 favoritism, Rob's Spirit surged to the lead down the stretch in yesterday's Grade 2,...
TIKI AND THE TANK TRAMPLE CARDINALS - BARBER AND DAYNE ROLL UP 222 YARDS, 3 TDS IN JINT WIN
Giants 21 - Cardinals 16 The delay while lightning crackled overhead lasted 23 minutes. Tiki Barber's incredible now-you-see-him, now-you-don't run lasted slightly less time. The Giants hope it leaves a...
BRONX BOMBING RUN - EVEN IN DEFEAT, YANKS LOOK READY FOR OCTOBER
THE Twins threw their two best starters and two of the AL's finest to open a three-game set at the Stadium, and the Yankees produced 12 runs and 17 hits...
TINO PUTTING CHARGE INTO SEPTEMBER
YANKEE NOTES Tino Martinez truly doesn't care if he has a good September or not. To use his cliché, he's taking it day-by-day. "I had a good day today, but...
BELICHICK'S PATS FLOP
FOXBORO - For openers, Bill Belichick's Patriots could be summed up with the same word that captures his body of work as head coach of the Browns: flop. Belichick's Patriots...
GRITTY JETS SHOW NO GROHING PAINS - EDGE PACKERS IN AL'S DEBUT AS HEAD MAN
Jets 20 - Packers 16 GREEN BAY - Bill Parcells was back home, nowhere near Lambeau Field yesterday, undoubtedly sitting in front of a television someplace as he tries to...
SAFIN'S DELAY TACTICS PAY OFF
Rarely patient as it is, this was putting Marat Safin over the edge. With his third round match against Sebastien Grosjean interrupted by rain on two occasions for a total...
FABINI FLUBS PROVE COSTLY
JET NOTEBOOK GREEN BAY - Jason Fabini, starting as the fulltime offensive left tackle for the first time in his career yesterday in Green Bay, had his worst game as...
CAN THESE METS TAKE THE HEAT?
ST. LOUIS - For all their success of the last two years, the Mets have yet to prove they can do the job when the heat is on, and once...
JOHNNY MAC SPEWS AGAIN
John McEnroe continued his ground assault on the Williams family, reacting sarcastically to father Richard Williams saying his daughters have no interest in playing him. Donald Trump reportedly has expressed...
LEE: I CAN BEAT SAMPRAS
OPEN NOTES Never mind that he's ranked 182nd, or that he was a tournament qualifier, Hyung-Taik Lee feels that he has a chance to produce perhaps the biggest upset in...
JENNY ERUPTS AS SELES ROLLS
This was the first point of the final game of last night's Monica Seles-Jennifer Capriati Round of 16 showdown at Ashe Stadium. Serving for the match at 5-4, Seles cracked...
WARD AND WAYNE MORE THAN FILL BILL
GREEN BAY - Aaron Glenn has grown increasingly tired of hearing how Dedric Ward and Wayne Chrebet can't do the job as Jets' starting wide receivers with Keyshawn Johnson no...
GUTTY NORMAN SURVIVES
What a reward for the U.S. Open's day-session fans who stuck around through multiple rain delays in the afternoon. Those tennis diehard were treated to the match of the tournament...
GROH ANSWERS 'TOUGH' QUESTION
GREEN BAY - Al Groh showed us all something yesterday in Green Bay. On a day when all eyes were fixed on Groh and his NFL head coaching debut as...