September 5, 2000

WELCOME TO THE SKYSCRAPER BAZAAR

YO, all you U.N.-going presidents, P.M.s and peanut-republic potentates. We know you're not really in town to talk about world suffering. You came to check out our great Manhattan skyscraper...

UNGLAMOROUS EXIT - GLAMOUR PUBLISHER TO BE TOSSED THIS WEEK

Insiders at Conde Nast say one of the first things CEO Steve Florio will do when he returns from his summer vacation this week is give the ax to Glamour...

ON THE NEWSSTAND

THE Lads have landed. The well-dressed men's mags have been left in the circulation dust by this crop of spunky imports from the U.K. The soft porn, sports and sophomoric...

MOST FORTUNE-ATE: 39 TECHIES AND JORDAN

The dot-coms may be heading into bankruptcy, but their millionaire and billionaire founders are most certainly not. Of the 40 richest Americans under the age of 40, a whopping 39...

FINALLY FASHION-FORWARD, APPAREL GOES ONLINE

EVERYBODY into the pool! Or, at least, onto the 'Net. Shaking off their reputations as technophobes, garmentos are discovering the virtues of the World Wide Web. Business-to-business commerce was pioneered...

BUZZ

Good to the bone Osteoporosis isn't for women only. Now, it seems, the men who suffer from it can benefit from the drug that's treated the crippling condition in women....

NOT THAT 'UNKUNVENSHUNAL,' BUT SHE CAN SOAR

JOSIE "Unkunvenshunal Girl" ½ Qwest/Warner Bros. Records Newcomer Josie - just Josie - offers a tight, dozen-song collection of her own music on the just-released "Unkunvenshunal Girl." With a vocal...

CANADIAN SEXSMITH NEAR GOAL

WHEN Canadian singer/songwriter Ron Sexsmith was 6, he desperately wanted to be a pop star. He'd sing to himself in the mirror using a hockey stick as a microphone. By...

LAURA SCHLESSINGER IN HER OWN WORDS

I JUST spent 25 minutes on the phone talking to Dr. Laura Schlessinger about her new TV show and I feel lousy. It wasn't that she and I quarreled. It's...

NOT LIKE THE LAST WEDDING ON NATIONAL TV, THIS TIME THE BRIDE AND GROOM KNOW EACH OTHER; MARRIED BEFORE BREAKFAST

SOME people want big weddings with lots of guests. Then there's Peter Ginsburg and Melanie Norton who plan on having about six million strangers at their wedding tomorrow morning. And...

ALL THE DIRT ON GETTING THINGS CLEAN: SHE'S A NATURAL AT TACKLING STAINS

THERE'S no stain Linda Cobb can't tame.But even the self-described Queen of Clean has met some doozies."People sometimes send me their dirty laundry," Cobb said the other day from her...

TRAVELER'S UPDATE

Shades of Tiffany In 1957, Laurelton Hall, once the home of Louis Comfort Tiffany, burned to the ground. Built at the height of Tiffany's commercial success, the once grand Long...

TEMPTATIONS OF TROYES - ANCIENT FRENCH TOWN VIBRANT WITH CAFES, ECLECTIC MUSEUMS AND GOTHIC CHURCHES

MORNING in Champagne country.Swallows dart in and out of the ivy-covered courtyard of Le Champ des Oiseaux, a luxurious mini-hotel with a history dating to medieval times. Recently rescued from...

TRUMP MAY PUSH INDIAN CASINO ON W. SIDE TRACT

ALBANY - Donald Trump says he may try to get an Indian tribe to help him develop the "world's largest casino" in Manhattan. In an exclusive interview with The Post,...

BLAME THE SOCCER MOMS - INDEPENDENT VOTERS DRIVE GORE, BUSH TO 'GO NEGATIVE'

'TAKE this pudding away," Winston Churchill once said of a dessert. "It has no theme." You might call the 2000 presidential contest a pudding in which two themes are warring...

LONGTIME AIDE LYNCH QUITTING SILVER CAMP

ALBANY - A top aide to embattled Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is resigning after seven years as one of the most powerful figures in the Legislature, The Post has learned....

'CRAZY HORSE' CORRALLED AT THE DAKOTA

A Manhattan woman thought she "was going to die" when a runaway horse nearly ran her down in Columbus Circle yesterday. Roya Sullivan, 34, was taking her 22-month-old son, Oscar,...

ENVOYS GO ALL OUT FOR MIDEAST SUMMIT HERE

U.S. and Arab diplomats stepped up efforts yesterday to arrange a meeting among President Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat while the three men are...

ESTROGEN MIGHT KEEP MIND KEEN

Here's a good-news flash for women - raging hormones are healthy in the long run. A new study says a woman's mental functions may be more likely to stay sharp...

U.S. JET EYED IN SST CRASH

A metal strip that burst a tire of the Concorde that crashed in July probably came from a Continental Airlines DC-10 that took off four minutes earlier, French investigators said...

RAINY SUMMER OF '00 IS ONE WE 'AUGHT' TO FORGET

It was a wonderful summer - for people who sold umbrellas and bug spray. For the rest of us, Summer '00 will be remembered as a soggy letdown, as the...

BUSH'S TIMES BASH ON LIVE MIKE: CAUGHT CALLING SCRIBE AN @#$%*&

ROMEO, Mich. - A feisty and "plain-spoken" George W. Bush got caught yesterday on an open mike telling running mate Dick Cheney that a New York Times reporter is "a...

ENGLAND'S 'POTTER' PARISH ISN'T HIP TO CHANGING CULTURE

IT'S an idea so absurd and tasteless that only a hapless Muggle divine could have come up with it. Poor Harry Potter has fallen into the clutches of the Vicar...

HILL MOST LIKELY TO SPAWN YAWN

There is somebody more boring than Al Gore - two people, actually. The Boring Institute has named New York Democratic Senatorial candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton as the most boring celebrity...

TIRES RECALLED IN VENEZUELA

Firestone's recall is spreading to its Venezuelan-made tires, but the firm avoided a crippling strike at nine U.S. plants, officials said yesterday. Government and company sources in Caracas said Firestone...

WAY TO GO, GEORGE! YOU TELL 'EM!

BY GEORGE, at last a little blood is flowing through those veins. Now, from someone who has been a "major league" insulter of some politicians, a few tips. First of...

THE GREAT DEBATE FESTERS AS GORE TURNS DOWN DUBYA

PITTSBURGH - Democrat Al Gore flatly rejected George W. Bush's three-debate plan yesterday as a break with "American tradition" - but Bush shot back that Gore is guilty of "Washington...

BOX-CUTTER KID CORPS SLICING CRIME

A team of teenage volunteers is helping the city slash the sale of box-cutters to minors. Eight 15- and 16-year-olds who went undercover for the city's Department of Consumer Affairs...

GOOD TIME AT MARCH MARKED BY RACIST PAST

The Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department successfully sponsored a Labor Day parade yesterday - two years after two firefighters and a police officer were fired for appearing on a racist...

HIZZONER FINDS THE BOO-BIRDS IN FINE SPIRIT, IF NOT SPIRITS

Mayor Giuliani banned the booze - but he couldn't stop the boos. The mayor was greeted at yesterday's West Indian Day Parade with a chorus of catcalls and insults that...

CITY REV. WILL TALK TO CASTRO ABOUT ELIAN

A New York City minister who will meet with Cuban President Fidel Castro during his rare visit here this week says the first topic of discussion will be the boy...

DRIVERS WILL BE FEELING UNDIPLOMATIC

If you're even thinking about thinking about driving in Manhattan this week, fugheddaboutit! The largest gathering of world leaders ever is in town this week for the United Nations Millennium...

RICK'S DAY 'FAIR'; IT RAINS ON ; HILL'S PARADE

And they're off! The Senate candidates hit the Labor Day home stretch yesterday - Rick Lazio strolled the fairgrounds in Syracuse and marched in a parade near Buffalo, while Hillary...

TENNIS-TERROR DADDY POPS OFF ON CITY

The head of the Women's Tennis Association is a "communist pig" and the Big Apple is "dirty and bad-smelling" - that's the rant from hot-tempered tennis dad Damir Dokic after...

PLAZA NOT-SO-SWEET FOR FLORIDA TOURISTS

A Florida couple who won a trip to New York with a high bid in a charity auction said yesterday they turned into big-time losers when burglars entered their room...

THAT MAY BE HALL FOR 'GRADUATE'

It may be curtains for Mrs. Robinson. Jerry Hall's nearly nude onstage romp as the lusty cradle-robber in the London revival of "The Graduate" may come to an end three...

FREE ADVICE FOR SENATE FOES ON HOW TO BREAK DEADLOCK

HEY, candidates, this long marathon Senate race is just two months away from the finish line. While both of you have spent countless hours and millions of dollars trying to...

BUSH'S TIMES BASH ON LIVE MIKE - CAUGHT CALLING SCRIBE AN @#$%*&

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A feisty and "plain-spoken" George W. Bush got caught yesterday on an open mike telling running mate Dick Cheney that a New York Times reporter is "a...

NEXT YEAR'S RACE FOR MAYOR WILL BE A DOOZY

If you have an appetite for political blood sport, forget about the Senate campaign - the really juicy main course will be served up next year, in the big battle...

TRAGIC END TO FISH TRIP

A 57-year-old fisherman fell off his boat and drowned in the stormy waters of Jamaica Bay yesterday, police said. Jesse Parker and his buddy, Matale Albanese, 72, were fishing in...

EIGHT DIE IN CRASH ECHOING PAYNE STEWART JET TRAGEDY

A ghost plane crashed in the Australian outback today- killing all eight aboard - after flying 1,900 miles in five hours with no one at the controls. The tragedy was...

TIME TO LAUCH AND LOAD: KNOBBY COULD BE SET FOR HIS RETURN TONIGHT AGAINST KC

KANSAS CITY - Ground balls off Bob Diddier's bat in the middle of the afternoon with Kauffman Stadium seats devoid of human flesh are one thing. Hard smashes in the...

MARTINA & MONICA SET FOR SHOWDOWN

OPEN NOTES It's come to this for the overlooked No. 1 seed Martina Hingis. She's asked more about her boyfriend, Magnus Norman, than about herself. Norman, the No. 3 seed,...

AMAZIN'S BRING UP JERSEY JONES

CINCINNATI - Seemingly surprised to see Jersey Bobby Jones in a Mets uniform again, some of his teammates hugged the local lefty, one of three players called up before yesterday's...

PAUL SCHWARTZ' GIANT REPORT CARD: THEY'RE OFF AND RUNNING

QUARTERBACKSWith the ground game rumbling, there was no need for Kerry Collins (17 of 25, 172, 1 INT) to do anything fancy. He didn't, never went deep and was usually...

MARK CANNIZZARO'S JET REPORT CARD: OPENING WITH A FLOURISH

QUARTERBACKSVinny Testaverde (23-of-44, 261 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT) wasn't as sharp as he'd have liked, but his rust was understandable considering his year away from competition and his lack...

GARNES NOT READY TO BE COUNTED OUT

GIANT NOTES Sam Garnes wants to prove to the Giants that he's recovered from the frightening concussion that knocked him out of Sunday's 21-16 victory over the Cardinals. Garnes wants...

COLLINS SURE TO FIND ROUGH ROAD IN PHILLY

THERE is that one throw he'd love to have back. The one Kerry Collins threw with about six minutes left in the third quarter of Sunday's game against the Cardinals...

GIFT CALL SAVES SERENA

One inch. One ball. One bad call. That's all that separated 17-year-old phenom Jelena Dokic from a potential fourth-round upset of defending champion Serena Williams yesterday at Ashe Stadium. Five...

TUNA-LESS TV: WHAT AN IDEA!

OUTSIDE of the improvement, you probably didn't notice a thing. Sunday's Jets-Packers telecast was radically different - and radically better - than any Jet telecast on any network in the...

WIN CARRIES A WARNING LABEL ; JINTS KNOW THEY'LL PAY FOR MISTAKES

They have been here before. In fact, they have always been here as long as Jim Fassel has been calling the shots. All the Giants know how to do under...

RICCA: GIVE ME SOME 'D'

Another in a continuing series oflocal college football previews. Defense. Defense. Defense. That's what St. John's coach Bob Ricca believes will carry his football team through the 2000 campaign -...

PERFECT STING CLOSES SPA WITH VICTORY IN DIANA

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Another championship performance by a very special filly put an exclamation point to Spa 2000 as Perfect Sting ran down License Fee in the stretch to win...

RECORDS FALL AS MEET IS DONE

SARATOGA SPRINGS - Another record-breaking meet at Saratoga concluded yesterday, with the final statistics showing on-track attendance and handle and total handle all going up. This year's on track attendance...

BAILEY, 'ZIP' DOMINATE WET & WILD SARATOGA

SARATOGA SPRINGS - With Spa 2000 in the books, let's look back at an eventful six-week stand that set records for attendance and betting handle.Highlights: When the New York Turf...

AMAZIN'S NEED ROBIN TO BE BAT MAN AGAIN

CINCINNATI - Robin Ventura is featured on the cover of the Mets' media guide in a magical picture taken by renowned New York sports photographer George Kalinsky, a photo that...

PATHETIC MAC PLAYING GAME OF SERVE-AND-FOLLY

WHATEVER anxieties 41-year-old John McEnroe might be suffering over his virility, we suggest he seek counseling. Or Viagra. Surely there is some healthy substitute available for his desire for a...

GROH THROWS NOLAN CREDIT FOR D'S BIG DAY

In preseason, the Jets' defense looked, well, loose and on the brink of yielding big plays when the games counted - not the kind of arsenal you want to bring...

FABINI SHOULD KEEP JOB

JET NOTES Don't send Jason Fabini to the showers for the season quite yet. Sure, Fabini, the Jets' starting left tackle, had a nightmarish game in the spotlight Sunday in...

BLAME IT ON PRESS: UPTIGHT METS DROP 4TH STRAIGHT IN CINCY

Reds 6 Mets 2 CINCINNATI - The Mets know what's going on. They admit it. They are pressing more than your local dry cleaner. This explains their first four-game losing...

BELL GETS KNEEDED CURE

MET NOTES CINCINNATI - It looks as if the Mets have found the cure for Derek Bell's bruised left knee. In fact, Bell, before yesterday's 6-2 loss to the Reds,...

KNOBBY SET TO RETURN

KANSAS CITY - Ground balls off Bob Diddier's bat in the middle of the afternoon with Kauffman Stadium seats devoid of human flesh are one thing. Hard smashes in the...

NOW IT'S MARTINA VS. MONICA

OPEN NOTES It's come to this for the overlooked No. 1 seed Martina Hingis. She's asked more about her boyfriend, Magnus Norman, than about herself. Norman, the No. 3 seed,...

LET THE COUNTDOWN BEGIN: MAGIC NUMBER FALLS TO 23 AS YANKEES OUTLAST SCRAPPY KC

Yankees 4 Royals 3 KANSAS CITY - This will make Joe Torre wince and Red Sox fans howl. However, there comes a time in every AL East season when the...

MENDING MENDOZA LEARNS HIS LESSON

KANSAS CITY - Ramiro Mendoza continues to show signs he will be part of the Yankees' push toward their third straight AL East title as a key bullpen factor in...

IT'S A ROYAL RIBBING: YANKS DROP KC; BERNIE'S RE-INJURED

Yankees 4 Roayls 3 KANSAS CITY - Tiny rivers of sweat did not form on the Yankees' brow. Nor did the Yankees leave Kauffman Stadium wondering how they will survive...