September 14, 2000
IMPALA GOES FOR THE BIG BUCKS - AS CONDO
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amThe Impala changed its stripes overnight. The new, $95 million, 31-story luxury apartment tower at First Avenue and 75th Street will open as a condominium - not as a rental,...
BMG WANTS TO BUY EMI IF WARNER MERGER DIES
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amGerman media giant Bertelsmann is flush with cash and ready to go shopping - and has put EMI on top of its list. Michael Dornemann, chairman of Bertelsmann's music group,...
IT'S GUY TIME IN THE PARK ; BUYING IS OVER, BUT MEN'S SHOWS GO ON
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amTommy won't be there. But Ralph's back. And he'll be joined by a few guys from Detroit and a pack of Dalmations. Men's Fashion Week has been downsized - it's...
CLIVE DAVIS' J RECORDS GETS FIFTH AVE. OFFICES
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amMusic guru Clive J. Davis will soon be courting and grooming recording artists from a spectacular full floor at 745 Fifth Ave. The headquarters for his newly formed J Records...
AOL AIMS FOR AIMSTER ; STICKING POINT: NON-DISCLOSURE
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amAmerica Online has a new buddy it can't shake off. In fact, the feeling's mutual. AOL is said to have approached the owners of Aimster, a software add-on to AOL's...
J.P. MORGAN EXECS SCORE IN BIG PAYDAY
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amJ.P. Morgan Chief Sandy Warner's stock in his company will soar in value to $289 million with the acquisition of his company by Chase Manhattan. It was the best payday...
CHASE-MORGAN DEAL MAY COST 10,000 JOBS ; OVERLAP WILL LEAD TO PINK SLIP FLURRY
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amAs many as 10,000 bank and brokerage employees could be out on the street by Christmas in the merger of J. P. Morgan and Chase. The combined company expects to...
IRISH ECHO MAKES RETURN TRIP
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amThe 72-year-old Irish Echo - owned by the Grimes family for more than 40 years - is about to be sold to a group headed by a Dublin-based telecommunications mogul....
ERGONOMICS BALANCES FORM AND FUNCTION
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amIT'S part of the standard equipment package included in every new car, minivan and sport utility, yet you won't see it on the list of features and prices in showroom...
OPERATIC APPETITE ; PAVAROTTI LOVES PASTA AS MUCH AS PUCCINI
September 14, 2000 | 4:00am'WHAT is this?" asks Luciano Pavarotti, opening the box of Krispy Kremes I've brought him. He looks inside, then pushes it away. "No," says the tenor. "That I can live...
VARIETY SPICES UP HARLEM TROUPE'S PROGRAM
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amDANCE THEATER OF HARLEMCity Center, 55th Street between Sixth andSeventh avenues; (212) 581-1212. Seasonruns through Sunday. FOR Arthur Mitchell's Dance Theater of Harlem, variety is the very spice of its...
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL TURNS TWISTED IN TORONTO ; GROSS US OUT!
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amTORONTO, Canada - Get ready for a slew of gross films.Twisted, disturbing movies are causing a stir at the Toronto International Film Festival, and the aptly titled new "Vulgar" leads...
AUSTRALIAN WINES SHOW METTLE AS OLYMPICS GET (DOWN) UNDER WAY
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amIF you want to put an authentic Aussie kick into a night of Olympic TV watching, you could try a bottle of sparkling red Shiraz. I'm not exactly recommending it,...
THE STARR REPORT
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amWeather or not . . . here comes Rogers Ch. 2's hiring of popular weatherman David Rogers from WKYC in Cleveland has some insiders questioning Rogers calling himself a "meteorologist"...
SUPER SNAGS, MATE ; AUSSIES BENT ON HEARTY PARTYING FILL UP ON PRAWNS AND PAVLOVA
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amTHERE will be no croc wrestling on the bar, shrimp on the barbie or - God forbid - plastic kangaroos on the tables.Australians in New York celebrating the 2000 Olympics,...
SURFING'S NEW WAVE ; HANDS-FREE WEB ACCESS, PUSH-BUTTON MOUSEPAD FOR TECHNOPHOBES
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amWHY are so many Web surfers rejecting the 'Net?Cyber Dialogue, a research firm, says 108 million Americans have no desire to get wired online and 29 million occasional online users...
HBO SHOOTING SEXGATE MOVIE BASED ON BEST-SELLING CLINTON SCANDAL BOOK; MADE-FOR-TV MONICA
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amBILL and Monica are back on TV. L'Affair Lewinsky is being made into an HBO movie. It will be based on ABC commentator and New Yorker writer Jeffery Toobin's book,...
HIP-HOP FIGHT NIGHT TURNS UP ON THE WEB; SITE HAS FOOTAGE OF BRAWL PULLED BY UPN
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amUPN refused to air the show-stopping brawl at last month's "The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards" - but now you can see it on the Web. The footage was edited out...
JACK-AXED LARA PUTS THE MOVES ON BRUCE
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amCan serial skirt-chaser Jack Nicholson handle the diehard truth? The barely-a-year-old romance between the portly 63-year-old acting vet and leggy beauty Lara Flynn Boyle, 30, star of "The Practice," appears...
PERU COURT OKS LORI 'FIST' VIDEO
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amA video showing New Yorker Lori Berenson raising her fist in support of Peru's Marxist terrorist group can be used as evidence against her in a civilian trial, a Peruvian...
RUSSIANS FOIL MURDER PLOT ON PUTIN
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amUkrainian agents and Russian security officials broke up a plot by suspected Chechen rebels to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin, it was revealed yesterday. Leonid Derkach, head of Ukraine's security...
AL WILL ROCK 'N' ROLL IN DOUGH TONIGHT
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amAl Gore headlines a star-studded concert gala tonight at Radio City Music Hall that is expected to pump $2 million into the Democrat's war chest. Performers such as Jon Bon...
CITY PROBES ALLEGATIONS OF 'SOCIAL' PROMOTIONS
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amSchools Investigator Ed Stancik has launched a probe into whether students who attended summer school were improperly promoted, The Post has learned. "We have received some allegations that some students...
LAZIO PROVES TO BE A FORMIDABLE FOE
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amANALYSIS BUFFALO - Rick Lazio showed last night that Hillary Rodham Clinton has a fight on her hands. He's slipped in recent polls and is under fire from his own...
SOME SNAKE LETS BOA LOOSE IN BRONX PARK
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amA snake-in-the-grass pet owner yesterday released an 8-foot boa constrictor in a Bronx park. The 25-pound female boa, strong enough to strangle a child, was found curled in a hollowed...
LATIN GRAMMYS GO LIVE AND IN CALOR!
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amHotter-than-salsa stars Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez and Carlos Santana may be Latin pop's top names, but last night's first-ever Latin Grammys promised a diverse dose of Latin music....
GORE LINKED TO NEW FUNNY-$$ PROBE: FEDS EYEING BIG DONATION AT AL'S URGING
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amA Texas trial lawyer gave hundreds of thousands of dollars from his law firm to the Democratic Party - after Vice President Al Gore was asked to call him to...
CAMPAIGN SNAPSHOT
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amBUSH Catch phrase: "For eight years, this [Clinton-Gore] administration has talked about environmentalism while our national parks are crumbling." Where he went: A foggy bend of the beautiful Skykomish river,...
HARDBALL OVER 'SOFT' MONEY: RICK BIDS TO STICK IT TO HILL DURING DEBATE
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amBUFFALO - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rick Lazio last night faced off in a debate touching on Sexgate, which candidate has the most "chutzpah" and - most dramatically - soft-money...
U.S. MEDICS ON MISSION OF MERCY - VOLUNTEERS TREAT KIDS IN COLOMBIAN VILLAGE ROCKED BY '99 QUAKE
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amARMENIA, Colombia. JUAN Sebastian Calderon was only 3 when he fell into a kettle of boiling sugar cane, scalding himself from his belly button to his knees. It's impossible not...
FEM FOOTBALL: LADYLIKE IT AIN'T
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amMeet some women who are really into scoring. They're not barflies, they're the rough and tumble players of the National Women's Football League, who will take the field next year...
DUBYA HAS A 'WHAT, ME WORRY?' ATTITUDE
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amSNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. GEORGE W. BUSH still seems to be in a sunny mood and having a grand time. He may be in trouble but he's not grumping at all....
BARAK FINALLY GETS IT: BUT DOES HIS MORAL DEFENSE OF ISRAEL COME TOO LATE?
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amAT a U.N. press conference last week, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak finally made an argument that he should have offered long ago: "When Jesus Christ walked the streets of...
BRITNEY BARES HER INTIMATE BELIEFS ON SEX
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amOops - she did it again! First, Britney Spears outraged America with her skimpy outfits on MTV - and now she's spilling her guts about sex. The teen pop queen...
DORISMOND KIN SUE CITY FOR $300M
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amThe family of Patrick Dorismond filed a $300 million lawsuit against the city yesterday as their lawyer, Johnnie Cochran, called Dorismond's fatal shooting by cops "the ultimate case ... of...
VICKY G. REVS UP HIGH-POWERED ; LEGAL MACHINE
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amFighting hubby and feds.Victoria Gotti has put together a dream team of well-connected Long Island lawyers to handle her divorce and battle the feds for her husband's money, The Post...
LEVY LASHES PRINCIPALS WHO KEEP BAD TEACHERS
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy started the school year by slamming principals who don't crack down on bad teachers. Levy, in a back-to-school memo to all principals obtained by The Post,...
FEDS: MOB WAS CLUB BIG CHRIS' PARTNER IN SLIME
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amEmbattled club king Chris Paciello plotted with the Colombo crime family to open a nightclub in New York built by mob contractors and staffed with Colombo soldiers as bouncers, a...
MADONNA HAS HAD IT UP TO HERE WITH 'AGGRESSIVE' BRITS
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amMadonna is burning up - she's had it with pushy fans, and finds it tough living in Britain, where the sex-laced, titillating tabloids dominate the media. "Fans are getting increasingly...
CHENEY WIFE DOES A RIP-HOP NUMBER ON EMINEM
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Cultural warrior Lynne Cheney blasted hip-hop star Eminem as a "violent misogynist" yesterday and said corporate giant Seagram must take responsibility for distributing the rapper's records. Cheney -...
SUMMER-KID PROMOTIONS UNDER PROBE
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amSchools Investigator Ed Stancik has launched a probe into whether students who attended summer school were improperly promoted, The Post has learned. "We have received some allegations that some students...
NUCLEAR SCIENTIST LEAVES JAIL ON PLEA BARGAIN
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amThe scientist once accused of mishandling nuclear secrets walked out of jail yesterday, after a judge set him free and ripped federal authorities for a probe that "embarrassed our entire...
COURT KOS SHARPTON'S $20M LIBEL SUIT VS. POST
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amA Manhattan judge has tossed out a $20 million libel suit the Rev. Al Sharpton filed against The Post. Sharpton was angry about a Jan. 18 Andrea Peyser column that...
OIL CARTEL: WE'LL PRIME PUMP TO EASE PRICES
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amThe head of OPEC said yesterday the oil cartel is prepared to pump an additional 2 million barrels a day - "if necessary" - to bring down sky-high gas prices....
'SEX ATTACK' KIDS CUFFED COMING OFF SCHOOL BUS
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amTwo 9-year-old Harlem boys accused of holding down and fondling a fourth-grade classmate at their school were busted yesterday - handcuffed as they got off a school bus, authorities said....
IS WNBC 4 OR AGAINST BALANCE ON GAY ISSUES?
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amCAN WNBC-TV news be counted on to play it straight with viewers when reporting on gay issues? I don't know, not after news director Paula Madison's remarks last weekend at...
BUDDY WANTS A MARKER FOR MARINE TEEN'S GRAVE
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amGOLDSBORO, N.C. 'WHEN you die and there is no marker to remember you by, it's like you never existed." Leonza "Fat Cat" Rich crouched down at the Elmwood Cemetery like...
WATERGATE 2? DEM OFFICE BURGLARIZED
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amThree laptop computers and a Palm Pilot were stolen from the Democratic National Committee's office in Manhattan during an early-morning burglary reminiscent of the Watergate break-in. The theft occurred yesterday...
$LEEPOVER GUESTS ARE NAMELESS FOR NOW
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Clinton administration admitted yesterday that some fat-cat contributors to the first lady's Senate campaign have gotten overnight stays at the White House. The White House refused to...
BAN ON GAY BLOOD DONORS MAY BE LIFTED
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amFederal health officials in Washington today will consider easing a 15-year policy that bars most gay men from donating blood. In 1985, the Food and Drug Administration passed a regulation...
FERRER REELING AFTER BX. PRIMARY SHOCKER
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amBronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer was in a "tailspin" yesterday after key allies were trounced in primaries - threatening his chances in next year's mayoral race, Democratic sources said. Voters...
WHITE HOUSE CHEF SERVES UP SEX SUIT
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The White House's assistant pastry chef is suing her boss for sexual harassment - and charging President Clinton failed to create regulations for workers to complain about discrimination....
TEAM AL GETS 'STOLEN' BUSH VID
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amA top adviser to Vice President Al Gore yesterday gave the FBI a mysterious package containing what appeared to be a stolen GOP briefing book and a video from George...
A HANDS-DOWN WIN FOR LAZIO
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amTHE debate between Hillary Clinton and Rick Lazio was mostly a festival of platitudes until its electrifying conclusion, when Lazio flummoxed Clinton by challenging her to sign a pledge he...
YOU SHOULD HAVE SIGNED IT, HILLARY
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amDOES she like people? Does he have any positive message about the future? Will they both sign a pledge not to raise soft money? Does either one have a sense...
TV VIEWERS CALL BATTLE A SPLIT DECISION
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amIt was a helluva fight - but no one scored a real knockout in the testy debate between GOP Senate hopeful Rick Lazio and Democrat rival Hillary Clinton, viewers said...
STREET-CLEAN VEHICLE KILLS MOM IN D.C.
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amA woman was killed and her 4-year-old daughter was injured when they were sucked up by a street sweeper in Washington, it was reported today. Felisita Sorto, 29, and her...
FAA ORDERS RUDDER FIX ON 737S
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amThe world's most widely flown commercial jet is due in the hangar for rudder repairs aimed at fixing problems suspected in two fatal crashes, federal officials said yesterday. Airlines will...
IS SOMEONE POISONING BOTTLED WATER?
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amCops and the FBI are investigating whether a psycho deliberately contaminated bottles of spring water in three frightening Manhattan incidents over the last six weeks. In two cases, ammonia was...
LIFE AS A 'BOLDFACE' SPY - LIZ'S BOOK DISHES DIRT TOO HOT FOR HER COLUMN
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amSHE'S ONE of America's grande dames of dish - and now, The Post's legendary gossip queen Liz Smith is spilling all the scintillating secrets too hot to reveal over the...
LAZIO PLAYS HARDBALL ON SOFT-MONEY ISSUE
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amBUFFALO - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rick Lazio last night faced off in a heated debate touching on Sexgate, who has the most "chutzpah" and - most dramatically - soft-money...
PERFORMERS SOUND GOOD AND DRESS EVEN BETTER
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amJimmy Smits opened the Latin Grammy Awards show with this comment: "We Latins not only make great music: We look good doing it!" How true! Christina Aguilera, nominated for Best...
MIAMI COPS PROBED IN TV BEATING
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amThree Miami cops were placed on administrative duty yesterday after TV cameras showed them punching and kicking a criminal suspect who'd fired a gun at them during a wild, high-speed...
SANTANA NUMERO UNO AT 1ST LATIN GRAMMYS
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amLegendary guitarist Carlos Santana, who swept the traditional Grammys in February, picked up three trophies last night at the inaugural Latin Grammys. Santana won for best pop instrumental performance and...
THREATS GROUND PAKISTAN LEADER
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amA Pakistani airliner carrying that nation's chief executive was grounded at Kennedy Airport early this morning after a series of bomb threats. Because of the threats, the Boeing 747 was...
THIS ISN'T ATLANTA, TOTO: SYDNEY ATTEMPTS TO ERASE MEMORIES OF 1996 GAMES
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amSYDNEY - Australians refer to their homeland as "Oz." For the next two weeks we will learn if that is the Toto or the HBO version. Whether we skip down...
ALL YANK PIECES STARTING TO FIT
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amDEREK Jeter stood and flipped the cards for the man with the camera who was shooting a commercial. Each of the four cards had one word on it. Every -...
GYMNASTS HOPE IT'S A GUY THING
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amSYDNEY - Being a member of the men's gymnastic team is a lot like being Sean Penn during the Madonna years. You win some critical acclaim, get involved in some...
VIALLI IN CHELSEA MOURNING
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amLONDON - Instant gratification is required at most major clubs with any kind of ambition these days, and even though Gianluca Vialli got off to a mediocre start in England's...
METS LOOK TO CHOP DOWN BRAVES
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amN.Y. POST SPORTS WEEK While the Mets appear to be favorites for the NL wild card, the players know that sooner or later they must knock off the Braves for...
THE NOOSE IS TIGHTENING ; RANGER TRIO COULD FEEL CUT FROM MANAGEMENT SHUFFLE
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amBURLINGTON, Vt. - Glen Sather doesn't have to answer for drafting Manny Malhotra, Pavel Brendl or Jamie Lundmark. There aren't hidden agendas in evaluating talent or in promoting the advance...
INJURED MARTIN WON'T STAY AWAY
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amJET NOTES Curtis Martin conceded yesterday that his sprained left knee is not yet completely right and he'll continue to wear a brace on it until there's no more pain....
SKINNY ON VINNY: DON'T FRET STARTS
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amHis slow starts have become a cause for some concern. But Vinny Testaverde has been a symbol of the perseverance the Jets have shown in their first two games. In...
CITY ZIP, 'KID' GUN FOR GLORY
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amFrom its birth in 1984, the Breeders' Cup has been the battleground for choosing champions. But if things go right for a pair of colts this weekend at Belmont Park,...
HAMILTON IS STILL HURTIN'
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES Darryl Hamilton again was not in the starting lineup yesterday, which, it appears, is going to be the norm. Hamilton denies it, but sources said the big toe...
BENITEZ APPEARS IN TOE-TAL CONTROL
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amArmando Benitez said the tendinitis in his right big toe felt better before yesterday's game. Then in the 10th inning, he proved it. Benitez retired the Brewers in the top...
JINTS READY TO ZIG AND ZAG ; BIG BLUE 'D' WARY OF BEARS' QB
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amFor three years, he watched the little lefty in action. Shaun Williams spent three seasons at UCLA as a teammate of Cade McNown, which was enough time to learn plenty...
MIKE'S GEM JUST AN 'ND'
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amIf he wanted support like this, Mike Hampton could have asked to be traded to the Twins. In his last three starts, the lefty has allowed just four earned runs...
REAL STINK-K-K-K-ER FOR PIAZZA
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amHow much has Mike Piazza been struggling? With two out in the bottom of the ninth yesterday, the Brewers opted to pitch to him with the tying run on third...
ARNOTT, NIEDERMAYER GET LOU'S LAST OFFER
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amIn his latest example of bludgeon negotiation, Devils GM Lou Lamoriello has given unsigned Stanley Cup heroes Jason Arnott and Scott Niedermayer take-it-or-leave-it contract offers which both players have turned...
WOODWARD DAY TAKING SHAPE
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amSaturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Woodward will be televised live by ESPN2 during its telecast from 4 p.m.- 5 p.m. Post time for the Woodward, the eighth race of a 10-race...
IT'S V-JAY DAY FOR AMAZIN'S: PAYTON HR IN 10TH DELIVERS VICTORY
September 14, 2000 | 4:00am10 INNINGS Mets 4 Brewers 1 Al Leiter, who didn't even pitch, and Edgardo Alfonzo, who had one meaningless hit, were as responsible as Jay Payton was for yesterday's 4-1,...
TIKI GALLOPIN' AT 10-YARDS PER!
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES As Tiki Barber put the finishing touches on his 31-yard touchdown run just before halftime last Sunday in Philadelphia, Amani Toomer was there to meet him in the...
ISLES COME THROUGH, SIGN VETERAN GALLEY
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amWhen they purchased the Islanders in April, Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar promised to rebuild the once-proud, but now deteriorated team. Of course, their predecessors, and their predecessors' predecessors, and...
IT'S V-JAY DAY FOR AMAZIN'S: ROBIN'S MOJO SEEMS TO BE RISIN' AT LAST
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amMIKE Piazza struck out for the fourth time, on three fastballs that were rising a lot faster than his Mojo, sending Atlas trudging back to the dugout, shrugging the weight...
CORRUPTION IS NAME OF GAMES
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amSYDNEY-The most dysfunctional family in sports is back for its biannual reunion, and it is about to park its fat butt in your living room for the next 17 days....
KAYAKER TO TOTE U.S. FLAG: ATHLETES HONOR ACCIDENT VICTIM
September 14, 2000 | 4:00amOLYMPIC NOTES Sprint kayaker Cliff Meidl, 34, who forged a world-class athletic career after making a heroic recovery from a 1986 worksite accident in which 30,000 volts of electricity passed...