September 25, 2000
ON THE NEWSSTAND
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amIT'S autumn in New York -which means Hollywood has supposedly canned the fluff in favor of weightier fare. And while the Tinseltown profiles still dot the pages of the general...
NEW AARP MAG TARGETING BOOMERS
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amThe AARP has acknowledged that it plans to launch a new mass circulation magazine called My Generation aimed at baby boomers. With an initial circulation of 3.1 million for its...
SCOTS ON THE LOCHS
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amImagine spending a few days in a fancy Victorian hotel surrounded by the scenic Scottish countryside. Now imagine the fancy inn with wheels rolling across the country. On the Royal...
INTEL-LIGENT INVESTING
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amIntel has a giant in the closet. Even as the semiconductor company fears growth is slowing in its core business of producing silicon chips, it is putting more money to...
NICE TRICK - WHERE'S THE TREAT?
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amLOOKING for a Halloween persona? eCompany Now has a good one for you. eCompany is the magazine launched to celebrate the digital revolution, but which finds itself running cover lines...
MAYBE TW BOSS GERALD LEVIN CAN EXPLAIN THIS
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amTALK about biting the hand that feeds you. Independent record companies said this week the planned merger of Warner and EMI music groups could kill off small labels and in...
A SEXY AND UNIQUE INVESTMENT
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amHERE'S a hot idea for Wall Streeters who don't know how to spend the bonus: buy a brothel. That's right: the Angels Ladies Brothel and Ranch, a perfectly legal whorehouse...
DO TEENS NEED INVESTMENT TIPS?
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amAMERICA'S love affair with the stock market has really gone too far, we think. First came news that a 14-year-old New Jersey boy had made $272,000 by trading microcap stocks....
FIDELITY HIGHLIGHTS ENERGY TRENDS
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amA POWER surge is lighting up the energy sector, much to the benefit of Fidelity's Select Energy fund. The sector-specific portfolio is consistently top-ranked for short and longer time periods,...
DLJ DOESN'T FIRE ITS EMPLOYEES, IT IGNORES THEM
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amNobody is being laid off in Credit Suisse First Boston's purchase of Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette. That may come as a surprise to those who have read that as many...
BEARISH 3COM EARNINGS - MORE BAD NEWS TO COME?
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amOn the heels of today's profit report from Palm Inc., its one-time owner, 3Com, is expecting to post its earnings on Tuesday. Or, to be more accurate, 3Com is expected...
NEXT FOR GREENSPAN: BOOSTING THE DOW
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amONE of the next positive sounds investors will hear is Alan Greenspan trying to get stock prices back up. That's my prediction. But I have to hedge on it a...
RON'S SHRINKING $$$ - PERELMAN SEES BIG LOSSES IN MAJOR HOLDINGS
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amIt isn't like Ron Perelman to ignore money. All year, however, the State of New York has been holding a fat dividend check for the embattled investor after it wound...
WAY BACK WHERE HE CAME FROM; NEW SERIES BEING FILMED IN OLD POST NEWSROOM
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amI HAD expected to encounter ghosts. But instead, on a visit last Friday to the set of "Deadline," the new NBC drama series about a newspaper that's being filmed in...
PROMISING THEATER COMPANY IS OFF TO A SHAKY START
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amTHE New Professional Theatre is a promising idea - a company devoted to producing new work by African-American artists - and it's inaugurating the Duke Theater on the new 42nd...
LAST PICTURE SHOW - AFTER AN OUTSTANDING FILM DEBUT BJORK VOWS TO WALK AWAY FROM ACTING FOR HER 'MUSICAL NEST'
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amSHE gives us a fleeting glimpse of a prodigious natural talent, scoops up a Best Actress award at Cannes, and then, like the will-o'-the-wisp she resembles, Bjork is gone. The...
LIFE-SAVING SURGERY IS ALL PART OF THE SERVICE ; MT. SINAI'S CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE OFFERS EXPERTISE AND NEW TREATMENTS
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amElise Ruder still has trouble remembering that night three months ago when she underwent emergency surgery at Mt. Sinai Hospital's Cardiovascular Institute. The 25 year old New Jersey native had...
ASSEMBLY'S DEMS TO GET BUBBA BOO$T
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amPRESIDENT CLINTON, hoping to energize key supporters of his wife's Senate race, will host a big-ticket Manhattan fund-raiser for state Assembly Democrats, The Post has learned. The first-of-its-kind, $5,000-a-ticket event...
ECONOMY AND ECOLOGY MIX LIKE OIL AND WATER
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amTHE CLINTON-GORE brand of politics is guaranteed to keep us fit. We will be doing a lot more walking and bicycling, since there will be no gas for cars. And...
INCREDIBLY, THESE POLS DON'T WANT A 'CAPTIVE' AUDIENCE
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amPERHAPS there aren't any Republicans on Rikers Island. That's a logical conclusion to draw from a little-noticed vote last week at the Board of Elections' regular meeting - where the...
OPEC BIG: KEEP $QUEEZING U.S. TO LAST DROP
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amA top OPEC leader yesterday defiantly warned the United States and other rich countries they'd better get used to the "fair" prices they're now paying for oil. Venezuelan President Hugo...
BUSH AIDES DON'T DIG VEEP'S MOLE SPIN
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Bush campaign ripped Vice President Al Gore yesterday for a "weak" response to a report that he's got a mole inside Bush headquarters. Amid continued fallout from...
W. ON REBOUND IN LATEST POLLS
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Texas Gov. George W. Bush, whose gold-plated campaign was being written off a week ago, may have turned the tide, according to three fresh new polls. Polls for...
DONORS WAITING IN WINGS FOR BAN'S END
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amOutside groups backing Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rick Lazio were honoring the "soft money" cease-fire yesterday - but stood poised to quickly draw their checkbooks at the first sign the...
DONATION POLICY FOR PARK EVENTS WILL BE CHANGED
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amA controversial Parks Department policy requiring "contributions" in exchange for event permits is being retooled so that the money goes straight to the city instead of to not-for-profit groups, The...
TRIVIAL PURSUIT 2000 - SO MUCH SMOKE AND SO LITTLE SUBSTANCE
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amAL Gore kissed his wife. George Bush kissed Oprah. The word "rats" appeared for 1/30th of a second in an advertisement. Gore read a top-ten list on Letterman's show. Bush...
HILL 'ABSOLUTELY' TO KEEP RAISING 'SOFT' $ FOR OTHER DEMS
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton will continue to aggressively raise "soft money" for the Democratic Party, despite a ban on the unregulated funds being spent in her New York Senate race, her...
BEACH BOYS LOOK TO GOLDEN SPIKES
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amSYDNEY - Life's always been a beach for Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana. As kids, the two played pickup volleyball games on Southern California sands solely for kicks. But now...
KERIK PASSES MUSTER WITH BLACK COPS
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amIt's only been 30 days on the job so far, but an organization of black cops gave new Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik a strong passing grade on a preliminary "report...
RUSSIAN HEROES PREVENT CHERNOBYL-LIKE DISASTER
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amHeroic power-plant workers narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe in Russia last week, it was revealed yesterday. The emergency, triggered by a fault in Russia's ancient electrical grid system, nearly caused...
CLINTONS' E. SIDE NAY-BORS - BUT WEST SIDE IS ANOTHER STORY
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amIf the condo-shopping Clintons are hoping for friendly neighbors they probably should look west, rather than east. President and Hillary Clinton are considering a $1.85 million condo at 25 Central...
PERU'S CORRUPT CHIEF OF SPIES SKIPS COUNTRY
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amPeru's disgraced spy chief sneaked out of the country on a private jet and flew to Panama yesterday - enraging opposition leaders who wanted to see him put on trial....
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amTHE WEEK AHEAD: What a difference a week makes! Suddenly, Republican George W. Bush looks like the Comeback Kid in every national poll, while Democrat Al Gore's credibility is back...
STRONGMAN SLOBBO STRONG-ARMS VOTES, CHARGE YUGO CRITICS
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amTensions in Yugoslavia were at a boiling point last night after widespread reports emerged that Serb strongman Slobodan Milosevic was stuffing ballot boxes and using the army to intimidate voters...
A DYNAMIC SPEAKER VS. A JUST-FOLKS GUY
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amOne is able to blend in with almost every group she speaks to, and lingers at campaign stops until each person there gets to shake her hand. The other bounds...
RECRUITING HAS NYPD BLUE
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amThe Police Department's failure to attract enough new recruits to fill its next Police Academy class - a first in recent history - is the latest indication of the rapidly...
POSH SPICE'S ILLNESS WORSE THAN THOUGHT
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amSpice Girl Victoria Beckham was a no-show at a London fashion show yesterday - and her mother said she's suffering from a "more serious" case of meningitis than was originally...
U.S. BASEBALL TEAM GOES 'BATTY'
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amEager to settle the score with Cuba, the U.S. baseball team moved one step closer to that goal yesterday - completing the preliminaries with a crushing 12-1 win over Australia....
SLOBBO & RIVAL BOTH CLAIM WIN IN VOLATILE YUGO ELECTION CLASH
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amSerbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic and his main rival both claimed victory in a bitter election battle that threatened to erupt in violence amid charges of voter fraud. Milosevic's main foe,...
SCHOOL 'CHOICE' NO CHOICE AT ALL
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amThe Board of Education traps students in failing schools - despite its "school choice" policy - by offering parents few chances of transferring them out. The board has a little-publicized...
FEDS HELPING N.Y. PUT THE HEAT ON GUN THUGS
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amThe revolving door of justice is starting to jam on armed criminals, who are being shunted by a new gun-violation program from state courts into the tough federal justice system....
SUPER TRIBUTE FOR SUPER TEEN - WRITER'S COMIC-BOOK HERO BASED ON SISTER WHO DIED ON FLT. 800
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amCourtney Johns died on TWA Flight 800 - now she's saving the world on a monthly basis. The 18-year-old is the inspiration for Courtney Whitmore, a k a the Star-Spangled...
AFTER BIG DAY, ZEILE SHTICKS IT TO MEDIA
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHILADELPHIA - After Todd Zeile hit his fourth-inning two-run homer in the Mets' 3-2 win over the Phillies yesterday, he started quoting George Carlin. Asked if the Mets...
BIG BLUE'S CHANCE TO SHOW SOME 'SKINS ; BROWN & BRUCE RENEW BATTLE
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amRarely does a game contain a matchup like this one, mainly because rarely does one team, much less two, employ the sort of wizened old players that both the Giants...
EUROPEAN COLT TAKES LAWRENCE
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amAs in many important turf races over the years, the best America had to offer was no match for a sharp European shipper in yesterday's Grade 3, $150,000 Lawrence Realization...
STUNNERS DOWN UNDER - WILKINSON TOPS CHINA DUO TO WIN DIVING GOLD
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amSYDNEY - Laura Wilkinson, a 22-year-old Texan who had won just a single international meet, crushed the nerves of two top-ranked Chinese divers like a house of cards yesterday to...
IT'S 'PEGASUS' AND 'KID' FOR HORSE OF YEAR
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amBy winning Saturday's Jerome Handicap at Belmont in spectacular fashion as the 124-pound highweight coming off a four-month layoff, Fusaichi Pegasus clinched the 3-year-old championship and turned the battle for...
ANDY & TINO SPELL CURTAINS FOR TIGERS
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amYankees 6 Tigers 3 On his way to win No. 19 and career win No. 100, Andy Pettitte tipped his cap to the Yankee Stadium crowd as he left to...
BIG BLUE HOLES GO DEEP
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amTHE last time the Giants won three straight games, they lost the next seven and missed the playoffs. That was in 1994. No one expects the 2000 Giants to duplicate...
TRUE TEST FOR JINTS WILL BE CHASING THE LEAD
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES It was an odd criticism, and, in fact, it was more of an observation than a critique. Through three games, the Giants' offense had not proven it could...
3-0 RECORD'S GOOD PSYCH JOB FOR GIANTS
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amLONG ago, I once heard Bill Parcells discuss the psychology of results. This was 1990 and his Giants were on a roll that would lead to a 10-0 record and...
GIANTS TURN INTO BIG PEW AGAINST REDSKINS: COME UP SMALL IN LARGE SPOT AT BIG M
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amThe widespread joy and contentment felt by the Giants with their surprising 3-0 start was interrupted last night by a harsh slap of reality. No, a team cannot prance through...
VOLLEYBALL BEAUTY CAN'T MATCH BASEBALL BLOWOUT
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amSYDNEY - Kournikova with substance in the morning. A place where baseball is considered a fast-paced sport at night. These are the Olympics and all is possible. Heck, they are...
PLETCHER CAN'T WAIT FOR SPRINT
September 25, 2000 | 4:00am"I wouldn't want to trade places with anybody," trainer Todd Pletcher said yesterday morning after watching Trippi and More Than Ready walk the shedrow. Trippi, owned by Dogwood Stables, won...
CLEMENS MAY MISS FINAL START OF SEASON
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Roger Clemens' next and final regular-season start is in doubt because of a bruised right hamstring, but Joe Torre believes he'll be OK. Torre said Clemens is still...
MOUNT'S GREAT ESCAPE
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amMount 27 - Xaverian 25 How do you beat Mount St. Michael? Easy. Just kidnap Phil Alexander. The 6-foot-4, 210-pound TE/DB left yesterday's game against Xaverian early in the fourth...
AMAZIN'S FIND CURE AT VET; WIN THIRD STRAIGHT, AWAIT BRAVES
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amMets 3 Phillies 2 PHILADELPHIA - Playoff teams have guys like Glendon Rusch - unexpected success stories who show up at spring training barely noticed and finish the season with...
SOTOMAYOR'S SOUR SILVER
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amSYDNEY - Cuba's high jump champion Javier Sotomayor blamed everyone but himself yesterday for his one-year absence from the sport due to a positive test for cocaine. The 1992 Olympic...
KEYSHAWN ROLE REVERSAL - IF WAYNE WAS VAIN HE'D BE RACIST
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amAMAZING, how Keyshawn Johnson, for five years, was able to hide from New York media and fans the "fact" that he's a bum. Amazing, how Johnson's considerable bad side only...
TINO'S LOVE CONNECTION
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amTOUGH town? Hey, tell Richard Todd about it. Roger Clemens, on his way to 300 wins, dominant for two months, gave up a grand slam two innings after taking one...
LEITER FOR OPENERS?
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - The schedule is such that in order to drop to a three-man rotation in the Division Series, the Mets would have to pitch both co-aces Al Leiter and...
JOHNSON PLAYS THE LOSS LOW-KEY
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amTAMPA - Keyshawn Johnson probably woke up this morning whining to whomever would listen, "How come Chrebet got the damn ball and not me?" Johnson, in a game that he...
THIS FLASHLIGHT LEAVES KEY IN DARK ; JETS GO TO 4-0 ON WAYNE'S LATE TD
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amTAMPA - Hey, Keyshawn, need a light? How about a pack of batteries? If not, perhaps the Jets could loan your team Wayne Chrebet for a week. The Jets are...
JET DEFENSE STUFFS BUCS IN 2ND HALF
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amJET NOTES TAMPA - The defense in this game that was supposed to dominate and end up the victor was that of the Buccaneers, who entered the game having allowed...
PHILLIPS SOARS OVER RACIST REMARKS
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amSYDNEY - Dwight Phillips took one giant leap against racism yesterday, qualifying for the Olympic long jump final in the kind of cold, windy, rainy weather that one of his...
BRAD BREAKS OUT OF HIS FUNK
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amGoing into last night's huge game at Giants Stadium, the Redskins were a mess. The team was losing and the owner was seething; the receivers were hurting, and the quarterback...
SKINS SAVOR PIVOTAL VICTORY
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amDon't believe any coachspeak about there not being any must wins in October. Brad Johnson may have saved his starting job. Norv Turner may have saved his job, period. And...
FROM BLUE-PHORIA TO BIG-GAME BREAKDOWN: GIANTS IN 'DEEP' TROUBLE
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Redskins coaches were watching film of the Giants win over the Bears last week when they noticed something they liked. Among the Giants pass-coverage schemes was one where cornerback...
FROM BLUE-PHORIA TO BIG-GAME BREAKDOWN: JINTS COME UP SMALL IN LARGE SPOT
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amRedskins 16 Giants 6 The widespread joy and contentment felt by the Giants with their surprising 3-0 start was interrupted last night by a harsh slap of reality. No, a...
U.S. BATS SILENT UNTIL WALK-OFF BLAST IN 10TH
September 25, 2000 | 4:00am10 INNINGS USA 3 - China 0 SYDNEY - The U.S. Olympic softball team's offense continues to struggle. The team managed just four hits in 10 innings against China yesterday...
COLLINS ON LOSS: MAY BE A BLESSING IN DISGUISE
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES He advanced through the first three games barely touched, benefiting from a brick wall in front of him, a rugged running game to bolster him and a lead...
BEAUTY & THE BIG DOPE - HUSBAND'S STEROID USE CLOUDS MARION'S GOLD RUSH
September 25, 2000 | 4:00amSYDNEY - Marion Jones had grown weary in the lead-up to the Olympics answering the same questions about her five-gold quest. But she would certainly rather respond on that subject...