October 7, 2000
INTERNET CARNAGE DOT-COMS DRAG NASDAQ DOWN 111 DOW OFF 128
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amSilicon Alley ran blood red yesterday as tech stocks got slaughtered in an all-round market sell-off. After plunging as much as 4 percent during the day, the Nasdaq composite index...
FANCY FREE
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amAs warning signs go, the one at the American Museum of Natural History is kind of fun: "Please check your clothing and belongings for hitchhiking butterflies." Yes, the butterflies are...
HANGING OUT WITH SNOOPY
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amHooray for Charlie Brown! After years of falling short - on the football field or baseball diamond, or as a victim of Lucy's pranks - the round-headed kid is finally...
GARFIELD'S GUY STARTED WITH PEANUTS
October 7, 2000 | 4:00am"I grew up with Peanuts," Jim Davis told The Post. "It was one of the first strips I read back in 1953, when I was 7 years old ... "It...
KIDS WILL DIG LATEST 'TOON FLICK
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amDIGIMON: THE MOVIE 1/2 Digital monsters save the world, but not before wearing out their welcome with grown-ups.Running time: 90 minutes. Rated PG (cartoon violence). At the Empire, the Murray...
RAMBLING, TWITCHING SLY LEAVES US DETERMINED TO . . . FORGET 'CARTER'
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amGET CARTER Forget Carter. Sylvester Stallone is dreadful as a thug looking into the death of his brother.Running time: 104 minutes. Rated R (graphic violence, profanity, sexual situations). At the...
"COACH" GOES TO WASHINGTON FOR "THE DISTRICT": A CAPITAL COP
October 7, 2000 | 4:00am"The District" Tonight at 10 on WCBS/Ch. 2 Four Stars WHO knew Craig T. Nelson had so much charisma? Well, possibly CBS did. The network had been crowing for months...
HAMMER-SLAY VICTIM FOUND IN B'KLYN FLOOR
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amA 29-year-old Brooklyn man has been charged with murdering another man with hammer blows to the head and burying him under the floor of the victim's basement apartment, police said...
BUSTA GETS OFF WITH PROBATION
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amGrammy-nominated rapper Busta Rhymes was sentenced in Manhattan yesterday to five years' probation for a felony gun possession rap. Rhymes, 27, had faced up to seven years in prison for...
SKAKEL SEES KEY REPORT IN MURDER CASE
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amKennedy cousin Michael Skakel's lawyer will soon get a chance to discuss the sealed report a Connecticut judge will use to decide if Skakel should be tried as an adult...
JAIL STILL POSSIBLE FOR PAROLED BABY KILLER
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amBaby killer Brian Peterson got off the hook yesterday for interfering with cops during a bottle-throwing incident at Shea Stadium, but his trouble with the law may not be over....
BILL SETS U.S. LIMIT FOR DRUNK DRIVING
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amCongress yesterday sent President Clinton a massive $58 billion transportation bill that would establish a national drunken-driving standard. The bill, passed by both houses yesterday, would pressure states to adopt...
'DOUBLE-DIP' MANAGER HIT WITH $7M SUIT BY BOXER
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amA former champion boxer from The Bronx has filed a $7 million lawsuit against his manager in the wake of a Post expose that found evidence the fighter may have...
WWF TO SMACK DOWN OWN LABEL ON RECORDS
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amThe World Wrestling Federation is going to the mat with a new music label. The WWF is launching Smackdown! Records early next year with a compilation of rap and rock...
COLUMBUS DAY - YOU DON'T SAY
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amDENVER - This city's Italian-Americans will march in a Columbus Day parade today - but all hell may break out if anyone dares mention the name of the New World...
GIULIANI STANDS GROUND ON RACIAL-PROFILE REACTION
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday continued his gung-ho defense of the NYPD against racial profiling charges - and refused to apologize for remarks the city's top black official found "offensive." Manhattan Borough...
WIFE GIVES HUSBAND'S PUPIL GIFT OF LIFE
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amA Bronx teen received a lifesaving kidney transplant - from the big-hearted wife of a former teacher. "I believe she was sent from God to save my life," a jubilant...
METLIFE WANTS TO TAKE HIM TO THE CLEANERS
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amDavid Minski has faced down the Nazi thugs at Auschwitz and crack-smoking punks in New York. But the 72-year-old's latest villain is a bureaucratic landlord. After 33 years as a...
SAWYER A RUNAWAY HIT IN STREET-LUGE SMASHUP
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amDiane Sawyer yesterday bowled over a tourist with her charm - and her street luge. The "Good Morning America" co-anchor and the show's national correspondent, Don Dahler, took to their...
FACE-OFF'S RATINGS A '96 REPEAT
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amRatings for the Dick Cheney-Joseph Lieberman debate appear similar to the results from the 1996 Gore-Kemp showdown, but were much lower than Tuesday's first Bush-Gore presidential debate. The veep debate...
2ND DEBATE IS HILLARY'S CHANCE TO SCORE BIG
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amAt their first debate, Rick Lazio put Hillary Clinton on the hot seat about "soft" money. Tomorrow, the tables will be turned. Yesterday, Clinton accused Lazio of violating the same...
VALLONE: I WAS STOPPED BECAUSE I'M AN ITALIAN
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amCity Council Speaker Peter Vallone said yesterday he was a victim of racial profiling while he was running for governor two years ago. Vallone said he was on the campaign...
GOTTI IN-LAW COULD TRY PROZAC DEFENSE
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amVictoria Gotti's estranged husband may be popping Prozac for a disorder he plans to claim caused him to order a rival's scrap business torched - but he was "competent" and...
LAZIO'S CAMP IS DROPPING THE BALL LAZIO'S CAMP IS DROPPING THE BALL
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amThe way Rick Lazio's campaign has been going, it's no surprise he stood up 75 Republicans in Nassau County Thursday night so he could dash home to watch a baseball...
RICK 'SOFTENS' UP AND DUMPS GOP-PAID ADS
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amRick Lazio last night yanked campaign ads that were paid for in part by the Republican National Committee after aides to Hillary Rodham Clinton charged he had violated their pact...
DUBYA GOES TO WAR ON DRUGS BUT VEEP RIPS HIM ON SOCIAL SECURITY
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amA feisty George W. Bush blasted Al Gore's drug-fighting efforts yesterday as the vice president charged that Dubya would bankrupt Social Security "in a single generation." At campaign stops in...
COOL VEEP SHOWDOWN PUTS HEAT ON MAIN MEN
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amDANVILLE, Ky. - Vice-presidential debates aren't supposed to matter, but the gentlemanly Dick Cheney-Joe Lieberman chat just might - after all, the 2000 race has upset every other bit of...
SLOBBO THROWS IN THE TOWEL BUT REMAINS DEFIANT
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amSerbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic conceded defeat yesterday - but despite losing the support of once-loyal courts and the military, he hopes to remain a force in Yugoslav politics. Vojislav Kostunica,...
TIMES SQUARE RALLY BACKS PALESTINIANS
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amThousands of protesters thronged Times Square yesterday, angrily denouncing Israel for its tough response to the latest outbreak of violence in the Mideast. "You can't have peace when you're oppressing...
YANKEES JUST DANDY CAN FINISH OFF A'S WITH A WIN TONIGHT
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amHigh-kicking El Duque helped the Yankees hold off the A's last night - showing fans that despite their recent woes, the Bronx Bombers are still the team to beat. Oakland's...
WHAT PART WILL THESE GUYS PLAY FOR YANKS?
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amTHIS is not Little League. You cannot hide the problems out in right field. The ball finds the weak. The spotlight cannot be dodged. In Game 2 of the AL...
LOCAL BOY RETURNS WITH A'S
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amA'S NOTES The most popular Oakland player during this New York leg of the series may be Frankie Menechino. The 5-foot-9 reserve infielder is from Staten Island and had to...
CHAVEZ FAILS TO CLEANUP FOR OAKLAND
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amAfter Eric Chavez was part of the bottom-of-the-order barrage against the Yankees in Game 1, he said the success of the lower third of the lineup is nice, but can't...
YANKS STAFF GIVEN THE OK TO INTERVIEW
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amYankees third-base coach Willie Randolph and hitting instructor Chris Chambliss will be dancing the "Managing Interview Shuffle" again. Randolph, who has interviewed for managing jobs with the White Sox, Blue...
ALDS NOW TURNS INTO A BRONX TALE: STADIUM 'MONSTER' A BIG CHALLENGE FOR YOUTHFUL A'S
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amAs A's-Yankees inched closer to Game 3 of the ALDS last night, the muggy Bronx air was alive with questions of how the upstart A's would handle the Monster of...
A'S NOT INTIMIDATED BY GHOSTS OF PENNANTS PAST
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amBABE RUTH once stood where Matt Stairs did last night. Lou Gehrig held runners at the same first base that Jason Giambi patrolled. Joe McCarthy isn't actually buried underneath the...
PAYTON: BIG HIT WAS WORTH THE WAIT
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amJay Payton had waited a long time for this chance. He's battled injuries and his own doubts throughout his career before finding success this season. And now, with a regular...
BUM ANKLE TAKES TOLL ON BELL
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amIf there will be a Subway Series, the Mets will have to play it without Derek Bell. Bell underwent an MRI yesterday and the news was not good. He's done....
AGENT DENIES DEAL IMMINENT
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amSuggesting that the battle with Lou Lamoriello is about to escalate instead of end, agents for Scott Niedermayer and Jason Arnott yesterday angrily denied a report of imminent contract settlements....
PRESSURE'S ON CZERKAWSKI NOW
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amTAMPA - Mariusz Czerkawski has made life difficult for himself. By amassing a team and career-high 35 goals last season, the fourth-year Islander knows that he has set a formidable...
MESS: WE EXPECT TO BE CONTENDERS
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amRANGERSatTHRASHERSTonight7:30 - MSG WEVD (1050 AM) ATLANTA - Mark Messier has never played for a Ranger team of which so little is expected. Guess what? The Captain isn't real happy...
STRAHAN SACKS THE MEDIA CALLS REPORTERS 'IDIOTS' DURING TIRADE
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amReporters stopped by Michael Strahan's locker yesterday, wanting to hear what he's thinking about the lack of a pass rush from the Giants' defensive front four. It's an ongoing issue...
PINCHED NERVE LIKELY TO SIDELINE BARROW
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amAs a team with virtually no quality depth, the Giants continue to remain healthy at a remarkable rate. Of their 22 starters, only one player, strong safety Sam Garnes, has...
JETS' DEFENSE GEARS TO SLOW DOWN BUS STOPPING BETTIS A JET PRIORITY
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amYou can look at tomorrow's Jets-Steelers matchup like a wrestling match of wills. Both teams want to run the football and run it a lot. Just as Curtis Martin goes...
TEN IN THE RUNNING FOR KELSO
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amTen horses were entered yesterday for tomorrow's Grade 2, $250,000 Kelso Handicap at a mile on turf, a major steppingstone to the Nov. 4 Breeders' Cup Mile. Affirmed Success, who...
IT'S TURFSDAY AT BELMONT ACTION'S ON THE GRASS IN BREEDERS PRELIMS
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amWith the Nov. 4 Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs four weeks away, a pair of Grade 1, $750,000 grass preps will be run today at Belmont Park. The Turf Classic...
IT'S BEST TEST FOR WAGNER
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amWAGNER head coach Al Paturzo wasn't too confident coming into this season. He had a new quarterback and an inexperienced offensive line. While those problems were hardly unique, they did...
EW DEAL TOUGH FOR STRICKLAND
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amCHARLESTON, S.C. - The Patrick Ewing trade did Erick Strickland no favors on two fronts. It brought in another standout perimeter player in Glen Rice, who is going to take...
TRAINER DUTROW HAD A CHECKERED PAST
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amBecause of a misunderstanding with the N.Y. State Racing and Wagering Board, The Post incorrectly reported yesterday that there were no prior rulings against trainer Rick Dutrow Jr., who turned...
VISION AND VERSE HEADS M-CUP FIELD
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amDespite its Grade 2 status and $400,000 purse, tonight's Meadowlands Cup (post time 10:55 p.m.) failed to lure a single heavy hitter from the handicap division out to the Jersey...
HAMILTON'S HARD WORK PAYS BIG DIVIDEND
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amThis was not the season Darryl Hamilton wanted. Hobbled by a toe injury early in the season, the outfielder missed most of 2000 after he couldn't recover and it appeared...
RAGS SUIT GIANT PITCHING STAFF JUST FINE
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amThe Giants are living a Rags to riches story when it comes to their pitching staff. Anyone who saw Dave Righetti pitch during his magnificent career with the Yankees should...
SCOTT SHOOTS GILL STRAIGHT
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amKendall Gill, the shooting guard turned small forward now returned to shooting guard, was working out at the Nets practice site, launching some jumpers. Byron Scott was watching, observing. Scott...
COX & CO. PUTTING ON BRAVE FACE
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amATLANTA - Could the broom - and the National League Division Series - be in the other hands for a change? The Braves, for whom first-round sweeps and trips to...
KENT JUST LOVES PLAYIN' BY THE BAY
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amIN THE aftermath of the Mets' 10-inning momentum-turning 5-4 win Thursday night at Pac Bell Park, it was Jeff Kent who stood in the middle of the Giants' clubhouse and...
AN AMAZIN' OC-TIMO-FEST
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amSO here come the Shea Hey Kids, shooting again for the baseball moon on the biggest and brightest stage of their lives. The charismatic slugger, Mike Piazza. The classy, tough...
PAYTON: HIT WORTH THE WAIT
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amJay Payton had waited a long time for this chance. He's battled injuries and his own doubts throughout his career before finding success this season. And now, with a regular...
RIGHTY JONES MAY START GAME 4
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amBobby Valentine is leaning toward pre-playoff thinking and is prepared to go with righty Bobby Jones as his starter tomorrow in Game 4 of the NLDS against the Giants. "Bobby...
METS SAY SHEA IS SCARIER THAN PAC
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amThe feeling among the Mets is this: "Now the Giants get to come play at our house." Shea is not new, gorgeous and clean like Pac Bell Park. It is...
BENITEZ' GHOSTS GIVE SF HOPE
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amAfter completing a regular season that established him as one of the most fearsome closers in the game, Armando Benitez hasn't made much of an impression on J.T. Snow or...
WHITE SOX FADE TO BLACK - M'S CAP SWEEP, AWAIT YANKS OR A'S
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE - The Mariners are going to the ALCS, courtesy of a couple of ex-Mets. John Olerud, who chose to leave New York after last season, and Rickey Henderson, who...
MOGILNY OPENS TO RAVES
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amDevils8Canadiens4 The banner was up in the rafters, the Cup packed away, and the net was filled. Something is different about this season, already. Something Alex. The cannon is loose....
ROGER: SHORT REST WON'T BOTHER ME
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amAndy Pettitte treats Roger Clemens as a grand master of pitching. He has taken on Clemens' workout regimen and listened to his advice. There is one place, though, the Yankees...
POWERLESS ISLES SETTLE FOR TIE
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amIslanders3Lightning3 TAMPA - In extensively retooling the Islanders during the offseason, general manager Mike Milbury thought he had addressed the team's power-play shortage from last season. With the additions of...
FOR ORLANDO IN FALL - DUSTY OUGHTA TAKE NOTES ON JOE'S MOUND MANAGEMENT
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amTHERE is no length to the season any more. No time to worry about rebuilding confidence or testing a young player or following set roles. In October, it is first...
YANKS HIDE BEHIND 4-MAN STAFF
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amRight now, Joe Torre is trying to advance to the AL Championship Series with a four-man pitching staff: Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, last night's starter Orlando Hernandez and Mariano Rivera,...
SOJO'S BEING FITTED FOR HERO'S HALO
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amLuis Sojo was off his feet again in the eighth inning, having made another less-than-stellar play. His teammates once more were laughing with him, overjoyed that he has taken on...
OAKLAND'S NO MATCH - EL DUQUE MASTERS A'S YANKS LEAD SERIES 2-1
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amYo, what happened to all those empty seats on the Yankees' bandwagon? A week ago The Bombers were the worst team in the history of baseball. They couldn't hit or...
YANKEE DEFENSE COVERS ALL BASES
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amTHE YANKEES are winning in dribs and drabs, nickels and dimes. They won the last two years in a walk, Now, they are trying for three in a row with...
CHUCK STILL ON THE BENCH
October 7, 2000 | 4:00amChuck Knoblauch's gut feeling about not playing last night was right on the money when Joe Torre stuck with Luis Sojo at second and Glenallen Hill as his DH in...