October 22, 2000
STRATEGIC HOTEL DROPS $220M BID FOR RIHGA
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amONE Midtown hotel deal has gone down the subway tubes. Sources say Strategic Hotel Capital of Chicago ended its due diligence process last week and dropped out of a plan...
SONY IS BETTING THE FARM ON NEW PLAYSTATION 2
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amIt won't be just teenage boys who will quake in their boots this Thursday when PlayStation 2 hits the streets - the suits at Sony will also be anxious for...
DOING THE TOWNHOUSE FLIP
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amEVERYONE'S flipping over Manhattan real estate, especially in the hyper-crazy townhouse market. "It's now quite common to see townhouses that had been in one family for decades being flipped by...
CARTER AT CROSSROADS - VANITY FAIR'S EDITOR IS STILL KING, BUT HE FACES RAFT OF CHALLENGES
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amIN the cutthroat world of glossy monthly magazines, Graydon Carter, editor in chief of Vanity Fair, is still the king. But the 51-year-old king has shifted a little uneasily on...
KENNEDY & RELIGION: UNTOLD STORY
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amTHE volumes of books written about the Kennedys over the years often show them as as sexy, glamorous, power driven and/or rogues and members of a cursed family. Now investigative...
A LINEUP OF SCARY BOOKS TO LIFT YOUR SPIRITS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amHalloween is almost upon us, and to get in that frightful, seasonal mood, check out these new and exhumed (reissued) books, which feature more body parts than a Barbie assembly...
THIS INTIMATE CHELSEA RETREAT IS A STUDY IN DEMI CLASS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amBar Demi 125½ 17th St. (bet. Irving Place and Third Avenue) (212) 260-0900 If there ever was a doubt, Bar Demi proves that good things indeed come in small packages....
WHERE GHOULS RULE: HALLOWEENIACS DECK THEIR HOMES WITH DEMENTED DECORATIONS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amIt's downright scary how far some people will go to decorate their homes for Halloween. With the spookiest day of the year fast approaching, it takes a little more than...
SCARING UP THE RIGHT COSTUME
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amThis Halloween, you could wear a ready-made disguise from one of the seasonal costume stores that pop up all over town around this time each year. Or you could take...
HOW TO AVOID FRIGHTFUL FOLLICLES
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amGhosts and goblins aren't the only scary things about Halloween: There's also "temporary" hair colors that haunt you long after you've put away your costumes. Color expert Joel Warren of...
BABBLE OFF-BROADWAY: PHONY-SPEAK FOGS MEANING OF PLAYS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amHamlet put it simply enough in his advice to the Players: "Speak the speech trippingly on the tongue." What he meant was, speak it naturally. Two recent off-Broadway plays --...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: MANDY MOORE
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amAt 16, many girls dream of fame. Amanda "Mandy" Moore is already there - with two chart-topping albums, a daily show on MTV ("Mandy"), a major role in a Hollywood...
A BEWITCHING BREW
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amWith all due respect to TV's Sabrina and Glenda from Oz, not all witches are American. The Italians have some sorceresses of their own. They even have a libation named...
BAYE LAWS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amNATHALIE Baye, the tres elegant French actress, flew into New York last week to promote her latest film, Tonie Marshall's "Venus Beauty Institute," which opens here on Friday. She portrays...
THE BIG APPLE BOROUGHS IN FOR WAR : OPENING PITCH PUTS END TO 44-YEAR WAITING GAME
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amBy the time Andy Pettitte's first pitch to Timo Perez traveled from the Yankee Stadium mound to the plate last night, the Mets and Yankees were more than ready for...
RICK'S RATTLING HILL'S SKELETONS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amRick Lazio's campaign tomorrow will unleash an all-out offensive against Hillary Rodham Clinton's failed 1994 health-care plan, The Post has learned. New 60-second radio ads blanketing upstate - each tailored...
NEW AGE WAYS GAIN GROUND ON AGE-OLD KILLER
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amROSE Marie Hernandez knew nothing about acupuncture or meditation - until she was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer seven years ago. The 60-year-old Manhattan special-education teacher suffered...
ARABIC BROADCASTS FAN FLAMES OF HATRED
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amHERE'S a recent example of televangelism, Gaza-style, courtesy of the Palestinian Authority's TV service, which broadcast these words in Arabic nine days ago. "Oh brother believers, the criminals, the terrorists...
STRONGMAN IN FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF PARTY
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amOusted Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic came out of seclusion over the weekend, arguing bitterly with top members of his own Socialist Party, reports said yesterday. Milosevic, who is still chairman...
LENNY SWAPS ROLES WITH BUSTED DRIVER
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amRocker Lenny Kravitz found himself in an odd position after the VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards - driving his own limo after his chauffeur was busted in a confrontation with cops outside...
QUEEN'S DOT-COM STOCK DOWN $1M
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amWe are not amused. Queen Elizabeth II has become the latest victim of plummeting tech-stock prices - reportedly losing more than $1 million on a failing dot-com since April, and...
GOP BROKE THE BAN ON SOFT MONEY: FIRST LADY
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton yesterday said she was "deeply troubled" that the state has begun running ads promoting New York's economy - saying it breaks the soft-money ban she reached with...
ARAB SUMMIT IN CHAOS AS LIBYA BOLTS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amThe Mideast peace process neared breakdown yesterday as Libyan leaders stormed out of the Cairo summit and Israel charged that PLO leader Yasser Arafat "brought down" the negotiations with his...
GAYS SLAP AOL BOSS FOR 'HOMOPHOBIC' $UPPORT
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amAOL chairman Steve Case is in hot water with city gay and lesbian leaders for giving $8 million to a Florida church that runs a ministry to "convert" homosexuals through...
PALSY GIRL'S MAKING GRADE IN NEW CLASS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amA Harlem girl with crippling cerebral palsy is proving the Board of Education wrong about her mental capacity - she is learning to read. Eubie Hart Hodges, 6, communicates with...
'NUBIAN' RAPPER HIT WIFE: COPS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amA member of the rap group Brand Nubian has been charged with assaulting his wife, police said yesterday. The suspect, Jamar Allah, 32, was arrested Friday night by police called...
PUTTING THE FOOT ON THE GAS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amDay 1: ENERGY WASHINGTON - George W. Bush and Al Gore both promise cheaper gas prices. They both want to encourage wind power. And they each claim to have the...
'LICENSED' FELONS SLIP THROUGH LOOPHOLE
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amConvicts looking for a new line of work have broken into the city's booming real-estate market armed with state-issued licenses to steal. A crooked dentist, a diamond swindler and a...
BRIT ROCKER FACES RAPE CHARGE
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amPaul Weller, frontman for the popular '70s punk band The Jam, found himself in a jam last week - reportedly busted for rape in his native England. A 36-year-old woman...
VEGAS KNOCKOUT STEALS IRON MIKE'S HEART: REPORT
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amRibald boxer Mike Tyson is taking a crapshoot with a new romance, reportedly planning to divorce his estranged wife for a stunning Las Vegas croupier. Friends say it was love...
RESCUED BOYS SING GARTH'S PRAISES
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amCountry superstar Garth Brooks is a super hero to a couple of Tulsa kids. Ryan Cooper, 14, and his brother Randall, 10, were home alone Thursday, unaware that a grass...
I'M IN LOVE, BEATLE PAUL SEZ WITH TV KISS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amThey love each other, yeah, yeah, yeah! Sir Paul McCartney and gal pal Heather Mills have gone public with their feelings for each other in a British TV interview, with...
TWO FOR SHOW - SERIES NO DIFFERENT FOR HAMPTON
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amThe look in Mike Hampton's eyes reminds pitching coach Dave Wallace of Orel Hershiser, Al Leiter and the Martinez brothers, Pedro and Ramon. So as Hampton, the NLCS MVP, approaches...
SUBWAY-PUSH MAIMER GUILTY OF SLAY ATTEMPT
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amA homeless man with a history of psychiatric problems was convicted last night of trying to kill a Bronx father of three by shoving him in front of an oncoming...
TEAM BUSH DARES GORE: DO US A FAVOR, BRING IN BILL!
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amThe George W. Bush campaign yesterday dared Al Gore to campaign with his boss, President Clinton, in the final two-week stretch of the race. "We would welcome him with both...
THE BATTLE OF N.Y. RAGES IT'S SIMPLY AMAZIN' FOR YANK & MET FANS AS 'SUBWAY' ROLLS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amYankee Stadium became the Madhouse That Ruth Built last night as the Mets battled the Bronx Bombers in the first game of the Subway Series. From Andy Pettitte's first pitch...
14-TERM QUEENS POL IN A DOGFIGHT
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amState aid to education - and the need for more - has become a key issue in the battle for the state Senate seat in northeast Queens that's been occupied...
RUDY CLUBS PARKS BOSS WITH GOLF-PAL APPOINTEE
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani delivered a humiliating slap to Parks Commissioner Henry Stern by hiring a stranger he met on a driving range to oversee the city's public golf courses, The Post...
OLD SLOBBO PALS TURNING UP DEAD IN YUGO $$ HUNT
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amBodies of Serb strongman Slobodan Milosevic's former allies seem to be piling up in the Balkans as Yugoslavia's new leader searches for hundreds of millions of stolen government dollars. Yugoslav...
OH, SPARE ME STRIKES 'N' BALLS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amTHERE'S nothing civil about civil war - particularly when the civil war involves baseball. Borough against borough. Brother against brother. And in my case, mother against daughter against granddaughter. My...
RETIREE LOSES HOME IN SCAM BX. WOMAN VICTIM OF HARSH REALTY
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amRuth Wade was 79 years old when she became ill in 1997 and was no longer able to work. She fell behind on the mortgage payments for the three-family Bronx...
SPIES: ARAFAT AIMS TO PULL EGYPT INTO WAR
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amJERUSALEM. TOP spy masters from Egypt, the United States and Israel are scrambling to keep Yasser Arafat's three-week-old campaign of violence and terror from turning into a full-scale Arab-Israeli war....
CARNIVALE ATMOSPHERE: BROOKLYN FAMILY TRULY A HOUSE DIVIDED
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amWhen it comes to the Subway Series, the Carnivale family of Brooklyn is literally a house divided. The Carnivale-crazed Bombers backers include George Carnivale, 73, his two sons, Louis and...
BUBBA: BEING HERE IS ENOUGH FOR ME
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amIf Met outfielder Bubba Trammell meant to make an impact in this Subway Series, last night was the night to do it - and he did. The former Devil Ray...
MET MANTRA: YOU GO, TIMO! PEREZ PUTS AMAZIN'S IN MOTION
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amIt was fitting that the last player to touch the ball in the Mets' NLCS win over St. Louis was their first to bat in last night's Subway Series Opener...
MATT MAKES CUT OVER MAHOMES
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amMatt Franco didn't know for sure he would be on the Mets' Subway Series roster until 10 a.m. yesterday when the Mets had to submit their 25-man squad. Again Franco...
PRATT-FALL TO MINORS PAVED WAY FOR TODD'S COMEBACK
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amONE Super Bowl a few years back was the busiest day of Todd Pratt's life. He was out of baseball then, making pizzas for Domino's the winter after spending the...
CAN'T TAKE HEAT: ROGER REFUSES TO FACE THE (CHIN) MUSIC
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amIf there were any truth in Yankeeville, here is how the stentorian tones of Bob Sheppard would introduce the home team's starting pitcher for Game 2 of the World Series...
RICHTER RETURNS TONIGHT
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amRanger fans can blame the Devils for their Subway Series quandary tonight, as Mike Richter begins his comeback assault on Eddie Giacomin's franchise victory record. If the Devils had turned...
WHAT'S THE POINT? VAN SEEMS READY TO SCRAP KNICKS' BIG BACKCOURT PLAN
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amMore and more, it appears Knick coach Jeff Van Gundy is prepared to scrap the "Big Backcourt" altogether - the point guard-less alignment that would allow Latrell Sprewell, Allan Houston...
O'NEILL FINDS KNICK JOB PERFECT FIT
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Whether Kevin O'Neill won 20 games or five games last season at Northwestern, he says he still would have made the move to the Knicks. O'Neill, who had...
THE WAY IT WAS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amThis game in the lastSubway Series:Game 1: Oct. 3, 1956Dodgers 6, Yankees 3 Brooklyn hurler Sal "The Barber" Maglie outlasted Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford to lead the Dodgers to victory...
IF THEY DON'T WIN IT'S A SIN
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amThe Almighty, of course, is neutral. But his humble servant, Father Pete Colapietro, is not. "I lived with my family on White Plains Road in the Bronx. Who do you...
GOVERNORS' RULING KOS ENGINEERS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amClinton47Tech8 After an unimpressive win over Columbus last week, Clinton head coach Ed Gardella issued a challenge to his team. "I told them they had to play better if they...
MIKE MAKES GOOD FOR PROUD POP
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amIN the end, this is about a father's pride in his son. That is the story of life, the story of baseball, a father overwhelmed with emotion because of a...
TICKET MANIA STIRS TIE-UPS AND FRAUD
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amTickets for the Subway Series games at Shea Stadium flew out faster than a Roger Clemens fastball yesterday as cops warned fans to be wary of buying counterfeit ducats from...
RUDY BLEW THE CALL BY NOT WARNING FANS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amFACT 1: The conclusions of major sports championships now serve as a green light for street riots, brawls, vandalism and looting in the cities, and now, even the college towns...
RUDY WON'T PLAY NICE WITH BRONX BEEP
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amMAYOR Giuliani and Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer agree on one thing - the Yankees. But they can't play ball on the same field. Giuliani, the unofficial Yankee mascot, has...
DAD WAS MORE AFRAID THAN SON
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amWhen Roger Clemens' pitch exploded into the front of Mike Piazza's helmet, Vince Piazza didn't know what to think. All he knew was that he was frightened for his son....
TYSON'S CHOIRBOY ACT NOT SEEN AS LAST ROLE
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amAUBURN HILLS - For a fighter who said earlier in the week that Saturday night would be his last fight, Iron Mike Tyson certainly looked like a man who has...
BARKLEY LOOKING LIKE REAL GEM THESE DAYS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amHOW screwed up is the world? Just ask Charles Barkley, looking very much these day like Richard Jewel's body double. Actually, the Round Mound Of Sound On The Rebound doesn't...
GOLOTA LANDS IN HOSPITAL WITH POSSIBLE CONCUSSION
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amAUBURN HILLS - Upon returning to Chicago yesterday, Andrew Golota was admitted to the hospital. "He is in intensive care under observation for a concussion," said Donald Tremblay, a spokesman...
TRAINER, SHOWTIME BOSS RIP INTO QUITTER GOLOTA
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amAUBURN HILLS - The most incredulous statement of the night was delivered by the man who turned a heavyweight fight into a farce. Andrew Golota said he will think about...
AMERICA'S DYNAMIC DUO: TIGER, BEGAY PROVE TO BE A WINNING COMBINATION
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amGAINESVILLE, Va. - They've got the handshake down to a science, the back-hand five or the back-hand five, front-hand five and then the bump of knuckles. They usually save that...
NO MORE TIRED EXCUSES: DEVILS WANT MCKAY FRESH IN SECOND HALF
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amThe Devils are pleased that Randy McKay has started scoring after summer-time shoulder surgery, but they want to see him keep scoring after winter hits, too. "Randy is notoriously a...
REIGN MAN: CASEY LORDED OVER BIG APPLE BASEBALL
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amOne man who should have been at the first game of this Subway Series, was unavailable, of course, being dead at the present time (and you could look it up)....
NO ROSES, BUT DOWN AND DIRTY
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amANN ARBOR - It was supposed to be a run for the Roses. But then Michigan blew a 21-point lead and lost to Purdue. The Wolverines still have a shot...
BIOGIO'S ROSE TAKES IROQUOIS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amSTAKES ROUNDUP Biogio's Rose, a two-time graded-stakes winner this year, made a successful return to the state-bred ranks yesterday with a thrilling come-from-behind victory in the seven-furlong Iroquois Handicap at...
AS A CHAMP, O'NEILL IS FIRST AMONG EQUALS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amWhen baseball archeologist sift through this Yankee dynasty years from now, looking for the building blocks of this championship run, Paul O'Neill will be at the base. He is not...
NHLPA'S GREAT WITCH HUNT UNION SMEAR OF GRETZKY'S AGENT IS OFF BASE
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amSHOCKING, absolutely shocking, that with all of the serious issues confronting the NHLPA, Bob Goodenow last week chose to make a public spectacle out of Mike Barnett's relationship with Wayne...
AN EARLY PEEK AT BREEDERS' CUP
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amWith Breeders' Cup XVII at Churchill Downs just 13 days away, horses must be pre-entered by tomorrow for the eight championship races that are worth more than $13 million in...
TURNOFTHECENTURY IS BEST IN EMPIRE
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amSTAKES ROUNDUP Turnofthecentury, owned in partnership by new NYRA chairman of the board Barry K. Schwartz, battled back gamely down the stretch to win yesterday's $250,000 Empire Classic at Belmont...
IT'S PACKING DAY AT BELMONT
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amWith this being the final day of the Belmont Fall meet, there will be no bridge simulcasts at Belmont Park. The afternoon football games will still be shown on monitors...
ROGER SAYS BEANING IS OLD NEWS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amRoger Clemens wants to move on - until the next beanball. The Rocket made it clear last night that he has put the Mike Piazza incident behind him and he...
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL; U.S. ON THE BRINK OF REGAINING CUP
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amGAINESVILLE, Va. - Don't blame the American side for what has become a snoozer of an event. It's hard to have a competition when only one side shows up. This...
WOLVERINES RIDE A-TRAIN
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amANN ARBOR - The first Subway Series in 44 years got underway last night at the Stadium. But here in the Big House, the A-train has been running for four...
CINK, TRIPLETT SHAKE OFF THE ROOKIE JITTERS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amGAINSVILLE, Va. - If you had to guess who might emerge as the stars for the American team at the Presidents Cup, you might suggest Tiger Woods or Hal Sutton....
FOR SUBWAY GUMBO, TAKE METS, ADD SPLASH OF YANKS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amTurns out, there is such a thing as a free ride. Met and Yankee fans got a gift from New York last night when Gov. Pataki announced they'll get free...
DEVILS FILL UP THE NETS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amDevils7Lightning2 As a place to visit, New Jersey is getting a bad reputation among goalies. Three starters have come to the swamp this season, and three have been chased by...
ISLANDERS ENCOUNTER WASHINGTON GRIDLOCK
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Whether it comes during a Gore or Bush administration, the Islanders dream of coming here one day to visit the White House to celebrate a Stanley Cup championship....
THIS FAN'S THE 'ANTI-MAIER'
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amYou could see how far 48-year-old Jack Nelson came from Subway Series infamy. Ten minutes after Todd Zeile's sixth-inning "almost homer" hit just inches short of going over the left...
STUMBLE IN THE BRONX A COMEDY OF ERRORS FOR METS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amFor a team that got to the World Series on opportunism and hunger, for a player who has thrived throughout the playoffs on speed and hustle, the Mets and Timo...
HUBBA BUBBA: FROM BENCH TO HERO
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amIf Met outfielder Bubba Trammell meant to make an impact in this Subway Series, last night was the night to do it - and he did. The former Devil Ray...
YANKS CAPTURE N.Y. MARATHON WIN OPENER IN 12TH AFTER METS' BENITEZ BOTCHES SAVE IN 9TH
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amGAME 1, 12 INNINGSYankees4Mets3 Jose Vizcaino (second from right, with goggles) is mobbed by Yankee teammates last night after his 12th-inning single capped longest game, time-wise, in Fall Classic history...
ODDS OF NABBING A DEER THIS SEASON BETTER
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amGETTING a deer this season should be a lot easier predicts New York's wildlife biologists as the big game hunting season got under way yesterday in the 13 counties located...
SECURITY SLASHED AT N.Y. FED BUILDINGS
October 22, 2000 | 4:00amThe number of federal cops patrolling high-risk government buildings in the city has been cut in half - with no plans to restore them despite recent terrorist acts against the...