November 3, 2000

BOULUD ON A ROLL: TOP CHEF OPENING 3RD EATERY AT CITY CLUB

Top-rated chef Daniel Boulud has just signed to open his third restaurant in Manhattan next spring, The Post has learned. The unnamed eatery will open at 55 W. 44th St....

OK, EVERYBODY BACK INTO THE POOL(ING)

IF you are looking to sell or buy a company, you won't have to rush to beat the new accounting rules. In fact, take your time. The organization that sets...

BIG TURNOUT EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY LATINO EXPO

Bring your resumes. More than 50 top companies are rolling out the red carpet this weekend to find the rising stars of our booming Hispanic population. As many at 10,000...

EX-ELLIS EXEC INDICTED FOR STOCK FRAUD

Stock fraud seems to be the latest Seventh Avenue fashion. Just four months after shoe king Steve Madden's indictment for stock fraud, state and federal regulators have charged another Fashion...

PEARLSTINE INKS CONTRACT TO STAY AT TIME

Norman Pearlstine, the Time Inc. editor-in-chief, will not be stormin' out of the Time & Life Building afterall. The top editorial gun in the Time Warner empire has quietly inked...

NASDAQ RALLIES 3%; SLIGHT DROP IN DOW

A rally in computer-chip stocks powered the Nasdaq composite to a 3 percent gain yesterday. But lagging oil prices dragged the Dow Jones industrials to a slight loss. The Nasdaq...

57TH ST. FITS JIL SANDER ; TAKES HERMES' OLD DIGS FOR FIRST MANHATTAN STORE

Jil Sander, maker of tailored women's clothing with a minimalist edge, is taking a maximum approach to its first Manhattan store opening. The company will make its retail debut in...

MAD AVE.'S 'NEW' $450B MARKET: 32 MILLION HISPANICS LURING MAJOR AD DOLLARS EN ESPANOL

SPECIAL REPORT: THE LATINO BUSINESS EXPLOSION There are currently more Hispanics in the United States than there are Canadians in Canada - and Madison Avenue has finally caught on. With...

ED GORDON'S LIFE INSURANCE POLICY PAID FIRM $19M

Insignia Financial Group took out a $19.1 million insurance policy on the life of its late executive Edward S. Gordon. Proceeds from the policy boosted the company's third-quarter earnings by...

HEIDI-HO! AT PRICELINE; CFO CALLS IT QUITS, 16% OF STAFF FIRED

Just eight months after leaving one of the most powerful jobs at Citigroup for a dream of dot-com riches at Priceline.com, Heidi Miller is calling it quits. The 46-year-old financial...

BOBBY KNIGHT CLOSE TO $1.25M BOOK DEAL

Fired Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight is close to snagging a seven-figure deal from St. Martin's press for a memoir of his winning but tempestuous career. "It looks like...

HIGH-FLYING 'ANGELS': BEAUTIFUL BABES KICK BUTT IN CAMPY KUNG FU COMEDY

CHARLIE'S ANGELS Exuberant, cheerfully shameless, campy fun with cool kung fu stunts. Starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu and Bill Murray. Running time: 98 minutes; Rated PG-13 (violence/explosions). At...

FAGAN'S 'TRIPS' INTO JAZZ WORTH A VISIT

GARTH FAGAN DANCE Joyce Theater. 175 Eighth Ave., at 19th Street. (212) 242-0800. Through Nov. 5. GARTH Fagan, the hero-choreographer of Broadway's "The Lion King," is now celebrating 30 years...

CULTURAL CRIME OF FABLE ON THE WANE

BLUE MOONHalf a star Unbelievably trite and tedious cliche-fest about a married couple who magically encounter their younger selves. Ben Gazzara, Rita Moreno.Running time: 89 minutes. Rated: PG-13 (nothing objectional)....

TOP STARS CAN'T SAVE THIS TENSE APARTHEID DRAMA

BOESMAN AND LENA Angela Bassett and Danny Glover as apartheid refugees; ambitious but fitfully successful canned theater.Running time: 88 minutes. Not rated (nothing objectionable). At the Lincoln Plaza and the...

BIG TOP TERRIFIC TO ITS CORE

BIG APPLE CIRCUSLincoln Center, Damrosch Park, West 63rd Street and Broadway. (212) 721-6500. Season runs through Jan. 7. THE leaves are not off the trees, but the holiday season seems...

FRANK TALK FROM FOLKIE DIFRANCO

TAKE a young tattooed punk, a lesbian feminist, a gray geezer folkie or a Wall Street businessman who hates music but loves a well-run company, and who could they agree...

'BAGGER' MISSES THE CUT

THE LEGEND OF BAGGER VANCE "The Natural" for the golfing set - or is it a mega-budgeted episode of "Touched by an Angel"? Either way, a beautiful bore.Running time: 127...

H'WOOD RATINGS GAME ; PG-13 FLICKS GETTING RAUNCHY

HOW low can Hollywood go - and still manage to escape an R rating?I've just seen a new, PG-13 rated movie in which the devil (played by Harvey Keitel), anally...

HARSH REALITIES OF ISRAEL'S '73 'KIPPUR' WAR EXPOSED

KIPPUR 1/2 Slow, but original and powerful true story of the Yom Kippur war.Running time: 120 minutes. Not rated (wounded troops). At the Lincoln Plaza, Quad. In Hebrew with English...

NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT

THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S WIFE 1/2 Written by Charles Busch. Directed by Lynne Meadow. Starring Linda Lavin, Tony Roberts and Michele Lee.The Ethel Barrymore Theater, 243 West 47th Street....

FREE CONCERT HONORS HOLOCAUST VICTIMS

A free concert tomorrow honoring those lost in the Holocaust will fill the Cathedral of St. John the Divine with music by Duke Ellington, Lukas Foss and others. Yaakov Bergman...

THE STARR REPORT

'GMA' captures Jerusalem blast ABC reporter Richard Gizbert was at the scene yesterday when a car bomb exploded in a Jerusalem outdoor marketplace, killing two. Gizbert, reporting for "Good Morning...

THENEWX-FILES HANDBOOK: ANSWERS TO ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU WISH YOU'D ASKED

TV's longest running creepfest -"The X-Files" - returns this Sunday. And you may have some trouble recognizing the show that has kept fans guessing for seven seasons. Scully has a...

'SOUTH PARK' BOYS AWAIT NEXT PRESIDENT

THE clowns who created "South Park" are developing a new political comedy about life in the White House - but they can't cast the roles of the President and his...

GARAGE BANDS DRIVE LOCAL FEST; CAVESTOMP OPENS THE DOOR TO PRIMITIVE '60S ROCK

LEGENDARY Beatles-inspired rock bands are coming out of the garage this weekend for a trip down Penny Lane. The garage rock movement was fueled by suburban teens in the '60s,...

BARD'S 'SILVIA' IS THE WHO IN ALBEE'S TALE OF LOVE

GOOD news for fans of Edward Albee, our greatest living playwright (in my humble opinion): He has just finished a new three-act play that is generating a good response from...

COLEMAN HAS TO PAY UP

THE woman who was assaulted by Gary Coleman after she asked for his autograph won a small judgement against him in a TV courtroom. But the judge dismissed her claim...

HITCHING WITH DUBYA WAS DOUBLE THE FUN

GLENN ELLYN, Ill. THREE days with Gore and not one lousy laugh. One day into the Bush tour and I've already had more laughs than a night with Jay Leno....

CAMPAIGN SNAPSHOT

GORE: CATCH PHRASE OF THE DAY: "Let's fight for the people, not the special interests," Gore said in Scranton -- a remark that he usually follows with a warning about...

NEW HOPE FOR THE PARALYZED

A key discovery in spinal-injury research could mean new hope for tens of thousands of disabled people, including tragic star Christopher Reeve. Researchers have identified a molecule that is essential...

MARATHON BIGS ACCUSED OF DISSING THE DISABLED

The city's leading disabled-runners group says New York City Marathon organizers are discriminating against the race's handicapped participants. "They feel that we're a nuisance ... They disrespect the athletes," said...

TIMING MAKES GOP SUSPECT STORY'S A PLANT

CAMPAIGN TRAIL MOST analysts last night said they doubt George W. Bush will be hurt by the eleventh-hour revelation that he was busted for drunk driving 24 years ago -...

BUSH ADMITS TO DWI ARREST IN '76: HOPES PEOPLE KNOW 'I LEARNED MY LESSON'

WEST ALLIS, Wis. - A chastened George W. Bush - stung by a bombshell revelation that he'd been busted for drunken driving 24 years ago - said last night he's...

'BOMBSHELL' PROBABLY NO BIG DEAL: ANALYSTS

JUST when it seemed the wild 2000 presidential race had run out of surprises, along came last night's 11th-hour revelation that George W. Bush got arrested for drunk driving 24...

BUSH ADMITS TO DWI ARREST IN '76: "THIS IS SOMETHING HE ISN'T PROUD OF'

CHICAGO - George W. Bush's campaign scrambled last night to deal with a bombshell revelation that the candidate - in an incident unknown to even some family members - had...

SHE DIES DAYS SHY OF AGE 115

The world's oldest woman has died - just six days short of her 115th birthday. Eva Morris, who was deaf and partially blind, died yesterday in a British nursing home....

JUDGE CLEARS 'TRUANCY' COP

The Queens police sergeant who helped uncover wrongdoing in her new command - only to be charged with failing to supervise the cops working for her - should not be...

CHESS KING FALLS TO HIS FORMER KNIGHT

Garry Kasparov's 15-year reign as world chess champ ended with a whimper yesterday when he conceded defeat in a best-of-16-games match in London against his protégé, Vladimir Kramnik. Kasparov, 37,...

FIVE INJURED IN HARLEM HIT-RUN

Police were looking for the hit-and-run driver who they say plowed into three children and two adults as they crossed a Harlem street yesterday. All five victims - four who...

HILL'S MUSLIM DONOR RIPPED AMERICA WITH 'DESTROY' TALK

The controversial Muslim leader whose contribution to Hillary Rodham Clinton set off a political storm once advocated the destruction of the United States, but said violence should not be launched...

CLOSET-TOT MOM LIKELY TO DIE IN PRISON: JUDGE

A judge yesterday sentenced the Brooklyn mom who murdered her toddler in 1979 - and hid the mummified body for two decades - to 15 years in prison, virtually guaranteeing...

GOV JOINS RANKS OF VELELLA DEFENDERS

Gov. Pataki went to the aid of embattled state Sen. Guy Velella yesterday, calling just-before-the-election allegations "really abusive," as Mayor Giuliani campaigned briefly with the Bronx Republican. "To do that...

MUSLIMS IN'CENTS'ED OVER LAZIO ; ARAB-AMERICANS FLOOD HIM WITH 2-PENNY 'DONATIONS'

ARAB-AMERICANS are giving Rick Lazio their two cents' worth - literally. A source close to the Lazio campaign said the Long Island Republican has been swamped by "donations" from Arab-Americans...

WHO REALLY WIELDS POWER?

PITY American Muslims and Arab-Americans. They've been shut out of American democracy. Or so they're claiming this week. Jews, meanwhile, wield too much power. That's the below-the-surface message of this...

CHER CATCHES HOLY HELL: CATHOLICSBLAST SONGTHAT RAPSNUN ORDER

Cher has outraged Catholics with a new song called "Sisters of Mercy" - which launches a blistering attack on the beloved order of nuns. The bluesy rant - about Cher's...

BLOODTHIRSTY COWARDS WOULD RATHER HAVE WAR

THE market bombing, unleashed on the brink of peace, makes perfect sense. Insane. But perfect. It was committed by those who have no use for peace, on any terms, between...

PUMPED GORE HAS A WONDER-FUL DAY IN THE WINDY CITY

CHICAGO - Al Gore yesterday axed his dry stump speech in favor of attacking special interests and exciting 20,000 supporters, who cheered his words and grooved to Stevie Wonder's music....

GUARD STABBED BY 'TERRORISTS' MAY LOSE SIGHT

The prison guard stabbed in the eye by two accused terrorists fought them off until the end - suffering a horrendous beating at the hands of inmates desperate to attack...

DEAR THROWS SUPPORT TO 'PRO-ISRAEL' RICK

Councilman Noach Dear threw his support behind Rick Lazio, hailing the GOP Senate hopeful as "a great friend of Israel." "I see the choices," the Brooklyn Democrat said. "Someone who...

IVY LEAGUE OF HER OWN ; BX. GIRL USES BRAINS, GUTS TO SUCCEED

LIZ MURRAY is finding comfort in her surroundings at Harvard University - a warm dorm room to shield her from the New England fall, intelligent friends and world-renowned professors to...

HILL TRASHES RICK IN NEW ATTACK AD - RIPS 'CHARADE' CAMPAIGN WHILE HE HONORS WAR VETS

Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday branded opponent Rick Lazio's campaign a "charade" and unleashed her harshest attack ad yet, while the GOP candidate tried to sail above the fray as he...

CLINTON HAS LEAD FOR 1ST TIME SINCE SEPT.

Hillary Rodham Clinton has edged ahead of Rick Lazio for the first time in two months, posting a razor-thin margin that leaves the race in a dead heat, The Post/Fox...

FEED THESE SLIME BALLS TO THE PRISON DOGS

CHUCK Zito, former head of the Hells Angels, had a message to the scum who put a sharp point through a keen eye and caring brain. "You are playing with...

BOTH CAMPAIGNS IN DRIVE TO GET OUT THE VOTE

From the streets of The Bronx to the White House, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rick Lazio have begun pulling out all the stops in the final days of the nation's...

BIGAMY WIDOW: I SYMPATHIZE WITH SHOT OTHER WIFE

One of the widows of a Brooklyn bigamist doctor said yesterday she "sympathizes" with the other widow - who escaped death in a botched bump-off attempt allegedly masterminded by their...

GOV RIPS GOP FOR COLE CALLS

Gov. Pataki last night blasted the state Republican Party's phone calls to voters linking Hillary Rodham Clinton to last month's terrorist bombing of the USS Cole. "It was wrong," Pataki...

RUDY RAILS AGAINST STATE'S $3.8 BILLION TRANSIT BOND

Mayor Giuliani last night trashed the state's $3.8 billion transportation bond referendum, saying he couldn't endorse it because "the reality is, there ain't much in this for the city." The...

GOP THRILLED AS BILL 'PRAISES' AL AS SECOND BEST

President Clinton yesterday said a vote for Veep Al Gore is "the next best thing" to a third term for himself, prompting groans from Democrats and cheers from Republicans. It's...

FARRAKHAN OP FIXES DAMAGE FROM CANCER RX

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan was on the mend yesterday after eight hours of colorectal surgery to repair damage related to his treatment for prostate cancer. He was in...

PA BUSH FOE PEROT CLAIMS SON SHINES

Ross Perot is giving his vote Tuesday to Texas Gov. George W. Bush, and urged those who supported his own 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns to do the same. "Here's...

SINGAPORE JET USED WRONG STRIP: PROBER

The Singapore Airlines jet that crashed in Taipei during a typhoon used the wrong runway for takeoff and smashed into construction equipment, an official said yesterday. "From the crash scene,...

BUSH ADMITS TO DWI ARREST IN '76 - TIP CAME FROM DEM CONVENTION DELEGATE

WEST ALLIS, Wis. - A chastened George W. Bush - stung by a bombshell revelation that he'd been busted for drunken driving 24 years ago - said last night that...

W. CAN TURN SLEAZY LEAK TO HIS ADVANTAGE

HERE we are on the brink of the 2000 vote in a feeding frenzy over George W. Bush's drunken-driving woes, and just hours after it broke, it became clear that...

POLICEMAN FINALLY DOING TIME

KANATA, Ont. - The plan according to Ron Low was to get Sandy McCarthy enough ice time so that the coach would feel comfortable sending the policeman onto the ice...

DESPERATE DEVILS MISS SKATE MATES

TORONTO - Now Thanksgiving seems wildly optimistic, and Christmas more likely for settlement, if then. While the agent for Scott Niedermayer and Jason Arnott was expected to tell Lou Lamoriello...

MUTOMBO SOUNDS READY FOR A TRADE

Dikembe Mutombo is just about over malaria and, seemingly, over playing for the horrible Hawks. Although the Hawks 7-2, shot-blocking monster chose his words carefully and never explicitly said he...

NO HORSING AROUND ; JETS HAVE ENOUGH OFFENSE TO BUST BRONCOS

THIS is a critical week for the Jets, a week in which they solidify their credentials in the battle for the AFC East title or begin to slide toward the...

ANSWER IS BLOWIN' IN THE WIND

STIFF northerly winds early this week held fishing in check especially for the eastern half of Long Island, but those who fished along the beaches and in the South Shore...

KAGWE: I'M LUCKY TO BE IN RUNNING

After failing to three-peat at last year's New York City Marathon, Kenyan John Kagwe is poised to recapture glory. But his opportunity to do so came close to ending due...

A CLASH OF NO. 1 PICKS

CHICAGO - In college last year, Kenyon Martin was a man among boys, dominating virtually by sheer will power. Now, it's different. A lot more men around. But he's not...

GILL RETURNS TO NETS AFTER RESTING BACK

NET NOTES CHICAGO - Kendall Gill wasn't talking yesterday. But he was practicing. Gill had sat out practice on Wednesday due to a stiff back which plagued him throughout his...

INJURY BUG TAKES BITE OUT OF FASSEL'S BENCH

GIANT NOTES Sometime late Wednesday night, it hit him. Jim Fassel knew his depth-depleted team had been fortunate to escape any serious injuries in the first half of the season....

HAMILTON PREYS FOR REIGN

For some reason, it just seems like a game Keith Hamilton would like. Or love. The grass, the history, the rowdy, raunchy fans. Jim Brown standing on the sideline. Bones...

PLEASE! NO MORE STUPID STATS

FOR all the hundreds of millions of dollars that TV networks spend on football rights, football productions and just talking football, football remains the most TV-mangled sport. From July through...

ISLES LOOK TO CATCH LIGHTNING IN BOTTLE

TAMPA - With the presidential candidates aggressively pursuing Florida's 25 electoral votes, the surging Islanders will try to capture the state first by sweeping their two-game Sunshine swing. After stomping...

NO JOKING, ST. RAY'S HODGE TABS N.C. STATE

If basketball doesn't work out for Julius Hodge, he can always try comedy. Hodge, a 6-foot-6 senior from St. Raymond's, committed to North Carolina State at a press conference yesterday....

HERNIA OPERATION DOOMS ABRAHAM'S ROOKIE SEASON

JET NOTES Some of the Jets' worst fears regarding the injury to rookie linebacker John Abraham were realized yesterday when, after a trip to a specialist in Boston to look...

EUROPE'S BEST BREEZE IN THEIR TESTS

LOUISVILLE - Yesterday's work tab for the Breeders' Cup was dominated by Europeans having their final blowouts on the turf course around the dogs, well out from the rail. Mile...

AMAZIN'S PLAYING COY WITH RIGHTY BOBBY JONES

MET NOTES If the Mets want righty Bobby Jones back, they are not telling him yet. Jones' agent Jeff Moorad hasn't heard from GM Steve Phillips. "I haven't talked to...

JET DEFENSE NEEDS TO FIX BOMB SQUAD

While the Jets' defense is on the field against the dangerous Denver offense, they should be thinking this: Safety first. Translation: Keep all big Broncos' playmakers in front of you;...

METS ARE STILL IN MANNY MIX

Although everyone has Manny Ramirez headed to The Bronx, Flushing shouldn't be ruled out as the 28-year-old Washington Heights product's next home. "We've said all along that although Manny prefers...

DUTROW RETURNS TOMORROW

Richard Dutrow Jr. had his racing license reinstated Wednesday and he will have his horses running under his name starting tomorrow. He will saddle Stalwart Member in the Grade 3...

YOU COULD STRIKE GOLD WITH BET ON GOLDAMIX

BREEDERS' CUP NOTEBOOK LOUISVILLE - Take a quick glance at the past performances of the 3-year-old French filly Goldamix, a longshot for tomorrow's Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, and...

MOUNTING AN ATTACK ; IS EUROPE'S MONTJEU THIS YEAR'S DAYLAMI?

CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN THE DAY LOUISVILLE - The local weather forecast for tomorrow, Breeders' Cup Day at Churchill Downs, calls for cloudy skies with a chance of rain...

DAVIS TO KNICKS? NO WAY! ; BLAZERS CAN'T AFFORD TO LET HIM GO

SUBJECT: Knicks supposedly are on the make for Dale Davis and, purportedly, the Blazers would be interested in dealing him for, say, Allan Houston and Marcus Camby. OK, let's stop...

THE LONG ROAD TO RICHES ; BACKING 'BOMBS' IS ONLY WAY TO GO

LOUISVILLE - The Breeders' Cup is always the single most exciting one-day betting card in America because it serves up eight races, fleshed with full fields of the best thoroughbreds...

YANKS GIVE CHAMBLISS THE BOOT

Chris Chambliss, one of Joe Torre's trusted lieutenants, was fired yesterday as Yankee hitting instructor, The Post has learned. The axing, which was carried out by GM Brian Cashman, was...

RICE TO THE RESCUE" GLEN'S 21 HELP KNICKSRIGHT SHIP, FRY LOWLY HAWKS

Knicks 94 Hawks 69 To put last night's 94-69 bounce-back Knick victory in perspective, the Hawks might be the worst team in the East with Dikembe Mutombo. With the 7-2...

WEBBER MISSING PIECE

THEY ended the season with seven straight losses and 13 defeats in their final 15 games. They lost their first playoff game and some experts wrote off the Yankee dynasty....

BLUESHIRTS FADE IN THE END

Senators 6 Rangers 5 KANATA, Ont. - Against one of the best teams in the East, if not the NHL, the Rangers played with heart, desire and energy; with their...

FORDHAM PREP IS STILL WARY OF THE MOUNT

HS FOOTBALL The fact that No. 3 Fordham Prep beat No. 6 Mount St. Michael 27-7 during the regular season should give Prep head coach Pete Gorynski some confidence, but...

DIKEMBE EYES MOVE

KNICK NOTES Dikembe Mutombo is just about over malaria and, seemingly, over playing for the horrible Hawks. Although the Hawks' 7-2 shotblocking monster chose his words carefully and never explicitly...

BRODEUR, DEVILS GO DOWN UP NORTH

Maple Leafs 5 Devils 3 TORONTO - Injury to their franchise player is the Devils' worst nightmare, and probably a few members of management lost sleep last night, worrying about...

'LEMON' WILL SQUEEZE 'EM ; WAR WITH 'PEGASUS' FIGURES TO BE CLASSIC

LOUISVILLE - Tomorrow's Breeders' Cup Classic - at the Kentucky Derby distance of a mile-and-a-quarter, once around Churchill Downs' main track - is far and away the most valuable thoroughbred...