November 10, 2000

VOTE DISPUTE MAY DRAIN FOREIGN $ FROM BOND MARKET

KEEP an eye on foreigners. That's what American investors should be concerned about in this presidential mess. The American financial markets have handled the contested election quite well. Share prices...

UPSCALE HOTEL TO RISE ; RFR-TREVOR DAVIS PROJECT SET FOR 60 E. 55TH SITE

A hole in the ground next to Heron Tower on East 55th Street is about to be filled with an exclusive, upscale hotel, The Post has learned. Developers Aby Rosen...

THE BOSS' BIG PLAY ; STICKS IT TO DOLAN IN YANKS' RIGHTS WAR

When it comes to pitching fastballs high and inside, Roger Clemens has nothing on George Steinbrenner. The Boss has re-ignited the battle over Yankee broadcast rights by tossing a $55...

BERTELSMANN HELD TALKS WITH SONY - AND PASSED

Bertelsmann held high-level talks with Sony to discuss a music alliance but put those discussions on hold to concentrate on a possible deal with EMI, sources say. The German media...

MALONE: I'M EXPECTING TO GET LIBERTY FROM AT&T

Embattled AT&T chief Michael Armstrong is close to cutting his ties with media mogul John Malone. Malone said he expects AT&T to announce that it's spinning off Malone's Liberty Media...

POOR PROFITS BATTER BIG RETAILERS' STOCKS

Retailing stocks were some of the biggest losers in the markets yesterday, after several big chains announced weak quarterly earnings. Electronics retailer Best Buy lost 39 percent of its value...

AOL-TW PUT ON ICE: FTC DELAYS MERGER OK FOR THREE WEEKS

America Online's and Time Warner's hopes for a swift approval of their proposed merger were dashed yesterday, as the Federal Trade Commission sent them away for up to three more...

WATCHDOGS HIT PRIMEDIAOVER ONLINE PORN

Primedia CEO Tom Rogers - in the midst of trying to rally Wall Street for the merger with About.com - was hit with a new broadside from media watchdogs who...

DEVIL'S FOOD: SANDLER'S 'LITTLE NICKY' IS NOT FOR THE PICKY

LITTLE NICKY 2 ½ stars ADAM Sandler's latest makes me feel like one of those cartoon characters with an angel and a devil perched on each shoulder, whispering in each...

EARLY SNEAK PEEK AT SANDLER

'LITTLE Nicky" officially opens today - but thousands of people around the country paid to see it at extensive "special sneak screenings" last night. "It's a way to get people...

MARS TALE SPLASHES DOWN IN A MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

RED PLANET 1/2 This suspense-free sci-fi tale is almost as bad as "Mission to Mars."Running time: 106 minutes. Rated: PG-13 (adult theme). At the Chelsea, the Union Square, the Astor...

'MEN' THE STUFF OSCAR'S MADE OF

MEN OF HONOR 1/2 Salute Cuba Gooding Jr. and Robert De Niro - they make this naval drama a must-see Oscar contender.Running time: 120 minutes. Rated R (profanity). At the...

ALONG FOR THE RIDE : R. KELLY IS THE STARSHIP THAT TAKES ROBERT TO ANOTHER PLACE

IS R. Kelly the king of raunch, as some of his harshest critics have labeled him - or heir to the R&B throne left empty years ago when Marvin Gaye...

TOUCHING SIBLING TALE TOO MUCH LIKE A PLAY

YOU CAN COUNT ON ME 1/2 Often touching drama of sibling love and struggle.Running time: 109 minutes. Rated R (language, couples in bed, marijuana). At the Lincoln Square, the 1st...

YO, EDDIE! TALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN

"In The Beginning: From Creation to the Ten Commandments" Sunday at 9 on WNBC/Ch. 4 1/2 IN the beginning, there were Adam and Eve. And as conceived by this new...

LEAVE THIS CLUMSY REVIVAL OUT IN THE 'RAIN'

RAIN FROM HEAVENTheatre 3, 311 W. 43rd St., (212) 539-3851. Through Nov. 19. THE'30s of the last century were a tricky time for playwrights. You either knew what you wanted...

CAUTIONARY TALE: ART IS LONG, LIFE IS SHORT

A CLASS ACTManhattan Theatre Club, 131 W. 55th St., (212) 581-1212. Open ended. BIOGRAPHY is tricky.Lonny Price clearly intends "A Class Act" to showcase the work of a musical genius...

IT'S THE GRIM WHITE WAY ; 'JEKYLL' AND TWO OTHER SHOWS ARE NEAR DEATH

CLOSING notices. Announcements of new shows. Maneuvering for theaters.It's been a busy week on the Great White Way. First, the shows that fell to the Grim Reaper: "Jekyll & Hyde,"...

AL AND W'S CLIFFHANGER

IF only Tuesday's elections had been a weekly series, it would be one of the biggest hit TV shows of all time. Final ratings show that more than 61.6 million...

IMAGINE! NBC SELLING BEATLE HOUSE BRICKS

NBC is offering John Lennon fans a piece of the rock - and roll. It's is auctioning off 150 bricks from the house where the Beatle grew up. The network...

WRESTLING FAN CRIES FOUL OVER RINGSIDE INSULT

A MANHATTAN department-store exec is suing a childhood friend for waving a sign at a televised World Championship Wrestling match that accused him of being a crook. In a $10...

AGNELLO LAWYER DISPUTES HIT WAS PUT OUT ON 'RAT'

Carmine Agnello's lawyer, in a bid to free the scrap-metal king from jail, argued in court papers yesterday that there was no hard proof Agnello was gunning for a "snitch"...

CORRECTION OFFICER CRITICAL AFTER CRASH

A correction officer was clinging to life late yesterday after being involved in a four-car accident on the Grand Central Parkway as she headed to work at Rikers Island. Karen...

RECOUNT FAILS TO NAME A WINNER - FLORIDA IN LIMBO UNTIL NOVEMBER 17

The Florida fiasco raged on yesterday with no final tally to declare Al Gore or George W. Bush president - as new controversies sprouted in every direction. Chaos reigned as...

RENO WADES INTO INTO FLORIDA SWAMP

Federal investigators are looking into complaints of Florida voter hanky-panky in what Attorney General Janet Reno yesterday conceded was usually a "state" issue. Amid fears of pro-Gore meddling by Reno...

SEN.-ELECT HILL RETURNS TO FIRST LADY ROLE FOR DAY

Fresh from celebrating her big Senate victory, Hillary Rodham Clinton played first lady last night at a White House reception that included George and Barbara Bush, parents of Al Gore's...

PREZ-RACE SQUEAKERS OF THE PAST

Here are the five tightest presidential elections until this year: 1960 - Democrat John F. Kennedy was elected president after he won the popular vote (49.7 percent to 49.5 percent)...

IRONIC TWIST: DALEY'S DAD STOLE '60 ELECTION

Bill Daley - the pugnacious Al Gore campaign chairman who's leading the battle to overturn Florida's vote - is the son of Richard "Boss" Daley, who helped steal the 1960...

BUCHANAN: THESE VOTES JUST CAN'T BE FOR ME

Reform Party rebel Pat Buchanan yesterday sided with the Democrats and insisted most of the votes he got in Florida's Palm Beach County were really Veep Al Gore's. "I don't...

RENO VOWS TO KEEP POLITICS OUT OF PROBE

Federal investigators are looking into complaints of Florida voter hanky-panky in what Attorney General Janet Reno yesterday conceded was usually a "state" issue. Amid fears of pro-Gore meddling by Reno...

Q & A ON THE RECOUNT

Q: What happens next in Florida? A: The state's tally won't be official until the state certifies it. That could be delayed if individual counties agree to the Gore campaign's...

EX-ADVISER RIPPED OFF SCHOOLS: DA

A former computer consultant to the city's School Construction Authority was busted for allegedly bilking the agency out of more than $26,000 in phony overtime, prosecutors said yesterday. Anapurna Raju,...

MILLENNIUM $$ COLORS A LUCKY 'REDNECK' GREEN

One of New York's Millennium millionaires is a self-proclaimed "redneck" golfing addict who isn't even from New York. Jim Hall, 63, and his wife, Vivian, came from Springfield, Pa., to...

HISTORY SAYS DON'T PUT ANYTHING PAST TEAM AL

WEST PALM BEACHTHIS fiasco is looking more like the aftermath of a Russian election rather than the vote for president in the land of the free and home of the...

GERMAN BOY, 4, SETS RECORD WITH SKY-DIVING FEAT

We kiddie you not - a 4-year-old boy may have set the record as the youngest person to jump 10,000 feet from an airplane. Toni Stadler tumbled from a plane...

GARDEN-VARIETY 'JUNKIES' HOOKED ON HOBBY: STUDY

Before you stop to smell the roses, you might want to think twice. People who enjoy gardening are as physically addicted as junkies and alcoholics, researchers claim. The findings by...

MADONNA BUYS $11M LONDON HOME

Madonna has finally decided to settle in Britain - forking out $11 million on a posh, six-bedroom townhouse. The Material Mom has signed the contract on a four-story detached Georgian...

ODD PLEA DEAL IN MICH. RAPE CASE

A Michigan man has pleaded guilty to the antiquated charge of adultery - in order to get out of a rape charge that could have landed him in jail. The...

CARMINE SNITCH MADE DEAL TO HAVE CHARGES DROPPED

The informant who taped Carmine Agnello discussing how to torch a competing junkyard had a long rap sheet and was hoping to duck a lengthy prison stint, The Post has...

W. SIDE MAN BUSTED FOR SELLING HIS VOTE: COPS

In an election where every vote has been critical, authorities yesterday charged a Manhattan man with peddling his for $600. Cristian Hazzard, 28, who produces comedy sketches that air on...

COP CAUGHT IN FED HOOKER STING ; PHONY 'JOHNS' NAIL B'KLYN SGT.

A Brooklyn police sergeant was busted yesterday on charges of getting $800-an-hour prostitutes for undercover FBI agents posing as Chicago businessmen looking for sex. Sgt. James Zhao, 33, of the...

$41M FOR L.I. LAB CLEANUP

Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday announced more than $41 million in new federal funding to complete and speed up the cleanup of groundwater contamination around Long Island's Brookhaven National Laboratory. The...

EVEN NADER'S PALS TURNING ON HIM HERE

The city's top Democratic mayoral contenders were steaming at Ralph Nader yesterday for thwarting the election of Al Gore - with even longtime Nader pal Mark Green describing himself as...

SEXY SWANK BUSTING OUT OF 'BOYS' IMAGE

Boy, oh, boy - here's proof positive that gender-bending actress Hilary Swank is 100 percent woman. Swank, who won an Oscar playing a girl who pretends to be a boy...

DOCS: SPLIT SIAMESE TWIN'S A MIRACLE

Amazed doctors last night dubbed separated Siamese twin Jodie "our little miracle baby." The 3-month-old infant has made "incredibly swift progress" since being split Monday from her conjoined sister Mary,...

CORRECTION HEAD NAMED

William Fraser, a 22-year veteran of the Correction Department, was named its commissioner yesterday by Mayor Giuliani. "He's virtually worked his way up from the bottom to the top and...

COUNTY REVOTE CAN RESTORE DEMOCRACY

THE presidency of the United States hinges on one county in Florida where the ballot was undeniably deceptive. We are down to a margin of 1,700 votes officially - and...

GRAVE ROBBERS OF NORMANDY BEACH: AMERICANS TRY TO STOP PLUNDER OF WWII TOMBS

THE final resting places of thousands of U.S. servicemen are being systematically desecrated and looted for souvenirs. For years, French salvage operators, professional treasure hunters and hundreds of amateur scuba...

NEWSPAPER GOOF-UPS ARE IN$TANT COLLECTIBLES

A copy of The Post with its early "Bush Wins!" headline is being hawked for $202 on eBay. But you could just as easily snatch one of the hundreds of...

WWF SUES COLUMNIST BOZELL FOR THE RAUNCH

Officials for the crotch-grabbing, trash-talking WWF filed a lawsuit yesterday, saying conservative columnist Brent Bozell hurt their feelings - and should pay. The lawsuit charges Bozell, who has waged a...

AL HEADS BACK TO D.C. AS FATE HANGS BY THREAD

NASHVILLE - Al Gore said goodbye to Tennessee last night, returning to his vice-presidential home in Washington to wait out the legal battle brewing in Florida. Still unsure if he's...

POWERS WON'T QUIT OVER LAZIO THRASHING

ALBANY - State Republican Chairman William Powers "has no plans" to resign, despite widespread criticism over Rick Lazio's landslide loss, The Post has learned. "The chairman is not going to...

13 YEARS IN HOLE FOR KILLER AFTER ATTACK

ALBANY - The 1993 killer of a TriBeCa graphic artist was ordered to spend the next 13 years in solitary confinement after stabbing a prison official and a guard. Tyrone...

AGENT 007'S COVER BLOWN BY SWISS BANK

In a blunder that would give James Bond a jolt, a computer glitch bared the confidential details of actor Roger Moore's wealth on the Web site of a Swiss bank....

SCHOOLS TAKE MATH BATH - 21% OF KIDS FAIL TEST KEY TO HS DIPLOMA

More than 20 percent of last year's high school seniors in the city failed a Regents math exam that next June will be required to graduate, state figures showed yesterday....

STRAW MAN: I'M THROUGH PLAYIN' BALL

Troubled Yankee slugger Darryl Strawberry - battling colon cancer and facing another 10 days behind bars - says he's not going to play baseball anymore. "I've called it over for...

AL'S GRAB FOR FLORIDA ; GORE GOES NUCLEAR

ON election night, Gore campaign chairman William Daley concluded his appearance at the podium in Nashville at 3 a.m. in front of a shell-shocked Gore crowd with the words: "The...

B'KLYN HERO'S FAMILY HAPPY TO SEE STOLEN MEMORIAL REPLACED

For Joseph Catanzaro, it's going to be a battle of emotions tomorrow when a new memorial flagpole is unveiled in Brooklyn for his brother, Anthony, who was killed during World...

COURT TALK PUTS STOCKS IN THE TANK

The election mess and a slowing economy whipsawed Wall Street yesterday. After a jittery morning, the markets tanked at about 2 p.m., when Al Gore's campaign manager William Daley said...

MODEL SUIT: SHOE FIRM BRUTAL HEEL

Modeling is dangerous work, a leggy blonde beauty claims in a lawsuit. Pamela Brangan, who works for the Ford Agency, charges she was "damaged in the sum of $2 million"...

BUSH IS ALREADY BUILDING CABINET

AUSTIN, Texas - Top advisers to George W. Bush are making no apologies for openly building a White House staff - even though no one's sure who will end up...

'CUBA FACTOR' CAN'T BE IGNORED IN FLORIDA

The United States is looking like a banana republic. That's the way the official government newspaper in Cuba described the U.S. presidential election. Normally, even under these abnormal circumstances, the...

PUT PATHETIC RACE OUT OF ITS MISERY

ENOUGH! The most powerful men representing the most stable government of the earth's greatest nation are behaving like hysterical 2-year-olds battling like cannibals over a cookie. "Mine!" "Mine!" "Mine!" "Mine!!!!!"...

KUWAITIS BUST ANTI-U.S. 'TERROR PLOTTERS'

Kuwait has broken up a terror cell linked to Saudi exile Osama bin Laden that reportedly was planning a "big operation," against U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf, American and...

GET SET FOR BELTWAY BOG-DOWN - NEXT PREZ CRIPPLED BY NO MANDATE

No matter who wins the White House, there's likely to be a mess instead of a mandate in the nation's capital. The president-elect will move into the Oval Office to...

IRONIC TWIST: DALEY'S DAD HELPED STEAL VOTE FOR JFK

Bill Daley - the pugnacious Al Gore campaign chairman leading the battle to overturn Florida's vote - is the son of Richard "Boss" Daley, who helped steal the 1960 election...

PAT ADMITS: THEY'RE NOT MY VOTES - OR GORE'S

Reform Party rebel Pat Buchanan yesterday conceded that most votes he got in Florida's Palm Beach County were meant for Al Gore - but warned Gore not to go to...

RECOUNT FAILS: FLORIDA IN LIMBO UNTIL NOVEMBER 17

The Florida fiasco raged on today with no final word on whether Al Gore or George W. Bush will be president - as new controversies sprouted in every direction. It...

PALM BEACHERS HAVE GOOD CASE: LAW PROFS

A challenge to the Palm Beach County election results could have solid legal grounds, experts said yesterday. "The evidence of voter confusion is very strong," said Terry Smith, an associate...

BURGLARY SUSPECT KILLS SELF

A 25-year-old Florida man in a car stopped by cops in Queens last night blew his brains out before he could face questioning, police said. The unidentified dead man, who...

RECOUNT FAILS TO NAME A WINNER - FLA. IN LIMBO 'TIL NOV. 17 AT EARLIEST

The Florida fiasco raged on today with no final word on whether Al Gore or George W. Bush will be president - as new controversies sprouted in every direction. It...

JAYHAWKS HOLD OFF GUTTY UCLA CHARGE

Kansas 99 UCLA 98 The night started as a laugher for Kansas, and ended as a white-knuckler. There was nothing easy about the Jayhawks' win over UCLA, made all the...

IN THE EYE OF THE STORM: COACHES CLASSIC TOUGH TEST FOR YOUNG JOHNNIES

What a way to open a season. A young St. John's team jumped right into the fire last night, opening the 2000-2001 season against Kentucky in the Coaches vs. Cancer...

THE GREAT CRUSADER: AS EWING CONTINUES HIS QUEST FOR A RING IN SEATTLE YOU CAN'T HELP BUT THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

CHARLOTTE -- The thinking never was of a ring. Rather, rings. Lots of rings. Patrick Ewing was to be the Knicks' savior coming out of Georgetown. The expectations went beyond...

PAT TAKES STING OUT OF HORNETS

CHARLOTTE -- Patrick Ewing stared on a roll hitting 3-of-5 for seven points in eight first-quarter minutes. And when the substitution came, he headed toward the Sonics' bench. "Hey Ewing,...

BLAZIN' BLUESHIRTS RUN INTO CAP TRAP

WASHINGTON -Two of the three previous games were against Ottawa and Edmonton, two of the fastest teams in the NHL. The other was against Montreal, a team that also wants...

ISBISTER PROVES REAL BARGAIN

BUFFALO - By signing a relatively skimpy contract before the season, Brad Isbister is like the equivalent of Costco. He'll gives you goals in bulk under market price. Surely, teachers...

LOOIE PLAYS THE SENATE RACE CARD

OF all the Americana that lays us low, nothing is more depressing than what we must suffer each fall as Election Day nears. Perhaps inspired by the loss of an...

TUA NOT COUNTING ON LEWIS RECOUNT

LAS VEGAS - If Gush and Bore were fighters, they would instinctively know how to straighten out this election mess in no time. They would both claim victory and start...

BANGED-UP FARRELL WILL SCALE MOUNT

H.S. GRID PREVIEW FACING a 20-7 deficit in the fourth quarter last week against Fordham Prep, sixth-seeded Mount St. Michael's season was on the verge of ending. Instead, the Mountaineers...

GIANTS HAVE PLAN TO KEEP RAMS AT BAY

He wants them to feel his pain. No matter that the pain is 10 years old, it still hurts and Glenn Parker on Sunday wants to share it with the...

HAMILTON HAS NO MORE DOUBTS ABOUT OFFENSE

GIANT NOTES For the first time in several years, defensive tackle Keith Hamilton says he has complete confidence in his team. That is a departure from the past, when Hamilton...

GROH: FERGIE'S GONNA PLAY

Nick Ferguson is the newest addition to the Jets' locker room and neither he nor Al Groh has plans for him to be a wallflower. Ferguson is the safety the...

MARCUS IN MIDDLE OF MUDDLE

He is in the center of a storm that is not of his making. After finding himself on the trading block much of the off-season, Marcus Camby is the center-piece...

JETS STANDING AT CROSSROADS

When the Jets take the field Sunday night under the bright lights of the RCA Dome and national television, they'll be staring at not only the 6-3 Colts, but a...

TUNA AND WILLIS AT TEDDY DINNER

The fourth annual "Teddy" Dinner, to benefit the Dr. Theodore A. Atlas charitable foundation, will be held Thursday at LiGreci's Staaten, 697 Forest Avenue, Staten Island. The foundation, started by...

CBS LANDS NTRA CHAMPIONS SERIES

The NTRA and CBS Sports have reached an agreement to broadcast the "NTRA Champions" series, featuring the best older horses in the country on both dirt and turf. A five-hour...

KNICKS PURSUE SMITH

The Knicks need size and 6-10 Joe Smith was made available yesterday when an arbitrator upheld the NBA's penalties against the forward, who had signed an illegal secret agreement with...

ACTION STILL GOING STRONG

THOSE who have not given up on saltwater fishing have been rewarded with excellent action on striped bass, blackfish and sea bass, with some areas also producing decent numbers of...

HAMPTON'S ARM IS UP FOR GRABS

METS NOTES Officially, the Mets' exclusive negotiating rights to Mike Hampton end midnight this evening, but really they were done a long time ago. So the free-agent process begins in...

ARROYO GETS 1G FINE FOR 'POOR JUDGMENT'

LOUISVILLE - Jockey Norberto Arroyo Jr., the leading rider in New York this year with 159 wins despite a 4-for-63 record at the current Aqueduct meet, was fined $1,000 by...

JOE'S YANK ACE IN HOLE

Money is the top recruiting tool to land free agents and the Yankees have plenty of green. However, the three-time defending World Champions are holding back another big recruiting advantage...

SMITH MAY TAKE MINNY-MUM ; FREE AGENT WANTS TO STAY WITH 'WOLVES

THANKS to arbitrator Kenneth Dam, the NBA has an entertaining new tradition. From now on, David Stern plans to begin each season by throwing out the first contract. Nothing new...

FRANCO FED UP WITH SETUP JOB?

No member of the 2000 NL pennant winning Mets was more accepting of his role - or more successful at it - than John Franco. But the 40-year-old from Staten...

METS NEED ARMS BEFORE A-ROD

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. - The idea of teaming Alex Rodriguez with Mike Piazza creates all kinds of delicious visions. But remember that A-Rod combined from 1996-99 in a lineup with...

YANKS MUM ON ANGELOS

Privately, the Yankees were laughing yesterday at Orioles' owner Peter Angelos' latest display of Pinstripe Envy. Publicly, they refused to swim in the same sewer Angelos has lowered himself into...

NELSON BLASTS AWAY AT YANKS

YANKEE NOTES Believing Jeff Nelson had rejected a three-year deal worth $9 million, the Yankees turned their attention yesterday to other right-handed relievers should Nelson find a better offer as...

ISLANDERS CAN'T CLIMB TO TOP

Sabres 3 Islanders 0 BUFFALO -While Florida election officials were recounting votes yesterday, the Elias Sports Bureau had the more necessary task of determining the last time the Islanders were...

MARK'S MEN GRAB SHARE OF THE LEAD

Rangers 5 Capitals 3 WASHINGTON - The first-place New York Rangers? The first-place New York Rangers. Fifteen games is what it's taken for Mark Messier to lead the Blueshirts into...

JAYHAWKS PULL OUT THRILLER

Kansas 99 UCLA 98 Maybe it was the rule changes. Maybe it was the grand stage of the nation's eyes turned toward the first game of the year in the...

CHIEF COOK AND . . . FROSH GUARD DOES IT ALL AS SJU KOS 'CATS

What a debut! Omar Cook, the heralded freshman from Christ the King HS, did it all last night. He scored. He passed. And then he drew up the winning play....

ROBINSON: DEVILS MISS KEY PLAYERS

The Devils confronted reality yesterday. This team that has not won this month is not the same one that won the Stanley Cup five months ago today. After first claiming...