November 12, 2000

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, $62M IS REALLY REASONABLE

MAYBE Libbet Johnson's $62 million asking price for her triplex condo isn't so wacky after all. According to reports, the Johnson & Johnson heiress combined several apartments in Trump International...

NOW WHAT'S IN A NAME? FAILED DOT-COMS HAWK THEIR GOLDEN URLS

Remember when former Disney dude Jake Winebaum paid $7.5 million in cash and stock for the domain name business.com? Way back in November 1999, getting the perfect name - short,...

USERS MASTERING NEW DOMAINS

The domain names market is all up in the air as it drags itself out of the 1990s. Just on Thursday, users were allowed to register names with Asian characters...

ELECTION CHAOS AT MONTHLIES

THE deadlocked election - which caused several major weeklies to stall their shipments to the printers last week - is now bedeviling monthly magazines as well. On Wednesday, Esquire was...

A SUCCULENT SLICE OF SALERNO

What's a guy from Salerno to do when he moves to New York and discovers there's no Italian restaurant in his neighborhood? For Dario Arenella, the answer was as plain...

DISCOVER SHEEP AND A NEW EWE THE WOOLLY HERO LOVES 'SILENCE OF THE LAMBS'

"BARNEY" is the perfect example of a kids' show that no self-respecting parent could enjoy. We tolerate the purple one - and his gaggle of obnoxious hangers-on, children only a...

"PRODIGAL SUMMER" BY BARBARA KINGSOLVER HARPERCOLLINS 444 PAGES, $26.00

Barbara Kingsolver's "Prodigal Summer" has drawings of moths on the inside cover, lots of plant descriptions and nature-loving characters such as a wildlife biologist and an organic farmer. To those...

4 QUESTIONS FOR JENNIFER O'DELL

Who are your heroes? My grandmother for having the courage to handle hardships and the strength to learn that love endures. She was the only one who always believed in...

UNKNOWN MASTER - OBSCURE CHEF NAO SUGIYAMA EMERGES AS A ZAGAT RATINGS WINNER

Out of nowhere, a quaint and humble Japanese restaurant has risen from obscurity to the upper echelon of stardom. Sugiyama, the best-kept secret among Manhattan's true food aficionados, has been...

RUSH'S LEADER LEE IN A RUSH BACK WITH SOLO CD

Geddy Lee doesn't like to harp on the negative. His band Rush - the Canadian trio known for hits "Tom Sawyer" and "Subdivisions" - remains one of the most critically...

RELIGHTING JIM'S FIRE - A NEW TRIBUTE ALBUM AND VH1 SHOW PAVE THE WAY FOR MAJOR DOORS REVIVAL

In 1967, The Doors sang "This is the end." But the end was nowhere near. The seminal psychedelic rock band is about to go through a major revival, one that...

FARRELL: JAM WAS A TRIP

Perry Farrell, the founder of Lollapalooza and Jane's Addiction, says he was blown away by the experience of singing with the remaining Doors on an upcoming VH1 special. "It was...

SEX, DRUGS, ROCK 'N' ROLL: 'STONED' AGAIN WITH THE DOORS

After Jim Morrison was buried in Paris nearly 30 years ago, The Doors' indulgence in rebellion, reptilian urges and violent sexuality went into a deep sleep. That is, until "Stoned...

HOW TO LOOK GOOD WHEN HAVING YOUR PHOTO TAKEN

Post readers know Danielle Levitt as the paper's photographer for the Sunday style pages. But the 28-year-old shutterbug also works as a trendspotter and fashion photographer for high-profile magazines like...

QUICK FIXES FOR THE HOLIDAYS: NEW YORKERS LOOK TO SHAPE UP FAST WITH FITNESS AND COSMETIC PICK-ME-UPS

Santa Claus may be the busiest guy during the holidays, but those fitness and beauty pros who make us look our best are giving St. Nick a run for his...

KID AT HEART IN WHOVILLE

The fear that your parents will embarrass you is strong in every child, but when dad is Hollywood A-lister Ron Howard, the stakes are especially high. Howard's 15-year-old twins had...

SERENA WILLIAMS

In case you haven't noticed, Serena Williams, the sixth-ranked female tennis player in the world, has a major passion for fashion. The flamboyant beauty, who sports tie-dyed dresses, gold hoops...

HEY, GIRLS. THIS IS FOR YOU

Girls just wanna see movies. And they wanna see them at the Pioneer Theater in the East Village, where the gURL.com Film Festival opens Thursday and continues through Nov. 21....

"LYING AWAKE" BY MARK SALZMAN ; ALFRED A. KNOPF 192 PAGES, $21

Sister John of the Cross of the L.A.'s St. Joseph monastery suffers from severe headaches. They are no ordinary migraines, however - along with the pain comes an ecstasy that...

SECOND ACTS COME ON STRONG IN LONDON

London - Do American lives always lack a second act, as Scott Fitzgerald once stated, then personally demonstrated? Two somewhat different answers are now being provided in London by director...

LEAD-PAINT CHIPS ARE AN 'EL' OF A PROBLEM

Peeling lead paint from elevated subway tracks is raining down on several Bronx neighborhoods - but cleanup of the potential hazard is years away, The Post has learned. The Metropolitan...

MTA TURNING BLIND EYE TO MOB RAP VS. CONSTRUCTION UNION

The MTA has agreed not to audit work done on its new headquarters by a construction union under scrutiny for allegedly providing no-show jobs to mobsters' kin, The Post has...

RECOUNT-CASE JUDGES GAVE $ TO DEMS

The two judges at the center of the hand-count controversy in Florida not only have Clinton-Gore connections, but have seen money from their households find their way to Democratic campaigns....

DUBYA TAKES SLIGHT LEAD IN N. MEX.

Republican George W. Bush yesterday took an infinitesimal lead - just 17 votes - in New Mexico, flipping a state that was put in rival Al Gore's column for days,...

BUSH: KEEP HANDS OFF BALLOTS - POSSIBLE RECOUNTS IN AT LEAST 4 STATES

George W. Bush's team went to federal court yesterday to halt hand counts of votes in four heavily Democratic Florida counties, citing a "potential for mischief" that could throw the...

PHONE CALL STARTED POST-ELECTION WAR: BATTLE FOR THE SEAT OF POWER

THE week that shook America began with a phone call. It was 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 8 - what should have been the end of a nerve-wracking, nail-biting election...

STOOLIE LED TO NEW PROBE OF '82 MISSING-WIFE CASE

A criminal snitch looking to cut a deal led state probers to reopen the long-dormant investigation into the mysterious disappearance 18 years ago of a real-estate scion's wife, sources said...

ZIMBABWE GOV'T CONTINUES LAND GRAB

The Zimbabwe government vowed yesterday to continue to seize land from white farmers without compensation despite a Supreme Court ruling that the evictions are unconstitutional. "There is no going back...

MOM SLAIN BY HUBBY: COPS

A 39-year-old Queens mother was slaughtered with a butcher knife outside her home early yesterday by her estranged husband - who had been barred from going near her after a...

HOME-ALONE KIDS TAKEN FROM APARTMENT

Police yesterday were hunting for the parents of four young kids - including an infant - left home alone inside their squalid Brooklyn apartment. The oldest child, an 8-year-old girl,...

SPIN TEAMS PUMP UP THE VOLUME

In the battle for the hearts and minds of the American electorate, the Democrats spun first and spun better. The Gore camp hopped on the public-relations bandwagon the morning that...

FIDEL LEADS A MOCKING CHORUS OF U.S. FOES

Et tu, Fidel? Al Gore and George W. Bush are nervously awaiting the final results of Tuesday's presidential election - and officials from Cuba, Iran and Russia are loving every...

'DYNO GYNO' RETRIAL SET IN MED-BILL 'DOCTORING'

The celebrity Park Avenue doctor known as the "Dyno Gyno" - who has already been stripped of some freedoms by state and federal regulators - is back on trial tomorrow...

PERPLEXING POLL TAKING MENTAL TOLL: SHRINK

The presidential election nail-biter has George W. Bush and Al Gore on a seemingly endless roller-coaster ride of tension and high anxiety. And their potential first ladies - along for...

A 'NO' VOTE ON LOW-TECH LUNACY

WE can e-mail in a nanosecond, get money out of cash machines in minutes, buy everything from cars to real estate on the Web, and even do our taxes online....

MAKE WAY FOR NEW YORK'S NEW ODD COUPLE

It's a plot that would make Neil Simon smile: A know-it-all Jewish guy from Brooklyn wakes up to find his new roommate is this reserved Midwestern woman trying to make...

BILL FEELING THE HILL CHILL SHE DUCKED PREZ AT ELECT PARTY

THE icicles growing between them could have chilled the TV lights. It was election night with President Clinton and Sen.-elect Hillary-no-last-name. What a wonderful moment for an American family to...

A WORLD OF UNCERTAINTY FOR ALMANAC

The World Almanac, which has published the names of every president-elect since 1868, went to press this week without being able to name this year's winner. "This has been a...

TRAGIC VIOLENCE MAY KEEP BARAK IN OFFICE

JERUSALEM. YASSER ARAFAT'S bullets might make it nearly impossible for Israel to decide an opposition challenge to Prime Minister Ehud Barak's leadership and policy. Barak promised peace with Syria in...

TIME TO CALL IN ASTROLOGERS AND LET PUNDITS PONDER URANUS

The polls, the pundits and the experts who couldn't stop yapping for two minutes with their predictions for the election proved, as Dan Rather might say, about as slippery as...

WHOEVER WINS THIS THING ENDS UP LOSING

IT SOUNDS like a plot from a Carl Hiaasen novel: The fate of the world's only superpower depends on 3,000 elderly South Florida nitwits and their lawyers. These poor lunkheads...

'04 PLANS ALREADY SHAPING UP FOR THE DEMOCRATS

If Democrat Al Gore ends up losing the most nerve-wracking election in memory, it's a good bet he'll run again in 2004 - but Republican George W. Bush might just...

SADISTIC BX. ROBBERS SCALD THEIR VICTIMS

A Bronx man and his stepson were recovering yesterday from burns suffered when robbers burst into their home and scalded them with a clothes iron, police said. Both Rafael Meja,...

ELTON LOOKS INTO ADOPTION OF SOUTH AFRICAN BOY

Elton John may soon have an Elton Jr. of sorts. The superstar singer is reportedly considering adopting a 4-year-old boy from South Africa named Elton after seeing a photo of...

IT'S NOT IN THE BOOKS, BUT VOTE'S A HOT SCHOOL TOPIC

Think kids find history boring? Not lately. Teachers around the city say the presidential street brawl is waking students from their civics slumber - and that kids reacted with passion...

'FOUNDING FATHERS DIDN'T WANT THIS'

LARRY Jones immediately knew that Walter Jones was no relative the moment four bullets whizzed past his head. "He fires four shots at me. I fire two at him," said...

BUSH PICKS ECHO TRANSITION TEAM BOASTS EXPERIENCE

AUSTIN, Texas - A protracted election isn't stopping George W. Bush from dropping big hints about his choices for a White House team. Aiming to look presidential, Bush has been...

THANKFUL THRONGS HAIL VALIANT VETS

Crowds packed Midtown yesterday to cheer 25,000 veterans marching to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Korean War - and in honor of all the nation's ex-soldiers. A relaxed and...

BOSNIANS ARE VOTING WHETHER TO BREAK WITH PAST

Bosnians voted yesterday in nationwide elections to determine whether the war-ravaged Balkan state is ready to follow its neighbors and break with its tumultuous past. Preliminary, unofficial results were not...

'BLOOD' FEUD SPURS SLAYING

A Brooklyn teen busted for killing another teen on a basketball court told cops he shot the victim for suggesting the gunman's baby son belongs to the Bloods gang, sources...

DIRTY DEALING RUNS IN THE DALEY BLOOD

IF YOU were fighting a war, you'd want a Douglas MacArthur on your side. Or a George Patton. They were killers, MacArthur and Patton - as were their fathers before...

SPITZER, HILL SPLIT OVER ELECTORAL COLLEGE

EXCLUSIVE ALBANY - New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer split with Sen.-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton, a fellow Democrat, yesterday and defended the Electoral College. "I think it is a system...

ANGRY PAYTON PUTS BLAME ON SONICS

Rarely has Seattle's Gary Payton felt - or looked - so helpless. The six-time All-Star point guard spent yesterday turning the ball over, leading to Net fast breaks the other...

SAFIR HAS BLUE SHIELD 13 CITY COPS AT EX-COMMISH'S BECK AND CALL

NEARLY three months after quitting as Police Commissioner, Howard Safir is guarded around the clock by an unprecedented squad of up to 13 NYPD cops, The Post has learned. The...

BIG LEGAL GUNS ARE READY TO FIRE

With the presidential campaigns going into the courthouse tomorrow, the election might just boil down to which side has the best lawyers. The Gore legal team is headed by Kendall...

161 DIE IN CABLE-CAR INFERNO AUSTRIA BLAZE TRAPS SKIERS INSIDE TUNNEL

A blaze that spread "at raging speed" erupted in a cable car carrying skiers to an Alpine resort yesterday, trapping passengers deep inside a mountain and killing 161 - many...

FINALLY, A CRISIS WORTH OUR ATTENTION

AT LEAST it's not about a pubic hair on a Coke can or oral sex in the Oval Office. Nine years after the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill hearings ushered in the...

PALM BEACH 'CHADS' TO CONFUSION ; CHANGES DEFINITION OF 'VOTE' IN MID-COUNT

TALLAHASSEE - A manual recount in Palm Beach County turned chaotic yesterday as the local canvass commission ruled to change the rule on how the punch-card votes are recounted. The...

RUSSIA-TO-ISRAEL HIJACKING DRAMA CANCELS BARAK TRIP

A hijacked Russian airliner with 58 people aboard landed in Israel early today, prompting Prime Minister Ehud Barak, halfway to Washington for a meeting with President Clinton, to abruptly cancel...

MIDEAST TOLL MOUNTS AS N.Y. PHOTOGRAPHER IS SHOT

A meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and President Clinton had to be delayed early today because of a hijacking crisis in Israel, as both countries hoped to eventually...

'CON'TRACTORS NAIL CONSUMERS

Home-improvement horror stories abound in today's economy, where big bucks can't always buy the best in the busy boom - but can easily attract scam artists who can't rebuild a...

GATES' RX FOR 'MISFORTUNE': SEX AND DRUGS

Although Bill Gates is losing billions in Wall Street's high-tech bust, he stands to make a killing on two of his newer investments - sex and opium. The 45-year-old billionaire,...

NEW TOP COP SERVING UP MORALE BOOSTER TO FORCE

Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik says he's working to boost morale throughout the ranks of New York's Finest - and some union leaders agree. "I think it is changing already, and...

FREE-AGENT STARS 'PERK' UP AT OFFERS

For baseball players these days, contracts of $100 million and more just aren't enough to buy happiness. Nope. For true nirvana, top-shelf free agent ballplayers are asking for - and...

ATHLETES MUST AGREE TO BAN ON RISKY BUSINESS

Superstar players and their agents aren't the only ones at the negotiating table making non-monetary demands. Teams, interested in protecting their $100 million investments, are laying down the law on...

POSTELL'S ROOKIE GAFFES EARN JEFF'S RIPS

KNICK NOTES BOSTON - With Latrell Sprewell and Chris Childs injured, rookie swingman Lavor Postell got his first taste of meaningful Knick action Friday in Boston. And the first taste...

WARD'S WORK IS PRODUCING NEW RESPECT

Once upon a time, before Charlie Ward had his breakout playoff run last spring, a great performance by him was cause to celebrate. Not any longer. The Knicks expect Ward...

GORING TELLS HIS ISLES: AW, SHOOT!

Butch Goring doesn't understand it. Why are his players so hesitant to shoot the puck? Before the 3-0 road loss to the Sabres Thursday, the Islanders' coach said he urged...

DEVILS CAN'T STOP SKIDDING

It could be something in the Meadowlands air: The Stanley Cup seems to tarnish mighty quickly in New Jersey. The last time the Stanley Cup champion Devils went this long...

WHO'S MOVIN' ON UP? BOTH JETS AND COLTS NEED WIN

INDIANAPOLIS - In golf, the Saturday round of a tournament represents what the PGA Tour pros call 'moving day,' particularly in the majors, with players methodically trying to position themselves...

CARRYING ON TRADITION DAYNE'S LATEST IN LONG LINE OF JINT POWER BACKS

THE venerable old man's mind is filled with images dear to his Giant heart. There is Tittle to Shofner deep. There is Gifford running amok. There is Sam Huff giving...

GARNES CALLS FOR ROUGH WEATHER AT MEADOWLANDS

GIANT NOTES Sam Garnes is thankful that today's first-place showdown with the Rams will be played on real grass, with real weather conditions at Giants Stadium, rather than the climate-controlled,...

BIG BLUE GOES ON TRIAL RAMS' OFFENSE WILL PUT JINTS ON STAND

Court is now in session. Here for the defense is Keith Hamilton, aka 'Hammer,' who would like to approach the bench and offer this preamble as a lead-in to what...

IN FIRST PLACE, IT'S A RARITY

Two first-place teams, one being the Giants, meeting this late in the season at Giants Stadium? This is not a common occurrence. How rare is this? When the first-place Giants...

HARRISON A BIG TEST FOR GLENN

JET NOTES INDIANAPOLIS - Aaron Glenn knew the question was coming. It is, after all Colts week, meaning the Jets' secondary is facing Colts' prolific receiver Marvin Harrison in today's...

REEBOK LOVES IVERSON'S RAP GANGSTA IMAGE SELLS SNEAKERS

AT FIRST glance, the new commercials are so overwhelmed by menacing gangsta images and attitude that you figure these might be updated public-service announcements, the kind that end with, "It's...

STORM A WORK IN PROGRESS

St. John's coach Mike Jarvis said he wanted to see his players compete for 80 minutes. By that standard, the Red Storm's performance in the Coaches vs. Cancer Ikon Classic...

LOU'S GOTTA OPEN THE WALLET ARNOTT, NIEDERMAYER KEYS TO CUP REPEAT

YOU don't have to be a staunch players' guy to question the way Lou Lamoriello has handled what laughingly can be referred to as the Scott Niedermayer-Jason Arnott negotiations. You...

BOBBY'S STAFF IS ON THIN ICE

With his contract situation settled, Bobby Valentine is still looking for some things this offseason. On the personal level, he and his wife, Mary, haven't yet found the right house...

GANG GROH & INDY SEEKING IDENTITY

INDIANAPOLIS - During those special seasons - the ones that we talk about forever like the '68 Jets, the '86 Giants and the '90 Giants - there is a point...

BIG A STAKES OFF TURF

LOUISVILLE - The complexion of today's New York Stallion Stakes series at Aqueduct changed radically yesterday when two of the four races - the Perfect Arc and Cormorant, both originally...

DEER SPORTSMAN, HAVE YOU HERD THE NEWS?

THE OPENING of the big-game season in New York is just a week away and while some of you who have been scouting the areas you will hunt may know...

ESCHMEYER BUMPS SONIC OUT OF LIMELIGHT

Coming into yesterday's game at the Meadowlands, all the attention was focused squarely on Patrick Ewing's return to the metropolitan area. And while overlooked Nets center Evan Eschmeyer may not...

JUST KEEPIN' IT REAL LEWIS TRAINER STEWARD JUST TELLS IT LIKE IT IS

LAS VEGAS - Emanuel Steward is that rarest of breed among boxing trainers, the type who tells reporters what they want to hear while telling his fighter what he doesn't...

JOHN'S CALL EYES JAPAN CUP

John's Call, one of the leading contenders for the Turf Eclipse Award this year, will make his next start in the Group 1 Japan Cup in Tokyo on Nov. 26....

EW CAN'T STOP STEPH MARBURY'S 41 RUIN PATRICK'S RETURN

Nets126Sonics91 The crowd included Spike Lee and seemingly as many fans in Knick No. 33 jerseys as in any Nets' apparel. And they all came to greet and praise Patrick...

GILL'S RETURN UPSTAGES PAT'S

NET NOTES Kendall Gill came to the Meadowlands pretty much planning on being a spectator and a fan for the Nets first and Patrick Ewing's return second. Gill didn't get...

CURTIS CAPTURES S.I. SHOWDOWN

Curtis30Port Rich.0 There is still plenty of fight left in the two-time defending PSAL Champion Curtis Warriors. Opening up the first round of the playoffs at home, fifth-seeded Curtis rode...

MOONLADY TAKES L.I. 'CAP

Moonlady, a 3-year-old German filly who'd never raced on dirt before, made a nice transition from grass to mud at Aqueduct yesterday, winning the $150,000 Long Island Handicap by three...

CLIP THIS AND WEEP TRUE CONFESSION OF A CLIP-BASHER

NEVER LET it be said I'm too old to learn a new vice and add it to my rich collection. Or too out of touch with reality to think I...

TERRIERS TAKE BITE OF TRINITY

CHSFL AA PLAYOFFSSt. Fran. Prep14Holy Trinity3 St. Francis Prep's defense has never been in question this season. The offense was a different story. "We're young and we didn't do much...

OFF TO SNOOZING START

The Alex Rodriguez Sweepstakes started yesterday and there was no mad Mets dash to sign A-Rod on Day 1. In fact, GM Steve Phillips headed into the weekend with no...

ROCKIES PLANNING REED OFFER

The Rockies are expected to offer Mets righty Rick Reed a contract this week according to a source familiar with Colorado's plans. The 35-year-old Reed is someone GM Steve Phillips...

NO ONE MISSES MUCH OF EWING

IF TWO bad Garden losses in the absence of Patrick Ewing has made Knicks fans' hearts grow fonder of him, they nevertheless followed the lead of his new team yesterday...

WAGNER STAR RUNS FOR 260

There's just no stopping Ramael Myers. The Wagner RB rushed 27 times for 260 yards and four touchdowns, helping top-seeded Wagner beat No. 16 Fort Hamilton, 54-0, yesterday to advance...

LOU-SING GOES ON AND ON

Sabres4Devils0 Lou is losing, too. The Devils' longest losing streak in nearly 10 years means it's time for Lou Lamoriello to prove he isn't guilty of a foolish consistency, the...

SULLIVAN CARRIES FARRELL TO FINAL

CHSFL AAA PLAYOFFSFarrell17The Mount10 Msgr. Farrell beat Mount St. Michael last night, but the game was really won a week ago. Felled by a sprained ankle, Farrell RB Jason Sullivan...

SPREWELL'S IFFY FOR WEST COAST TRIP

No one from the Knick organization was willing to say yesterday whether Latrell Sprewell and his achy back will be able to make the cross-country flight to the West Coast...

NO GOALS, NO TOUGHNESS, NO WIN

Sharks4Islanders0 You know the Islanders are in trouble when Eric Cairns can't return soon enough to the lineup. But after last night, Cairns' toughness is what exactly what they're missing...

CALL 'EM A SWAT TEAM KNICKS' KILLER 'D' SQUASHES HORNETS, FACES PATRICK NEXT

Knicks81Hornets67 Not a bad time for the Knicks to go face to face with Patrick Ewing and his reeling Sonics, is it? Not a bad time at all. The surging...

WALLACE MATTHEWS' ROUND BY ROUND ANALYSIS

ROUND 1 - Referee Joe Cortez had to caution both fighters to stay in their corners before the bell. Lewis came out jabbing. Tua missed two wild left hooks, then...

IT'S TUA EASY FOR LEWIS CHAMP COPS UNANIMOUS DECISION

LAS VEGAS - So this is the Lennox Lewis we've been hearing about for the past 12 years. This is the heavyweight we've been assured is lurking within that 6-5,...