November 23, 2000
URBANDESIGN.COM IS CLOSING ITS DOORS
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amThere is no holiday reprieve for the dot-com world as one more e-tailer got the stuffing knocked out of it. UrbanDesign.com, a business-to-business home furnishings company, closed yesterday - after...
MARTS IN TURKEY TROT - GROWTH OUTLOOK, FLA. MESS CHASE INVESTORS
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amWall Street is looking more like a turkey on the run. Bugged by slow growth ahead and uncertainties over who's winning the White House tug of war, investors continued to...
AHEAD OF THE PACK - NFL LEADS 'NET COMPETITORS IN DUST
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amThe cyber-revolution for the country's professional sports leagues is not coming from Silicon Valley or the gleaming towers of New York City - but rather from the former farmlands of...
MOVIELINE IS TROLLING FOR A BUYER
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amThe tiny Los Angeles company that owns hip Movieline magazine and its younger sibling, Teen Movieline, has retained an investment banker to explore strategic options. As part of those talks,...
KNICKS, RANGERS ARE MOST VALUABLE
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amFranchise values of Cablevision Corp.'s Knicks and Rangers have soared more than 33 percent in two years as the teams jacked up revenues by exploiting corporate sponsorships, according to a...
EUROPEAN CARS YOU WON'T SEE HERE
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amSURPRISE! There are hardly any saloons in Great Britain, nor are there many of the full-size, four-door, luxury vehicles we call sedans. I couldn't find a single SUV, hatchback, minivan...
THANKSGIVING TURKEYS - THESE CINEMATIC STINKERS ARE FOR THE BIRDS
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amHOLLYWOOD has produced enough turkeys this year to feed a small nation - many of them stuffed with some of Hollywood's biggest names. While there are fewer than a handful...
LEGENDARY CITY HALL REPORTER ANDY LOGAN DIES
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amAndy Logan, who chronicled City Hall's foibles for The New Yorker magazine with elegance and wit for a quarter-century, has died at the age of 80. Logan, who was suffering...
TROOPS AIMED HIGH ON 'POT' COOKIES: COPS
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amWhen Johnny comes munching home again, hee-hee, hee-hee. An upstate woman has been charged with assault for allegedly drugging up a band of soldiers with marijuana-laced cookies. Brenda L. Mason,...
COURT REJECTS SUIT CHALLENGING HOLOCAUST SETTLEMENT
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amA controversial plan to divide up the $1.25 billion that Swiss banks have agreed to pay Holocaust survivors will stand as written, a Brooklyn federal judge ruled yesterday. One appeal...
CHENEY HAS HEART ATTACK - DOCS SAY HE'S OK FOLLOWING SURGERY
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amDick Cheney, whose heart problems were downplayed by George W. Bush when he tapped him as his running mate, underwent surgery yesterday after suffering a mild heart attack. Cheney, 59,...
ALL PUMPED UP FOR THE BIG PARADE - EXPECT A CHILL WIND TO BLOW TODAY
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amNew Yorkers will kick off the holiday season today with hundreds of thousands of people lining Central Park West and Broadway for the 74th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Viewers,...
B'KLYN MAN CHARGED IN TOT'S BELT SLAY
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amA 29-year-old Brooklyn man murdered his girlfriend's 2-year-old son because he was "misbehaving," police said yesterday. The child, Devote Hall, was killed Sunday inside his family's Jefferson Avenue home, in...
'CAT IN HAT' AUTHOR NOW DR. 'SUED'
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amA woman who was injured by the Cat in the Hat balloon during the 1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade filed a $10 million suit yesterday against Dr. Seuss' estate, NBC...
TIME FOR A COALITION GOV'T
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amMAYBE it's time to try something different. Maybe it's time for a coalition government, such as the ones that have worked successfully in countries like Israel and Italy. Why? Because...
CHUCK AIMS TO CURB TRAVELERS' 'MISERY'
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amA record number of travelers are expected to hit the road or board trains and airplanes this weekend, prompting a spate of calls for action on the vexing problem of...
FERRER: HOMELESS COULD BE LEFT OUT IN COLD
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amLack of coordination between city agencies is putting thousands of homeless people at risk as winter approaches, the Bronx borough president warned yesterday. Fernando Ferrer, a 2001 mayoral contender, used...
STUDENT DIES IN BLAZE SET BY AROMA CANDLES
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amA 25-year-old New York University graduate student who dreamed of being a movie director was killed yesterday in a horrific Brooklyn apartment fire sparked by decorative candles she left burning...
PALS OF WIFE-SLAY DOC ASK JUDGE FOR LENIENCY
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amWife-killer plastic surgeon Robert Bierenbaum - whose lawyers say they rebuffed an offer of only six years in prison - is begging for mercy on the eve of a murder...
RETAILERS WON'T BREAK ANY RECORDS THIS SEASON
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amIt's that time of year again so, starting today, The Post's Savvy Shopper will begin daily reports from ground zero in the battle to get the most out of your...
TEACHER IN EMBARRASSING BUST
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amA 48-year-old Queens middle-school teacher was busted for smoking crack in his car, police said yesterday. Police found Scott Daly, a social-studies teacher at IS 238 in Hollis, Queens, half-naked...
IRATE PS 89 PARENTS WIN TIGHTER SECURITY
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amEmbattled education officials yesterday promised to ratchet up security at the Queens school where 6-year-olds were molested - after angry parents threatened a boycott. The dramatic changes at PS 89...
HIS OPERATION IS A ROUTINE PROCEDURE
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amDick Cheney's emergency surgery yesterday to have a stent placed in a narrowed artery in his heart is one of the most commonly performed procedures in the country. The minimally...
DEFIANT DUBYA CLAIMS VICTORY & BLASTS COURT
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amA defiant George W. Bush claimed for the first time yesterday that he won a legitimate victory in Florida and ripped the state's highest court - accusing it of trying...
THERE'S PRECEDENT FOR 'DIMPLES'
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amDimpled ballots have been used to decide tight election battles in Illinois and two other states. David Boies, a lawyer for Al Gore, cited the Illinois case in his presentation...
CYBERSEX OLLIE: I'M PREPARED TO GO TO TRIAL AGAIN
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amAccused cybersex fiend Oliver Jovanovic says he's ready for his March retrial - with no intention of pleading guilty to something he did not do, even to avoid jail. "I...
D.C. REPUBLICANS PLAN TO CROWN KING GEORGE
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amFURIOUS Republicans on Capitol Hill are brushing up on the Constitution - and Tom Clancy-style doomsday scenarios - to make sure the next president is named George W. Bush and...
APPLE OPENS ITS HEART TO VISITING CANCER KID
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amA 4-year-old Georgia boy suffering from leukemia will be watching today's Thanksgiving Day Parade in person - a holiday dream come true, thanks to a lot of big hearts in...
FLORIDA LEGISLATORS WEIGH STEPPING IN
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE - Florida's state legislative leaders are considering the unprecedented - having the GOP-controlled legislature take over the process of selecting the state's 25 Electoral College representatives. That would effectively...
JOY AND DESPAIR AS DADE CALLS IT QUITS
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amMIAMI - The Miami-Dade County canvassing board's stunning decision to quit counting capped a raucous meeting, complete with screaming activists and shoving matches. By the time it was all over,...
FOLKS TALKING REVOLUTION AS THE CHEAT GOES ON
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amWEST PALM BEACH. THERE is dark anger in the hearts of good men and women in a place where the sun is supposed to be shining all the time. Andrew...
CHENEY: I'M FIT TO SERVE - HAS HEART ATTACK, BUT SAYS HE'S UP FOR VEEP JOB
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amDick Cheney, whose heart problems were downplayed by George W. Bush when he tapped him as his running mate, had surgery yesterday after a mild heart attack. But the 59-year-old...
Q&A ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN FLORIDA FIASCO
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amQ: Where are we now? A: Waiting to see if Al Gore can find enough votes to catch up to George W. Bush - whose official lead is 930 votes...
'FAME JUNKIE' STARS HAVE PSYCH WOES, SHRINK SAYS
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amCelebrities who sell their stories to magazines may be suffering from a "mental disorder," a shrink claimed yesterday. Clinical psychologist Oliver James made his startling diagnosis as two British publications...
LEGENDARY CITY HALL REPORTER LOGAN DIES
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amAndy Logan, who chronicled City Hall's foibles for The New Yorker magazine with elegance and wit for a quarter-century, has died at the age of 80. Logan, who was suffering...
POLICE PRESS HUNT FOR BRUTAL HOME-INVADER
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amA one-man crime wave has struck in Manhattan and Queens, committing home-invasion robberies, assaults, a rape and a sexual molestation at a hotel, police said. Frederick Edward Monroe, who sometimes...
HIGH COURT TO GET TALLY-HASSLE - TEAM BUSH IN BID TO UPSET FLA. RULING
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amRepublican George W. Bush yesterday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to bar the Florida hand recounts that threaten his lead over Al Gore as the two White House rivals frantically...
KNEE PUTS WARD ON THE SIDELINES
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES ATLANTA - Charlie Ward's chronic right-knee problem finally flared up so much that he was forced to sit out last night's game in Atlanta, and he's expected to...
JOHNNY LEADING NETS TO 'NEW' HEIGHTS
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amPHOENIX - When the Nets started the season, one of the key words bandied about was "trust." They needed to trust each other and not be the splintered group of...
MUTOMBO'S ASKED EWING ABOUT N.Y.
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amATLANTA - Dikembe Mutombo revealed last night that he's consulted with fellow Georgetown alum Patrick Ewing on what it's like to play for the Knicks and live in the New...
STRICK-LY BUSINESS - ERICK'S GRITTY 'D' GETS IT DONE FOR KNICKS
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amATLANTA - Erick Strickland knew the only way to win over Jeff Van Gundy's heart was through playing defense. Following his bang-up performance in Tuesday night's miracle win in Orlando,...
BLUE DEVILS FEAST ON TEXAS TRIMMINGS
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amPRESEASON NIT: Duke 95 - Texas 64 Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski has his work cut out for him this season. Honest. Sure, the Blue Devils are loaded. They have a...
ISLANDER FRANCHISE FUTURE'S SO DEPRESSING
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amIT WAS a pre-game press conference called here at the Coliseum for the twin purposes of hailing the history of, and introducing a charitable component to, hockey's great Rangers-Islanders rivalry....
BATTIER & BOOZER MAKE DUKE DYNAMIC
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amWhen St. John's pulled off one of the upsets of last season by shocking Duke 83-82 in Cameron Indoor Stadium, there was no doubt as what the Blue Devils' game...
CONFIDENT OWLS TEACH YOUNG HOOSIERS LESSON
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amPRESEASON NIT: Temple 69 - Indiana 61 It's hard to say if the rookie coach and his young Hoosiers withered in the shadow of ousted former coach Bob Knight and...
SHOWTIME FOR SCOTT & JASON
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amANAHEIM - Stage nerves were aflutter. The two Devils who believe they are worth more than Lou Lamoriello wanted to pay had to show they deserve what they received. They...
ISLANDER OWNERS PATIENT PAIR - WANG, KUMAR JUST LOOKING FOR PROGRESS
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amWithout the win-now mentality that dominates most of New York sports, Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar have taken a comforting approach with their new team. Accepting that the Islanders can't...
DUTROW SET TO FEAST ON BIG A FARE
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amIf Rick Dutrow Jr.'s barn was any hotter, they'd have to call in the fire trucks. When the 41-year-old trainer saddled 2-5 favorite Tothe Chase for an easy victory in...
BOCA HAS INTERCONTINENTAL EDGE
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amLONDON - The age-old debate over whether South American or European clubs produce the superior soccer has resumed with the approach of the annual Intercontinental Cup, a matchup between the...
EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE DOUBLE
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amFans are reminded that post time for today's 10-race card is 11 a.m. There will also be simulcasting of the live card from Calder and Churchill. Aqueduct will simulcast races...
JETS CAN'T AFFORD TO GRIN AT BEARS
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amThe Bears, formidable in recent weeks despite their 3-8 record, have the Jets' attention. To a man around their locker room yesterday, the Jets insisted they're wary of the Bears....
MARTIN STILL UP IN AIR
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amJET NOTES As expected, Curtis Martin yesterday was listed as questionable on the injury report and his status is likely to remain that way until shortly before game time Sunday....
FASSEL: PENCIL US IN! - LAYS NECK ON LINE WITH PLAYOFF PROMISE
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amIn what will surely be his defining moment, Jim Fassel yesterday put his credibility and his beloved job as head coach of the Giants squarely on the line. Undeterred and...
BUT IKE COULD BE WATCHING FROM SIDE
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES The sight of Ike Hilliard looking weak and barely speaking above a whisper made it seem likely that the Giants will be without one of their top receivers...
MUSSINA MUST WAIT FOR YANK OFFER
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amThe Yankees decided yesterday to let Mike Mussina digest his Thanksgiving holiday weekend before officially making the stud free-agent pitcher a six-year, $87 million offer. Mussina's representatives had expected the...
FRANCO FACES TOUGH DECISIONS ON FUTURE
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amTurkey, stuffing . . . and decisions. That's what's on the table in John Franco's Staten Island home this Thanksgiving. The 40-year-old relief pitcher is trying to figure out if...
DUTROW EYES BIG A FEAST
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amIf Rick Dutrow Jr.'s barn was any hotter, they'd have to call in the fire trucks. When the 41-year-old trainer saddled 2-5 favorite Tothe Chase for an easy victory in...
ISLANDER FUTURE'S SO DEPRESSING
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amIT was a pre-game press conference called here at the Coliseum for the twin purposes of hailing the history of, and introducing a charitable component to, hockey's great Rangers-Islanders rivalry....
BUNCH OF TURKEYS - KNICKS MOST FOWL VS. HORRIBLE HAWKS
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amHawks 78 - Knicks 74 ATLANTA - If an Eastern Conference title contender gets roasted like a turkey by the NBA's worst team and no one witnesses it, does it...
NETS BURNED; KENYON HURT
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amSuns 97 - Nets 85 PHOENIX - The Nets hit their first four shots of the third quarter. They held a two-point lead at that time. You can now stop...
BALKY KNEE SIDELINES WARD
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES ATLANTA - Charlie Ward's chronic right knee problem finally flared up so much that he was forced to sit out last night's 78-74 loss to the Hawks and...
MORE MAGIC FROM THEO - REBORN FLEURY DELIVERS IN OT
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amTheo Fleury doesn't understand it. How, he wonders, did it all go right? "The puck's just going in, that's all," Fleury explained. And that trend continued last night when he...
HAPPY RETURNS FOR DEVILS
November 23, 2000 | 5:00amANAHEIM - The former free agents helped throw their own Welcome Back party, and the Devils celebrated the returns of Jason Arnott and Scott Niedermayer with something they hadn't managed...