November 24, 2000
FLORIDA MESS MAY DERAIL YEAR-END RALLY
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amWILL the presidential election mess ruin all the good things the calendar has in store for the stock market? You don't need me to tell you the market has been...
DANONE ENDS QUAKER BID
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amFrench yogurt giant Danone has backed out of its plan to bid $15 billion for Quaker Oats after just 24 hours, saying the deal is too pricey. The abrupt rejection...
NEW GOLDMAN TRADE SITE - WOULD GUT, UPDATE CHASE SITE AT 55 WATER
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amA deal is in the works for Goldman Sachs to develop a new trading facility along the East River by completely overhauling a giant office building, The Post has learned....
WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? - FROM ELECTRONIC POOCHES TO LINCOLN LOGS, THE POST'S BILLY HELLER NOSES OUT THE HOTTEST TOYS OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amTHE top toy story of the year has four legs and a (battery-operated) tail. Meet the electronic dogs - Poo-Chi, Super Poo-Chi, Rocket the Wonder Dog and Tekno, among them...
SHUBERT CHARGES AHEAD - TIX FOR NEW SHOWS TO INCLUDE $1.25 FEE
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amTHE Shubert Organization - Broadway's largest and most powerful landlord - will add a $1.25 "facilities charge" to the price of tickets for shows opening in its theaters after Jan....
ESCAPE TO FAMILY-FRIENDLY 'KALEIDOSCOPE'
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amTHERE is something very new and rather strange in Bryant Park - an extraordinarily grand circus tent housing "Barnum's Kaleidoscape," which is producer Kenneth Feld's eloquent answer to the opposition....
LIFEBEAT GIG HURT BY DEAD TIME
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amTHE air in the Beacon Theatre was thick with the aromas of bubble gum and zit cream. But the real stink Wednesday night was created by MTV production crews filming...
REAL BALLERINAS DON'T SURF
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amGALAS are difficult animals to control. Most of our performing organizations depend on fund-raising galas to help balance their books, but the difficulty, especially for dance companies, is to balance...
TRY 'SOPHIA' TO ROCK THE BOAT - A SWEET MOVIE WITHOUT THAT SINKING FEELING
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amONE day I got an unusual call. The lady on the other line said, "Please hold for Ken Raskoff." I don't trust people who don't do their own dialing. And...
THE STARR REPORT
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amGrinch-like NBC nixes station parties Industry insiders are buzzing about a leaked memo from NBC - asking its local stations to abandon holiday parties this year due to a dearth...
MADONNA WEDDING AT HISTORIC ABBEY 'ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE'
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amMadonna wants to get married at Westminster Abbey - but church officials say that's not likely. The blond pop queen, engaged to film director Guy Ritchie, said she loves the...
WILDE RUMORS ON WRITER'S DEATH MIGHT BE WRONG
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amA new theory has surfaced about what caused the death of famed 19th-century writer Oscar Wilde. Researchers say the flamboyant author did not succumb to syphilis - but instead to...
PADDED UNDIES ARE 'HIP' WAY TO PROTECT ELDERLY
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amPadded panties and super-thick skivvies may be the key to preventing serious hip injuries among the elderly. Researchers say that wearing padded undergarments may dramatically cut the rate of hip...
TRAGIC DUDLEY BARES ALL ON HIS KILLER DISEASE
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amSeriously ill Dudley Moore is making one final TV appearance - to speak about the brain disease that's killing him. The ailing entertainer tells the BBC how Progressive Supranuclear Palsy...
MOZAMBIQUE INMATES DIE 'MYSTERIOUSLY'
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amUp to 80 prison inmates have died under mysterious circumstances in Mozambique, and a newspaper editor known for his sharp criticism of the government has been shot and killed, it...
NEW EMBASSY IN BERLIN RAISES HISTORIC FUHRER
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amThe German firm that built Adolf Hitler's bunker said yesterday it had finished work on a new Israeli embassy in Berlin. Hochtief AG, Germany's largest construction company, said it had...
DOCS CHART A 'FANTASTIC VOYAGE' - PREDICT BLOODSTREAM MED ROBOTS
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amThe germs that cause salmonella may be the key to curing cancer and unclogging arteries, scientists say. Researchers are on the verge of harnessing the power of salmonella bacteria to...
Q & A ON THE FLORIDA FIASCO'S LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
November 24, 2000 | 5:00am(MD+BO)Q: What's the latest?(MD-BO) A: We're still waiting to see of Al Gore can find enough votes to catch up with George Bush before the Sunday-night deadline set by the...
AL JUST DOESN'T KNOW WHEN TO QUIT - VOWS TO FIGHT ON EVEN IF BUSH IS DECLARED WINNER
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amAl Gore won't concede the election if Florida declares George W. Bush the winner of the state's 25 electoral votes on Sunday, the vice president's campaign spokeswoman said yesterday. Gore...
RUDY SERVES UP COMPASSION
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amA kinder, gentler Mayor Giuliani was on display yesterday, visiting the sick and then charming spectators at the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Just last week, he was displaying his...
CHELSEA AND AFFLECK IN HOT ROMANCE: TAB
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amThere may be a secret new romance in the White House - one that doesn't involve President Clinton! Star magazine says Chelsea Clinton has fallen head over heels in love...
PAINTINGS BY ACTOR MODINE ARE RECOVERED
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amPolice have recovered 11 paintings by actor Matthew Modine that may have been stolen years ago, authorities said yesterday. Modine, appearing most recently in "Bamboozled," told police in September that...
HOODS STAB B'KLYN TEEN 14 TIMES IN JACKET THEFT
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amA Brooklyn high school student headed home for Thanksgiving break was stabbed and seriously wounded at a subway station when thugs demanded his jacket, authorities said yesterday. Fred Nunez, 16,...
CITY'S NEEDIEST SHARE IN HOLIDAY FEAST
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amNew York didn't forget its senior citizens and homeless yesterday as the Salvation Army, Citymeals-on-Wheels, soup kitchens and others served up tens and thousands of piping-hot holiday meals to the...
BALLOONS WEATHER A CHILLY PARADE DAY - THANKFULLY, THE WIND EASES UP ON MACY'S
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amOn a freezing-cold day, the Rugrats balloon (above) delighted kids who thronged Central Park West and Broadway for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The holiday event also featured marching bands...
CUBA: WE'LL BE FAIR IN CASE OF 'REVERSE ELIAN'
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amCuban officials said yesterday they believe the so-called reverse Elian Gonzalez case can be resolved with "absolute impartiality and in the spirit of justice." Five-year-old Jonathon Loren Colombini and his...
SHE'S PASSING BATON AFTER 24 YEARS OF LEADING MARCH
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amIf there is any miracle on 34th Street, says Jean McFaddin, it is that the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has lasted 74 years. "When I started, the parade was a...
SHOPPERS READY TO SET SALE - RETAILERS DIGGING IN FOR A BLACK FRIDAY CRUSH
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amReady, set, shop! Big Apple retailers are ready for the holiday shopping hordes to descend today - Black Friday - and will tempt customers with sales and bargains. "Earlier this...
FLA. LEGISLATURE MAY OK 2ND SLATE OF BUSH ELECTORS
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE - In yet another bizarre election twist, Congress may be asked to choose between two different sets of Florida presidential electors, The Post has learned. In a scenario only...
BROWARD HANDS AL 88 MORE VOTES
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amFORT LAUDERDALE - Al Gore gained more votes yesterday as Broward County officials began counting 1,800 disputed ballots that could decide the next president. By the end of Thanksgiving Day,...
DUBYA, AL TAKE A HOLIDAY - ABANDON BALLOT BATTLE TO FEAST WITH FAMILIES
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amGeorge W. Bush and Al Gore took a break from trench warfare yesterday and dug into big Thanksgiving Day dinners with their families. After getting the cold shoulder from Florida's...
CHENEY MAY GET TO LEAVE HOSP TODAY
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amVice presidential candidate Dick Cheney didn't miss a beat yesterday - celebrating Thanksgiving with turkey and all the trimmings in the hospital where he's recovering from a mild heart attack....
SISSY AL'S GOING DOWN KICKING & SCREAMING
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amWEST PALM BEACH. "If George Bush wins or loses, life goes on. I will do anything to win."THOSE were the words of Al Gore to Newsweek that prove he is...
THEY'RE ALL 'ROCK'EFELLERS - $750M MAN MCCARTNEY TOPS LIST OF RICH POP STARS
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amBaby, you're a rich man! That's the word on Paul McCartney, who's been named the top-earning rock star in history. With an estimated personal value of $750 million, the former...
BLUELIGHT'S THE WAY TO SUPERSCARCE PLAYSTATION
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amThe Post's Savvy Shopper offers a daily report from ground zero on the battle to get the most out of your holiday shopping.VIDEO games, long earrings, Razor scooters, disco jewelry...
OH, HOW I WISH THAT I'D NEVER VOTED FOR GORE
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amMORE than two weeks after this endless election began, a process rumored to result in the inauguration of an actual president, I've decided to change my vote. Were I a...
RETURNEES CARRY LOAD FOR DEVILS
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Adrenaline fueled the Welcome Back party the former free agents helped throw for themselves. The Devils were hoping that Scott Niedermayer and Jason Arnott would have enough...
KASHATREYA'S HIGH AND MIGHTY
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amKashatreya, a New York-bred horse whose previous claim to fame was upsetting champion sprinter Artax in last year's True North Handicap at Belmont, derailed the Dutrow Express at Aqueduct yesterday,...
BE THANKFUL KNICKS DIDN'T DEAL CAMBY
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amLATE Wednesday night in Atlanta's Philips Arena, a reporter asked Jeff Van Gundy if there was anything he was "thankful" for despite his team's loss to the Hawks. Van Gundy,...
LUC WHO'S HERE - LONGLEY WILL PRACTICE TODAY
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES More than two months after the Patrick Ewing blockbuster, the Knicks don't know what they have in Luc Longley. They don't know if they have a 7-foot stiff...
FASSEL'S CRYSTAL BALL REVEALS 'NO MORE BAD GAMES'
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Jim Fassel said of the responses he's received following Wednesday's uncharacteristic guarantee that the Giants will make the playoffs, all have been positive and supportive. Of course, it...
GIANTS FEEL DAMON'S A SPECIAL KIND OF GUY
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amThe search to save the Giants' pathetic special teams followed a most unexpected path and uncovered a most unlikely player. One man cannot correct all that is wrong, but new...
IS COFFEY ON RANGER MENU? - RANGERS MAY GET THEIR FILL OF COFFEY
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amBUFFALO - The Rangers are looking for an experienced and mobile defenseman to play 12-14 minutes a night to fill the void created by Vladimir Malakhov's absence and to decrease...
ISLES LOOKING TO END SLIDE VS. CAPITALS
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amThey do have one point in their last six games, the single loser's point they were awarded for being beaten in overtime by the Rangers on Thanksgiving Eve. But that...
SEASON'S GREETINGS! - IT'S DUKE VS. TEMPLE IN PRESEASON NIT TITLE GAME
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amRight now, Duke and Temple don't know much about each other. But that will all change drastically in the next eight days. The Blue Devils and Owls will play twice,...
MARTIN DOESN'T WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amJET NOTES Curtis Martin is still questionable for Sunday's game against Chicago, but Jets head coach Al Groh knows if there is any way he can play, he will. "We'll...
HOLIDAYFEST HITTING HIGH GEAR
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amThe HolidayFest Stakes schedule reaches it pinnacle tomorrow as three graded stakes are on the card. There is the Grade 1 Cigar Mile for three-year-olds and up, with supporting Grade...
WOODY'S WEST WAY - JET OWNER'S DETERMINED TO GET MANHATTAN STADIUM
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amIf you think the West Side of Manhattan is jammed this holiday season, just wait a few years. It could get a lot worse. While the Jets appear to be...
DEVS FINALLY PLAYING LIKE CHAMPS
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - The champions' reunion has become a revival meeting. The Devils are back. Whole again, the Devils can sweep their three-game California trip when they visit the Sharks...
KENYON CALMLY EYES KARL CLASH - ROOKIE LIMPS TO BATTLE MALONE
November 24, 2000 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY - Stephon Marbury gave the most sound, logical advice for rookie forward Kenyon Martin. "Get your hard hat on. It's going to be a war, definitely," Marbury...