November 27, 2000
BULL'S EYE
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amTHE STRANGE CASE OF JOHN REED DR. JEKYLL and Mr. Hyde's true identity has been uncovered, and it is none other than John Reed. Reed, the former chairman and CEO...
A FUND THAT INVESTS IN BUILDERS
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amTAKE a walk through Times Square recently? If you have, you know that New York City is in the midst of a construction boom. I can't get from my subway...
ON THE NEWSSTAND
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amTIME and Newsweek did what Dubya's dad would call the prudent thing this week by holding off publication for a day, given last night's continuing recount wackiness in Florida. And...
245 PARK AVE. IS NEW CHASE SPACE
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amChase Bank has finally inked a long-coveted real-estate deal in the latest round of musical office space that's been set off to accommodate the city's ever-expanding financial-services giants. The Chase...
IN 2001: SAFETY FIRST - SALOMON SMITH BARNEY'S MARSHALL ACUFF SAYS THE MARKET'S DOWNHILL RIDE ISN'T OVER - FOR ALL BUT A FEW SELECT STOCKS
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amMAKE sure your seatbelts are securely fastened. The market's turbulence isn't over yet. So says Marshall Acuff, the investment strategist for Salomon Smith Barney. He says stocks are still feeling...
BIG BENTLEY, BIGGER BUCKS
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amCALL it a Rolls-Royce on steroids. The muscle-bound Bentley Continental T looks more like it just came from Gold's Gym rather than the famed Rolls-Royce and Bentley plant in Crewe,...
REGULATION FAIR DISCLOSURE MAY ROCK MARKETS
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amREGULATION Fair Disclosure is starting to have some bite. A few weeks ago, the Securities & Exchange Commission put into effect a rule that said companies could no longer whisper...
FIORUCCI FLASHBACK - 1970S DESIGNER PLANS NOHO STORE
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amOh behave! With fashionistas having another go-round at gold lame, fishnet stockings and splashy miniboots, the detail-oriented designer that popularized the look in the 1960s and 1970s is coming back...
DON'T TELL THESE DOT-COMS THE PARTY'S OVER
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amEven in shaky times, the party must go on. Despite a slowing economy and weak profit outlooks, companies are throwing a record number of holiday bashes, some costing up to...
THAT 'GIRL' IN THE GLASSES - FLA. MESS PUSHES MSNBC ANCHOR INTO SPOTLIGHT
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amWHAT Dorothy Parker wrote about women who wear glasses has proven true for Ashleigh Banfield. Men aren't making passes at her, reports the MSNBC anchor, but people in general are...
HAUTE FOR THE HOLIDAYS - FASHION FAVES ARE THE SEASONAL RAGE
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amTHE holidays season is a fashion lover's favorite time of year -- and not only because of all those post-Christmas sales. This year, stylish sorts are demanding bowling bags and...
I'D RATHER BE ALONE THAN FIXED-UP
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amALL things considered, I'd rather be set up in a police sting than by a female friend.The reason I bring this up is that I had dinner a couple of...
DOES IT SEEM YOU CAN'T SEE YOUR TEAM? WELCOME TO THE . . . SEASON TICKET THICKET
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amIT'S easier to get a three-bedroom apartment in Stuyvesant Town, a job on the NYFD, a reservation at Rao's or two seats on the aisle for "The Lion King."In fact,...
ELTON'S FLASHY DUDS ON RACK IN CHARITY SALE
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amSo you wanna be a rock 'n' roll star? Here's your chance to start dressing like one. Elton John is selling off more than 20,000 items from his outrageous wardrobe....
MARIO CERTAIN MCCALL WON'T CHALLENGE GOV
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amFORMER Gov. Mario Cuomo yesterday accused Comptroller Carl McCall of having a sweetheart "relationship" with Gov. Pataki, despite claims the McCall will challenge Pataki in 2002. Cuomo, whose son Andrew,...
'BOOZE' MADE IN BODY MIGHT WRECK LIVER
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amScientists believe a common liver disease may be caused by the production of alcohol through a mini-distillery within the body. Fatty liver disorder affects about one in four people and...
EUNUCH MAYOR UNIQUE MAYOR
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amA town in India is taking a walk on the wild side - electing the world's only eunuch politician as its mayor. Asha Devi - a eunuch, or castrated male...
TRAGIC TALENT MIGHT WIN OSCAR IN PRISON
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amTHERE'S a real possibility that Robert Downey Jr. could end up as the first person nominated for an Academy Award in a jail cell. If any Hollywood scriptwriter proposed this...
DOWNEY JR. NABBED FOR DRUGS AGAIN
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amJust three months after being sprung from prison and insisting he'd finally gone clean, actor Robert Downey Jr. has been busted again for drugs. Cops burst into Downey's $500-a-night suite...
NEWS MAGS IN A BIND
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amBoth Time and Newsweek magazines held up their normal runs yesterday as they awaited late-breaking developments on the Florida election recount. Time held up its run by more than 15...
HOW THE GOP FOUGHT BACK - A STORM IN TIMES SQUARE
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amTHE hurricane may be centered in Florida, but there was a fair amount of rough weather to be found here in New York on Sunday. It wasn't just coming from...
WARM TEMPS GIVE THE ICE MAN CHILLS
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amMagician David Blaine - set to begin his 62 hours as a human ice cube today - is worried that his "most-chilling feat yet" could melt before his eyes. "I'm...
HEMINGWAY SON CLOSE TO DEATH
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amJack Hemingway, the eldest son of Ernest Hemingway and father of actress Mariel Hemingway, was critically ill last night in Manhattan, family members said. The 76-year-old Hemingway has been visited...
S. AFRICANS RECLAIM LAND LOST IN APARTHEID
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amHundreds of black South Africans wept and cheered yesterday as they began reclaiming their old neighborhood after being tossed out decades ago to make room for whites only. "I feel...
DEMS PROVE THEY'RE FOOLS TO THE 'END'
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amWEST PALM BEACH. THE split seconds of this day - a monument to history - had, for me, an incredible, eerie sense of deja vu. The geography was dramatically different...
MISSING-PERSON FILES SCANNED FOR LEAD IN PREGNANT-WOMAN SLAY
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amInvestigators in Brooklyn have combed through two boxes of Nassau County Police missing-person files, hoping for a clue in the murder of the pregnant Long Island woman whose body was...
STEAM BLAST SPEWS ASBESTOS ON MAD. AVE.
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amA break in an underground steam pipe shrouded Madison Avenue's tony shopping district in a cloud of asbestos-laden mist and mud yesterday - and forced the closing of five city...
U.S. LINGO 'COLOURS' BRIT SCIENCE LESSONS
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amThe Brits may have invented the English language, but Americans are taking it over. English schoolkids have been ordered to adopt American spellings in their science lessons. They'll have to...
A SIP OF WINE COULD ADD ZIP TO THE MIND
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amAn occasional glass of wine can give adults a boost in brain power, new research shows. People over 40 who drink moderate amounts of wine scored better on IQ tests...
Q & A ON THE FLORIDA FIASCO'S LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
November 27, 2000 | 5:00am(MD+BO)Q: Where are we now?(MD-BO) A: Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris last night officially certified Republican George W. Bush as the winner of Florida and the next president -...
BUSH 'HONORED & HUMBLED' TO WIN - BUT DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY OVER
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amRepublican George W. Bush last night claimed the White House - and said it's time for Al Gore to concede the endless election of 2000. "The election was close, but...
SAY-IT-AIN'T-SO JOE IGNITES FIRE FOR DEMS' FIGHT
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amVeep wannabe Joe Lieberman - not Al Gore - is the real hawk on the Democratic ticket, and wants to fight all the way to stop George W. Bush from...
GORE FACES DAUNTING CHALLENGE - PERSUADING NATION THAT 'WINNER' IS THE LOSER
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amAl Gore now faces the uphill fight of trying to reverse an official election in Florida while trying to persuade the world that George W. Bush isn't really the president-elect....
CALM W. STAKES CLAIM TO WHITE HOUSE
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amAUSTIN, Texas - Now that Florida is back in his pocket, George W. Bush tried last night to look like the general who won the war - even though there...
WILL GORE EVER CONCEDE? - DEMS' DANGEROUS CONVICTION: A 'WIN' THEY CAN NEVER PROVE
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amTHIS is the 20th day since the nation cast its votes for president on Nov. 7. In that time, the 6 million votes in Florida were counted once by machine,...
U.S. ELECTION NEWS IS NO TURKISH DELIGHT
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amISTANBUL. I LEARNED at least one thing on my winter vacation: You don't want to be away from your country when your country is melting down. But that's been my...
POST PROBE MAY SPARK CLUB DRUG CRACKDOWN
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amSome of the city's hottest night spots could get an added dose of heat from the state after a Post investigation that found rampant cocaine use in bathrooms and public...
CONDOS ARE TOUGH 'CELL' FOR OWNERS - QNS. LUXURY UNITS NOT WORTH FINES & HASSLES, THEY SAY
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amRESIDENTS of a luxury Queens condo complex - home to Yankee World Series hero José Vizcaino and rapper Nas - say they're getting more than they bargained for with their...
ANALYSTS PLAY US FOR FOOLS - NFLERS NEVER STOP TALKING, BUT LITTLE OF IT MAKES SENSE
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amAN NFL Sunday doesn't pass without TV audiences having the dubious and the preposterous presented to them as fact. After yesterday's Bears-Jets telecast, Fox was able to provide "bonus coverage"...
ON THE WHOLE, DEVS THRILLED WITH TRIP
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amGames are not always won by the better-playing or faster team. That was yet another lesson the Devils re-learned about themselves in their three-game California honeymoon with Jason Arnott and...
DONOVAN DELIVERS EAGLES WIN
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amEagles 23 - Redskins 20 LANDOVER - Sometimes this brutal, physical game simply comes down to street ball and who wants to win the most. Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb would...
SONGANDAPRAYER TAKES HUNTINGTON
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amSongandaprayer took the lead in midstretch and held off favored Native Heir by a neck to win the eighth running of the $84,800 Huntington Stakes for two-year-olds at Aqueduct yesterday....
BOMBERS' MUSSINA OFFER COMES TODAY
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amMike Mussina has heard plenty through the grapevine. He knows Joe Torre itches to add him to a rotation that would easily be the best in the American League. Mussina...
ISLES' DISASTER STARTED IN TAMPA
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amWhen they last faced Tampa Bay on Nov. 3, the Islanders were one of the league's hottest teams. Remember? They were riding a four-game winning streak and a six-game unbeaten...
CARDS IN TOUGH SHAPE
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES TEMPE - It either takes a streak of boldness or foolhardiness to guarantee a spot in the playoffs, but that is what Jim Fassel did this past week....
SO FASSEL, SO GOOD - GUARANTEE SEEMS DANDY IN LAUGHER OVER CLUELESS CARDS
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amGiants 31 - Cardinals 7 TEMPE - The Giants remain alive and well and in the thick of the playoff race, at least for another week. That is a guarantee....
VAN GUNDY BLASTS FLAT KNICKS
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amA cranky Jeff Van Gundy laced into his players yesterday, claiming they don't care if they go to the playoffs or end up lottery-bound. Calling the team's spirit "lackluster," the...
BEARLY ADEQUATE - JETS DO ENOUGH TO EDGE CHICAGO, IMPROVE TO 8-4
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amThis is what the Jets did yesterday at soggy, wind-swept Giants Stadium: They beat a team they were supposed to beat, overcoming the offensively-challenged Bears, 17-10, thus holding serve at...
NETS PUT TRIP IN PERSPECTIVE
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amA loss is a loss and a losing road trip is a losing road trip, right? Well, sort of. The Nets went 1-3 on the road but came home feeling...
ANDERSON CATCHES BEARS' 'D' SNOOZING
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amYesterday's 17-10 Jet victory over the Bears provided a poignant tale of three running backs. Curtis Martin, an athlete with rare recuperative powers, had been ailing all week with a...
WARD'S IMPRESSIVE DAY SCORES WITH GROH
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amJET NOTES Dedric Ward fell seven yards short of his third 100-plus yard receiving game this season, but that didn't dampen what his performance yesterday meant to the Jets in...
FLOPPING FISH BOUNCES BACK
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Just when the AFC East race was about to become more constricted than the Dolphins' throats at the start of another stretch drive, Damon Huard kept his head...
BUCS, SAINTS DO GIANTS NO FAVORS
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amTEMPE - There was a difference of opinion as to whom the Giants should root for in yesterday's Redskins-Eagles game. If the Giants were merely content to find their way...
BLUESHIRTS PIN SENATORS DOWN
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amRangers 3 - Senators 2 The Rangers were up by one, there was a minute to go, the puck was deep in the offensive zone, and the Senators were trying...
SO FASSEL, SO GOOED - GUARANTEE SEEMS DANDY AS JINTS BASH BIRDS
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amTEMPE - The Giants remain alive and well and in the thick of the playoff race, at least for another week. That is a guarantee. Maybe Jim Fassel knew something....
KEITH RUNS ON FASSEL FUEL
November 27, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES TEMPE - Motivation comes from strange places. No doubt, Giant defensive tackle Keith Hamilton admitted last night he was inspired by Jim Fassel's playoff guarantee. "Coach Fassel went...