December 2, 2000
MARKET IGNORES SADDAM PLOY
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amSaddam Hussein rocked world oil markets yesterday when he halted Iraq's petroleum exports in yet another attempt to bust UN Gulf War sanctions. UN and Iraqi officials confirmed that the...
NASDAQ BEARS THE BRUNT OF WILD WEEK
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amThe Nasdaq finally rallied Friday, but the gain was tempered by the same uncertainty over the election and the economy that inflicted serious damage all week. The Nasdaq gained 47.36...
THEN THERE WAS ONE: ROCKEFELLER, MORT LOOKING LIKE SOLE BID FOR CENTER
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amThere appears to be only one bidder left for Rockefeller Center, after a large group of prospective buyers perused the property over the last six months and passed, The Post...
NEW YORK TOY STORIES: TRACKING DOWN THE GAME BOYS AND POKEMONS OF THE PAST
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amLong before PlayStation 2 - even before plain old regular PlayStation - there were plenty of toys to play with. Don't believe it? Then hightail it over to the Museum...
SALSA AND MUPPETS HEAT UP SEASON AT LINCOLN CENTER
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amLINCOLN Center's always full of stars, but how often can you find Big Bird and Jose Feliciano there - on the same night? Then again, it's not every night Lincoln...
HIGH FLIERS FROM DOWN UNDER
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amMove over, Big Apple and Ringling Brothers -another circus just came to town. This one's called Circus Oz, and unlike the other two, it doesn't have any dog or pony...
NEW YORK ROBOT COLLECTOR LOST HIS HEART TO . . . THE TIN MEN
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amUPPER East Sider Robert Lesser still remembers his very first time in Boston, 20 years ago."I knew on the spot I was hooked," he recalls. "It feels like love at...
WOMAN AND KID RUN OVER BY ELDERLY DRIVER: COPS
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amA 93-year-old driver critically injured a woman and 7-year-old girl yesterday when he plowed into them as they stepped into a Brooklyn crosswalk, police said. Harry Rainbow of Wayne, N.J.,...
BRASS SLAPS COP FOR ESCORTING BARE-BABE BUS
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amAn NYPD cop was spanked yesterday for escorting a busload of bare-breasted babes around Manhattan in his patrol car with lights flashing, police said yesterday. Officer Michael Minervini, on duty...
FEDS NIX ED GROUP'S PLANNED CUBA TRIP
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY - A planned trip to Cuba by some 150 state lawmakers, university officials, teachers and journalists has been rejected by the federal government. The fact-finding trip, organized by Assemblyman...
LEVY TELLS SCOUTS TO TAKE A HIKE
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amSchools Chancellor Harold Levy said yesterday he's barring the Boy Scouts from providing certain services to city schools - unless the Scouts reverse their anti-gay policy. Levy said public schools...
ED BOARD PULLS RUG ON RAMADAN PRAYER
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amThe Board of Education yesterday ordered a Brooklyn high school to stop using its auditorium as a makeshift mosque for Islamic students to worship during the holy month of Ramadan....
DAY OF HIGH DRAMA IN NATION'S HIGH COURT: JUSTICES SPLIT IN HISTORIC D.C. HEARING
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court appeared sharply split yesterday over whether Florida's high court should have allowed hand counts after George W. Bush was first declared the winner. All...
LEGAL EAGLES: WORST-CASE SCENARIO WOULD BE A 5-4 VOTE
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amThe U.S. Supreme Court seemed so split along ideological lines over the Florida election fiasco that the nine justices have to worry about adding fuel to the fire instead of...
MANY N.Y. VOTERS FEEL SEN.-ELECT HILL HAS EYE ON HUBBY'S JOB: POLL
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY - Four out of 10 New Yorkers believe Hillary Rodham Clinton will run for president in 2004, a new poll found yesterday. The Marist College survey found only 51...
CITY HAS HIGH-TECH PLAN TO AVOID A FLORIDA FIASCO
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amELECTION officials here who've been squawking for years that the city's voting system is antiquated and under-funded may finally have found a receptive ear at City Hall. Sources said plans...
2 AUCTIONS TO PACK PLENTY OF STAR POWER
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amGoing once, going twice. Two competing auction houses are putting entertainment collectibles up for bid next week, placing such items as Ginger Rogers' jewels and Marlon Brando's Godfather overcoat on...
STAR-STUDDED NUPTIALS TONIGHT AT ST. PATRICK'S
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amSony chief Tommy Mottola and his Mexican sweetie, Thalia Sodi, will be married tonight at St. Patrick's Cathedral in front of a 300-plus crowd that includes Michael Jackson and other...
COPS, FIREMEN ARE STILL RUDY'S ; TEACHER'S PET: UFT
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amThe head of the city teachers' union charged yesterday that Mayor Giuliani treats cops, firefighters and other uniformed workers better than her members. "Stop the teacher bashing," said United Federation...
RUDY: TAPPING EX FOR PARK JOB NOT MY IDEA
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani said yesterday he had no involvement in the appointment of his former wife as president of the Central Park Conservancy, but effusively praised her selection. Regina Peruggi, president...
DUBYA WOULD DRUB GORE IN NEW VOTE: POLL
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amIf there were a rerun of the presidential election, George W. Bush would win in a landslide, a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll found. The nationwide phone poll of 900 registered...
A GIFT GUARANTEED TO RUB YOU THE RIGHT WAY
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amThe Post's Savvy Shopper offersdaily gift-buying tips throughoutthe holiday season.IF you're shopping for the someone who has everything, consider decadent holiday packages from spas. Oasis Day Spa 108 E. 16th...
HIGH COURT DELIVERS TV DRAMA WITH VOICES ONLY
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amYOU couldn't understand it without a Harvard law degree, and it played on TV without moving pictures, but yesterday's Supreme Court hearing still managed to be fascinating television. Maybe that...
JESSE GETS A RISE OUT OF VIAGRA JAB AT DOLE
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - While the Supreme Court pondered the Florida election fiasco yesterday, the Rev. Jesse Jackson told a crowd outside that Viagra is making Republican elder statesman Bob Dole attack...
FEDS STEM ECSTASY RING BY BUSTING B'KLYN FLORIST
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amAn investigation of an Israeli-run Ecstasy drug ring came up roses for federal agents in Brooklyn when a florist was busted for possession of about 600,000 of the mind-bending pills,...
RENTAL CO. 'RYDING' HIGH AFTER TALLY HAUL
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amRyder trucks is hoping to ride to fame and fortune on the heels of its now-famous televised trek up a Florida highway to deliver Palm Beach County ballots to Tallahassee....
ISRAELI OFFICIAL HAS TIMETABLE FOR PEACE
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - There are still 50 days to reach a Mideast accord, a top Israeli Cabinet minister said yesterday as Prime Minister Ehud Barak pressed what could be his final...
RUDY: MAYOR BUBBA NO LAUGHING MATTER
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani - who had laughed off the possibility of President Clinton succeeding him - said yesterday that the outgoing commander in chief appears to be in a good position...
TEEN TORCHES WREATHS IN B'KLYN SPREE
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amA teenager went on a mini-rampage early yesterday, setting fire to Christmas wreaths and other holiday decorations at 17 Brooklyn homes, police said. The Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating...
MODEL CHRISTY HAS EMPHYSEMA IN EARLY STAGE
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amSupermodel Christy Turlington - a longtime smoker who became a passionate anti-smoking crusader after losing her father to lung cancer - has disclosed she has early-stage emphysema. The former catwalker,...
DEM SUITS TAKE FLA. FLOP ; STATE COURT CANS RE-VOTE AND RECOUNT
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE - Florida's top court yesterday handed Al Gore double trouble, dashing his plea for an immediate recount and clipping the wings of his butterfly-ballot lawsuit. The back-to-back rulings from...
HILL MAY RETURN SOON
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amORLANDO - Grant Hill is coming back soon for the Magic, according to coach Doc Rivers, who said his superstar forward could play as early as Tuesday. Hill, who signed...
SHERM AIRS GRIPES OVER PLAYING TIME
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amORLANDO - They met. They talked. Only time will tell if anything has changed. Veteran reserve point guard Sherman Douglas, more ornamentation than player in recent weeks, met briefly with...
SPREE LAMENTS GARDEN FAILURES
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amIf they don't want to do it for themselves, Latrell Sprewell said the Knicks should do it for their loyal fans who have built the league's longest home sellout streak...
LIKE MAGIC, NETS' FREE FALL HITS 6
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amMagic 83 Nets 80 ORLANDO - And then there were six. No, not the number of baskets the Nets made all game, although it seemed like that. And it's not...
ALMOST A DISASTER: KNICKS BARELY AVOID HORRI-BULL DEFEAT
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amKnicks 91 Bulls 86 CHICAGO - A Knick loss here last night to the "Horri-Bulls" would have been devastating. And it almost happened. In a game the Knicks should have...
LJ TAKES HIS TURN FIRING UP THE TROOPS
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amCHICAGO - Co-captain Larry Johnson took Latrell Sprewell's leadership lead and tried firing up the troops after yesterday's morning shootaround before they faced the Bulls at United Center last night....
GROH MAKES HIS MOVES: TABS LOGAN AT NT; MAY USE LEON
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amThis is the time of year, with a playoff berth on the line and the pressure of the season mounting, when Bill Parcells used to get a little ornery. You...
LJ FIRES UP KNICKS: REPEATS SPREE'S MESSAGE
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amCHICAGO - Co-captain Larry Johnson took Latrell Sprewell's leadership lead and tried firing up the troops after yesterday's morning shootaround before the Knicks faced the Bulls at United Center last...
RICE EXPECTS COLD RECEPTION FROM BULLS FANS
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES CHICAGO - They hate him more in L.A., but Glen Rice and the city of Chicago have no love lost between them. Rice essentially backed out of a...
NELSON RETURNS TO PORT IN SEATTLE
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amWhen Jeff Nelson rejected the Yankees' three-year deal for $9 million, he was signing his exit papers from The Bronx because the Yankees never budged from an offer that was...
MAKE-OR-BREAK TIME
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amIT IS always enticing at a time like this, on the eve of a game that will determine so much about so many, to fast-forward into the future, to envision...
EVENTFUL RETURN FOR VANBIESBROUCK
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amWhat a way to return from a stiff back -get into a fight and then face a penalty shot in overtime. Nobody would have groused if John Vanbiesbrouck, at 37...
RANGERS WORK ON 'D'-CISIONS
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amTORONTO - Leave it to the erudite Dr. Ron Low to apply a scientific diagnosis to the plethora of defensive zone breakdowns that marred the Rangers' last two efforts. "It's...
CUBS RAISE THE STAKES: CHICAGO TO OFFER MIKE $102M DEAL
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amIf the Mets want to keep Mike Hampton, they are going to have to dig a lot deeper into their vault than they did in their futile attempt to keep...
MARKET PLAYS INTO TURK'S HANDS
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amTurk Wendell has a rising market to thank for the three-year, $9.4 million deal he signed with the Mets yesterday. That, and GM Steve Phillips' belief that a team gets...
GORING STILL OFFICIALLY SEEING RED
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amAfter lashing out about an official's call that led to a 6-4 Islander loss to Toronto Thursday, coach Butch Goring remained defiant last night about what he views to be...
DEVILS NOT THINKING OF JOY OF SIX
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amIn his first real winning streak as Devils coach, Larry Robinson adopted the franchise's zipped-lip approach to most other things. "Never bring it up," Robinson said as the Devils tried...
VARGAS HAS ENOUGH TO TOPPLE TRINIDAD
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amLAS VEGAS - It is with great trepidation that I pick Fernando Vargas to beat Felix Trinidad tonight for the world junior middleweight title. It is not that I have...
DEV-ISLE TIE NOTHING TO BRAG ABOUT
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amIsles 0 Devils 0 Shades of Jethro. Bodine, not Gillies. Granny would have taken a switch to last night's double-naught foolishness at the Meadowlands. The 0-0 wallow between the Devils...
EAGLES KO CANARSIE
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amEveryone knows how good Kenny Adeleke is. The 6-7 Robeson player could be the best in the PSAL. To contend for a PSAL championship, his teammates can't just stand around...
JARVIS WARY OF CAPITAL ENCOUNTER
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amOut of all the cities in America, Washington, D.C., might be the last one St. John's coach Mike Jarvis would like to be coaching in this weekend. Jarvis had a...
FLORIDA BULLS NCAA SLEEPER
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amThe best college basketball team you haven't seen plays at the Garden today. South Florida (2-2) isn't a household name yet but if you're looking for an NCAA Tournament sleeper...
AL HOPING JOHNSON CAN CUT IT
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amAl Groh yesterday left open the possibility that Leon Johnson might be in uniform and active for tomorrow's game, though he said a final decision on the returner and running...
QUEENS LOSES LUSTER WITH LAGER SCRATCH
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amEven with Lager, recent winner of the Stuyvesant Handicap at Aqueduct and the Excelsor here last spring, today's Grade 3, $75,000 Queens County 'Cap at the Big A was being...
SEVEN SET FOR MONTAUK TRIP
December 2, 2000 | 5:00amSeven New York-bred fillies and mares were entered for tomorrow's $75,000 Montauk Handicap at Aqueduct, topped by horse-for-the-course Biogio's Rose, the highweight at 124 pounds. She gets a new pilot...