December 8, 2000
MUSICLAND OKS SALE TO BEST BUY FOR $685M
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amBest Buy is buying. Musicland Stores, which operates the Sam Goody music chain, is being bought by Best Buy for a cool $685 million, in an exchange of cash for...
INTEL WARNING TOPS BAD NEWS ON NASDAQ
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amAn after-the-bell warning from Intel will confirm investor fears of a tech slowdown - and likely pummel the Nasdaq Composite again today. Intel said last night that "large cancellations by...
UNIVISION HITS RIVALS: USA NETWORKS DEAL BLOW TO TELEMUNDO, AZTECA
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amUnivision's purchase of USA Network's 13 TV stations sent a clear message to the Spanish-language network's chief rivals: "We're Numero Uno!" The acquisition is a serious body blow to both...
BLIZZARD OF FIRINGS HITS PRICELINE, & OTHER WEB FIRMS
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amThe troubles keep mounting for Jay Walker's Priceline. The "name your own price" Web site yesterday said it would freeze expansion into new businesses and ax 48 workers, or 11...
UNIVERSAL MUSIC SUED BY MCCARTNEY FOR E-THEFT
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amPaul McCartney and a host of music-writing heavyweights filed suit against Universal Music yesterday - claiming the company stole their tunes by posting them on the Internet. Universal, which just...
HOT BIDDING TO PRODUCE NFL WEB SITE HITS $10M
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amThe dot-com meltdown is apparently not affecting the mighty NFL.com site. The No. 1 sports-league site has seven companies climbing over one another in an attempt to become the producer...
CONDE'S TALE OF THE TABLE; 4 SEASONS FETE MARKS NEW PECKING ORDER IN SI'S EMPIRE
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amWhen Conde Nast CEO Steve Florio and Chairman S.I. Newhouse Jr. gather their top executives at the Four Seasons for the annual holiday bash, they try to present it as...
INSIDE NAME WAR: PHILLY JEWISH MAG CLAIMS TRADEMARK
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amKurt Andersen and his pals at Inside sit at the top of the media heap, so it's no surprise it told a little a magazine from Philadelphia: Buzz off. Except...
A BALKING TALKIE: CREATIVE DIRECTOR TOSCANI CROPS MAG TIME
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amControversial Creative Director Oliviero Toscani is loosening his ties to Tina Brown's Talk magazine. Under a new contract that has just been hammered out with Talk President Ron Galotti, Toscani...
CATSIMATIDIS BOOSTS BID FOR GETTY OIL TO $6 A SHARE
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amGrocery king John Catsimatidis is hurling extra cash and lawsuits against Russia's giant oil company Lukoil to block it from buying the Getty gas stations here. Catsimatidis last night sweetened...
HIGH-CLASS ACTION RESCUES LOW-BROW SCRIPT
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amVERTICAL LIMIT 1/2 Mountaineering thriller in which spectacular, gut-wrenching action triumphs over a dreadfully corny and crude script.Running time: 126 minutes. Rated PG-13 (language, nasty injuries). At Loews 84th Street,...
NOT ENOUGH 'PROOF' HERE
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amPROOF OF LIFE 1/2 Routine kidnapping drama with soap-opera trimmings. Don't expect sparks between Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe.Running time: 135 minutes. Rated R (extreme violence, bloodshed, profanity). At the...
DON'T GO DRAGGIN' YOURSELF TO THE 'DUNGEONS'
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amDUNGEONS & DRAGONSZero stars Bargain-basement fantasy hits bottom in all departments.Running time: 107 minutes. Rated PG-13 (stylized violence). At the Empire, the Kips Bay, the Harlem USA, others. IF I...
SONGS OF SURF & TURF ; POLLY JEAN HARVEY: STILL EDGY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amWHEN Polly Jean Harvey's music first started to gain acceptance here in the early '90s, it wasn't easy to label. It was rock, often angry rock that was edgy and...
COL. KLINK DIES; GOOFY 'HOGAN'S HEROES' NAZI DIES AT NYC HOME
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amWERNER Klemperer, the classically trained Jewish actor who played the bumbling Nazi Colonel Klink on "Hogan's Heroes," died Wednesday in his apartment on the Upper West Side. He was 80....
LOVE OF A BUCK - OLD OR JUST MINTED
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amOLD MONEYMitzi E. Newhouse Theater, LincolnCenter, 150 W. 65th St., (212)239-6200. Through Jan. 14. A smart comic writer works best in a familiar place. Wendy Wasserstein has tried setting plays...
'3HREE' TO B'WAY?
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amHAL PRINCE, the legendary Broadway showman, is mounting a full-court press to move "3hree" - his collection of one-act musicals that debuted last month in Philadelphia - to the Great...
FROM CHINA WITH LOVE ; MARTIAL ARTS EPIC IS A WINNER IN ANY LANGUAGE
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amCROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON This stunning, romantic martial arts epic may be the movie of the year.Running time: 119 minutes. Rated PG-13 (violence). In Mandarin, with English subtitles. At the...
THE STARR REPORT
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amKramer canned as 'Richards' gets ax NBC has canned the dismally rated "Michael Richards Show" in a new Tuesday lineup beginning Jan. 9. In the new lineup, "3rd Rock" moves...
'DOT COMEDY' LOGS ON TO CLICK AND LAUGH (MAYBE)
December 8, 2000 | 5:00am"Dot Comedy" Tonight at 8:30 on ABC/Ch. 7 THE arrival tonight of "Dot Comedy" on ABC is the perfect opportunity to bring up one of my favorite subjects: the stupidity...
WWF 'MANHUNT' JOINS THE CHASE ; 'SURVIVOR'-TYPE SERIES GIVES THEM A GRIP ON ON 20 HOURS OF SHOWS
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amCRITICS may make fun the World Wrestling Federation's grunt-and-groan brand of TV - but now the WWF is producing its first "Survivor"-type reality show, signaling that the wrestling folks are...
STUDY HAILS NOVEL WAY TO AID VICTIMS OF STROKE
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amStroke patients who lose movement on one side may benefit from therapy that forces them to use their affected limbs, a new study shows. A treatment called constraint-induced movement therapy...
GOP MODERATES MUZZLE TALK OF GOV'T SHUTDOWN
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Prospects for a U.S. government shutdown diminished yesterday when moderate congressional Republicans threw cold water on closure threats. Rep. J.C. Watts (R-Okla.) dismissed talk about a shutdown: "I...
Q & A ON THE FLORIDA FIASCO'S LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amQ: Where are we? A: Waiting for the Florida court rulings that will decide whether Al Gore has any chance to stop George W. Bush from becoming president. The Florida...
SAFETY FEARS SPUR TOY SCOOTER RECALL
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amNearly 100,000 scooters, the latest toy craze, are being voluntarily recalled because of handlebar problems that cause riders to lose control, the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission said yesterday. Kent...
HODGES GRANDSON DUCKS JAIL IN DWI TRAGEDY
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amA Brooklyn judge sternly lectured the grandson of 1969 Miracle Mets manager Gil Hodges yesterday before approving a plea deal giving the 27-year-old no jail time for killing his best...
COURT ENDS 'STATE' OF CONFUSION
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amA federal appeals ruled yesterday that Dick Cheney is a Wyoming resident and therefore would be constitutionally qualified to serve as George W. Bush's vice president. The three-judge panel in...
REV. AL CRIES POVERTY IN BRAWLEY SUIT
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amThe Rev. Al Sharpton says he can't pay Steven Pagones the full $65,000 a jury ordered as a result of the Tawana Brawley slander suit. Sharpton discussed the matter with...
BIZARRE TWIST IN 'BABY SLAY' CASE
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amThe teen mother charged with killing her newborn girl by tossing her out a Washington Heights window told police she didn't know she was pregnant and she panicked after giving...
NEED HELP? THEN IT'S TIME TO GET 'PERSONAL'
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amThe Savvy Shopper offers gift-buying tips to Post readers throughout the holiday season.IF YOU'RE too exhausted, too lazy or just too clueless to shop on your own this season, a...
RUSSIA APPEARS READY TO RELEASE AILING U.S. 'SPY'
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amU.S. businessman Edmond Pope could be released from a Moscow jail as early as today as Russian President Vladimir Putin appears ready to bow to international pressure and pardon him...
WATCHDOGS BITE LAWYER BOIES FOR 'MISCONDUCT'
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE - A conservative legal watchdog group has filed a formal complaint with the Florida Bar Association against David Boies - Al Gore's lead lawyer in the presidential recount battles....
BAM! POW! POPE!? VATICAN OKS COMICS
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amThe Vatican has given its blessing to a series of comic books chronicling the life and adventures of Pope John Paul II, from his childhood in pre-war Poland to his...
BUST-STOP BABES SUE NEW YORK FOR $20M
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amTwo dancers busted on a bare-all bus ride through the streets of New York, and the Internet company that runs the raunchy road trip, hit the city with a $20...
EX-PATAKI FUND-RAISER GETS JAIL IN COVER-UP
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amA Brooklyn federal judge sent a former fund-raiser for Gov. Pataki to jail yesterday for covering up a $10,000 donation made to Pataki's 1994 campaign by a Korean family seeking...
'IT GIRL' IS THAT WOMAN ; MONICA'S NOW IN BIG DEMAND ON SOCIAL SCENE
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amTHE cigar jokes may be growing old, but Monica Lewinsky's becoming new. After keeping a super-low profile for almost a year, the ever-slendering former White House intern is suddenly the...
WAITERS' TIP-SKIM GRIPE SPARKS PROBE BY SPITZER
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amState Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is investigating a popular Midtown restaurant on allegations of skimming money from its waiters' tips, The Post has learned. Waiters from Trattoria Dell'Arte, across from...
DEFICIT OF COMMON SENSE IN THIS DUMBED-DOWN DISTRICT
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amTEACHERS union president Randi Weingarten lives here. The manager of Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign, Bill de Blasio, is on the school board. On its face, School District 15 has every...
COURT TV: AL GLUED TO SET, BUT DUBYA ISN'T WATCHING
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amAl Gore watched every minute on TV as the Florida Supreme Court heard arguments on the fate of his presidential dreams yesterday - but leader-in-limbo George W. Bush didn't watch...
$EVERANCE IS GOLDEN FOR CITY BIGS ; DESPITE RUDY CAP
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amTop city officials are leaving the administration with hefty five-figure severance checks, but new rules enacted by Mayor Giuliani in 1997 have put the lid on some payouts. Former Police...
5 SLIPPING SCHOOLS FACE SHUTDOWN ; DISTRICT BOSS TARGETS B'KLYN 'ACADEMIES'
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amThe embattled superintendent of Brooklyn's School District 15 has proposed closing or consolidating five middle-school academies that opened in the past few years. The move comes while Superintendent Frank DeStefano...
LET DUAL CANDIDATES DUEL IT OUT
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amHIS election thing has gotten so silly that maybe it's time somebody said, "These guys ought to settle this in the alley." Not so far-fetched. Remember Alexander Hamilton and Aaron...
AL (RE)COUNTS ON MONEY MAN: DONOR FUNDS 'INDEPENDENT' SEMINOLE SUIT
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Internet millionaire who's the single biggest donor to Al Gore's recount fund is also bankrolling the controversial Seminole County lawsuit, new records show. Gore has claimed he's...
PROSECUTOR DETAILS CHILLING MURDER PLOT AGAINST JUDGE
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amIndicted Wall Street honcho Stuart Winkler - obsessed with hatred for the judge who threw him in jail - coldly ordered her murder, Manhattan prosecutors charged in blistering opening statements...
DOWNEY HIRES LEGAL TEAM, WILL PLEAD NOT GUILTY
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amCoke-bust actor Robert Downey Jr., has assembled a crack legal team to battle the latest drug charges that threaten to derail his career. "We intend to vigorously defend Robert against...
RUDY: SILVER TARNISHED BY BACKING BOARD
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani rapped Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver yesterday for resisting legislation to eliminate the city's seven-member Board of Education. "I would think he would want to give a little more...
FEDS SEE BIN LADEN LINK IN JAIL STABBING
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amFederal officials suspect two accused terrorists who nearly killed a jail guard last month by stabbing him in the eye were planning to take hostages and possibly murder a turncoat...
BIG-$$ PLAN TO PROTECT ALBRIGHT LIKE AN EX-PREZ
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - In a break with precedent, the State Department is asking Congress to ante up big bucks - millions - to protect Secretary of State Madeleine Albright after she...
LENNON'S SON JULIAN SLAMS DAD ON SAD ANNIVERSARY
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amJohn Lennon's eldest son is marking the 20th anniversary of his death today with a cyber-diatribe against the slain Beatle and his widow, Yoko Ono. In a one-page open letter...
FLA. SUPREMES CAST DOUBT OVER RECOUNT: DEMS FEAR END IS NEAR AS TOP JUDGE TELLS GORE TIME SHORT FOR NEW TALLY
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida's top judge said yesterday there won't be time for a recount even if Al Gore wins his case - and Democratic pols began to admit it's...
SPECIAL SESSION COULD BE CUT SHORT BY CONCESSION
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE - A historic special session of the Florida Legislature that begins today to pick a separate slate of presidential electors could be a short one. "We're still watching the...
RICE, BAGELS IS A BAD MIX FOR KNICKS
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES SAN ANTONIO - This is not to say Patrick Ewing should have been kept around for the final year of his contract. But get this bit of disgusting...
ROUGH ROAD AHEAD: KNICKS' NEXT FIVE FOES ARE OVER .500
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amSAN ANTONIO -Through 20 games entering last night's potential slaughter in San Antonio, the Knicks have posted very few statement wins this season, if any, despite a 12-8 record. Part...
EVEN WITH MIKE, METS ARE NO LOCK
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amTHE Yankees took care of their Mike (Mussina) and were instantly anointed 2001 AL champions and a feeling pervades that if the Mets could just somehow secure their Mike (Hampton)...
MARIO'S RETURN HAS DEVS TALKIN'
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amBUFFALO - Just as the Devils began feeling like Stanley Cup champs again, the Eastern Conference balance of power threatened to change with Mario Lemieux reportedly set to attempt another...
OHIO BOWHUNTER BAGS RECORD WHITETAILED BUCK
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amIT has been a successful hunting season for many big game hunters, but just how do you measure success? If you go by the antlers on a deer's head, then...
CAPITALS' MURPHY ALL RIGHT AFTER NIGHTCLUB ASSAULT
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amCapitals forward Joe Murphy went to a nightclub and a hockey game broke out, police said yesterday after the veteran player was assaulted by a teenager who smashed a broken...
RANGERS APPLAUD LEMIEUX RETURN
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amThe questions might have been about the Rangers' characteristic inability to beat Dominik Hasek, whom they'll presumably face tonight at the Garden, or they might have been about Manny Malhotra's...
NO JET EXPRESS TO HONOLULU ; CURTIS GOES UNNOTICED EVEN ON HIS BEST DAY
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amThe Jets' season, presumably pointed toward the postseason, is riding on the sturdy, able and unafraid shoulders of Curtis Martin. The next stop is Oakland, where the 9-4 Jets will...
ODDS OF TEXAS ARE UPON YOU; 'WINNING' AIN'T EASY IN LONE STATE LOTTERY
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amIS breaking even winning? Of course not. You don't make money breaking even. You can go broke breaking even. But in a nation that sells gambling to its citizens as...
PLAYOFFS ON JETS' LIPS, MINDS
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amJET NOTES Al Groh hasn't ordered his players not to use the "P" word, he'd just prefer they not think too much about it. For Groh's Jets, the playoffs are...
WHAT NEW YORKERS GOTTA DO TO LAND OLYMPICS
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amWITH some locals banging the drums for New York City to host the 2012 Olympics, the International Olympic Committee has taken notice. In fact, the IOC has discreetly distributed guidelines...
ECLIPSE AWARD 'FOUNDER' DIES
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amJ.B. Falconer, the first full-time publicity director at Keeneland who is credited with starting the Eclipse Awards, died Tuesday in Vero Beach, Fla., at age 81. In addition to naming...
AGENTS HOLD COURT IN DALLAS
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amDALLAS - The days of general managers strutting around baseball's annual winter meetings like the big shots they once were are long gone. For years, the agents have been the...
GRIFFIN GUIDED BY LIGHT FROM HIS DEPARTED DAD
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amLong before the season started, even before Cornelius Griffin had come to rookie minicamp, Jim Fassel knew the defensive tackle was going to be a special player. But it wasn't...
SCOTT LOSING GAMES AND SLEEP
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amOnly 19 games into the season, Byron Scott already is experiencing the agony of coaching the Nets. In his first year with the team, Scott has had to deal with...
LUCKY RIDERS WALK AWAY FROM SCARY SPILL AT BIG A
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amA sickening spill marred racing at Aqueduct yesterday when the 5-year-old gelding Double Bow Wow, racing for a cheap $14,000 claiming tag, snapped off both front legs while racing into...
NO QUESTION, IKE'LL TAKE ON STEELERS
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES After two torturous weeks of sitting on the sideline with a bruised sternum and lung, wide receiver Ike Hilliard seems poised to return to the Giant lineup when...
GIANTS NEED COLLINS TO PROVE HE IS SPECIAL
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amASK most fans, even those who live in the tri-state area, for their opinion of the New York Football Giants, and the answer can probably be summed up in two...
ARREST WARRANT, BAN PUT SQUEEZE ON SEREY
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amAs the season draws to a close, Juan Serey, the leading trainer in New York this year with 70 wins, finds himself at the center of a legal firestorm. In...
HAMPTON IS STILL MYSTERY TO METS
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amEven after spending a season with Mike Hampton, his teammates remain unsure what matters most to the lefty and whether he truly wants to be a Met for much of...
YANKS, REDS TALKING ABOUT DEAL FOR HENSON
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amThe Yankees and Reds are discussing a deal that would bring Michigan quarterback Drew Henson back to the three-time defending World Champions, The Post has learned. Henson, a third baseman,...
ISLES LOSE FIGHT WITH CAIRNS OUT
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amEric Cairns is used to dealing out blows, but this time his own team will be taking the biggest hit. The Islanders' much-needed enforcer, Cairns is set to undergo surgery...
BOMBERS BID FOND FAREWELL TO CONE
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amDavid Cone's brilliant and emotional Yankees career is over. His stay in the big leagues, however, isn't. "I am looking for a place to prove I can still pitch," Cone...
B&G CLOCKS ROBESON
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amBoys & Girls 79 Robeson 78 With three seconds left and Boys & Girls just taking a one-point lead over Robeson, the game's outcome was already clear: Regardless of who...
MSG BANNER IS GOING UP FOR LOOIE
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amLou Carnesecca coached his first game at the Garden in 1951. He had a player at St. Ann's named Danny Powers, who Carnesecca said, hit his first seven shots and...
DEVS SNOWED UNDER
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amSabres 5 Devils 2 BUFFALO - They could have forfeited and gone home. Sticking around Snow City after Wednesday's postponement, the Devils tasted defeat with Scott Niedermayer and Jason Arnott...
KOBE: THE ONE AND ONLY - UNSTOPPABLE BRYANT STEALIN' SHAQ'S THUNDER
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amSUBJECT: Kobe Bryant's not the MVP. He just plays one on TV. While much has been made over the fact that scoring has been way down this season (five points...
TEXAS TURNAROUND: KNICKS RISE FROM ASHES TO SHOCK SPURS
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amKnicks 86 Spurs 83 SAN ANTONIO - How do you explain these Knicks? After their Texas-style execution in Dallas Wednesday night, the Knicks rose from the dead and stunned their...
LUC PLAYS A BIG ROLE VS. DUNCAN
December 8, 2000 | 5:00amSAN ANTONIO - Luc Longley doesn't know when he'll play again. That's the weird part of last night when the 7-2 Australian patiently waited his turn and helped lift the...