December 9, 2000
JEEVES' WRUBEL: 'DON'T ASK!'
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amJeeves was left scratching his head yesterday wondering where it will all end. Stock in the natural-language search engine AskJeeves.com plunged 60 percent after a revenue warning and news that...
TECH STOCKS GAIN BIG DESPITE INTEL DOWNER
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amStocks rallied ahead of yesterday's Florida Supreme court decision, as investors shrugged off weakness in the technology market and focused on the prospect of lower interest rates. The Nasdaq Composite...
A KID IN THE KITCHEN
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amWhen your mom's a pastry chef, it figures you'd know your way around a kitchen. Nicholas Heaney does. The Secaucus, N.J., fifth- grader -- whose mom, Andrea Tutunjian Heaney, teaches...
SIMON SINGS! N.Y. MUSIC MAN TAKES 2½ HOURS, GIVES US THE WORLD
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amPAUL SIMONBeacon Theatre, 2124 Broadway, at 74th Street. (212) 307-7171. Sold out. Through tonight. IF there's anything that could be called the New York City sound it must surely be...
Q & A ON THE FLORIDA FIASCO'S LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amQ: What's going on here? A: Everything is back up in the air because the Florida Supreme Court, by a 4-3 majority, approved the hand recounts sought by Al Gore...
GAYS, LIES & THE MILITARY: AT THE END OF BILL'S PRESIDENCY, HE'S STILL SPINNING ITS START
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amUSUALLY, presidents wait until they supervise the writing of their memoirs (by somebody else) to fashion an account of their administrations that will chart a friendly path for future historians...
TURKISH TV PANEL BANS POKEMON
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amTurkey has moved to ban "Pokemon" from its airwaves after two children jumped from balconies because they believed they had superpowers like the TV cartoon characters. The Radio and Television...
CUBA CUTTING PHONE SERVICE TO U.S. AGAIN
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amCuba will cut most telephone service with the United States starting next week because American phone companies have failed to pay a new tax imposed by the communist government. The...
HERO POOCH RESCUES PUP PAL IN DOGFIGHT
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amA spunky Staten Island terrier is recuperating from severe injuries he sustained battling a boxer more than three times his size to protect a pal - a pint-sized pup. Eight-year-old...
BILL OPENS TO MIXED REVIEWS IN NEBRASKA
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amPresident Clinton completed his tour of all 50 states when he visited Nebraska yesterday, getting a mixed reception in the Cornhusker State as he discussed U.S. foreign policy issues during...
YANK FANATICS BRAVE THE COLD FOR HOT TICKET
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amBrrr-onx Bomber fans, who braved dipping temperatures and a dusting of snowflakes, lined up outside Yankee Stadium yesterday to buy tickets for the 2001 season. Bundled up in winter wear,...
THIS YEAR, WE WON'T PARTY LIKE IT'S 1999
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amA year after hosting the blowout of the century, the city is getting back to celebrating New Year's Eve the old-fashioned way - with the usual cast of a million....
FEDS EYE NEW CAUSES OF CANCER
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amEstrogen and talc may make the feds' new list of carcinogens. Research has shown that exposure to either substance can cause cancer - to the point that doctors are now...
BUDDHIST WEDDING FOR MADONNA?
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amPop superstar Madonna and her film-director boyfriend Guy Ritchie will tie the knot in a Buddhist ceremony in front of dozens of her celebrity pals, a new report says. The...
EVERY MOMENT IS TORTURE FOR WIFE OF CAPTIVE 'SPY'
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe wife of cancer-stricken American Edmond Pope said last night she feels "every hour is an eternity" until her ailing husband is freed from a Russian prison. Speaking to The...
TWO LOSERS IN THIS RACE: AL AND OUR SANITY
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amTHE Florida Supreme Court should simply have staged a military coup, handed the White House to Al Gore, and saved us a lot of agony. How much more of this...
AND THE WINNER IS. . . ER . . .CLINTON?!
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amIf Bill Clinton does have any mayoral aspirations, he may have to put them on hold. In one of the many legal twists of the Florida election, constitutional scholars are...
PANEL WILL HEAR RACE'S RACE ISSUES
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amFlorida voters who believe they were denied the right to cast their ballots because of discrimination or fraud will get a chance to sound off next year before the U.S....
FLORIDA JUSTICE ISN'T JUST BLIND, IT'S DEAF & DUMB
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amIF we have a tragic revisitation of a political Gettysburg, we have to look no further than that gang of rogue impostors in the Florida Supreme Court. "This court has...
RICK FINI$HED IN THE MONEY LAZIO OUTSPENT CLINTON - BIG TIME
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amRick Lazio beat Hillary Rodham Clinton in New York's Senate race in one way - campaign spending. This year's Senate contest was the most expensive in state - and possibly...
PATAKI SIGNS BILL FOR BIG BOARD BONDS
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amGovernor George Pataki signed a measure yesterday that allows New York City to issue bonds to fund a New York Stock Exchange trading facility in Lower Manhattan. "It's very good...
QNS. 'DONOR' ADDS FUEL FOR PROBE OF PARKS FOUNDATION
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amA QUEENS homeowner who charged Parks Department officials shook him down for a four-figure "donation" more than three years ago says his complaints have gone nowhere. "Everybody talked to me,"...
SURPRISE RULING BRINGS W. PLANS TO A SUDDEN HALT
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amAUSTIN, Texas - George W. Bush and his loyal camp got whiplash from the recount roller coaster yesterday - rattled by a damaging Florida Supreme Court decision after a victory-packed...
CITY BEGINS TUNNEL-LEAK FIX BUT STILL HASN'T FLOATED CONTRACT FOR $2.5M SUB
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe city still hasn't signed a contract for the $2.5 million submarine needed to survey the leaking Delaware Aqueduct, but divers have started some repairs, Department of Environmental Protection officials...
'AL'IVE & KICKING WITH BIG COMEBACK
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Al Gore came back from the dead yesterday. But even as Gore celebrated his extraordinary 11th-hour resurrection, aides warned the Bush camp not to try to stop the...
REJOICING ON ONE SIDE, RAGING ON THE OTHER
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Jittery, impatient Democrats fell back onto the Al Gore Train, while Republicans exploded in anger at yesterday's decision by the Florida Supreme Court. House Republican Whip Tom DeLay...
A NONSENSE DECISION THEY KNOW THEIR 'SOLUTION'. . . ISN'T
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amTHE Florida Supreme Court's ruling yesterday is a Rube Goldberg machine. It destroys itself, actually acknowledging that the "relief" it promises to Al Gore is all but impossible to effect...
A LENGTHY RECOUNT OF BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe Florida fiasco began about 7:50 p.m. on election night when the major TV networks prematurely called the state for Democrat Al Gore. What followed was a series of moves...
MAN SLAYS WOMAN, STABS SELF: COPS
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amA woman was stabbed to death last night in an Upper East Side apartment by a man who then plunged the knife into his neck, critically wounding himself, police said....
THEY'VE CREATED CONSTITUTIONAL CONUNDRUM
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amANALYSIS Now, thanks to the Florida Supreme Court, we really are in a constitutional crisis. The most stunning part of the Florida Supreme Court's 4-3 ruling that put the election...
LEGISLATURE'S BACK ON HOT SEAT GOP LEADERSHIP SET TO END 'HIJACKING'
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE - Stunned Florida Republican legislators said they are ready to put the finishing touch on a presidential election that has been "hijacked by the courts." Members of the Republican...
VALUABLE TIPS TO PERK UP WORKERS' HOLIDAYS
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe Savvy Shopper offers advice to Post readers throughout the holiday season. SOMETIMES busy New Yorkers see their personal trainers, hair stylists and favorite bartenders more than their families -...
COURT HANDS GORE A HUGE VICTORY FLA. SUPREMES ORDER RECOUNT AS W. APPEALS
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amFlorida's Democrat-controlled Supreme Court threw the election mess into total chaos yesterday by granting Al Gore a huge win - immediate hand recounts he hopes will boost him ahead of...
LET THE COUNTS BEGIN - BUT HOW? JUDGE REFUSES TO SET STANDARDS FOR BALLOTS
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE - A Florida judge last night ordered counties around the state to start recounting tens of thousands of ballots in the disputed presidential race - but gave no standards...
IMAGINE ALL THE PEOPLE: HUNDREDS HONOR JOHN
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amThey kept candles glowing in the wind and sang the songs of the man who taught them to "Imagine." Hundreds of John Lennon fans trekked to Central Park yesterday to...
RANGERS ARE POWER-PLAY KINGS
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amThis was Nov. 24 in Buffalo after the Sabres went five-for-five on the penalty kill and thus defeated the Rangers 3-2. "They shut us down," Brian Leetch, conductor of the...
'SOUTHERN' HOSPITALITY
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amHOW do we love Southern Sandra in today's $75,000, six-furlong Garland of Roses Handicap at the Big A? Let us count the ways: The 3-year-old Dixie Brass filly is a...
WILL THE REAL DEVILS PLEASE SKATE UP?
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe Stanley Cup champs pass the one-third mark of the season today, still trying to figure which are the real 2000-01 Devils: the ones that lost six straight, the ones...
LETTING JESSIE OFF HOOK'S WRONG MOVE
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amWHEN St. John's takes The Garden court today to play Fordham, Reggie Jessie will be in the starting lineup. He shouldn't be. He shouldn't even play. Jessie deserves to miss...
YANKEES EYE REPLACEMENT FOR NELLIE
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amBrian Cashman arrived at the Winter Meetings last night and will leave tomorrow. Having filled the Yankees' biggest need when Mike Mussina was signed to a six-year, $88.5 million deal,...
GANNON GOES FROM DNP TO POSSIBLE NFL MVP
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amQuarterback Rich Gannon's dramatic rise from DNP to MVP has seemed almost unbelievable at times, even to the man living the dream. Traded from Minnesota. Injured in Washington. Discarded in...
EWING DEAL BEGINNING TO LUC GOOD
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amNUGGETSatKNICKSTonight7:30 - Metro WFAN (660 AM) ANALYZING the Patrick Ewing blockbuster at the quarter pole of the Knicks' season is a muddled task. From the Knicks' standpoint, the historic trade,...
JOHNSON AWAITING JETS' NOD
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amJET NOTES The Jets still haven't announced any decision on whether RB/KR Leon Johnson will make his long-awaited season debut tomorrow night in Oakland. But after going full-speed at practice...
JINT PRACTICE AN INSIDE JOB
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT NOTESAt midweek, coach Jim Fassel brought the Giants into the heated bubble for practice and stated he would have the team practice outside later in the week. Yesterday, with...
BARBER & DAYNE MAKE RUSH TOWARD HISTORY
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe two of them have hatched this little scheme. First, Tiki Barber gets his, then Ron Dayne gets his and then the duo sits back and enjoys a rare shared...
ISBISTER REJECTS ISLES' OFFER
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amTHRASHERSatISLANDERSTonight7:00 - FSN WJWR (620 AM) Islanders star right wing Brad Isbister, a restricted free agent after the season, has rejected the club's recent contract offer, The Post has learned....
BRING TOYS TO TRACK TODAY, TOMORROW
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amFans who bring in a new, unwrapped toy this weekend will receive free admission to the track. The United States Marine Corps Reserve will be on hand to collect the...
TELFAIR, QUINTANA POWER LINCOLN
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amLincoln91Utrecht65 For anyone wondering how long it would take for Lincoln to adjust to its quick, guard-led lineup, the answer isn't taking long to develop. "It hasn't been difficult," said...
AMAZIN'S MUST MAKE IMPACT MOVE NOW
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amDALLAS - I look at the way the Mets are conducting themselves here in the most fertile free agent market in years and the same image keeps popping into my...
HAMPTON 'ROCKS' METS MIKE LANDS $121M DEAL IN COLORADO
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amDALLAS - Now that one left-handed pitcher who didn't view the bright lights of New York as the right atmosphere to raise his family has bolted, the Mets are pondering...
RANGERS LOOK LIKE CHAMPIONS
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amRangers5Sabres2 By LARRY BROOKSMaybe it is only early December and maybe the opposition was coming off an emotional home victory just 24 hours earlier, but disregard the qualifiers, for there...
SHERMAN MARCHES NETS TO VICTORY
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amPhysically, they were battered and undermanned. So the Nets preached attitude. They spoke of playing with pride and passion. Decidedly down in the throes of a typical New Jersey losing...
HEISMAN RACE TOO CLOSE TO CALL
December 9, 2000 | 5:00amAnd you think the presidential race is close. Ha! When the Heisman Trophy winner is announced tonight at the Downtown Athletic Club, the recipient will have won it in what...