December 15, 2000
EVEN MIGHTY CITIBANK CAN EXPERIENCE A A CYBERSPLAT
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amCitibank's money portal turned out to be something short of a gusher. Finance.com announced it will cease operations on Dec. 31. The bank's experiment in purchasing a generic domain name...
HOGWASH! SAY HI-TECH MAGS ON REPORT THEY'LL MERGE
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amTwo hi-tech magazines have blasted a report in yesterday's Daily Deal that Business 2.0 is in talks to sell itself to Standard Media International, publisher of The Industry Standard. "Unmitigated...
AOL-TW GETS CLEARANCE: FTC GIVES ITS BLESSING TO MERGER IN 5-0 VOTE
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amThe Feds got their piece, and the media barons got theirs. The Federal Trade Commission approved the AOL-Time Warner's $126 million merger yesterday in a unanimous 5-0 vote, putting the...
NBC'S PAINFUL REALITY ; AXES ANCIER, WHO MISSED 'SURVIVOR' BOOM
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amNBC has booted entertainment chief Garth Ancier, replacing him with "Today" show wunderkind Jeff Zucker. Ancier, who joined NBC in May 1999, got the boot from his old pal, NBC...
PERELMAN NARROWLY ESCAPES JUNK-BOND MELTDOWN
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amRon Perelman has dodged the debt bullet again - freeing his own personal holdings of crippling junk bond debt with just months to spare. A filing made yesterday by the...
MOTHER EARTH NEWS IS SOLD FOR $5 MILLION
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amMother Earth News - which has thrived, whithered and nearly become extinct only to cling to life - is about to be sold for the fourth time, for about $5...
GERRY'S GAMBLE PAYS OFF ; FTC GIVES AOL DEAL NOD AFTER LEVIN REFUSES TO BUDGE
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amTwo weeks ago, Gerry Levin said, "Enough is enough" and refused to give in to Federal Trade Commisison demands that he share his valuable content on equal terms with any...
END MAKES PRISON 'VISIT' HARDER SELL
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amTHE VISIT 1/2 The touching story of a dying con is marred by a sappy finale.Running time: 107 minutes. Rated R (drug use). At the Quad Cinema, 13th Street, between...
SWEET & JUST DESSERT
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amCHOCOLAT Delectable acting makes for a crowd-pleasing, if predictable, trifle.Running time: 121 minutes. Rated PG-13 (tastefully expressed sexuality). At the Lincoln Square, the Cinema 1, Angelika. 'CHOCOLAT" is a bittersweet...
DISNEY SIDESTEPS SAME OLD RUT WITH 'NEW GROOVE'
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amTHE EMPEROR'SNEW GROOVE 1/2 More slapsticky and less preachy than a typical Disney cartoon, though it tends to wear out its welcome.Running time: 78 minutes.Rated G. At the Empire, the...
CITY CIRCUS TRIFECTA IS PERFECTA
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amCIRCUS OZNew Victory Theater. 209 W. 42nd St. (212) 242-0800. Season runs through Jan. 14. IF you've ever contemplated running away to join the circus, now would be a very...
PAINTING A TRUE PICTURE
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amPOLLOCK Ed Harris triumphs over a sketchy script in his heartfelt "splatter" movie about the art legend.Running time: 119 minutes. Rated R (sex, domestic violence, profanity). At the Lincoln Plaza,...
HE'S GOTTA BE HIM ; SNOOP DOGG SAYS HE GETS HIS STRENGTH FROM GOD AND FAMILY
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amIT'S been seven years and five solo albums since Snoop Dogg's seminal rap record, "Deep Cover," turned a kid from the urban jungle of Long Beach, Calif., into one of...
'WOMEN' PREDICTABLE. . . AS MIND-READING MEL HUNTS HELEN
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amWHAT WOMEN WANT 1/2 If you've seen the trailer, you've seen the best jokes in this amusing but too predictable comedy. Starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt.Running time: 127 minutes....
MORNING-AFTER FOR RECOUNT JUNKIES
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amNOW that the election cliffhanger is over, news junkies, would-be legal eagles and partisan die-hards are going to be feeling withdrawal pains from the seemingly constant breaking-news of the past...
MISTER N-ICE GUY ; GOOD SKATE SCOTT HANGS THEM UP
December 15, 2000 | 5:00am"Scott Hamilton's Farewell to Stars On Ice" Tonight at 8 p.m. on WCBS/Ch. 2 if you love ice shows I'VE always worried about ice skaters. You see them at the...
THE STARR REPORT
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amDubya gets goredin speech faceoff Bulletin: Al Gore has beaten George W. Bush - in the Nielsen ratings, that is! According to preliminary overnight metered numbers, Gore's 9 p.m. concession...
'BELLS' WAKE-UP CALL ; REVIVAL MUST RAISE $6M TO KEEP THEATER
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amTHE clock is ticking on the upcoming revival of "Bells Are Ringing."Its producers have until Jan. 15 to raise the $6 million they need to put the 1956 musical on...
DOCS EYE GENETIC LINK IN PARKINSON'S
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amParkinson's disease may run in families, scientists have discovered. It's known that one form of the neurological disorder that strikes early in life is linked to a genetic mutation that...
HARD TIME FOR HARD-CORE GIRL'S NO. 2 LOVER/TRADER
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amThe ex-boyfriend of insider-trading porn star was sentenced to 21 months in jail yesterday - more than double what her other ex-lover, Wall Street CEO James McDermott, got for the...
CAR NAILS ANOTHER QUEENS BLVD. PEDESTRIAN
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amAn elderly woman crossing Queens Boulevard with her husband was bashed in the leg when a car hit her - the latest in a troubling increase of pedestrian injuries on...
RUDY, GREEN AT ODDS OVER SCHOOL WOES
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amPublic Advocate Mark Green and Mayor Giuliani locked horns yesterday about the overcrowding problem in the city schools. In Albany, the New York Board of Regents proposed a $1.45 billion...
PATAKI POLL-VERIZES RUDY IN 'BID' TO BE GOP'S GOV PICK
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY - If Mayor Giuliani is thinking of challenging Gov. Pataki in 2002 in the Republican gubernatorial primary, a new poll yesterday loudly proclaimed, "DON'T!" The poll, conducted by Quinnipiac...
CREATIVE WAYS TO BEAT A BAD WRAP
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amThe Savvy Shopper, who's beenoffering holiday tips on how to buygifts, turns her attention today tohow to WRAP them - especially ifthey seem to defy wrapping.THE average American wraps 30...
PUTIN, CASTRO SLAM U.S. EMBARGO
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amVladimir Putin, the first Russian leader to visit Cuba since the collapse of the Soviet Union, joined Fidel Castro yesterday in condemning the U.S. embargo of Cuba. Putin held informal...
D.C. POLICETO BEEF UPSECURITY FOR INAUGURATION
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amThousands of protesters are planning to descend on the nation's capital Inauguration Day - and cops are bracing for the onslaught with an unprecedented level of security. Law-enforcement officials are...
MY INSIDE PEEK AT HER SICKENING SAGA
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amI CAN reveal exclusively that I have had the first glimpse of a rough draft of Hillary Rodham Clinton's multimillion-dollar book, tentatively titled "It Takes a Village Idiot." At an...
TRYST GIRL: GIFF LUSTED FOR ME AFTER SCANDAL
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amThe busty blonde who slept with Frank Gifford claims the grid great begged to see her again - even after lurid details of their sex tryst became public. Gifford has...
ELECTION YIELDS PLENTY OF OFFBEAT WINNERS & LOSERS
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amJUST think: Six weeks ago, Chad was a washed-up '70s actor and Florida was a sunny land where old people drive. There were distinct winners and losers in the longest...
JESSE OFFERS AN OLIVE BRANCH TO DUBYA
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amThe Rev. Jesse Jackson - who vowed to "never accept" George Bush as chief executive - called the president-elect yesterday to pledge his help in mending fences with minorities. "I...
NOW THEY ACT: FLA. BIG SHOTS PLAN REFORMS IN VOTING LAW
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amHis big brother finally on track to enter the White House, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush yesterday announced plans to overhaul the state's controversial election process. Bush, with Florida Secretary of...
PA TURNS INTO FAST LANE ON ITS BID FOR 75% TOLL HIKE
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amThe Port Authority yesterday fired up its plan to raise bridge and tunnel tolls and to double the fare on PATH trains by ordering a round of public hearings in...
U.S. SUSPECT FACES BEHEADING BY SAUDIS
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amAn American man faces possible beheading under Saudi Arabia's harsh criminal-justice system for his alleged role in a bomb attack that killed a British engineer. U.S. and Saudi officials confirmed...
BILL URGES UNITY AFTER DIVISIVE ELECTION
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amLONDON - President Clinton yesterday said he disagrees with the Supreme Court ruling in favor of George W. Bush - but urged Americans to unite behind his successor-to-be "without rancor...
'SAMMY BULL' AND SON FACE NEW INDICTMENT AGONY OVER ECSTASY
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amThe feel-good club drug ecstasy must be giving Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano one helluva headache by now. Already jailed on charges of running an Arizona ecstasy ring, Gravano and his...
BIRTH-CONTROL COVERAGE MIGHT BE REQUIRED
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amEmployers whose health plans cover preventive care, such as vaccinations and blood-pressure medication, might have to cover birth-control pills for women, a federal agency said yesterday. The Equal Employment Opportunity...
B'KLYN SCHOOLS MINUS $1M FOR ARTS, SUPPLIES
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amSchools in Brooklyn's embattled District 15 are operating without funding for arts programs or even basic supplies, infuriated principals told The Post. The schools in the financially troubled brownstone district...
ALI TO MAKE IT 'THE GREATEST' NEW YEAR YET
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amTimes Square officials scratching their heads over how to top last year's gala millennium blast on New Year's Eve have come up with a knockout answer - Muhammad Ali. The...
K-ROCKED! THIS MAY BE STERN'S LAST DAY
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amIt's D-Day for Howard Stern - the shaggy-haired shock jock says he still hasn't signed a new contract with his radio company and today may be his final day on...
TOP STATE DEM PUSHING HILL FOR '04 PREZ RACE
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amSenator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton will be viewed as a top presidential contender in 2004, whether she likes it or not, New York's Democratic Party boss said yesterday. "She just has...
LOUIMA COP: FEDS BULLIED WITNESSES
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amConvicted cop Charles Schwarz appealed his federal conviction in the Abner Louima torture case yesterday, arguing that witnesses were "intimidated, coached, homogenized and hidden" by the government. Schwarz was convicted...
DEMS SEEK PEACE - AND PIECE OF THE ACTION
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats promised yesterday to work with President-elect Bush - but vowed to first fix the crummy voting machines that sparked the Florida fiasco. "There is deep feeling...
EX-SPICE GIRL AIDS OVEREATERS
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amEx-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell has spoken from the gut - going to Overeaters Anonymous meetings to lend moral support to sufferers of eating disorders. The performer has been taking breaks...
FINANCIER ON STAND ADMITS JUDGE-HIT PLOT
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amA Wall Street mogul admitted on the stand yesterday that he conspired to whack a judge - virtually agreeing with his prosecutors in a sensational murder-for-hire trial. "I must be...
GWYNETH'S 'SECRET' TESTIMONY NAILS STALKER
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amGwyneth Paltrow secretly took the witness stand and gave courageous testimony that helped convict an obsessed fan of stalking, authorities said yesterday. A Los Angeles County judge found Dante Soui,...
COULD BE END OF ROAD FOR APPLE TOURS
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amA state appeals court slammed the brakes on New York Apple Tours yesterday, saying the tour-bus company got a fair hearing when a lower court allowed the city to yank...
BUSH ERA OPENS IN PRAYER: SEEKS DIVINE HALP TO HEAL THE NATION
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amAUSTIN, Texas - George W. Bush turned to a higher authority on his first day as president-elect - pausing to pray as his transition team hustled to assemble an Oval...
TEXAS-SIZE FUN COMING TO D.C.: BUSH STYLE MIXES FROLIC & FORMALITY
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - George W. Bush will bring a kind of preppy-redneck style to the White House next month: new ideas, different pals, a tradition-minded wife, twin daughters - and a...
QNS. SCHOOL BOARD DEFIES SCOUT BAN
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amThe board voted to support "continued sponsorship of Boy Scouts of America." A Queens school board last night defied Schools Chancellor Harold Levy - voting overwhelmingly against his ban on...
RAPE-SLAY SUSPECT'S RANT BAFFLES JURORS
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amJurors rubbed their faces and victims' family members listened in open disgust yesterday as an accused serial murderer testified that he was framed by cops so he wouldn't reveal a...
BIZMAN 'SPY' IN FROM THE COLD AS JAIL ORDEAL ENDS
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amCancer-stricken American businessman Edmond Pope flew to freedom yesterday after a brutal eight-month "nightmare" in a Russian jail on espionage charges, which the U.S. said were "unjustified." Dressed in a...
TEAM BUSH GEARING UP TO TACKLE TAXES FIRST
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Congressional Republicans plan to move quickly on President-elect George W. Bush's legislative agenda - beginning with a cut in the estate tax and killing the marriage penalty, aides...
BARAK OFFERS ARAFAT EVEN MORE IN NEW BID FOR PEACE
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Barak made a peace pitch yesterday - and rival Benjamin Netanyahu issued an ultimatum - as the Israeli election campaign heated up. Barak sent two...
REGENTS PLAN $608M BOOST FOR CITY SCHOOLS
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amThe New York Board of Regents yesterday proposed a $1.45 billion increase in state aid for next year, giving nearly half of that - $608 million - to the Big...
MADONNA GETS $8M BRIT PAD
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amMadonna has found a new love nest - she's decided to buy an $8.8 million mansion in London's West End. After months of searching for a new home, the bride-to-be...
'ANGEL' OF GOD REACHED OUT TO SAVE SUBWAY GAL
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amA Bronx pastor is living up to his name this holiday season. Angel Santana said yesterday he's the "mystery" good Samaritan who rescued a 4-year-old girl who plunged into a...
JEFF LOVES JAZZ: VG: MALONE, STOCKTON MAY BE THE BEST EVER
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amTORONTO -Jeff Van Gundy has seen Patrick Ewing break down with age. The Knicks coach is still waiting to see some wear and tear on another 38-year-old big man, Karl...
BOEHRINGER MAY RETURN IN PINSTRIPES
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amFormer Yankee right-hander Brian Boehringer signed a minor league contract yesterday with the club and will be invited to big-league camp. Boehringer, a Yankee from 1996-97, pitched for the Padres...
SPREWELL: VINCE IS NOT MICHAEL
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amTORONTO - It is becoming one of the league's best 1-on-1 matchups: Vince Carter against Latrell Sprewell. But Spree wanted to make sure that nobody is comparing the flight paths...
SATHER WOULD LIKE COFFEY ON THE MENU
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES -Ron Low expects the Rangers to bring in a veteran defenseman. When, he's not sure. But it could come sooner than later, as Glen Sather said Tuesday that...
FISHING CONFAB NEWS
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amTHERE is good and bad news coming out of the joint meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission being held this week in Atlantic...
MILLER'S TOO COOL FOR HIS OWN GOOD
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amIF Dennis Miller could only avoid certain self-inflicted absurdities - his long-winded, overwritten, obviously rehearsed, metaphor-tortured, occasionally vulgar and intentionally haughty opens, for example - he wouldn't be half bad...
BUMMED HAMILTON WANTED PRO BOWL
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Of all the Giants who had a shot at the Pro Bowl, the one with the most legitimate complaint was Keith Hamilton, who has 50 tackles and a...
TWO FOR THE SHOW; JINTS' ARMSTEAD, STONE HEADED TO HAWAII
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amThere were years when the honor was greeted with a sort of sheepish acceptance by Jessie Armstead, who loved being acknowledged as one of the league's best linebackers and hated...
MCMAHON'S STUNTMEN ; XFL USES PLAYERS, NBC TO SELL NEGATIVE VALUES
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amTROY AIKMAN is about to become the latest NFL star who will be forced to hang 'em up prematurely rather than risk further neurological injury. Yet, Vince McMahon and his...
JETER'S AGENT ISN'T TIPPING HIS HAND
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amAs Derek Jeter's agent, it's easy to see Casey Close is holding hot cards. However, how he will play them isn't so clear. Asked yesterday what impact Alex Rodriguez's 10-year,...
KENDALL PASSES TEST, READY TO GIVE IT A SHOT
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amGood news for the Nets. Barring a major setback, it looks as if shooting guard Kendall Gill will lace up his high tops for tomorrow night's game in Atlanta. Gill,...
NYRA SETS 2001 STAKES SCHEDULE
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amNYRA released its stakes schedule for 2001 with changes to help horsemen prepare for the Breeders' Cup, which will be held at Belmont Park on Oct. 27. Heading the changes...
DEVILS WAIT FOR GOC TO SHOW FIRE
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amPractice doesn't always make perfect. In fact, it's keeping rookie Sascha Goc out of the lineup when the Devils are looking for just his sort of help. "For his improvement,...
CLOCK'S TICKING FOR BOSS
December 15, 2000 | 5:00am(Last in a series.) Attention Yankees fans, your team's magic number is 380. That's how many days George Steinbrenner has remaining on the clock to reach a new stadium deal...
ISLES ARE COUNTING ON KROG
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amRecalling center Jason Krog after losing Brad Isbister, the Islanders will try to stop losing, period, in a back-to-back battle with Ontario. The Isles will try to snap a three-game...
NO RUSCH TO LEAVE TOWN ; LEFTY WOULD RATHER STAY HERE THAN BE TRADED TO TORONTO
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amGlendon Rusch picked up the phone yesterday, heard a familiar voice and responded, "They trade me yet?" Not yet. But the Mets' pursuit of David Wells continues and could leave...
STORM OUTTA STEP FOR THE BIG DANCE
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amAFTER the first three losses of the season, St. John's coach Mike Jarvis made a specific point of stating that this team will be playing in March. The inference, of...
NUGGET NO-SHOW HAS DAN READY TO BURST
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amWHAT was the real reason behind the Nuggets' boycott of Monday's practice? Clearly, the players were angry at Dan Issel for not signing Alex Rodriguez. Don't you dare believe everything...
BOEHRINGER MAY RETURN TO YANKS
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amFormer Yankee right-hander Brian Boehringer signed a minor league contract yesterday with the club and will be invited to big-league camp. Boehringer, a Yankee from 1996-97, pitched for the Padres...
METS' BENITEZ NAMED IN DOMESTIC DISPUTE
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amArmando Benitez, the Mets' hard-throwing closer, was named in a domestic violence incident report filed yesterday afternoon with the Seventh District of the Baltimore City Police Department, The Post has...
VINCE OF THIEVES ; CARTER'S KEY STEAL, FREEBIES NAIL KNICKS
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amRaptors 70 Knicks 68 TORONTO - The Knicks made Vince Carter disappear on the offensive end much of the game. Then Carter, not known for defensive brilliance, won last night's...
OAKLEY'S NO FRIEND OF THOMAS
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amTORONTO - Charles Oakley continued his running feud with Kurt Thomas, saying before last night's game he would refuse to exchange any courtesy greetings with Thomas on the court. "It...
LJ INJURES KNEE, TO GET MRI TODAY
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amKNICKS NOTES TORONTO - Larry Johnson played through a sprained MCL in his right knee in the '99 Finals, but don't expect him to be that crazy this time. The...
RANGERS BLOW LEAD IN TIE
December 15, 2000 | 5:00amRangers 5 Kings 5 LOS ANGELES - Like most Hollywood productions, this one was over-the-top entertainment. In one of the more exciting games of the season, the Rangers and Kings...