December 23, 2000
CHRISTMAS TUNE PORNO PIRATES ARE SHUT DOWN
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amThere'll be no porno in the North Pole this Christmas, thanks to a group of angry songwriters who claim their wholesome music was pirated. Party On Parody Productions, the distributor...
MERRY MARKETS UP ; SANTA'S GIFT: NO BAD NEWS FOR TECH SECTOR
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amWall Street gave itself a holiday gift yesterday - a little rally. Investors went on a shopping spree for shop-damaged but classy stocks that had been battered in recent days...
EVERY DAY'S A HOLIDAY
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amIt's the week we've been waiting for all year -- well, most of us, at least. And while the prospect of the kids having a whole week off from school...
BLOODY AWFUL 'DRACULA' FLICK WON'T QUENCH THIRST OF HORROR FANS
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amDRACULA 2000Zero starsA bloody awful updating of the vampire legend.Running time: 107 minutes. Rated: R (violence, gore, sex, nudity). At the Village East, the Chelsea Cinemas, the Empire, others. WHERE...
TOP LOBBYISTS 'SIGN' UP IN BILLBOARD BROUHAHA
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amTHE billboard industry has hired some of the most powerful lobbyists and lawyers in town to fend off a tough outdoor advertising law proposed by the Giuliani administration and now...
PRINCIPAL GONE FROM QNS. 'MOLEST' SCHOOL
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amThe veteran principal of a Queens elementary school where an intruder molested six children last month won't be returning to her old job - even though she was cleared of...
CURE FOR CABIN FEVER? SWISSAIR SAYS CUFF 'EM
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amSwissair passengers shouldn't be surprised to see flight attendants wrestling with unruly travelers and tying them in their seats. Starting New Year's Day, Swissair flight crews will be equipped with...
COPS PROBING FATAL STABBING IN B'KLYN
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amAuthorities are investigating the stabbing of a 36-year-old Brownsville man who died in the hallway outside his ex-girlfriend's apartment door, police said yesterday. A 40-year-old woman who lives in the...
WE JAILED 'MISSING' HOLOCAUST HERO WALLENBERG: RUSSIA
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amRussia officially acknowledged yesterday that Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who helped thousands of Jews avoid Nazi death camps, was wrongfully imprisoned 55 years ago and died in a Soviet prison....
ROSTY ON BILL'S PARDON LIST - BUT W'WATER PAL ISN'T
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amPresident Clinton yesterday granted pre-Christmas pardons to 59 people, including Dan Rostenkowski, onetime head of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, who had been jailed for mail fraud. Clinton...
MOHAWKS SCOFF AT TRUMP APOLOGY
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY - Indian leaders are saying no dice to a Donald Trump apology for a string of anti-Indian-casino ads this past spring. Some of the ads, which were secretly funded...
CLEMENCY IS GOV'S CHRISTMAS GIFT TO 5 DRUG OFFENDERS
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday granted Christmastime clemency to five inmates sentenced to lengthy prison terms under the state's strict Rockefeller drug laws. "While I remain firmly committed to continuing...
IT'S A 'WAIT' CHRISTMAS AS WEATHER STALLS FLIERS
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amSanta might love flying through the snow, but holiday travelers had reason to hate it yesterday. Snow, ice and fog caused two-hour delays for flights to and from La Guardia...
HARVARD ACCEPTS GORE'S SON, BUT STILL WON'T TAKE AL
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amHarvard University may be home to Al Gore next year - Al Gore 3rd, that is. The 18-year-old son of the vanquished Democratic presidential candidate has reportedly been accepted at...
DUBYA'S PICKS MARCH RIGHT, LEFT : ASHCROFT FOR AG & WHITMAN FOR EPA
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President-elect Bush showed yesterday he could go to his right and his left - nominating conservative John Ashcroft for attorney general and moderate Christie Whitman to head the...
ALL-NIGHT DELIS A GIFT TO DAWDLERS
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amThe Savvy Shopper offers gift-buying tips throughout the holiday season. For the sake of shoppers who will inevitably find themselves looking for gifts tomorrow night, here's a look at last-ditch...
BILL STEPS IN AS MIDEAST PEACE TALKS HIT NEW SNAG
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - President Clinton will join the Mideast peace talks today after unexpected stumbling blocks dimmed chances for a weekend breakthrough. Both Israeli and Palestinian negotiators acknowledged a "crisis" developed...
CHOKE TEACH 'JUST LOST IT' :AXED FOR CHRISTMAS-PARTY ASSAULT ON STUDENTS
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amA Bronx science teacher accused of assaulting six students after a Christmas party was fired yesterday for trying to choke one of the fifth-graders, officials said. "I had to fire...
STRAIGHT-ARROW SENATOR SHOWED GRACE IN DEFEAT
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Attorney General-designate John Ashcroft doesn't drink, smoke or dance - but will forever be remembered for losing a Senate race to a dead man. The Missouri Republican is...
FIRED FINANCIER GETTING HITCHED :EX-GOLDMAN SACHS BIG TO MARRY OFFICE MISTRESS
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amThe Goldman Sachs vice president fired for committing adultery is engaged to his former mistress, The Post has learned. Thomas Hudson and former Goldman co-worker Gabrielle Katz will "be married...
SEASON'S FLEETING FOR THE LATE SHOPPER : RETAILERS HOPE FOR LAST-MINUTE FRENZY
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amIt probably won't be a very white Christmas. Some retailers are singing the blues. And travel delays may make you see red. But even though things may not be perfect,...
DIAMONDS ARE MATERIAL GIRL'S BEST FRIEND
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amMadonna wanted to marry her prince ablaze in diamonds fit for a queen diva. So the carat-conscious pop icon collaborated with the House of Harry Winston to design a glittering...
EX-WALL ST. BIG GUILTY IN JUDGE-HIT THREAT
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amA jury last night found a disgraced Wall Street stock honcho guilty of ordering the murder of a tough-talking Manhattan judge - bringing to conclusion a foiled jailhouse hit that...
SERVICEMAN SUES OVER DOC'S 'UNKIND' CUT AT BIRTH
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amAn 18-year-old Air Force private is suing the doctor and hospital responsible for circumcising him at birth, saying the operation caused him excruciating pain as an infant and lasting sexual...
ANOTHER QUEENS BLVD. PEDESTRIAN TRAGEDY
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amEnda Reilly, 34, was critically injured on a notoriously deadly stretch.A 34-year-old construction worker was critically injured in an apparent hit-and-run on the notoriously deadly stretch of Queens Boulevard, police...
COPS NAME SUSPECT IN HEAD-BASH SLAYING
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amPolice said yesterday they know who fatally bashed a Brooklyn paralegal outside a Manhattan strip club - but still don't have a clue why the ex-serviceman launched a kamikaze attack...
LIKE A VIRGIN BRIDE POP GODDESS WEDS AT CANDLELIT CASTLE
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amMadonna, wearing a veil of secrecy and dripping in diamonds, got her Guy yesterday in an opulent wedding at a fog-shrouded Scottish castle. The pop icon kept such a tight...
WASH. HTS. BLAZE KILLS 2 KIDS, PARENTS CRITICAL
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amTwo young kids died and their parents were critically injured late last night in a two-alarm fire that roared through their Manhattan apartment, officials said. The blaze erupted on the...
INSTANT RELIEF? KNICKS SEE 76ER GAME AS CHANCE FOR FAST RX
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - One victory last night in Philly was all the Knicks needed to right the ship and get their confidence going again. At least that's what the organization from...
PARKER PRACTICES, PROBABLE VS. JAGS
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amWhere it once appeared highly unlikely that LG Glenn Parker would play, it now looks more realistic and even probable. He practiced again yesterday and shows no sign of being...
RICHTER ON INJURED LIST
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amPerhaps because Ron Low could find no other way to avoid the temptation of using Mike Richter, the Rangers yesterday placed their besieged goaltender on Injured Reserve, thus making him...
TAKING A JAB AT THE BIG A
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amOver the years, sharp California shippers have enjoyed lots of success sprinting at the Big A. Today, in the Grade 3, $75,000 Gravesend Handicap, Jab takes a swing at continuing...
FASSEL NOT FEASTIN' ON HOME COOKIN'
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amTake care of your own house and your own neighborhood. It is the first thing any head coach wants to do, to make sure his own team is capable of...
WIN, BABY, & GIANTS WILL GAIN RESPECT
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amEVEN with an 11-4 record and the NFC East championship, the Giants are the poster team for NFL Parody, the current state of the league in which the Mediocre stand...
GIANTS NOT IN PACKIN' MOOD : EYE WIN OVER JAGS FOR HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amWe deserve it. That, in so many words, is what the Giants are thinking about all this. We deserve this success. We deserve respect, and will continue to knock heads...
STEPH NOT 2 HAPPY OVER ROLE CHANGE
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amThe Nets' soap opera continues. Coach Byron Scott, backed into a corner because he has a bunch of players who can't really play or are injured, wants point guard Stephon...
SURPRISE VISITOR LANDS AT BIG A
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amAt approximately 5:25 p.m. yesterday, a helicopter landed in the middle of the Aqueduct inner track between the sixteenth pole and the finish line. There was smoke in the cockpit...
CONWAY UP TO CHALLENGE OF KICKING JETS TO PLAYOFFS
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amAl Groh was mum on his kicking situation yesterday, but Brett Conway believes he will be the field-goal kicker tomorrow against the Ravens on Do-or-Die Sunday. "I've been doing all...
GANG GREEN PREPARED FOR WAR :GROH RALLIES TROOPS FOR BALTIMORE BATTLE
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amToday they board an Amtrak train out of the city, and there isn't a single Jet who boarded that train who doesn't believe the destination is Baltimore . . ....
ACHING CAMBY'S NOT SURE HOW LONG HE'LL SITOUT
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - While it figures that the four-day holiday break will make Marcus Camby healthy for the Knicks' next game in Washington Wednesday night, their starting center ominously said last...
DEVIL WIN VS. PANTHERS MAY PROVE COSTLY
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amSUNRISE, Fla. - Sparks fly and Devils get suspended when they meet the Panthers. Now top center Jason Arnott is sweating out NHL justice and a knee injury, and his...
KNICKS SHOW TRUE GRIT : QUESTION THEIR TALENT, NOT CHARACTER
December 23, 2000 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Whatever your level of dissatisfaction with Jeff Van Gundy's inability to reinvent a wheel that unfortunately suffers missing spokes, above question remains his ability to put it back...