December 27, 2000
$1.5B LOAN HELPS WORN-OUT ; LEVI'S BEAT THE BLUES
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amFinding much more than a lump of coal in its Christmas stocking, the financially embattled Levi Strauss & Co. has received a commitment for a new round of financing to...
GAME OVER: VIDEO SOFTWARE SALES REVISED DOWN
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amSome numbers do lie. The NPD Group, a widely quoted and respected retail research company, revised its estimates of video game software sales to a 4 percent decline for the...
TISCH, TISCH, LARRY... LOST OUT ON $285M BY SELLING SHARES EARLY
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amLarry Tisch gave himself a $175 million gift for the holidays - but it could have been more than twice as big. During the year, the co-chairman of Loews Corp....
WILL PEN ODE TO THE OTHER NATIONAL ANTHEM
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amABC's "20/20" correspondent Lynn Sherr has just booked a beautiful publishing deal with Public Affairs. She's going to write a bio on Katharine Lee Bates - the woman who penned...
TAO HOT TO HANDLE
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amTAO 42 E. 58TH ST. (212) 888-2288 MIDTOWN has seen nothing like Tao in eons. The name means "peace." But the place is at war with itself.Styled to titillate scene-making...
NOW HERE'S A REAL CITY SLICKER
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amIRVING ON IRVING ½ 52 IRVING PLACE (AT 17TH STREET) (212) 358-1300 BETWEEN bites of a Syrian bread called Damascus pizza, my foodie friend mentions two things that surprise her...
WHAT A YEAR ONSTAGE - AND OFF ; 'CATS' PUT TO SLEEP, 'SEUSSICAL' GETS HYSTERICAL & MORE
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amTHE mayor's wife caused a stir by talking about her private parts in an off-Broadway show. Two musicals based on "The Wild Party" went down, one nearly dragging its high-strung...
A MATTER OF TASTE: EXPENSIVE CHAMPAGNE NOT ALWAYS THE BEST
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amA FEW years ago I stopped at a small bait and beer shop in northern Wisconsin for a six pack of Milwaukee's Best. The clerk, a young guy in a...
THE STARR REPORT
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amRhea's show of Paramount import? Insiders say that Caroline Rhea's planned Paramount talk show, expected to be shopped at NATPE (Jan. 23-25 in Las Vegas), could be having difficulty drumming...
WHAT A YEAR ON STAGE - AND OFF: 'JUNO,' 'JITNEY' ARE THE BEST OFF-BROADWAY
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amOFF-Broadway, at its best, has given us scenes of family and work, politics and passion, in an exciting mix of rejuvenated classics and passionate novelty. Here, in order of preference,...
WHAT A YEAR ON STATE - AND OFF: TOP 10 REASONS TO VISIT B'WAY
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amIT'S never easy to compile a yearly best 10 list.After the heat of the moment, time settles in and memory mercifully cancels out pain, but also tends to dull pleasure....
IT'S GREEN LIGHTS ALL THE WAY FOR SODERBERGH'S 'TRAFFIC' ; DRUG WAR IS HELL
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amTRAFFIC 1/2 Steven Soderbergh's triumphant examination of the war on drugs.Running time: 147 minutes. Rated R (violence, drug abuse, some sex). At the 72nd Street East. 'TRAFFIC" is a triumph...
WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH ; YANKS PUT WRECKING BALL THROUGH 'JUNKYARD WARS'
December 27, 2000 | 5:00am"Junkyard Wars" Jan. 3 at 9 p.m. on TLC 1/2, British version AT the risk of ruining my life by going for the stupid, cheap shot, I ask: What's meaner...
MAYORAL FREE-4-ALL LOOMS IN 2001
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amThis is the latest part in The Post's weeklong year in review and preview of 2001. A political time bomb has been quietly ticking in City Hall -- and it's...
NABE SAYS 'NEIGH' TO SPIELBERG
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Steven Spielberg's neighbors gave the legendary moviemaker a thumbs-down yesterday, panning his script to build a huge equestrian center in their exclusive Brentwood neighborhood. Homeowners plan to...
GUNMAN MOWS DOWN SEVEN CO-WORKERS: GARNISHED WAGES POSSIBLE MOTIVE OF WEB-FIRM CARNAGE GUNMAN KILLS 7 CO-WORKERS
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amA hulking oddball accused of blowing away seven co-workers at a Massachusetts Internet firm was apparently enraged that his bosses planned to garnish his wages for an unpaid tax bill,...
MIR MISHAP HAD RUSSIAN OFFICIALS IN A 20-HR. PANIC
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amRussia's ground controllers lost contact with the Mir space station for nearly 20 hours - raising fears that the 140-ton craft would crash to Earth, officials said yesterday. But Mission...
PARIS THUGS BLAST BRINK'S CAR OPEN & FLEE WITH CASH
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amArmed bandits attacked two Brink's armored cars in Paris yesterday, blasted one open and escaped with cash, officials said. At least one guard was injured in the well-planned daylight attack....
ROCK 'N' ROLL SENIORS MAY BE DEMENTED
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amOlder people who suddenly develop a taste for pop and rock 'n' roll may be suffering from dementia, a new study shows. Dementia is often characterized by a loss of...
BOOZE FUELS AVERAGE JOE
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amThe average American guy drinks 60 gallons of booze a year, and does his heaviest drinking at age 30, downing 4.5 cocktails in a sitting, new statistics show. Men's Health...
WANNA BET BRITNEY HAS A BABY IN '01?
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amOh, baby! Bookmakers are offering odds of 25-1 that Britney Spears will have a visit from the stork next year. The odds on the virginal pop star - whose hits...
MADONNA WENT TO WAR TO KEEP OUT PRESS AT WEDDING
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amThe Scottish estate where Madonna tied the knot looked more like a war zone than a wedding site when she exchanged vows with Guy Ritchie, the British press says. The...
LAZIO DISPUTING BILLS OF CAMPAIGN WORKERS
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amA host of behind-the-scenes folks owed money by failed Senate candidate Rick Lazio - whose GOP effort racked up $2.8 million of debt - are wondering if they'll ever be...
BARAK & ARAFAT MEETING TO DISCUSS PEACE PLAN
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat will hold their first face-to-face meeting in months in Egypt tomorrow to discuss U.S. proposals for a historic...
DUBYA'S DAUGHTER IS ON THE MEND
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President-elect George W. Bush's daughter Jenna recovered in a Texas hospital yesterday after her emergency appendectomy, while her dad flew to Florida for a family vacation. Future First...
COLD-HEARTED LANDLORDS FEELIN' CITY HEAT
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amThere's no relief in sight from the blast of arctic temperatures that have gripped the city - and officials are going all out to prevent weather-related deaths and illnesses this...
LIQUOR STORES SING THE SUNDAY 'BLUES'
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amLiquor-store owners in New York got a double shot of bad news this holiday season - state licensing "blue laws" force them to close on two of their busiest days....
RUDY: CITY SHOULD HOST A GIANTS PARADE
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani showed yesterday that he's not just about baseball parades - he'd like to throw them for football, too. Two months after the Yankees' three-peat Canyon of Heroes celebration,...
DOCS: WATCH FOR CREEPY COLLEAGUES
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amStress on or off the job can cause workers to snap and turn violent, but the warning signs may not always be apparent to fellow employees, mental-health experts said yesterday....
GUNMAN MOWS DOWN SEVEN CO-WORKERS: GARNISHED WAGES POSSIBLE MOTIVE OF WEB-FIRM CARNAGE KILLS 7 CO-WORKERS
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amA hulking oddball accused of blowing away seven co-workers at a Massachusetts Internet firm was apparently enraged that his bosses planned to garnish his wages for an unpaid tax bill,...
MADONNA TO STAR IN GUY'S NEW PIC
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amMadonna didn't promise obedience when she married Guy Ritchie last Friday. But that doesn't mean she won't take direction from him. The 42-year-old Queen of Pop will be the star...
HIGH-TECH FIRM HAD SIDESTEPPED TURMOIL
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amThe Massachusetts Internet company where seven employees were killed by a co-worker yesterday is a high-tech firm offering all the perks of the New Economy - and the last place...
FACING COLD REALITY OF A PAL'S DEATH
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amWAKEFIELD, Mass. IT'S bitter cold, the sun gone for hours now, and David Beard is numb. Crouched on the curb on Foundry Street across from Harvard Mills, wearing a red-knit...
ACTOR JASON ROBARDS DIES AT 78
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amJason Robards, the gritty character actor who won back-to-back Oscars for "All the President's Men" and "Julia," died yesterday after a battle with cancer. He was 78. The acclaimed actor...
HE BROUGHT A POWERFUL DEPTH TO HIS PORTRAYALS
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amFOR a man who made his New York debut in 1947 as the rear end of the cow in "Jack and the Beanstalk," Jason Robards, Jr. did pretty well with...
RETAILERS FEEL MAJOR SHOP FLOP ; THIS WEEK'S BARGAIN BLITZ WON'T BE ENOUGH
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amShoppers poured into the stores last weekend, just as retailers had hoped - but it looks as if they didn't buy nearly enough to steal the retail season back from...
GOT MILK? COKE DOES IN NEW KID DRINKS
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amThings go better with milk. Coca-Cola, the world's No. 1 soft drink company, is developing milk products for children. Coke has launched "Project Mother" to come up with dairy-based products...
PAL NOT SHOCKED BY 'WACKY' GUNMAN: EX-NAVY MAN HELD IN SLAY OF 7 CO-WORKERS
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amThe hulking gunslinger accused of slaughtering seven co-workers at a Massachusetts Internet firm was described last night as a bright but bizarre man with a sarcastic wit and a short...
TAX BILL MIGHT HAVE SET OFF GUNMAN: SUSPECT WAS LIVID GOV'T WANTED FIRM TO GARNISHEE WAGES
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amA murderous office oddball who blasted his way through a Massachusetts tech firm yesterday was apparently enraged that his bosses planned to garnishee his wages for an unpaid tax bill,...
KIN & PALS GRIEVE FOR SLAUGHTER'S UNLUCKY 7
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amThe victims of the blood bath at Edgewater Technology included a young mother who recently returned from maternity leave, a woman filling in as receptionist, and a man who usually...
REV. AL FIGHTS TO KEEP WHITMAN OUT OF EPA
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amCalling her the "queen of racial profiling," the Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday said he will fight to block New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman from being named to head the federal...
SOUR NOTE AT CHOIR SCHOOL ; GIRLS SAY BOYS ARE TREATED BETTER AT HARLEM INSTITUTION
December 27, 2000 | 5:00am'GO AHEAD, go ahead, tell the man!" the woman implored her reluctant 14-year-old daughter. The girl was terrified. She peered down Madison Avenue toward East 127th Street at the Choir...
VAN HORN PROVIDES LIFT : WORKOUT BOOSTS NET HOPES
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amOn the 57th day of the 2000-01 NBA season, some hope finally entered the Nets' life. Keith Van Horn yesterday joined the Nets for their morning shootaround session and injected...
KITTLES' FUTURE STILL UP IN AIR
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amNET NOTES Kerry Kittles looks at this as his last chance. The Nets' shooting guard is rehabbing from his fourth knee surgery and has no idea when - or if...
HOW TO USE PACE FIGURES
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amSpeed is a big factor in racing over Aqueduct's inner dirt track, so the ability of a horse to cope with the early pace is vital to its success. Horses...
NEDVED, LOW DIFFER ON WHAT'S HURTING
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amRALEIGH - So maybe there was a good reason for Ron Low to fib about the reason Petr Nedved missed yesterday's practice. Maybe the Rangers have Nedved set to go...
HOBBLED CAMBY ACHING TO PLAY
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amIt's been a role reversal between Marcus Camby and the Knicks. It used to be the Knicks didn't hold their breath waiting for Camby to return from an injury. Now...
DEVILS LOOK FOR FOURTH
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amLooking to expand on their three-game winning streak, the Devils host the expansion Columbus Blue Jackets tonight at Meadowlands Arena. Coming in on a tear, Alexander Mogilny has registered seven...
BUTCH: CONNOLLY'S TIME IS RUNNING OUT
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amWhatever presents the Islanders received over the holidays, Butch Goring knows that there's no greater gift than ice time. With that in mind, the Islanders coach has promised to reduce...
ON SLOPES, IT'S ALL SYSTEMS SNOW
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amTHE temperatures have been cold and the snow has been falling, which pretty much sums up the situation in New York this year as ski resorts around the state have...
HE WAS ROLE MODEL ... FLAWS AND ALL
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amI WAS 14 years old in 1974, a ninth-grade quarterback in New Mexico with visions of playing in the NFL one day. I lived for Sundays, sometimes faking stomach aches...
GROH: VINNY MY MAN ; COACH SEEKS OUT TESTAVERDE, ASSURES HIM HE'S STILL NO. 1
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amThe meeting took place yesterday morning in the moments before Al Groh would address his entire team for the final time of the 2000 season. In an upstairs hallway outside...
ANGRY FERGUSON EXITS - AND THUMBS NOSE AT AL
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amJason Ferguson - an unrestricted free agent who not long ago was deemed a no-brainer for the Jets to re-sign in the offseason - revealed yesterday he has no intention...
LEWIS & COX ARE GANG GREENBACK
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amIt was a classic Bill Parcells media end-around. This time, Al Groh was his point man. Or was it the other way around? Only hours away from the Jets' devastating...
PARCELLS HASN'T MADE DECISION ON FUTURE YET
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amBill Parcells said yesterday that he's still mulling his future and insisted that he hasn't come to any decision yet. Parcells, whose contract as the Jets' "director of football operations"...
VINNY: TOUGH PRACTICES LEFT US DRAINED
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amJET NOTES In a particularly revealing moment yesterday, Vinny Testaverde said he believes the Jets "ran out of gas" at the end of the season as a result of too...
GARDEN GEMS ARE THE NORM FOR PRIDE STAR
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amWhen Norman Richardson was playing ball with his friends in Coney Island, they would fantasize about playing in The Garden. "We would talk about all the great players who have...
THESE TIGERS HAVE BECOME PUSSYCATS
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amPenn State 65 Princeton 52 What's become of Princeton basketball? The Tigers, for years one of the toughest teams an opponent could face because of their unconventional style, looked very...
WIZARDS' STRICKLAND BACK ON TRADE BURNER
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amThe annual Rod Strickland-to-the-Knicks trade talks are on again as Michael Jordan continues to try to wrest his Wizards from cap hell. But Jordan has no interest in Glen Rice,...
BIG BLUE EAGER TO MAKE THEIR RUN AT SUPER GLORY
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amAS THE Giants' coaching staff and front-office executives yesterday shook off the welcome break brought on by Christmas and returned to work, one mindset dominated all others. At the moment...
KITTLES ADMITS END MIGHT BE NEAR
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amNET NOTES Kerry Kittles knows his career clock is counting down. The Nets' shooting guard is rehabbing from his fourth knee surgery, and has no idea when - or if...
NO. 6 SEED POLY PREP GUNNING FOR RESPECT
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amMSGR. KING TOURNEY Poly Prep 71 St. Francis 54 Wins? Poly Prep has plenty. Titles? The Blue Devils captured the Ivy League and the New York Federation Class C State...
AW, SHOOT! OFF-TARGET NETS LOSE
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amHawks 81 Nets 76 You hold a team a team to 81 points, you're supposed to win. You hold a team to 34 percent shooting, you're supposed to win. But...
PRIDE WIN, GUN FOR 3RD TITLE IN ROW
December 27, 2000 | 5:00amHofstra 58 Rutgers 52 Just a few years ago the words Norman Richardson uttered last night would have seemed incredible coming from a Hofstra basketball player. "We don't focus on...