November 16, 2000
H&M HIRES CLAUDIA SCHIFFER FOR HOLIDAYPRINT AD CAMPAIGN
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amClaudia Schiffer is coming to a bus near you - in underwear, no less. European retail giant H&M has hired the supermodel to be its "Christmas model," showing its latest...
NOW GARDEN.COM WILL BE PUSHING UP THE DAISIES
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amHusband and wife team Cliff and Lisa Sharples have buried their dream of 'Net riches. Their site garden.com, founded in 1995 as one of the first e-commerce sites, is closing...
100 GET AXED AT SOTHEBY'S ; CEO: NOT RELATED TO LEGAL WOES
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amOn top of its legal woes, Sotheby's is laying off as many as 100 employees in a cost-savings move. The auction house yesterday said it would cut back on staffing...
INVESTORS TUNE IN TO SETTLED MP3
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amMichael Robertson jetted back home to San Diego yesterday with something to show for his visit. The MP3.com CEO saw his stock jump 54.69 percent to $6.19 on Tuesday's settlement...
WSJ FOLDS REGIONALS ; ELIMINATES 34 JOBS TO FOCUS ON NATIONAL EDITION
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amThe Wall Street Journal is closing its six regional editions - and eliminating 34 writing and editing jobs - because the editions didn't fit into its plan as a national...
MALONE GETS HIS WISH: LIBERTY MEDIA SPINOFF
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amJohn Malone's Liberty Media is free. AT&T said yesterday that it would spin off Liberty Media Group, which it got through its acquisition of TeleCommunications Inc., into an independent, publicly...
CONDE NAST DUMPING SWOON.COM
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amConde Nast announced yesterday it is spiking two of its longest running Web sites. Swoon.com, a dating advice and personals site launched in June 1996, and Phys, a women's physical...
UPN SHOULD BE PRESERVED, MURDOCH SAYS
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amNews Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch yesterday said he'd recommend Chris-Craft Industries Inc. extend its affiliation with Viacom's UPN network. The move could avert a Jan. 1 shutdown of the money-losing...
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNERS: WHALE TALE, SONTAG
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amA story that Nathaniel Philbrick had first heard at his father's knee ended up winning the National Book Award for Nonfiction for "In the Heart of the Sea," while veteran...
THE STARR REPORT
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amCh. 2's news crew adds Murray to team Michelle Murray has been named assistant news director at Ch. 2, reporting directly to news director Joel "Joltin' Joel" Cheatwood. Murray, a...
DRESSED TO TRILL ; IT AIN'T OVER TILL THE THIN LADY SINGS
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amNEVER mind that she's sung 2,000 concerts around the world and performed for every president since Eisenhower. The really amazing thing about Roberta Peters is that 50 years after her...
GENIUS JUGGLING BUT ACT'S UP IN AIR
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amMICHAEL MOSCHENJoyce Theater. 175 Eighth Ave., at 19th Street. (212) 242-0800. Season runs through Nov. 26. MARTHA Graham used to call dancers "acrobats of God," but what on earth do...
ARE THESE SHOWS' TRICKS FOR KIDS?
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amSHOULD we take the kids?And I don't mean should we take them to New York City Ballet's "Nutcracker," the Circus, Radio City Christmas Show, or Madison Square's "Christmas Carol." I...
THE DISC-Y CHICKS ; DIG THE SONGS, FEEL THE BEAT, JUST DON'T CALL THEM SPINSTERS
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amHEY, Mrs. deejay!More and more gals are helming the record players at dance spots around the city, turning the tables on guys like Fat Boy Slim and creating a record...
OPRAH WITH A PIERED NAVEL - KING CROWNS MTV BABE ANANDA
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amSIZZLIN' MTV VJ Ananda Lewis has a shot at becoming the next Oprah. Lewis has inked a deal with King World Productions to host her own talk show starting next...
WARNING: THIS WARNING COULD SPOIL THE SHOW
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amA PARENTAL advisory that you don't see is no advisory at all. Appearing on your TV screen for the length of time it takes to blink an eye, the uselessness...
JAZZ TRUMPETER WHO BLEW CUBA; ASYLUM IN AMERICA A GREAT GIG IN HBO'S 'FOR LOVE OR COUNTRY'
November 16, 2000 | 5:00am"For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story" Saturday at 9 on HBO IF you want to play jazz in Cuba, chances are good that you'll be as popular with...
MCCALL: I'M PLANNING '02 RUN FOR GOVERNOR
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY - State Comptroller Carl McCall has told top state Democrats that he's "moving forward" with plans to run for governor in the wake of Hillary Clinton's Senate victory. "Now...
AL: LET'S HAND- COUNT ALL VOTES - BUSH NIXES FLA. 'POLITICAL DEAL' GORE TO BUSH: LET'S HAND RECOUNT ALL FLA. VOTES
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amAl Gore last night offered George W. Bush a deal "to settle" the presidential race -but it was an offer that could ensure Gore wins first prize, and the Bush...
RIDER BOOTED OVER RUDE SHIRT RAILS AT AMTRAK
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amA Harlem man with a foul-mouthed fashion sense is fuming mad that Amtrak treated him rudely after he rode a train while wearing a shirt that read, "New York F-...
FIRE SYNAGOGUE NEARLY RESTORED
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amA $38 million renovation of Central Synagogue - the city's oldest synagogue still in use - is nearly complete. Workers yesterday put the finishing touches on a slate roof destroyed...
SONGSTRESS' MORAL: SEND IN THE BALLOTS!
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amNot even back in the '60s, when she was registering black voters in Mississippi and singing protest songs with Fannie Lou Hamer, did singer-songwriter Judy Collins think an election could...
STUDENT RECANTS STORY THAT HE VOTED FOUR TIMES
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amMILWAUKEE - A Marquette University student who claimed he voted four times in the presidential election took back his story yesterday. In a statement delivered to the Milwaukee County District...
ELECTION HOT SPOTS
November 16, 2000 | 5:00am* Iowa (7 electoral votes): All counties have submitted their final tallies, and Gore leads by 4,047 votes, out of nearly 1.3 million cast. Gore's lead has shrunk a bit...
LIL' BRO JEB BEATS MEDIA HEAT BY LYING LOW
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE - Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is normally a very visible, out-and-about guy around the state capital, but he's been the invisible man for more than a week now. George...
DEMS ARE OUT-PRING HAPLESS GOP
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amPOST-ELECTION litigation has "run amok?" James Baker was, as usual with the Bush team, being too polite. Gore's lawyering has "run amok" like Darryl Strawberry has "been a naughty boy...
FLA. RECOUNT BECOMES MANY-HEADED MESS: BALLOT SUITS SWAMP JUDGES
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amThe Florida fiasco exploded into chaos in the courts yesterday in a whirlwind of lawsuits over confusing hand recounts with conflicting standards. As George W. Bush clung to a 300-vote...
BACK FROM THE BRINK? - LET'S HOPE GORE'S AIDES BELIEVED HIS COMMENTS LAST NIGHT
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amPERHAPS the only honest statement of this entire post-election fiasco came Tuesday night from former Senate Democratic leader George Mitchell. If the situation were reversed and it was Al Gore...
BOARD OF ED HIRED THIEF TO TEACH IN BRONX: PROBE
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amThe Board of Education hired a convicted thief to teach in The Bronx, then granted her tenure - even as she racked up more than a dozen arrests, six convictions...
DESK RAGE SPURS STRESSED-OUT WORKERS TO VIOLENCE IN OFFICE - 10% SAY FIGHTING'S COMMON
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amFirst road rage. Now desk rage. Stress and long hours are driving American workers nuts in the office, a new survey shows. One in 10 workers say employees have come...
MAJOR CRIME DOWN AGAIN, BUT MURDER RATE ON RISE
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amWith seven weeks left in the year, serious crime in New York City continues to drop in the five boroughs, although the murder rate remains ahead of last year's pace,...
JEB'S 'RELATIVELY' OUT OF SIGHT
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE - Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is normally a very visible, out-and-about guy around the state capital, but he's been the invisible man for more than a week now. George...
SIGNS OF CHANGE IN CLINTON COUNTRY
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amBallot controversy or not - the election is over in Arkansas, and some exasperated natives couldn't be happier. The Arkansas Highway Commission declared it was time to take down the...
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER AS COUNCIL OKS TINY TAX CUT
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amA little tax relief is on the way. Nearly a year after it was first proposed, a small, across-the-board tax cut was OK'd by the City Council yesterday with an...
GOV KOS BILL TO BOO$T LAWYERS IN MED CASES
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki last night vetoed a controversial measure that would lift the lid on contingency fees lawyers can charge in medical malpractice cases. The measure, which doctors and...
TRAFFIC CRACKDOWN WILL BE NO HOLIDAY FOR DRIVERS
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani officially kicked off the holiday season yesterday - by launching his annual traffic crackdown. Giuliani unveiled a slew of measures to ease pedestrian and motorist gridlock starting tomorrow...
'DOCTOR TO THE DEAD' RIPPED OFF $1.6M: FEDS
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amA Long Island doctor bilked Medicare and Medicaid of $1.6 million - partly by submitting bills for services to dozens of patients who were dead, federal prosecutors charged yesterday. Dr....
LITTLE-KNOWN ELECTORS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amA few weeks ago, Orange County Chairman Mel Martinez thought his stint as presidential elector from Florida would be "an interesting little asterisk" on his political résumé. But after days...
MOB-PROBE WIRE TAP NETS TRAFFIC COP ON BRIBE RAP
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amA veteran Brooklyn highway cop - whose brother is an NYPD organized-crime investigator - has been charged with fixing a traffic ticket for a master mob fence, The Post has...
URGENT GOV'T-$$ BILL FLOWN TO PREZ IN ASIA
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Uncle Sam himself could be the latest casualty in the presidential election wars. With President Clinton out of the country and the federal government set to run out...
HEART ATTACK KILLS FIREMAN, 44, AFTER BRONX STAIR CLIMB
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amA Bronx firefighter died of a heart attack yesterday just hours after hauling heavy gear up six flights to put out a fire in an elevator. Kenneth Kerr, 44, a...
GWYNETH'S KETCHUP KING - HER HEINZ HEIR BEAU KEEPING LOW PROFILE
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amTHE Romeo heir to a ketchup family fortune is romancing a Hollywood Juliet. Although Chris Heinz isn't "Shakespeare In Love" just yet, he has formed a close friendship with Oscar-winning...
GOPER SAYS DEM TAMPERED WITH BALLOTS
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amPALM BEACH, Fla. - A local GOP leader charged yesterday that Election Canvassing Board member Carol Roberts, a Democrat, poked, bent and twisted ballots to put unreadable votes into the...
MISSING BOY IS DECLARED DEAD AFTER 21 YEARS
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amThe father of Etan Patz signed a legal document yesterday acknowledging that his little son, who disappeared more than 21 years ago from SoHo, should be declared dead. "This is...
KIMES: I BURIED BODY IN N.J.
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amIn a stunning jailhouse confession, convicted murderer Kenneth Kimes admitted that he buried the body of missing millionaire Irene Silverman in a New Jersey construction site, police sources said yesterday....
AL'S STILL AMBIVALENT
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amTHE war within Al Gore's own soul - between the one-time divinity student and the ruthless pol - was on display in his fascinating words last night. On the one...
ROSIE GOES MULTIMEDIA - GERMAN PUBLISHER BACKING HER NEW WOMEN'S MAGAZINE
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amTalk-show host Rosie O'Donnell has a sugar daddy - for a new magazine, that is. Sources said Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing, the American magazine publishing arm of German media...
NAACP TELLS OF FLORIDA MINORITY VOTER ABUSE
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amThe NAACP said yesterday it will turn over to the Justice Department next week a lengthy report documenting claims that blacks and other minorities were blocked from voting in Florida's...
BRICK-BASH VICTIM MARKS ANNIVERSARY
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amBrick-bash victim Nicole Barrett will spend the first anniversary of her attack in court today, listening as prosecutors wrap up their case against accused madman Paris Drake. It was Nov....
RUDY DOESN'T BOW TO TEACHERS AS PACT NEARS END
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani said yesterday he'll refuse "to give the city away" to reach a new contract with 78,000 public-school teachers - just hours before the current labor pact lapsed at...
BURGLARS HIT KATE MOSS FOR $1.4M
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amKate Moss has a little less by which to remember ex-boyfriend Johnny Depp - burglars took a $28,000 diamond necklace Depp gave her went they ransacked her London home for...
CANDIDATES DIG DEEP - TO PAY THEIR LAWYERS
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amAfter a season of record-shattering campaign spending and fund-raising, Al Gore and George W. Bush are restocking their war chests to pay the costs of battling in the ballot brouhaha...
DON'T PUSH KATHERINE - DEMOCRATIC BULLY TACTICS USELESS
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amWEST PALM BEACH. KATHERINE HARRIS, Florida's Secretary of State, has given the Gore-ists who tried to put the bull on her a lesson in pulling in their horns. In one...
AL'S NEW BOTTLE FOR THE SAME OLD WHINE
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amTHE war within Al Gore's own soul - between the one-time divinity student and the ruthless pol - was on display in the fascinating words he spoke last night. On...
DON'T CONFUSE DEM FLAK WITH FACTS
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amTHE Clinton-Gore legacy of twisting the law and trashing opponents for political gain came to a dramatic end last night, thanks to a brave woman named Katherine Harris who declared,...
LET'S NOT MAKE A DEAL, W. TELLS AL - BUSH: 'RESPECT LAW' ON RECOUNT
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amVice President Al Gore last night offered George W. Bush a deal "to settle" the presidential race - an offer that could ensure Gore wins first prize - and Bush...
OFFICIALS IN BROWARD COUNT ON IN DEFIANCE
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amFORT LAUDERDALE - Broward County election officials forged ahead with a hand count of presidential ballots last night in defiance of the Florida secretary of state's refusal to accept any...
COPS SUSPECT FOUL PLAY IN MISSING-FAMILY CASE
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amThree members of an East Harlem family have gone missing, and cops said yesterday they feared foul play. Stephen Leung, 55, his wife Chilin, 41, and their daughter Connie, 17,...
'HANDS' DOWN, BUSH IS THE 'WINNER' - FLORIDA'S HARRIS NIXES RECOUNTS
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amFlorida Secretary of State Katherine Harris last night said she won't accept any new hand recounts, and certified Republican George W. Bush as the provisional winner of the state -...
TIFFANY JEWEL COURIER ROBBED
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amMace-squirting bandits made off yesterday with between $1 million and $2 million in jewelry bound for Tiffany's in a daring Fifth Avenue robbery, said police. Two men attacked a 36-year-old...
GORE TRIES A HAIL MARY WITH TIME EXPIRING
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amTIME may finally be running out in America's endless election - and Republican George W. Bush is still a hair ahead at the brink of the endgame. That's why Democrat...
COP ON LIFE SUPPORT
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amA Bronx police officer was on life support this morning after he collapsed while chasing a suspect, officials said. Narcotics officers had just finished making a drug bust at about...
STEPH'S THE MAN :MARBURY PULLS DOUBLE DUTY
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amTHE statistics said Stephon Marbury was leading the NBA in scoring entering last night's game against the Heat. Averaging an even 29 points per game, Marbury was just ahead of...
MARC YOUR BALLOT: CAMBY EARNS VOTES ALL-STAR CENTER
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Maybe the NBA's All-Star ballots can be recalled. After all, voters not just in Palm Beach County might be confused when they see Marcus Camby is not...
AARON'S PROVING A NET GAIN
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amNET NOTES His reputation is one that coaches love: a hard worker who defends, rebounds and really doesn't care if his number is called in the offense. And early in...
BYRON TAKING A PAGE FROM RILEY'S BOOK
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amIf imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, then Pat Riley had to feel complimented beyond words last night. After all, here was the master and the student meeting...
SATHER AWAITS LINDROS' CALL
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amSt. PAUL - It was back in June at the Calgary Entry Draft that Glen Sather announced his interest in Eric Lindros. Indeed, the Rangers, with Toronto and Los Angeles,...
MONICA CUTS RIGHT TO CHASE
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amIf this is indeed the last meaningful tournament Monica Seles will ever play in the Garden, then she's off to a good start. And if this is indeed the last...
DEVS FEAR REELIN' LEADIN' TO DEALIN'
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amBOSTON - Now the Devils are starting to fret. For themselves. They figure Lou Lamoriello will respond general managerially to their six-game losing streak, and with hope waning that his...
FORDHAM'S COMIN' UP
November 16, 2000 | 5:00am"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."- Mahatma Gandhi. Fordham basketball has experienced the first two parts of Gandhi's quote, but...
ISLES NEED TO WORK ON POWER PLAY
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amDue to their recent drop-off, the Islanders have dashed any chance to appear on "The Tonight Show" during their three-game West Coast trip. So in an effort to get his...
'VICIUS HITS MAY SIDELINE JINT WRS
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amThis conversation actually took place. Two woozy receivers, having shaken away the cobwebs, comparing notes as each tried to deal with the first concussion of his career. Amani Toomer recalls...
YANKS EYEING OLIVER
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amHoping to better protect themselves should an injury befall Jorge Posada, the Yankees yesterday moved close to an agreement with free-agent catcher Joe Oliver for one year at around $1...
MUSSINA SERIOUS ABOUT YANKS: GM
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amYankees GM Brian Cashman went to breakfast yesterday with Mike Mussina's representative, Arn Tellem, as much to search as to sell. He wanted to surmise if the prized free-agent righty...
GROH KEEPING BALL IN VINNY'S HANDS
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amThe Dolphins are waiting, and it is sink-or-swim for the Jets. They will swim with Vinny Testaverde, come hell or high water. "This team has a lot of fight left,...
JETS WILL BE AL FIRED UP
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amJET NOTES Al Groh expects his Jets to come out swinging Sunday in Miami. "Vinny [Testaverde] and the team overall, and I've thought about this quite a bit over the...
REED STAYING A MET NOT LIKELY: AGENT
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amRick Reed's agent, Phil Tannenbaum, has changed his mind again. Although he is still hopeful he can get a deal done with Mets GM Steve Phillips, Tannenbaum didn't sound overly...
NEW LION KING AT WORK
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES There have been three head coaching changes in the NFL this season and in the next two weeks, the Giants will get a first-hand look at how two...
EASING ALONG CRUISES TO VICTORY
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amOgden Phipps' Easing Along, the 2-5 favorite, took on a mile and winners for the first time in the seventh race yesterday and turned in a professional 21/4-length victory in...
'ZO'S NOT IN MOURNING
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amAlonzo Mourning looks as if he could give the Heat 20 and 10 without breaking a sweat. If you didn't already know he was battling kidney disease, you would have...
MLK BOOTERS PLAN TO RECLAIM CROWN
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amHS SOCCERMLK 3 Cleveland 1 Bouna Coundoul still watches the tape of last year's PSAL soccer championship. "Every time I watch it, I feel bad," said Martin Luther King's goalie....
DUTROW HIT WITH $500 FINE
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amTrainer Rick Dutrow Jr., who's raised eyebrows sending out winner after winner at the current Aqueduct meet, was fined $500 yesterday by the stewards after a search of his barn...
STORM CAN USE DIAKITE
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amSt. John's freshman center Mohamed Diakite has received a qualifying score on the standardized test and will be eligible to play this season. Diakite, a 6-11 center from Montrose Christian...
SCOTT, NETS BEST RILEY'S HURTIN' HEAT
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amNets 93 Heat 91 Pat Riley knew what he would be facing. He knew his Heat would be going against a team that would mirror his own in principles and...
RUSSIAN TEEN STUNS LINDSAY
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amWith the defending champion against a teenager in her first trip to the season-ending Chase Championship, the smart money was probably on second-seeded Lindsay Davenport to rout young Elena Dementieva....
FLEURY CONTINUES WILD RIDE
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amRangers 3 Wild 2 ST. PAUL - There's still a game to be played in Vancouver tomorrow night before the Rangers face the Flames in Calgary on Saturday. But when...
STEPH'S THE MAN: MARBURY PULLS DOUBLE DUTY
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amBYRON SCOTT remembers when his phone rang the night before the Nets' season opener against the Cavaliers. Stephon Marbury was on the other end, "screaming and yelling," as Scott put...
COAST CALAMITY: CLIPS DEAL KNICKS 2ND STRAIGHT LOSS
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amClippers 78 Knicks 74 LOS ANGELES - The Knicks went from losing against one former New York basketball legend to getting smacked around by a former New York schoolboy legend....
RUSTY SPREE NEEDS TO GET BACK ON TRACK
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES LOS ANGELES - Latrell Sprewell has set a challenge to his teammates, demanding before last night's game vs. the Clippers that himself, Glen Rice and Larry Johnson pick...
POST-PATRICK FUNK: WITH EWING GONE, THERE'S NO MORE EXCUSES
November 16, 2000 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - This is no longer just a post-Patrick funk, the Knicks are in a full-fledged collapse. A night after being humiliated by Patrick Ewing's Sonics, the Knicks lost...