November 22, 2000
DONALD TRUMPS THE 'HOOD - HIS WORLD TOWER WINS THE FINAL ROUND IN COURT
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amDon't worry Bill Gates, your new apartment is safe from the jackhammers. A neighborhood challenge to the 861-foot-tall Trump World Tower couldn't rack up enough votes at the state's top...
EMI CROSSING POND - PLANS TO SET UP SHOP IN NEW YORK
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amBritish Music giant EMI is headed to the Big Apple. Ken Berry, CEO of the world's No. 3 record company, told The Post yesterday he will cross the Atlantic and...
MANHATTAN THEATER CLUB TO RESTORE BILTMORE
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amThe landmark Biltmore Theater on W. 47th Street will undergo a multi-million dollar restoration and become the Broadway home of the Manhattan Theater Club (MTC), The Post has learned. MTC,...
EMUSIC TAKES AIM AT NAPSTER
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amEMusic.com is going after Napster. The music Web site that bills itself the legitimate alternative to Napster said yesterday it has launched an initiative to prevent the illegal distribution of...
DOCOMO SET TO BUY $9B OF AT&T'S WIRELESS CO.
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amMichael Armstrong's AT&T rescue plan may be getting a $9 billion helping hand from Japan. Japan's big wireless carrier, NTT DoCoMo, has reached an agreement to buy 15 to 20...
DON RICKLES BOOK MAKES THE ROUNDS
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amACERBIC funny man Don Rickles is shopping his memoir. And of course, it wouldn't be a true Rickles moment if he wasn't trying to take a poke at someone. The...
HANDICAPPING SOME OF THE DEALS OUT THERE
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amYOU might have noticed that very few companies have been announcing acquisitions lately. You can blame the Democrats and Republicans in Florida for that since deal-makers can't do their thing...
FAMILY FUN, FUR SURE - ANOTHER CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH 'DALMATIANS'
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amCAN Cruella De Vil change her spots? That's the amusing question at the heart of "102 Dalmatians," which opens with the prison release of a timeless two-toned villainess, played again...
POINTLESS 'QUILLS' STICKS IT TO MARQUIS DE SADE
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amMONSTER and rotten writer though he was, even the Marquis de Sade doesn't deserve to be memorialized by a costume drama as ludicrously crude as "Quills." The author of "Justine,"...
'UNBREAKABLE' KEEPS THE FAITH
November 22, 2000 | 5:00am'THE Sixth Sense" was no fluke. "Unbreakable," writer-director M. Night Shyamalan's dazzling reunion with Bruce Willis confirms he's one of the most brilliant filmmakers working today. I should stress at...
A MOLTO BELA BANJO - PIONEER FLECK PICKIN' PRETTY IN MULTIPLE MODES
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amSAYING Bela Fleck plays banjo is like saying Superman is strong. Fleck plays the five-string banjo with more style and in more styles than anyone in mainstream music. Of course,...
TRAGIC WWI BATTLE RECALLED IN SHALLOW 'TRENCH'
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amIN film, it's not the thought that counts. And all "The Trench" has going for it is the worthy thought of commemorating the men and boys slaughtered at the Battle...
LOTS TO GIVE THANKS FOR ON THANKGIVING
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amTOMORROW is Thanksgiving, that time of the year when families get together for a few hours and give thanks - thanks that they don't have to get together again for...
YIDDISHE MOMMAS, NOT MUMMIES, CELEBRATE A CULTURE
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amTHE challenge of Yiddish theater is keeping the culture alive without becoming a museum, and two local theater groups are attempting that, with very different looks at Yiddish life -...
NIT-PICKERS' PARADISE
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amARNOLD Schwarzenegger's "The 6th Day" hit theaters just last Friday, and already movie fans' blooper meters have gone into overdrive. "The 6th Day" is just the latest big Hollywood flick...
CAT ARRIVES WITH HAT IN HAND - BATTERED 'SEUSSICAL' HEADS FOR N.Y.
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amSIX months ago, it was the most eagerly anticipated show of the new theater season - a musical that, like "The Lion King," would appeal to both children and adults,...
SHE'S HAVING A BABY...AT 50 - PATTY DUKE 'LOVE LESSON'
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amONCE upon a time, 453 years ago on November 22, I got married. I should have known better than to get married on the annivrsary of the assassination of JFK....
BACKSTREET BOYS TOUCH OFF MIDTOWN MADNESS
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amTHE Backstreet Boys stormed Times Square yesterday at the end of their six-continent tour to launch their new album, "Black & Blue." Frenzied young female fans, waving signs with sayings...
THE STARR REPORT
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amHoliday instruments are 'Heaven'-sent "7th Heaven" creator/executive producer Brenda Hampton has decided to thank New York for supporting her WB series (Mondays at 8 p.m. on Ch. 11) by donating...
TV IS FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN - NETWORKS CRAZY FOR SINGLES SHOWS
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amYOU'VE been to "Survivor" island, and you spent the summer living with "Big Brother" in the most crowded house of all. But are you ready to meet your dream date...
POWER POLITICS HIDING IN SEVEN BLACK ROBES
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amHAVING determined that the seven-day deadline written in Florida's election law was itself "arbitrary" and the official charged by the state legislature to certify elections was acting arbitrarily by obeying...
BUSH: TOSS OUT THE RAISED 'DIMPLES' - LAWYERS ASK FLA. COURT TO DISREGARD BALLOTS WITH DENTS
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amRepublican George W. Bush's lawyers raced back to the Florida Supreme Court at the 11th hour yesterday to argue that the seven justices can't authorize counting of "dimpled" ballots. The...
TIME DWINDLING FOR A SMOOTH TRANSITION
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amWhile lawyers in Florida joust over dimples and chads, the transition clock is ticking toward zero hour, experts warned yesterday. With jobs to fill, Congress to court and foreign leaders...
DEMS GO FROM THE SLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amWEST PALM BEACH. AS THE Florida Supreme Court gate-crashes the War for the White House, insanity has again trumped idiocy. The Battle of the Chads is raging anew, but this...
AL: I DIDN'T WIN, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DID
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amAl Gore, reveling in his crucial 11th-hour win last night - a court ruling allowing late hand-counted ballots in Florida - insisted "democracy" was the real victor. "Our democracy is...
RIVAL EYED TO REPLACE PERUVIAN PREZ
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amPeru's angry Congress yesterday moved toward naming an opposition leader as president to replace Alberto Fujimori - who said he planned to remain in Japan "for a long time." Congressional...
MARRIAGE FUELS URGE TO UTTER: 'I LOVE YOU'
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amMarried Americans are the most likely of all people in the world to say, "I love you," a new poll has revealed. And nearly three-quarters of them admit they say...
COURT LOSS COULD BE VEEP'S LAST HURRAH: TOP DEMS
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amAl Gore wasn't talking yesterday as he waited for the Florida Supreme Court to decide his future - but key Democrats suggested the ruling would be the final word. As...
'JACK THE RIPPER' BUST REKINDLES 1980 TERROR
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amA recently released sexual predator was charged yesterday with stabbing a Bronx woman, but his capture revived a nightmare for another woman - who put him behind bars 20 years...
AILING GOTTI GETS MORE CHEMO
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amJailed mob boss John Gotti has undergone a second round of chemotherapy treatment to fight a recurrence of life-threatening throat cancer, The Post has learned. Relatives and friends who visited...
THRILLS AND CHILLS BLOWING IN - BUT WINDS WON'T RAIN ON MACY'S PARADE
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amThe Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade may be a high-floating affair in more ways than one - winds could be gusting from 15 mph to 25 mph in the morning, with...
VULTURES SWOOPING DOWN ON SHOPPERS
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amIt's that festive time of year again to head for the shopping malls - and watch out for the bad guys. The Detective Endowment Association yesterday released a list of...
LAZY STAFFERS PUT THESE CHILDREN IN DANGER
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amAT AGE 8, Jessica Figueroa was drafted into the grown-up job of messenger for her fourth-grade class at PS 89. It meant that while other kids were engaged in such...
NYPD WORKS OVERTIME FOR MORE FUNDING
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amAfter spending a whopping $110 million in overtime during the summer months, the NYPD is asking the City Council for another $115 million in OT funding. First Deputy Commissioner Joseph...
SHARPTON: COUNT ME IN ON VOTE FIGHT
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amChanting "Recount all the votes!" the Rev. Al Sharpton and supporters yesterday protested alleged Republican efforts to disenfranchise African-Americans in the presidential election. "These concerns go well beyond the boundaries...
CLOCK IS TICKING ON A SMOOTH TRANSITION
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amWhile lawyers in Florida joust over dimples and chads, the transition clock is ticking toward zero hour, experts warned yesterday. With jobs to fill, Congress to court and foreign leaders...
FLA. DAD SAYS WIFE WHISKED KID TO CUBA
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amA furious Miami man claims his ex-wife has pulled a reverse version of the Elian Gonzalez case - taking their 5-year-old son to Cuba without his consent. "Who would take...
GREEN AND 'UNDECIDED' ARE TIED IN MAYORAL POLL
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amWith more than a year to go before next year's mayoral election, Public Advocate Mark Green has emerged as the Democratic front-runner - but he's in a dead heat with...
DONNA, RUDY IN BOOK PITCHERS' DUEL
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amLiterary beanballs appear to be flying between Mayor Giuliani and estranged wife Donna Hanover over their dueling Subway Series books. In a brushback that would have made Yankee ace Roger...
BURIED BUFFALO DIGGING OUT - BLIZZARD STUNS CITY
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amSnow problem! Buffalo was digging out yesterday from a brutal pre-Thanksgiving blizzard that stranded thousands of commuters, schoolkids and office workers, turned roads into treacherous bands of ice and virtually...
HIZZONER HIRES TOP AIDE'S SON AS AN ADVISER
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday appointed the son of a key aide to a high-level staff position - saying he needed a point man for the long-term plans of his administration's final...
GOODYEAR EYED IN FED TIRE PROBE
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amThe feds opened an investigation yesterday into complaints that Goodyear light-truck tires experienced "sudden and catastrophic" tread separation that caused 31 accidents involving 15 deaths. The probe, which will examine...
1876 LOSER'S KIN: GORE OUGHTA QUIT
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amA direct descendant of Samuel Tilden, a 19th century presidential candidate who won the popular vote but lost the election, said Al Gore should make like her famous ancestor and...
PS 89 PARENTS LIVID, SCARED - KEEP KIDS HOME AFTER 6 MOLESTED
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amFurious parents at a Queens elementary school where six kids were molested yanked their children out of class yesterday - and vowed to keep them home until security is beefed...
NO NEWS IS THE GOOD NEWS FOR UNHASSLED ELIAN
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amELIAN GONZALEZ isn't in a mental hospital. He wasn't taken away from his father to serve as Fidel Castro's lap dog. And he hasn't been executed. That's what some of...
RETAILERS GOBBLING UP TURKEY DAY EARLY BIRDS
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amThe official start of the holiday shopping season may begin Friday, but a few area retailers will buck tradition and open up shop on Thanksgiving, hoping to feed on hungry...
MIAMI-DADE COUNTERS MAY AS WELL BE MIND READERS
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amElection officials in Miami-Dade County have not set a uniform standard for evaluating disputed ballots - and instead are trying to guess each voter's "intent," a canvassing board member told...
MATERIAL GIRL TO BE MARITAL MOM
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amMadonna says her Guy has popped the question - and she's said yes. "But we haven't decided when yet," the divorced Material Mom-of-two told The Sun, a British tabloid, about...
KERREY FOR THE DEFENSE - WAR-HERO SENATOR BACKS GORE ON MILITARY VOTES
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amDemocratic Sen. Bob Kerrey said yesterday Republicans should stop blasting efforts to knock out military ballots because the criticism could "cast a pall of illegitimacy" over Al Gore if he...
INSANITY REIGNS SUPREME IN SUNSHINE STATE
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amWEST PALM BEACH. THE Florida Supreme Court last night ambushed Republicans, as idiocy once again was trumped by insanity. "This is a way of giving the vote to Gore," said...
N.J. GUY BEATLE FOR A DAY - DRUMMER WORKED FOR RINGO ON 1962 HISTORIC RECORDING
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amLISTEN, do you want to know a secret? Andrew White, an obscure music teacher from New Jersey, has a good one. Thirty-eight years ago, he was Ringo's ringer - a...
MIAMI-DADE NOT SURE IF IT CAN BEAT THE DEADLINE
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amElection officials in two key counties said last night they'll work through Thanksgiving and expect to finish a hand recount by a court-imposed deadline - but Miami-Dade County said it...
JUBILANT AL CALLS RULING 'THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE' - BUT BUSH CAMP CALLS CHANGE 'UNACCEPTABLE'
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amAl Gore last night reveled in his 11th-hour Florida Supreme Court win that allowed late hand-counted ballots - a ruling that Republican George W. Bush's campaign denounced as "unfair and...
DOUGLAS WEDDING WAS 'TIP'-TOP - PLAZA SWEETIES GAVE HOTEL STAFF 40G
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amThe staff of The Plaza got a whopping tip from lovebirds Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. The superstar newlyweds gave workers at the famed hotel, where they were married last...
PERU POLS 'FIRE' PREZ WHO RESIGNED
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amAngry Peruvian legislators decided yesterday to fire President Alberto Fujimori rather than accept the resignation letter he tendered from his Tokyo hotel room. Lawmakers voted 62-9, with nine abstentions, to...
COURT RULES IT'S 2.9M - AND COUNTING - AL'S NUMBERS NOT UP AS DEADLINE IS EXTENDED 5 DAYS
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amFlorida's Supreme Court handed Al Gore a victory last night as it approved controversial hand recounts in three heavily Democratic counties - but only through Sunday. The decision gives Gore...
GOP TROOPS ARE DIGGING IN FOR UGLY BATTLE
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amANALYSIS The Florida Supreme Court's ruling yesterday means that the Florida Fiasco will rage on - and get worse. Much worse. The seven Democratic-appointed justices gave Al Gore most of...
HARSH WORDS FOR HARRIS
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amFlorida's Supreme Court justices harshly rebuked Republican Secretary of State Katherine Harris yesterday - charging her with trying to rob "innocent" Floridians of the right to vote. "To allow the...
ABSENTEE-BALLOT BOTCH IN E. SIDE SENATE RACE
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amA controversy has erupted over mistaken absentee ballots sent to as many as 1,000 voters in the too-close-to-call East Side state Senate race between incumbent Roy Goodman and challenger Liz...
BRO: JOVANOVIC TO NIX CYBERSEX PLEA DEAL
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amManhattan prosecutors have offered a plea deal to accused cybersex fiend Oliver Jovanovic, the Columbia grad student accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman he met on the Internet,...
RIVERS: KNICKS NEVER WERE IN GRANT HILL SWEEPSTAKES
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amKNICKS NOTES ORLANDO - Doc Rivers says the Knicks never had a chance with Grant Hill. When Hill left Orlando following his July recruiting trip, the Knicks still felt they...
FLA. COURT THEFT - KNICK STEAL, LAYUP IN FINAL SECONDS STUNS MAGIC
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amKnicks 85 - Magic 84 ORLANDO - For all of Tracy McGrady's dominance and Jeff Van Gundy's misplaced timeout, the Knicks still won last night's game over the Magic in...
CAMBY TO MARC TIME - MEDICAL STAFF PLAYING IT SAFE WITH KNICK CENTER
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amORLANDO - Against Marcus Camby's wishes, the Knicks medical staff kept the team's starting center out of last night's game here and he'll likely miss tonight's matchup against Dikembe Mutombo...
MILBURY STAYS THE (CRASH?) COURSE
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amHis reclamation project is a bust. After the offseason moves, after the optimism, after a brief rise to the top, the Islanders are back in last place. But Mike Milbury...
DEVIL DUO BACK TONIGHT
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amANAHEIM - It took two to make the GM tango. But dance he did, all around his claim that negotiations were over, and that his final offers were indeed final....
GARDEN ENJOYS THANKSGIVING REVIVAL
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amNOT since captain Mark Messier of the Mayflower organized the New World's first team dinner in 1620 have the Rangers seemed to have so much for which to be thankful....
RANGERS LOVE THE FUN 'N' GUN - LOW TURNS BLUESHIRTS INTO SCORING MACHINE
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amThe Rangers had a coach who wanted the team to run and gun last year. John Muckler surely championed that style of play from day one of training camp, no...
FEDS EYE GOODYEAR IN LATEST TIRE PROBE
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amThe feds opened an investigation yesterday into complaints that Goodyear light-truck tires experienced "sudden and catastrophic" tread separation that caused 31 accidents involving 15 deaths. The probe, which will examine...
TURKEY DAY TREATS - LIONS, VIKES BELONG ON YOUR HOLIDAY MENU
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amON Thanksgiving, what's important is the spread. Not just on the dining-room table but also on the tube. Because while most 5-year-olds can tell you tomorrow's two NFL games could...
YANKS OWE CONE ONE MORE CHANCE
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amFOUR weeks ago today, David Cone got the Yankees what was arguably the most important out of the Subway Series. Two days ago, the Yankees offered to pay him back...
FARRELL'S SULLIVAN FOCUSED ONLY ON WINNING
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amIf you see Jason Sullivan and he acts as if you aren't there, don't be insulted. He probably has a game the next day. Before his first JV game as...
ANSWERING THE CALL OF THE WILD CARD - JINTS, FASSEL'S HOPES HINGE ON DRIVE FOR FIVE
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amIF perception were reality, Jim Fassel's contract extension would have been completed and stapled following his 3-0 start, placed on the back burner after two consecutive losses, reviewed and sweetened...
ANSWERING THE CALL OF THE WILD CARD - POSTSEASON BECKONING GANG GREEN
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amAL Groh has been saying it for weeks, and it's about time we take heed to the words. "The landscape changes every week," Groh has said over and over again...
MUSSINA OFFER LOOMING LARGE - YANKS MAY BID TODAY
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amHaving successfully navigated the "Getting-To-Know-Each-Other" window-dressing process, the Yankees are putting together a contract offer for Mike Mussina and could present it to the stud right-hander today. According to an...
BOMBERS INK OLIVER, SEND TURNER PACKING
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES It didn't take Joe Oliver long to become a Yankee. Signed yesterday to a one-year deal worth $1.1 million that includes an option for 2002, the veteran backup...
MARBURY FIGURES TO HAVE EDGE
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amNET NOTES PHOENIX - Rarely does anybody see Jason Kidd being on the short end of a matchup with another NBA point guard. But that was "rarely," not "never." Tonight...
SHADOW OF KNIGHT LOOMS LARGE
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amTalk about stealing the show. Mike Krzyzewski won his landmark 500th game as Duke coach on Friday. Temple's John Chaney is an icon in the sport. But when the TiVo...
WHITE STUFF IS SPICING UP HOLIDAY MENU
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amAN abundance of natural snow in the Sierra and Rockies and cold weather in the Northeast are helping to create great ski and snowboard conditions for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend....
KENYON'S GAME PEAKING AT LAST
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amPHOENIX - Kenyon Martin didn't flinch, pause or consider. Asked which has been more satisfying to him in his still oh-so-young NBA career, his rock-solid defense or his steadily improving...
DEER HUNTERS, USE DEC CHECK STATIONS
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amNew York State Departmentof Environmental Conservation will operate deer check stations throughout the Southern Zone during the regular deer hunting season which runs through Dec. 12. Deer check stations are...
AMAZIN'S STEP UP BID FOR FREE-AGENT FRANCO - AMAZIN'S STEP UP BID FOR FRANCO
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amMET NOTES The Mets have upped their offer for John Franco, but it still doesn't match the Phillies' deal, which would pay Franco $9 million for two years with another...
CHANEY TALKS THE TALK
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amTemple is in town tonight for the Preseason NIT, but coach John Chaney already is in midseason form. The opinionated coach held court on a multitude of topics yesterday at...
HIDDEN WORK CAN PAY OFF
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amNot all workouts occur in the morning. Over the years many trainers have employed a tried-and-true method of preparing a horse to win by "giving him a race." That is,...
RANGERS CAN'T BEAT THE ELITE - FLOP AGAIN VS. FOE WITH WINNING MARK
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amLeafs 3 - Rangers 1 They have played seven times against opponents who carried winning records into their encounters and have won just once. Which goes a long way to...
INJURED CAMBY LIKELY TO SIT AGAIN TONIGHT VS. ATLANTA
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amORLANDO - Against Marcus Camby's wishes, the Knicks' medical staff kept the team's starting center out of last night's wild, 85-84 win in Orlando and he'll likely miss tonight's matchup...
AT .500, BLUESHIRTS' GLASS STILL HALF EMPTY
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amLONG way to go in the season. Long ways to go for the Rangers, not only when they stupidly try to skate it all 180 feet into a turnover, but...
SPREWELL'S SPEECH, ERICK'S 'D' SAVE DAY
November 22, 2000 | 5:00amORLANDO - Erick Strickland provided the miracle steal in the final seconds and the energetic defense against Orlando star Tracy McGrady. Latrell Sprewell provided the spark-lighting halftime speech, and also...