August 18, 2000
THE DOW'S TAKE ON THE DEMS' CONFAB
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amOF all the protests that have taken place during the Democratic Convention, the one that may be most important to the American public is the complaint being lodged this week...
QUESTROM CUTS LOSS AT BARNEYS
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amAllen Questrom is turning the ship. Barneys nearly halved its quarterly loss and posted robust sales for the same period, the luxury retailer said yesterday. Questrom, president and chief executive...
HACKERS LOSE THE FIRST ROUND ; COURT RULES DVD-CRACKING CODE IS NOT PROTECTED BY CONSTITUTION
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amA federal judge yesterday zapped a rebellious computer hacker who had stymied Hollywood studios by posting de-encryption codes on the Internet that allowed users to copy DVD movies. In a...
FBI LAUNCHES PROBE OF SON OF LOVE BUG VIRUS
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amTo great Swiss exports such as the cuckoo clock, add a new strain of the Love Bug. The online retail banking system of UBS (formerly Union Bank of Switzerland) was...
CLAIBORNE TO BUTT OUT OF OFFENSIVE JEANS
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amLiz Claiborne Inc. has egg on its face because of some holy verses on the rear. Under pressure from an Islamic advocacy group, the apparel company has agreed to recall...
VIVENDI-SEAGRAM MERGER CLEARS U.S. HURDLE
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amVivendi Universal is one step closer to existence as the proposed merger cleared its first U.S. regulatory hurdle. "In the U.S., the statutory waiting period expired without additional requests [from...
AON SAVES SAUL'S BACON - BIG INSURER BUYS 2 RELIANCE UNITS
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amSaul Steinberg's Reliance Holdings Group found a white knight but it's not Warren Buffett. Teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, Reliance had been trying to find a buyer for some...
INVESTORS BEAT UP H-P - ANALYSTS SAY HEWLETT CEO WAS MISLEADING ON GROWTH
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amTechnology darling Hewlett-Packard skidded nearly 11 percent yesterday after Wall Street ganged up on Chief Executive Carly Fiorina for hyping the company's earnings. Analysts said overall earnings beat their expectations,...
AON SAVES STEINBERG'S BACON - INSURER BUYS RELIANCE UNITS AS POSSIBLE BANKRUPTCY LOOMS
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amSaul Steinberg's Reliance Holdings Group found a white knight but it's not Warren Buffett. Teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, Reliance had been trying to find a buyer for some...
'THANKYOU' . . . IT'S NO BIG DEAL
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amTO some, Dido is a bad girl merely because of her association with controversial rapper Eminem - even though she's never met him. Her mysterious voice is sampled on "Stan,"...
DIDO-MITE: SHE'S STILL A REGULAR GIRL
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amIT all started at London's Dorchester Hotel in 1997, where Arista honcho Clive Davis requested a few songs from a woman named Dido Armstrong, who lent her voice to a...
LEAPIN' LIZARDS, GODZILLA
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amGODZILLA 2000 1/2 He's back where he belongs - trampling Tokyo - in a classic monster movie with refreshingly low-tech special effects and campy, badly dubbed English dialogue.Running time: 97...
BEEN HERE, DONE THIS :'THE CELL' IS JUST ONE MORE PSYCHO MIND TRIP
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amTHE CELL Stunning visuals - especially Jennifer Lopez as an exotically dressed therapist - can't disguise a slow, by-the-numbers, serial-killer flick.Running time: 115 minutes. Rated R. At the E-Walk, the...
CAST CAN'T SAVE THIS THRILLER ON THE ROCKS
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amPLACE VENDOME1/2 Laborious, inept would-be thriller set in the diamond industry.Running time: 105 minutes. Not rated. In French, with English subtitles. At the Paris Theater, 58th Street and Fifth Avenue....
TALES OF HOFFMAN
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amSTEAL THIS MOVIE! Vincent D'Onofrio's charismatic performance is the only reason not to skip this muddled bio of '60s radical Abbie Hoffman.Running time: 108 minutes. Rated R. At the Empire...
HILARIOUS 'KINGS' LIVE BY THE RULE: NOTHING'S SACRED
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amTHE ORIGINAL KINGS OF COMEDY 1/2 Overlong but frequently hilarious and deeply politically incorrect concert film featuring African-American stand-up stars Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer and Bernie Mac....
NICOLE MAY BE 'LADY' ; SHE'S CONSIDERING IBSEN CLASSIC ON LONDON STAGE
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amNICOLE Kidman, who caused a sensation on Broadway last season when she took off her clothes in "The Blue Room," may be returning to the stage.London theater sources say the...
OH, SHOOT! THOSE TRIGGER-HAPPY REMAKE GUYS HAVE WINGED 'HIGH NOON'
August 18, 2000 | 4:00am"High Noon" Sunday at 8 p.m. on TBS DID you ever wonder why the suits in Hollywood insist on remaking great movies which they can never top, when there are...
THE STARR REPORT
August 18, 2000 | 4:00am'Charmed,' he's sure Julian McMahon is joining the cast of "Charmed" as Alyssa Milano's love interest, Cole Hayden. Julian, who starred on NBC's "Profiler," will play an assistant district attorney....
DEMS OUTPOINT GOP TV
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amAFTER three nights of convention coverage, the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles seems to be outdrawing last month's Republican Convention. However, no presidential nominating convention seems to be able...
PBS PUTS ON THE (BIG RED) DOG
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amNICKELODEON, watch your back! PBS rolls out eight new preschool shows this fall, including a block of Saturday morning programming intended to rival the commerical networks. The new shows are...
ALL 5 BOROUGHS TARGETED IN NEW NILE SPRAY BLITZ
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amThe city announced an all-out blitz on mosquitoes yesterday after new evidence emerged that the West Nile virus is spreading. In what has become a near-daily ritual, Mayor Giuliani and...
LEVY RECRUITS GAY & LESBIAN TEACHERS
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amAttention gay and lesbian teachers: Schools Chancellor Harold Levy wants you as new classroom recruits. The Board of Education is participating in the "Gay Life Expo" Sept. 9-10 at the...
GENE RESEARCHERS EXAMINE CHEMO ALTERNATIVES
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amA Manhattan hospital is part of a national study on a new gene-therapy approach to treating the life-threatening form of skin cancer. Dr. Ronald Blum, director of the Cancer Center...
PATAKI PUTS BAD PET STORES ON SHORT LEASH
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday signed legislation designed to clean up dangerous puppy mills and pet stores. Under the new law, pet-store owners and breeders who sell dogs and cats...
STRIPPERS PINCHED IN POT ROUNDUP
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amA nationwide ring that moved $2 million worth of California-grown pot a week through Kennedy Airport used exotic dancers from a Brooklyn strip joint as couriers, authorities said yesterday. A...
FOR TOO MANY VETS, AMERICA IS HOMELESS OF THE BRAVE
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amLOS ANGELESIT'S not a case of lest we forget, it's a case of how soon they forget. That's why a lot of veterans didn't hear Al Gore blowing smoke last...
STRAPHANGERS HURT IN REPAIR MISHAP
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amTwo women walking out of a subway station at Eighth Avenue and 16th Street yesterday were nearly crushed by a 7,500-pound spool of electrical wire that came crashing down the...
ERIE COINCIDENCE FOR BITTER FOES UPSTATE
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amHILLARY RODHAM CLINTON and Rick Lazio are on an upstate collision course this weekend: Both Senate candidates are set to campaign in Erie County at a Polish festival and parade...
CANCER SURGERY FOR MCCAIN? - DOCS FEAR SPREAD OF MELANOMA TO ORGANS
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - John McCain, the Vietnam hero who almost toppled George W. Bush in the GOP primaries, may undergo surgery as early as tomorrow for his potentially deadly skin cancer....
'SURVIVOR' MANIA GRIPS THE NATION
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amThe "Survivor" countdown has begun - and this time, it's for real. As soon as Sean Kenniff, the goofy neurologist from Carle Place, L.I., was booted off the show Wednesday...
RUDY KEEPS 'EM GUESSING WITH SAFIR SET TO EXIT TODAY
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amPolice Commissioner Howard Safir cleans out his desk today - with no indication yet from Mayor Giuliani who'll be taking over the nation's largest force, the most important agency in...
NORPLANT BIRTH-CONTROL ALERT
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amNew York doctors braced for a flood of calls from women using the Norplant birth-control implant, but said they saw no reason for panic after questions about its reliability emerged...
RICK SWATS HILL OVER DEM HOUNDS ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amGOP Senate candidate Rick Lazio yesterday lashed out at Hillary Rodham Clinton - demanding that she pull back Democratic protesters who have been relentlessly tailing him on the campaign trail....
BRICK SUSPECT OFF THE HOOK
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amThe homeless man wrongly accused in last month's brick attack was cleared of all charges yesterday, and left a Manhattan court graciously hoping the victim "can follow all her dreams."...
CON ED GIVING LATE-PAYERS A BREAK
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amCon Edison says it wants to ease some of the pain of customers zapped with soaring energy bills this summer by wiping out about $4 million in late charges. The...
BODY PARTS DISCOVERED IN FLOATING BAGS
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amTwo blue Samsonite suitcases full of chopped-up body parts were found floating in the waters around lower Manhattan, police said yesterday. The first grisly discovery came Wednesday night, when someone...
PROBER: DEMS PAID CON 'HUSH MONEY'
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amAn investigator who once probed the Teamsters charged yesterday that Democratic payments to telemarketer Michael Ansara - convicted of swindling the Teamsters - amounted to "hush money." Ansara's telemarketing firm,...
W. SIDE THUG: I DID IT
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amA homeless crack addict confessed yesterday to a brutal string of burglaries and beatings on the Upper West Side, police said. Cops charged Van Baskerville with attempted murder for the...
CHENEY VOWS HE'LL DUMP HIS OPTION$ IF GOP WINS - WANTS NO HINT OF IMPROPRIETY
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - George Bush's running mate, Dick Cheney, will abandon millions in stock options in his oil-services company if the Republicans win in November, sources said yesterday. Cheney is still...
JUDGE: SKAKEL MUST FACE TRIAL IN MOXLEY MURDER
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amA Connecticut judge ruled yesterday that Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel should stand trial for the murder of a 15-year-old girl - but still didn't decide if he should be tried...
SEXGATE BOMBSHELL BURSTS AL'S BALLOON - GRAND JURY EYES BILL IN NEW PROBE
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A Sexgate bombshell marred Al Gore's big day yesterday - when sources revealed a new grand jury is considering indicting President Clinton for lying about Monica Lewinsky. Independent...
COUNT ON PLENTY OF DEBATES
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Just hours before Democrat Al Gore's big speech, Republican nominee George W. Bush yesterday said he wants a "record" five debates this fall - three presidential and...
NOTORIOUS QNS. NIGHTCLUB SHUT
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amPolice last night padlocked a Queens nightclub that gained notoriety from a series of stabbings and shootings. "I'm very pleased there'll be no more violence in this club, and no...
BABY BOMBER PRIDE KEEPS ON SHINING AFTER LOSS
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amThe Baby Bronx Bombers' big dream of Little League glory came to a nail-biting end last night in a 1-0, extra-inning loss - but parents said these boys of summer...
AL'S BOLD BREAK LEFT - MOVING BEYOND THE 'NEW DEMOCRAT' SCHTICK
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES AL Gore was charged with a desperate energy last night, and it worked like a defibrillator on a presidential campaign that was beginning to seem doomed. Strictly in...
'I'M MY OWN MAN,' VOWS DEMS' NEW NO. 1 - GORE OFFERS LOADS OF PROMISES, BUT FEW $PECIFICS
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Vice President Al Gore last night asked America to give him a fresh look, declaring he's his "own man," ready to shuck the No. 2 label he's...
VERIZON DUO HURT IN BID TO CUT CABLE: COPS
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amTwo striking Long Island Verizon workers were in critical condition yesterday after they mistakenly cut a 7,600-volt power line thinking it was a phone cable, police said. Repair workers Joseph...
NEW AL SOUNDS AN AWFUL LOT LIKE OLD BILL
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amANALYSIS LOS ANGELES - It was Al Gore's time to finally emerge as "my own man" - but he actually gave a Bill Clinton-style speech. It was a pudding of...
PUNDITS: AL STILL LUGGING AROUND BILL'S BAGGAGE
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amAl Gore created a buzz with the party faithful in his moment in the convention sun last night - but his speech may not convince voters that he's transformed himself...
. . . AND IN CONCLUSION, PROTESTS STAY PEACEFUL
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Some 3,000 protesters, carrying crosses and puppets of doves, descended on the Democratic National Convention on its final night. The bulk of the demonstrators called for an...
PIX SHOW SUB WAS STRICKEN BY HUGE BLAST
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amGrim video from the ocean floor reveals that the front of a stranded Russian submarine was shattered in a blast that would have instantly killed some seamen - as hope...
AVIATION BIGS BOOST CONCORDES
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amFrench and British aviation officials insisted yesterday the grounded Concorde fleet will fly again. "This is not the death of supersonic flight," said French Transportation Minister Jean_Claude Gayssot, a day...
BUSH: I WANT MORE DEBATES
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Just hours before Democrat Al Gore's big speech, Republican nominee George W. Bush yesterday said he wants a "record" five debates this fall - three presidential and...
AMY-SLAY SUSPECT COULD FACE DEATH
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amThe Brooklyn man accused of stabbing Amy Watkins in the back during a botched mugging was indicted on first-degree murder charges yesterday - making him eligible for the death penalty...
BABY BOMBER MOMS & DADS SKY HIGH FOR THE BIG GAME
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amThe parents of the Bronx Baby Bombers said yesterday they're proud of their very own boys of summer. "There's no word to describe how proud I am of my son...
DEMONSTRATORS LICKING THEIR WOUNDS ON LOW-KEY LAST DAY
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amDemonstrators smarting from rubber-bullet welts returned to the streets of Los Angeles yesterday for one last effort to protest the Democratic National Convention and steal the spotlight from Vice President...
'I'M MY OWN MAN,' VOWS DEMS' NEW NO. 1 :GORE PROMISES MORE PROSPERITY AND NO SCANDAL
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Vice President Al Gore last night aimed to shuck the mantle of No. 2 man once and for all, telling the Democratic convention: "I stand here as...
SEXGATE GRAND JURY NOT SO GRAND FOR GORE
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amANALYSIS LOS ANGELES - It was the biggest speech of Al Gore's life - his time to finally emerge as "my own man" - but he still had President Clinton...
GORE DID DIS BLACKS: THE ROTUND REV HAS A POINT
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amSCORE one for Al Sharpton. Alone among black community leaders, he understands why Joe Lieberman's nomination for vice president creates some real political problems for the Democrats. This last week...
STORMIN' SUCCESS
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amA STEADY dose of wind and rain the early part of the week kept many anglers home and boats tied to the dock, but those who did fish had a...
OL, GROUND ATTACK READY TO RON WILD
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - The way left tackle Lomas Brown figures it, the Giants should be able to run the ball extremely well. "You've got an offensive lineman in the...
BENNETT TO MISS SEASON
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - The ongoing mystery with Sean Bennett has been all but solved, and the news is not good for Bennett or the Giants. A right knee injury that was...
GIANTS COULD USE WIN, FOR REAL
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - To win or not to win. That is not the question, but it is the discussion. Does it matter? No, and yes. The Giants for the past week...
WHERE'S THE SUB-PLOT? CITY'S AWFULLY SILENT ON SUBWAY SERIES
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amPERHAPS it is because we have become so used to the Yankees and Mets both being above-average teams. Or because several years of inter-league play has removed the novelty. Or...
JOSTLE, 'SECRET' SET TO SLAMA IN 'BAMA
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Last year's Alabama Stakes was a coronation as Silverbulletday cruised to a nine-length victory, putting an exclamation point to the 3-year-old filly championship that was already hers....
STEVE & BOBBY V ARE AS VALUABLE AS THEY COME
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amQUIZ: Seven active pitchers (not counting the disabled Randy Myers) have at least 250 saves. Name them (answer below). * The greatest free-agent class in history is anticipated this offseason...
BOXING TAKES ANOTHER SHOT
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amONCE again, boxing loses. Not the federal government, which is used to botching lay ups, and not the taxpayers, which has become conditioned to paying for governmental screwups, and not...
IT'S GASPER THE GHOST!
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The winner's circle has been uncharted territory for several high-profile trainers this summer at the Spa, among them Gasper Moschera, one of the top horsemen in New...
ROCKIES LEAVE YOSHII HANGING
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amWhere were Jaye P. Morgan and Jamie Farr when he needed them? Because with an act this bad, there's no way Masato Yoshii could have lasted this long on The...
DOZEN TO DUEL IN YADDO
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amTruebreadpudding will try to win the Yaddo Handicap for the second year in a row versus 11 opponents. It is the 21st running of the race for New York-bred fillies...
C'MON, DENNIS: HOLD THAT LINE
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amIT seems that neither ABC nor Dennis Miller has the inclination nor, perhaps, the common sense, to do right by Miller before he turns his Monday Night Football gig into...
PRIEST COMMITS ERROR
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amAs theologians and sports fans have long known, the first words written in The Book of Genesis, Chapter 1 of the Old Testament, are about baseball: "In the big inning...
TALE OF TWO LEGENDS: AS MOURNING JACK SAYS BYE, TIGER ROARS TO SHARE OF LEAD
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - This summer has the feel of a ceremonial farewell tour for Jack Nicklaus, who has said this could be the last year he plays in golf's major tournaments....
IN EARLY STINT, TURK'S WELCOME RELIEF
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amTurk Wendell arrived in the bullpen at the top of the fourth inning yesterday. But that's not unusual. Rarely used until the later innings, the righty set-up reliever regularly meanders...
DUNLAP SURPRISES HIMSELF
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - Scott Dunlap wasn't sure how he would play in the opening round of the 82nd PGA Championship yesterday. A cold had kept him on the couch for most...
GANG GREEN WANTS PAYBACK
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amJET NOTES There are a number of Jets players who, entering tonight's preseason finale against the Giants, weren't shy about saying the game against the cross-Hudson rivals carries added significance....
SCRATCH 'BULLET' FROM TRAVERS
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Preakness winner Red Bullet, who's been battling ulcers and a viral infection since his dull third-place finish in the July 9 Dwyer, will not run in the...
SERGIO'S GOT LONG WAY TO GO
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amPGA NOTES LOUISVILLE - Sergio Garcia won't be the darling of this PGA Championship. The 20-year-old Spaniard will do well just to make the cut after shooting a 2-over 74...
MALONE BOLTS GARDEN TO JOIN PACERS' STAFF
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amIn another summer blow to the Knicks, Jeff Van Gundy has lost his trusty assistant Brendan Malone to the arch-rival Pacers, The Post has learned. Malone will join new coach...
ZO: KNICKS LOSE WITHOUT EWING
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amAlonzo Mourning, who soon will be headed to Australia to lead Team USA to the Olympic gold medal, still can get his hackles up when the subject of Patrick Ewing,...
OTIS FACES LAST STAND AS A JET
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amThe Jets' game against the Giants tonight at Giants Stadium is their final preseason game of 2000, their final tuneup before the regular season begins on Sept. 3 in Green...
KNOBBY'S NEXT TOSS COULD BE FROM LEFT
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The answer to Chuck Knoblauch's arm woes and the Yankees left-field problems could be a doozy. Joe Torre threw out the possibility last night that Knoblauch could move...
STRANGER THAN FICTION: YANKS' ROTATION A SOAP OPERA-LIKE SAGA
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amI'VE been trying to sell a script around town. One of those lavish soap operas filled with money and intrigue. Still working on the title. Maybe "As The Rotation Turns"...
U.S. MEN MAKING POINTS
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amThe U.S. soccer team took their share of lumps in two World Cup qualifiers on the road last month. But now that the shoe is on the other foot -or...
IN WITH THE NEW: HILL, JUSTICE, SOHO NEAGLE COME UP BIG
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amYankees 6 Angels 1 The Angels felt the mighty wrath of the New York Yankees last night at the Stadium. Joe Torre started his half-and-half club in the first game...
BASH BROTHERS OF LOVE - CANSECO, HILL FEELIN' GROOVY ABOUT NY
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amA couple of new sluggers are feeling pretty good in pinstripes. Jose Canseco said he is feeling more and more like a Yankee every day. The bad news is that...
KNOBBY'S NEXT THROW MIGHT BE COMING FROM LEFT FIELD
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES The answer to Chuck Knoblauch's arm woes and the Yankees' left-field problems could be a doozy. Joe Torre threw out the possibility last night that Knoblauch could move...
GOAL ORIENTED - TACKING ON POINTS A MUST FOR U.S. MEN
August 18, 2000 | 4:00amThe U.S. soccer team took their share of lumps in two World Cup qualifiers on the road last month. But now that the shoe is on the other foot -...