November 25, 2000
MUSIC TO GROW BY
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amFinally, a CD for kids that won't make their parents squirm. Fresh out of Brooklyn comes "Rocket Ship Beach," a lovely, lively nostalgia trip led by former Del Fuegos rocker...
DONALD AND IVANA'S NEXT CASH CLASH IS FOR CHARITY
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amThe Donald and Ivana may be set to publicly "battle" over money yet again - only this time for a good cause, at a charity auction hosted by Ivana's beau....
L.I. STEPDAD MOLESTED DAUGHTER'S PAL: COPS
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amA Long Island man read a bedtime story to his stepdaughter and her friend and then sexually molested the friend after his stepdaughter fell asleep early Thanksgiving morning, police said....
CITY'S SUB FLUB: TUNNEL-LEAK FIXER DOESN'T EXIST
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amCall it the case of the phantom submarine. The special underwater vehicle the Department of Environmental Protection claimed it was building to save the city from a possible water crisis...
MOM: CUBA BETTER FOR 'REVERSE ELIAN'
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amThe mother of the 5-year-old American boy who's being called the "reverse Elian" said she is offering her son a "brilliant" future by taking him to Cuba. "If you are...
NOW JOE'S A LIAR, TOO - BACKS GORE'S FALSE CHARGE OF MIAMI-DADE 'INTIMIDATION'
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amTHERE have been lots of reasons to be disappointed in Joe Lieberman since Al Gore selected him as vice president - most especially the Connecticut senator's tactical reversal of his...
STUDIO YANKS VIOLENT TRAILER FROM 'GRINCH'
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amUniversal Studios - reacting to criticism that Hollywood markets violence to kids - has pulled a horror-movie trailer that was to precede its holiday hit "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."...
SOME NYPD GUARDS DON'T MAKE GRADE
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amThe NYPD took over school security two years ago to help prevent cover-ups of crimes - but some NYPD safety agents are failing to report incidents to their new bosses....
CHENEY STRIDES OUT OF HOSP, RARIN' TO GO
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amDick Cheney left a Washington hospital yesterday, saying his heart doctors have not limited the activities he can engage in - including being vice president. "There are no restrictions," the...
BRAIN AILMENT EYED IN HOLIDAY DEATH OF 6-YEAR-OLD BX. BOY
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amA joyous Thanksgiving turned tragic for a Bronx family when a beloved 6-year-old died at his cousin's house - possibly of a cerebral aneurysm, police said yesterday. After a turkey...
IT'S AMAZON-NOT-COM AS RETAIL SITE 'HICCUPS'
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amAn "internal hiccup" shut down Amazon.com for half an hour yesterday - preventing shoppers from using their keyboards to buy books, music, videos and toys on one of the hottest...
QUEENS INFERNO LEAVES BOY, 6, GRAVELY INJURED
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amFDNY Captain Wes Schelling and firefighters Juan Pacheco and Jesse Murphy could barely see their hands in front of their faces as they searched the two-family home on 255th Street...
RUSSIA'S PUTIN IN NEW EFFORT TO KICK-START MIDEAST TALKS
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Russia's Vladimir Putin jumped into the Mideast crisis yesterday, arranging the first phone call in nearly a month between Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud...
DIXIE DEMS WANT TO PUNCH OUT AL'S CHAD
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amWEST PALM BEACH. IF Al Gore wins the White House, he can kiss his butt goodbye when it comes to some Southern Democrats. Reluctantly, I have to say Gore can...
NATO CAUGHT BY SURPRISE AS KOSOVO ETHNIC CLASHES FLARE
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amU.S. and NATO diplomats scrambled yesterday to prevent ethnic tensions in Kosovo from exploding into a new war in the wake of an Albanian offensive in a demilitarized zone on...
HAPPY HUE-TURN AS GREEN GUSHES IN
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amMERCHANTS had lots to be thankful for yesterday as the traditional Black Friday shopping day took on a definite tinge of green. Bargain-hunters turned out in force despite some predictions...
PRINCIPALS HAVE NO EXCUSE IN IGNORING THREATS: UNION BIG
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amThe head of the principals union yesterday - alluding to the furor over sex attacks at PS 89 in Queens - said failure to report a crime or threat to...
BUSH GETS HIS DAY IN HIGH COURT - JUSTICES SET DEC. 1 HEARING ON RECOUNT
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amThe U.S. Supreme Court stunned the legal world yesterday by agreeing to hear George W. Bush's request to halt Florida's controversial hand recounts - and put the historic case on...
THE BATTLE OVER MILITARY BALLOTS TILTS DUBYA'S WAY
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amTALLAHASSEE - Several Florida counties yesterday began reconsidering some military ballots rejected on technical grounds, but a judge was reluctant to OK a request by Republicans to force officials to...
DNA WHIZ AROUSING A COLORFUL SEX DEBATE
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amNobel laureate James Watson, one of the discoverers of DNA, is shaking up the scientific community with a new theory - about sex and skin color. Watson recently cited an...
DEEP RACIAL SPLIT ON BUSH LEGITIMACY: POLL
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amIn a sign of America's racial divide, most white voters say they'd see a Bush victory as more legitimate, while most black voters say they'd see a Bush victory as...
IT'S OPEN SEASON FOR BARGAIN HUNTING - SHOPPING FRENZY FILLS CITY WITH XMAS CHEER
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amThe holiday shopping season blew into town with a bang yesterday as eager shoppers pounced on early bargains and the sights and sounds of Christmas filled busy streets and stores....
BUSHIES BESIEGE BROWARD - FIRED-UP CROWD SINGS SONG OF ELECTION FRAUD
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amAngry Republicans screamed "no more Gore" and sang patriotic songs yesterday as Broward County officials doggedly examined 1,800 disputed ballots in a hand recount that narrowed George W. Bush's lead....
BODY AT B'KLYN MALL SITE ID'D AS L.I. WOMAN
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amOne of two bodies found at a Brooklyn construction site turned out to be the remains of a pregnant Long Island woman whose disappearance has been a tragic mystery, police...
ISLES: NO UPGRADE BY TRADE
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Islanders brass made it quite clear this week: Help - season-saving help - is not on the way. Along with general manager Mike Milbury, co-owners Charles Wang...
DUKE PASSES TEMPLE TEST - BLUE DEVILS REPEL FEARLESS OWLS TO CAPTURE NIT TITLE
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amNIT CHAMPIONSHIP: Duke 63 - Temple 61 One thing we know about a John Chaney-coached team. Fear is not in its vocabulary. But all the courage and clutch plays in...
SWEET TIME AT GARDEN - RICE GRAD LEARNS ON RUN WITH NO. 2 BLUE DEVILS
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amThe Garden is not an unfamiliar place for Duke's Andre Sweet. When you play for a national high school power, such as Rice, you get to play on the same...
GUARD PLAY KEY FOR NIAGARA
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amToday is a chance for Niagara to make a name for itself. When the Purple Eagles (2-0) play St. John's at Alumni Hall, they know this is a chance to...
CURTIS PROMISES A BETTER SHOWING
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amWhen Curtis met Kennedy early in the season, the Warriors were a team searching for an identity. Two-time defending PSAL champs, Curtis had running back Steve Gregory and not much...
CIGAR MILE CAPS BIG DAY AT BIG A
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amAqueduct hosts the year's last big day of high-class racing in New York (the inner dirt track opens in 11 days) with three major stakes this afternoon: the Grade 1,...
RECICLADA HOLDS ON IN DELTA
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amReciclada withstood the threat of Country Hideaway in the stretch to win the Grade 2 $150,000 Delta Air Lines Top Flight Handicap by 1 1/4 lengths at Aqueduct yesterday. Critical...
GIANTS BACK FASSEL'S BOLD GUARANTEE
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Does Jim Fassel's guarantee that the Giants will make the playoffs increase the pressure on the team or lessen the pressure? "It takes the pressure off us," Tiki...
HAYES CATCHES FIRST BIG BREAK
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amWindrell Hayes hoped this opportunity would come sooner, but that doesn't make him any less hungry now that it's finally arrived. Hayes, the Jets' fifth-round draft pick in April's draft...
NO BUTTS ABOUT IT, MARTIN WILL PLAY
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amJET NOTES Curtis Martin will play against the Bears tomorrow. Al Groh didn't announce that yesterday, nor did Martin or any of his teammates. But Martin, the Jets' best offensive...
START OF SOMETHING BIG - GIANT JUREVICIUS GETS CALL FOR ACHING IKE
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amIt did not take Joe Jurevicius long to recall the last time he started a football game. "Penn State," he said, before quickly correcting himself. "No, the Hula Bowl." Point...
YANKS HOLD BACK ON MAKING MUSSINA $87M OFFER
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amDespite strong talk racing through the industry, the Yankees did not make an official offer to Mike Mussina yesterday. They plan on doing that Monday, but as of last night,...
MCKAY, MADDEN MAKING MAGIC
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amSAN JOSE - They are hardly Mantle and Maris, but the Devils' M&M Boys have added scoring to scrappiness. Heading into the season's second quarter, John Madden and Randy McKay...
JOHNNY'S STAYIN' - $10M DEAL WILL KEEP FRANCO A MET
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amA few times early this week, over telephone wires from John Franco's Staten Island home to his agent Dan Horwits' Beverly Hills office, Franco said, "I'm going to Philadelphia." Horwits...
NO GOALS, NO END, IN SIGHT
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - In a city crammed with memorials, the Islanders continued constructing their own last night. Dropping their seventh straight game and ninth in their last 10, the offensively-challenged Islanders...
CAN'T GET UP AND ADAM - SLUMPING GRAVES LOSES SPOT
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amSabres 3 - Rangers 2 BUFFALO - A few troubling patterns continued here last night in the Rangers' 3-2 loss to the Sabres. There was another defeat to an opponent...
TIME'S RIGHT FOR DUKE - FAST-MATURING BLUE DEVILS OUTLAST TEMPLE FOR NIT TITLE
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amA year ago Duke loses this game. A year ago, Duke is still too young, too tentative, to heed the words of its coach. But this year, Duke, now more...
KEITH'S RETURN MAY BE STALLED
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amNET NOTES SALT LAKE CITY - The cast came off sooner than expected and Keith Van Horn was feeling far better than expected. So the Nets forward projected that his...
MALONE COMES BACK TO SLAP METS
November 25, 2000 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY - The huge worry, the legitimate worry for the Nets going in here last night was rookie Kenyon Martin being paired against Karl Malone. As it turned...