January 9, 1999
AT&T RINGS IN WITH LOCAL SERVICE PLAN
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: AT&T's Mike Armstrong took his next big step into the local phone market yesterday, announcing deals that will allow the company to reach 5 million more potential local customers...
BULLS DRIVE DOW PAST 9,600 LEVEL; BONDS TAKE FALL
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Another day, another milestone for the stock market. The Dow Jones industrial average blasted through the 9,600-point marker yesterday, for the first time ever. Broader market averages also rallied...
SCENES FROM THE BOAT SHOW: HIGH TESTOTERONE LEVELS CAN'T STOP A GUY FROM DOING SOMETHING NICE FOR HIS SISTER
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The New York National Boat show makes grown men dizzy and weak. It makes them want to spend the rent money. They come inside the Javits Center from the...
BALANCHINE'S 'GOLD' IS NEW AGAIN
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Dance Review As we move into the millennium, we will hear more and more about 20th century modernism - and no better guide could be found than the ballets...
DRESCHER: NO MORE 'NANNY'
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Fran Drescher is pulling the plug on "The Nanny," her once-powerful CBS sitcom that spawned a fashion frenzy and rocketed Drescher to international stardom. Drescher told last night's "Entertainment...
'PJS' A SNUG FIT BUT MURPHY'S FOX CARTOON IS STEREOTYPICAL
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: There are two groups who'll find something to love in "The PJs", the new animated series with which Fox hopes to improve its prime-time fortunes: Those who get their...
'SNL' GETS GOOD 'VIEW' OF DEBBIE
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: There should be a clear view of Debbie Matenopoulos on tonight's "Saturday Night Live." Matenopoulos, who was eased off ABC's "The View" last week, is expected to appear on...
3 'JUNIOR' ASSOCIATES COP PLEAS
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Three of the top defendants in the massive racketeering case against reputed mob boss John A. "Junior" Gotti have secretly copped pleas, The Post has learned. The trio includes...
GOTTI'S DYING TO TELL SON 'FAMILY SECRET'
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Imprisoned John Gotti is keeping a 'family secret" from his son because he doesn't want snooping feds to hear it, court documents show. "There's five sentences I wanted to...
OFFICIAL IN SCHOOL-BUILDING FIASCO QUITS
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Gov. Pataki's appointee to the School Construction Authority has quit after a blistering report blasted his role in the death of a girl hit by a brick at a...
HERALD SQ. TO OFFER VISITORS A PLACE TO GO
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Parks Department officials have some relieving news for Manhattan pedestrians: Two new public toilets should be open in Midtown by the end of the year. The toilets - slated...
DISNEY FRAMED BY BUST: RECALLS KIDDIE VIDEO WITH SECRET SMUT SHOT
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: They don't call it "the boob tube" for nothing. The Walt Disney Co. recalled all 3.4 million copies of its kid video "The Rescuers" after discovering that a photography...
SENATE MAY NOT GET THE FULL MONICA: APPEARANCE UNLIKELY AS OTHER DEAL OK'D
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: WASHINGTON - The Senate ended days of chaos and struck a bipartisan deal to start arguments on President Clinton's impeachment trial next Thrusday - but put off the big...
IT GETS SERIOUS, NOW THAT SIDESHOW'S OVER
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Finally - after a year of tawdry yuckiness - something to make Americans feel better about how those folks in Washington are handling the Monica Mess. The Senate's 100-0...
1ST WHIFF'S A STINKER IN LAUGHABLE SEWER FIGHT
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: By the time this is all over, most of the Senate will be on a constant diet of Geritol. And yet, there all the pinstripes were in Washington patting...
WISE OLD BYRD RISES TO UNITE 100 JURORS
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: WASHINGTON - A hundred bitterly split senators walked into the historic old Senate chamber yesterday and emerged two hours later all smiles, declaring the partisan impeachment war over. And...
UTAH OLYMPIC CHIEF QUITS, ADMITTING BRIBES
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The head of Salt Lake City's Olympic Committee resigned yesterday, admitting that International Olympic Committee members got bribes of up to $70,000 to give the city the 2002 Winter...
YOU CALL THAT SNOW? WHY, BACK IN '96...
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: What snow? The city turned into a winter wonderland yesterday, but it was all due to change as quickly as, well, the weather. Yesterday's snowy, soggy mess was a...
CITY COUNCIL STUDY PUTS STOCK IN 'DOLLAR VANS'
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: A City Council report says 141 more commuter vans are needed to help communities with inadequate bus and subway service, The Post has learned. Sources said the report, produced...
CLUB KING GATIEN GETS 3 MONTHS
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Nightclub king Peter Gatien will be behind bars for three months - to serve time, not drinks - after pleading guilty yesterday to cheating the tax man out of...
FIRE SURVIVOR SOB: REQUIRE SPRINKLERS
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Weeping survivors of last month's fatal fire in an Upper West Side high-rise begged the Vity Council yesterday to require sprinklers in all apartment buildings. "If fire standards at...
LAST CHANCE TO USE YOUR 32-CENT STAMPS
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Ready, set, hike! Today is the last day to use that old 32-cent stamp before it officially becomes part of postal history. Starting tomorrow, it'll cost 33 cents to...
SCORES MONEY LAUNDER BARED
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Jurors in the Scores murder case got a peek into the sex club's lurid underside yesterday- including how mobbed-up owners were using the strippers' tips to launder cash. Club...
BACK TO THE FUTURE FOR CITY HALL PARK
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: City Hall Park promises to glitter in the next millennium when it re-opens after a $22 million renovation that'll restore its 19th century glory - complete with replicas of...
ANDREW CUOMO BACKS OFF BID FOR SENATE
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: ALBANY - HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo ended weeks of speculation yesterday by announcing he won't run for the Senate seat being vacated next year by Daniel P. Moynihan. Cuomo,...
DIVORCE FOR LEWINSKY'S EX-LOVER
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Andy Bleiler, who had a five-year affair with Monica Lewinsky, is splitting up with his wife, Kate. The Oregon couple have separated and are planning a divorce, said Michael...
TRIPP SEEKS LEGAL $AVIORS
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Sexgate taper Linda Tripp - whose Monica tapes landed President Clinton in the impeachment soup - is "urgently" pleading for bucks to help pay legal bills topping $350,000. Tripp...
W'CHESTER DA MUM ON PROBE
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amWestchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro is keeping mum on the probe of her husband, Albert, a lawyer and GOP fund-raiser. The Post reported yesterday that federal prosecutors will ask the...
U.S. SAYS SADDAM ADVISERS WERE KILLED IN RAIDS
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Saddam Hussein lost several key aides and as many as 2,000 members of his elite Republican Guard in last month's U.S. air raids, the Pentagon said yesterday as it...
VIOLENCE MARS BLAIR'S S. AFRICA VISIT
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: South African police yesterday fired rubber bullets at Muslims protesting the recent U.S.-British airstrikes against Iraq - only moments before a visit by Britain's prime minister. Three people -...
SIX HURT IN N.J. BUS CRASH
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amSix people were slightly injured when a Greyhound bus travelling too fast on the snow-coated New Jersey Turnpike crashed into the center median yesterday afternoon, authorities said. It was the...
GUN-SUIT MOM: FEAR FOR MY SON WAS 'PARALYZING'
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: A Brooklyn mom who filed a landmark suit against the gun industry after her son was killed testified yesterday how she had "focused singlehandedly on keeping (him) alive." "I...
IT'S JUST LIKE OLD TIMES FOR PIRATES, RED STORM
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT For local basketball fans, tonight's St. John's-Seton Hall game is a matchup of the Big East's two best defensive teams and a clash of two squads trying to stay...
IT'S 'PRIME' TIME AT THE BIG A
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The New York route to the Kentucky Derby begins today at Aqueduct with the Count Fleet Stakes for 3-year-olds. Most years the Count Fleet is won by an inner...
HASSEL HAMMERS HAYES WITH GEM DANDY GAME
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: LA SALLE 77 HAYES 54 An injury to La Salle standout senior Miguel Caballero might have pained La Salle, but it has sure helped Justin Hassell emerge as a...
'LEFTY' BERRA WAS BEST PLAYER IN THE YOGI CLAN
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: OUTSIDE on the campus of Montclair State University, the blizzard rages. Indoors, it's summer again, summer in black and white. Yogi Berra has just pulled off his mask and...
MALHOTRA MAY SPEND TWO WEEKS IN HARTFORD
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: it may have taken the Rangers' least competitive performance of the season to get Manny Malhotra more than seven minutes of ice time in game, but John Muckler insists...
ISLES CLOSE IN ON ANOTHER POTVIN
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: MONTREAL - Leafs GM Mike Smith told a Toronto radio station last night that talks with the Islanders regarding a package involving Bryan Berard for goalie Felix Potvin has...
KATTASH MULLS JUMP TO KNICKS
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: A few weeks ago, star guard Oded Kattash figured it would be best to stay in Israel for the rest of the season because of the ongoing NBA labor...
VAN GUNDY: WE'D BETTER START FAST
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Jeff Van Gundy, the fan, had a great time following the college game, especially Adelphi, during the locout. now Jeff Van Gundy, the coach, is raring to get back...
NETS, SHERMAN ON SAME WAVE LENGTH
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: There was, essentially, no hope. The outlook was grim, dire, virtually impossible. Now, there is a legitimate chance to get a deal done. What is all this, more lockout...
MOSS REWARDS VIKES' COURAGE
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Minneapolis - We now know that the 19 teams that passed on Randy Moss in last April's NFL draft were a collective group of paranoid worry warts for being...
JAGUARS RELISH UNDERDOG STATUS
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: JACKSONVILLE - you describe for the Jaguars in unplugged language how it will be tomorrow at the Meadowlands: How the cold will reach under thier termals and lash at...
MEMORIES OF WAYNE HAUNT JAGS
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: This has been an incredible season for Wayne Chrebet, who enters tomorrow's playoff game against the jaguars with career highs in receptions (75), yards (1,083) and touchdowns (8). But...
FALCONS CRASH AN ELITE PARTY
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: ATLANTA - There was something building: More success in nine games than the home folks were accustomed to in an entire season. First place. The first sellout crowd in...
MICKENS CAN'T FALL SHORT
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Courtesy of equipment director Clay Hampton, the inspiring and stirring sounds of NFL Films' "The Power and the Glory" compact disc with the legendary voice of John Facenda and...
JET VETS LAY DOWN THE PLAYOFF LAW
January 9, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Just in case Bill Parcells hadn't gotten the message across to the Jets' young playoff novices before they embard on tomorrow's AFC semifinal game against the Jaguars at Giants...