January 10, 1999
FLUTIE SIGNS TO PEN INSPIRATIONAL BIO
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: DOUBLEDAY has just plucked a new book by Buffalo Bill quarterback Doug Flutie -- "Little Big Man: My Plan for Winning the Game of Life" -- from three publishing...
MAGAZINES WITH INFLATED PRICES TURN UP ON EBAY
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT MAGAZINES are getting into eBay, the popular auction site, which is really just a virtual garage sale that's gone haywire. If you need more proof, just do a search...
OVERHEATED MARKET CAN BURN
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT SLOW down, everybody. The stock market soared to new record highs in the first week of the new year, based mostly on investor confidence that there's no reason that...
COSMETICS QUEEN DISHES STOCK SECRETS
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT It pays to party, at least according to socialite Georgette Mosbacher who inevitably picks up a few investment ideas every time she attends a celebrity-stocked event. Earlier this week,...
A REVIEWER REVIEWS REVIEWERS
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The snore was like Godzilla with indigestion. It was so lout, it rocked the Loews Astor Plaza on an otherwise quiet, frigid Monday afternoon. I was catching up with...
WHY THIS 'PHEDRE' FAILS
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Everyone agrees that a "Hamlet" without the Prince is proverbially a raw deal. But a :Phedre" without the Queen, the Prince, in an iffy staging, an erratic translation and...
THE DISH: THE TABLE HOPPER: LE CIRQUE 2000
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: After all those years, why did Le Cirque add a number to its name? Was it because all the trendier places now have names with numbers? Who knows, but...
ROCK 'N' RESALE: STORE FRONT: SUNRISE RUBY
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: "A little bit retail, a little bit consignment... a little bit rock 'n' roll." That's how Allison Furman Norris describes her new resale store, Sunrise Ruby. "I choose everything...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: If you looked in the dictionary for the definition of the words, "style" and "substance", there would probalby be pictures of Naomi Campbell. Heck, the 5-foot-9 ½ supermodel has...
NEW YORK PET: DEALING WITH YOUR DOG'S DEPRESSION
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: How to keep your best friend from getting the blues. Not only do dogs lie down and make crying noises like humans, but they can also get depressed -...
THE 4 QUESTIONS: CARMEN ELECTRA - SHE'S ALL DRESSED UP TO GRILL
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Bay-jumping babe Carmen Electra says she's still hitched to basketball superstar Dennis Rodman, no matter what you've heard. Rather than live together without getting married, the love birds got...
DNA SHOWS BILL'S NOT BOY'S DAD: SOURCES
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: A paternity test taken by a 13-year-old Arkansas boy to determine whether he's President Clinton's illegitimate son came up negative, sources told The Post. The results from the DNA...
DEM SENATOR DRAFTING BID TO CENSURE
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: WASHINGTON - An influential California senator has started drafting a censure for President Clinton, which would be brought up if the Senate votes in a few weeks to dismiss...
IT'S A DIRTY JOB, BUT LAWMAKERS BETTER GET TO IT
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: It's a wonder that the Vatican is not already planning canonization for the entire U.S. Senate. I'm getting a little bored with the real estate they have claimed on...
FANS SET TO FUEL JETS
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Jets fans have nothing but love for Gang Green as the team approaches today's playoff matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars. "I want the people there early because I want...
WHATTA CHANGE FROM '69 DREAM SEASON
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Back in January 1969 - the Jets' championship year - a ticket to a game was just $8, one-tenth of what it is for a regular-season game today. A...
DEADLY STREET SHOCK COULD HAPPEN TO YOU: FEAR OVER DANGER THAT KILLED HORSE
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The shocking electrocution death of a carriage horse sent a current of fear through pedestrians yesterday - but experts said they don't have too much to worry about. The...
RENT DEAL'S A REAL WEST SIDE STORY: TENANT GETS APT. FOR $99 UNDER '65 PACT
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Songwriter Alan White may have the best apartment deal in town. He's been paying an astonishing $99.94 a month for his apartment on an elegant Upper West Side block...
THE PAY'S THE STING FOR THE REST OF US
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Just a few blocks away from Alan White's $99 bargain apartment, Heather Aussiker is coughing up more than 13 times that for her little studio. And she thought she...
FOURTH-GRADE TEST TO GIVE STATE A READING ON SCHOOLS
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Fourth-graders- some scared stiff, some ready to do battle - begin a tough new reading test Tuesday designed to better identify failing schools and students who should be held...
HERE'S THE LOWDOWN ON NEW EXAM
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Q: How does the new state reading test differ from the old one? Q: What skills are tested? Q: How will the tests be scored? Q: What can parents...
SUBWAY SHOVE TRY IS FOILED
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: A man tried to push a young woman onto the tracks at a Queens subway station yesterday, but the woman fought off her attacker with the help of another...
N.J. COP SHOT IN GUN BATTLE
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: An undercover Newark narcotics cop was wounded last night - and a drug suspect slain - in a furious shootout at a housing project, police said. Sgt. Frederick Johnson,...
PATIENT DIES AFTER TAKING PSYCH DRUG
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: One of the last times Maria Santana saw her mentally ill brother, Joseph, in the hospital, she realized his new medication was wreaking havoc on his mind and body....
YEAR 2000 COULD BECOME LIFE-LESS
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Will the year 2000 be the end of Life as we know it? Life magazine, once the premier picture-packed record of 20th century America, could be on its way...
RANGEL: BILL WANTS 'EM TO STAY BRONX BOMBERS: PREZ CALLS STADIUM NATIONAL MONUMENT
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: President Clinton favors keeping the Yankees in The Bronx and using a rejuvenated stadium to anchor redevelopment of the area Rep. Charles Rangel (D-Manhattan) told The Post. The U.S....
BENCH 'N' PENSION PLAN: EX-JUDGES 'DOUBLE DIP' - LEGALLY
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Scores of bounced, retired and over-the-hill judges are double dipping legally - collecting their pensions while working in the city's courts as hearing officers, The Post has learned. The...
IVANA: I WANNA GET OUT OF MESSY COURT BRAWL
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Ivana Trump hopes to wiggle out of her upcoming courtroom mudfest with the private eye she hired to spy on Donald and Marla, The Post has learned. Ivana could...
JFK AIRPORT PUTS OUT CALL FOR A BIRD BRAIN
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Wanted: a biologist who can stop birds from flying into airborne jets at Kennedy Airport. Birds collided with planes or interfered with runway operations at Kennedy 100 times last...
CHUCK: IT'D BE 'GREAT' TO HAVE HILL IN SENATE
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: WASHINGTON - Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) yesterday said First Lady Hillary Clinton "would be a great person to serve with" in the U.S. Senate. "She's very smart. She cares...
CUNY UNIT PREZ DEAD
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Leon Goldstein, the well-connected, longtime president of the City University's Kingsborough Community College, has died. he was 66. Goldstein, who had been ill with bronchitis, died Friday night at...
POLS MAY NOT BE MASTERS OF THEIR 'DOMAINS'
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: ALBANY - Gov. Pataki and Mayor Giuliani are hot commodities in cyberspace. The two New York politicians - both considering runs for higher office - are the focus of...
COLLARING JOBS WITH FINEST & BRAVEST
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: They are men of the cloth who share a birthday and were ordained together 22 years ago. And now Robert Romano and john Delendick share something else - they're...
NATO KILLS SERB BEAST
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: A suspected Bosnian Serbian war criminal was killed by NATO-led peace-keeping troops yesterday after he tried to mow them down with his car as they were trying to arrest...
REV. AL & ACLU RIP 'NO PAROLE' PLAN
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The Rev. Al Sharpton and civil libertarian Norman Siegel joined forces yesterday to condemn key components of Gov. Pataki's crime-fighting plan - including an end to parole. "I believe...
BX. NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING KILLS FATHER OF 2
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Police are looking for three men who, after being turned away from a Bronx nightclub, returned minutes later and fired several shots, killing an innocent bystander. Pablo Fersobe, 25,...
CLINTON TO BOO$T LABOR RIGHTS ABROAD
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: WASHINGTON - President Clinton said yesterday he plans to spend $25 million in nest year's bedget to expland the labor movement in the rest of the world. The money...
GIRLFRIEND HUR IN TEEN'S GUN MISHAP
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: A 15-year-old Brooklyn girl was shot in the stomach and seriously wounded by her dad's gun when her boyfriend accidentally fired it inside his Crown Heights building, police said...
BIG POT BUST AT LA GUARDIA
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Four down-on-their luck California women fell even further into the dumps yesterday when Port Authority cops at La Guardia Airport nabbed them trying to sneak 400 pounds of marijuana...
IT'S OFFICIAL: DRIVER ALONE KILLED DI
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The boozed-up driver of the car that crashed in a Paris tunnel and killed Princess Diana is the only person to blame for the smashup, an official probe has...
ARMENIANS TO HONOR MORGY KIN
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: More than 50 years after his death, diplomat and famed New York humanitarian Henry Morgenthau is being honored for his work aiding victims of the Armenian genocide. At the...
THE PROBLEM ISN'T HOUSING - IT'S LETTING MADMEN ROAM FREE
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: There was a certain irony in last week's release of a report accusing New York and four other cities of "meanness" to the homeless: It cam just 24 hours...
GOTTI'S DYING TO TELL SON 'FAMILY SECRET'
January 10, 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...
GREAT DAY FOR THE GREEN: JET PLAYERS & FANS BURSTING WITH PLAYOFF PRIDE
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Get there early, Jet fans. Breathe in the cold postseason air. Watch your breath as you exhale. Tailgate. Get loud. Soak in the playoff atmosphere. You're deserving. You're deserving...
FROM 'INT' TO MVP: VINNY ENJOYING THE LAST LAUGH ON CRITICS
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Vinny Testaverde is one Jets quarterback who is never going to make any guarantees, except perhaps to say that when the Jets take the field for thier AFC Divisional...
CURTIS KEEPS THE FAITH
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: There is a touch of envy in his voice when Bill Parcells talks of the quiet confidence within Curtis Martin. It's as if the grizzled coach understands the motor...
FAMILY'S 1ST IN WAYNE'S WORLD
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: To properly illustrate what makes Wayne Chrebet tick it's first necessary to clear up a few things that don't rule his life, consume his mind or define his existence....
LIFE OF BRYAN IS A COMPLEX TALE
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: There are no absolute truths, only out own versions of them. Bryan Cox's compulsions to tell his sometimes stretch the chains of logic. Wrapped tighter than the clothes-line with...
NEED LIQUID ASSETS? TRY THESE WET BETS
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The inner dirt track was a sea of slop after it thawed out at Aqueduct yesterday, and although the tractors were working overtime during the afternoon to squeeze out...
RECREATIONAL ANGLERS JOIN TO TAKE A STAND
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: it started on a small scale about a decade ago. A few groups of recreational anglers from coastal states who were concerned about the depletion of our marine resources...
BIG A CAN'T WEATHER STORM
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Mother Nature smacked Aqueduct for the second time in a week yesterday when racing was canceled shortly before the first race because of unsafe track conditions resulting from Friday's...
OL' NO. 42 STILL HERO TO YOUNG JET FANS
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The introduction of the 5-foot, 8-inch man, who used to wear No. 42, prompted the more than 200 juniors and sniors in the Glen Rock (NJ) High School Auditorium...
UCONN, LADY VOLS GIVE IT THE OLD ONE-TWO PUNCH
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: STORRS, Conn. - Geno Auriemma says his idea of "fun" is to come into practice every day and put his players in "impossible situations" so they fail over and...
RANGERS NEED PETR THE GREAT
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: John Muckler yesterday left no doubt regarding what the Rangers are demanding from Petr Nedved, now 20 games into his Broadway encore. "Petr's role on the hockey club is...
DEVIL 'KILLERS' SLIP SHOWING
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: And the Devils wonder why last year's fouth-best penalty killing team has slipped to 22nd. Scott Stevens and Ken Daneyko were key penalty killers last season, but under Robbie...
BERARD-FOR-POTVIN MEANS SALO A GONER
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Canadiens 3, Islanders 2 MONTREAL - On the surprising day the Islanders gave up on Bryan Berard and goalie Tommy Salo, GM/coach, Mike Milbury believes he solidified the franchise's...
SUDDENLY, DEVILS FIND THEMSELVES LOOKING UP
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Capitals 3, Devils 2. Second-class effort. Second-place team. For the first time in two months, the Devils are not leading the Atlantic Division in points. They sit where they...
MIKE FAILING? ISLE SAY!: BERARD DEAL PROVES MILBURY CAN'T COACH
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Mike Milbury's trade of Bryan Berard to Toronto for Felix Potvin yesterday represents nothing less than the GM's complete admission of his failure as a coach. it represents one...
YANKEE CHECK IS IN MAIL
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The Yankees still haven't refunded all customers for unplayed World Series and playoff games. What are they waiting for, Sen. Strom Thrumond's hair to turn gray? William Jefferson Clinton...
BRIBESMAIDS! OLYMPIC CREEPS HAVE NO ETHICS
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: There is nothing quite as uplifting as watching the greedy bums who have destroyed our sports begin to get theirs. Gosh, I hope you've been following this International Olympic...
NETS CAST GLANCE AT MCDYESS
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The Nets' plan was to keep their team intact. Of course, if a chance arose to make improvements, the Nets would have to look at it. And so they...
KEITH SEE MORE IN LESS: 'RATHER WIN CHAMPIONSHIP THAN GET HUGE CONTRACT'
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Keith Van Horn lost as much as $30 million. And yet he sound completely satisfied. "Well, to tell you the truth," Van Horn said, "I'd rather lose $30 million...
STORM'S GOT YEARN TO LEARN: ST. JOHN'S WISES UP AFTER LOSS TO MIAMI
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Coaches love to spout about now a team learns more in a loss than in a win. In the Red Storm's 84-79 loss at Miami on Wednesday, it's true....
BOOTSY KICKS A HOLE IN HALL: THOMPSON, ARTEST REV UP RED STORM
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: St. John's 86, Seton Hall 75 Bootsy Thornton had six weeks to think about it. In his previous trip to the Garden on Nov. 27, st. John's silky lefthanded...
TENY MATCH COMES UP BIG FOR RUTGERS
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Rutgers 97 Villanova 87 PISCATAWAY, N.J. - This was the sort of game Rutgers had grown famous - infamous? - for losing. The Scarlet Knights were playing Villanova, a...
VIKES BEGIN MARCH TO MIAMI: CARDIAC CARDS OVERMATCHED
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: MINNEAPOLIS - They look to be only a speed bump on the Vikings' road to the Super Bowl in Miami in three weeks. These Cardinals have been a nice...
FISH: WE WON'T SINK: BRONC UPSET NOT A HOAX: DOLPHS
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: DENVER - You figured they would swim upstream to Mile High and die without a squeak. That they would compare their wounded roster to that of the defending champions,...
'GHOST' DAVIS GALLOPS: RB LEADS BRONCS WITH 199 YARDS
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: DENVER - Now you know what they meant by Galloping Ghost. How you can feel the tremor of his clopping footsteps and hear his scary snort as he trucks...
HEARST'S INJURY IS A BAD FREAK FOR 'FRISCO
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: ATLANTA - This figured to be a difficult assignment for the 49ers at full strength, but on the very first play in yesterday's NFC divisional playoff game against the...
FALCONS STAND UP TO SF BULLIES
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: ATLANTA - Winning in the playoffs is always satisfying, but the Falcons yesterday were quick to admit that eliminating the 49ers made the 20-18 victory all the more rewarding....
BIRD IS THE WORD: FALCONS HOLD ON: ANDERSON CARRIES ATLANTA INTO TITLE GAME
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: ATLANTA - They are rare birds, indeed, these Falcons, who believe they can head south, all the way to Miami for Super Bowl XXXIII, even if they are forced...
BIRD IS THE WORD: FALCONS HOLD ON : GUTTY REEVES GOES THE DISTANCE
January 10, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Falcons 20 49ers 18 ATLANTA - Four weeks after a quadruple bypass, the only thing thinner than Dan Reeves' blood was his patience. With 53 seconds left, the Falcons...