January 11, 1999
RE-BOOT AND REBUT: MSFT'S DEFENSE TO BYTE BACK AT GOV'T CHARGES
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: WASHINGTON - After three months of getting battered by a suprisingly strong government antitrust case, Microsoft Corp. finally gets a chance to turn the tables this week. Starting tomorrow,...
MARTS NEED GREENSPAN AS DESIGNATED DRIVER
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The Federal Reserve's job, as pundits put it, is to take the punch bowl away before the party gets too rowdy. It's in the job description, right next to...
KARMAZIN'S LONG-TIME CRONY CROWDING CBS CFO REYNOLDS
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Here comes Farid. He may rank just 13th in the hierarchy at CBS, but Farid Suleman is on the fast track. Suleman has been close to CBS chief Mel...
WHEN BIG BELLIES ARE BEAUTIFUL
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: When hip Manhattan publicist Elizabeth Harrison became pregnant earlier this year, she made a resolution not to wear maternity clothes. "My whole philosophy was that I would wear fitted...
UPTOWN/DOWNTOWN: WHERE'S WEAR IN NY
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: On a recent shopping trip to Catherine, a colorful new boutique in SoHo, Lisa Mayer enthusiastically scanned the racks of colorful capri pants, soft leather skirts and knit tops...
WHAT 'RYAN' TEACHES: AMERICA SHOULD BE ABOUT SACRIFICE, VALUES, FAMILY
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Year's end brought a host of "best of" citations for Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan," but also a surprising backlash from some critics. A number of prominent film writers...
RACINE WITH A '40S TWIST
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amTheater Review ABSTRACT: "A little less respect and a more filial attitude" is what the young Emperor Nero's mother, Agrippina, wants from him. She has murdered his stepfather, the Emperor...
NOW FOR SOMETHING ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amDANCE REVIEW ABSTRACT: You've doubtless wanted to fly. Who hasn't? Surely in most of us there is that little bit of Icarus itching to get out. But Lisa Giobbi has...
WB NETWORK TAKES 'FRIENDS' DOWNTOWN FOR TIS NEW KIDS-IN-A-COFFEE-SHOP SERIES. MEET THE... NEW VILLAGE PEOPLE
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: If the new WB sitcom "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" takes off, network programmers everywhere are sure to get hit with a bad case of the why-didn't-we-think-of-this-sooner blues. That's...
SHARI'S HEART-BREAKING GOODBYE: INSIDE STORY OF HER TEARFUL LAST TAPING
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Shari Lewis made her exit on her own terms, ending her last TV show by singing a song called, "Hello, Goodbye." Her emotional swan song - taped one day...
OSCARS TELECAST MOVED TO SUNDAY; WALTERS' SPECIAL BUMPED TO 7 P.M.
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: PASADENA - Oscar night will be on a Sunday this year instead of a Monday, and Barbara Walters usual pre-Academy Awards show has been bumped back an hour to...
JET SET: WE CAN BUST THE BRONCOS! FOLLOWERS PLANNING VICTORY MARCH TO DENVER
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Bring on the Broncos!! jet fans were soaring in the stratosphere yesterday after the Green Machine rolled over the Jacksonville Jaguars, 34-24, and said, they're ready for the next...
VICTORY 'BETTER THAN SEX' FOR FAITHFUL FANS
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Jet fans painted the town green yesterday after the Meadowlands Maulers jumped all over the Jacksonville Jaguars to move ahead to the AFC Championship game. "J-E-T-S!" Jets! Jets! Jets,...
8-YEAR-OLD SLAIN BY JURISIMPRUDENCE
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Little wonder John Gotti Jr., Bill Clinton - or myself - have any faith in the justice system. I was speaking to Lt. Matthew Cuminotto Jr. of the Bridgeport...
CONN. COPS HUNT KILLER OF BOY WITNESS & MOM: KID WAS KEY TO SLAY CASE
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Police in Connecticut were searching today for the coldblooded executioner who shot to death an 8-year-old witness in a murder case and the boy's mother. The bodies of Leroy...
HERO COPS SAVE MOM & SIX KIDS FROM FIRE: RACE TO AID OF TRAPPED BX. FAMILY
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Two heroic cops battled thick smoke and raging flames yesterday to rescue a mother and six children trapped inside their burning Bronx home. "Thank God we got there in...
2 DEAD, 10 HURT IN 'DOLLAR VAN' CRASH
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Two people died and 10 were injured when one of the "dollar vans" that zip along Brooklyn streets smacked into a car on Flatbush Avenue yesterday, police said. Police...
SENATORS URGE PREZ TO DELAY STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Some lawmakers, including Democrat Dianne Feinstein, said interrupting the impeachment trial to hear a presidential message would be awkward. Several key senators, including California Democrat Dianne Feinstein, yesterday called...
MAG'S NOTES SOUGHT IN SKI-SLOPE JET HORROR
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Jann Wenner's Rolling Stone magazine has found itself involved in one of the nastiest military court cases ever. The one-time counterculture magazine has received a subpoena from the prosecutor...
SCHUMER PLEDGES TO END 'HATEFUL DEVISIONS'
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Sen. Charles Schumer vowed yesterday to unify New Yorkers and predicted that the state's "best days are yet to come," as he re-enacted his swearing-in for his New York...
TOM & JERRY SNAG PEOPLE'S CHOCE HONORS
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The people - and New York film critics - made theri choces for the best of 1998 at two award shows last night. At the People's Choice Awards in...
LOCAL TV PRODUCER SLAIN IN AFRICA
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: A Brooklyn TV producer covering the civil war in the African country of Sierra Leone was killed yesterday when his car wsa hit by gunfire. Another Associated Press journalist...
ROD AIMS TO REUNITE WITH HIS DEAR HUNTER
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: A tearful Rod Stewart says he's heartsick over the bust-up of his marriage and is praying his estranged wife will come home. And the veteran British rocker insists it's...
ARAB LEADERS URGE IRAQIS TO BAG THE BUTCHER OF BAGHDAD
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Saudi Arabia yesterday called for Iraqi citizens to overthrow strongman Saddam Hussein for killing and torturing thousands of his own people. The Saudi government made the statement through its...
LOWEY MAY RUN FOR PAT'S SEAT IF HILLARY KEEPS OUT
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: WASHINGTON - Rep. Nita Lowey says she's interested in Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan's soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat, and will decide in "the next few weeks" whether to run. But Lowey,...
MIGHT AS WELL CALL HIM SEN. RUDY, BRUNO SAYS
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amThe state's second-most-powerful Republican predicted yesterday that Mayor Giuliani - whom he once called "Judas Giuliani" - would run for the U.S. Senate next year and win. What's more, Senate...
TYSON FIGHTING FOR TAXMAN IN LATEST COMEBACK: EX-CHAMP SET TO EARN $23 MILLION
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Infamous, ear-biting slugger Mike Tyson will make his second comeback in less than four years next Saturday - so he can pay off the taxman. The boxer, who is...
LAYOFF LIKELY TO SOFTEN UP IRON MIKE, EXPERTS SAY
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Iron Mike Tyson faces hige physical, and mental challenges in his quest to be boxing's top man once again, experts say. "I don't know if it's possible for him...
STORMS PREVENT BALLOON LAUNCH
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amA daredevil round-the-world balloon team will try for liftoff again tomorrow after being forced to postpone the launch because of severe thunderstorms. An American millionaire and an Australian ballooning champ...
PREZ AWAITS ADVICE ON RELEASING SPY POLLARD TO ISRAEL
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: WASHINGTON - President Clinton today will receive recommendations from his top national security agencies on whether to let convicted spy Jonathan Pollard out of prison. Last year, Clinton set...
DC 37 RANK-&-FILERS HAIL REFORMER PROFILED ON TV
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The dissident labor leader who rocked DC 37 by exposing "a cesspool of corruption" was hailed as a hero last night as the rank-and-filers he represents watched a TV...
URGENT: BLOOD DONORS NEEDED
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The amount of blood in New York and New Jersey inventories is so low that officials have been forced to cut distribution to hospitals, officials said last night. Anyone...
GUN DEALER TARGETS ANTIQUE MARKET: RARE WEAPONS ARE A PART OF HISTORY
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amGILLETTE, N.J. - Rare, early automatic weapons changed the course of modern warfare. But until now, they have been virtually impossible and downright illegal to own. Thousands of historically significant...
HERE'S ONE FOR THE BOOKS
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: We interrupt the impeachment of the president for some really important political news: Sal Albanese is writing his memoirs!! OK, So maybe "memoirs" is a slightly overblown term for...
COLLECTORS GET A CRACK AT MCGWIRE AND SOSA HOMER BALLS
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Pay Ball! That's the rousing battle cry for tomorrow's auction at Madison Square Garden, where the record-shattering baseballs hit by Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa will be sold to...
HIMMLER'S COPY OF HITLER'S BOOK TO BE DISPLAYED HERE
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: New Yorkers will get a rare look into the mind of the monster who made the Holocaust a reality, with the unveiling this month of heinrich himmler's annotated copy...
PRIVATE EYE FOR COP IN LOUIMA CASE HAS PAST BRIBE RAP
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: A top private eye working for one of the cops charged in the Abner louima torture case once pleaaded guilty to bribing an udercover cop to help a mobbed-up...
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS; PATAKI NAPS
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Here's a puzzlement: If George Pataki intended to take early retirement, why did he run for re-election? Sure, he's entitled. Ten years in Albany is nine years too long...
JOE D'S NEXT HIT MAY BE IN MOVIE THEATERS: SHOT SCENE A YEAR AGO FOR INDIE FILM
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: One of Joe DiMaggio's most amazing performances on a baseball field has yet to be seen. Just over a year ago, the Hall of Fame Yankee center fielder filmed...
VOLS SHOW HUSKIES THEY'RE STILL THE ONE
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: TENNESSEE 92 UCONN 81 Tamika Catchings launched the 3-pointer from the left-wing, just off the top of the key, and it silenced the sold-out crowd of 10,027 at the...
GRANT'S BAD WRIST PAINS RED STORM
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The value of some players can't be measured in statistics, even if those numbers are impressive. Tyrone Grant is the leading rebounder (9.2 per game) for St. John's, and...
ISLES' MILSTEIN BUYS REDSKINS
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: WASHINGTON - Once again, the Islanders' ownership situation officially has been thrown into uncertainty. After leading a group that has agreed to purchase the Redskins for $700-plus million, Islanders...
FILE THIS ONE UNDER 'EASY' - RANGERS HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH TAMPA
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: RANGERS 5 LIGHTNING 2 So the Rangers went out and did their job in workmanlike fashion at the Garden yesterday afternoon, taking out a tomato can of an opponent...
ANGRY SALO AWAITS RESCUE FROM ISLES' SINKING SHIP
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: WASHINGTON - The Felix Potvin sweepstakes has quickly turned into the Tommy Salo sweepstakes. Salo, although on the verge of being dealt by the Islanders following the acquisition Saturday...
THE CHASE FOR JAYSON BEGINS - NETS READY TO PAY TO RETAIN ALL-STAR
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: For six months, team executives throughout the NBA had a lot of time on their hands. Nets president Michael Rowe killed numerous hours playing a pro basketball video game....
KINICKS MAKE POINT: THEY WANT WARD BACK
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The Knicks' unofficial training camp begins today, about one week before the start of the real deal on Long Island, but already three months late. Even though Jeff Van...
BRONCO HONCHO HAD JETS HUNCH - HE DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY NY
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Inside the headquarters on 13655 Broncos Parkway, located on the Sunday-quiet, sprawling plains ouside Denver, Mike Shanahan tried to concentrate on his day-after press conference. He...
DOME SWEET DOME FOR VIKES-FALCS
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: It is the unrelenting nature of the playoffs that immediately after one game has expired, even before the blood and sweat have been showered off, there are questions and...
FOX, CBS MISSING POINT IN PLAYOFFS
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: RUNAWAY train. Football, TV's least-understood sport, not coincidentally remains TV's worst-produced sport. And getting worse. On Fox Saturday, the Niners down 10, had a second-and-five early in the fourth...
SENATORS STREAK INTO MEADOWLANDS
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The Devils already know how tough the Ottawa Senators can be. Now the rest of the league is quickly finding out. The Senators, who bounced the Devils in the...
VIKES' KICKER SETS RECORD
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: MINNEAPOLIS - Mr. Perfect, Vikings kicker Gary Anderson, set an NFL record with his second field goal of the game, a 20-yarder in the third quarter that gave Minnesota...
VIKINGS: STILL TWO TO GO
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: MINNEAPOLIS - There was little celebration in the Vikings dressing room yesterday after theuir 42-21 victory over the Cardinals sent them into Sunday's NFC Championship game here against the...
VIKINGS' VICTORY WAS IN THE CARDS
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: MINNEAPOLIS - Perhaps the Falcons will offer a better barometer of just how great these Vikings are. The Dirty Birds with their courageous coach and confident attitude will hopefully...
THE SNAKE CAN'T BITE MINNESOTA
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: NFC NOTES MINNEAPOLIS - Jake "The Snake" Plummer ran out of miracles yesterday at the Metrodome. The elusive quarterback, who had been the darling of the Cardinals playoff run,...
VIKINGS SHOW 'ZONA IT'S NOT IN THE CARDS
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: MINNEAPOLIS - Perhaps the Atlanta Falcons will offer a better barometer of just how great these Minnesota Vikings are. The Dirty Birds with their courageous coach and confident attitude...
VIKINGS' VICTORY WAS IN THE CARDS - 'ZONA NO CHALLENGE
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: VIKINGS 41 CARDINALS 21 MINNEAPOLIS - Perhaps the Falcons will offer a better barometer of just how great these Vikings are. The Dirty Birds with their courageous coach and...
OTIS' DAY :LIKE ELEVATOR RIDE
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Otis Smith is pretty good at making plays, which is a good trait for a cornerback to have. Unfortunately for the jets, they aren't always good ones. Smith certainly...
RECORD CROWD ROCKS STADIUM
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The day began with the bulk of the record 78,817 fams packed into Giants Stadium 40 minutes before the game, creating a buzz that's never been felt for a...
VINNY:GOTTA HAVE HEART
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: It seems apparent now that in a former life, Vinny Testaverde was Joe hardy from "Damn Yankees" and that the guy from Elmont sold his soul to the devil...
JETS DODGE HENDERSON'S BULLET
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: It didn't wind up costing them the game, but the Jets know that plays like the one at the end of the first half during yesterday's 34-24 playoff win...
KEY PAINTS MASTERPIECE:DOES IT ALL AS JETS JETTISON JAGS
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: The rule of thumb, even for 3-13 teams whose receivers have lots of thumbs, is that with the first overall pick, you pass on the pass catcher. Not only...
MARTIN'S THE MAN: CURTIS HELPS JETS CONTROL BALL, JAGS
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Last March, it would have been tough to determine which was crazier - Curtis Martin's commitment to the Jets, or the Jets' commitment to Curtis Martin. After all, Martin...
GANG GREEN NOT AWED BY BRONCS
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Most of the Jets watched on television as the Broncos dismantled the Dolphins 38-3 in Saturday's playoff game. And despite the fact they've been listed as eight-point underdogs for...
GREEN DREAM NOW BRONCS-BOUND: JETS BAG JAGS, HEAD TO DENVER FOR TITLE GAME
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Sixty minutes. After 30 years of failure, futility and frustration following the franchise's landmark Super Bowl III upset win, 60 minutes of football is all that stands in the...
CARDOZO COPS LATE-LATE SHOW
January 11, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: CARDOZO 97 LINCOLN 88 A high-school basketball game ending at 11:20 on a Sunday night? A rapper-wannabe shouting shtik-filled play-by-play over a staticky loudspeaker? A"holiday" tournament happening on Jan....