February 4, 1999
GOLDBERG MAY MAKE PLAY FOR CAESAR'S
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amARTHUR Goldberg just doesn't give up. The head of the new Park Place Entertainment - the thorn in Hilton Hotels' side until it was spun off a few weeks back...
FED STANDS PAT, AND MARKETS LIKE IT
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amMarkets soared yesterday after the Federal Reserve deemed the U.S. economy stable enough to leave interest rates unchanged. Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and the other members of the policy-making committee...
TIME SET FOR 'NET BET - JOINT VENTURE COULD INCLUDE CO.'S E-BIZ
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amTime Warner's getting ready to ride that Internet tidal wave. The world's largest media company is in talks with a variety of Internet companies, exploring deals that would involve trading...
MCI GETS INTO LOCAL PHONE BIZ
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amNew Yorkers just got a step closer to seeing real competition for their local phone business. MCI WorldCom announced yesterday that it will immediately offer service to New York residents,...
NERD TEAM NAILED M'SOFT TRIAL GOOF
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Two twentysomething computer geeks managed to accomplish this week something nobody in the high tech industry has been able to manage: They threatened to rock mighty Microsoft and...
SUPERAGENT OVITZ IS DISSED BY DANES
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amTalent impresario Michael Ovitz has suffered a blow with teen idol Claire Danes turning her back on him in the talent agency wars. She's the latest big star to choose...
SKY-HIGH $ FETCHED BY GLENN TITLE
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amSpace hero John Glenn splashed down to a big pay day - estimated to be at least in the high six figures - from Bantam Books for his autobiography. While...
PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL CHILD DEATHS
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amTHE headlines last summer still send shivers up my spine. In suburban Salt Lake City, five little girls died in the trunk of the car in the driveway, where they...
LOOKING TO THE PAST FOR THE FUTURE
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amIt was only late in the war - during the critical manpower shortages brought on by the Battle of the Bulge - that black army men were allowed to volunteer...
HE'S THE HOST OF B'WAY
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amAngus McIndoe, manager and maitre d' of Restaurant Row mainstay Joe Allen, is a "great mixologist" who "tosses a salad of interesting characters. He's the best party-giver in town." Jacques...
HAIL COCTEAU REP'S 'CAESAR'
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amGEORGE Bernard Shaw's 1898 play "Caesar and Cleopatra" is one of the most provocative and enchanting of all his works. The tragicomic encounter of the wise, old Roman conqueror and...
'CHARLIE BROWN' & THE GREAT NONWHITE WAY
February 4, 1999 | 5:00am"I think I'm more like Linus than most white people. I really fit the part." - B.D. Wong NINE years ago B.D. Wong led the fight against the casting of...
LEGAL EAGLES PROVIDE SOLID BENCH STRENGTH
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amTHE syndication business is buzzing about court shows. "Judge Judy," "Judge Joe Brown," "Judge Mills Lane" and "The People's Court" will all be back next fall, and two more are...
'FILES' ENDS CONFUSION WITH 4-STAR X-ELLENCE - MULDER'S ON TOP OF OLD 'SMOKEY'
February 4, 1999 | 5:00am"The X-Files" Sunday at 9 on WNYW/Ch.5 THE truth, which has been dribbled out there since "The X-Files" made paranoia hip, comes together in a two-parter that manages to ratchet...
MORE WOMEN, MINORITIES REPORTING THE NEWS: STUDY
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amMORE women and minority reporters are on TV today than ever before, according to a media watchdog at Southern Illinois University. Women comprised about 33 percent of last year's crop...
GRAHAM GOES GALA - TROUPE LOOKS TO FUTURE WITH VISION 2000
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amMARTHA Graham still lives. At last. At least, hopefully. That is the news from her company's gala opening performance on Tuesday night at the Joyce Theater. And this needs be...
QUIET! MEN WORKING
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amAs a concert, Tuesday's Dave Matthews show was a rare opportunity for the devoted to hear their hero talk about himself and his life. IN the hollow-yet-booming af fected voice...
IT'S BEEN 40 YEARS COMING AND NOW... BARBIE'S NEW, IMPROVED & TATTOOED
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT; Barbie is hitting 40 - and she's having an identity crisis. The doll with the bodacious bod is unable to decide if she's a modern, cell-phone-toting, glass-ceiling-smashing corporate type...
CELEBRATING A SPECIAL MONTH OF HISTORY AND CULTURE
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amTo emphasize genuineness the phrase "the real McCoy," is often used, very few knowing its origin. Elijah McCoy invented the automatic lubricator used on locomotive engines which was considered genuine...
CITY PAID HOTEL BILLS OF DEAD AIDS PATIENTS
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amThe city's social-services agency spent nearly $80,000 on hotel rooms for dead AIDS patients - sometimes for more than three months after they died, a new audit charges. The Human...
JAGGER GAL PAL CAN'T GET NO SATISFACTION FROM BABY TALK
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amThe Brazilian bombshell said to be carrying Mick Jagger's baby says her life is "simply hell" since the rumors surfaced two months ago. "Some days I open up the papers...
HILLARY HAS 9-POINT LEAD ON HIZZONER IN NEW POLL
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amALBANY - A new poll shows Hillary Rodham Clinton could beat Mayor Giuliani in a race for U.S. Senate - and a top state Democrat says there's a "50-50" chance...
'FRIENDLY FIRE' COP AWARDED $1.5 M
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amThe city must pay an ex-cop who was shot in a "friendly fire" incident $1.5 million, a jury decided yesterday. "It's a very big relief," said the former cop, Mark...
LANDMARK ANTI-GUN SUIT GOES TO B'KLYN JURY TODAY
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amA lead lawyer in the landmark suit against the gun industry yesterday accused gun-makers of dumping pistols on the black market like "toxic waste," poisoning New Yorkers' lives. Another attorney...
'HEIR JORDAN' LINES UP TALKS WITH ISRAELI BIGS
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli leaders will meet Jordan's Crown Prince Abdullah for the first time since the political novice was named by King Hussein as his successor, officials in Jerusalem said...
DOORMAN HIT WITH ONE HAIL OF A LAWSUIT
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amA good Samaritan is suing a Park Avenue doorman for $1 million, charging he went above and beyond the call of duty - socking him in the face in a...
BUTTERFLY BARBIE IS JUST TATTOO TOO MUCH!
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amBarbie is hitting 40 - and she's having an identity crisis. The doll with the bodacious bod is unable to decide if she's a modern, cell-phone-toting, glass-ceiling-smashing corporate type or...
PARENTS FUME AS TOXIC SCHOOL REOPENS
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amA Bronx junior high school reopened yesterday, even though officials didn't find what caused teachers and students to get sick - prompting some angry parents to keep their kids home....
BILL MAY BE FEELING HIS GLOATS
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amCALL it the Gloat Factor. What Democrats and Republicans are fighting over in the Sexgate endgame boils down to this: Will President Clinton get to bang his bongo drums in...
TIMES SQUARE RECRUITING STATION SURRENDERS
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amAfter nearly 50 years in the Crossroads of the World, the squat, Cold War-style Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine recruiting station was torn down yesterday to make room for...
DISTRAUGHT MOM KILLS GIRL, 5, THEN STABS SELF: COPS
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amA Queens mom who feared losing custody of her kids plunged a knife into her 5-year-old daughter's heart before stabbing herself twice in the stomach yesterday, police said. "Look what...
NEW DEVICE KEEPS CABBIES PLAYING FARE
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amAll cabs will be equipped with anti-fraud meter software to stop rogue taxi drivers from overcharging customers and speeding, the Taxi and Limousine Commission said yesterday. The TLC said new...
U.N. ORDERS LAST 2 AMERICANS IN IRAQ TO EVACUATE
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amTwo remaining Americans were ordered to leave Iraq by their United Nations boss yesterday because Baghdad says it cannot guarantee the safety of U.S. or British nationals working for the...
CREW SUBMITS $1.1B 'WISH LIST'
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amSchools Chancellor Rudy Crew yesterday asked for an additional $1.1 billion to maintain a new pre-kindergarten program, cut some classes to 20 kids and boost reading, arts and summer-camp programs....
4,000 GIS EYED FOR KOSOVO DUTY
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amA contingent of up to 4,000 U.S. troops may be sent to Kosovo for three to five years as part of a NATO peacekeeping force, the Clinton administration said yesterday....
TOM RELIEVES TIM ON METS-CASTS - MCCARVER FIRED AFTER 16 YEARS IN TEAM'S BOOTH
February 4, 1999 | 5:00am"The word tradition was mentioned. I think that is why Tom is the guy coming back." TIM McCARVER The Mets booted outspoken Tim McCarver from the broadcasting booth yesterday -...
BEVONA THE BUM STILL $HAFTING UNION MEMBERS
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amMy blood boils when I read about Alice Huffman, a lobbyist for the California Teachers Association, who got more than $220,000 to go away from the union. WHEN I hear...
GOP WANTS 'LIVE' WITNESSES - AND CLINTON; GOP DARES PRESIDENT TO TESTIFY
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amGOPers claimed they have the power to drag Clinton to the Capitol if he says no. WASHINGTON - House prosecutors yesterday said they'll ask a skeptical Senate for live testimony,...
HARLEM DOUGHBOY, 112, WILL GET 'MERCI' MEDAL
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amHe served his country and fought to keep the world free for democracy and now - 80 years later - France is bestowing its highest honor on a hero centenarian...
POISON VALENTINE FOR GREAT BASEBALL ANALYST; CLUES SAY POISON VALENTINE FELLED MCCARVER
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amBEFORE feeling sorry for Tim McCarver, first consider his address improved when the Mets fired him. McCarver no longer lives under Bobby Valentine's skin. McCarver's second-guessing of Valentine, which was...
MAYOR SENDS FINANCE BOARD PACKING
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amGiuliani's raging battle with the Campaign Finance Board has spread to the city budget, where he quietly planted a timebomb to force the tiny agency to move from Manhattan to...
FACT IS, DEMS OPPOSE THIS MISSION
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Senate Democrats rallied together yesterday, setting back a GOP "findings of fact" plan to punish President Clinton in the impeachment trial without ousting him from office. The Democrats...
CITY TO ADD A SECOND 911 CENTER
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amInstead of keeping one on reserve, Safir said the two centers will share the workload. The city will build a second emergency phone center in the wake of this week's...
'SECRET' WEBCAST MAY 'NET A MILLION VIEWERS
February 4, 1999 | 5:00am'They're beautiful ladies wearing barely nothing, and they make every man's dream come true." EDWARD McMAHON Computers around the world were plugged in to cyberspace last night when Internet surfers...
JAILERS PULL PLUG ON KIMES' TV WARDROBE
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amAccused killer-grifter Kenneth Kimes was ready for his close-up yesterday - but fashion-conscious jail officials yelled "cut" before the cameras rolled on what would have been his TV debut. Kimes...
OL' DIRTY BASTARD BEATS THE RAP
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amA grand jury yesterday cleared rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard of charges he tried to kill cops who stopped his car last month. ''He's maintained his innocence from the inception and...
DON'T MAKE MY SLAIN GAY SON A MARTYR: MOM
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amThe mother of the gay college student beaten to death in Wyoming last October doesn't want her son's death used by gay activists to further a political agenda. "It's a...
REPUBLICANS DARE PREZ TO TESTIFY; REPUBLICANS DARE CLINTON TO TESTIFY
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - House prosecutors yesterday said they'll ask a skeptical Senate for live testimony, and Republican senators dared President Clinton to testify at his impeachment trial. With the blessing of...
EX-PARKING BIG STOLE METER $$
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amThe city's former chief parking-meter man pleaded guilty to stealing $1,200 worth of quarters from the Department of Transportation's collection facility in Queens. That's 4,800 quarters Kenneth Ginter smuggled out...
CLINTONS RIP PEOPLE FOR COVER STORY ON CHELSEA
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amPresident Clinton and the First Lady last night blasted People magazine for today's cover story on the relationship between Hillary and Chelsea - an article that discusses the First Daughter's...
BILL BASHES ARAFAT BOYCOTT
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The White House yesterday defended President Clinton's decision to attend a national prayer breakfast featuring Yasser Arafat and accused those boycotting it of playing "politics." "It's a morning...
RUDY RIPS PATAKI OVER HOLOCAUST MUSEUM $$
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amThe bad blood between Gov. Pataki and Mayor Giuliani boiled over yesterday after Giuliani accused Pataki of reneging on a promise to kick in $11 million to expand the Holocaust...
BULLISH ON BIRD - LARRY'S PACERS, NOT KNICKS, HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO FILL MJ'S SHOES
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amDETERMINING the winner of the NBA's lockout-laconic, parity-purified 1999 season, I submit, will merely be a atter of conditioning, chemistry, competence, coaching and chance ... as in which team is...
OSCAR FLIPS SOME JABS AT CRITICS
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amOscar De La Hoya has been criticized for ducking the toughest opponents as WBC welterweight champion and even though he is getting set to take on one of the best...
NO MORE TIME TO STEW
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amDETROIT - Having three days off since the 9-2 Corel Centre slaying in Ottawa allowed Islanders coach Bill Stewart to keep simmering about their Saturday night no-show. The Isles finally...
DEAN MIGHT GET CLEARANCE AFTER MORE TESTS TODAY
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amGREENSBORO - Finally a regular, and something utterly irregular occurs. Kevin Dean's career has another obstacle, one that is more scary than competing for a spot on the Devils' defense....
VAN GUNDY'S PLEA TO EWING: GET ON BOARD! - JEFF SAYS PATRICK MUST SHIFT EMPHASIS
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amThe 15-foot turnaround jumper always will be Patrick Ewing's bread and butter, but Jeff Van Gundy made it crystal clear yesterday that it's going to be hard labor on the...
LAID-BACK KNICKS POISED TO POUNCE
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES The Knicks completed the training-camp portion of their preseason yesterday, accomplishing exactly what they set out to do. Under orders from Jeff Van Gundy, they were not boastful....
METS, FONZ WON'T BLINK
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amWhen it comes to posturing, nothing compares to a general manager or an agent heading into arbitration. Each side wants to make a deal, but each side also wants the...
KITTLES FEELS HE'S ON RIGHT TRACK
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amNET NOTES In one corner of the Nets' facility as practice wore down yesterday, Kendall Gill rode a stationary bike with his sprained ankle. In another, Rony Seikaly shot by...
VAULTING TOWARD AUSSIE GAMES
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amOver a decade ago, when the pole vault began to gain support in women's track circles and coaches were scouring China for perspective female vaulters, the event was met with...
BURRELL TALKIN' A BUNCH OF BULL
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amScott Burrell says he will bring defense, toughness and some spot-up shooting to the Nets. John Calipari wants more. He wants tales of what it's like to be with Mike....
GIANTS TRYING TO GO DEEPER UNDER CAP
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amThe Giants recently trimmed $4 million off their 1999 salary cap, and that saving will make it possible for the team to be active once the NFL free agency signing...
IT'S ANOTHER STORMY FINISH FOR ST. JOHN'S
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amMiami 73 St. John's 70 Motivation wasn't supposed to be a problem last night for St. John's. Desire has rarely been a problem this season. And athleticism has never been...
ONE NIGHT ONLY: MESSIER!
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amCANUCKS at RANGERS Tonight 7:30 - MSG WFAN (660 AM) In Mark Messier's emotional return to the Garden last year, the Canuck was greeted with a thunderous ovation, as well...
DEAN EYES DOCS' OK AFTER TODAY'S TESTS
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amGREENSBORO - Finally a regular, and something utterly irregular occurs. Kevin Dean's career has another obstacle, one that is more scary than competing for a spot on the Devils' defense....
BRODEUR REFUSES TO LET DEVILS LOSE
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amDevils 4 Hurricanes 1 GREENSBORO - In victories like this, he isn't just the franchise goalie. Last night, Martin Brodeur was again the Devils' franchise player, and luckily for them,...
RED STORM, ARTEST AT BREAKING POINT
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amMiami 73 St. John's 70 Suddenly St. John's is a team on the brink. What has been a glorious first season for coach Mike Jarvis is in danger of going...
ISLANDER COACH STEWING
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amRed Wings 5 Islanders 1 DETROIT - With three days off to digest their 9-2 Saturday-night slaughter in Ottawa, the Islanders didn't totally embarrass themselves last night against the two-time...
THEIR TIME HAS COME: CAL'S CREW SERIOUS CONTENDERS
February 4, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: In their NBA history, the New Jersey Nets have won one play-off series. One. As in almost, but not quite, two. It was back in 1984. Only one team...