February 17, 1999
DELL EARNINGS UP 49%; MAY NOT BE ENOUGH
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amMichael Dell's Dell Computer reported profits in line with analysts' much-reduced expectations, suggesting that the personal computer company's long reign of strong growth may be coming to an end. The...
GOLDEN BOOKS' RESCUE PLAN IN THE WORKS
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amGolden Books is near a pact with bondholders that would fork over control of the publisher's stock to creditors. Dick Snyder is close to an agreement that would keep his...
BBC, ON STATESIDE SEARCH, SCOUTS MEIGHER MAGS
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amTHE British Broadcasting Corporation is on the prowl for TV and magazine deals in the United States and has Meigher Communications in its sights, industry sources say. The BBC reorganized...
HARPERCOLLINS TO ACQUIRE ECCO PRESS
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amHarperCollins is acquiring prestigious literary publisher Ecco Press - co-founded by award-winning poet Daniel Halpern. Halpern will continue to run the Ecco imprint and also serve as executive editor of...
STYLE WITHOUT SUBSTANCE - IVANA VS. DONALD IN MATCH OF EGOS
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amBelieve it or not, someone has outdone The Donald in a vanity project. And that someone is his ex-wife Ivana. Next to Ivana's Living In Style, Donald Trump's Trump Style...
IT'S A BLASS FROM THE PAST; DESIGNER TO RETIRE NEXT YEAR
February 17, 1999 | 5:00am"... He is truly the eminence grise of style - not just fashion, but style." ANDRE LEON TALLEY, editor-at-large, Vogue Magazine He's dressed Anna Wintour, Nancy Reagan, Brooke Astor, Katharine...
CHECKOUT CHAMPS -INVESTORS BUY ENQUIRER, STAR FOR $767M
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amA team of deep-pocketed investors is buying the publisher of The Star and The National Enquirer with ambitious expansion plans. Roger Altman, husband of Lynda "Wonder Woman" Carter and a...
WILSON FIRES OFF A POLITE 'BLAST'; A CIVIL REACTION
February 17, 1999 | 5:00am'EVERYTHING is dark and edgy now. I think we're up to our necks in dark and edgy," says Hugh Wilson, co-writer and director of the sunny and soft "Blast from...
BEAUTIES AND THE BISTRO
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amRestaurant Reviews La Goulue OVER dinner one night, a French friend who lives on Madison Avenue complained about the quality of food served in New York under his country's name....
TV TICKER
February 17, 1999 | 5:00am'Guy' talk Fox has bumped "That 70's Show" from its spring lineup to make room for its new animated series, "The Family Guy," which debuts April 11 (8:30-9:00 p.m. on...
UNHURRIED GLIMPSE OF KYRGYZSTAN
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amFILMGOERS with a pronounced taste for the exotic may find that ''Beshkempir - The Adopted Son,'' the first feature film to come from the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan, is...
SEE-WORTHY 'CAPTAINS'
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amTheater Review 'THEY don't make 'em like they used to" goes the lament. They don't make movies like the old Spencer Tracy-Freddie Bartholomew tearjerker "Captains Courageous," in which a tender-hearted...
RED GARLIC LEAVES PATRONS IN CLOVER
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amRestaurant Reviews MISS Manners would most likely advise steering clear of garlic when a social evening lies ahead. Even so, Red Garlic is an obvious hit with the theatergoing set....
XENA LIKES BEING A LESBIAN ICON
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amLUCY Lawless, the sexy star of "Xena: Warrior Princess" says she's proud to be a lesbian icon - even though she is straight, married and has a young daughter. "I...
H'WOOD MATCH GAME - FOES GORE, BRADLEY PITRICH TITAN VS. RICH TITAN
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amDREAMWORKS and Disney slugged it out in cineplexes last fall with two animated insect movies that were far more alike than different.While the fate of the republic didn't hang on...
'SNL' BUDGET AXE; FORCED CUTS FOR COMEDY SERIES
February 17, 1999 | 5:00am"SATURDAY Night Live" has been forced to axe a planned, original show later this season because of NBC budget cuts. The show, now in its 24th season, will drop the...
KING TAKES BAD TRIPP
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: It was worse than amateur hour for a man who prides himself on not prepping... for the man with the world's cushiest $5m job. It's time for Larry King...
TOM SNYDER LIGHTENS UP AS HE WINDS DOWN WITH UPTIGHT CABLE GUY KILBORN
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Every time Craig Kilborn thinks he's cracked a funny he smirks knowingly at the camera. What do Larry King, Bryant Gumbel and Comedy Central have in common? They were...
TOM SHALES GETS THUMBS UP TO MIND SISKEL'S SEAT: NOW IT'T TWO FAT GUYS WITH GLASSES...
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: TV's newest team of thumbs-up, thumbs-down TV film critics is... Shales and Ebert? Tom Shales, the Pulitzer Prize-winning TV critic for the Washington Post, is going to be sitting...
OLD-FASHIONED GLAMOUR BEATS TRY-HARD TRENDIES: OSCAR DE LA RENTA GIVES A STUNNING SPECTACLE
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Oscar de la Renta has successfully done what family therpaists have tried for decades to do: He has bridged the generation gap. In style. Mush like his colleague Carolina...
GINGER MAY BE CURE FOR WHAT AILS YOU
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Nina Simonds was all set to order Chinese takeout from her local spot when the phone rang. We were calling to talk about ginger. As it happened, the Asian...
'WHAT' DOES THIS MEAN FOR BILL? 'WHAT' DOES SEN. HILLARY MEAN FOR BILL?
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amTHAT amazing tome, the dictionary according to Bill Clinton, has been dramatically updated by the influence of his wife, the good Hillary. During the impeachment, we were captivated by Bill...
BELFAST OKS PLAN FOR NEW GOVERNMENT
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amNorthern Ireland took a giant step toward peace yesterday as rival parties approved the blueprint for a new Protestant-Catholic government. Legislators in the Belfast Assembly - established as part of...
LATEST SLAY ADDS TO ELDERLY CRIME WAVE
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amThe elderly New Jersey man accused of bludgeoning his wife to death and stuffing her in a freezer is a spring chicken compared to some other senior slay suspects. In...
U.S. TELLS SERBS: SIGN KOSOVO PACT OR ELSE
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amThe United States delivered its bluntest ultimatum of the Kosovo crisis yesterday, telling Serbia to accept a peace accord quickly or face NATO airstrikes. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright telephoned...
STONED TEMPLE PILOT FREE ON PLEA
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amStone Temple Pilot frontman Scott Weiland avoided jail yesterday, as he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drug possession and agreed to stay in rehab. The L.A. rocker, sporting a red-tinged Mohawk...
WHY WE LOVE/HATE HILLARY
February 17, 1999 | 5:00am'While right-wingers like me railat Hillary Clinton for what we take to be her bloodless pursuit of power at any cost and multifarious lies about Whitewater, most people look at...
FOR 9 OF 10 MIDDLE-AGERS, IT'S ONLY A 'MYTHLIFE' CRISIS
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amMidlife crisis? What midlife crisis? Nine out of 10 people surveyed in a new study say they've never experienced one. No buying a red sports car and running off with...
CLERGYMEN IN THEIR 70S FEND OFF A MUGGER
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amThree elderly clergymen fought off a "good gentleman" bandit who forced his way into their Brooklyn monastery. The bandit, twice pretending to be a stranded motorist, conned one of the...
ARAB BARBS MAKE IRAQ BACK DOWN
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amIraq backed off its threat to attack neighboring U.S. allies yesterday after it was condemned by the Arab League and warned of American retaliation. Iraqi officials touched off the controversy...
DRAG-DEATH HORROR WAS SICK PUBLICITY: DA
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amA bloodthirsty white supremacist dragged a black man to his death with a pickup truck as a twisted publicity stunt to promote a racial-hate group, a prosecutor charged yesterday. John...
COURT K0S BID BY WTC BOMB VICTIMS TO SEE SECURITY PLANS
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amALBANY - The Port Authority does not yet have to hand over reams of sensitive security plans to victims of the murderous 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the state's top...
PIZZA AS HEALTH FOOD? IT'S NOT PIE IN THE SKY
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amPizza, spaghetti sauce, even ketchup can lower your risk of cancer, a new report on the benefits of tomatoes shows. The report, summarizing 72 past studies, concluded that eating lots...
HILLARY DEFINITE MAYBE FOR SENATE
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton made it official yesterday, issuing a written statement that she's mulling a New York Senate race and will give "careful thought" to whether she'll run...
NEW YEAR'S PARTY MISSED ITS SPARK
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amIT WAS when Herbert Stupp, commissioner for the Department for the Aging, got up to speak that the residents of Chinatown finally realized they'd been had. It wasn't Stupp's fault....
PROTESTING KURDS TAKE 22 EMBASSIES BY STORM
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amFurious Kurdish protesters seized Greek missions across Europe and Canada yesterday - taking diplomats and their families hostage to protest the arrest of fugitive Kurd leader Abdullah Ocalan. And they...
RUDY: $30M IS A GOOD S.I. BALLPARK FIGURE
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday defended spending $30 million to build a minor-league ballpark in Staten Island, saying the project would spark an economic revival. "It is more than justified, based on...
POLICE: EX-BUTCHER, 75, KILLS WIFE, 70
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amA retired New Jersey butcher who bludgeoned his elderly wife to death and put her on ice left a ghoulish note for his two sons - "Mom's in the freezer,"...
TIME TO DROP AGENDAS AND PAY RESPECTS
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amTHE political event in front of the 120th Precinct rubbed firefighter Bob Rastafari the wrong way. As Mayor Giuliani was answering questions about plans for a minor-league baseball park on...
RAPE-MURDER SUSPECT MAY BE TIED TO MORE ATTACKS
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amCops investigating a suspected killer rapist who fled over the weekend are now re-examining old rape and murder cases in hopesof linking him to unsolved crimes. Ahron Kee is "an...
VAGRANT NABBED IN CHURCH FIRE
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amA 40-year-old homeless man was arrested yesterday, charged with setting fire to a Queens church and trying to cash in on collecting a reward for calling 911 to report it,...
GRAND JURY OPENS PROBE AS PROTESTERS HOLD VIGIL
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amA Bronx grand jury began hearing evidence yesterday against the four cops who gunned down Amadou Diallo, as protesters against police violence vowed a daily vigil outside the courthouse. "We...
'BRIEF' GRIEF OVER CALVIN'S KIDDIE AD
February 17, 1999 | 5:00am"I wanted to portray the idea of children with their own taste. Perhaps a bit more mature . . . rather than sexy." PHOTOGRAPHER MARIO TESTINO Controversial designer Calvin Klein...
HE WASN'T JUST SLAIN, HE WAS SLAUGHTERED
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amCONAKRY, Guinea. THERE were smiles yesterday at the Ignace Deen Hospital - even from Kadiatou Diallo. "It was only my third smile since my son died," she said. "The first...
S.I. COP-DEATH DRIVER WASN'T DRUNK, SAYS DA
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amA New Jersey man had no alcohol in his system when his sports utility vehicle plowed into two cop cars, killing Officer Matthew Dziergowski, the Staten Island district attorney conceded...
HEMP BREW ON BILL'S PLANE
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Some passengers on Air Force One have been "flying" with beer made from hemp, a cousin to marijuana. But the White House said there's no "hemp-gate" brewing because...
THE FIRST MOM-IN-LAW MOVES INTO WHITE HOUSE
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton has told a friendly reporter that his mother-in-law has moved into the White House. Reminiscing about a 1975 trip to Mexico with Hillary Rodham Clinton and...
KLEIN IS HAUNTED BY HIS REPUTATION
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amThe ads for Calvin Klein's new children's underwear are the latest in a series of eyebrow-raising campaigns by the designer. "If these same pictures appeared in a Sears catalog, probably...
DIALLO WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN - HE'LL BE 'SYMBOL' VS. COP BRUTALITY: MOM
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amCONAKRY, Guinea - Mourners intoned Muslim funeral prayers over the plain wooden casket of Amadou Diallo yesterday - as his mother vowed he would become a "symbol" in the fight...
JUDGE MIGHT PUNISH PREZ ON CONTEMPT CHARGE
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton is not out of the woods yet - as Sexgate Judge Susan Webber Wright yesterday said that "now is the time" to decide if Clinton should...
LITTLE BOY'S HEARTBREAKING VALENTINE: 'I LOVE YOU DAD'
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amBeloved Officer Matthew Dziergowski got the sweetest farewell yesterday as his adored son's homemade Valentine was laid inside the hero cop's casket. "I love you Dad. Love, Daniel," read the...
CHINA GYMNAST'S VAN ROBBED
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amParalyzed Chinese gymnast Sang Lan, who has seen much kindness from New Yorkers, yesterday witnessed a crime - her van driver was robbed, police said. At about 1:30 p.m. yesterday,...
3 NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECTED
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amVoters went to the polls in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island yesterday in three little-noticed but hard-fought special elections to fill vacant City Council seats. In Manhattan's District 3, which...
230G FOR O.J. TROPHY IN AUCTION TO PAY VICTIMS
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - O.J. Simpson's Heisman Trophy was sold for $230,000 to a phone bidder last night - scoring an auction-house touchdown for the families of O.J.'s slain ex-wife and...
THE POST HONORS: BLACK HISTORY MONTH
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Did you know: Hattie McDaniel (1898-1952), the first African-American to win an Academy Award was named Best Supporting Actress for her protrayal of Mammy in "Gone With the Wind."...
AVALANCHES TAKING TOLL
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amHEADING west for a winter vacation is becoming more and more prevalent since winter sports activities have grown among the baby boomer set, but as evidenced from the past few...
MCCARROLL NEEDS BEEF TO REACH HOOP DREAM
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amMark McCarroll, Christ the King's 6-foot-10 center, has regularly consumed opponents this season. But with a physique that's more comparable to Jimmie ''J.J.'' Walker's than Shaquille O'Neal's, the backboard-thin 200-pound...
SKIP AWAY RUNS OFF WITH 1998 HORSE OF YEAR
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amThe great gray Skip Away, nosed out for top honors in 1996-97, finally was named Horse of the Year in a landslide for his outstanding 1998 campaign when the Eclipse...
DEVILS LOOK FOR GIMME
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amAt least this horrendous six-game Devil homestand will end with a decent chance for a win. Tampa Bay closes out the stand tonight, and if the Devils can't get two...
LAST CALL FOR SMOLINSKI
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amCall it Bryan Smolinski's last chance to prove he deserves to stay an Islander. As the March 23 trading deadline comes into view, the Isles are giving heavy consideration todealing...
MAKE BOOK ON DOSAGE
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amLooking for the winner of this year's Kentucky Derby? You've found him - or her. Based on a complicated, controversial and time-tested system called the "dosage dual-qualifiers," the colt or...
JETER $5M, YANKEES 0 : LOCK UP DEREK LONG TERM NOW
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amThe Yankees would have nothing to lose by offering Jeter a 10-year, $125 million contract. T HE asking price floating through the baseball air weeks before Kevin Brown signed his...
GIANTS GO SHOPPING FOR NEW TIGHT END
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amAt times during the past several years, the Giants appeared to be playing on offense as if their tight end was not an eligible receiver. Ever since Mark Bavaro was...
BENITEZ & METS SETTLE
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amYankee players were delighted to see Derek Jeter win his arbitration hearing, but the day wasn't a total victory for the players. Armando Benitez, the most hated man in the...
CLOUTIER'S GOTTA GET MORE TIME
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amMONDAY night's game in Nashville serves as a perfect illustration of why the Rangers are hurting nobody but themselves by refusing to give Dan Cloutier more time in nets. Sailing...
LUCIOUS EYES EARLY COMEBACK
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amNET NOTES Lucious Harris said he hopes to play Saturday. Now this guy is an optimist. Harris confirmed he has suffered a herniated disk in his lower back - which...
RUTGERS HAS DANCE FEVER
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amScrappy Knights can taste NCAA berth "We have [three] games left. If you win a couple of them you'll be in."COACH KEVIN BANNON STORRS, Conn. - Based on what the...
JETER $5M, YANKEES 0: YANK SS KEEPS WINNING
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amAdd spanking the Yankees at arbitration to Derek Jeter's glittering resume that is highlighted by two World Series rings in three big league seasons. Believed by parties on both sides...
JAYSON WANTS NETS TO BE THE FUN BUNCH
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amThe Nets had a new rallying cry last night: "Let's have fun." So even without crayons and whoopee cushions, they were determined to go out, relax, play a style they...
GIRARDI ON 1999: LET'S DO IT AGAIN
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - Joe Girardi, who returned to The Bronx when the Yankees shocked the baseball universe and picked up his whopping $3.4 million option, isn't swallowing all the...
BOSS OPENS YET ANOTHER DOOR FOR DOC
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amTAMPA - Dwight Gooden may hurl for the hated Indians, but once George Steinbrenner falls for a player, it's impossible for The Boss to turn his back in times of...
CHEERS FOR CHARLES
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amGarden fans say thanks as Oakley returns as Raptor "Ernie [Grunfeld] may not be a bad guy, but he made the deal, that's all that people remember. What can you...
BRADY OKS JAGS DEAL AFTER JETS SIGN GREEN
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amBill Parcells wanted more production from his tight end. He may have gotten it yesterday by signing massive tight end Eric Green shortly before it was learned that Kyle Brady...
JOHNSON'S LEFT KNEE PROVIDES SCARE
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES The injuries are happening all over the NBA and the Knicks may have gotten another one last night. Larry Johnson limped off the court in the first quarter...
BIG BLUE AUDITIONING TIGHT ENDS
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amAt times during the past several years, the Giants appeared to be playing on offense as if their tight end was not an eligible receiver. Ever since Mark Bavaro was...
JETS SING BYE-BYE BRADY ; TE ACCEPTS JAG OFFER AFTER TUNA SIGNS GREEN
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amBill Parcells wanted more production from his tight end. He may have gotten it yesterday by signing massive tight end Eric Green shortly before it was learned that Kyle Brady...
LIU'S JONES IN NBA DEBUT
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amDon't expect Charles Jones to lead the country in scoring this year. Jones, the former Long Island University star, made his NBA debut last night for the Bulls. The 6-foot-3...
SORRY, CHARLIE OAKLEY DISSED, THEN DEALT LOSS IN MSG RETURN
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amKnicks 95 Raptors 85 The Knicks said they wanted to honor Charles Oakley last night with a videotape tribute. In a curious move, however, they ran the one-minute tape of...
FUN-LOVING NETS ENJOY A LAUGHER
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amNets 97 Pistons 82 The Nets admittedly were edgy. For more than a week, they played as if they had one foot in the grave. No, wait. They weren't that...
UCONN POPS THE BUBBLE BOYS ; DIMS RU'S NCAA HOPES
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amUConn 77 Rutgers 64 STORRS - The only shocking thing about Connecticut's 77-64 win over Rutgers last night was just how according to plan it went. In front of 10,027...
OAK'S BIGGEST REBOUND? WIN RING BEFORE KNICKS
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amTHE video montage of Charles Oakley's 10-year career with the Knicks should have been played before pregame introductions last night, when the home crowd was revved to honor its departed...
MURDOCK GETS HIS POINT ACROSS
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amYes, the Nets spoke of not having fire and not having fun and all that before entering their game with Detroit last night. But since the season opener, they really...
LJ WORRIED ABOUT AILING LEFT KNEE
February 17, 1999 | 5:00amInjuries are happening all over the NBA and the Knicks lost Larry Johnson for 12 minutes of the first half last night when he twisted his left knee. LJ returned...