February 23, 1999
RUNNING BILL'S MONEY TECH STOCKS ARE OUT; BONDS ARE IN
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amBill Gates' personal money manager doesn't like technology stocks. He does, however, like bonds, cash and other conservative holdings, according to a Fortune magazine exclusive report on how the Microsoft...
NEW WRINKLE IN RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS: BABY ROTHS
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amSOCIAL Security is getting most of the attention, but several Washington politicians are quietly working behind the scenes to improve individual retirement accounts and 401(k)s. For example, acting on the...
CUTOFFS SWEEP LEVI; 5,900 WORKERS TO GO
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amLevi Strauss just can't shake those 501 blues. The largest U.S. clothing maker is shutting half its 22 North American plants and firing 5,900 workers, about 30 percent of its...
SUMNER TO UNVEIL PLANS FOR VIA.COM
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amSumner Redstone is making his move on the Internet. The Viacom chief is preparing to announce plans today for his online future, joining a cyberspace land rush by all the...
TIMES BUYS $15M STAKE IN STREET.COM
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amThe old gray lady is walking TheStreet.com. The New York Times Co. will invest $15 million in cash and services for a minority equity stake in the financial website. The...
DILLER LOOKING AT $2B CABLE HOOK-UP
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amBarry Diller is in talks to acquire as many as four national cable networks from Cablevision's Chuck and Jim Dolan for roughly $2 billion. The USA Networks chairman would add...
NOT FIT TO MARKET A DEAL; TAE BO GURU'S $1.5M CONTRACT SHUTS OUT AGENT
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amFitness guru Billy Blanks is following the money. He just grabbed $1.5 million from Bantam Books to write a hardcover exercise book extolling his tae bo training techniques. The book...
JUDGE TO SET DATE FOR J. PETERMAN LIQUIDATION
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amWith Elaine Benes in jail and "Seinfeld" off the air, maybe it was only a matter of time until J. Peterman went under. The quirky retailer and catalog company, featured...
ARTISTICALLY INCLINED ; WITH THE NEW BELLAGIO, LAS VEGAS TRIES TO SWAP CRASS FOR CLASS
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amG OODBYE gaudy neon, hello dancing waters. Already that's a tip-off that this new Las Vegas resort is something different - and, by coincidence, the town's most expensive. The $1.6...
LOVE SYDNEY: DOWN UNDER'S SUNNY, CULTURAL CPAITAL IS THE TOPS
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amHaving just returned from Australis, I don't recommend a visit to Sydney. What I do recommend is that you move there immediately, because with its Texan exuberance, British wit, Hawaiian...
'EXIT' POLL: YEA AND NAY
February 23, 1999 | 5:00am*NO EXIT Blondie Beyond/BMG It's cool to bash Blondie. It's easy, too. For starters, the band's four principals - including Debbie Harry and Chris Stein - are ancient in rock...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amPacking it in Now's the time to start thinking about booking late-season ski packages. Aspen Skiing Company has deals starting at about $67 per person, per night, including lift tickets...
NO SISKEL, NO SHOW
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Would you pay to see Abbott without Costello? Of course you wouldn't. The act was known as Abbott AND Costello. Without one of them, it's no longer an act....
CHUCK: 'COOL' IT ON TALK OF SEN. HILLARY
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amAfter setting off a frenzy over a possible Senate candidacy, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton wants to put the genie back in the bottle for now, Sen. Charles Schumer says....
I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN THE PUBBER MEETS ROAD
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amTHERE is a very good reason why I don't have a driver's license - when I visit pubs, I tend to overeat. And as we all know, overeating makes you...
ROGAINE DOCS FILE HAIR-RAISING LAWSUIT
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amThe doctors who came up with the anti-baldness medication Rogaine want to make sure they don't get scalped. Dr. Paul J. Grant of Littleton, Colo., and Dr. Guinter Kahn of...
PARENTS SUE OVER SON'S BURIAL IN POTTER'S FIELD
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amThe city misplaced a Connecticut man's body for a year and buried him in a potter's field while his parents were frantically searching for him, court papers charge. "The suffering...
LOCKED-OUT SON SUES UJA IN HEIR WAR
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amA Long Island woman willed the United Jewish Appeal her million-dollar home - but that doesn't mean the charity can change the locks before her son can get her stuff,...
EXERCISE GETS BRAIN IN SHAPE TOO, STUDY FINDS
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amExercise may be as good for the brain as the body, a new study says. The journal Nature Neuroscience reported yesterday that rodents who got regular exercise grew twice as...
COPS, TOO, WILL FEEL LAW'S STING
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amIt's only a matter of time before one of New York's Finest loses his car for drunken driving, because DWI is the second-leading cause of cop arrests. Police statistics show...
CONN. RAIL RIDERS FACE 4.5% HIKE
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amConnecticut commuters who ride Metro-North into the city are about to get socked with a 4.5 percent fare hike - the fourth consecutive increase in four years, the MTA announced...
HE COIFS DEEPLY FROM CUP OF JOCELYNE'S BEAUTY
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amThe bouffanted barrister who's been canoodling with plastic-surgery poster girl Jocelyne Wildenstein says he admires the way "she puts herself together." Lawyer Kenneth Godt told the tabloid TV newsmag "Extra"...
CENTURY-OLD VETS PROVE THEIR MEDAL ; FRANCE HONORS WWI HARLEM DUO
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amTwo World War I veterans - both more than 100 years old - were treated to champagne toasts and given medals yesterday for their heroic efforts of more than 80...
FIGHTING RAGES ON EVE OF DEADLINE FOR KOSOVO PACT
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amAllied mediators struggled to move warring Serbs and ethnic Albanians toward a Kosovo peace deal on the eve of today's deadline as fierce fighting broke out in Yugoslavia yesterday. Thousands...
'SAY IF IT'S GAY' GROUP WANTS WARNINGS ON NETWORK SHOWS
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amA fundamentalist Christian group has asked the government to add "homosexual content" to the parental warnings that air before network shows. The Christian Action Network, based in Forest, Va., wants...
POOR CHANCELLOR HASN'T A CLUE
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amTHE three R's at Lafayette HS in Brooklyn these days stand for riotin', robbin' and razor blades - and, once again, Rudy Crew doesn't have a clue. The chancellor spent...
MONICA SPILLS LOVE SECRETS IN TV CHAT: WALTERS
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amABC began promoting its interview with Monica Lewinsky yesterday, with Barbara Walters promising that the teary former intern will reveal intimate details of how she became President Clinton's mistress. Walters,...
MAN, 86, KILLS SICK WIFE, 88: COPS
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amAn 86-year-old Rockland County man has been charged with shooting his ailing wife to death on her 88th birthday. Walter Papeman, a retired plumber from Pearl River, called 911 Sunday...
BOOMER GOES BALLISTIC ; BLASTS REPORTERS FOR 'TRESPASSING'
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amEx-Yankee David Wells exploded yesterday - ripping some reporters who trespassed at his new home and saying the business of baseball "sucks." The perfect-game pitcher - on his first day...
DRUG CRACKDOWN WINS CAUTIOUS APPROVAL
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amNew Yorkers living in drug-plagued neighborhoods cautiously applauded the city's aggressive new narcotics crackdown - while Mayor Giuliani said any critics were practicing "subconscious racism." In Harlem, one of the...
COURT HOLDS TWO CABINET MEMBERS IN CONTEMPT
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth yesterday slapped two top Clinton administration officials with contempt charges over their handling of $500 million worth of American Indian trust-fund records. Lamberth's...
COMBO TREATMENT KOS CERVIX CANCER
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amThe National Cancer Institute wants doctors to treat cervical-cancer patients with chemotherapy and radiation because studies show the one-two punch can cut the risk of death in half. The recommendation...
THE LOAN IS STILL DUE
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amDon't think you can avoid a big pain in the pocketbook if you're paying a loan on - or leasing - a car seized under the city's tough new initiative....
BAD BLOOD BETWEEN CLINTON PAL AND CANADA
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amA group of Canadians who say they got tainted blood from Arkansas prisons while Bill Clinton was governor come to Washington tomorrow to demand redress. They want Attorney General Janet...
HELL HIGH FAILS CREW'S SNAP INSPECTION
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amSchools Chancellor Rudy Crew paid a surprise visit to Lafayette HS yesterday - and didn't like what he saw. "I saw enough that I was concerned about it," a somber...
8 NABBED AT DIALLO PROTEST ; 100 BLOCK TRAFFIC AT CITY HALL
February 23, 1999 | 5:00am"Take the streets, take the streets."CITY HALL PROTESTERS .Eight demonstrators were arrested yesterday at a City Hall rally protesting police brutality after they sprawled themselves in front of Broadway traffic...
IT'S AUTO-MATIC - 3 CARS SEIZED IN DWI ; MAYOR: CITY MIGHT LOSE CASE & STILL KEEP WHEELS
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amCops seized the cars of three men arrested in a new drunken-driving crackdown - and Mayor Giuliani said yesterday the city could keep some vehicles even if drivers are cleared...
ALEC SEEKS OUT TOOTH ABOUT RADIATION
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amAlec Baldwin is asking parents in New York and New Jersey to donate their children's baby teeth to science rather than to the tooth fairy. The actor added his signature...
THE POST HONORS: BLACK HISTORY MONTH
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Did you Know? Novelist James Baldwin (1924-1987) was born and raised in New York City. His early years in Harlem and later, Greenwich Village inspired many of his critically...
HOLLOWAY'S FOUL PLAY HURTS PIRATES
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: Shaheen Holloway put his hands to his head and wore a pained expression as he danced around at the top of the key. His foul of point guard Erick...
RICHTER: I WASN'T WORRIED
February 23, 1999 | 5:00am"The one thing you have to be careful of is overreacting."MIKE RICHTER CALGARY - In all honesty, Mike Richter was not worried following a two-game stretch in which he had...
4 ACES AND A WILD CARD
February 23, 1999 | 5:00am"Look at [Irabu's] first 11-12 starts last season and he was the best pitcher in the league, and he's our fifth starter."GENE MICHAEL TAMPA - At just before 11 a.m....
YANKS EYE KEY TO FILL LEFTY VOID
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amTAMPA - The Yankees have gone into a full-court press to convince Jimmy Key to reconsider retirement and join the club as a lefty specialist. The organization yesterday contacted Key's...
LOWELL UNDERGOES TESTICULAR SURGERY
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amTAMPA - What was supposed to be an idyllic spring for Mike Lowell was shattered Sunday when he underwent surgery for testicular cancer. Lowell had been traded by the Yankees...
LEAGUE TELLS DEVILS, 'SORRY ABOUT TIE'
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amTAMPA - It's sort of official. The Devils were robbed on a decision that may have cost them a point that could prove precious in the coming weeks. It may...
WORM TURNS TO LAKERS ; RODMAN REDUCED TO TEARS
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Dennis Rodman went from basketball bad boy to cry baby yesterday, breaking into tears after announcing his plans to sign with the Lakers. Appearing with actress...
GIANT STARTER WON'T TAKE IT SITTING DOWN
February 23, 1999 | 5:00am"Phil Simms would have definitely fought in this situation."KENT GRAHAM A wounded but defiant Kent Graham came out swinging yesterday, insisting that he is not about to stand aside and...
BOOMER GOES OFF SAYS BLUE JAYS GOT BETTER OF ROG DEAL
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amDUNEDIN, Fla. - Ever the defiant one, David Wells yesterday acknowledged he's now "the enemy" at Yankee Stadium - and fired his first brushback pitch at his former team. "I...
LJ RESTS UP FOR VAN HORN, JAYSON
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amLarry Johnson walked along the Knicks practice floor yesterday in Purchase with his left knee wrapped with an ace bandage. Having sat out practice, Jeff Van Gundy explained to him...
NOMO ON GAME 162: 'I WASN'T WORTHY'
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - The final day of the season was upon them and the Mets needed a pitcher who could stop their four-game slide to give them one last...
JERSEY'S 2-7 RECORD DOESN'T FOOL KNICKS
February 23, 1999 | 5:00am"They're 2-7. We're 6-3. I'm glad to be on this end of the stick."MARCUS CAMBY Since Naismith put up his first peach basket, there has not been a better 2-7...
BROWN GOT POINT EARLY IN HIS LIFE
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amAt 11 years old, Taliek Brown was scared straight. All it took was one school field trip to Rikers Island, where his mother is a corrections officer, to set him...
THE PARTY'S OVER FOR IZZY ; WIFE HELPS MET PITCHER GET HIS LIFE TOGETHER
February 23, 1999 | 5:00am"I just don't feel like going out anymore. There's no sense in it. No urge." JASON ISRINGHAUSEN PORT ST. LUCIE - Jason Isringhausen is a little like the immature-but-innocent pitching...
NO REST FOR WEARY, WOBBLIN' WILLIAMS
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amThe birthday cake and the mind said 31 years old for Jayson Williams yesterday. It was just that the body felt about 73. "You seen Evel Knievel when he tried...
FRANCO TAKES WINDUP OUT OF MOTHBALLS
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - Get ready for a slightly new John Franco. The 38-year-old closer didn't particularly like the way things went last year, so this year expect...
BLUE JAYS WON'T MISS THE ROCKET
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amDUNEDIN, Fla. - Dave Stewart never has been one to keep his opinions to himself. So, when the Blue Jays' assistant GM was asked about Roger Clemens wanting out of...
MAPP & SATTERFIELD MCDONALD'S ALL-STARS
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amProving once again that New York City is the nation's high school basketball capital, the McDonald's All-American Game yesterday selected CHSAA senior stars Majestic Mapp and Kenny Satterfield to play...
LENNOX HAS NO FEAR AS BIG MOMENT NEARS
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amBROOKDALE, Pa. - What you noticed about Lennox Lewis more than his beady dreadlocks or intimidating build yesterday is what he has always lacked: a confidence as biting as the...
WORM TURNS TO LAKERS ; DYSFUNCTIONAL TEAM PERFECT FOR DENNIS
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amWhen a team so rich in talent repeatedly losses big games due to the selfishness and stupidity of its franchise players it's the coach's responsibility. BY losing their third straight...
NETS STILL TRYING TO GAIN RESPECT
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amIn tonight's production at the Garden, the part of the Bulls will be played by the Knicks while the Nets will play the role of the Knicks. Got it? At...
MSG BUMPS PSAL GIRLS
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amThe PSAL girls class B championship basketball game, expected to be played at the Garden along with the three other championship games on Sunday, March 14, has been moved to...
LOCAL HOOPSTERS HONORED
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amProving once again that New York City is the nation's high school basketball capital, the McDonald's All-American Game yesterday selected CHSAA senior stars Majestic Mapp and Kenny Satterfield to play...
HENSON MOVES TO ST. RAY'S
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amIn an unusual in-season move, Charles Henson, a 6-foot-8 junior center who has the potential to be one of the city's better players, has transferred from All Hallows High to...
NHL TELLS DEVILS, 'SORRY ABOUT TIE'
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amTAMPA - It's sort of official. The Devils were robbed on a decision that may have cost them a point that could prove precious in the coming weeks. It may...
ODELEIN-ROLSTON LIGHTNING STRIKE SAVES DEVILS
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amDevils 3 Lightning 2 TAMPA - What's wrong with the Devils lately is what's right with them: Lyle Odelein has been their best defenseman, Brian Rolston their best forward. Neither...
RANGERS DON'T HAVE A CLOU ; FLAMES CHASE ROOKIE GOALIE
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amFlames 6 Rangers 2 CALGARY - The Rangers' Era of Good Feelings lasted less than 24 hours on the calendar. It lasted all of 5:09 on the Saddledome scoreboard clock,...
IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, BUY 'EM ; GRETZ CRIES FOR FREE-AGENT HELP
February 23, 1999 | 5:00amCALGARY - When it was over, when the Rangers' deficiencies were exposed and exploited to the tune of 6-2 by the younger, faster, brawnier and perhaps even hungrier Flames, Wayne...