February 27, 1999
BIG BOARD, NASDAQ TALK TECHNOLOGY
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amWhen you think technology and you think stock exchange, you probably think Nasdaq. Dick Grasso, chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, is out to change that perception. Acting on...
ZARB WANTS TOCUT A NEW DEAL
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amNASD chief Frank Zarb is balking at Mayor Giuliani's $200 million perk package to relocate here from Washington, D.C. - and could be holding out for more. Zarb is said...
'8MM' NOT THE RIGHT FORMAT FOR KIDS
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amNOT RECOMMENDED "8MM" (R): Nicolas Cage is a second-rate detective with a nice wife and a baby girl. But Cage's whole world is rattled when a rich woman hires him...
RUDY MAY RESURRECT B'KLYN HOUSING AID
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amA LONG-STALLED housing program run by churches in Brooklyn may soon be back on track after being shunned by City Hall for two years. Ministers associated with the Nehemiah housing...
'SAMARITAN' RAPED: COPS
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amA 22-year-old woman was raped in Queens by a man pretending he needed help jump-starting his car, police said yesterday. The victim was approached while she walked to her home...
KOSOVARS FLEE FEARED SERB OFFENSIVE
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amHundreds of ethnic Albanians fled villages in Kosovo yesterday to escape new fighting and the threat of a massive Serbian troop invasion. Tension mounted elsewhere in the troubled Yugoslav province...
TLC PLAN TARGETS METER-CHEATER FIRMS
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amLast year it was cabbies. Now the Giuliani administration is taking on taxi meter firms to prevent customers from being overcharged. The Taxi and Limousine Commission has drafted sweeping new...
AVALANCHE DEATH TOLL HITS 37 ; BRACING FOR MORE SNOWSLIDES IN ALPS
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amThe death toll from Austria's avalanches grew to 37 yesterday when rescue workers found four more bodies at two buried ski resorts. A little girl remains missing and is presumed...
EXORCISM SLAY MOM INSANE: L.I. JUDGE
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amA Long Island mom who murdered her 17-year-old daughter because she thought the girl was possessed by a demon yesterday was found not responsible for the exorcism death by reason...
COPS BRACE FOR A BUSY WEEKEND OF DWI BUSTS
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amThe NYPD expects to seize dozens of vehicles as its crackdown on drunken drivers moves into its first weekend, police said yesterday. Five cars were confiscated between Thursday and yesterday...
CHIHUA-W0W! TALE 0F ; TAC0 D0G A M0VIE
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amThe Taco Bell cutie has become the hottest animal pitchman since Budweiser's Spuds MacKenzie.Every dog has his day, but the Taco Bell dog is getting his own movie. An Australian...
PERVERT HARASSING TEEN HAD STUN GUN: COPS
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amWhen cops arrested a Nassau County man for making obscene phone calls to a 15-year-old girl, they were surprised to find he had a Taser - a sophisticated electric stun...
FEDS RAISING STINK ABOUT CIGAR DANGER
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amThe Department of Health and Human Services says cigars are an "emerging public-health risk" and should carry a warning label similar to the one on cigarette packs. HHS Inspector General...
SNUBBED TOBACCO PANEL LIGHTS INTO GOV
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amMembers of Gov. Pataki's tobacco task force blasted the governor yesterday for ignoring their recommendations and refusing to boost funding to curb tobacco use. "The governor has rejected what our...
HALF THINK PREZ RAPED HER: POLL ; BUT MOST DON'T BACK BROADDRICK PROBE
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A new poll says about half of Americans believe Juanita Broaddrick's claim that she was raped by President Clinton years ago - and includes findings that could muddy...
HOLIER-THAN-THOU RON WINS KID CLASH
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amA courtroom holy war broke out yesterday in the custody brawl over little Caleigh Perelman - with Dad winning visitation for most of next month's Jewish holidays by arguing that...
STARR WITNESSES FLUNKED LIE TEST: LAWYER
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Some of Kenneth Starr's witnesses in his Kathleen Willey investigation have failed lie-detector tests, a lawyer involved in the case charged yesterday. But lawyer Eric Dubelier wouldn't name...
DOCTORS AND FDA CAN BE DANGEROUS RX: ADVOCATE
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amHarried doctors are prescribing a growing number of potentially deadly drugs - with the approval of a dangerously lax Food and Drug Administration, a consumer advocate warns. In his book...
SICK JUSTICE: COP-KILLER GETS 660G ; GIVE BYRNE TRIGGERMAN DEATH, NOT A FORTUNE
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amThis bum, McClary, will get $660,000, just in case he goes nuts. Where is the death penalty when we need it? FOR absolute outrage, for complete judicial idiocy how about...
CAT FIGHT AT SHOW STRANDS TRAGIC STRAYS
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amAn animal group trying to find homes for stray and abandoned cats has been banned from this weekend's cat show - putting the lives of 40 shelter cats in limbo....
U.S. SUED BY OWNER OF BOMBED SUDAN SITE
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amA Saudi businessman whose factory in the Sudan was destroyed by a U.S. missile attack last year sued the government yesterday, demanding the release of millions in assets frozen by...
THIS EXECUTION WAS 'DECLARATION OF WAR'
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amThe five bullets that drug-gang henchmen pumped into Officer Edward Byrne's skull on Feb. 26, 1988, shattered a city already in the midst of a vicious drug war. Byrne, a...
LOOKS LIKE GORE & BRADLEY IN DEM RUNOFF
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amYet another Democrat - Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts - nixed a 2000 presidential run yesterday, leaving a likely two-man race between Vice President Al Gore and former Sen. Bill...
RUDY & DONNA MAY LACK BIO CHEMISTRY
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amNew York's First Lady, Donna Hanover, doesn't include her husband's name on her new resume - but her aides say not to read between the lines. "Her bio is about...
SAFIR: AFRICANS TO ; AID COP TRAINING
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amIn the wake of the Amadou Diallo shooting, Police Commissioner Howard Safir said yesterday the NYPD has agreed to involve members of New York's African community in new police training...
BIG SCREEN, BIG PRICE: $9.50
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amThe cost of seeing a movie in the Big Apple is now $9.50 - the highest in the nation - and film fanatics are fuming. The price hike hit movie...
MAYOR'S OFF BASE IF HE'S POINTING AT ME: BEEP
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amA leading black official is angry over Mayor Giuliani's claim that some elected officials put a "race overlay" on issues that have nothing to do with race - which he...
COPS SAY B'KLYN PAIR DIE IN SLAY AND SUICIDE
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amA Brooklyn woman and her live-in boyfriend were found dead yesterday afternoon in what investigators believe was the result of a gruesome murder-suicide. Cops said Latoya Spicer, an employee of...
'CATS LOOK TO CONTINUE MARCH TO TOURNAMENT
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amVILLANOVA, Pa. - This isn't about February, it's about March. This isn't about regular-season finales, it's about the start of the second season. On the surface, St. John's game at...
RIBBING ROCKET SERVES PURPOSE ; ROGER KNOWS HOW TO TAKE BOMBERS' PRACTICAL JOKE
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amTAMPA - Don Zimmer, who has seen it all in 51 years in pro baseball, saw Tino Martinez and Paul O'Neill emerge from the dugout and realized it was a...
IT'S BADGE'S 'TURN' TODAY
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amOF all the young 3-year-olds seen so far this summer at Aqueduct, few if any were more impressive than Badge when he won an allowance dash Jan. 10 by nearly...
INJURY PUTS BEASLEY ON SHELF FOR MONTHS
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amApprentice Jeremy Beasley, who took off his mounts at Aqueduct Thursday because of extreme pain in his hand and was examined by a doctor yesterday, has torn tendons in his...
OLIWA COULD BECOME DEVILS' ODD MAN OUT
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amAlthough he may be the most popular Devil, Krzysztof Oliwa's days with the team may be numbered. While all eyes are on the March 23 trade deadline as teams try...
YANKS WON'T RUSH ANDY'S TIGHT ELBOW
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amTAMPA - Andy Pettitte will make an attempt to throw batting practice today, but he shouldn't be disappointed if Yankee brass sends him to a bullpen mound to hurl only...
LEITER'S A KOUFAX PROTEGE
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - When Sandy Koufax came to the Mets' spring training facility last year, the pitcher he made a unique bond with was the one who was especially...
IT'S A LOCK: KEY NOT COMING BACK
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amTAMPA - The Yankees' search for a second lefty in the bullpen won't end with Jimmy Key. After sending signals that he was contemplating one more shot, the classy 38-year-old...
YANKEE PRANK CATCHES ROGER
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amTAMPA - Until Roger Clemens looked up to locate Jorge Posada's target, the Rocket didn't realize Jaime Torres had been replaced in the Legends Field batting cage by Chuck Knoblauch....
NIAGARA SHARPSHOOTER LIVING CHARMED LIFE
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amThe most prolific scorer in college basketball is sitting in Marine Midland Arena, talking about the charmed life he's living. It seems pretty far-fetched, even to the young man living...
RICKEY LOOKS FORWARD TO 2D BITE OF APPLE
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - If there's one thing Rickey Henderson does not lack, it is confidence. He is confident he can get on base, he is confident he can steal...
GATLING MUM ABOUT TRADE
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amChris Gatling sat in his sport utility vehicle after practice and waved off all attempts at conversation. Asked about his trade request and whether he wanted to remain a Net,...
CAL STILL FEELS SECURE
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amJohn Calipari placed the extenuating circumstances into evidence. The schedule. The injuries. He pointed to the statistical difference between 11 games that started last season for the Nets and the...
BOBBY V SETS UP WEB SITE
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Bobby Valentine may be the most computer-friendly person in all of baseball, and in accordance with that he introduced an on-line baseball site yesterday. The site...
GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT ; DISC WOES SIDELINE WAYNE 2-4 WEEKS
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amThe Rangers will get a premature look at Life Without Wayne Gretzky. The MRI that the game's most translucent performer underwent on Thursday has revealed a disc protrusion in his...
HOUSTON STEPS UP ; ALLAN BECOMING KNICKS' GO-TO GUY
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amBOSTON - Allan Houston is coming of age, to the point that he has quietly stepped into the leading role, even with Patrick Ewing on the floor. Ewing is averaging...
END OF LINE FOR JASPERS, PROBABLY FOR COACH, TOO
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amRider73 Manhattan43 BUFFALO - Manhattan's basketball team has already endured a trying year, dealing with injuries, defections and suspensions. And after the Jaspers' season came to a merciful end yesterday...
UTES, RAILSPLITTERS WIN
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amOVERTIMEN.Utrecht66 an.Ctr.61 Lincoln66 dison43 Sometimes you can practice too much, especially when your coach is the relentless Ron Vernon. So maybe fatigue was the reason that No. 6 seeded New...
STEPHON SWIPES AT WARD
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amBOSTON - There is quite a little point-guard rivalry brewing between Charlie Ward and Stephon Marbury. The guards went after each other in a very physical way in the Knicks'...
MAGGERT KOS TIGER
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amCARLSBAD - There's no Duke in this Final Four. No North Carolina, Michigan State, St. John's or even Temple or Princeton either. The network executives at ABC who have spent...
BLACKBIRDS GET EARLY EXIT FROM NEC TOURNEY
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amCCSU67 IU58 Long Island University waited all year to get used to its new, slower style of play. But poor outside shooting and a failure to establish a strong inside...
NO KIDDING: PATE, MAGEE ARE ENJOYING LAST LAUGH
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amCARLSBAD - The big names and high-ranking players might be gone from the tournament, but there are a couple of funny characters remaining in Steve Pate and Andrew Magee. Each...
CAL GETS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amJohn Calipari said he was feeling no pressure on the issue of job security. Last night, he received a vote of confidence from managing owner Lewis Katz. So, should Calipari,...
DISC WOES SIDELINE WAYNE 2-4 WEEKS
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amThe Rangers will get a premature look at Life Without Wayne Gretzky. The MRI that the game's most translucent performer underwent on Thursday has revealed a disc protrusion in his...
STEWART ESCAPES FRIGHTENING CRASH
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amThe Islanders' car wreck of a season turned into the real thing yesterday morning at a construction site on the Wantagh Parkway. Isles head coach Bill Stewart was involved in...
DEVILS' OLIWA COULD BECOME ODD MAN OUT IN EXPANSION
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amAlthough he may be the most popular Devil, Krzysztof Oliwa's days with the team may be numbered. While all eyes are on the March 23 trade deadline as teams try...
LIU & WAGNER EXIT NEC TOURNEY
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amCCSU67 LIU58 UMBC63 Wagner56 LIU waited all season for new head coach Ray Martin's slower style of offense to succeed. Last night, primarily because of awful perimeter shooting, the failure...
KNICKS MAKE VAN SICK ; COACH TURNS GREEN IN UGLY LOSS TO CELTS
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amCeltics 94 Knicks 80 BOSTON - Jeff Van Gundy started the night with stomach flu. Then he really got sick as the Knicks couldn't hold on to the ball or...
OUT OF CHAOS COMES ORDER ; RANGERS REBOUND AFTER BAD NEWS
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amRangers3 Coyotes0 If necessity is the mother of invention, then the Rangers sure reinvented themselves in last night's wholly impressive and efficient 3-0 Garden victory over the staggering Coyotes. With...
WARD FAILS TO REPEAT STEPHON SUCCESS
February 27, 1999 | 5:00amBOSTON - There is quite a little point guard rivalry brewing between Charlie Ward and Minnesota's Stephon Marbury. The guards went after each other in a very physical way in...