March 17, 1999
CITI JOINS CHASE; ADDS NON-CUSTOMER ATM CHARGES
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amCitibank is collecting more money for its kitty with a $1 fee for all non-customers using its automated teller machines. The new charge, which quietly went into effect on Saturday,...
CNBC MISSES MILESTONE WITH BORING CHIT-CHAT AS ITS RIVALS GO LIVE
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amThe German economy appears to be more interesting than the Dow bursting through 10,000 for the first time - at least according to CNBC. While rival cable financial networks CNNfn...
SEARCH FOR NEW MAXIM EDITOR HAS NOT MAXED OUT YET
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amTHE long, drawn-out search for a new editor of Maxim is still two weeks away from completion. A trio of contenders - one from Hachette, one from Hearst and one...
GQ PUBLISHER LASCHEVER TAKES LEAVE
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amGQ publisher Jack Laschever stunned insiders at Conde Nast with the news that he is taking a leave of absence of undetermined length from the Conde Nast monthly. "He is...
WHEN DO YOU THINK THE DOW WILL CLOSE ABOVE 10,000 AND WILL THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT CLOSE BE UP OR DOWN 500?
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SUPER FOOD, WITH A SIDE OF ATTITUDE
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amMANHATTAN, Saul Bellow wrote, is ''an island off the coast of America.'' But it is also an island off the coast of The Bronx. Local attitude rules. No restaurant, not...
TV TICKER
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amMiller time Dennis Miller will be Tom Snyder's last guest as Snyder wraps up his stint as host of CBS' "Late Late Show" on March 26 (12:35 a.m. on WCBS/Ch.2)....
'ALONE' DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A LEG TO 'STAND' ON
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amFIRST shown at last year's New York Film Festival, this pretentious and desperate-to-shock film was hailed by some of the more credulous critics as a brilliant Gallic '''Taxi Driver' filtered...
GREAT GRUB & FRIENDLY FEEL MAKE PAO! A HIT
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amTHERE's a built-in entertainment factor to eating at Pao! - finding it. It's easy to walk past, situated as it is on a dark corner in West SoHo, and even...
FIGHT STUNK BUT KING GOT SWEET $8M FROM TV
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amDON King and TVKO, the boxing pay-per-view arm of HBO, grossed more than $60 million on the domestic pay-per-view of last Saturday night's foul-smelling heavyweight fight. More than 1.2 million...
OUR ODDS - BEST SCREENPLAY
March 17, 1999 | 5:00am"Shakespeare in Love" Even "The Truman Show" 5-1 "Saving Private Ryan" 7-1 "Life Is Beautiful" 10-1 "Bulworth" 50-1 IN a world of flux and uncertainty, it's nice to know that...
TWO NBC NAIL-BITERS - 'HOMICIDE' AND 'NEWSRADIO' LOST STARS AND NOW WAIT FOR AX IN FALL
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amTIME may be running out on NBC stalwarts "Homicide" and "NewsRadio." NBC hasn't officially decided whether to renew the shows, but continued low ratings and a lack of critical support...
EMMYS SNUB LOCAL NEWSIES
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amLOCAL TV stations are up in arms over a decision by Emmy judges to drop 17 categories - including the one for investigative reporting - from the prestigious competition. One...
NAUGHTY BUT NICE NIGHT WITH OSCAR - COMEDY CENTRAL ON 'GAY SUPER BOWL'
March 17, 1999 | 5:00am"Frank DeCaro's 'Out at the Movies' Fabulous Big 'O' Buffet" 11:30 tonight on Comedy Central The place to be on Oscar night is right next to Frank DeCaro, who understands...
THE MAN WITH THE BEST JOB IN N.Y.C.
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amEVERY working day, Emmett McCarthy, a stout-hearted Queens resident of 26, dons a suit, packs up his case full of gauges and heads off to the bars and pubs of...
SUN MAKES IT A GREAT DAY FOR THE IRISH
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amThe luck of the Irish is working its magic on the bitter March weather. When the 238th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade steps off tomorrow from 44th Street and Fifth...
'PRIVATE RYAN' WINS OSCAR-POLL BATTLE
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amThe Oscars won't be decided until Sunday, but movie fans already have voted - choosing "Saving Private Ryan" as Best Picture of the Year. Steven Spielberg's acclaimed war film easily...
SMOKERS HAZY ON DANGER: POLL
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amMost smokers are in deep denial about the health risks of their dangerous habit, a new study shows. In a survey of smokers, only 29 percent thought they were at...
AUTHOR FEELS BILL'S PAIN IN 'BOOK OF JOB'
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amCabbie Deghlan Vakli and President Clinton have a lot in common - their jobs stink. According to the new book "Jobs Rated Almanac," which ranks the nation's 250 best and...
CHARLIE SHEEN TELLS COURT HE'S SOBER AS JUDGE
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amBad-boy actor Charlie Sheen says he's finally free of booze and drugs and is well on the way to living a normal and productive life again. The Hollywood hellcat -...
DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-PROSECUTOR
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amA Delaware judge yesterday sentenced politically connected lawyer Thomas Capano to death, saying the "arrogant ... ruthless murderer" thought he would get away with killing his mistress. The stone-faced Capano...
FBI TO JOIN IRISH BOMB PROBE
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amNorthern Ireland's police chief called for help from England and the FBI yesterday to investigate the slaying of a champion of Catholic rights who claimed Ulster cops threatened to kill...
PATAKI: FEDS MUST STEP INTO RING AS BOXING REF
March 17, 1999 | 5:00am"I think you need some sort of regulation, and the states aren't in a position to govern world boxing organizations." GOV. PATAKI ALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday called on the...
N.Y. NOT CHEAP FOR FOREIGN RESIDENTS
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amNew York tops the list as the most expensive U.S. city for foreign businessmen who make their home here, a new survey says. The Big Apple ranks 16th worldwide on...
RAGIN' ROSIE ROARS OVER SCHOOL BAND IN TV TIRADE
March 17, 1999 | 5:00am''I felt bad for the kids . . . but once I say OK and give in to that blackmail, it's over.'' ROSIE O'DONNELL A furious Rosie O'Donnell erupted in...
TEEN HAS A REASON TO (LOVE) TORRE; HEART KID BEFRIENDED BY JOE NOW PRAYS FOR HIM
March 17, 1999 | 5:00am"Joe is strong. He believes in the Lord and I am praying for him every day that he will be fine."RAY SMITH Jr. TAMPA, Fla. - When Ray Smith Jr.,...
N.Y.-BOSTON ROUTE HAS 12 DANGER CROSSINGS
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amAmtrak's new, luxurious 150-mph bullet trains will have to pass through 12 grade crossings between New York and Boston - the same sort of intersection where the deadly Illinois collision...
CLOCK IS TICKING ON KOSOVO: BILL
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The Clinton administration yesterday said time is running out for Serbia to agree to a peace deal on Kosovo - but set no deadline for launching threatened NATO...
GIRLFRIEND OF 'MURPHY'S' PASTORELLI KILLS HERSELF
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amThe sexy live-in lover of "Murphy Brown" actor Robert Pastorelli blew her brains out with a loaded pistol, in what authorities say was a suicide. The couple's year-old daughter was...
B'KLYN CHESS PLAYER IS CROWNED FIRST BLACK GRANDMASTER
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amThe world's first black chess grandmaster didn't have time to celebrate his new title yesterday. He was too busy doing dishes in his Park Slope, Brooklyn, apartment. ''I'm still a...
CITY TAKES BEATING - DRIVERS WIN BIG IN TRAFFIC COURT
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amIn the city, drivers won more than a quarter of the cases by default simply because the cops who issued the tickets failed to appear and testify. It pays to...
PAULA LEAVES HUBBY BEHIND AND MOVES BACK TO ARKANSAS
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amPaula Jones and her husband have reportedly separated - her marriage another apparent casualty of her sex-harassment suit against President Clinton. Jones and her two young sons have moved back...
ROUND-THE-WORLD BALLOON DUO FLYING HIGH
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amA Swiss-English balloon team raced toward Mexico on a jet stream yesterday, hoping to cross the Atlantic and become the first to circle the world nonstop. Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland...
RUDY RIPS MEDIA 'OBSESSION' WITH DIALLO
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday blasted the "media frenzy" over the Amadou Diallo shooting, saying it is creating false impressions of police brutality. "If 70 or 80 percent of the people believe...
MCDOUGAL JURY SEES VIDEO OF FIRST LADY
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton was called as a video witness in Susan McDougal's Whitewater trial yesterday as the past came back to haunt the First Lady. "I never spent any...
FIRST A 'SHUDDER,' THEN TERROR RULED THE NIGHT
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amPassengers on Amtrak's City of New Orleans train were preparing for sleep when their "worst nightmare" started. There was a violent shudder, a screech of metal, the smell of burning...
FORBES THROWS HIS CYBERHAT INTO GOP PREZ RING
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Publisher Steve Forbes yesterday rode the Internet into the Republican 2000 presidential pack as candidates scramble to get on line - leaving Veep Al Gore bringing up the...
CUNY UNION CHIEF BOOTED IN DC 37 INVESTIGATION
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amAnother top official at scandal-scarred District Council 37 has been expelled from the union for allegedly misspending thousands of dollars in dues money, The Post has learned. Francine Autovino, president...
'PRESS'ING HER LUCK WITH ATTACK ON POST
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amON THIS most gorgeous day when we celebrate Pat driving the snakes out of Ireland, we all must be in a mode of forgiveness and gratitude. But I am not...
AMTRAK: TRUCKER TRIED TO BEAT TRAIN - BODY HUNT GOES ON AS TOLL CLIMBS TO 13
March 17, 1999 | 5:00am"The engineer said he saw the . . . truck stop . . . [but] there was no way to avoid it." WIS. GOV TOMMY THOMPSON At least 14 people...
JUSTICE AT LAST FOR SLAIN COP
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amReflecting on his family's seven-year wait for justice, the son of a slain retired cop said yesterday that he wants all of New York to know his dad died a...
NEW ARENA EYED FOR MEADOWLANDS
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amOperators of New Jersey's Meadowlands sports complex unveiled a plan yesterday for a new $212 million arena for basketball and hockey. The new arena would sit next to Giants Stadium,...
BODEGA CLERK: ROB-FOIL COPS SHOT ME, TOO
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amA Brooklyn bodega clerk used as a human shield by armed robbers complained yesterday that he was shot by cops during a gunfight with his assailants. Yasser Sharham, 19, was...
NEW EU HEAD SOUGHT, AND FAST
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amBritain and Germany agreed yesterday to push for the naming of a new head of the European Union's executive commission by next week, in the wake of the resignation of...
COLO. RULING WON'T SLOW SKIERS DOWN
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amSERIOUS ski injuries are on the increase, and long-time skiers worry too many people are skiing and snowboarding too fast. A judge's recent ruling could make matters even worse. A...
ROONEY RETIRING FROM GIANTS
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amTim Rooney, the director of pro personnel for the Giants since 1985, will retire effective June 1, continuing a changing of the guard within the Giants organization. Rooney, 57, played...
DEVS HEAR TRADE WINDS
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amEDMONTON - The captain's injury may scuttle one trade and refloat another. With Scott Stevens on the shelf indefinitely with a groin pull, the Devils are unlikely to go through...
POSTELL DELIVERS
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amKNOXVILLE - St. John's coach Mike Jarvis wasn't quite certain what he had in Lavor Postell earlier this season. Some aspects of Postell's game were too obvious to miss -...
TERPS ARE TOUGH, BUT THEY'RE BEATABLE
March 17, 1999 | 5:00am"When you go up against Maryland, there are no secrets. You know what to expect. The question is, can you stop it?" WAKE FOREST COACH DAVE ODOM KNOXVILLE - Before...
LENNOX, SAY NO TO REMATCH; LEWIS SHOULD TELL ALL KING'S MEN TO STICK IT
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amIN the offices of Lennox Lewis' advisers there is today a letter on IBF stationery that reads, in part: "The three heads of the sanctioning bodies discussed the matter at...
RUTGERS READY TO ROCK
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amThe Rutgers' women's basketball team isn't scheduled to leave for its Sweet 16 destination of Normal, Ill., and a date with Texas Tech in the Midwest Region semifinal until tomorrow...
DREW A 'NATURAL' WONDER
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amFORT LAUDERDALE - In 1999, The Natural comes to us this way: He still has a blond crewcut and a sweet lefty swing. He runs athletically, but not at the...
STAYING ON PACE FOR SUCCESS
March 17, 1999 | 5:00am''Pace makes the race'' has been a handicapping axiom for so long it's become a cliche. But what does it really mean? The purpose of pace analysis is to paint...
SALO DEAL STALLED
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amFrustration only begins to explain the Islanders' sentiment when it comes to trade talks with Edmonton regarding goalie Tommy Salo. Oiler GM Glen Sather, trying to make a playoff push,...
METS THROW WILSON A KNOCKDOWN PITCH
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Paul Wilson likened the news to a swift kick in the groin - that's how devastating it was to him. The Met right-hander, who never really...
STRAIGHT MAN IS BAFFERT'S PIECE OF 'FURNITURE'
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amTrainer Bob Baffert plans to send Straight Man, unbeaten in two starts, to Turfway Park in Kentucky for the Galaxy Furniture.com Stakes (formerly the Jim Beam) March 27. There, he'll...
DOUGLAS: NETS NEEDED ME
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amAlthough Sherman Douglas has made no difference with the one-win Clippers, the former Nets backup point guard believes he would have made a big one in New Jersey. The chatty...
METS LOSE PHENOM IN FORGERY
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amMET NOTES JUPITER, Fla. - A former Met prospect is currently being showcased as a free agent because a team scout violated baseball rules, if not the law, by forging...
EMPEROR FRANCO STILL HAS HIS CLOSE
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amJUPITER, Fla. - They step right up, suckers being born every spring. "Johnny Franco will lift three men," announce the clubhouse criers. The "Johnny! Johnny! Johnny!" chant leads to the...
FORD: CLIPS ARE LOOKING AT EXIT DOOR
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amThe Clippers haven't just been losers. They've been selfish losers. Even coach Chris Ford admits the impending free agency has made some of his players worry more about their statistics...
TIME TO PHIL 'ER UP
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amTORONTO - Here's a real compelling opinion: Phil Jackson is the most logical, most obvious, best choice for the Nets to run after and throw obscene amounts of money at...
ZIMMER NOT ROCKING BOAT - WILL RUN YANKS JUST LIKE TORRE
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amTAMPA - Show up on time. Hustle. Don't blame failure on your role not being defined. There you have it. Now you can play for Don Zimmer, interim manager of...
BOSS DENIES HE AXED CAL
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amTAMPA - Since the day the Yankees and Nets signed a letter of intent to merge business operations, many folks walking the halls of Legends Field began whispering a new...
DUDLEY DO RIGHT - KNICKS BACK-UP MAKES MOST OF CHANCE TO PLAY
March 17, 1999 | 5:00am"You just have to play your minutes and whatever you're asked to do, just be ready to do it. When you're called upon to do more, be ready for that."...
KNICKS WON'T LET JEFF FOLLOW CAL TO GALLOWS
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amCALL it a coincidence, which is exactly what most of the players did. But it must account for something the way the Knicks pulled Jeff Van Gundy's job out of...
JOE GETS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH ROCKET
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - When Roger Clemens made his Yankees debut in Haines City on March 6, Joe Torre was at Legends Field managing the World Champions against the Red...
SURPRISE! SEIKALY RETURNS
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amNET NOTES TORONTO - One day after John Calipari formally was whacked as coach of the Nets, Rony Seikaly was activated from the injured list. What was he suffering from,...
VAN GUNDY AWAITS SIGN THAT EWING CAN RETURN
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Patrick Ewing missed his fifth straight game last night and Jeff Van Gundy said the center's situation has not changed. Van Gundy said he doesn't know when Ewing...
OUT OF GAS CLUB HAD BETTER PHIL UP
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amTORONTO - Here's a real compelling opinion: Phil Jackson is the most logical, most obvious, best choice for the Nets to run after and throw obscene amounts of money at...
JOE GETS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH ROGER
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - When Roger Clemens made his Yankee debut in Haines City on March 6 against the Royals, Joe Torre was at Legends Field managing the World Series...
DOUGLAS: I COULD HAVE HELPED NETS
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amAlthough Sherman Douglas has made no difference with the one-win Clippers, the former Nets backup point guard believes he would have made a big one in New Jersey. The chatty...
KNICKS' MINI-STREAK TAKES HEAT OFF JEFF
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amCALL it a coincidence, which is exactly what most of the players did. Still, it must account for something the way the Knicks have pulled Jeff Van Gundy's job out...
WINNING SPREE - LATRELL LIGHTS UP CLIPS AS KNICK STREAK HITS 3
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amAt halftime last night at the Garden, they were filming a movie called "King of the Jungle" starring John Leguizamo. In the scene, Leguizamo, wearing a Knicks jersey, runs onto...
EVEN NBA FANS ARE AT A LOSS WITH CLIPPERS
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amHow nondescript are these sorrowful Clippers? After Allan Houston drained a 20-footer five minutes into last night's game to give the Knicks a 19-2 lead, a Garden front-row fan yelled...
EXPLOIT INJURED, RETIRED TO STUD
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amTrainer Bob Baffert's star colt Exploit, the early favorite for the Kentucky Derby until he suffered his first defeat Saturday in the San Felipe Stakes, has been retired. According to...
DOUGLAS: I COULD HAVE HELPED SAVE CAL
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amAlthough Sherman Douglas has made no difference with the one-win Clippers, the former Nets backup point guard believes he would have made a big one in New Jersey. The chatty...
WINS GOOD NOOSE FOR VG
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amCALL it a coincidence, which is exactly what most of the players did. Still, it must account for something the way the Knicks have pulled Jeff Van Gundy's job out...
NO-CAL NETS NO DIFFERENT; CASEY DEBUT A DISASTER
March 17, 1999 | 5:00amRaptors 100 Nets 85 TORONTO - We need help from all you grammar experts and wordsmiths out there. What is it exactly that comes after "worst?' Worster? More worst? Worstest?...