April 14, 1999
MERRILL PROFIT JUMPS TO $609M
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amOnline brokerages may be expecting good profits, but at the traditional full-service brokers, strong earnings growth is signed, sealed and delivered. Merrill Lynch & Co. and Paine Webber Group both...
SLOWING SALES MAR INTEL'S $2B PROFIT
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amAndy Grove and his Intel Corp. beat Wall Street's first-quarter profits estimates yesterday, but lower-than-expected sales spooked some investors, sending shares of the No. 1 computer chipmaker lower in after-hours...
SUIT: VIDEO GAMES MADE THEM KILL
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amTime Warner, Seagram, and Sony are among 25 companies accused of inspiring the murder of three Kentucky high school students with violent video games and a movie. The families of...
ONLINE BROKERS SOAR - FRENZIED TRADING AHEAD OF EARNINGS
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amIt was up, up and away for the online brokerages yesterday as strong earnings prospects and rumors of mergers and acquisitions drove many stocks in the sector to new highs....
CARUSO CAN CROW, 'I TOLD YOU SO'
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amEVERYONE laughed when the then-Details editor Michael Caruso said his "numbers are so good I am going to be getting a big fat raise." Then Conde Nast Chairman S.I. Newhouse...
NBC RUMORS FLY, XOOM.COM ZOOMS 22%
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amChris Kitze, co-founder and chairman of Xoom.com, saw his investment in the web community zip into the stratosphere as takeover talks pushed the stock price up over 30 percent in...
MERRILL, PAINE POST RECORD PROFITS
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amOnline brokerages may be expecting good profits, but at the traditional full-service brokers, strong earnings growth is signed, sealed and delivered. Merrill Lynch & Co. and Paine Webber Group both...
POOL SHARK IN HUNT - CITY'S TOP SHOOTER IS AIMING TO POCKET HIS FIRST TITLE
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amAbout 2,000 people are expected at the competition, including Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Sorvino and Jerry Orbach. WITH a nickname like "Ginky," he'd better be good.Luckily, George SanSouci is the best...
KITCHEN CONQUEST IN CO-OP CANYON
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amFRIDAY night at the Lenox Room, the guy at the next table, Keith Hernandez, was telling his pretty date all about the Alexandrian Empire. It wasn't the topic I would...
HE'S THE MANINSIDE C-3PO
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amANTHONY Daniels has lived much of his professional life in a tin can.But he doesn't mind; it's turned him into a multimillionaire. The soft-spoken British actor has made a mint...
HIGH-RIDING HEARTBREAKERS SITTING PETTY
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amROCK REVIEW I T was payday for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers as one of the most respected bands in rock 'n' roll gave back to their extremely loyal New...
VIBRANT NEW STAGING FOR A CLASSIC
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amDANCE REVIEW SAN FRANCISCO - You would have thought that some time during its 66-year history the San Francisco Ballet, America's oldest dance company, would have staged that most venerable...
TV TICKER
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amGo for Brok(aw) NBC's ''Nightly News with Tom Brokaw'' once again ruled the ratings roost last week, winning in total viewers (10 million) and homes (7.5 million). In the key...
HAUNTING IMAGES OF THE HOLOCAUST
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amMOVIE REVIEW IN 1987, nearly 400 color slides were found in a secondhand book shop in Vienna. They had belonged to Walter Genewein, a pensioner who died more than a...
HELL LIES AT THE 'DARK END OF THE STREET'
April 14, 1999 | 4:00am"Black Tar Heroin: TheDark End of the Street" Tonight at 11 on HBO IF you want to look into the eyes of hell on earth, follow filmmaker Steve Okazaki around...
ANCHOR WALKS THE STREETS OF BELGRADE ; RATHER: DANGER IS MY BUSINESS
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amDAN Rather, the first network news anchor to get into Yugoslavia since the war began, is being jostled and cursed on the streets of Belgrade - but he is happy...
WHY THE ROMANCE WENT OUT OF 'ER' ; ACTRESS IRKED AT HER CO-STAR FOR ENDING INTERRACIAL AFFAIR
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amT HE break-up of an interracial romance on "ER" has sparked a war of words between stars Alex Kingston and Eriq LaSalle. Kingston, who is white, says her black co-star,...
SUPER BOWL KICK-OFF FOR 'CLERKS'?
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amABC officials are considering giving the coveted post-Super Bowl slot next year to the new animated show, "Clerks," according to the show's creator. The edgy comedy - spun off from...
SAVOR THE FLAVORS OF VENEZUELA
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amRESTAURANT REVIEW Orinoco 1484 Second Ave. (between 77th and 78th streets) (212) 717-2204 Just when you thought the city's Latin food scene couldn't get any hotter, along comes Orinoco -...
AN APPETIZING CRAZE FOR APPETIZERS
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amMARTHA Stewart loves hors d'oeuvres. She was already in the kitchen whipping them up when she was 12. 'Tea sandwiches. And celery sticks with green olives and cream cheese or...
TOO FEW MUSICAL SPARKS TO MAKE A DIVA BELIEVER
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amROCK REVIEW THEY usually have one name, big voices and giant egos. They're the divas. At the Beacon Theater last night for "Divas Live '99," VH1's annual gathering of the...
TILL WAR DO THEY PART: BRONX GROOM RETURNS TO HOMELAND
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amThe war in Kosovo has superseded the marriage vows of Driton and Arta Gjata. Less than a year ago, the Bronx couple swore that only death would part them -...
DON'T DISHONOR HERO WHO HELPED CLEAN UP APPLE
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amTHE poor pathetic puppies calling for Howard Safir's head aren't big enough to carry his badge. They are trying to make out that Safir is the most crooked public official...
IF COPS COULD GET OSCARS, HE'D WIN ONE EVERY YEAR
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amTHE poor pathetic puppies calling for Howard Safir's head aren't big enough to carry his badge. They are trying to make out that Safir is the most crooked public official...
PITIFUL PREZ BRINGS SHAME ON LEGAL PROFESSION
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amPERHAPS it's time to pity poor President Clinton. He just can't seem to bring anything to completion. The man who spent his entire adult life seeking power as a means...
HE RISKS HIS LIFE SO KIDS CAN SURVIVE IN HIDING
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amTIRANA, Albania. DEM Berisha had to leave his hiding place in the Kosovo mountains and risk being shot by Serbian soldiers so the children in his camp could eat what...
CATWALK CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani plans to turn Times Square into the Catwalk of the World this fall by closing the streets and bringing in the new year in style with a premillennium...
BRITS LABORING TO DELIVER ON MALE PILL
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amA male birth-control pill? It's not inconceivable. Fertile scientific minds in Britain say they've made a breakthrough in the quest to come up with a male version of the more-than-30-year-old...
'DEATH' SENTENCE FOR JACK: 10 TO 25 - JUDGE NIXES MERCY PLEA FOR 70-YR.-OLD
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amDr. Jack Kevorkian was tossed in jail last night after a Michigan judge sentenced him to 10 to 25 years for murder - ending "Dr. Death's" decade-long mercy-killing crusade. The...
CYBERBABES BATTLE TO BE TOPS ON WEB
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amCall it the battle of the sexy cyberchicks. Pamela Anderson Lee and Cindy Margolis are duking it out to reign as Queen of the Internet. Iconocast, a San Francisco Internet...
AL GORE'S BIGGEST MISTAKE YET
April 14, 1999 | 4:00am'Bill Bradley may not be themost exciting guy in the world, buthe's a more serious and - let's face it - less weird guy than Al Gore.' THE political elites...
CHARITABLE GORE NO MORE THE 'CHEAP VEEP' OF YORE
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Al Gore - derided as "Cheap Veep" for giving just $353 to charity in 1997 - upped his donations to $15,197 last year but he's still way behind...
YA GOTTA HAND IT TO THIS UNDERGROUND MAGIC MAN
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amThe hardest part was the paisley hands. Magician David Blaine - unearthed Monday after battling aches, pains and hunger to complete his weeklong "Buried Alive" stunt - said his mind...
CHUCK GOES FOR CHEAP FRILLS WAVING MARLA UNDIES
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amShoe-fetishist ex-publicist Chuck Jones waved Marla Maples' dirty laundry around in court yesterday - including her 10-year-old undies and an even older affair he implied she'd had with Dodi Fayed....
STRAPHANGERS TAKE SWIPE AT SNAFU-PRONE METROCARDS
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amNearly a third of MetroCard users say they've either been double charged or prevented from passing through turnstiles because of swiping problems, a City Council survey said yesterday. Ninety percent...
RUDY, BUSH BUDDY UP IN TEXAS
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amAUSTIN, Texas - Mayor Giuliani yesterday hailed Gov. George W. Bush as the savior of the GOP - a favor one mayoral ally hopes will be repaid with a Senate...
GAS HIKE$ HAVE MOTORISTS FUMING
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amPrices at the pumps have risen 25 percent in the past six weeks - and motorists say it's a real pain in the gas. The average price of a gallon...
WAR SPILLS ACROSS ALBANIAN BORDER - SERBS DENY VIOLENT RAIDS ON VILLAGES
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Serbian forces crossed into northern Albania yesterday and battled border police in an ominous new escalation of the Kosovo war, authorities said. As many as 100 Serbian troops...
STARR READY TO SAY: DUMP THE LAW ON 'INDY' COUNSEL
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amStarr says the law leads to attacks on special prosecutors like himself and lengthy, costly investigations, sources said. WASHINGTON - Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr will testify today he thinks it's...
SAFIR ATTACKS AMID PBA REBELLION; COPS DEMAND SUSPENSION FOR ETHICS WOES
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amA defiant Police Commissioner Howard Safir yesterday lashed out at the PBA after the police union gave him a thumbs-down in a rare no-confidence vote. "This action is not about...
UCONN HOOPS STAR IN POT BUST
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amUniversity of Connecticut hoops star Kahlid El-Amin was busted yesterday with a nickel bag of marijuana in Hartford, Conn., cops said. El-Amin - who helped lead the UConn Huskies to...
PATAKI, WHITMAN STANDING FAST IN P.A. PURSE-STRING TUG
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amGov. Pataki and New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman refused to give an inch yesterday in their tug-of-war over the Port Authority. Pataki again withheld support for a Jersey port project...
SERBS IN RAPE SPREE, BRITS SAY
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amTerrified Kosovo women are undergoing "systematic rape" by Serbian forces, British Foreign Minister Robin Cook charged yesterday. Cook cited a camp at Djakovica, near the Albanian border, where women are...
O.J. DESCRIBES BATTLE WITH GUNMAN WHO 'WANTED ME'
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amShamed football superstar O.J. Simpson said last night he bit his way out of close encounter with a well-dressed gunman, but cut his hand on the barrel of the assailant's...
SAFIR ATTACKS AMID PBA REBELLION - COPS DEMAND SUSPENSION FOR ETHICS WOES
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amA defiant Police Commissioner Howard Safir yesterday lashed out at the PBA after the police union gave him a thumbs-down in a rare no-confidence vote. "This action is not about...
TINA TRIGGERS 'PRIMA JOHN-A' ACT BY ELTON
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amRocket Man Elton John launched into a screaming hissy fit and stormed off the stage after rock songstress Tina Turner slammed his piano playing during rehearsals for a concert at...
VACCINE COMBATS LYME
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amIF you fish, hunt, golf, hike, camp or enjoy any other outdoor activity, then you are well aware of Lyme disease. What you may not be aware of is that...
THERE'S A BIT OF BARRY IN L.I.'S ZEREOUE
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amAssociated Press Hempstead's Amos Zereoue has been compared to Barry Sanders, because he owns more moves than the transactions wire. Sanders is the ruler of NFL backs, so coming out...
NEVER MIND THE QBS, CHAMP IS TOP DAWG
April 14, 1999 | 4:00am"He's the Great Temptation ... He's the best pure prospect in the draft."REDSKIN SCOUT In a wealthy NFL draft that features The Crop of '99, a quintuplet of quarterbacks slurpily...
'IMPROVE' ODDS OF WINNING
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amThe handicapping term ''rounding to form'' describes a horse that's shown enough gradual improvement over his last couple of starts to suggest he's ready to win today. The concept is...
NEW FIELD FOR NEUFELD ; LAWYER'S SON PITCHES FOR OWN DREAM TEAM
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amHis father was an attorney for O.J. Simpson during the infamous double-murder trial. His mother is a law professor at Pace University. But with all due respect to the legal...
N.Y. GRIDDERS WANT 'BRAGGIN' RIGHTS'
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amNew York's top gridiron seniors will be looking for revenge when they battle their New Jersey counterparts in the Governor's Bowl High School All-Star Game July 10 at Rutgers University....
ST. JOHN'S NEEDS NEW MR. BIG SHOT
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amThere were times last season when Ron Artest singlehandedly determined the outcome of a game. Sometimes he'd grab the key rebound, make a crucial steal, find the open man, bring...
POTVIN PUMPED UP FOR SHOT AT LEAFS
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amThe way Islander goalie Felix Potvin feels tonight will be what Tommy Salo will feel when he visits the Coliseum next season with the Oilers. Tonight at Toronto's new Air...
CASHMAN MUM ON LANDING WOHLERS
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Yankee GM Brian Cashman won't say if the team is interested in picking up Mark Wohlers from the Braves. The Braves have until Friday at 2 p.m. to...
DEVILS CHASING HISTORY
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amThe Devils aim for road history tonight when they face the Sabres in Buffalo. Their away-from-the-Meadowlands excellence will be put to the test tonight as they attempt to tie the...
O'S AND KNICKS ARE BIRDS OF A FEATHER
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amTHE Orioles are the Knicks. They keep throwing dollar after dollar at a plan of the moment, hoping to prop up their fading legend for a title run. Instead, the...
GOODBYES FOR ARTEST NOT EASY
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amSt. John's forward Ron Artest proved you can go home, even if it is to say good-bye. The Red Storm sophomore from the Queensbridge projects in Long Island City stood...
METS PROVE IT PAYS TO BE PATIENT
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amMet fans have waited a long time for another playoff appearance, so perhaps they don't mind waiting a little longer - for each at-bat. In their first eight games, the...
VAN GUNDY'S FACE MURAL OF MISERY
April 14, 1999 | 4:00am"He takes it seriously. Basketball to him, he's driven by it. He does take it personally. You can tell by the way he looks."JOE MARCHESE, ASSISTANT TO JEFF VAN GUNDY...
BOMBERS MUM ON INTEREST IN WOHLERS
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES In the summer of 1997, after the Braves had played an interleague series at Yankee Stadium, George Steinbrenner ran into Mark Wohlers outside the Stadium. Ignoring the fact...
ONE GAME AT A TIME ; KNICKS SET THEIR SIGHTS ON FOURTH PLAYOFF SPOT
April 14, 1999 | 4:00am"We can control our own destiny by winning, winning as many games as we can down the stretch and not looking ahead or not looking back."LATRELL SPREWELL It wasn't all...
AMAZIN'S EYE WOHLERS FOR BULLPEN
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES The Mets have had internal discussions about acquiring troubled closer Mark Wohlers, according to an industry source familiar with their thinking. The Mets are curious if Wohlers would...
GOODBYE MATTER OF WHEN, NOT IF
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amOn the day that Wayne Gretzky might well have confirmed his decision to retire as reported yesterday by The Post, he did not. Instead, The Great One continued to deflect...
SIXERS GETTING BETTER WITH AGE
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amFor years, the words Philadelphia and NBA playoffs simply weren't uttered in the same sentence, unless the word "never" was included. The once-proud 76ers had become basketball's whipping boys and...
CABLEVISION BUDGETING BIG BUCKS FOR BLUESHIRTS
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amCablevision president and CEO Jim Dolan told the Rangers in a post-game meeting with the team on Monday night that ownership intends to invest whatever resources necessary this summer to...
NEIL HOPING AGAINST HOPE ; PICKING UP WAYNE'S $5M OPTION; SAYS HE NEVER DISSED GREAT ONE
April 14, 1999 | 4:00am"What's so ironic is that every consideration was made not to be disrespectful to [Gretzky], and now that's the way I'm being portrayed."NEIL SMITH NEIL SMITH The last thing in...
GRITTY YANKS KEEP BIRDS O FOR BRONX
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amYankees 6 Orioles 3 Watching from his Westchester home, Joe Torre had to like what he saw from his Yankees last night. Had Torre been in the dugout, he would...
'D' WAY IT SHOULD BE ; KNICKS SMOTHER SIXERS & IVERSON FOR 3RD STRAIGHT
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amYou might want to hold off on those Knick funeral arrangements. Especially if the suddenly energized defense continues its recent savage play. Turning their ferocity level to peak capacity in...
VAN GUNDY SAVES FACE ; FOR ONE NIGHT, JEFF CAN SMILE
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amT HIS was tolerable, and so Jeff Van Gundy did not unveil that look. The one the Knicks have come to know and not love, the look of utter despair...
EWING GIVES IN TO AILING ACHILLES
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Patrick Ewing needs about eight weeks of R and R to strengthen and rehabilitate his aching left Achilles tendon. There's only one problem. "I don't have eight weeks,"...
KNICKS FINALLY FIND THE ANSWER
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amSince the day he first stepped onto an NBA court, Allen Iverson has made games at the Garden into his personal highlight reels and made the Knick defenders seem like...
BOMBERS LET JORGE DO IT ; POSADA'S HOMER TOO MUCH FOR O'S
April 14, 1999 | 4:00amTo fully understand the pained expression painted on Jorge Posada's face last night, it was necessary to gaze over his muscular shoulders and into the switch-hitting catcher's locker. There, on...