May 4, 1999
MUTUAL FUND INVESTING THAT DOESN'T SUSPEND BELIEF
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amIN the beginning, there was the Lutheran Brotherhood Fund. Then that begat the Lutheran Brotherhood Income fund, which begat the Aid Association for Lutherans Capital Growth fund. Later came the...
GOLDMAN SACHS IPO DEBUTS TODAY AT $3.66B
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amBecause of the stunning demand for its stock, Goldman Sachs increased by 9 million shares the number it made available to the public. Goldman Sachs takes center stage today as...
BUBBLE IS GROWING - INFLATION CONCERN? MARKET HURDLES 11,000 MARK
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amIT took just five weeks for the Dow Jones industrial average to rise 1,000 points from the vaunted 10,000 level to yesterday's close of 11,014.69. Impressive! In the last five...
'SPOILER' GATES WANTS SOME MEDIAONE ACTION
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amBill Gates is aggressively kicking the tires at MediaOne in anticipation of joining Comcast in a bid for the cable giant. The Microsoft chief has been most closely examining MediaOne's...
NO DENYING DENIRO INTENT FOR B'KYN FILM STUDIO
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amAn investment group led by Robert DeNiro yesterday took its first step toward launching a massive $150 million movie studio at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The studio project - which...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amSumptuous settings Looking for a special place to stay in Provence? While you're browsing the travel guides in your local bookstore, wander over to the section that displays coffee-table books...
'STAR WARS' SCOREIS OUT OF THIS WORLD
May 4, 1999 | 4:00am*STAR WARS: EPISODE 1 SOUNDTRACK John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra Sony ClassicalIn John Williams' score for the latest installment in the "Star Wars" saga, the composer/conductor only occasionally...
TV TICKER
May 4, 1999 | 4:00am'Noah' wily Part One of NBC's "Noah's Ark" scored the highest overnight rating for any movie, including theatricals, on any network this season, according to overnight Nielsen data. Sunday's broadcast...
STUDIOS LOOK TO CASH IN BEFORE THE FORCE ARRIVES
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amNEVER before has summer begun so early. You may have thought you had another month to drop weight for that bikini, but as far as Hollywood is concerned, school's out...
'DOWN WILL COME BABY' LANDS DOA
May 4, 1999 | 4:00am"Down Will Come Baby" Tomorrow at 9 on WCBS/Ch.2 "DOWN Will Come Baby" is a sort of family-style "Fatal Attraction" that is so fatally flawed it is virtually brain dead...
TRUE 'BLUE' SPARKS RIVETING EPISODE - ABC DRAMA COPS WINNING 'NYPD' ATTITUDE
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amTHE personal and professional collide like bumper cars in an intricately plotted and gloriously emotional "NYPD Blue" that fans will not want to miss. Except for Martinez and Medavoy, who've...
IT'S THRIL-LING: EMMY WINNER LISA KEEPS SEAT NO. 5 AT "THE VIEW" (LIKE WE SAID SHE WOULD)
May 4, 1999 | 4:00am"They sort of came right out and said, 'You've got the job'...but I didn't want to scream and act like an idiot." - "The View's" new regular Lisa Ling AS...
YEAH, BABY! HBO SINKS TEETH INTO 'AUSTIN POWERS' CARTOON
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amA USTIN Powers, the shagadelic British spy, is heading back into theaters next month with a sequel to the 1997 hit - and he's now also slated to become a...
THE 'ICEMAN' VS. THE 'SALESMAN'
May 4, 1999 | 4:00am'PARADE,'' a $4.5-million flop musical about the Leo Frank case that closed months ago, snagged nine Tony Award nominations yesterday, the most for any production this season. Snubbed big-time was...
WHAT A BAD HAIR DAY MEANS
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amIS your hairdo trying to tell you something about your health? Prof. Veronica James of Australia's University of New South Wales thinks so. She recently published a report, which revealed...
TRUE 'BLUE' SPARKS RIVETING EPISODE: ABC DRAMA COPS WINNING 'NYPD' ATTITUDE
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe personal and professional collide like bumper cars in an intricately plotted and gloriously emotional "NYPD Blue" that fans will not want to miss. Except for Martinez and Medavoy, who've...
TEEN NABBED IN WEST SIDE SEX ASSAULT
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amA young Manhattan waitress, walking her dog at dawn yesterday along Central Park, was attacked, robbed and sexually assaulted by two teens, police said. Victor Pastore, 15, was arrested within...
EX-FBI PROBER GETS ADL POST
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amNeil Herman, the former FBI official who spearheaded probes of the World Trade Center bombing and the crash of TWA Flight 800, has become the head of investigations for the...
SON: DEAD DAD'S EVEREST CLIMB WAS NO BIG DEAL
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe son of famed British climber George Mallory said his dad's scaling of Mount Everest in 1924 isn't the historic feat it's cracked up to be - because he didn't...
BLUE-BLOOD HEIR'S E. SIDE DEATH LEAP - LAST CHAPTER IN WOODWARD CLAN'S DECADES OF SCANDAL
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amWilliam Woodward III, scion of one of America's oldest and wealthiest families, jumped to his death from the kitchen window of his 14th-floor luxury apartment on the Upper East Side....
DRUG-PENALTY REFORMS MAY SET 250 FREE
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amALBANY - A slew of inmates convicted on felony charges under the tough Rockefeller drug laws would be up for early release under legislation touted yesterday by Gov. Pataki. That...
GIS TOOK A LICKIN' BUT DIDN'T SICKEN - EX-POWS' BONES BROKEN - BUT NOT SPIRITS: DOCS
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe three GIs freed from Yugoslavia are in very good health - despite one soldier's broken ribs and another's broken nose - and looking forward to 30 days' leave, U.S....
AMY A BUNDLE OF NERVES ON EVE OF PAROLE DECISION
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amA nervous Amy Fisher goes before the parole board today, hoping to be released soon and looking forward to a new job and - someday - marriage and a family....
'STAR WARS' TOYS SELL AT THE SPEED OF DELIGHT
May 4, 1999 | 4:00am"Star Wars" fans invaded toy stores across the city yesterday, snatching up out-of-this-world merchandise from the hotly anticipated prequel. At the FAO Schwarz store in Midtown, legions of diehard sci-fi...
SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR HASN'T GOT A CLUE
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amTHE two Rudys shook hands. And from there, things pretty much went nowhere. In their first face-to-face meeting since Rudy Crew whined to all his little friends that Rudy Giuliani...
KIDMAN RE-BUFFED BY TONYS FOR 'ROOM'
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amNicole Kidman was snubbed in yesterday's Tony Award nominations for her daring, naked Broadway role. The leggy blond Australian - who broke box-office records and set Broadway abuzz last December...
AT LAST! BOOK GIVES PEEK AT ALL THE ACTION
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe plot of the new ''Star Wars'' movie was officially revealed yesterday, as the novelization of ''Episode 1: The Phantom Menace'' arrived in bookstores. The 324-page book, by fantasy writer...
NEW PILL FOR SHYNESS HEADS INTO LIMELIGHT
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe first drug to treat severe shyness is on the verge of winning federal approval. The makers of Paxil have asked the Food and Drug Administration to clear the antidepressant...
LOUIMA TRIAL STARTS TODAY WITH JUST ONE BLACK ON JURY
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe trial of the cops accused in the sex torture of Abner Louima opens today, with eight whites, three Hispanics and one black set to determine the outcome of the...
PROTESTERS: CASTRO PLAYS A FOUL BALLGAME
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - The Baltimore Orioles took on the Cuban all-stars last night amid a sea of protesters who say Fidel Castro is using his team as pawns in a twisted...
PUTTING STOCK IN STOCK CARS
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amEight owners of racing teams competing in the CART circuit are selling 1.8 million shares they own. Some of auto racing's biggest names - including champs Bobby Rahal and Dan...
BILL: SLOBBO CAN HALT THE BOMBING; BILL: SLOBBO HAS POWER TO HALT AIR ATTACKS
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton yesterday opened the door to a "bombing pause," but warned that Serb strongman Slobodan Milosevic first must be "ready to end the nightmare" in Kosovo. "We...
BULLS ON THE RAMPAGE - DOW ROCKETS PAST 11,000-POINT MARK
May 4, 1999 | 4:00am"I looked up and saw 11,000. It's just incredible that it moved up so fast." TRADER MARK MOZIAN A fast and furious bull market trampled over Dow 11,000 yesterday -...
NEW FUEL FOR FIRE OF FEUDING RUDYS - MAYOR LEANS ON CREW TO END SOCIAL PROMOTIONS
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday gave Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew a month to come up with a plan to end social promotions in all grades starting next school year. By issuing the...
COPS ARREST JERK WHO SOLD PISTOL TO COLUMBINE KILLERS - SUSPECT HAD IDEA THEY WERE TOO YOUNG
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amColorado cops yesterday made their first arrest in the probe of the Columbine HS massacre, charging a 22-year-old man with selling the two teen killers the semiautomatic pistol they used...
GUNMEN'S PALS TOLD TO STAY HOME
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amColumbine HS students returned to class yesterday for the first time since the massacre - but anxious officials asked up to 10 friends of the teen gunmen to stay home...
'DISTURBING' INCREASE IN SHOOTINGS CITYWIDE; EXCLUSIVE
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amGun mayhem is on the rise in New York City, new police data show - and officials say the fallout from the Amadou Diallo shooting is partly to blame. Even...
PROTESTS JOLT TEAM FIDEL
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - An anti-Castro protester ran onto the field at the baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Cuban all-stars last night - and was promptly decked by a...
LOUIMA TRIAL STARTS TODAY - JUDGE PUTS A TIGHT LEASH ON BOTH SIDES
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe trial of the cops accused in the sex torture of Abner Louima opens today, with eight whites, three Hispanics and one black set to determine the outcome of the...
SEEMS LIKE 1994 ALL OVER AGAIN
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amDEVIL NOTES They know what happened last time. Boy, they know. The last time the Devils went to a seventh game came on the heels of a legendary sixth game....
SCHOOL FOR DEAF TO PLAY POLS
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe Lexington School for the Deaf boys' basketball team will travel from Queens to Albany May 18 to face a team of state Assembly members for the third consecutive year....
PAVIN & LOPEZ CHIP FOR CHARITY
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe last time Corey Pavin starred in these parts he was drilling his infamous 4 wood onto the 18th green at Shinnecock Hills to win the 1995 U.S. Open. Yesterday,...
DEVILS LOOKIN' FOR A HERO - NEED ANSWER TO JAGR IN GAME 7 SHOWDOWN
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amStrategy is crucial, execution imperative, but by now, those factors are givens, as even as the series. Passion overrides all in Game 7, life at its most vital, electric and...
KNAPIC IN TOTAL KONTROL FOR ARCHBISHOP MOLLOY
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe Archbishop Molloy pitcher's name is Alen Knapic, but yesterday the senior right-hander's name was spelled KKKKKKKKKKKnapic. The 11 Ks stand for the amount of Bishop Ford batters Knapic struck...
SORE ELBOW SHELVES NELSON - STRUGGLING RELIEVER ON DL; TESSMER CALLED UP
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amKANSAS CITY - Shock traveled from America's heartland to The Bronx yesterday over Jeff Nelson's right elbow hurting him enough for the slider-throwing reliever to land on the disabled list....
IT'S UMASS FOR BUTLER
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amJennifer Butler, a 6-3 senior center from Murry Bergtraum High in lower Manhattan, is signing today with Massachusetts, Bergtraum coach Ed Grezinsky said yesterday. Butler, who led Bergtraum to the...
DEVILS GOTTA GET EVERYONE'S 'A' GAME
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amWHEN there's one game left to play, it's winner takes all, and when the best player in the world is on the other team, there's only one way to win...
BOBBY BO READY TO GO; IZZY'S OK AFTER MRI
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES Right fielder Bobby Bonilla sat out last night's game against the Astros because of inflammation under his right kneecap. The field was still wet from the light rains...
DON'T GET TOO GIDDY - KNICK SEASON STILL DISASTER; PLAYOFFS WON'T GET KNICKS OFF THE HOOK
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amI HATE to be the one to pour cold water on all the warm feelings being generated now that it appears the Knicks will indeed qualify for the NBA playoffs....
PITINO KNOWS VAN IS HIS OWN MAN
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amHis first coaching job on the collegiate level was under Rick Pitino at Providence, and a young and impressionable Jeff Van Gundy certainly could have become enamored with the frenetic...
SECURITY COVERS CUBANS LIKE GLOVE
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - This was a pre-game press conference for a hardball game between countries that do not share diplomatic realtions, yet most of the questions were of the softball variety....
O'NEILL SITS IT OUT WITH SORE HIP
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES KANSAS CITY - Twenty minutes before the start of batting practice last night, Paul O'Neill was confident of playing against Royals left-hander Jose Rosado. Thirty minutes prior to...
KNICKS & EWING STUCK TOGETHER; KNICKS, PAT STUCK WITH EACH OTHER
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amWOW, we're down to the last couple of days of the regular season. Seems like just yesterday I was infiltrating union meetings. A flawless segue, if I do say so...
VAN HAS HIS DOUBTS - COACH THINKS 'O' WOES MIGHT BE FATAL
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amJeff Van Gundy sat in a purple chair in the bowels of the Garden last night and dissected what it would mean to make the playoffs with a win over...
ROYALS FLUSH PUTRID YANKS - EL DUQUE ROCKED AS KC GAINS SPLIT
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amKANSAS CITY - Embarrassing. There is no other way to describe the manner in which the Yankees lost to the lowly Royals last night at Kauffman Stadium. First, they didn't...
REED GIVES METS FRESH START
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amTHE idea in restructuring the Met roster this offseason was to support, not carry, the rotation. By upgrading the offense and bullpen without weakening the defense, Mets GM Steve Phillips...
AMAZIN'S HAVE SIXTH SENSE - REED, CEDENO KEEP WINNING STREAK ALIVE
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amMets starter Rick Reed arrived at Shea Stadium 5 hours before he was scheduled to pitch last night, pacing like a caged animal and itching to get at the Astros....
NOBODY'S OFF THE HOOK YET; NOT TIME TO FEEL GIDDY
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amNOTHING has come easy for the Knicks this year. Why should clinching a playoff berth be any different. Beating the Celtics last night looked like it would be much simpler...
KNICKS CELEBRATE BELATED BERTH DAY - VICTORY OVER BOSTON MEANS PLAYOFF SPOT IS THEIRS - FINALLY
May 4, 1999 | 4:00am"Nobody is going to be content to just get here. It's now going to be what can we accomplish." DAVE CHECKETTS Simply put, the Knicks avoided a disaster. Now they...
SPREWELL IS PUMPED FOR RETURN TO PLAYOFFS
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe entire history of Latrell Sprewell's playoff experience can be summed up in three words: Three and out. It is a history that is not lengthy, not successful and not...
MAGIC: KNICK GUARDS HAVE TO GET POINTS
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe man knows a thing or two about playing point guard, and about winning in the post-season. Seated at courtside as the Knicks last night out-ran the Celtics 95-88 to...
CASTRO (THE SHORTSTOP) RULES CAMDEN YARDS
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - The Cuban flag was raised to the same height as the U.S. flag at Camden Yards, but the same could not be said for the level of baseball...
SORE ELBOW SHELVES NELSON
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES KANSAS CITY - Shock traveled from America's heartland to The Bronx yesterday over Jeff Nelson's right elbow hurting him enough for the slider-throwing reliever to land on the...
EVERETT TURNS THE PAGE WITH 'STROS
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: Carl Everett is working the Houston clubhouse like a happy man. He gives a big grin and hearty handshake to some Shea workers he remembers from his three-year stint...
SPREWELL PINING FOR A BLOWOUT
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: Latrell Sprewell had a wish. And he wasn't talking about starting. He was talking of an improvement he would love to see the Knicks make as they took on...
JAG'S GOT ANOTHER BIG ONE LEFT IN HIM
May 4, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: CANONSBURG, Pa. - Sorry Devil fans. On the day after his epic Igloo performance, Penguins superstar Jaromir Jagr said his groin surprisingly was no worse for the wear. "I...