May 6, 1999
STARBUCKS GOES UPTOWN - GRAND OPENING FOR FIRST HARLEM STORE
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amHarlem residents now have the same opportunity as other Manhattanites to spend $1.75 for a cup of Starbucks joe - and that, apparently, is cause for celebration. Residents and local...
TOP POST AT BARNEYS SUITS QUESTROM
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amBig retailing fish Allen Questrom has found himself a smaller pond. The former head of Federated Department Stores, the No. 1 department store chain in the world, yesterday agreed to...
ROSEN'S GOT REASONS TO TAKE HIS TIME
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amAlready sitting on a $30 million nest egg, veteran marketing man Fred Rosen wasn't worried about stepping on toes in his effort to rescue Time Warner's web disaster. In fact,...
NEWS CORP. THIRD-QTR. NET BEATS ESTIMATES
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amNews Corporation's third-quarter net came in at $168 million, or 17 cents per ADR, beating analysts' estimates. Television, newspapers and book publishing all posted revenue increases. "The numbers were great,...
ARMSTRONG REACHES OUT TO M'SOFT, AOL
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amAT&T's Mike Armstrong was close to a deal last night that would put Microsoft's Bill Gates firmly behind AT&T's planned acquisition of MediaOne. In addition, Armstrong was working toward a...
VIBE CEO'S RESIGNATION A SHOCKER
May 6, 1999 | 4:00am[Clinkscales] helped start the "Vibe" TV show and was a force behind the recent spinoff of Blaze. In the latest executive shakeup at the Miller Publishing Group, Keith Clinkscales, the...
GETTY GETS ART.COM - DEAL WIDENSITS EDGE OVER GATES' CORBIS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amGetty Images, which owns the largest collection of archival photos, will buy Art.com, an online retailer of framed art, for $202 million in cash and stock. The move will put...
DA INDICTS 18 DUKE BROKERS ON FRAUD CHARGES
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amDuke victims include a 63-year-old retired Queens butcher who lost $80,000 and a 44-year-old self-employed Westchester man who lost more than $270,000. The chairman of a now-defunct securities firm and...
AT&T DEAL PUTS GATES NEARER SET TOP BOXES
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amAT&T's Mike Armstrong was close to a deal last night that would put Microsoft's Bill Gates firmly behind AT&T's planned acquisition of MediaOne. In addition, Armstrong was working toward a...
'CORSAIRE' WELL WORTH RUSSIAN FOR
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amDANCE REVIEW AMERICAN Ballet Theater's version of the old Russian classic "Le Corsaire," given its first performance of the season at the Metropolitan Opera House on Tuesday, is sheer unadulterated,...
TV TICKER
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amA done deal Paramount TV made it official yesterday, inking Dr. Laura Schlessinger to host an hour-long, syndicated talk show scheduled to launch in fall 2000. Schlessinger almost signed a...
EYES HAVE IT ON NEW 'EXPECTATIONS'
May 6, 1999 | 4:00am"Great Expectations"9 p.m. Sunday and Monday on WNET/Ch. 13 'MASTERPIECE Theatre" serves up a feast for the eyes with a new and painterly version of Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations." It...
SHOULD THE MTA ALLOW THIS AD IN THE SUBWAY?
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amTHE pungent aroma of stale urine in public places was one of the most powerful manifestations of New York's decaying quality of life before the Giuliani crackdown. So it's perhaps...
DOWNS QUITS ABC TO BE ON-LINE GUY ...AFTER 45 YEARS ON THE JOB
May 6, 1999 | 4:00am'If he wanted to renew [his contract] it would have been a problem.'- an industry insider '2/0/20" co-host Hugh Downs, a fixture on television for over 45 years, said yesterday...
HOW TV, RADIO TALKERS CAN SAVE THE SHOW: B'WAY'S BIG BOOSTERS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amAFTER "The Civil War" got kicked in the teeth by the critics, it found aid and comfort from an unlikely corner: Radio personality Don Imus. Imus, whose program usually focuses...
WE REVEAL N.Y.'S REALLY PICKY EATERS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00am( Sandra Bullock demands her dishes be made with neither raw onions nor garlic. Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter snubbed the salmon on the menu at a recent magazine awards...
LONG AND 'SHORT' OF IT: 'MARTIN' NEEDS A HOME
May 6, 1999 | 4:00am'THE Martin Short Show has everything going for it except a New York station. But that slight inconvenience isn't stopping the show from moving full-steam-ahead toward a September launch. Until...
TA SET TO CLEAN UP WITH ADOPT-A-STATION PLAN
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amMaybe the name Trump will adorn a subway station near one of his properties. The Lexington Avenue/53rd Street subway station might also be called the Citibank station - or the...
LUKE-WARM SKYWALKER - 'STAR WARS' FANS GIVE NEW FLICK 1 THUMB UP
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amThe first reviews of "The Phantom Menace" are in - from fans who caught invitation-only screenings of the highly anticipated "Star Wars" prequel. The verdict: It's good, but don't quit...
ANGRY LUCIANO DENIES OWING ITALY'S TAXMAN LOTSA C-NOTES
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amOpera superstar Luciano Pavarotti yesterday furiously denied allegations he's a tax cheat. The Italian government has charged the formerly tubby tenor with owing at least $2.5 million in back taxes....
POLICE NAB MURDER SUSPECT AFTER 10 YRS.
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amBrooklyn detectives who cracked open the files of a 10-year-old murder tracked down the prime suspect in Puerto Rico - where he'd built a whole new life for himself, police...
'BADGERED' WILLEY SAYS SHE FELT THREATENED BY CLINTON
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amALEXANDRIA, Va. - Kathleen Willey testified yesterday that President Clinton's lawyer pressured her not to answer questions in the Paula Jones case - and she felt it was a threat...
CHARGES DUE IN ABORT-DOC SLAY
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amInvestigators plan to charge a fugitive anti-abortion activist with the sniper killing of upstate doctor Barnett Slepian, it was reported yesterday. Until now, James C. Kopp, 44, had been described...
CUNY'S ARSENAL TRIGGERS PROTESTS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00am"I think it's outrageous. I think what they're doing is basically to intimidate students . . ." HUNTER COLLEGE SENIOR ALEX HOGAN Staff and students are up in arms because...
STARVED BABY'S MOM MAY TELL STORY IN COURT
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amThe defense failed in a bid to have the judge declare a mistrial. The young mother whose breast-fed infant starved to death may take the stand at her manslaughter trial,...
SAVAGE TWISTERS CAN'T KILL OUR SPIRIT, SURVIVORS PLEDGE
May 6, 1999 | 4:00am"I'll play it like I've always played it - I'll just pick up the pieces and start again." RANDY MILLIRONS Survivors of the deadliest tornado to hit Oklahoma in more...
CLOONEY COMEBACK LOOKS LIKE RX FOR 'ER'
May 6, 1999 | 4:00am"An appearance by George will make the ratings go through the roof." JULIANNA MARGULIES Hunky George Clooney will return to "ER" for four episodes next season, gabby star Julianna Margulies...
CONVICTED MARLA HEEL A SHOE-IN FOR PRISON
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amCall it "sole on ice." Foot-fetishist publicist Chuck Jones is prison-bound after a Manhattan jury convicted him yesterday of burglarizing Marla Maples' apartment - calling him "obsessive" and "not normal."...
LIDDY LAYS IT ON TOO THICK FOR N.Y.
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amHer self-deprecating, somewhat phony Southern-belle routine might not be the most effective means to reach brusque, subway-riding broads. THE lady Liddy blazed through the room in a suit of blinding...
GOPERS OPPOSE RUDY ON PENSION INCREASES
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amTwo Republican Staten Island city councilmen are breaking ranks with Mayor Giuliani today by calling for increased pension benefits for tens of thousands of city workers. Freshmen councilmen Stephen Fiala...
SUIT: FUGITIVE BROKER RIPPED OFF WISEGUYS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amNo respect! A stockbroker cheated a jailed Mafia capo and other members of the notorious Gambino family out of $2 million before fleeing the country, court papers charge. In a...
YANKS MAY PLAY BEISBOL - SEEKING GAMES AGAINST CUBANS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amYankee owner George Steinbrenner is quietly negotiating to play home and away games next year with the Cuban national baseball team, sources said last night. Besides opening talks with the...
THERE AREN'T ANY ANSWERS AMONG THE FACES OF PAIN
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amMcGUIRE AFB, N.J. THE most basic instinct was to look for a miracle among the faces of pain. I had forgotten most of their names, but I will never forget...
BUSTA'S DEAL MEANS NO JAIL FOR GUN RAP
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amRapper Busta Rhymes pleaded guilty to felony gun possession yesterday - but a judge is promising no jail because the Grammy nominee was fearful after an armed robbery last year....
PREZ PRAISES 'BRAVE AMERICANS' KILLED IN CRASH
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A somber President Clinton praised the Apache pilots who crashed and died during a training flight yesterday - the first U.S. casualties in the Kosovo crisis - as...
COLO. 'SUSPECT': SHERIFF'S 'GOING TO LOOK REALLY BAD'
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amA Columbine HS student named as a possible suspect in last month's massacre yesterday slammed the sheriff investigating the case - calling the accusation a "smoke screen." The angry comments...
TAPES HELP COPS WITH ETHNIC SENSITIVITY
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amThe NYPD today will begin distributing the latest tool in police sensitivity - videotapes on the city's different ethnic groups. The "Streetwise" tapes, developed by the City University of New...
LOUIMA GAY? NO WAY, SAY PALS WHO TELL OF DANCE NIGHT
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amAbner Louima was dancing happily with several women before he was arrested, friends testified yesterday - punching holes in defense claims that he was injured in a sex act. Louima,...
PALS MOURN TRAGIC ARMY FLIERS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Kevin Reichert, one of two U.S. pilots who died in the Apache helicopter crash in Albania, developed a love of flying in high school, where he operated remote...
INDICTED EX-UNION BIG LIVED HIGH LIFE ON STOLEN DUES: DA
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amThe former head of the union for 26,000 school cafeteria workers was indicted yesterday - along with five cronies and relatives - for allegedly looting nearly $3 million in dues....
ED. BOARD SIDES WITH MAYOR AGAINST ITS OWN RUDY
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amThe Board of Education was in turmoil yesterday after four members split with Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew and agreed to enact a $7 billion construction plan - as pushed by...
WELC0ME T0 FREED0M, SAYS HILLARY - KOSOVO REFUGEES GET SHELTER IN N.J.
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday told the first group of 453 Kosovar refugees to arrive in the United States that Americans will open "our hearts and homes" to them....
DIVIDED PAROLE BOARD VOTES TO FREE AMY
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amA parole panel has voted 2-1 to free Amy Fisher, who served seven years for shooting the wife of her then-lover, Joey Buttafuoco, a state government source disclosed last night....
NARCOTICS SUSPECT GRILLED IN 12-YEAR-OLD COP MURDER
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amA suspect in the 12-year-old fatal mugging of an off-duty cop was being questioned by detectives last night, police said. Cops wouldn't identify the 30-year-old suspect in the shooting of...
ERIC'S MOVE TO JETS GETS THE GREEN LIGHT
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amSince the day in 1989 that Eric Green left the tiny Liberty University campus in Lynchburg, Va., Sam Rutigliano always followed his prized former star's every professional step. Rutigliano, the...
LOU, RUN FOR SENATOR: YASHIN DEAL SHOULD BE GM'S FIRST MOVE
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amTHEY parted so hurriedly it was almost as if the bosses didn't want to see their Devil faces any longer than necessary. Instead of opening the second round tomorrow, the...
'CHUK, CARPENTER ON EXIT RAMP
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amThe worries begin now. Devils begin to sweat their continued employ as such. Dave Andreychuk was a no-show in the locker room after the Devils broke up yesterday. His nameplate...
WASHINGTON DRAMA IS CAPITAL: DUELING D.C. SERIES WILL TRY TO BREAK DOCS' GRIP ON RATINGS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amNEXT fall, TV drama is moving out of the Emergency Room and into the Blue Room. For the first time in memory, two new series will be set in the...
JUST LOSE, BABY! KNICKS WOULD DRAW HEAT, NOT PACERS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amWould the fix be in? The Knicks played the Heat last night at the Garden in their regular season finale. In this weird lockout season, this was a game that...
OVERFLOW FIELD EYES PREAKNESS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amJust as with this year's Kentucky Derby, it appears the earnings rule will have to be invoked to trim the May 15 Preakness down to a full field when entries...
BAM BAM'S NOT GIVING UP ON HIS DREAM: TOILS FOR NEWARK BEARS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00am"I'm still trying to get back to the majors."BAM BAM MEULENS Hensley Meulens was perhaps the most highly-touted prospect in the Yankee organization in 1992. A right-handed power hitter, all...
LAVOY MAKES BIG APPLE DEBUT
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amRachel Lavoy made her N.Y. riding debut in the third race yesterday and didn't look bad on For Pete's Sake. The apprentice sat off the heated early pace around the...
YANKS EYE FARM FOR SOME RELIEF
May 6, 1999 | 4:00am"We have some options and we will probably need every bit of them."GM BRIAN CASHMAN MINNEAPOLIS - If the Yankees' beleaguered bullpen is to receive reinforcements, they will come from...
FAILURE IN DEVILS' BLOOD
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amTHE PROBLEM runs deeper than the absence of a proven first-line center and reliable go-to gunner; much deeper than that. The Devils are a team consumed psychologically by their silent...
LIVERPOOL SHOWS NO MERSEY
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amLONDON - To say that Liverpool and Manchester United hate one another - let's not even get started. But let's put it this way: Liverpool has been mostly hopeless this...
B-B-B-B BAD TO THE BO:THIS TIME, BONILLA'S PLAY EARNING BOOS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amHE HASN'T threatened any reporters or challenged them to knock the smile off his face. The again, Bobby Bonilla hasn't had much about which to smile either. Say what you...
CASSELL FEELS NET PAIN: SAYS HIS INJURY DOOMED CALIPARI
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amThe Nets needed no reminders of how utterly messed up their entire season had been. But there were reminders everywhere last night, including the revelation of yet another surgery, this...
HEAT KNOW KNICKS WON'T BE PUSHOVERS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amWhat exactly is a No. 1 seed vs. No. 8 seed first-round playoff series supposed to be all about? "Chicago versus the Washington Wizards," P.J. Brown said. The Heat power...
LUGO LEADS THE WAY AS XAVERIAN ROMPS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amXaverian 12 CTK 2 Giving pitcher Ruddy Lugo a six-run lead in the first inning is like allowing Harry Houdini unlimited time to escape from a locked box. With ability...
POSADA BAT IN THE 'EYES' OF THE STORM
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES MINNEAPOLIS - If Jorge Posada's recent struggles behind the plate and at it are the result of faulty vision, it means Posada's eyesight has faltered in eight weeks....
BOSS DAVE WILL TAKE HARD LOOK AT ALL JOBS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Garden Guru Dave Checketts repeated last night that he is not yet in job-search mode. He will be looking for a GM and could be searching for a...
MARBURY POURS IN 41 IN NETS' GRAND FINALE
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amNets 115 Bucks 107 Before the game, Sam Cassell was claiming that had he been healthy all year and remained in New Jersey, the Nets would be going to the...
PEN-DULUM SWINGS FOR METS: RELIEF CORPS FINALLY FAILS AS BENITEZ GETS BEATEN BY BAGWELL
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amAstros 5 Mets 4 Armando Benitez and the Mets bullpen have been almost automatic this season. But even automation has its breakdowns. Benitez gave up a two-run home run to...
TURN UP THE HEAT! KNICKS TOP MIAMI IN A PREVIEW OF FIRST-ROUND WAR
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amKnicks 101 Heat 88 Be careful for what you wish for, Knicks. The Knicks got the first-round matchup they wanted last night when Philadelphia beat Detroit 105-100, assuring the Knicks...
B-B-B-B BAD TO THE BO: THIS TIME, BONILLA'S PLAY EARNING BOOS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amIT'S become the fun thing to do at Shea, booing Bobby Boo. They have smiles on their faces when they do it. They knew last night Bonilla didn't deserve to...
PETTITTE JUMP-STARTS YANKS ; MUFFLES MINNY, REVIVES BOMBERS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - There was nothing wrong with the Yankees that a well-pitched game couldn't cure. Sure, their defense had been awful lately and their hitting spotty in the clutch. Yet...
ZO SEES BIGGER PICTURE
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amTHROUGH looking glass almost as thick as his head, which rolled off last spring, Alonzo Mourning can't avoid seeing redemption. He insists not. Goggles, necessitated by a Cedric Henderson shot...
BONILLA DUMPED TO SEVENTH IN ORDER
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES Bobby Valentine moved the struggling Bobby Bonilla down in the order to the seventh spot in the batting order before last night's tilt with the Astros, a move...
HARDAWAY BRACES FOR ROUND THREE
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amTim Hardaway's eyes narrowed a bit, as if he heard something that bothered him. All last night, it was the Knicks this, the Knicks that, as if it was that...
LUCKY KNICKS GET WHAT THEY WANT
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amDURING a timeout midway through the third quarter of Knicks-Heat at the Garden last night, Larry Johnson leaned back from the Knick bench and with a lift of his chin...
RILEY HAS NO GRUDGE WITH VAN
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amJeff Van Gundy hanging on the long and muscular leg of Alonzo Mourning was the most striking sight in last year's frenetic Knicks-Heat playoff series. The most shocking words, though,...
LJ NOT EXPECTING REMATCH WITH ZO
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES The last thing Larry Johnson wants this year is another playoff altercation with Alonzo Mourning or any other member of the Heat. "Because it has happened twice in...
VG SUCCESS WILL BOOST ERNIE, TOO
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amShould the Knicks surprise in the playoffs, not only will it enhance Van Gundy's credentials, but it will vindicate Grunfeld as well and bring into question why he had to...
PETTITTE JUMP-STARTS YANKS: MUFFLES MINNY, REVIVES BOMBERS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00am"Andy can be a couple of different pitchers on a given night and tonight he was the 1996 Andy."JOE GIRARDI MINNEAPOLIS - Coloring the air with brown streams of tobacco...
KNOBLAUCH YEARNS TO GET BACK ON FIELD
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Chuck Knoblauch will try again today to do something that his bruised left foot wouldn't allow him to do last night - play. "My heart is set on...
MCRAE'S ACHIN' ANKLE NOT SERIOUS
May 6, 1999 | 4:00amThe injury bug bit the Mets once again last night as Brian McRae was forced to leave the Mets' 5-4 loss to the Astros after being hit by a Jay...