June 9, 1999
STRIKE 3: YELLEN OUT AS ECONOMIC ADVISER
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amPresident Clinton is about to lose his top economic adviser. Janet Yellen is expected today to quit her job as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, making her the...
HEY BARRY DILLER! THEY'RE SELLING YOUR NAME FOR $10M
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amBarry Diller is for sale. The media mogul's name - www.barrydiller.com - is up for grabs on the web and the price tag reads $10,000,000. Cybermultimedia.com - a website that...
MERRILL, GOLDMAN IN E-TRADE EFFORT
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amRichard Grasso and the New York Stock Exchange lost another battle with the digital barbarians yesterday when two of the Exchange's largest customers announced they were backing a new electronic...
BOOKSTORES: READERS GOBBLE UP 'HANNIBAL'
June 9, 1999 | 4:00am"Hannibal," the followup novel about the cannibalistic Dr. Lecter, is challenging "Star Wars" for the title of the year's most-anticipated sequel. Readers eager to pay $27.95 for Thomas Harris' first...
DOLLARS & SAINTS - VATICAN HOPES THEME STORE HAS MASS APPEAL; EXCLUSIVE
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amThe Vatican is looking for a slice of retailing heaven in New York. In a merchandising effort of biblical proportions, New York City will get the first Vatican Treasury Collection...
DR. K00P'S C0UP: .C0M PAYS MILLI0N$
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amC. Everett Koop, the bearded baby doctor who earned $1,700 a week as America's surgeon general, is now an instant Internet millionaire worth more than $42 million. The 82-year-old Koop...
VANITY FAIR TAKES ANOTHER CRACK AT BRILL
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amTHERE may yet be a hard-hitting piece about media maverick Steve Brill in Vanity Fair - but it will be by muckraking writer James Wolcott, not Jennet Conant. Conant quit...
VATICAN'S RELIGIOUS LICENSE MAKES BILLIONS
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amWhile Pope John Paul has long condemned rampant capitalism, the Vatican is no stranger to mass merchandising. There is already a lengthy list of Vatican-approved products. The Vatican Library Line...
PUFF JOBS & BUTT-COVERING
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amIN 1982, filmmaker Kevin Rafferty put together "The Atomic Cafe," a hilarious and wildly subversive documentary satirizing the U.S. government's attempts to mold public opinion about the bomb. The film...
ABT STUMBLES WITH 'ANASTASIA'
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amIT was a grave error for American Ballet Theater to stage the late Sir Kenneth MacMillan's "Anastasia," which entered the company's repertory at the Metropolitan Opera House with a first...
TOO OLD AT 50 FOR TV'S PARTY
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amWANTED: Viewers for network TV. Anyone older than 49 need not apply. In effect, that's the narrow-minded message from NBC and ABC. Fox and the WB prefer their viewers even...
'LA TERRASSE' FALLS FLAT
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amPLAYS and films set in today's Paris seem to have one thing on their mind: real estate. Even highbrow artists are obsessed with apartments. There was an Alain Resnais musical...
FIVE SHOWS TO SHUTTER ON B'WAY
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amBROADWAY was awash in red ink yesterday as five shows posted closing notices in the wake of Sunday night's Tony award telecast. The combined losses totaled about $14 million. Leading...
RIVAL CNBC WILL BE CALLING...
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amL OU Dobbs' resignation is a huge loss for CNN and CNNfn. That was the reaction yesterday from Dobbs' peers and competitors, who credited him with defining the way business...
TANTRUM-THROWING ANCHOR WAS RIGHT ON MONEY AT
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amLOU Dobbs - anchor of "Moneyline" and, after Larry King, probably the network's most bankable star - usually got his way. He has been a big part of CNN since...
DOBBS WALKS WEEKS AFTER FIGHT WITH BOSS
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amLOU DOBBS resigned as "Moneyline" anchor and CNN financial news chief last night, to launch an Internet site on space exploration. The anchor is walking away from a new long-term...
THE MANY FACES OF MIKE MYERS: 'SHAGGED' STAR IS A REAL CHARACTER
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amSLOGGING through Midtown during this apocalyptic heat wave, the only sight to bring a smile to pedestrians' sweat-streaked faces is Austin Powers' splendid mug plastered all over phone booths and...
WHAT'S EATING ME ABOUT RESTAURANT HYPE
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amWE New Yorkers love trying out new restaurants, with their anything-goes menus and cutting-edge designs. We love to shatter our friends' self-esteem by getting into them first. It's fun beating...
ENDLESS PARTY IN TAPAS BAR
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amSession 73 1359 First Ave. at 73rd Street (212) 517-4445 JAZZ and tapas make a pretty irresistible duo. Plunk the place promising this combo on the Upper East Side, which...
DELECTABLE CUISINE IN AN EXOTIC SETTING
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amPARK VIEW Loeb Boathouse in Central Park (near East 72d Street) (212) 517-2233 DRUMS in the night bring smiles to our table at the Park View, the open-air restaurant on...
COUNCIL PAY RAISE MAY BE EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amIt's not exactly a millionaires' club, but the City Council - whose members are up for a 27.6 percent raise - is definitely not the poorhouse. Several members have assets...
IT'S SOPHIE'S CHOICE THAT SHE'LL PROMISE TO OBEY PRINCE EDWARD
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amLONDON - Royal bride-to-be Sophie Rhys-Jones will promise to obey her husband when she ties the knot next week - but that doesn't mean Prince Edward will wear the pants...
HERO'S FAREWELL FOR FALLEN FIRE CAPT.
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amFire Capt. Vincent Fowler, whose final act was protecting a rookie firefighter, was laid to rest yesterday after an emotional funeral in which a weeping daughter called him "my hero...
ESTROGEN RX WON'T BOOST CANCER RISK
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amThe risk of breast cancer doesn't increase for postmenopausal women taking estrogen and other hormones, a new study shows. Researchers said it now appears the benefits of hormone-replacement therapy -...
HIS MOURNERS SMILE THROUGH THEIR TEARS
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amTHERE is no such thing as a good funeral. But grief is a better cocktail when the tears come from laughter. If Capt. Vincent Fowler had not been fighting other...
FEDS STILL AIMING TO TEAR DOWN INFAMOUS 'BLUE WALL OF SILENCE'
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amIn the wake of the Abner Louima torture verdict, federal prosecutors are set to release the results of a massive investigation into cops' so-called "Blue Wall of Silence," sources told...
2 BOYS KILLED, 8 OTHERS INJURED AS FIRE RAVAGES QUEENS HOME
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amTwo brothers - ages 8 and 10 - were killed and eight others injured yesterday when fire swept through a Queens home. "They were the sweetest of boys. I am...
MOM OF O.J.'S SQUEEZE: THEY ARE COKE HEADS
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amO.J. Simpson and his stunning blond girlfriend regularly get high on cocaine, a shocking TV report claims. The mother of 22-year-old Christie Prody, who's been dating Simpson for three years,...
STRAIGHT COUPLE LOSES BID FOR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amA federal judge ruled yesterday that companies can extend health benefits to homosexual partners of their employees, while denying them to heterosexual couples. Manhattan federal Judge Robert Patterson dismissed a...
JUSTICE HAS SPOKEN - ENOUGH SAID
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amIN THE afternoon, a sense of cool relief bathed the steaming streets of downtown Brooklyn. No marchers took to the scorched sidewalks brandishing plungers or broomsticks in angry protest. No...
2ND LOUIMA COP GUILTY IN TORTURE - BUT JURY ACQUITS 3 OTHERS IN BEATING AND COVER-UP
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amA federal jury convicted Officer Charles Schwarz yesterday in the gruesome police-station sex torture of Abner Louima - but cleared three fellow cops charged in the case. Several jurors wept...
THEATERS VOW TO SCREEN TEENS OUT OF R MOVIES
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amThousands of movie theaters agreed yesterday to "card" kids who try to see R-rated movies, a move sparked by President Clinton's crusade against violence in the media. But while the...
OFFICIALS SWEATING OVER SUMMER-CLASS DEMAND
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amNervous school officials fear they won't be able to offer summer school to all students, even though city reading and math test scores show more kids need it. "The Board...
EXCUSES, EXCUSES: STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS SPEAK OUT
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amThe time limit was "scaring the kids." HIGH-SCHOOL TEACHER Students and teachers went to bat for one another yesterday, saying the city's new reading and math tests were killers. And...
MATH ADDS TO 'PAINFUL' TEST-SCORE DECLINES
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amFewer city students in grades 3, 5, 6, and 7 read at or above the national average - just 44.6 percent, compared to 48 percent last year, new test scores...
IT'S NO PEACH OF A DEAL - MARLA SETTLES WITH DONALD FOR MERE $2M
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amMarla Maples walked away from her marriage with Donald Trump yesterday with only $2 million - ending her battle for more than she was entitled to under her prenup with...
LOOPHOLE MAY KEEP FOSTER FAMILY INTACT
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amA young Brooklyn woman fighting to get her "sisters" back from a limbo of red tape was one step closer to reuniting her family yesterday. The Administration for Children's Services...
A FRESH CONVICT CURSES HIS FATE
June 9, 1999 | 4:00am'THOSE liars." "Those f---ing liars," Officer Charles Schwarz repeatedly muttered like a madman when U.S. marshals led him from the sixth-floor of the courthouse. "Those liars" he said, like a...
VOLPE SAYS THEY GOT THE WRONG GUY
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amThe stunning police-brutality verdict in the Abner Louima case has spawned a new controversy over whether convicted sex torturer Charles Schwarz really was the second man in the bathroom. Officer...
EXPERTS: CITY'S CASE IN CIVIL SUIT WEAKENED
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amLegal experts yesterday said they weren't surprised by the mixed verdict in the Louima trial - and said Charles Schwarz's conviction is a serious blow to the city in the...
DISAPPOINTED VICTIM AND KIN VOW TO PRESS ON TO A FINAL VICTORY
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amPolice-brutality victim Abner Louima, relatives and supporters yesterday claimed only partial victory in yesterday's conviction of one cop - and vowed to press for "final justice." "Today's verdict was a...
RANK-AND-FILE HAILS 'FAIR VERDICT'
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amFrom the city's station houses to One Police Plaza, cops were relieved and a little sad yesterday at the end of a criminal case that put police brutality in the...
NEW PLAN MAY GIVE PEACE A CHANCE - A GROWING ROLE SEEN FOR MOSCOW
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amThe revised deal calls for a "substantial" NATO role, but doesn't explicitly state that NATO is in charge. The Kosovo peace plan seemed to be back on track last night...
SABRES RISE FROM THE MUCK - RANGER COACH HELPED BUILD TEAM
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amDALLAS - His current team didn't make the playoffs. His last one has reached the Stanley Cup final. Ranger coach John Muckler is proud of that, at least. "I feel...
KIDS COME FIRST WITH UFF PROGRAMS
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amTHE United Fishing Federation is about to kick off its first two major events and the focus will be on children. UFF's Help The Children program will be the start...
CALL THE COPS IF ISLES DEAL ZIGGY TO RANGERS
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amANALYSIS Something stinks here worse than a whale washed up on Jones Beach. Of course, it is horrible the Islanders' cutthroat ownership of Steven Gluckstern and the Milsteins are destroying...
REG & RIK LEAST OF KNICKS' WOES
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amIt was as if the Knicks' wish list had suddenly revealed itself right there on the court. First Rik Smits disappeared, followed closely by Reggie Miller, vanishing into thin air....
VALUE IS AS EASY AS 1-2-3
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amThe pick 3 is one of the best bets you can make on the racetrack. It's exponentially easier to hit than the pick 6, it only costs a buck if...
HOUSTON & SPREWELL ARE ALL FOULED UP
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES INDIANAPOLIS - The Knicks were much more the aggressor the first two games and that was evident by their free throw attempts. They averaged 29.5 free throws the...
ANDREYCHUK NOT IN DEVILS' PLANS
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amAvailable now: The NHL's 20th all-time goal-scorer, without waiting, without compensation. Dave Andreychuk says Devils GM Lou Lamoriello has given him permission to negotiate with teams now, rather than waiting...
MCGOVERN'S IN THE OPEN
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amOne by one as his three beautiful girls were born - "I have a sleeve of girls," he says proudly - Jim McGovern had, by his own admission, become a...
SMITS STILL LOOKIN' FOR ANSWERS
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amPACER NOTES INDIANAPOLIS - Feet or fouls. Take your pick. It seems like every game, Pacer center Rik Smits is negated by one or the other. In the first half...
CLEMENS: I WON'T READ IT
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - The cold stare that Roger Clemens locks on a hitter from the mound surfaced yesterday in the Yankees' clubhouse when the Rocket was informed that David Wells torched...
IT'S SIMPLE - BO'S GOTTA GO
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amYOU buy a used car with a lot of miles on it and a history of strong performance, save for recent breakdowns. You see enough potential in it and you...
LOOKS LIKE SITTING ENDING FOR BONILLA
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amFor the last two days and next four, this is what Bobby Bonilla will do to earn his $5.9 million: Take extra batting practice; field grounders at first; and be...
HASEK BEST? WIN CUP FIRST
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amDALLAS - It's up to the human pretzel to put some mustard back into Stanley Cup Finals that four years in a row have ended in sweeps. Also, to twist...
TIX SALES RISING AT THE OLD BALLYARDS
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amThe Yankees and Mets are posting some of the largest increases at the gate in baseball this season, but their popularity is not helping with talks both teams are having...
RAMS EXPECT MACARCHUK TO GO
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amIt looks as if Nick Macarchuk is out at Fordham ... and in at Stony Brook. Macarchuk, 57, spent 12 years as head coach at the Bronx school, but apparently...
PACERS SEE FINISH LINE - IT'S BEST-OF-3 AND INDY LOVES ITS CHANCES
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - The Pacers were a loose bunch yesterday at Market Square Arena. They laughed and joked while they shot free throws, and mingled easily among the horde of reporters...
WELLS DENIES ROCKET RIP - SAYS PLAYBOY INTERVIEW DISTORTED HIS REMARKS
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amNaturally, here in the midst of his latest controversy, David Wells finds himself doing what his does best: pitching in New York. Strike 1, Strike 2 Wells no doubt will...
MEMO TO SPREE: TAKE IT EASY!
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amLatrell Sprewell wasn't ready for his close-up. With the jitters of a sophomore trying out for his high school varsity team, Sprewell frantically hoped to make a good impression in...
BALD & BOLD JAX GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Mark Jackson thought his Pacers needed a little shakeup before Game 4 at the Garden Monday night so he paid a visit to his barber before the game...
JOE SHAKES UP LINEUP CARD - KNOBLAUCH FALLS FROM LEADOFF SPOT
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Joe Torre understands better than most that the Yankees are far from being on the verge of falling out of the AL East title chase since they started...
MILLER'S TALKIN' BIG - AGAIN
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Reggie Miller says he is like a dam about to burst. Ever since Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals when he had a good, not great, performance,...
INDIANA'S HOPING TO THRIVE IN 5
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Sometimes, be it ever so humble, there's no place like the road. "It almost seems like we play a little different on the road," said Pacer center Rik...
NIEMANN TAKES JOB IN MINORS
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES Randy Niemann, one of the three coaches fired Saturday after the Mets lost their eighth straight game, accepted a job within the organization as a roving pitching instructor...
BIRD LAUGHS AT SCRUTINY OF 'BOUNTY'
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Enough with talk of bounties. Larry Bird, a guy who would have done anything to gain an edge in his playing days, yesterday appreared a bit annoyed and...
RAMS' AD: MACARCHUK'S GONE
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amAfter 12 years at Fordham, Nick Macarchuk is set to leave for Stony Brook. "They are finalizing negotiations and unless they hit a snag, it should be a done deal,"...
VG STANDS BY HIS PLAN - SPREE EXPECTED TO START GAME 5
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - The Knicks' season is on the line tonight at Market Square Arena, and Latrell Sprewell will be in the starting lineup again. At least that's what coach Jeff...
AMAZIN' AGBAYANI RELISHES NEW-FOUND RESPECT
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amBenny Agbayani hasn't gone 0-for-3 many times this season, as he did in last night's rout of the Blue Jays. But it says something about how far the Mets' rookie...
IZZY COMES ALL WAY BACK - NOTCHES FIRST WIN SINCE '97
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amThe hype turned to hurt. Surgery followed surgery and doubts and setbacks were the norm. More than once, Jason Isringhausen began to wonder if it just wasn't meant to be....
SOLUTION'S SIMPLE: BOBBY BO GOTTA GO
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amYOU buy a used car with a lot of miles on it and a history of strong performance, save for recent breakdowns. You see enough potential in it and you...
WELLS DENIES BLASTIN' ROCKET - SAYS PLAYBOY STORY'S BOGUS
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amNaturally, here in the midst of his latest controversy, David Wells finds himself doing what his does best: pitching in New York. Strike 1, Strike 2 Wells no doubt will...
ANOTHER AW-PHIL DEFEAT - BULLPEN TAKES HEAT FOR 9-RUN SEVENTH
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Joe Torre called a meeting late Monday night to remind his players to run the bases better. Yesterday afternoon, he shook up his inconsistent lineup. Today, he may...
STOTTLEMYRE WOUNDED IN BATTING PRACTICE
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES PHILADELPHIA - The Yankees received a jolt toward the latter part of batting practice last night when pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre was hit above the right eye by...
SABRES' WIN WILD & WOOLLEY - BACKLINER, DOMINATOR STUN STARS IN OPENER
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amDALLAS - This was more than just an opening-game loss. This rocked the heavily-favored Stars in so many ways. One of the great hallmarks of the NHL's regular-season champions was...
TORRE MIGHT STICK WITH NEW LINEUP
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Joe Torre understands the Yankees are far from being on the verge of falling out of the AL East title chase. They are one-half game behind the Red...
ORDONEZ SHOWS MORE THAN REY OF HOPE AT PLATE
June 9, 1999 | 4:00amCincinnati's Barry Larkin overtook Rey Ordonez by a whisker in the latest all-star balloting. But after the voters see what kind of baseball the Mets' shortstop has been playing lately,...