June 21, 1999
NASDAQ PIGGY-BACK - FOREIGN LINKS KEY TO 24-HR. TRADES
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amOfficials of the Nasdaq-Amex Market have been racking up the frequent-flyer miles lately. And they stand to gain more than just free round-trip fares. Wall Street wags say NASD Chairman...
GATES 5 YEARS FROM $1T MARK: FORBES
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amIt's equivalent to pocketing a total $1.4 million, tax-free, each and every day since the birth of Jesus Christ. Bill Gates, the trillionaire? It's no surprise that Gates again tops...
INTER-NUTTY ECONOMY IS A VIRTUAL SHELL GAME
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amToday the Internet has become a mania that is being fed by the deepest-seated greed this country is ever likely to know. THE greed convention will take over the Javits...
ON THE NEWSSTAND
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amIS everybody "livin' la vida loca" or what? Pop culture belongs to Latinos at the moment - with the entertainment industry serving up Spanish dishes from Ricky Martin to Jennifer...
ROHATYN CONTEMPLATING RETURN TO LAZARD: REPORT
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amFelix Rohatyn - the banker who saved New York City from bankruptcy - is reportedly considering rejoining Lazard Freres & Co. The U.S. ambassador to France since 1997, Rohatyn has...
'PROFILERS' PUSHING STAR OUT THE DOOR
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amAfter just barely renewing the suspense series "Profiler" for another season, NBC is trying gracefully to get rid of the show's star, Ally Walker. The actress, who plays forensic psychologist...
DON'T BE SCARED OFF BY SUBTITLES. THIS IS... THE FULL 'MONTE
June 21, 1999 | 4:00am"The Count of Monte Cristo" Tonight through Thursday at 8 on Bravo 'YOU'VE read "The Count of Monte Cristo." Now see the marvelous miniseries. And read it, again. Because this...
BREAK A LEG, KIDDO - RAPPER TAPPED TO HOST 'STAR SEARCH'
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amDICK Clark is giving Christopher Reid a break. Reid, best known as Kid of the rap duo Kid 'n' Play, has agreed to host Clark's new series "Your Big Break,"...
LET'S GET IT ON! - DAPHNE'S READY TO ROMP WITH LOVE-STARVED NILES - AT LAST
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amDAPHNE is itching to get together - at last - with Niles on "Frasier." Jane Leeves who plays Daphne - the sexy British housekeeper/therapist on "Frasier" - says that she...
NO MORE TILTING AT WINDMILLS FOR ABT
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amON Saturday night American Ballet Theater, at the completion of its annual eight-week season at the Metropolitan Opera House, finished off the last "Don Quixote" - with Nina Ananiashvili and...
DADDIES' DARLINGS
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amHAVE you noticed the number of proud, rich daddies in the front row at fashion shows? Is it coincidence or conspiracy that A) they've put money into fashion and B)...
IS THERE A'MUSIC MAN'IN THE HOUSE? - HAROLD HILL IS ONE OF BROADWAY'S BEST ROLES. SO WHY DOESN'T ANYONE WANT IT?
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amIT'S one of the best roles in the musical theater, but nobody will touch it.The producers of an upcoming revival of "The Music Man'' are having a devil of time...
THRILLER WRITER IS TERRORIST TARGET - WAR HERO-TURNED-AUTHOR ANDY MCNAB EXPLAINS HE CAN NEVER REVEAL HIS IDENTITY
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amYOU'RE in your bookstore, checking out the new-books section, when your eye catches sight of a new thriller with a man's shadow on the cover.You're staring straight at the author...
WHY PRESTON WAS SUCH A GREAT 'MAN'
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amROBERT Preston was a B-movie actor and a summer-stock leading man when he snagged the lead in "The Music Man" in 1957. The producers wanted a star to play Harold...
LIES OF 3 LOWLIFES SEND A PREGNANT EX-COP TO PRISON
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amTHE Purple City Crack Gang, which executed seven human beings and ruined hundreds of lives in East Harlem with its poison, is about to claim another victim. Her name is...
NEW YORK LABOR'S HEAVY LOAD
June 21, 1999 | 4:00am'Whether the subject is welfare reformor Medicaid cost containment, there'salways a publicly supported New Yorkunion hard at work trying to drive publicspending ever upward. (Excelsior!)' ONCE upon a time, and...
SCHOOL WHISTLEBLOWERS' TALES OF TORMENT
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amOne teacher found a rat in his school mailbox. Another discovered her personnel file suddenly filled with complaints. Yet another has stopped receiving his paycheck. Harassment, intimidation and, in some...
'DIRTY TRICKS' LETTER ACCUSES RUDY OF GOP TAKEOVER BID; EXCLUSIVE
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amA POLITICAL consultant working for U.S. Rep. Rick Lazio is being accused of launching a "dirty tricks" campaign against Mayor Giuliani. Dozens of local Republican officials, including many of the...
SOME RETURN HOME - TO FIND IT GONE
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amDUNITZA, Kosovo. WHEN Shahih Veseli came down from the mountains after spending the last three months hiding from Serbian stormtroopers, he hoped that life would start to get a little...
THOU SHALT OBEY SPECIAL-INTEREST GROUPS
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amNews item: In an attempt to decrease violence in the nation's schools, the House of Representatives has passed a bill allowing schools to display the Ten Commandments. SOUNDS great, but...
WHITE HOUSE STILL HOME FOR CANDIDATE HILL: BILL - NOT MOVING TO NEW YORK FOR CAMPAIGN
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amPresident Clinton yesterday said it isn't so - wife Hillary won't move out of the White House and move to New York to run for U.S. Senate. Clinton said the...
KNICKS: WATCH US BRING THE SPURS TO HEEL
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amFired-up Knick players are vowing to take it to the Spurs tonight in the Garden - promising their fans that the NBA Finals is "far from over." Knick forward Marcus...
DEMS SEE GUN CONTROL AS POTENT POLL WEAPON
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amDemocrats yesterday predicted that they'll score big and knock off some Republicans if they can turn the 2000 elections into a shootout over gun control. They spoke after the House,...
FANS FIND EERIE COINCIDENCES IN KING CRASH
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amFans of Stephen King yesterday flocked to the site of his near-fatal accident - saying it had eerie similarities to the horror master's most fiendish novels. Fans say the author's...
KINKY SEX TOYS A-BOUND AT ROYALS' 'RUDE' PRENUP FETE
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amPrince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones staged an X-rated party complete with sex toys and handcuffs - just 12 hours before they were married, it was revealed last night. Details of...
TATTOOED TEAM IS ITS OWN SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amWhen it comes to tattoos, the Knicks are full of character. Forward Marcus Camby sports the most noticeable body art on the squad. Camby has two flamboyant Chinese characters inked...
NEW NUKE-LAB AGENCY URGED
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amAmerica needs a new agency to run the spy-haunted U.S. nuclear labs because their officials have an "astounding" attitude that led to outright defiance of President Clinton's order for lie-detector...
LIZ TAYLOR: HUDSON & DEAN HAD 'GIANT' RIFT
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amElizabeth Taylor has shattered a major Hollywood myth - revealing that, contrary to popular belief, Rock Hudson and James Dean were not close friends. "Jimmy and Rock didn't get along,"...
LEONARD STAVISKY, STATE SENATOR, DEAD AT AGE 73
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amState Sen. Leonard Stavisky - the longest-serving Democrat in the state Legislature - has died at the age of 73. Stavisky, a Queens resident who represented Flushing, died late Saturday...
LIBRARY INTERNET HIT AS PORNO HEAVEN FOR KIDS
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amCity libraries have become porno theaters for kids who routinely call up X-rated Web sites on computers there, a state assemblyman charged yesterday. Jeffrey Klein, a Bronx Democrat, said local...
SUDDENLY, WE'RE THE WILDERNESS
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe bull that charged down a Queens street and was shot by cops yesterday is the latest wild animal to run loose in the Big Apple. In early April, a...
SERBS FINALLY OUT OF KOSOVO - NATO DISCOVERS MORE MASS GRAVES
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amYugoslav forces finished their withdrawal from Kosovo 11 hours ahead of schedule yesterday, and were followed in by NATO peacekeepers who found so many sites of atrocities and massacres, there...
DRIVER SHOT TO DEATH OVER DOUBLE PARKING
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amA Brooklyn businessman returning home from a fishing trip and looking forward to spending Father's Day with his wife and 3-year-old daughter was shot to death yesterday in a dispute...
S. I. YANKS DEBUT TO BIG-LEAGUE RECEPTION
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amStaten Island residents got their very own field of dreams last night as the Yankees' minor-league ball club made its grand debut. Mayor Giuliani threw out the first ball as...
WOMAN DEAD IN ST. MORITZ LEAP - HORRIFIED CROWD SEES TRAGEDY AT RITZY HOTEL
June 21, 1999 | 4:00am"She wasn't struggling. She was calm. It was like she had no second thoughts. She let go and that was it." CAROL DEROSA A screaming woman leapt to her death...
ED. ACTIVIST: CREW SHOULD AX EVEN MORE SCHOOL BIGS
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amAn education watchdog said yesterday he's glad Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew is planning to ax at least five school superintendents this week - and hopes even more heads roll. Ray...
ALBANY IS URGED TO OK BILL ON PSYCH CASES
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amMental-health advocates and elected officials called on the state Legislature yesterday to pass a law making it easier for hospitals to detain mentally ill people if they refuse to take...
UPON FURTHER REVIEW, CHAOS; NHL REVIEWS ITS WORST NIGHTMARE
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe well-intentioned crease encroachment rule that nevertheless created so many headaches the last three years for the NHL may be history by this afternoon, if the Board of Governors cares...
DUDLEY PROMISES TO PLAY THROUGH THE PAIN
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amKnicks center Chris Dudley's MRI taken on his elbow Saturday night came back revealing no fractures. But that doesn't mean he's in any less pain or can straighten his arm...
HISTORY LESSON: 0-2 HOLE NO DEATH SENTENCE
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amTHEY are living, breathing reminders that it can be done. The evidence piled up against the Knicks stands as tall as Tim Duncan. The historical data is foreboding, but not...
O'NEILL DECKED BY TINO'S BROKEN BAT
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Bat Day at the Stadium took on a whole new and frightening meaning yesterday in the bottom of the seventh inning when Paul O'Neill, waiting in the on-deck...
ALLAN AND LATRELL PUT UP HELP WANTED SIGNS
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe Knicks need somebody, anybody, to step in and alleviate some of the overwhelming pressure being dropped on the talented, though, over burdened, shoulders of Latrell Sprewell and Allan Houston....
'HURRICANE' DQD IN VAGRANCY
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amAfter a steward's inquiry, Hurricane Bertie was disqualified from first and placed second yesterday in the Vagrancy Handicap at Belmont. Second-place finisher Gold Princess was placed first in the Grade...
UMPS DRIVE YANKEES BATTY - KNOBLAUCH ROBBED IN LOSS TO ANAHEIM
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amOn Bat Day, the Yankees hit a wall yesterday, as has often been the case this season. Actually, a rocket off the bat of Chuck Knoblauch in the eighth inning...
YANKS START, BUT CAN'T FINISH - BOMBERS' BIG SHOT IS WASTED
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amTHIS should have been the homestand the Yankees began distancing themselves from the Red Sox and every other AL team not named the Indians. In each of the seven games...
STATEN ISLAND YANK GIVES DAD BEST GIFT
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amWhen David Walling was a 10-year-old in Little League, his father, Glenn, saw him wandering around the outfield, picking dandelions and throwing fits when he struck out. Unlike most parents,...
ANGRY DALY: COUNT ME OUT NEXT YEAR
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amOPEN NOTEBOOK PINEHURST - John Daly's ever-eventful life completed yet another volatile chapter yesterday in the final round of the U.S. Open as he tore into the USGA and vowed...
NOT EXACTLY A GOAL-DEN MOMENT
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amI'M SURE I speak for many of us in thanking Gary Thorne for the wake-up call. If Thorne, calling Saturday night/Sunday morning's triple-OT Stanley Cup final on ESPN, hadn't shouted...
CHILDS TO GIVE IT ANOTHER SHOT
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amThis has been Chris Childs' breakout season in New York, especially in these playoffs. In a season he has dedicated to his recently deceased grandmother, Childs has been one of...
ANGRY LJ FINED $25,000 BY NBA
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amBefore finally calming down to talk about his sprained knee and horrendous 3-point shooting, Larry Johnson unloaded in a profanity-laced tirade at reporters during the 30-minute media accessibility session on...
DESERTING 'DOME SHARPENS SPURS
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amThey're fearful, focused, forceful. And they're out of a @#%&+$! dome. Add all those factors together and you come up with some of the reasons proposed on why the Spurs...
SWEET WIN FOR LIBERTY
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe schedule says yesterday's Liberty-Shock matchup in the Garden was little more than an early, regular-season game. But the sights and scenes in the Garden said something altogether different. There...
REY GUN STUNS CARDINALS - ORDONEZ' BAT & LEGS LIFT METS
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amST. LOUIS - A month ago the notion of Rey Ordonez being named to the National League All-Star team seemed like an indictment against the other shortstops in the league,...
EW NEVER KNOW - IS PATRICK PLANNING SECRET RETURN?
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amLurking in the shadows at the Garden yesterday was one desperately needed seven footer. During the media session, Patrick Ewing stood in the runway, far away from the interviews. When...
SPURS NOT SCARED OF MSG FANS
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe San Antonio Spurs may just have an unexpected ally in Game 3 of The Finals at the Garden. And that would be the Knicks fans. See the Spurs know...
REPEAT AFTER KNICKS: IN GARDEN WE TRUST - VAN GUNDY'S GANG KEEPS THE FAITH AS FINALS SHIFT TO MSG
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amThey remain defiant and strong. Add to the mix a level of frustration created by the first two losses to the Spurs and shown yesterday in a profanity-laced tirade by...
DUNCAN DEFINITELY AHEAD OF HIS TIME
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amPlayers such as Karl Malone, John Stockton, Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing waited eons to get to an NBA Finals and still are without a championship ring. Michael Jordan needed...
FEELIN' NO PAYNE - CLUTCH PUTT ON 18 GIVES STEWART TITLE
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amPINEHURST - Never, ever, has Payne hurt so good. Payne Stewart, having endured the numbing pain of finishing second in the U.S. Open twice since 1993 and having the scars...
ISLES, KINGS AGREE ON PALFFY PACKAGE
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amIt's been known for days that Ziggy Palffy was heading to the Kings, but last night the Islanders submitted a deal to the league for approval in which they're getting...
VG MULLS BIG CHANGES - JEFF MAY USE HOUSTON AND SPREE IN BACKCOURT
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amNBA FINALS NOTEBOOK Big trouble means it's time for the Big Backcourt. For the fourth straight day Latrell Sprewell lobbied to be Mr. Big, along with Allan Houston in the...
COCKY ELIE: PUT THIS BABY IN THE BOOKS
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe Spurs lost six games in their last 50. Does anyone really think they'll lose four in their next five? "I really can't see it now," said Mario Elie, whose...
TIGER'S ROAR HUSHED AT 17
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amPINEHURST - Tiger Woods had just nailed a birdie putt on 16 to inch within one shot of the U.S. Open lead and, as he gave his patented undercut right-handed...
PIAZZA: I HAVEN'T REACHED MY PEAK
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES ST. LOUIS - Mike Piazza's hitting streak continues, but the slugger says he doesn't feel like he is hitting as well as he could be. Piazza went 2-for-5...
ISLES SWAP PALFFY FOR KINGS' JOKINEN
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amIt's been known for days Ziggy Palffy was headed to the Kings for prospects and the eighth overall pick, but last night Islanders GM Mike Milbury finally "Finnished" the deal...
DALY BLASTS USGA, SAYS HE'LL SIT OUT NEXT YEAR
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amOPEN NOTEBOOK PINEHURST - John Daly's ever-eventful life completed yet another volatile chapter yesterday in the final round of the U.S. Open as he tore into the USGA and vowed...
TIGER'S ROAR SILENCED AT 17
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amPINEHURST - Tiger Woods had just nailed a birdie putt on 16 to inch within one shot of the U.S. Open lead and, as he gave his patented undercut right-handed...
FEELIN' NO PAYNE - CLUTCH PUTT ON 18 GIVES STEWART TITLE; PAYNE REIGNS ON FINAL HOLE
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amPINEHURST - Never, ever, has Payne hurt so good. Payne Stewart, having endured the numbing pain of finishing second in the U.S. Open twice since 1993, yesterday closed one of...
OPEN FINALE - UNFORGETTABLE; OPEN FINALE WAS DAY TO REMEMBER
June 21, 1999 | 4:00amPINEHURST - Standing inside the ropes against the grandstand overlooking the Pinehurst No. 2 18th green and witnessing the riveting theater that most of us only dream about seeing live...