June 24, 1999
BEAR STEARNS, SEC SETTLEMENT IN WORKS
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amThe SEC probe centers on Bear Stearns' role in clearing trades for the now-defunct A.R. Baron & Co. Bear Stearns could get out from under a Securities and Exchange Commission...
'NET ASSET GRAB - CITY AIMS TO KEEP 2 ALLEY FIRMS
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amNew York City is digging deep to keep some hot Internet companies from fleeing town. Latin American website StarMedia has been offered up to $2.5 million worth of sales tax...
ZARB'S SCHEME BETRAYS MART'S INVESTORS
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amTHE news that the Nasdaq market is considering an initial public offering reminds me of a fairy tale: Once upon a time, a man named Frank Zarb took a walk...
NASDAQ FOR SALE - EXCHANGE HEADED TOWARD ITS OWN IPO
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amThe Nasdaq Stock Market may go public itself as soon as next year, chairman Frank Zarb said yesterday. Firing a shot across the bow of the New York Stock Exchange,...
CMGI UP ON NEWS OF ALTAVISTA BUY
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amShares of Internet venture fund CMGI rose yesterday on reports that the company is in talks to acquire Internet company AltaVista from Compaq for $2 billion to $3 billion. CMGI...
DE LA HOYA SCORES MUSIC KO - LANDS MULTIMILLION $ RECORD DEAL WITH EMI
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amPrizefighter Oscar de la Hoya is stepping into the ring with a new partner from the music world. The world welterweight champ has inked a multimillion-dollar, multi-year recording contract with...
SALINGER DAUGHTER PENS BOOK
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amMargaret Salinger, the daughter of notoriously reclusive "Catcher in the Rye" author J.D. Salinger has sold her memoir to Pocket Books in a mid-six figure deal. Reached yesterday, Judith Curr,...
POWER OUTAGE AT ICM - NEWBERG, URBAN WILL CONTROL NYC OFFICE
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amIn a shake-up at the powerful International Creative Management talent agency, long-time movie power broker Sam Cohn is stepping down from his role running the New York office and turning...
ZUCKERMAN'S KIN LEAVES NEST FOR 'NET
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: Eric Gertler, nephew of Mort Zuckerman, has quit the top-level executive job in his uncle's magazine empire and packed his bags for a trip into cyberspace. He is the...
TEACH YOUR TEEN SAFE DRIVING TIPS
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amIT always amazes me how much time and money we spend each year on clinics and private lessons for professional lessons on how to remove the slice from our golf...
TV TICKER
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amHe's Conan! Mark it down: "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien has signed a production deal with NBC in which he'll develop programming "in all dayparts," NBC says. O'Brien will be...
PUCCI'S TROUPE STRIKES OUT WITH 'SPORT'
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amPETER Pucci's dance revue "Pucci Sport," which opened a one-week run at the Joyce Theater Tuesday night, is one of those classic examples of a bad idea gone wrong. Well-meaning...
BRIGHTMAN SHINES - HER MUSIC OF THE NIGHT DELIGHTS FANS
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amBRITISH singer Sarah Brightman, the petite woman with the glorious voice best known for playing aspiring opera singer Christine in the original cast of "The Phantom of the Opera," mustered...
IT'S MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: A MOVIE - NOW THE BURNING QUESTION IS: WHO WILL PLAY HOWARD COSELL?
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amTNT is developing a TV movie based on the turbulent story behind ABC's legendary "Monday Night Football." The movie will be written by New York Times TV reporter Bill Carter,...
THE DOPE ON DOWNEY - 'ACCESS HOLLYWOOD' FIRST TO REPORT RUMORS OF STAR'S LATEST DRUG WOES
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amRUMORS that troubled Robert Downey Jr. had fallen back into drug use were rampant in Hollywood for more than a week before a judge ordered him back to jail Tuesday....
STUDIO NOT ALONE IN PILOT FIGHT: DANIEL STERN FILES $25M SUIT
June 24, 1999 | 4:00am'HOME Alone' actor Daniel Stern is counter-suing Columbia TriStar Television for more than $25 million in the latest chapter of the spectacular collapse of a TV pilot that was headed...
DAD'S A WORLDWIDE PHENOM
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amWITH a Grammy Award and a looming $40 million record deal, Enrique Iglesias has the world at his feet. But although he's already sold more than 13 million records, the...
FIGHT VS. ODDS LOCAL SOLDIERS' PROUDEST HOUR
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amPRISTINA, Kosovo THE pizza guy and the stockbroker are back from the front. So is the waiter from the Oyster Bar, the Garment District worker and the rest of the...
SON OF SAM VICTIMS' KIN RIP SPIKE
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amTO SAY Michael Lauria was angry is to say Einstein once fiddled with mathematics. "Spike Lee is a racist runt," said Lauria, the father of the first victim of David...
FT. DIX WILL SHIP OUT LAST KOSOVAR REFUGEES IN JULY
June 24, 1999 | 4:00am"We're looking at processing the last of the refugees somewhere around July 20." SGT. MAJ. HAL GLASSMAN FORT DIX, N.J. - The last of the Kosovo refugees are expected to...
KNICK WIVES ROOT FOR THE REAL 'HOME' TEAM
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amThe wives of Knick players said yesterday they want to see another ring on their hoopster hubbies' fingers - an NBA championship ring. "We're going to win the whole thing,"...
FEDS: POSH EATERY'S WAITERS SERVED UP FRAUD
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amSome diners at the upscale Coco Pazzo Cafe paid for more than dinner when a waiter "swiped" their credit cards, the feds said yesterday. Jesus Vado, a former waiter at...
PAROLEE GETS NAILED IN BX. CRIME SPREE: COPS; EXCLUSIVE
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amA wily 37-year-old ex-con pulled off dozens of knifepoint robberies in The Bronx before finally slipping up - leaving behind evidence a savvy victim gave to cops, who used it...
MAYOR'S SENSITIVITY TO POLITICAL BASHES IS SELECTIVE
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani shouldn't complain when politicians use public parks or facilities as campaign backdrops - after all, he's done it himself dozens of times, critics said yesterday. "He's the last...
RUDY DEFENDS IMPOSING NAVAL BLOCKADE FOR MAGAZINE BASH
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday defended banning Tina Brown's new magazine from throwing a debut party at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, saying city officials should be able to bounce bashes they don't...
SUPREME COURT ASSERTS STATES' RIGHTS IN CONTROVERSIAL RULINGS
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A bitterly split U.S. Supreme Court yesterday ruled that people cannot sue states to enforce their federal rights - they have to convince Uncle Sam to sue for...
WHY NEW YORK NEEDS A BULLY
June 24, 1999 | 4:00am'It speaks volumes about Crew'scommitment to real reform thatit took him more than three yearsto make [yesterday's changes].' RUDY Giuliani's big mouth was back at the top of the news...
CRONKITE AND TRUMP IN TOWERING BATTLE
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amWalter Cronkite blasted Donald Trump's controversial U.N. project as a daylight-blocking "monstrosity" yesterday - but The Donald noted that Cronkite lives in a massive high-rise. In an impassioned plea at...
OXFORD BLUES: NEW DOCTORS & HIGHER FEES
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amOxford Health Plans is switching about 50,000 people in its self-paying HMO into a new plan that will force many of them - including the chronically ill - to change...
WRECKING CREW LOWERS BOOM - SCHOOL BIGS GET THE AX IN SHAKE-UP
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Rudy Crew yesterday announced a sweeping overhaul, including firing superintendents, ousting dozens of principals and taking personal control of troubled schools. Crew, who unveiled his plan at a...
NATIONAL REPUBLICANS RALLYING 'ROUND RUDY
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amMORE AND more top national Republicans keep sending signals that they want Mayor Giuliani as the GOP Senate candidate against Hillary Clinton -ex-national chairman Haley Barbour is the latest to...
PROSECUTORS UNVEIL THIRD-COP THEORY IN NEW LOUIMA SHOCKER; EXCLUSIVE
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amFor the first time, federal prosecutors in the sensational Abner Louima case say there may have been a third cop in the bathroom when the Haitian immigrant was sodomized with...
HILLARY MAY AGAIN BE TANGLED IN WEBB
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr has put First Lady Hillary Clinton on his witness list for the upcoming Webb Hubbell fraud trial, sources said yesterday - a move that...
PRIEST COLLARED IN FAKE-BOND-SCAM
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amA Spanish priest broke his vow of poverty in a big way - trying to smuggle $2.4 billion in counterfeit bonds through JFK Airport, authorities said yesterday. The Rev. Mario...
ZODIAC KILLER IS CONVICTED IN 3 MORE SHOOTINGS
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amThe infamous Zodiac Killer was found guilty yesterday of three psycho shooting attacks on random victims - and a 1996 shootout with cops that led to his unmasking. The Zodiac,...
U.S. MARINES AMBUSHED BY SNIPERS IN K0S0V0
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Snipers yesterday fired on U.S. Marines in Kosovo - and the second U.S. gun battle in as many days had the Pentagon fretting over their "extremely dangerous" mission....
KNICK WIVES REMAIN FAITHFUL TO THEIR MEN - CONFIDENT TEAM CAN OVERCOME 3-1 DEFICIT
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amIt's do or die for the Knicks after last night's 96-89 Garden loss to the Spurs left them one game from elimination in the NBA Finals - but the players'...
FUNNY-BONE ACTOR GETS ROLE OF A DEATHTIME
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amWho says you have to be alive to knock 'em dead? Comic Del Close, who died of emphysema in March, willed his skull to a Chicago theater company for use...
FEDS EYE LOUIMA 3RD-COP THEORY; EXCLUSIVE
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amFor the first time, federal prosecutors in the sensational Abner Louima case say there may have been a third cop in the bathroom when the Haitian immigrant was sodomized with...
FEDS: POSH WAITERS SERVED UP FRAUD
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amSome diners at the upscale Coco Pazzo Cafe paid for more than dinner when a waiter "swiped" their credit cards, the feds said yesterday. Jesus Vado, a former waiter at...
FANS PRAY TEAM GETS OUT OF SPUR-GATORY
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amNew York fans stood by the Knicks last night - rooting for one more miracle turnaround that could save their team after it fell behind 3-1 to the Spurs in...
GARDEN'S CASHING IN ON KNICKS
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amEach person attending last night's Knicks-Spurs game got a free T-shirt and "rally" towel as part of the team's aggressive corporate sponsorship program. The Knicks and Madison Square Garden have...
GREAT ONE PITCHES BROADWAY TO THEO
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amHappily retired and elected yesterday to the Hockey Hall of Fame on its 10th-ever special waiver, Wayne Gretzky nonetheless is still plugging for the Rangers. He's still plugging them to...
DUVAL READY TO RE-OPEN SHOP
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amBuick Classic notebook on Page 64 The way David Duval staggered away from Pinehurst No. 2 and last week's grueling U.S. Open, where he shot 10 over on the weekend...
DUVAL VOWS HE WON'T BE RYDER ON STORM
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amCLASSIC NOTES David Duval, a lock to make the U.S. Ryder Cup team, yesterday didn't sound as if he was exactly patriotic-mad about the biennial matches set for Sept. 24-26...
CHURCHILL TO HONOR 'CHARM'
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amSilver Charm, the 1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, will be honored at Churchill Downs on Sunday during a special tribute to celebrate his retirement from racing. Silver Charm will...
SUSPECT ARSON IN BLAZE AT BELMONT; SUSPICIOUS BELMONT BLAZE CLAIMS ITS THIRD RACEHORSE
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amArson is suspected in the tragic barn fire Tuesday evening at Belmont Park that killed three prize thoroughbreds. All three were trained by veteran James Toner. "The fire is classified...
FELLOW REBEL SPREE STANDS BY JOHNSON
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amNBA FINALS NOTES Latrell Sprewell shook his head and grinned when asked what he thought of Larry Johnson's comment that the Knicks had "a lot of rebellious slaves on this...
CHILDS FEELS SPURS HEADIN' FOR TROUBLE
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amThe Knicks would like to think they are in the heads of the Spurs. The Knicks would like to think the Spurs are still distracted by the referees, that they...
WEARY KNICKS FIGHTING FATIGUE FACTOR
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amOf all the stats coming out of Game 3 of the NBA Finals, three numbers in particular could have a dramatic effect on what took place last night in Game...
DANIELS FINDS SPURS FIT FINE
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: When he arrived in San Antonio following his trade from Vancouver on draft night last June, Antonio Daniels was not really prepared for some of the things he discovered....
ORDONEZ COMES UP SHORT
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amAS IF simply being a New York manager were not challenging enough, Joe Torre and Bobby Valentine have become campaign managers, as well. It appears they will stop short of...
STRAW CAN GET JUMP-START - MLB GRANTS LIMITED WORKOUT PRIVILEGES BEGINNING JULY 9
June 24, 1999 | 4:00am"I just wanted to let him know that we are pulling for him and obviously we want the best for him but that I can't guarantee anything." JOE TORRE ST....
DOTEL: BRING ON THE BRAVES - MET ROOKIE OOZES WITH CONFIDENCE
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amNever let it be said the Mets are coddling rookie pitching phenom Octavio Dotel. Yesterday they promoted him from Triple-A Norfolk to replace Jason Isringhausen. Saturday, they'll throw him to...
SPREE, HOUSTON BATTLE TESTED
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amIt has never been enough for him to penetrate by Jamal Mashburn for a layup, or to hit a pull-up jumper over Derrick McKey. For Latrell Sprewell, the real satisfaction...
NO WAYNE, NO GAIN FOR SYSTEMIC NHL; GRETZ CASTS A GREAT SHADOW
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amTHERE'S always something there to remind you, be it a highlight tape, an anecdote, a conversation. Always something there to remind you of the staggering loss the country of hockey...
PIAZZA, ORDONEZ CARRY METS' BIGGEST STICKS
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES Last night against Florida, catcher Mike Piazza had a chance to break the Mets' all-time hitting streak. He had hit safely in 24 straight games, batting .353 (36-102)...
BOMBERS TARGETING RONDELL, GOODWIN
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - While the Yankees desperately want somebody currently in their organization to take the left-field job via a hot bat, they are formulating plans in the...
SILENT BUT DEADLY - HOUSTON, UNLIKE LJ, IS STAR WITHOUT AN ATTITUDE
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amThrough just enough successes to keep up his confidence and enough failures to ultimately add to his strength, Houston has matured into a big- time player.AT the risk of being...
MARBURY STANDS BY HIS WORDS
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amIt was said after a drubbing - one of countless drubbings the Nets received, this past season. Nets' point guard Stephon Marbury, having been outplayed by Chris Childs and Charlie...
DUNCAN PUTS ON HIS GAME FACE - SPUR STAR WAS READY FOR WAR IN GAME 4
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amThis was to be the true test of the Spurs. You could tell it in their thoughts and words prior to Game 4 last night at the Garden. And in...
SPREE'S AGENT JUMPS ON VAN'S BANDWAGON
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amThe cold war that may or may not have existed between Jeff Van Gundy and Latrell Sprewell is apparently thawing in the wake of the Knicks'playoff success. Sprewell's agent, Bob...
MIKE'S STREAK DIES, BUT METS ROLL ON
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amMike Piazza's record-tying hitting streak came to an end last night, but in the afterglow of the Mets' 6-3 victory over Florida, who could complain? Certainly not the 25,116 on...
WEARY KNICKS FIGHTING FATIGUE FACTOR DOWN STRETCH
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amOf all the stats coming out of Game 3 of the NBA Finals, three numbers in particular may have had a dramatic effect last night in Game 4 of the...
STRAW CAN GET JUMP-START - GRANTED LIMITED WORKOUT PRIVILEGES; EXCLUSIVE
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - According to baseball sources, the terms of Darryl Strawberry's suspension dictate he can begin working out at a major league baseball facility on July 9, The Post...
ROCKET JUST WON'T FLY - BOMBERS BAIL OUT ROCKED ROGER AGAIN
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - The best pitch Roger Clemens had going for him last night was the fastball lefty Scott Aldred fed Paul O'Neill with the bases loaded in the fifth...
CHARLIE'S EARLY MAGIC VANISHES
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amThere were two ways to look at what the Knicks and Charlie Ward experienced in the first half last night. Here was Ward, the player least likely to make a...
FOUR MINUTES TO DOOM - KNICKS LOST THIS ONE IN EARLY 3RD QUARTER
June 24, 1999 | 4:00am'The first four minutes of the third quarter was the margin of error the Knicks couldn't afford. The Spurs outscored them 9-0 in those first four minutes.' THE third quarter...
DOTEL: BRING ON THE BRAVES
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES Never let it be said the Mets are coddling rookie pitching phenom Octavio Dotel. Yesterday they promoted him from Triple-A Norfolk to replace Jason Isringhausen, and Saturday, they'll...
BATMEN TO THE RESCUE - BOMBERS BAIL OUT ROTTEN ROGER AGAIN
June 24, 1999 | 4:00am"There were two crucial situations where the game could have gotten out of hand I needed to get out of them. I was able to do that and fortunately the...
BOMBERS SETTING SIGHTS ON RONDELL OR GOODWIN
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - While the Yankees desperately want somebody currently in their organization to take the left-field job, they are formulating plans in the event Shane Spencer, Ricky...
TOWERS MAKE A TWIN KILLING
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amImagine having your office window facing the World Trade Center. Now you know what it was like for the Knicks to match up against Tim Duncan and David Robinson last...
GALLANT KNICKS PUSHED TO BRINK - SPURS TURN ON TOWER
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amIn the end the Knicks' hearts were pumping, but little else was working. No matter how hard they tried, in this year of miracles, there was one even they couldn't...
CHILDS: TOO SOON TO COUNT US OUT
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amHe didn't play much because of a bum left knee. He watched as the Knicks seemingly lost a game that chased their title dream away, and yet Chris Childs reflected...
AVERY POINTS WAY TO SPURS' VICTORY
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amAvery Johnson felt a whole lot better about the Spurs entering last night's game. See, to the Spurs' point guard's way of thinking, his teammates had the two necessary ingredients...
MIRACLE RUN IS OVER
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amTHE Knicks are vowing that this best-of-series isn't over even though the rest of the world knows it is. Down 3 games to 1 in the NBA Finals, they need...
HOUSTON M.I.A. DOWN STRETCH
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amAllan Houston: Jordan on Monday, Hoffa last night. Having soared into superstar status with 34 points in the Knicks' Game 3 Finals victory, Houston abruptly disappeared down the stretch last...
ELLIOTT MORE THAN JUST BYSTANDER
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amToo much of a good thing can get boring, predictable. Like with the Spurs' offense. Bring the ball up, look inside, throw it to David Robinson or Tim Duncan. Yawn....
CAMBY'S NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP TO 'W'
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amThe Knicks would have taken this in a heartbeat. If someone had clued them in that Marcus Camby last night would finally arrive in the NBA Finals, treating the Spurs...
LJ: PLAYING BETTER 'D' CAN SAVE US
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amLarry Johnson, toasted by Tim Duncan, roasted by David Robinson, took a shower longer than the Knicks' odds at still winning the series, then emerged to give San Antonio full...
ELIE LETS GAME DO HIS TALKING
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amThe entire San Antonio team held its collective breath late in the first quarter. Mario Elie lay crumpled on the Garden floor, clutching his right knee. The Spurs feared the...
TOWERING INFERNO - KNICKS JUST CAN'T HANDLE TEXAS TWOSOME
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amFROM THE eighth seed, the Knicks reached through the dark clouds that had hovered over their season, were one point away from being 2-2 in what was about to become...
TOWERING TWOSOME KILLS KNICKS
June 24, 1999 | 4:00amThe Knicks were within whispering distance in the fourth quarter. They continued with their plan of attacking the rim. But, as they had all evening, they kept encountering two considerable...