June 28, 1999
ELTON'S MONEY WOES: BLEW THROUGH A FORTUNE LIKE A CANDLE IN THE WIND
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amElton John is putting dozens of his world-famous songs up as collateral to help pay off a whopping mountain of debt. The flamboyant rocker - who's penned more than 40...
ONE RATE HIKE NOT ENOUGH TO GET FED OUT OF JAM
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amWILL the Federal Reserve raise interest rates once, or four times? Four times? Yeah, that's how many times the Fed would have to boost rates, assuming a 25-basis-point - or...
TIME WARNER BOOKS, SIMON & SCHUSTER ON THE SAME PAGE
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amThe two firms are close to announcing a joint venture for warehousing, marketing and sales, sources told The Post. After about six months of talks, Time Warner Books and Viacom's...
TV TICKER
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amOlmos there Edward James Olmos will narrate ''Crucible Empire: The Spanish-American War,'' a two-hour history of the 1898-99 conflict that was a turning point in American history - and the...
CONAN PROJECTS ON TARGET
June 28, 1999 | 4:00am'LATE Night" funnyman Conan O'Brien has a new production deal with NBC but nothing in production - so far. "All this means is now we have a mechanism for developing...
CHANGE OF SCENERY WORKS WONDERS
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amSometimes TV shows turn into huge hits - after they've been canceled. In the last few years shows like "Matlock," "Family Matters," and "The Naked Truth," have been given up...
MATS ENTERTAINMENT! WRESTLING FOES MCMAHON, HOGAN SQUARE OFF IN TALK-SHOW TUSSLE
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amTHE bitter rivalry between TV's two warring wrestling organizations spilled out of the prize ring and into the talk-show arena last week. The combatants were Vince McMahon, iron-fisted kingpin of...
LIGHTS! CAMERA! COMEDY! FUNNYMEN MUSCLE IN ON HOLLYWOOD'S BIG ACTION STARS
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amA funny thing has happened at the movies. All those aging, muscle-bound action stars who held sway at the box office until just a few years ago have been supplanted...
HEARTBROKEN DAUGHTER TELLS TABLOID MAGAZINE: 'JENNY JONES' MADE MOM HANG HERSELF
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amTHE Jenny Jones Show" is in trouble again over the death of a guest. A month after the talk-show host lost a much-publicized wrongful death case, Star magazine is reporting...
LOOKING FOR 212? YOUR NUMBER'S UP
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amPeople hoping to lock in one of the last remaining 212 phone numbers in Manhattan before Thursday's deadline may already be out of luck. Although Manhattan's new area code, 646,...
AMOROUS APPLE CAN BE AS EASY AS PIE AND N.Y.'S NAUGHTIEST BOROUGH IS ...; S.I. IS CITY'S NAUGHTIEST BOROUGH
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amThe Post yesterday revealed the surprising results of a sweeping poll on sexual activity and attitudes in New York City. We looked at how men and women rarely agree on...
'SEX MANIAC' BEDDER OFF WITH 200 GUYS
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amFashion stylist Anne Lee has lost count of the number of men she's bedded over the years - more than 100, maybe 200, she says. That puts her in the...
ANY CITY DRIVER UNDERSTANDS TRIAL COP'S SQUEEGEE PANIC
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amTHE 138th Street exit off the Major Deegan Expressway is one of those frightening stretches of pavement you wouldn't drive on a bet, only out of grudging necessity. The beggars...
KILLER GETS A 'TICKET' TO PRISON' - PARKING SUMMONS LEADS TO BERKOWITZ
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amSpike Lee's "Summer of Sam" movie hits theaters this Friday. It's set in the tense Big Apple of 1977, when a 25-hour blackout terrorized the city, four people died when...
APPLE TEENS ARE CHASTE & CHASERS
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amHigh school boys who are known to have been with a lot of girls are called "players," but girls who have been with a lot of boys are called "hoochies."...
CREW'S DINNER WITH THE REV
June 28, 1999 | 4:00am'Crew's apparent overture to Sharpton could be an effort to co-opt black support for fundamental change.' THERE may be some new suspects in the search for those responsible for New...
TINA'S 'TALK' SHOULD TRY A TASTE OF THE REAL B'KLYN
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amMEMO to Harvey and Tina: I hope you haven't soured on Brooklyn just because Mayor Giuliani canceled your fancy-schmancy party at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. So what if Rudy won't...
BRADLEY'S N.Y. SURGE 'A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR GORE'; EXCLUSIVE
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amBILL BRADLEY has made "major inroads" among New York Democrats as he seeks to challenge Vice President Al Gore for the Democratic presidential nomination. That's the explosive assessment of several...
DETECTIVE RELIVES HIS MEETING WITH MONSTER
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amDETECTIVE Sgt. Joe Coffey strode into Police Headquarters with anger in his gait - he was about to meet for the first time David Berkowitz. Berkowitz - the man responsible...
KUBRICK COOLED HOT FLICK FOR U.S. 'EYES' - DIRECTOR 'CENSORED' ORGY FOR 'R' RATING
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amIn Europe, audiences will see the full, uncensored version of the orgy, which shows a roomful of nude men and women engaging in various forms of sex. Stanley Kubrick toned...
POWERBALL JACKPOT BALLOONS TO $130M
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amPowerball fever was spreading yesterday as the jackpot grew to $130 million. None of the tickets sold for Saturday night's draw, worth $112 million, matched all six numbers drawn -...
PREZ MAY BE MULLING SENATE BID - MAG SAYS HE'D TARGET ARK. GOPER IN 2002
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amJust call them Mr. and Mrs. Senator. There's a new report President Clinton may be eyeing a Senate race of his own as he comes to the Big Apple today...
PRIDE PARADERS HECKLE GIULIANI
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amThe festive and raucous Gay Pride Parade hit a sour note yesterday when spectators and marchers taunted Mayor Giuliani with a fusillade of jeers that ended in a shoving match...
TOP SENATORS BLAST CLINTON OVER CHINA SPY 'COVER-UP'
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amA key lawmaker yesterday accused President Clinton's team of a "cover-up" in the wake of revelations that the White House was first told of China's nuclear spying in 1995 -...
RAPE FIEND BLAMES SPLIT WITH WIFE: COPS
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amAn accused Bronx child rapist confessed to all four attacks he's charged with - and said he committed the heartless crimes because he was upset over being separated from his...
BUCHANAN WARNS OF GOP ABORTION RIFT
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amRight-wing firebrand Pat Buchanan yesterday predicted a "severe crisis" in the GOP if the nominee is George W. Bush and he picks a pro-choice veep - but downplayed the chances...
GRIEVING TRUMP PRAISES HIS DAD
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amHeartbroken real-estate czar Donald Trump remembered his father yesterday as simply "the best." "He gave us all a good start," Trump told The Post at a wake at the Frank...
DAD KILLED KID TO PUNISH WIFE FOR SNUB: COPS
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amAn Indiana father who confessed to suffocating his infant son with plastic wrap told cops he plotted the heartless Father's Day slaying long before the child was conceived as a...
PREZ PUSHES MEDICARE RX PLAN
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amPresident Clinton's aides yesterday pushed for his plan to give seniors prescription drug coverage via Medicare - but Republicans said the plan will cost too much and will cover some...
SHRINKS: MURDERER IS SICKEST OF THE SICK
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amRonald Shanabarger forgot something when he spent two years plotting for his wife to bear a son he could murder: His elaborate scheme would also hurt himself, a psychiatrist said....
ALL-CONQUERING U.S. WOMEN WIN TOUGHEST GAME
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amCoach Tony DiCicco warned that the games were dangerously close to turning into "a bloodfest." The American women's soccer team barreled through North Korea 3-0 last night to move into...
DAD KILLED BABY SON IN TWISTED REVENGE VS. WIFE: COPS
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amAn Indiana father who confessed to suffocating his infant son with plastic wrap told cops he plotted the diabolical Father's Day slaying long before the child was conceived as a...
NOW SERBS' TURN TO BE PERSECUTED IN KOSOVO
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amEthnic violence raged across Kosovo yesterday, as frightened Serbs on the losing side of Slobodan Milosevic's war found themselves besieged by angry Kosovar Albanians returning to their homeland. As Kosovo's...
ESCAPED HORSE CAUGHT ON FDR DR.
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amA horse bolted from its driver on the Upper East Side early today, and trotted up the FDR Drive with its empty carriage - as its driver ran after it...
EX-LAWMAN HELD IN SKATER'S DEATH
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amA former deputy in the Manhattan District Attorney's office has been charged with assault in an upstate auto accident that killed a roller skater. Paul Harnisch, 39, who worked the...
NEIL CLAIMS PICKS ARE READY TO PLAY
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - Although Rangers GM Neil Smith made Saturday's two draft-day trades into the top 10 partly with an eye toward the future, he also believes he has helped the...
HELP FOR ISLES YEARS AWAY
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - No one doubts that the Islanders have stocked more legitimate prospects in their organization than any club on the globe and they certainly stand to be a killer...
CABLEVISION'S CONTROL INTIMIDATES MEDIA
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amNEVER BASH THE DOLAN GANG CHANNEL 5 sports anchor Curt Menefee, whose last TV stop was in Texas, has been here nearly four years. While he no longer qualifies as...
BRAVES BELIEVE METS' COOK HAS CHEATIN' HEART
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - It has become obvious the Braves think Met reliever Dennis Cook is cheating, though they cannot prove it no matter how hard they try. Regardless, it...
SOJO COMES THROUGH LUIS 'CALLS SHOT,' THEN SLUGS HOMER TO POWER YANKS
June 28, 1999 | 4:00am"I am going to hit the ball out of here."LUIS SOJO Yankees 6 Orioles 2 BALTIMORE - Luis Sojo was in the dugout talking to Ricky Ledee, Jorge Posada and...
WALDEN WALLOPS CHURCHILL AGAIN
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amThe Churchill Downs spring meet closed yesterday and Elliott Walden won his third consecutive spring meet training title. Walden's horses had a record of 25-12-7 in 71 starts at the...
JOE STICKING BY ERROR-PRONE KNOBBY
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - A sick-looking play by Chuck Knoblauch on a routine groundball by Charles Johnson in the ninth inning yesterday resulted in the second baseman being charged with his 14th...
DEREK SITS ONE OUT JOE PLAYING IT SAFE WITH JETER'S HAMMY
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BALTIMORE - With no game today, Joe Torre used yesterday to make sure the problem with Derek Jeter's left hamstring vanishes by tomorrow night. "He is very close...
VG: SUMMIT WILL BE SOON BUT MEETING WITH CHECKETTS NOT SET YET
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amKNICK NOTEBOOK One more time, in case anybody is still not sure, Jeff Van Gundy made it clear yesterday that he wants to return to the Knicks as coach and...
PATRICK: I'M NOT CHANGING: EWING WON'T ACCEPT SECONDARY ROLE
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amThe blacktop in the parking lot at Purchase College was boiling yesterday as the Knicks finally started their summer vacation. One by one over a 3-hour span the Knicks left...
ANOTHER 'SPOON-FED VICTORY ; TERESA'S 11 ASSISTS, STEALS BOOST LIBERTY
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amLiberty 72 Sting 58 With 10:15 left in the Liberty's 72-58 win over Charlotte yesterday at the Garden, referee Jason Phillips ran over Sting head coach Marynell Meadows, sending her...
KNICKS CAMBY-COATED: MARCUS CAN BE MAN TO LEAD TEAM TO CROWN
June 28, 1999 | 4:00am"I didn't get the minutes I had hoped to get in the beginning of the year. When it came down to playoff time, I think I proved all the critics...
BENCH PLAY LESSENS LOBO'S LOSS
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amWhen Rebecca Lobo was lost for the season during the first minute of the first game, the Liberty didn't just lose a key player, they saw their entire makeup change....
SAME TEAM, NEXT YEAR : KNICKS' PERSONNEL WON'T CHANGE MUCH
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amThe Knicks cleaned out their lockers at Purchase College yesterday, but most of them didn't need to. Except for adding a draft pick, and perhaps a low-level free agent, the...
SPREE, VAN GUNDY BOTH NON-COMMITTAL
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amLatrell Sprewell was packing bags and boxes into his black Range Rover yesterday at Purchase College. Instead of getting ready for Game 6 of the Finals in San Antonio last...
VAN HORN: LET'S MAKE A DEAL ; KEITH WANTS NET CONTRACT QUICKLY
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amKeith Van Horn saw what prolonged contract negotiations can do. He saw Kerry Kittles last season. And he is determined it will not happen with him. Van Horn, one of...
CASEY'S REWARDS DUE TODAY
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amThe official announcement and signing will come at a morning press conference today when the "interim" tag will formally be expunged from Don Casey's title as Nets head coach. "I'm...
DESPITE JOKES, JAYSON'S INJURIES SERIOUS
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amThe one-liners came as fast and were as effective as ever for the Nets' Jayson Williams during a charity fund-raiser at his sprawling Milford, N.J., estate. He welcomed nearly 800...
BUICK ALSO-RANS STALL IN STRETCH
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amBUICK NOTES Failure to handle the emotions of a final-round Sunday at yesterday's Buick Classic will haunt a number of lesser-name players who had their shots. Winless 12-year journeyman Jim...
WALDORF'S NO DUFFER BIRDIES LAST THREE HOLES TO WIN BUICK IN PLAYOFF
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amDuffy Waldorf is California quirky. He not only walks to the beat of a different drum, he plays golf that way, too. Country club staid he is not. The man,...
AL RETURNING TO SPLITTER
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Ever since he beat the Yankees on June 6, four starts ago, Al Leiter has been a slightly different pitcher. He's not just pitching better, he's pitching with...
RUNNER-UP PAULSON HAPPY FOR BUDDY
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amWhen Duffy Waldorf drained the five-foot birdie putt on 18 to send yesterday's Buick Classic final round into a playoff for the 10th time in tournament history and the fourth...
HIGHLAND STRIKE PULLS UPSET
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amTaking advantage of a swift early pace and a four-pound break in the weights, longshot Highland Strike came on late under Jose Espinoza to beat 9-5 favorite Terreavigne by a...
METS LEFT CY & DRY MADDUX OUTDUELS MASATO IN CLASSIC
June 28, 1999 | 4:00amBraves 1 Mets 0 ATLANTA - It was as if they had dug up a time capsule, pulling this sparkling gem out of the archives of 1968. With baseball caught...