July 5, 1999
DK-DUCATI: MATCH MADE IN HOG HEAVEN
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amDonna Karan is hitting Madison Avenue with Ducati - but she's looking to ride a fashion wave, not a motorcycle. In a joint venture, Karan and the luxury bike maker...
SCANDAL TRADER'S LIFE-&-DEATH DILEMMA
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amRogue trader Nick Leeson is headed to New York to undergo cancer treatments - but creditors of the bank he destroyed may try to stop the therapy, it was reported...
KIROV'S ENTERTAINING 'BEAUTY' COULD USE A TRIM
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amUNQUESTIONABLY one of the dance events during this last year of the 20th century has been the decision of St. Petersburg's Kirov Ballet, now in the midst of its Metropolitan...
UP A 'CREEK' - POLITICAL TRENDINESS HELPS SUFFOCATE TEEN-ANGST PLAY
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amWHAT happened to the tomboy the night she fell off the railroad trestle? Pace, a bossy, smartypants girl of 18, and Dalton, a shy, earnest, sweet boy of 15, have...
TV TICKER
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amDean's list Ch. 4 co-anchor Dean Shepherd will help viewers in their quest for solid personal-finance advice every Tuesday beginning tomorrow on "Live at Five." "Dean's Inner Circle" will feature...
MANNEQUINS GET THE STAR TREATMENT
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amHave you noticed something different about department stores lately? Like the fact that there are lots and lots of familiar-looking mannequins crowding the floors. Gone are the pale, sexless figures...
LATEST 'BUZZ' ON HILL'S N.Y. TRIP; EXCLUSIVE
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amState Republicans will "welcome" First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton to New York Wednesday with an airport "beauty contest" for the best-looking Adirondack fly. "We're inviting members of the public to...
PATAKI IN CENTER OF STORM OVER WIDOW'S PAY
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amCRITICS are branding Gov. Pataki heartless for using the state's ongoing budget delay to justify withholding salary payments to the widow of a lawmaker. "What role does she have in...
HEREIN 'LIES' A TALE OF ARROGANCE
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amAFTER years of studying at the feet of the master, Hillary Clinton is starting to sound like an echo chamber. As co-president, Hillary Clinton learned a telling lesson from "Bill...
U.S. WIENER WINNER ACCEPTS THE FRANKS OF A GRATEFUL NATION
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amTHE belt is back in America! In an upset that stunned the world of competitive gluttony, Steve "Ralph" Keiner, a 317-pound electrical inspector from Atlantic City, ate 201/4 hot dogs...
'ORANGE' CURTAILS PARADE, BOOSTING ULSTER PEACE BID
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amA Northern Ireland powder keg was defused at the last minute yesterday as the Protestant Orange Order backed off marching past Catholic homes in the country's most explosive parade. The...
ROCKER FATALLY STRICKEN ONSTAGE
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe lead singer of the alternative-rock band Morphine died moments after collapsing before thousands of cheering fans during a concert in Italy over the weekend. As spectators watched in horror,...
MOSCOW HOWLS AS NATO BLOCKS NEW KOSO TROOPS
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amMoscow accused the United States of "provocation" yesterday after NATO blocked Russian troops from going into Kosovo. Russian military officials and diplomats were upset because the United States and NATO...
KIN THOUGHT THEY'D DIE IN SLASHER'S HOSP ATTACK
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amA Brooklyn woman tearfully recounted yesterday how she cheated death when her crazed uncle went on a bloody hospital rampage, killing his gravely ill father and critically injuring his sister...
RUDY OK WITH SCHOOL-VOTE SNUBS
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday said he can't blame his schools chancellor and his education adviser for skipping the most recent local school-board election, claiming their absence proves the community panels should...
BUSH DENIES VIET DRAFT 'DODGE'
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - GOP presidential favorite George W. Bush yesterday defended his Vietnam-era stint as a stay-at-home Air National Guard pilot, declaring, "I served my country." The Texas governor denied he...
JEWISH SURVIVORS RELIVE FIVE SECONDS OF TERROR
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amCHICAGO. THE bullets came fast and furious. Gidon Sapir didn't have time to think - he reacted. He threw down his son, Ilay, 5, so fast the boy's knees slammed...
IT'S TOO HOT '4' MOST NEW YORKERS - BEACH & POOL HELP KEEP HOLIDAY COOL
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amIt was a hot time in the city on this glorious Fourth - and it wasn't just the Macy's fireworks show that warmed things up. Yesterday's temperature topped out at...
U.S. WOMEN KICK A** - SHUT OUT BRAZIL TO REACH FINALS OF WORLD CUP
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe American women's soccer team celebrated Independence Day yesterday using fancy footwork to blast through Brazil and explode into the World Cup Finals. America's Sweethearts pulled off the thrilling 2-0...
POSH SPICE MARRIES HER SOCCER SWEETIE
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amSexy singer Posh Spice tied the knot with English soccer star David Beckham yesterday at a star-studded Irish wedding ceremony featuring white doves and fireworks. The curvy pop goddess, whose...
BRING ON CHINA! - OUR GALS BEAT BRAZIL, HEAD FOR FINAL
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe American women's soccer team celebrated Independence Day yesterday using fancy footwork for their fireworks, blasting through Brazil and exploding into the World Cup Final against China. America's Sweethearts pulled...
GROWING GROUP'S GOAL: HOLY WAR FOR AN ALL-WHITE WORLD
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe racist World Church of the Creator - which counted alleged gunman Benjamin Smith among its members - has a history of violence and has recently been gaining new members,...
THE MIDWEST MANIAC KILLS AGAIN - RACIST IS HUNTED IN KOREAN'S CHURCH SLAY
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe Midwest Madman who fired on Jews, blacks and Asians in a deadly killing spree over the Independence Day weekend shot and killed a Korean man leaving church in Bloomington,...
EX-LOVE: HE WON'T STOP 'TIL HE'S DEAD
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe suspect in the bloody Midwest killing spree is a furious racist with a death wish who saw special meaning in the Fourth of July, said hate-crime experts and an...
WHAT A GREAT NIGHT 4 FIREWORKS! - A SIZZLING END TO A SIZZLING-HOT DAY
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amIt was a hot time in the city on the glorious Fourth - and it wasn't just the Macy's fireworks show that warmed things up. Hundreds of thousands showed up...
WHAT MADE HIM TICK?
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amSuspected hate killer Benjamin Nathaniel Smith probably suffered from delusions of grandeur fueled by white supremacist propaganda that, in his twisted mind, justified his killings, psychologists say. "I'm sure from...
EX-LOVE KNEW IT WOULD END IN DEATH
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe suspect in the bloody Midwest killing spree was a furious racist with a death wish who saw special meaning in the Fourth of July, said hate-crime experts and an...
THE MIDWEST MADMAN KILLS SELF - RACIST'S REIGN OF TERROR LEFT 2 DEAD
July 5, 1999 | 4:00am"I got the sense he was enjoying himself. He had this predator look to him." JEWISH VICTIM The white-supremacist suspect in a lethal Midwest rampage shot himself to death late...
JOHNNIE WALKER WIDENS ITS SWING AT SPORTSWEAR
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: Johnnie Walker is broadening its territory. The liquor company is expanding the distribution of its sportswear and accessories collection beyond Bloomingdale's, which until recently had carried the items exclusively....
TERROR THUG HAS A NEW AFGHANISTAN BASE: REPORT
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amInternational terror chief Osama bin Laden has moved into a new base in Afghanistan, it was reported yesterday. Bin Laden, who disappeared in February after being accused in the U.S....
YANK SKIPPER CAN'T STAND ALL-STAR SKIPPING
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amAs skipper of the American League champs, Joe Torre has the honor of managing the AL team in the All-Star Game on July 13, a position that can potentially cause...
MORE THAN READY SIZZLES
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe weather was hot at Belmont Park yesterday, but More Than Ready was hotter. The unbeaten 2-year-old colt knocked Raise a Cup, Salt Lake and the immortal Ruffian - who...
BEHRENS THE KEY TO PICK 6 BONANZA
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amBACK in the so-called "good old days," whenever there was a prohibitive favorite in the feature - such as Behrens, who figures to be 2-5 in today's Grade 2, $400,000...
TORRE: PETTITTE NEEDS TO RELAX
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES After getting shelled in his last outing, Andy Pettitte, the Yankees' starter tonight against Baltimore's Mike Mussina, did some extra work recently on his changeup. "I have a...
SUBURBAN, 70G CARRYOVER ON TAP
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amA $70,346.25 Pick Six carryover and the $400,000 Grade 2 Suburban Handicap highlight a special Monday afternoon card today at Belmont. The Suburban, the eighth race of an 11-race card...
POSADA RIPS STRICKEN UMP
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amAfter home plate umpire Greg Kosc called out Jorge Posada on strikes in the sixth inning yesterday, the usually composed catcher argued vehemently and his bitterness had not subsided following...
JOE COOL REFRESHES YANKS - TORRE CAN MANAGE A LONG, HOT SUMMER
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amJUAN GONZALEZ won't play in an All-Star Game in which he has not been voted to start? Don't get Joe Torre started. "Players should be honored," said the manager. "And...
HE WANTS TO FIELD FOR CYCLE
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amIt's not the kind of goal you talk about, like hitting .300 or winning 20 games. And it isn't the sort of thing Matt Franco dreamed about as a Little...
BO'S NOT KNEE-DED - BOBBY GOES ON DL, DENIES METS' CLAIM IT WAS HIS IDEA
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amBobby Bonilla's confusing, frustrating and generally miserable season took another twisting turn yesterday when he was put on the 15-day disabled list with a sore left knee and replaced by...
O'S BEAT YANKS? GO FIGGA - EX-BOMBER SETS UP GAME-WINNING SLAM BY SURHOFF IN SEVENTH
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amOn a scorching, sizzling, sweltering day at the Stadium, a pair of former Yankees burned the home team. Mike Figga, who played just three games for the Yankees earlier this...
METS SEEK NEW SPARK VS. BRAVES
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe Mets took the field against the Braves last night looking to put some actual rivalry back into this rivalry. Because for the past two seasons, the Braves have almost...
THE OFFENSE WAKES UP, BUT RESULT'S THE SAME
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amFOXBORO - His MetroStars managed yesterday to double their league-worst goal average of one, but two were still too few. Still, coach Bora Milutinovic refused to concede that his sloppy...
TIME FOR BO TO GO - MOVE TO DL PAVES WAY FOR BONILLA'S ESCAPE
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amBOBBY BONILLA, fresh off a confrontation with a heckler, finally did something wise as a member of the Mets. He suggested the disabled list might be the best place for...
WHAT A RELIEF - IZZY'S BACK
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES An eager and blond-haired Jason Isringhausen returned to the Mets yesterday, only two weeks after being sent to Triple-A Norfolk. Isringhausen, who had been pitching in relief down...
BO DENIES HE ASKED TO JOIN DL
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amBobby Bonilla's frustrating, disruptive and injury-plagued season took a new turn yesterday when he was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sore left knee and Jason Isringhausen was...
CHINESE DELIVER POWERFUL MESSAGE
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amFOXBORO - The U.S. women barely had time to celebrate reaching the final before the Chinese began delivering a sobering, stunning message. It was a growing, growling rumble, the sort...
BRAVES SAY METS WON'T GO AWAY
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amThere was a time when the Braves didn't take the Mets seriously, when they saw the team from Shea as little more than an athletic appetizer before real competition. But...
OH, WHAT A RELIEF! - FONZY'S CLUTCH HR, AMAZIN' PEN HELP METS AVERT SWEEP
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe heat was oppressive, but the harsh realities facing the Mets were even worse. If the Mets had lost last night and been swept three straight by the Braves -...
ARMANDO IS THE MAN - ... UNTIL JOHNNY COMES MARCHIN' BACK
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amMOST of the 32,699 masochists who took a seat in the sauna called Shea Stadium last night figured they would have to wait for another night to see Armando Benitez...
JASON'S BACK IN MAJORS
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES An eager and blond-haired Jason Isringhausen returned to the Mets before last night's dramatic 7-6 win, only two weeks after being sent to Triple-A Norfolk. Isringhausen, who has...
ALFONZO EARNING TITLE OF 'MR. CLUTCH'
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amThis was one of the biggest moments of the season. The Mets were within seven outs of being swept by the Braves and falling six games out of the division...
FOR NORWAY, THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY
July 5, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: FOXBORO - It's Norway's twist on that old newspaperman, Brigham Young, and it seems to suit the Scandinavians: Go North, young women, and beat up on bigger countries. Norwegian...