July 28, 1999
EX-GE EXEC GARY WENDT STARTING EQUITY FUND
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amGary Wendt, the one-time GE Capital Services CEO who was forced out after a bitter divorce, is starting a multibillion-dollar private equity fund. Wendt thus follows in the footsteps of...
TECH, TOCK, TECH, TOCK - PLENTY OF SIGNS OF TECHNOLOGY SELL-OFF
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amDon't be fooled by the rally on the Nasdaq yesterday. Wall Street insiders say there are plenty of signs the technology sell-off is far from over. For one, insiders at...
FILENE'S GETS LIFE LINE; CLOSURES SEEN
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amThe retailer lost $9 million last year, and $6.4 million in the first quarter of this year alone. Struggling Filene's Basement staved off disaster with a new line of credit...
GIANT ECN HAS NYSE, NASDAQ IN CROSS HAIRS
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amECNs like Archipelago, which cut out market makers by directly linking buyers and sellers of a stock, pushed the NYSE and the Nasdaq to try to go public. Electronic trading...
MEN'S MAG BIGS WAGE WAR OF WORDS, ADS
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amMEN'S fashion week - Seventh on Sixth - formed a new backdrop for the escalating feud between Conde Nast and Maxim founder Felix Dennis. Maxim's new editor, Mike Soutar, was...
A 'SCARY' WAY TO TREAT TEENS - SERIES REVIVES OLD SHOCK IT TO 'EM TACTICS
July 28, 1999 | 4:00am"Teen Files: The TruthAbout Sex" "The Truth About Hate" Tomorrow at 8 and 9 on WWOR/Ch. 9 ARNOLD Shapiro made a ton of money off "Rescue 911," but what he's...
'SUMMER': IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC, MAN
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amTHE legacy of Woodstock can be, as was evident at last weekend's 30th-anniversary concert, confused and messy. But not in "Summer '69: The Musical Happening," which is at the Theatre...
'DREW' TRIES LIVE BAIT - HOLD THE KEG OF BEER ... THREE SHOWS ANDHALF A SCRIPT IN ONE RATINGS NIGHT
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amPASADENA - ABC will air a live episode of "The Drew Carey Show" in November, taking a page from NBC's similar experiment with "ER." The show, which is planned to...
STARS ADD JAZZ TO 'SIDE' ROLE
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amThe role of Clifford, the narrator in the Tony-winning play "Side Man," has become a revolving door for well-known actors. Created by a talented but unknown performer - Robert Sella...
NICE PLACE, JERRY, BUT DID YOU HAVE TO?
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amTWO "alike" faces are funny, Pascal observed in the "Pensees." But restaurants are another story. On summer weekends, from Westhampton to the Point, lowly media drudges shrug off 100-mile schleps...
SHOOTING GUNS - BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHER ZED NELSON'S NEW SHOW TARGETS AMERICA'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH FIREARMS
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amWHILE the debate over the right to bear arms has frustrated U.S. policy-makers and the public for years, British photojournalist Zed Nelson thinks he has a new take on an...
SCHUMER SHINES IN FIRST SEVEN MONTHS
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amSEN. Chuck Schumer recently telephoned Alfonse D'Amato, the man he unseated last year. He called to tell him that a Long Island high-school senior D'Amato nominated for West Point had...
GRATE MAN WORKING REEL HARD TO MAKE ENDS MEET
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amCHINO hovers above the city streets like an eagle. He's not looking for fish. The 40-year-old Brooklyn man looks for money and jewelry that hapless New Yorkers drop into sidewalk...
SOMEONE'S GOTTA 'FIX' THESE HORNY OLD CELEBRITIES
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amMICK JAGGER doesn't need a divorce. He needs to be neutered. It's the humane thing to do. If old Mick were merely some aging mongrel, spreading his seed indiscriminately, impregnating...
JELLYFISH JAM AREA SHORES - STING-WARY NYERS STILL BRAVE BEACH
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amJumping Jellyfish! Area swimmers are reporting close encounters of the squishy kind as beachgoers and jellyfish both take to the local waters to beat the sticky summer heat. "I just...
JOYOUS 'REBIRTH' FOR KOSOVARS BACK FROM U.S.
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amThere were tears, embraces and shouts to friends as the first Kosovar Albanians returned home from the United States yesterday to joyful welcomes from loved ones they thought they might...
ROOKIE FIREMAN SHOT DEAD IN CAR
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amAn off-duty probationary firefighter was found shot dead in Long Island City early yesterday, police said. Brendan Brooks, 28, was shot once in the head, once in the chest and...
CHECK-CASH KILLER TO GET LIFE PLUS 50
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amThe convicted killer of an off-duty cop and the owner of a Queens check-cashing store was sentenced yesterday to life in prison without parole - plus 50 years. George Bell,...
ARAFAT AGREES TO CRACKDOWN ON TERRORISM
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amJERUSALEM -PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat yesterday promised "zero tolerance" of Palestinian terrorism, but insisted on a halt to Jewish settlements during his second meeting in a month with new Israeli...
WILD BARES WERE SEEN AT W'STOCK - FANS POSED NUDE FOR COPS AMID ROME ORGY
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amCall it Nudestock '99. Naked concert fans at the Woodstock festival posed for pictures snapped by state cops, cavorted atop ambulances stationed at the festival, and had group sex -...
COP BACK ON JOB AFTER 'POT' SCARE
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amOfficer Russell Kain's reinstatement has forced a change in NYPD policy to prohibit cops from using commercial products that contain illegal drugs or their derivatives. Kain, a 15-year veteran and...
YOSEMITE SUSPECT PROBED IN KIN SLAY
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - The man tied to four gruesome killings at picturesque Yosemite National Park is being investigated for his uncle's slaying and a string of other grisly murders across...
CITY KEEPS HEAD ABOVE WATER AMID DROUGHT ALERT
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amWhile some upstate counties are suffering through drought warnings and restrictions as the latest heat wave slogs on, the Big Apple's water supply is in good shape. City officials said...
FIRED MECHANICS CHARGE SEX BIAS
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amThree women hired as mechanics by a top vehicle-maintenance firm say they were forced to do "degrading" tasks, such as brewing coffee, because their superiors didn't want them "breaking their...
PETA POUNDS GORE AS BEASTLY
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Now Vice President Al Gore is getting slammed by the animal-rights crowd - and getting stalked by their mascot, the "Gorey Rabbit." People for the Ethical Treatment of...
BANNER DAZE AS ARKANSAS FLAG FLIES AT OUR CITY HALL
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani had the flag of Arkansas - where he's on a fund-raiser - flown over City Hall yesterday, drawing fire from a black councilman who said the banner symbolizes...
MAINE ATTRACTION: BEST PLACE TO RAISE KIDS, SAYS SURVEY
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amThe East is the best - and worst - place to bring up baby, according to a new state-by-state listing from a children's advocacy group. The Children's Rights Council yesterday...
CHINA EASILY PASSES HOUSE TEST
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Congress declared again yesterday that it's business as usual with China, despite complaints that the Chinese have stolen nuclear secrets and that they abuse their citizens' rights. The...
HILLARY'S N.Y. TRIP TO END ON A POSH NOTE
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton will spend part of her New York summer vacation holed up behind the gates of a private mansion - out of reach of the upstaters she's trying...
CITY NIXES PRINCIPALS' BID FOR SAME INCENTIVE$ AS TEACHERS
July 28, 1999 | 4:00am"The [city's'] message is ... experienced principals and assistant principals need not apply." DONALD SINGER The city has rejected a demand by principals to get the same 15 percent raise...
BODEGAS PLUG INTO SURGE OF CON ED LAWSUITS
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amCon Edison was zapped yesterday with another lawsuit charging negligence for this month's blackout - this suit seeking $14.5 million damages for 61 bodega owners. Meanwhile, lawsuits seeking millions more...
CLOTHES CALL FOR DISNEY'S 'TARZAN' AS HE HITS ISRAEL
July 28, 1999 | 4:00am"It won't be so terrible to have Tarzan in pants." AVI LANT An animated Tarzan swinging in the jungle wearing only a loincloth is not kosher for some ultra-Orthodox Jews...
BROOKLYN REFUGEE HOUSE NOW HAS ROOM TO SPARE
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amWhat was once a full house in Brooklyn is now an empty nest as homesick Kosovars - who found a haven there with distant American cousins - make their way...
100+ RESCUED FROM SINKING ALASKA CRUISE SHIP
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amMore than 100 shaken passengers and crew members were rescued yesterday from a small cruise ship that ran aground and started taking on water in icy seas off Alaska, officials...
PROBER RIPS SCHOOL BIGS FOR DELAYING BOMB REPORT
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amBrooklyn school administrators were negligent for taking 24 hours to report to cops a bomb threat from a group of students, a probe has found. In a letter addressed to...
TUNNEL GIRLS: WE LIED ABOUT RAPE
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amTwo teenage girls admitted yesterday they lied about being raped at the trouble-plagued Tunnel nightclub - but their story of consensual group sex in a bathroom and use of the...
JOCELYN'S EX NAMED IN STOLEN-ART SUIT
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amBillionaire art dealer Alec Wildenstein - famous for his multimillion-dollar divorce settlement with his surgically enhanced ex, Jocelyn - has been hit with a $15 million suit claiming he owns...
BX. BOY KILLED BY PAL PLAYING WITH HANDGUN
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amA 14-year-old Bronx boy held a gun to the head of his 14-year-old friend and blew his brains out yesterday in what cops called a case of horseplay gone terribly...
IT'S HAIL COLUMBIA AS EILEEN BRINGS HER HOME
July 28, 1999 | 4:00am"Just coming up here in space and getting five days to look at the Earth is really great." COL. EILEEN COLLINS, SHUTTLE COMMANDER Space Shuttle Columbia returned to Earth last...
GUYS & DOLLS, I GOT THE VOSS RIGHT HERE
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amOF all the celebrated horsemen packed into Saratoga Springs today for the launch of a new six-week racing jamboree, not one has a record of success to compare with Tom...
GET OUT OF THE GATE FAST!
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - As in baseball, where first-pitch strikes and leadoff runners on base both rank very high statistically when it comes to winning games, getting off to a quick...
READ UP ON 'CURRENT' EVENTS
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amTHE U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary has just published the first safety guide for small boats in New York City harbor. The pocket-sized pamphlet is aimed particularly at new small-boat users,...
BIG M CROWN RACES UP FOR GRABS
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amThe absence of two top competitors makes two of the three Breeders Crown events at The Meadowlands Saturday wide open. The Breeders Crown Mare Pace, Open Pace and Open Trot...
THEY'RE OFF AT SARATOGA - 'CIRCLE' THE WINNER OF TODAY'S SCHUYLERVILLE
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Saratoga is the nation's prime playground for 2-year-olds, and with expensive, talented babies filling the entries every day, it's rare when both the top juvenile colt and...
MACHADO SIGNS WITH JETS
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amWith the opening of training camp two days away, the Jets are down to only one unsigned player - fourth-round draft pick Jason Wiltz, a defensive tackle out of Nebraska....
SPENCER'S BACK IN MIX - REJOINS LF TRIO AS YANKS REFUSE TO DEAL PHENOMS
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amCHICAGO - The Yankees added a left fielder in time for last night's game against the stumbling White Sox at Comiskey Park. But with many heads throughout baseball believing the...
UMPS CHANGE CALL - YANK RESIGNATIONS, BUT IT MAY BE TOO LATE
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amAs many as 25 of the 68 umps may be out of a job no matter what happens. In a reversal of what probably is their worst call ever, every...
IT'S NO TIME FOR A WAR - LET UMPS BACK - FIGHT IT OUT IN OFFSEASON
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amAN offer of Bruce Froemming's resignation must be awfully hard for NL President Leonard Coleman to refuse. The Kool Aid already poured, Major League Baseball still can attempt to keep...
UMP MESS STUMPS YANKS
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amCHICAGO - So you're confused about the latest development in the umpires' mess. The one where the arbiters decided to ask for their jobs back yesterday, fewer than two weeks...
OAK MIGHT TAKE ROOT IN JERSEY
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK BOSTON - There just may be a Charles Oakley in the Nets' future after all, because New Jersey may very well end up losing its top priority free agent,...
REED EYES RETURN TO THE UNION
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES It has been been four years since Rick Reed made the biggest mistake of his baseball career. Now, he wants to put it behind him for good. Reed,...
MET RISE NO MIRACLE - BOBBY V: CLUB BELONGS IN DOGFIGHT WITH BRAVES
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amThe Mets ran out onto the field last night in their futuristic "Turn Ahead the Clock" uniforms and found themselves not on Mercury, a planet they were supposedly representing for...
SHANE MAY GET CHANCE TO DH TODAY
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES CHICAGO - Shane Spencer says his heart is fine. Now he will wait to see how Joe Torre will fit his right-handed bat into the muddled left-field situation....
TURKCAN SHOWS HE'S NO SOFTIE
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON - The proposal was tossed around the summer-league crowd here yesterday. Describe Knicks forward Mirsad Turkcan in one word. "Competitive," said Walt Szczerbiak, Wally's dad and a scout for...
YANKS WON'T DEAL PHENOMS - ... SO SPENCER REJOINS MIX IN LEFT FIELD
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amCHICAGO - The Yankees added a left fielder last night. But with many heads throughout baseball believing the team with the best record in the majors was on the verge...
SHANE SAYS HE'S READY TO RUMBLE
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amYANK NOTES CHICAGO - Shane Spencer says his heart is fine. Now he will wait to see how Joe Torre will fit his right-handed bat into the muddled left field...
BOMBERS ROLL A SEVEN - EXTEND STREAK VS. HAPLESS CHISOX
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amCHICAGO - The Yankees kept on rolling last night at Comiskey Park, using the reeling White Sox to extend their winning streak to seven games. A strong pitching performance by...
MET PEN PUSHED TO OUTER LIMITS
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amThe man whose job it is to see tomorrow, Steve Phillips, has only until the day after the day after tomorrow to fulfill his vision of two relievers available for...
PLANET FOLLYWOOD OREL & 'MERCURY METS' LOSE CLOTHES ENCOUNTER WITH BUCS
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amThe Mets have had a spotty past, but the future doesn't look too bright at all, if last night was any indication. The promotions department turned the clock forward, but...
DEAD ARM? DEAD ISSUE - EL DUQUE OK AS YANKS ROLL ON
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Attempting to locate anybody connected with the Yankees who was concerned that Orlando Hernandez left last night's game against the White Sox after six innings was impossible. Following...
LEDEE SAYS GROIN INJURY NOT TOO BAD
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES CHICAGO - Ricky Ledee has his fingers firmly crossed that the right groin injury that forced him out of last night's 5-3 win over the White Sox in...
MURDOCK'S WOUNDED KNEE PASSES DOUBLE TEST
July 28, 1999 | 4:00amBOSTON The plan, as Eric Murdock saw it, was to come to Boston, play some with the Nets summer league entry. But he definitely would not play in back-to-back games...