August 12, 1999
VANGUARD FOUNDER SLAMS SUCCESSOR
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amVanguard founder Jack Bogle is dissing the performance of his hand-picked successor at the nation's No. 2 mutual fund firm, Jack Brennan. Bogle, nicknamed St. Jack of the mutual fund...
BALDWIN BROS. RESTAURANT IS A B-LIST BOMB
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amTwo of the famous Baldwin brothers, Stephen and Billy, have learned that star power doesn't always guarantee success in the fickle restaurant business. And it can be even tougher when...
A RED-LETTER DAY FOR RED HAT'S IPO
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amInvestors gave a hearty welcome yesterday to the emerging "Microsoft killer" operating system Linux, by nearly tripling the value of Red Hat - the first public company to offer Linux....
SPICE GIRLS GUY DIES - DEATH CASTS DOUBT ON FATE OF HIS PREFAB FIVE
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amThe death of the man who created the Spice Girls has left a question mark on the future of his latest teen sensation, Five. Bob Herbert, 57, who was the...
UA ON BRINK OF DEFAULT
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amAlthough United Artists' movie house in Union Square is the biggest grossing anywhere, it hasn't helped the big chain from teetering on the edge of defaulting on $450 million in...
AOL GETS MOTHER LODE OF KIDS PROGRAMMING; EXCLUSIVE
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amOh, MaMa! Silicon Alley matriarch Idit Harel's MaMaMedia has struck a three-year deal to provide content to America Online. The companies are expected to announce the deal today. MaMaMedia, founded...
B&N, AMAZON WON'T HALT HITLER BOOK SALES
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amBarnesandnoble.com and Amazon.com are both standing firm and won't bow to pressure from a Jewish group demanding they remove certain hate literature from their websites. Both companies state they will...
PARTY TIME FOR 'MAN SHOW' - BEER, BABES AND TOP RATINGS; 'MAN' RULES GUY-LAND
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amQUICKER than a college kid can tap a cold keg of beer, "The Man Show" - Comedy Central's frat-boy humor sketch show - has found a huge male audience and...
MISHA'S STILL GOT IT
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amBARYSHNIKOV still has the touch. He carelessly retains that mixture of fame and presence that can inevitably turn a dance performance into a dance/fashion event. His name on a billboard...
FISTFUL OF TROUBLE - 'BLACK POWER' SCANDAL THAT OUTRAGED OLYMPICS MAKES GOLD-MEDAL VIEWING
August 12, 1999 | 4:00am"Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games" Tonight at 10 on HBO IT was a galvanizing moment. It is an indelible image. American sprinters Tommie Smith and...
CROSBY, SPILLS & CASH
August 12, 1999 | 4:00am"I don't really care much about the past. I'm glad I was there. I had a lot of fun, but I don't live in the past. I live in right...
WHAT ECLIPSE? - DISCOVERY FOUL UP MEANS THERE AIN'T NO SUNSHINE BLACKOUT LIVE IN NY
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amNEW Yorkers who tuned into the Discovery Channel for live coverage of yesterday's end-of-the-millennium solar eclipse were left in the dark. While millions of viewers around the world watched live...
ABC: NIXED 'NORM' 'NOT APPROPRIATE'
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amABC yanked last night's scheduled episode of "Norm" just hours before airtime because of its depiction of an armed, disgruntled office worker. "We just decided it was not appropriate to...
THE GHOSTS OF SUMMER - A BEWITCHING NEW CROP OF TERROR FILMS CASTS ITS SPELL ON HOLLYWOOD
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amTHIS summer, millions of moviegoers are re-learning the fear of a cold, dark the ater. With "The Blair Witch Project" and "The Sixth Sense" scaring up record business at the...
SCARES BEFORE 'BLAIR': HORROR CLASSICS THAT TERRIFY
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amAUDIENCES love to watch horror movies, and directors love to make them. Here's a look back at 10 notable tales of terror. *"NOSFERATU" (1922): German director F.W. Murnau's silent rendition...
SUSPECT WARNED HE WAS READY TO SNAP
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amBuford O'Neal Furrow is a suicidal, racist loner who was on probation for pulling a knife in a psychiatric hospital, it was disclosed yesterday. "Sometimes I feel like I could...
FIERY CRASH SPURS JET-INSULATION REPLACEMENT
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amInsulation blankets that could spread fire must be replaced in nearly 700 airplanes, the Federal Aviation Administration said yesterday. The insulation in those planes is covered in a type of...
FUTURE OF BX. HOSPITAL IN QUESTION; EXCLUSIVE
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amThe Giuliani administration's top hospital official continues to deny that North Central Bronx Hospital is slated to be closed - but an internal administration document says differently. A recent memo...
SHOOTINGS JUST LATEST EVIL SPAWN OF CYBERHATE
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amSINCE the big daddies of hate - the Ku Klux Klan and the Black Liberation Army - are drawing Social Security checks, you might think their venom has been transferred...
CRITICALLY HURT CATFISH CONSCIOUS
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amYankee great Jim "Catfish" Hunter has regained consciousness three days after falling and hitting his head, but is able to communicate only by fluttering his eyelashes or wiggling his toes,...
JURY DIVIDED ON EXPERT WHO SOLD OFF HOT TIFFANY
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amJurors in the case against a Tiffany expert on trial for selling a stained glass window stolen from a local cemetery appeared to be headed for a deadlock yesterday. Within...
PAKISTAN FIRES MISSILES IN TIT-FOR-TAT WITH INDIA
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amTensions between nuclear powers India and Pakistan were near the boiling point last night after Pakistan fired missiles at Indian jets near the tense border. In the second aerial confrontation...
BIRDCALL GOES OUT TO PINCH PARK PIGEON POISONER
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amA serial pigeon poisoner - who is believed to have killed thousands of New York's unofficial official birds in a two-year reign of terror - has struck again in Central...
NRA: NEW CONTROLS CAN'T STOP MANIACS
August 12, 1999 | 4:00am"Reasonable people know . . . it has nothing to do with lawful people who own firearms." NRA'S BILL POWERS The National Rifle Association stuck to its guns yesterday -...
GREEN GETS BOOST IN CHARTER BATTLE
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amA broad coalition of labor leaders and Democratic officials rushed to the aid of Public Advocate Mark Green yesterday, raising the stakes in his megabattle against Mayor Giuliani over succession....
FREQUENT REMINDERS OF TERROR IN COLO.
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amIt's a cross that Columbine HS in Colorado will have to bear - reliving its own horror every time there is another shooting spree in which innocent people are massacred....
MCCAIN: I TRIED SUICIDE IN VIET PRISON CAMP
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain tells in an upcoming book how he tried repeatedly to kill himself while he was incarcerated in a Vietnamese POW camp, enduring unspeakable torture. "Despairing...
THE LAST CIVIL-RIGHTS BATTLE?
August 12, 1999 | 4:00am'Every Regent voting against the NewCovenant charter school was white.And every minority member voted for itsave one - and she was absent.' TRANSITIONAL moments cannot be anticipated in politics. When...
NEW RULES KEEP CABBIES ON STRAIGHT & NARROW; EXCLUSIVE
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amCabbies are driving more cautiously, thanks to tough new rules that threaten them with stiffer penalties, city officials said. The Taxi and Limousine Commission has revoked the hack licenses of...
LAZIO PUTS SENATE BID ON HOLD - AND WARNS RUDY
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amRep. Rick Lazio yesterday gave Mayor Giuliani an ultimatum to declare he's in the Senate race by Aug. 31, as he put his own campaign on hold - while the...
PAIN OF SLAIN POSTMAN'S KIN - POLICE LINK HIS MURDER TO RAMPAGE AT CENTER
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amThe family of a postal worker drew together yesterday to grieve the slain mail carrier - and agonize over why he became the target of a hate-filled gunman on a...
JEWISH CENTERS ON ALERT - NYPD STEPPING UP PATROLS
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amJewish schools and day-care centers in the Big Apple are - with the help of police - beefing up security in the wake of the shooting rampage that left three...
TO VIEWERS, LINE BETWEEN NEWS, SOAPS BLURS: DOCS
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amViewers glued to their TV sets for live coverage of horrors like this week's California community center rampage can become stressed, desensitized to violence and addicted to watching the unfolding...
TWISTER RIPS SALT LAKE CITY - ONE DEAD, DOZENS HURT DOWNTOWN
August 12, 1999 | 4:00am"I was in the middle of the 'Wizard of Oz' up here." HIGH-RISE WORKER VALERIE HALL A tornado tore through downtown Salt Lake City yesterday, killing at least one person...
JFK JR. COUSIN ANTHONY RADZIWILL DEAD AT 40
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amAnthony Radziwill, the cousin and best friend of John F. Kennedy Jr., has died after a long battle with cancer, his family announced yesterday. The latest tragedy to befall the...
NEWT'S FOOLING AROUND WITH HIS GIRL ON THE HILL
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amFormer House Speaker Newt Gingrich - who led the charge against President Clinton for his affair with Monica Lewinsky - is romantically involved with a much younger congressional staffer, sources...
FBI: HE WANTED WAR AGAINST JEWS - SAY GUNMAN CALLED SHOOTINGS 'WAKE-UP CALL TO AMERICA'
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amThe pudgy racist suspected of a shooting spree at a Los Angeles Jewish center and the coldblooded murder of a mailman ranted to stunned FBI agents yesterday that the bloodshed...
DEMS: PRO-GUN BUSH AN EASY TARGET
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amGEORGE W. Bush is a real boots-wearin' Texan who likes to shoot quail and questions a lot of gun control - and that's why Democrats claim the latest gun lunacy...
JUDGE RIPS DUFF, RON FOR PUTTING KID THROUGH HELL
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amThe custody battle between billionaire Ron Perelman and Patricia Duff resumed with a bang yesterday, as the judge in the case scolded both sides for causing "severe damage" to their...
PUZZLED PAL: SHATNER'S WIFE COULD SWIM WELL
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amThe mystery surrounding the drowning death of William Shatner's wife deepened last night as a shocked pal called her a "very strong swimmer" who never had trouble in the water....
PREZ OFFERS CLEMENCY TO PUERTO RICAN TERRORISTS
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amFALN guerrillas were responsible for a reign of terror in the '70s and '80s. President Clinton yesterday offered to commute the sentences of 16 members of the notorious Puerto Rican...
'CATFISH' STILL CRITICAL, BUT CONSCIOUS
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amYankee great Jim "Catfish" Hunter has regained consciousness three days after falling and hitting his head, but is able to communicate only by fluttering his eyelashes or wiggling his toes,...
COP HURT IN BOMB ATTACK RIPS BILL
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amA New York detective maimed by an FALN terror attack blasted President Clinton's decision yesterday to offer conditional freedom to more than a dozen members of the group. Anthony Senft,...
CLINTON OFFERS CLEMENCY TO JAILED PUERTO RICAN TERRORISTS
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amPresident Clinton yesterday offered to commute the sentences of 14 members of the notorious Puerto Rican-independence terror group FALN - including the wife of its bomb-maker mastermind. Dylcia Pagan, wife...
HOW TO KEEP KIDS OUT OF PROS
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amISIAH Thomas says he hasn't recently purchased the Continental Basketball Association to be a development league for players not cut out for college. "All my ethics and background are solely...
GIANT ROOKIE LUKE'S READY - SCOTT'S FEELING HEAT AT LG
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amALBANY - He is learning a new position, making sure he still is adept at his old position and, if that is not enough of a burden to carry through...
GUTKOWSKI HAS BIG MONEY IN CORNER IN BID FOR ISLES
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amThe new investment group fronted by Bob Gutkowski currently in heavy negotiations to purchase the Islanders is led by former record-producing giant, Charles Koppelman, The Post has learned. Koppelman, a...
CABLE GIANT EYES JETS AND METS
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amCharles Dolan is poised to enter the 21st Century not only as the king of New York sports but also as one of the most powerful figures on the na-tional...
INTIDAB ROLLS HOME IN SPA FEATURE
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - When D. Wayne Lukas was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame last Monday, several former assistants - now successful trainers themselves - stood on the platform...
FASSEL'S GOTTA CARRY ON WITHOUT LESHON
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES ALBANY - It always sounded far too optimistic, the notion that LeShon Johnson could ever return to the field less than a week after undergoing surgery on his...
MONTY NOT BLUE ABOUT DRY GREENS
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amPGA NOTES MEDINAH - Don't be surprised if you see a lot of brown on your TV screen while watching the 81st PGA Championship. Several of the greens have lost...
IT'S PAYBACK TIME FOR VAN DE VELDE
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amMEDINAH - Watch out if Jean Van de Velde has a three-stroke lead on the 72nd hole of the PGA Championship come Sunday. Don't expect him to play it any...
YANKS MULL MOVING CURTIS - MAY DEAL OUTFIELDER TO OPEN SPOT FOR STRAW
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amOAKLAND - If the Yankees decide to trade Chad Curtis to make room for Darryl Strawberry, they won't have to deal with a waiver headache. According to multiple industry sources,...
TORRE STILL BELIEVES IN ROCKET
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - Joe Torre refuses to believe that we haven't seen the best of Roger Clemens yet. "It's going to relax here sooner or later. I know it...
OUT-OF-GAS GWYNN WON'T PRESS THE ISSUE
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amTony Gwynn has always understood that the media had a job to do, and hoped that the understanding was mutual. The Padres' hitting machine had always given interviews and made...
ASSISTANT TRAINERS DIE IN CRASH
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The backstretch was in mourning yesterday after two assistant trainers were killed in a two-car accident on their way to the track Tuesday morning. The driver of...
FROST NEEDS SAFETY NET - SCOTT MUST CONVINCE PARCELLS HE BELONGS
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amScott Frost doesn't mince words or candycoat the way his NFL rookie season went last year. "I was," Frost said, "pretty much lost last year." For that Frost can be...
LOPES TAUGHT RICKEY ROPES
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amRICKEY HENDERSON was young then and a little naive in some ways. He had a genius for an A's teammate and was smart enough to learn from him. His name:...
TAPSCOTT NEVER SAW THE KNIFE
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amIT may turn out that in hindsight, yesterday was "a great day" and "the beginning of a new era" for the New York Knicks, in the words of Dave Checketts....
TESTAVERDE SAYS THUMB'S DOIN' FINE
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amJET NOTES The Vinny Testaverde jammed finger scare turned out to be just that: a minor scare. Testaverde, who jammed his right thumb following through on a pass during Tuesday's...
IT'S AMAZING, TAM IS BACK
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES The Mets lost righthander Jeff Tam to the Indians on the waiver wire June 11, but yesterday they nabbed him back from Cleveland through virtually the sameprocess. Tam...
LAYDEN: I LOVE NEW YORK - NEW KNICK GM FEELS AT HOME AT GARDEN
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amDespite spending the last 18 years with the Jazz, Scott Layden was reminded constantly about how special the Knicks were. The person doing the reminding was his father, Utah president/former...
FRONT-OFFICE UNITY WILL HELP KNICKS
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amTHEY stood in front of the podium at the Garden yesterday for a team picture. New GM Scott Layden was holding a basketball in his hands. Dave Checketts was to...
OLERUD BACK IN SWING - MET 1ST SACKER HITTING IT OFF WITH NEW COACH
August 12, 1999 | 4:00am"We've been working together and he's helped me with a few things." JOHN OLERUD When the Mets fired hitting instructor Tom Robson they were taking a gamble that his departure...
CURTIS COULD BE ON BLOCK
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amOAKLAND - If the Yanks trade Chad Curtis to make room for Darryl Strawberry, they won't have to deal with a waiver headache. According to sources, the reserve outfielder has...
FONZIE POPS PODS - HOMER, FIVE RBIS HELP METS KEEP PACE WITH BRAVES
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amThe '99 Mets have been built almost entirely through trades and free-agent signings, but with one notable exception. For those who take pride in the ability of their team to...
TINO COMES THROUGH IN THE CLUTCH
August 12, 1999 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Joe Torre dropped Tino Martinez from fifth to sixth in the Yankee batting order last night to get his slumping first baseman out of the direct glare of...