August 17, 1999
LUMBERING GIANT FUNDS' STRUGGLE TO MAKE A BUCK
August 17, 1999 | 4:00am"They could (close Magellan and) go out on top. But they'll never do it. Fidelity and Magellan are inextricably linked."JIM LOWELL, editor of Fidelity Investor BIGGER is definitely not better...
VILLAGE VOICE IS CLEANING UP ITS ACT
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amThe Village Voice is sprucing up its look. Today's edition of New York's most popular freebie weekly will be the first issue to incorporate the new layout and graphic changes....
MANAGEMENT SHUFFLE PUTS FUTURE ON SHAKY GROUND
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amTHE future of little CNNfn isn't looking so bright these days. The Time Warner-owned all business-news cable network is in turmoil, with top execs coming and going. But the fundamental...
WARNER MUSIC AMES TO PLEASE
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amTime Warner has finally put a music man at the top of its struggling music division. Roger Ames, former chairman of PolyGram Music Group, was yesterday named Chairman and CEO...
DUTCH FIRM PAYS $2.7B FOR NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amThe parent company of The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard and Adweek, is snapping up Nielsen Media Research for $2.7 billion. Dutch publishing giant VNU hopes the addition of the nation's No....
STAN LEE'S SUPER IPO: COMIC BOOK AUTHOR DEBUTS WITH 42% GAIN
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amIt's never too late to join Generation Equity. Stan Lee, the 76-year-old creator of such Marvel comic book heroes as Spider-Man and the X-Men saw newly traded shares in Stan...
ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR VENATOR CHAIRMAN STEPS DOWN AS CEO
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amFour months after getting his contract extended, Venator head Roger Farah is stepping down as Chief Executive. President and COO Dale Hilpert will replace him as CEO, although Farah will...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amA Wheely Good Show The 49th Annual Old Car Festival pulls into the Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village Sept. 11-12 in Dearborn, Mich. Featuring more than 500 vintage cars,...
SECOND ACT TOPS FIRST BEAUTIFULLY
August 17, 1999 | 4:00am*QUENCH The Beautiful South Mercury Records It's taken nearly a decade, but The Beautiful South has not only lived upto the promise of its wonderfully twisted, melodically stunning "Welcome to...
TV TICKER
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amWakeup call Ole! WXTV/Ch.41 will make history this fall by unveiling New York's first-ever, early-morning Spanish-language news program. Beginning Monday, Oct. 4, Ch.41 will launch a 6 a.m. version of...
JUST WHAT THE DOC ORDERED:$27M : HUGE 'ER' PAYOUT TO TIE LASALLE
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amERIQ La Salle, who plays the intense Dr. Peter Benton on "ER," became one of the highest-paid TV stars of all time over the weekend when he signed a $27-million...
BREATHING LIFE INTO 'JAR'
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amTHEATER lives by two crafts - playwrighting and acting. Without a text, there's nothing. Without actors to animate it, a text is dead. These truisms are suggested by two inspired,...
SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amIT'S bad enough when Hollywood throws screw-you money at guys like Adam Sandler, whose ability to act like a moron passes for conceptual genius out there in La La Land....
'BLAIR RETCH PROJECT' - BUT NOT HERE
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amTHE much hyped "Blair Witch Project" is causing upset stomachs around the nation, but it takes a lot more than a terrifying premise and some jerky camera work to dent...
BACK FROM THE DEAD: IT'S A DIGITAL DISGRACE --- HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS RECAST WITH MODERN ACTORS
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amHUMPHREY Bogart starring opposite Gwyneth Paltrow in a remake of "Casablanca"? The ribald Mae West teaming up with Mike Myers for "Austin Powers 3"? Barbara Stanwyck finally bagging an Oscar...
LIVING WITH TOURETTE: AUTHOR AMY WILENSKY TELLS WHAT IT'S LIKE TRYING TO PASS FOR NORMAL
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amAMY Wilensky can't sit still. "At some point, I always start kicking the seat of the person in front of me," she explains. "I like to go to movies early...
DJ FLICK READY TO ROCK: JUDD NELSON PLAYS '50S PAYOLA VICTIM
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amJUDD Nelson, singer Paula Abdul and Madchen Amick have been cast as leads in NBC's upcoming biopic "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story." Nelson ("Suddenly Susan") will play...
A REALLY SMART GUY TELLS: WHY TV NEWS IS SO DUMB
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amSuperagent's book puts a bomb under the business that makes his clients famous SUPERAGENT Ken Lindner is biting the hand that feeds him - and he doesn't like the taste....
ABC TAKING A '20/20' LOOK AT JACK FORD
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amNBC legal correspondent Jack Ford is under consideration to team up with Barbara Walters on "20/20," replacing Hugh Downs. Ford is expected to ink a deal with ABC this week...
CITY WORKER'S OT PROBED: KID-WELFARE CASEWORKER COLLECTED EXTRA 45G
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amAnother city worker is on the hot seat because of overtime. Officials at the Administration for Children's Services said that the time sheets of caseworker Shirley Edwards, spotlighted by The...
ISRAELI AIDS REFUGEES WHOSE KIN SAVED HIS MOM FROM THE NAZIS
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - An old debt from the Holocaust is giving a Kosovar refugee family a new lease on life. Vlaznim and Lamia Jaha, routed from their home and uprooted from...
DAUGHTER DIES IN VAIN BID TO SAVE MOM FROM BLAZE
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amA Long Island woman died yesterday while trying to save her 78-year-old mother from a raging house fire, authorities said. The smoky blaze erupted about 1 p.m. in the rear...
FIREFIGHTER BLAZES UP THE LADDER OF SUCCESS
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amBecoming a captain yesterday was a big accomplishment for Joseph Downey - but he's already aiming at a higher rung on the fire ladder. After all, it's a family tradition....
BORIS' PM PICK WINS PARLIAMENT APPROVAL
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amThe Russian Parliament approved Vladimir Putin as prime minister yesterday as President Boris Yeltsin promised that the elevation of the ex-KGB spymaster would not lead to authoritarian rule. In a...
VICTIMS' KIN BITTER AT COLUMBINE RALLY: HS OPENS WITHOUT MENTION OF MASSACRE
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amThe reopening of gun- and bomb-ravaged Columbine HS began on a defiantly upbeat note yesterday, but ended on a sadly bitter one for parents whose kids died in the blood...
FIRST FAMILY NOT RUSHING HOUSE HUNT
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amAfter getting a six-hour crash course in Westchester real estate, the Clintons are in no hurry to buy their New York dream house, a spokeswoman said yesterday. "The president and...
IOWA THE LAST STRAW FOR LAMAR
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Lamar Alexander, who finished sixth in the Iowa straw poll despite putting almost all his time and energy into it, bailed out of the Republican race for president...
'WRAP' STARS MAKE VILLAGE CUISINE SCENE
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amFormer "Basic Instinct" co-stars Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas and shock-rocker Alice Cooper have graduated from whips to wraps - fast-food wraps, to be exact. The threesome - along with...
NICOLE'S SIS JABS O.J. FOR SLICING TRUTH
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amThe heartsick sister of Nicole Brown Simpson wants shamed grid great O.J. Simpson locked up for perjury for allegedly lying under oath that he never beat Nicole. "To let him...
STUDENTS CAN'T HIDE ANGUISH & FEAR ; COLUMBINE CAN'T HIDE ANGUISH & FEAR
August 17, 1999 | 4:00am"It's not the school that makes the people. It is the people who make the school special."PRINCIPAL FRANK DeANGELIS LITTLETON, Colo.THE girl's tearful eyes were as red as her flaming...
KIDS ARE BACK AT L.A. JEWISH CENTER
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amFLASHBACKHow Post reported rampage. Preschool and day-camp kids - under the watchful eye of cops and armed guards - bounded back yesterday to the L.A. Jewish center where a racist...
FINES WILL TAKE A TOLL ON E-ZPASS WAVERS
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amIf you get stuck in a toll lane because you waved your E-ZPass tag, it may cost you $10. The MTA will zap motorists who repeatedly fail to properly mount...
'CHICKEN' GIRL: TEACHER CHOKED ME
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amAuthorities are investigating allegations an enraged pre-K teacher in Brooklyn throttled one of her students in front of her entire class. In legal papers promising a $16 million lawsuit from...
PAROLE CHIEF IS CITED IN SCANDAL
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amThe head of the state parole agency was directly involved in attempts by the governor's office to free the son of a Pataki campaign contributor, a former parole official charged...
FRONT-RUNNER RUDY SPAS WITH DARK HORSE LAZIO
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Mayor Giuliani's day at the races turned into an icy confrontation yesterday with his newly sidelined GOP rival, U.S. Rep. Rick Lazio. Giuliani, the likely Republican U.S....
MAULED TOURIST SUING OVER FRENZIED FELINE
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amA terrified Florida tourist said yesterday she'll sue the pharmacy chain Duane Reade after an "attack cat" kept at a Midtown store allegedly clawed her to shreds when she stopped...
NEIGHB0R'S KILLER SLAIN: C0PS
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amThe 84-year-old Queens woman killed over the weekend was likely murdered by her next-door neighbor, who was shot to death after flashing the cash he stole from her, cops said...
BX. LITTLE LEAGUE HEROES: 'WE'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR'
August 17, 1999 | 4:00am"They did their best. This team has worked so hard to get here and I'm proud of them."ALBERTO FERRERA, UNCLE OF BRONX PLAYER The World Series dreams of the Baby...
NEW REGULATIONS BAN BARES FROM CITY PARKS
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amWalking around stark naked in a city park, never a particularly good idea, will soon be an official no-no. Parks Department officials, in a notice published yesterday in the City...
CONVICTED COP AXES LAWYER: VOLPE'S UNHEARD TESTIMONY COULD FREE SCHWARZ FROM JAIL
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amJailed cop Charles Schwarz - convicted with Justin Volpe in the torture of Abner Louima - yesterday dumped his lawyer in a desperate attempt to win his freedom. Schwarz dropped...
FORMER MARINE:'I STILL BELIEVE IN THE SYSTEM'
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amPOLICE OFFICER Charles Schwarz - facing a life sentence for a crime he may not have committed - says he'll never give up his fight for freedom. "I am going...
BOSNIANS TAKING AID AGENCIES TO CLEANERS: REPORT
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amWarring Muslim, Croatian and Serbian factions in Bosnia seem to agree on one thing - how to rip off international aid donors. As much as $1 billion has disappeared from...
ISRAELI AIDS KOSOVARS WHO SAVED HIS MOM FROM NAZIS
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - An old debt from the Holocaust is giving a Kosovar refugee family a new lease on life. Vlaznim and Lamia Jaha, routed from their home last April by...
'MISSING' NURSING-HOME ROMEO, 74, HAD ELOPED
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amConnecticut state police yesterday gave their blessing to a wealthy 74-year-old self-styled "runaway groom" who fled a Litchfield nursing home and married a younger woman in New York. Harry Strouse's...
GOODY! GOODY! IT'S MAHI-MAHI SEASON
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amYOU'VE been hearing a lot about the mahi-mahi, or dolphin fish, this year as warm waters bring this beautiful fish close to shore. This is the epitome of the blue-water...
LIBERTY'S AT A LOSS VS. DARSCH
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amThe sight of their ex-coach, Nancy Darsch, paralyzes the Liberty's shooting hands. After two years under her reign, they want to beat Darsch, the Washington Mystics coach now, so badly...
FANS GET HEISMAN VOTE
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amFans of college football now have a voice in who wins the Heisman Trophy. OK, so it's a little small voice - one of 923 votes from around the country...
THE SULTAN OF SLAM: WHEN BASES ARE JAMMED, ROBIN'S GRAND
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amSAN DIEGO - Robin Ventura cannot explain it. There's no secret, the Met third baseman says, no little trick to make him one of the best bases-loaded hitters in the...
BERNSTEIN GOES FROM STARTING TO DEPARTING
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amJET NOTES At the start of training camp, Alex Bernstein was listed as the starter at right guard. Yesterday, he was waived. "He just didn't show enough compared to the...
ARMSTEAD READY TO WHEEL & DEAL
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amALBANY -The season was all fresh and new, and yet, for Jessie Armstead, it was more an end than it was a beginning. "After that third quarter, it was a...
TUNA'S GOTTA DEAL IF ZOLAK'S A HACK
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amThe Jets don't have a quarterback controversy. They have a potentially more pressing problem - no backup quarterback. Ray Lucas, the former Rutgers quarterback who has been one of coach...
NEAR MISS FOR BAFFERT FAVORITE IN ADIRONDACK
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - America's love affair with trainer Bob Baffert came to Saratoga yesterday when fans at the old Spa made his 2-year-old filly Miss Wineshine the 4-5 favorite in...
BAILEY, LUKAS SPA'S TOP GUNS
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Jerry Bailey and D. Wayne Lukas continued to lead the trainer and jockey standings, respectively, as the 36-day Saratoga meet reached the halfway point yesterday. Bailey's 27...
LESHON RETURNS EARLY; FASSEL BACK TODAY
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amALBANY - The Giants have had a poor record this training camp when it comes to predicting the duration of injuries, but they are thankful they were dead wrong when...
CAUTION FOR CONE: TORRE OVERSEES ACE'S WORKOUT IN BULLPEN
August 17, 1999 | 4:00am"If we feel we have to shut him down for a turn, we will do it ... We will do whatever we think is going to help."JOE TORRE To gauge...
MISERLY METS LET ROCKET SLIP AWAY FOR EXTRA 10G
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amEighteen long, hot summers ago, Joe McIlvaine, then a rookie scouting director for the Mets and now a scout for the Twins, made two trips to Houston to see the...
CRENSHAW SNUBS COUPLES, COMPLETES RYDER CUP LINEUP
August 17, 1999 | 4:00am"The whole world loves Fred. "He has just not played enough this year."BEN CRENSHAW MEDINAH- Already, we've seen that Ben Crenshaw is no Tom Kite. Two years ago, Kite was...
GARCIA HAD EYES SET ON U.S. SQUAD
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amMEDINAH - Sergio Garcia may not be part of the U.S. Ryder Cup team, but that isn't because Garcia didn't make a plea. "When I first met him, he said...
DAD'S ILLNESS WEIGHING ON BROSIUS
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Buoyed by the chance to talk to his father for the first time since last Friday, Scott Brosius took the field last night against the Twins trying to...
CEDENO'S OUT WITH BUM HAND
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN DIEGO - Roger Cedeno was out of last night's game against the Padres with a strained right hand, and probably will miss tonight's game and maybe even...
RUUD AWAKENING FOR MAGPIES' GULLIT
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amLONDON - As a player, Dutchman Ruud Gullit was a delight - in his prime during the late '80s he was the best in the world. But as a coach...
ACE CONE-CERNS TORRE: JOE MAY GIVE DAVID REST IF ZIP DOESN'T RETURN
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amTo gauge how important David Cone is to the Yankees' October dreams, all you had to know was that Joe Torre personally witnessed Cone's bullpen session late yesterday afternoon at...
CLEMENS FINALLY HEARS THE CHEERS
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amTHE Stadium crowd of 36,503 unfurled a lusty boo in the ninth inning last night. It has become a ritual. Clemens starts. Spectators boo. This time, the plot twist put...
BACK ON COURSE: VINTAGE ROCKET FLATTENS TWINS
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amAll year long Joe Torre watched Rogers Clemens pitch like a mere mortal instead of a five-time Cy Young winner. And all year long Torre kept the faith - insisting...
HAND STRAIN KEEPS CEDENO OUT OF ACTION
August 17, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES SAN DIEGO - Roger Cedeno sat out last night's game against the Padres with a strained right hand, and probably will miss tonight's game and maybe even tomorrow's...
FONZIE SAVES THE DAY DOTEL LOSES NO-NO BUT METS REBOUND ON EDGARDO'S HR
August 17, 1999 | 4:00am10 INNINGS Mets 4 Padres 3 SAN DIEGO - The best remedy for losing a no-hit bid to a home run is to see your team come back and win...