September 13, 1999
MAKING A CONNECTION: BELL ATLANTIC ON THE LINE WITH VODAFONE
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amBell Atlantic confirmed yesterday that it is in talks with onetime rival Vodafone AirTouch. The biggest U.S. local phone company would not specify the nature of its talks with the...
IS WINTOUR EYEING THE TRUMAN SHOW?
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amAnna Wintour may finally let down her hair - or at least her Chanel sunglasses. The tough-as-nails Vogue editrix is, according to New York magazine, showing her human side. She...
BEAR'S CLEARING ACTIONS DRAW MORE HEAT
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amAttorneys for Bear Stearns are heading into an unprecedented 25th session of National Association of Securities Dealers arbitration for one case. Most cases that go to arbitration are settled in...
ESPN ZONE POISED TO TURN TIMES SQ. INTO TELEVISION WORLD
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amDisney's latest entertainment juggernaut roars to life in Times Square tomorrow night amid a crush of celebrities, popping flashbulbs - and hundreds of flickering television screens. ESPN Zone, a sort...
PREACHY 'DOGMA':MORE BARK THAN BITE
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amTORONTO - After months of controversy about its portrait of the Catholic Church, Kevin Smith's "Dogma" was finally screened for critics and industry insiders yesterday morning. The response was enthusiastic...
SUPERNATURAL THRILLERS TOP CHART
September 13, 1999 | 4:00am'STIGMATA" pierced "The Sixth Sense" at the box office, with the supernatural genre dominating the top three. MGM/UA's damsel-in-supernatural-distress thriller hit No. 1, surpassing industry expectations with $19.3 million. After...
'MILLENNIUM' JUST WON'T DIE
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amMILLENNIUM," the darkthriller from "X-Files" creator Chris Carter, may have been cancelled by Fox last May - but new episodes of the show are continuing on the Internet. The new...
A SWEET AND VICIOUS BEGINNING: A CASE OF DRAB VERSUS FAB FOR DONATELLA VERSACE
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amMOST designer's fashion shows are just, well, fashion shows. Not Donatella Versace's. Hers is a big- time event with a celebrity guest list that rivals the Oscars (Madonna, Jada Smith,...
MARTIN'S NOT TOO SHORT ON CONFIDENCE
September 13, 1999 | 4:00am'THERE'S never been a great show that became a great show in its first season," says Martin Short. "Most shows find their true legendary footing in year two or three...
TV TICKER
September 13, 1999 | 4:00am'20' questions ABC's "20/20" kicks off its season tonight (8 p.m.) with a Connie Chung report on a disturbing new trend - homeless gay and lesbian teens who've been booted...
'WIT' GAINSBRIGHT LIGHT
September 13, 1999 | 4:00am'CANCER is the only thing I've ever wanted," confides the intense young doctor. He means as a subject of study, but the wording, in its blithely heedless egoism, causes his...
'LAW & ORDER' STAR HOPES FOR A MIRACLE CURE
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amSULTRY Jill Hennessy, who left the crime series "Law & Order" three years ago, wants to revive her character, the sexy assistant district attorney Claire Kincaid. Hennessy's character appeared to...
DEM BIG: VEEP HAS TO GO AFTER DOLLAR BILL
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amVICE President Al Gore risks losing New York's important March 7 primary unless he agrees to "engage" and debate Bill Bradley soon, a prominent Democrat warned yesterday. Former New York...
LITTLE ITALY GROUP TREE-UMPHS OVER CITY BUREAUCRACY
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amA TREE may grow in Brooklyn, but getting one planted on Mulberry Street is next to impossible. That's what neighborhood activists in Little Italy found out when they submitted the...
TUMOR? WHAT TUMOR? HE SEEMS GOOD AS NEW
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amIF YOU looked at him and listened to him and didn't know, and somebody told you that only a few days ago he had a brain tumor, you would demand...
ST. PAT'S FLOCK HAILS RETURN OF O'CONNOR
September 13, 1999 | 4:00am"It was only a handful of days ago that I personally lay in complete uncertainty."JOHN CARDINAL O'CONNOR Hallelujah! John Cardinal O'Connor returned to the pulpit to thunderous applause yesterday -...
DOCS URGE HILLARY: DON'T BE A 'BAG' LADY
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amGo for it, Hillary! That's the word from plastic surgeons who are encouraging Hillary Rodham Clinton to come in for a little nip and tuck to improve her appearance. "It...
L.A. JEWS REMEMBER RAMPAGE ON HOLY DAY
September 13, 1999 | 4:00am"In the face of the darkness of hate, we walk in the light."RABBI DAVID BARON LOS ANGELES - A prominent Jewish congregation gathered at the scene of anti-Semitic hate yesterday...
TRAGIC TWIST MAY SHOCK KID READERS
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amHARRY The author of the famed "Harry Potter" children's books has a shocker in store for young fans - one or more of the series' beloved characters is about to...
BUCHANAN HAS EYE ON REFORM NOD
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amRepublican firebrand Pat Buchanan yesterday said he's "strongly" leaning toward bolting his party to run for president in 2000 as the candidate of Ross Perot's Reform Party. "We are taking...
INDONESIA OKS PEACEKEEPERS FOR EAST TIMOR
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amIndonesian President B.J. Habibie succumbed to heavy international pressure yesterday and agreed to let foreign peacekeeping troops into blood-soaked East Timor. In a nationally televised speech after meeting with his...
MOSCOW 'HACKING' U.S. SITES - REPORT
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amMOSCOW - REPORT The Cold War is over - but a dangerous game of "cyberwar" with Russia has just begun. Ace hackers from the Russian Academy of Sciences - a...
GOP: OUR WACO PROBE WILL GO BEYOND RENO'S
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amRepublicans yesterday vowed a broad probe of who's to blame for what went wrong in Waco - going well beyond the investigation that Attorney General Janet Reno commissioned from ex-Sen....
MOSQUITOES GET BUZZ-TED IN CENTRAL PARK
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amBUG WAR The city's war against mosquitoes came to the heart of Manhattan last night when crews sprayed Central Park with insecticide in a bid to stop the outbreak of...
BARAK IS WILLING TO MOVE TOWARD PALESTINIAN STATE
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amTEL AVIV - Prime Minister Ehud Barak yesterday said Israel could offer the Palestinians a provisional state if it becomes impossible to reach a final peace settlement within a year....
POP POOH-POOHS RUMORS ON G.W.
September 13, 1999 | 4:00am"They all had, you know, kind of youthful moments. But all this stuff about George's totally irresponsible past, we never saw it. Barbara and I never saw this."FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE...
FED AID FOR BUZZ-BUSTERS? SCHUMER SEEKS $UPPORT
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amPresident Clinton's spokeswoman yesterday said the White House is mulling Sen. Chuck Schumer's plea for federal funds to help the city swat mosquitoes amid an outbreak of St. Louis encephalitis....
DOCS: VINNY'S INJURY AMONG 'MOST PAINFUL'
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amAlthough the incident may not have looked serious to fans, Vinny Testaverde probably hurt plenty when he fell to the turf in Giants Stadium yesterday - and the Jet quarterback...
BILL'S 'TAX CUT' IS RUSE TO HIKE WELFARE: GOPER
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amA key Republican senator yesterday accused President Clinton of offering a fake tax cut that's really "welfare" in disguise as the war over tax cuts heated up for a fall...
FREED FALN RADICAL DEFIANT:IT'S U.S. THAT'S GUILTY OF TERROR, HE INSISTS
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amDefiant freed FALN convict Ricardo Jimenez yesterday refused to apologize for his role in the terror bomb group - claiming he's a "freedom fighter" while the United States is out...
JET SET'S PLAYOFF PLANS TAKE A BIG HIT
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amLike Achilles, the mythical hero of the Trojan War, Jet quarterback Vinny Testaverde was felled on the field of battle by the one injury that defied his invincibility. Testaverde's ripped...
MILITANTS MEET PAROLE OFFICERS TODAY
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amMost of the freed FALN nationalists will meet with their parole officers for the first time today - to learn about the restrictions placed on their newfound freedom, a supporter...
COP FELT TERRIFIED AT JONBENET HOME
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amFormer Boulder, Colo., Detective Linda Arndt feared for her life when John Ramsey showed her the body of his daughter, 6-year-old JonBenet. "As we looked at each other, I remember...
AT LAST! AN AWARDS SHOW THAT DESERVES AN AWARD
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amT HE Emmys started on the most promising note in years. Sprightly hosts (and nominees) Jenna Elfman and David Hyde Pierce, bravely clad only in skintight purple unitards, interpreted the...
RULE OF LAW BEATS HOODS AT EMMYS
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amLawyers and cops rubbed out the mobsters last night as "Ally McBeal," "The Practice" and "NYPD Blue" snagged top honors - beating "The Sopranos" - at the 51st Annual Emmy...
BRADLEY GAINS ON GORE IN N.Y.; BUSH LEADS THEM BOTH, AND CLOBBERS ALL GOPERS
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amDemocratic challenger Bill Bradley is moving up on Vice President Al Gore in New York - and has cut the veep's lead to just 6 points in the battle of...
GRAND CENTRAL FIRE KOS SUBWAY SERVICE
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amA subway fire yesterday filled Grand Central Terminal with acrid smoke that injured two people and shut down Lexington Avenue trains. The fire broke out at about 2:30 p.m. in...
FREED FALN RADICAL DEFIANT: IT'S U.S. THAT'S GUILTY OF TERROR, HE INSISTS
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amDefiant freed FALN convict Ricardo Jimenez yesterday refused to apologize for his role in the terror bomb group - claiming he's a "freedom fighter" while the United States is out...
JACKSON: GET NAVY OFF PUERTO RICO ISLAND
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amThe Rev. Jesse Jackson yesterday demanded that the United States stop using a tiny island near Puerto Rico as a bombing range. For decades, Vieques - which is about 20...
AGAIN, PAC-10 IS THE PITS
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amTHE POST'S TOP 25 WILL APPEAR TOMORROW IT'S official. The Pac-10 has returned to being a conference a pansies. That perception of granola-eating surfer boys is back. With good reason....
SORIANO FITS, IN SHORT RUN
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amThe minor leaguer with perhaps the best major league future in baseball put on pinstripes at the Stadium for the first time yesterday. But the talk around 21-year-old Alfonso Soriano...
CBS GOES OVERBOARD ON TUNA: NETWORK STILL WORSHIPS JET COACH
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amALREADY, that's enough already. Again this season, CBS is going to Bill Parcells us to death, pregame, in-game, in promos, in commercials. Parcells is a terrific coach. CBS established its...
IT'S A GRIM REMINDER: MCCARRON STUNNED BY JOCKEY'S DEATH
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amThere was an uneasy undercurrent to the racing this past weekend at Belmont Park, as the tragic death of 23-year-old J.C. Gonzalez in a spill last Thursday at Fairplex Park...
SERENA: BRING ON MEN'S DRAW
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amAfter adding her third U.S. Open title to her resume by winning the women's doubles championship yesterday, Serena Williams said she's ready to enter the men's draw next year during...
SABES TAKES SHOT AT ROG
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amBret Saberhagen had seen enough of Roger Clemens' act, so he threw at Scott Brosius in the third inning yesterday. And then, after the game, he hit Clemens with some...
YANKS GET SWEPT AWAY RED SOX COMPLETE PERFECT WEEKEND, MOVE 3½ BACK
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amRed Sox 4 Yankees 1 Say hello to the Yankees' first genuine pennant race in three years. George Steinbrenner often talks about how his club is stoked by hearts of...
THE BOZ'N FINALLY WINS ONE
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amThe Boz'n is a maiden no more. Friday night, The Boz'n, ridden by apprentice Kristy Petty, won a mile-and-a-sixteenth $5,000 maiden claimer at Charles Town. The Boz'n paid $46.40 to...
'STING' CRUISES IN GARDEN CITY
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amPerfect Sting, whose three-race winning streak was snapped last out when she was second in the Lake George at Saratoga, got back on track yesterday with a 21/4-length score in...
BOSOX HAVE EASIER ROAD REST OF WAY
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amYANK NOTES The Yankees have 20 games left and the Red Sox 19 - and Boston has the easier schedule left. Combined, the Red Sox' remaining opponents are 353-361 (.494)....
VINNY INJURED, LOST FOR SEASON
September 13, 1999 | 4:00am"When I saw him lying there for such a long time I knew it was something serious." CURTIS MARTIN Patriots 30 Jets 28 It wasn't the end of the world....
EMERGENCY FILL-IN TUPA ANSWERS CALL
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amTom Tupa has thrown two touchdown passes since 1991. He had thrown 17 passes since 1992. He had not taken a single snap in preseason. Bill Parcells brought him to...
SLAM-BANG FINISH FOR ANDRE: AGASSI COMES BACK TO WIN CROWN IN FIVE
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amThe not-so-compelling U.S. Open men's draw ended with a wonderful five-set final between two Americans yesterday at Ashe Stadium, even if it wasn't Pete Sampras vs. Andre Agassi. In a...
BACKUP RB JOHNSON'S ALSO A GONER
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amJET NOTES Vinny Testaverde's season-ending Achilles tendon injury wasn't the only significant injury damage the Jets' sustained in yesterday's 30-28 loss to the Patriots. Leon Johnson, the backup RB for...
BOMBER MACHINE IS BREAKING DOWN
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amSuddenly, Yankees are breaking down THEY praise Roger Clemens for pitching well when he loses to yet another quality team. They point to holding first place as an attempt to...
CRYIN' SHAME FOR KEY
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amIf you ever questioned what was more important to Keyshawn Johnson - fame, fortune and gaudy statistics or winning - you needed only to look at what transpired in yesterday's...
NO OFFENSE, BUT...
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amTAMPA - This was not a pretty win. In fact, it was downright ugly. This was not a win that the offense, which had grand plans for the season, will...
CTK SAILS PAST COLUMBUS
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amH.S. FOOTBALL CTK 26 Columbus 12 In last year's season opener against Chaminade, Christ The King lost its starting quarterback for the year in the first quarter. Yesterday, the Royals...
JAGUARS LOOK SUPER IN CRUSHING NINERS
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amJACKSONVILLE - Do not preach to the Jaguars about patience, or taking small, measured steps toward a title. In just their fifth season they're one of the favorites to win...
PRETTY? NO! SMART? YES! GIANT PLAN WORKS PERFECTLY
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amTAMPA - The old saying is that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." I never thought it could be applied to a football game. Four first downs, 107...
DILFER'S HOLD IS TENUOUS AT BEST
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES There's a quarterback controversy in Tampa, courtesy of the Giants. After intercepting Trent Dilfer three times and forcing him out of the game in the fourth quarter to...
MAYNARD'S A HUGE WEAPON
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amTAMPA - How many NFL games have you seen where MVP honors should go to a punter? A strong case can be made yesterday for Giants punter Brad Maynard. Maynard...
NOBODY CAN BREAK THE CHAMP'S SPIRIT
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amANDRE AGASSI'S career has suffered greater barren spots than his scalp. He has been re-dedicated more times than most military cemeteries. Agassi won his first U.S. Open in 1994 when...
ONWARD - AND UPWARD AMAZIN'S WIN MAGICAL 88TH; 2 BACK IN EAST
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Eighty-eight. Two years ago it was a number that signified distinction. A year later is was the mark of anguish. Last night it was merely a signpost...
HUNDLEY: PIAZZA HAS GOOD SHOT AT HR MARK
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Todd Hundley, current holder of the record for most home runs by a catcher, said he thinks Mike Piazza has a great chance to break his mark...
PIAZZA'S CLOSING IN: CAN CATCH HUNDLEY WITH 6 HRS
September 13, 1999 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Mike Piazza could easily retire as the best-hitting catcher of all time, with a combination of average, power and consistency that continuously sets him apart from the...