October 3, 1999
THIS WEEKS WINNER... AND LOSERS
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amWinners: JEFF BEZOS The Amazon.com chief saw his net worth climb a whopping $874 million on the day he announced he's creating an Internet mall. Now his Amazon stock is...
GABELLI IPO BUYBACK: TWICE BURNED, NOT SHY
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amIT looks like Mario Gabelli will do just about anything to keep the stock of his money-management company from sinking any lower. Since his initial public offering in February, Gabelli...
THIS TENOR LOOKS TO GO OFF THE SCALE
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amJose Cura, the sexy singer who made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera last week, isn't surprised that fans think he is far wealthier than he is. "A lot of...
AT LEAST IT'S NOT 'THE MAGIC FLUTE'
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amTHE Christian Curry/Morgan Stanley Dean Witter affair has sometimes looked like an opera - tragic or comic depending on one's point of view. But in the latest bizarre twist, there's...
CAROL STOPS THE PRESSES ON NEW JFK JR. SCRAPBOOK
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amDON'T look for a revised version of Citadel Press' "The JFK Jr. Scrapbook" by Stephen Spignesi. Money woes at Citadel's parent company, Carol Publishing, forced the planned book to be...
HILLARY GETS BUSINESS WEEK BUM'S RUSH
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amBUSINESS Week staffers were forced to scramble for a new speaker at the magazine's 70th anniversary bash, because their boss put the kibosh on plans to have Hillary Rodham Clinton,...
SO MANY E-MAIL BOXES, SO LITTLE TIME (FOR WORKING)
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amTHE life of a temp used to be simple - you came in, played Solitaire, filled the copy machine, and at 4.58 p.m. you left. Temps today have a lot...
FOR THOSE WITHOUT A LIFE
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amSOMEWHERE in the hinterlands of Texas, there is probably someone who has an unhealthy obsession with Michael Dell and Dell Computer Corp. If so, that person is a happy camper,...
THE ALLEY'S BLADE RUNNER : FOUNDER-CEO JEFF DACHIS HAS KEPT HIS RAZORFISH ON THE CUTTING EDGE
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amWHEN 32-year-old Jeff Dachis was majoring in Dance at SUNY Purchase, his senior project was to stage a musical. Not only did he do the words, music, lighting and choreography...
'DUTCH' IS NO TREAT: SO-CALLED REAGAN BIO IS A FICTIONALIZED FLIGHT OF FOOLISHNESS
October 3, 1999 | 4:00am"Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan," by Edmund Morris, Random House, 874 pages, $35. By now you've probably heard about the weirdness of the new book about Ronald Reagan -...
MEALS & DEALS
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amGo Fish 1675 Third Ave.(between 93rdand 94th streets) (212) 410-4900 With the American Heart Association's once again recommending fish - as both an excellent source of ticker-friendly omega-3 fatty acids,...
TECH IT OUT
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amThe mouse-pad industry has just been dealt a blow with the arrival of the IntelliMouse Explorer by Microsoft. Instead of a track ball that gets gunky every six months, this...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE DAME EDNA
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amThere's nothing like a dame - and Dame Edna, the self-described First Lady of Australia - is no dame. Housewife, chanteuse, swami, social anthropologist and megastar - she's everything Barry...
AN 'EPIC' DISASTER
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amThe producers of "Epic Proportions," at the Helen Hayes Theater, had a sound idea when, one night during previews, they cut out intermission. They might have been advised to have...
TABLE HOPPER
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amFressen 421 W. 13th St.(between Ninth and Washington Streets (212) 645-7775 First there were whispers, then giggles, when legendary White House intern Monica Lewinsky was spotted at the white-hot restaurant...
DIANA TRYSTS WERE 'DATES' WITH DEATH
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amA controversial tell-all book about Princess Diana by a former lover charges that British intelligence "arranged" a fatal motorcycle accident for another ex-beau. The sensational allegation by James Hewitt -...
EVACUEES RETURN HOME AFTER NUCLEAR-PLANT BLUNDER
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amJapanese residents evacuated in last week's nuclear crisis returned to their homes yesterday after officials gave the all-clear amid mushrooming public fear and outrage. "The accident may all be over...
RUDY COVER IS A REAL CUT-UP
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amCartoonist Art Spiegelman has dissected Mayor Giuliani - in more ways than one - on the cover of this week's New Yorker. The Pulitzer Prize-winning artist - no stranger to...
S.I. MAN ADMITS KILLING EX-LOVER
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amA Staten Island man with a history of drug arrests confessed yesterday to strangling his ex-girlfriend inside her home, police sources said. Trent Taylor, 39, was charged with second-degree murder...
GEORGE IS 'MUSH' ADO ABOUT NOTHING: FORBES
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - GOP presidential hopeful Steve Forbes attacked front-runner George W. Bush yesterday - referring to him as "mush" -before the conservative Christian Coalition. "We don't have to settle for...
DEM DOUBTS COULD MAKE VEEP WEEP
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amThe question in Democratic circles is grim: Is Al Gore in meltdown? That's when a campaign is collapsing so fast it can't be saved and everything seems to go wrong...
PLANE SAILING FOR STOWAWAY KID ; TWA RED-FACED AFTER 12-YEAR-OLD GOES ON JET JAUNT
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amA 12-year-old boy went the long way when he was sent to the principal's office - he snuck onto a TWA plane and flew 800 miles. Christopher Peregory of Fairfax,...
MONA LISA IS LAUGHING AT THESE TRENDY TWITS
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amTHE Battle of Brooklyn proved once and for all the oldest axiom in our economic culture: You will never go broke by underestimating the intelligence of the public. So, from...
RUSSIA ROLLS IN AS REBELS PREPARE FOR WAR
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amRussian troops backed by tanks and artillery rolled into Chechnya yesterday and clashed with rebels in several parts of the breakaway republic. Chechnya's president immediately vowed his people would drive...
EAST TIMOR BODY COUNT MAY BE REVISED DOWN
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amEven a Timorese rights group admitted that the death toll was perhaps 100 - not the 10,000 feared.The extent of the killing in East Timor remains uncertain, but the death...
AL'S CAMPAIGN CHIEF FACES ETHICS QUESTIONS
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amThere was more bad news for stumbling Democratic contender Al Gore yesterday - accusations that his campaign chief misused tax dollars, and another sliding poll in New York. State Department...
UNDER-FIRE PRINCIPAL SHIPPED TO DESK JOB
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amBoard of Ed officials have moved an embattled principal from a Manhattan high school plagued with low scores, safety problems and scandal to a desk job in board headquarters, The...
SKEETER-BEATERS SEEK BLOOD-TEST VOLUNTEERS
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amOfficials hope to find out more about the virus, including ways to prevent it from coming back. City health officials started their drive for blood samples from 300 north Queens...
EVERYBODY'S A CRITIC AT B'KLYN SHOW: ART EXHIBITION PREMIERES TO CHEERS & JEERS
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amThe dung hit the fan yesterday as the provocative "Sensation" exhibit opened at the Brooklyn Museum of Art to cheers, jeers, hour-long lines and tight security. A thousand noisy protesters...
CLARENCE BIRDSEYE'S HOT IDEA: SELLING FROZEN FOODS
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amTV dinner lovers owe a debt of gratitude to the coolest inventor of them all, frozen-food genius Clarence Birdseye. Brooklyn-born Birdseye (1886-1956), an Amherst College dropout, traveled to Newfoundland as...
QUEENS EATERY PUT DRUGS ON MENU: COPS
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amA drug ring used a popular Queens hotspot to help sell millions of dollars in heroin and cocaine, authorities said yesterday. Three men - including the alleged ringleader - were...
METS & FANS WON'T LET THE DREAM DIE
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amStayin' alive! Stayin' alive! The Miracle Mets' once nearly dead playoff dream roared back to life last night as the Amazin's hung tough and steamrolled Pittsburgh in a 7-0 shutout....
VALENTINE STICKS WITH HERSHISER
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES Orel Hershiser definitely will pitch today in the final game of the season today against the Pirates' Kris Benson (11-14, 4.22). Bobby Valentine decided against bringing Al Leiter...
FEDS BARE $1.7B CHILD-AID RIPOFF
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amA hoard of non-profit groups has been caught skimming millions of dollars from a federal program that provides food for poor children in day-care centers, it was reported today. The...
RAPED AT WORK, SHE'S ENRAGED BY FIRM'S RESPONSE
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amThe survivor of a brutal on-the-job rape is blasting a massive Jewish charity for protecting its pocketbook by claiming her injuries from the attack should be covered by workers' compensation....
NEW BOOK HAMMERS BASEBALL 'RACISM'
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amRacism is still rampant in Major League Baseball despite the promises of Commissioner Bud Selig, Hall of Famer Joe Morgan charges in a scathing new book about America's pastime. "Bud's...
VIRTUAL VITTLES SHOPPING
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amInternet grocery shopping is a hot new phenomenon today, but in the next millennium, it will be business as usual. But instead of clicking buttons on a Web site, shoppers...
WATER BOARD PLANS FINES TO FLUSH OUT METERLESS HOMES
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amThe city is turning up the pressure on more than 100,000 residential property owners, vowing to double their water bills next year if they don't install meters. Surcharges of 100...
GORE TEAM WARNS BOSS HE'S BLOWIN' RACE IN N.Y.
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amALBANY - Top Democrats warned Vice President Al Gore last week that he faces defeat in New York's March 7 primary if he doesn't act quickly to turn his campaign...
SCHOLARSHIP FUND AIDS FALLEN FIRE HEROES' KIDS
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amA new college scholarship fund is offering help to the children and grandchildren of deceased members of the city Fire Department. This Wednesday, the first two recipients of the John...
IT'S SHOWTIME FOR 'NEW' RADIO CITY ; THEATER'S FACELIFT A $70M HIT
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amRadio City Music Hall can once again boast that it's the "Showplace of a Nation." Dark for the past seven months, the biggest and most famous theater in the United...
IT WAS 'EL' ON WHEELS BUT OLD-TIMERS MISS IT
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amSome called it noisy, unsightly and old-fashioned but the Second Avenue el was essential to East Siders - and when it was torn down in 1942 they mourned. Christian Schmidt,...
HOW TO PUT FULL SECOND AV. LINE ON TRACK ; USE 'RAIL' ESTATE $$ & FARE HIKE: EXPERTS
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amNew York could afford to build a full-length Second Avenue subway with a little creative thinking - and a mix of modest fare hikes and large doses of private money,...
JACKO HAS SOME AFTER-SHUL FUN WITH TOYS
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amWacko Jacko lived up to his name in the city this weekend - popping in everywhere from a synagogue for services to famed toy den FAO Schwarz with now grown-up...
JACKO FINDS JOY IN APPLE SYNAGOGUE
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amMichael Jackson got his wish of attending a joyous synagogue service - thanks to the magic of Uri Geller. "I loved it. I loved it. It touched my heart," the...
ROSS RUCKUS MAY STOP 'FRISKY' BRITS
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amTop British pols want Heathrow Airport security guards to stop frisking passengers after superstar Diana Ross complained about being body-searched. Tourism Minister Janet Anderson believes the diva's treatment at the...
A BARREL OF LAUGHS ON FLIGHT TO DENVER
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amNEW YORK TO DENVER - The gray-haired man with a full gray beard stood on line, in enemy territory, at LaGuardia Airport waiting to check in for United Airlines flight...
LAYDEN GIVES VAN FREE REIN KNICKS' GM SAYS JEFF IS IN CHARGE OF FLOOR PLAY
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amMaybe the Knicks won't be such a good soap opera this season, just a good basketball team headed again to the NBA Finals. GM ErnieGrunfeld is long gone and coach...
SEVEN GUN FOR FLOWER BOWL
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amWhen the moveable feast known as the Breeders' Cup is run at Gulfstream Park Nov. 6, the menu will feature a brand-new entree, the $1 million Filly & Mare Turf....
NO STOPPIN' THE BRADY BUNCH: AIR SUPREMACY HELPS MICHIGAN STOP PURDUE
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amMICHIGAN 38 Purdue 12 ANN ARBOR - They're for real. Oh, not the Purdue Boilermakers. The Boilermakers were reduced to nothing more than an aerial curiosity yesterday, running players on...
SMITH IS NO EASY RIDER : JOCKEY BATTLES TO REGAIN OLD GLORY
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amJockey Mike Smith came to New York 10 years ago, a wide-eyed kid from New Mexico, and took the town by storm. Two Eclipse Awards. Eight Breeders' Cups. A record...
NYRA GOLF TOURNEY ON TAP
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amThe New York Racing Association will hold its 19th annual Horsemen's Golf Tournament Tuesday, Oct. 12, at the Piping Rock Club in Locust Valley. The general public is invited to...
CANARSIE CLOBBERS UNMOTIVATED MARTIN
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amCanarsie26 Martin0 Apparently, it's not such a good idea for a team to try to prove itself against Canarsie. Last week, Brooklyn Tech came in hoping to scare the rest...
UNBEATEN ECU MARCHES PAST ARMY
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amWEST POINT - Long before East Carolina's football team even got off the bus at Michie Stadium , their doubters had the excuses already neatly packaged and prepared for why...
KHUMBA MELA WINS 'DAMSEL'
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amKhumba Mela, an Irish-bred filly who'd done her racing in France before this year, scored her first U.S. stakes victory yesterday at Belmont Park, exploding from between horses in the...
COACHES TURN TO PUMPKINS : PARCELLS, SHANAHAN LOSE THE MAGIC TOUCH
October 3, 1999 | 4:00am"We've got to get back to the swagger that we've had in the past on both sides of the football."MIKE SHANAHAN THE answers from the coaches are brief and to...
EL DUQUE TO START IN GAME 1
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - El Duque is Numero Uno! At least in Joe Torre's eyes, Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez is when it comes to Game 1 of the AL Division Series....
MCKAY EARNS 'A' AS DEVILS TAKE OPENER
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amDevils4 Thrashers1 ATLANTA - While new-arena ice made passing the puck a dodgy issue last night, the torch was handed off without a hitch. Randy McKay took over a Devils'...
YANKS CLINCH ALCS HOME FIELD
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amYankees3 Devil Rays2 ST. PETERSBURG - The AL road to the World Series once again winds its way through The Bronx. Thanks to the Yankees beating the Devil Rays 3-2...
O'NEILL OK AFTER HITTING WALL
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - As Paul O'Neill lay sprawled on the field, trying to find the breath that a violent collision with a wall had taken from him, the Yankees could...
ROUGH BAPTISM FOR GORING
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amLightning4 Islanders2 TAMPA - Butch Goring called it "a freaky goal." But it counted - and it hurt - nonetheless. Just when they were on the verge of starting the...
REED GEM LETS METS ZERO IN ON PLAYOFFS: ON FINAL DAY THE SCRIPT'S STILL BEING WRITTEN
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amBASEBALL follows no script. There are no pre-ordained outcomes. Thursday night, the Mets scored three runs in 11 innings and they were dead. Friday night, they scored three runs in...
REED GEM LETS METS ZERO IN ON PLAYOFFS: AMAZIN' YEAR CONTINUES WITH WIN OR RED LOSS
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amAfter six weeks of spring training, 161 games, two major losing streaks, enough turmoil to occupy a month of back pages, and the issuance of a death warrant as recently...
PIAZZA GOES WYLDE OVER ANTHEM
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amThere was no question this would be an electrifying night when it started with rock guitarist Zakk Wylde playing a hard-rocking, yet melodious version of the national anthem. While some...
BLUESHIRTS ALREADY A MESS : OFFENSE MISSING AGAIN IN LOSS TO LOWLY CANUCKS
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amCanucks2 Rangers1 VANCOUVER - Twenty-five seconds remained in the second period of last night's game, the second game of an 82-game marathon. The Rangers had just failed to score on...
LOW ROLLERS AT MILE HIGH 0-3 JETS, BRONCOS HAVE HUGE MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amDENVER - Tune into today's Jets-Broncos game not because it's the rematch of last January's AFC championship game. Tune in not because the Broncos are two-time defending Super Bowl champions....
GIANT 'D' MUST PLAY 0-SO-WELL
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amTHE Giants owe their fans and themselves a big game today. If they are the team they think they are, the team they told us they could be, they will...
DENVER'S A BAD TRIP FOR MIRER
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amDENVER - Hopefully, for the Jets' sake, Rick Mirer comes to Mile High Stadium today with a short memory. Because his career performances in Denver show some rather poor numbers....
A COUPLE OF SHOWS TO GET YOU GOIN'
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amNOW CAN be a great time to find that fishing boat you want for next season, and while it may require time, effort and a few dollars, there are two...
OWNERS USING HAMMER IN DESTRUCTIVE WAYS
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amVANCOUVER - The line between responsibility to the bottom line and responsibility to the fans who pay the bills has been crossed this year by a number of owners who...
MCNABB SITS WELL WITH REID
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amIn classic Philadelphia fashion, there was a cascade of boos and jeers when the Eagles, with the second pick in the 1999 NFL Draft, selected QB Donovan McNabb out of...
A GIANT OPPORTUNITY
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amThis is not about proving anything or receiving credit, because the Giants cannot garner much of either this afternoon. There are few plaudits for beating up on the Eagles. Winning...
'DOG' DAYS OF SUMMER CAUGHT UP TO THE METS
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amTHERE'S NO question in my mind that if the Mets had run the bases reasonably hard this season - and we're not talking about stealing bases or other forms of...
PENN NATIONAL CONTEST IS OFF TO FLYING START
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amGRANTVILLE, Pa. - After the first night of competition at the World Series of Handicapping at Penn National, Roger Siple of York, Pa., had the lead with $3,225. Going into...
ISLES COULD COST LIGHTNING
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amTAMPA How many times have you gone to an Islander game and been so outraged with the players' performances, the concessions, the bathrooms, etc., that you wished you could demand...
MONEY CAN'T BUY CHEMISTRY : HIGH-PRICED RANGERS DON'T LOOK LIKE TEAM
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amVANCOUVER -So the Edmonton radio guy moseyed over to Petr Nedved, stuck a microphone in his face and began Friday's post-opener interview. "You didn't look like a $58 million team...
DEAN SAYS DEVILS GOTTA LOOSEN UP
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - The escapee's view from down in Dixie is that the Devils need to lighten up to tighten up. "They could have more fun, the guys. That's important," said...
NO. 17: JOE LOUIS STRIKES A BLOW FOR DEMOCRACY
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amThe rematch between Joe Louis, the son of sharecroppers, and Max Schmelling, the reluctant symbol of Ayran supremacy, took place June 22, 1938. It was probably the most politicized sporting...
NO. 16: RED SOX SELL BABE RUTH TO YANKEES
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amSALE OF THE CENTURY Babe Ruth was sold to the Yankees the day after Christmas 1919 and was the gift that has kept on giving to New York, the Yankees,...
VITAL SIGNS ARE GOOD :BIG WIN, REDS' FAILURES REVIVE METS
October 3, 1999 | 4:00amLike a great tabloid story about someone being pronounced dead too soon, the Mets are similarly very much alive. In a comeback from the near-dead that seemed almost impossible 24...