October 4, 1999
THE FIX WAS IN: BRITS ROLLED ON GOLD
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amT HE price of gold soared last week after a number of Central Banks said they won't unload extra gold onto the open market for the next five years. The...
CELEBS MAKE PLAY FOR NFL SUPPORTING ROLE
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amIn 48 hours, Tom Cruise might be taking on one of the most exciting roles of his life. No, it's not a remake of "Mission: Impossible" but the role of...
SLIPPING TECH STOCKS COULD SHOOT THE BULL
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe fourth quarter is shaping up to be a little tech and go. Technology stocks, the market leaders, are running out of steam. "Technology stocks are expected to post a...
'KINGS' IN 'JEOPARDY'; CLOONEY FILM FAILS TO KNOCK OFF NO. 1
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amDO you believe in Magi?"Three Kings" should have ruled the weekend, but Warner Brothers' highly touted George Clooney flick came in second to Paramount's "Double Jeopardy." "Jeopardy" combined action and...
MIRACULOUS MOMENT OF FORGIVENESS
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amGOOD does not always come from evil, but last Monday, the extraordinary happened in the middle-class town of Jackson, N.J. Edward and Valerie Werner, the heartsick parents of murdered 11-year-old...
JUMBO 'MAMBO' REMIX PLUGS RADIO STATION, DJS
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amNEW York radio station WKTU is getting serious mileage out of its customized, plug-filled version of Afro-Cuban Lou Bega's mega-hit "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of ... )." The...
CBS COULD TAKE IT ON THE CHEN FOR 'EARLY' STEAL
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amWCBS Ch.2 reporter Julie Chen is suddenly a hot property. Chen, who has been filling as news reader in soon-to-be-defunct "CBS News This Morning," has been a favorite to join...
NEW 'TWIST' FOR VERSATILE TROUPE
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amDANCE REVIEW ARTHUR Mitchell's Dance Theater of Harlem finished a joyous season at City Center yesterday with, appropriately, a program of works all by George Balanchine - Mitchell's own mentor...
TV TICKER
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amGary glitter Country singer Gary Allan is a busy guy. Allan will star in CBS' early-November miniseries, "Shake, Rattle & Roll: An American Love Story," playing early rocker Eddie Cochran....
ROAD SHOW WHEELS OUT LUCKY & LIDDY
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amWhat do you get when you cross "Knight Rider" with "B.J. and the Bear"? If you're The Nashville Network, the result is "18 Wheels of Justice," TV's first trucking adventure...
NEWLYWED SIMON A 'PARTY' MAN, & ... THE PLAYS GO ON
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amN EIL Simon never stops writing. Broadway's most successful and prolific playwright, Simon, 72, is about to go into rehearsals in Los Angeles with his 32nd play - "The Dinner...
'ER' GETS NEW SEASON RATINGS HOT IN THE ARM: JUST WHAT THE DOCTORS ORDERED
October 4, 1999 | 4:00am'ER' gets new season ratings shot in the arm ordered 'ER," which wobbled a bit last season, has rejuvenated itself with new cast members and fresh storylines. TV's top-rated drama...
UPN HAS 'NASTY' ROLE FOR 'MINI-ME'
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amAUSTIN Powers' most famous little person, Verne Troyer (Mini-Me), is in negotiations with UPN to become a regular on the lowbrow sitcom, "Shasta McNasty." If all goes as planned, Troyer...
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMPING
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: These days candidates' looks are at least as important as their political platforms. Here, Libby Callaway examines the leading contenders' new-and-improved style. Crumpled Contender: Bill Bradley The fashion world...
SORRY, GOVERNOR, BUT STATE DOES FUND B'KLYN MUSEUM; EXCLUSIVE
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amHUNDREDS of thousands of state dollars are underwriting the Brooklyn Museum of Art's explosive "Sensation" show, despite Gov. Pataki's contentions to the contrary. Official state records reviewed by The Post...
MOVE OVER, WARREN: I'M RUNNING FOR THE WHITE HOUSE TOO
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amAFTER conservative columnist Arianna Huffington told the world yesterday that handsome hunk Warren Beatty is "seriously considering" a run for the presidency, I want, in the words of Richard Nixon,...
CLINTON: GORE WANTS TO PLEASE POP, NOT BE PREZ
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amPresident Clinton thinks Vice President Al Gore is running for president only to please his late father, and might prefer a more "solitary" job in academia to the hot glare...
CIA: RUSSIAN N-TESTS MAY SLIP PAST US
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe CIA warns it's impossible to monitor Russian low-level nuclear tests accurately enough to make sure the country complies with a proposed global test-ban treaty. Senior U.S. officials reported that...
ARTIST SPREADS THE NUDES
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amManhattan was full of good nudes yesterday - 100 good nudes to be exact. Exactly 100 uninhibited folks stripped down to their birthday suits at 10th Avenue and 23rd Street,...
U.S. LINKS UP WITH BRITS AND IRISH TO BEAT CANCER
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe U.S., British and Irish governments signed a groundbreaking deal in Belfast yesterday, promising to pool their resources to put an end to cancer. Former U.S. senator George Mitchell, now...
CLUB-WEARY CONDO SAYS 'LIFE' IS NOW UNBEARABLE
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amA popular Greenwich Village disco may be shut down - but not because of Mayor Giuliani's quality-of-life campaign. Life - the cavernous nightclub on Bleecker Street at Thompson - faces...
ALUMS GET A KICK OUT OF NEW MUSIC HALL - ORIGINAL CREW JOINS STARS FOR BASH
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amRoll out the red carpet! Radio City Music Hall reopens tonight with a star-studded extravaganza to celebrate a seven-month, $70 million face lift that has restored the famed showcase to...
MOSCOW'S JETS RAINING DEATH ON CHECHNYA
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amStunned residents of a town in Chechnya picked through the rubble yesterday after a Russian air raid that officials said killed 28 people, including 14 children. "Why are the Russians...
A BLESSED EVENT FOR ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amManhattan's biggest church went to the dogs yesterday - and the cats and the fish and even an elephant. Pets of all shapes and sizes were ushered into The Cathedral...
O'CONNOR: I'LL BATTLE ABORTION 'TIL MY DYING DAY
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amJohn Cardinal O'Connor yesterday reflected on his mortality and vowed to continue fighting for his No. 1 cause-the "sacredness of every human life"-until his "last breath." The 79-year-old leader of...
THIEVES TERRORIZE PARK SLOPE FAMILY
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amPolice are looking for four men who broke into a Park Slope apartment early yesterday and robbed and terrorized a young family. Cops say the criminals broke in at 5...
HISTORY WILL REMEMBER THESE LEGENDS OF THE FALL
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amI BELIEVE in magic. The Mets live to play again on a wild pitch in the ninth inning. Write me a song about Robin Ventura, who hit the two-out single...
I.D. DISPUTE IS BLOCKING PALESTINIAN CORRIDOR
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - The opening of a land link for Palestinians between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip was delayed because of a disagreement between Israelis and Palestinians over who...
CHUCK SEEKS BILL'S RX FOR GAS PAIN$
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amWarning that skyrocketing gasoline and heating oil prices imperil the New York economy, Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday demanded the White House start releasing emergency reserves. The price of a gallon...
GALLERIES JAMMED AS RUDY SOUNDS OFF
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amNew Yorkers continued to line up in droves to see a controversial art show at the Brooklyn Museum yesterday even as Mayor Giuliani hammered away at the exhibit in three...
PROUD POLES MARCH ALONG POLKA-DOTTED 5TH
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amPolish pride was on display along Fifth Avenue yesterday during the 39th Annual Pulaski Day Parade, complete with the thumping of polka music and pirouetting folk dancers. "I've been coming...
QUEENS WOMAN BRINGS WEST NILE COUNT TO 37
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani said yesterday one more case of a West Nile-like virus was confirmed, raising the total number of city residents infected with the mosquito-borne disease to 37. The latest...
RUDY TO GO EASY ON HILL HOUSE
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani said yesterday he won't make a campaign issue out of First Lady Hillary Clinton's financing of a $1.7 million New York home - unless he's asked. During an...
IRA UNIT SPARKS Y2K ALERT
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe renegade Real IRA has been plotting a New Year's bomb attack on London's Millennium Dome and other famous sites, it was reported today. The guerrilla group, which is responsible...
G.W. BUSH BRINGS HIS JUGGERNAUT UPSTATE
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amBUFFALO - Republican front-runner George W. Bush is all but predicting victory as he kicks off his first big campaign swing in New York today, with Gov. Pataki as his...
2 STRANGERS ON A PLANE GET X-CITED
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe skies got a little too friendly on an American Airlines flight from Dallas to England when two boozed-up strangers stripped off their clothes and got passionate at 30,000 feet,...
CAROL BURNETT FALLS ILL AT Y GIG
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amFunny lady Carol Burnett had to bow out of a talk at the 92nd Street Y last night after she fell ill 10 minutes into the sold-out event. The actress...
JAPAN BEGINS NUKE PROBE
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe Japanese government yesterday launched a full-scale probe into allegations of slipshod safety, improper training and primitive procedures at the plant involved in the country's worst nuclear disaster. "I heard...
PARTY-POOPED JESSE STAYS
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amMinnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura says the Reform Party never did anything for him - but he still wants to stay in the party founded by followers of Ross Perot. Ventura...
RESIDENTS GET A LESSON IN ZONING FROM YESHIVA
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amA Brooklyn husband and wife say their lives have been in turmoil ever since a rabbi bought the house next door and hired contractors to convert it into a yeshiva....
LEX-VEXED RIDERS BARE THEIR TALES OF HORROR
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amCommuters insist there's a pressing need for a full Second Avenue subway line, and they can back it up with one horrific story after another. Straphanger Monica Schroeder was nearly...
A BLOOMIN' GOOD OFFER FROM CHARLES
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amFor those with money to burn, how about a private tour of Prince Charles' prize-winning garden - conducted by the Prince of Wales himself? Charles will give a personal walking...
CHINA COOLING ON TRADE TALKS
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amChina is sending Washington a mixed message - failing to press ahead with negotiations for World Trade Organization membership just two weeks after it embraced the promise of talks with...
MORRISON TALK$ GOING NOWHERE
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amHe has missed the season opener, and some $8,000 of Lou Lamoriello's salary offer. Now, Brendan Morrison is worried that if the Devil GM remains intrangient, he may miss the...
KNICKS KEEP EYE ON WEIS GUY : LAYDEN TO SCOUT PICK
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amCHARLESTON, S.C. - When the center-strapped Knicks report to training camp today in Charleston, their 1999 first-round pick will be across the ocean, already amidst his regular-season schedule in France....
IT'S GETTING LATE EARLY
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amHE HAD sent a chair flying late in the second period, when the fancy power play failed for the 10th straight time in two games. Later, after Saturday's 2-1 loss...
SCOUTING THE YANKEES
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amTHESE are not the 1998 Yankees, though the 1999 version may end up with the same prize - a World Series title. These Yankees are very talented, but very vulnerable...
SUPER MARIO A 'CUT' ABOVE
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amJim Leyritz has caught San Diego star closer Trevor Hoffman. And as Leyritz will tell you, Trevor is no Mariano Rivera. "I don't think there's any better than Mariano," said...
O'NEILL READY TO TEST BRUISED SIDE, BACK
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES ST. PETERSBURG - Standing near an exit to the Yankees' clubhouse yesterday morning, Paul O'Neill was talking about his bruised right side and lower back when Derek Jeter...
RANGERS A DANGER THIS TIME
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amST. PETERSBURG - At 10:30 this morning the Yankee staff will enter Joe Torre's Yankee Stadium office and begin sifting through a mountain of scouting reports that will only reinforce...
YANKS' LOSS IS HIGHLY IRREGULAR
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amDevil Rays 6 Yankees 2 ST. PETERSBURG - Paul O'Neill was Joe Torre until he bailed when the Yankees went down four runs. Joe Girardi was Don Zimmer. David Cone...
ONE 'EL' OF A GOOD SHOW
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amRoger Clemens assured his place in the Hall of Fame with his five Cy Young Awards. David Cone sealed his place in history with his perfect game. But on the...
WAGNER MEASURES UP
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amWagner HS running back Ramael Myers said his team saw yesterday's game against Lehman as a measuring stick to see how it rated in the PSAL. He got a pretty...
FOX LOVES LIMA CLOWN SHOW
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amTO BEST enjoy sports as they appear on TV, it helps to be a complete idiot. The weekend was an idiot's delight. Dodgers-Astros, big game on Fox, Saturday, bottom of...
'SOFTLY' SOARS IN FLOWER BOWL
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amSoaring Softly, bouncing back from the lone blemish on her record this year, reestablished herself as the top turf filly in the East, and probably the nation, with a solid...
GIANTS' UGLY VICTORY IS A GRAHAM DISGRACE: BIG BLUE OFFENSE IS FOUL YET AGAIN
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amGiants 16 Eagles 15 Rip the offense, again. Change the quarterback, again. Wonder, again, just when Jim Fassel's reputed offensive acumen is going to reveal itself. Round up all the...
ATTACK SHOULD BE ILL-EAGLE
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe Philadelphia offense erupted for three touchdowns in the first quarter of the season-opener. Little did the Eagles know they'd have to wait a month for an offensive player to...
DUNSTON'S GLAD, AND SO IS DAD
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amJust like in Little League growing up in Brooklyn, Shawon Dunston has been driven by his father, Jack, to and from every game at Shea this season. Yesterday in the...
BROWN: GOOD TO BE BACK
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amDespite trying to temper and mask their enthusiasm, the Giants have felt the return of injured halfback Gary Brown would be the panacea for their struggling running game. And while...
JASON'S GAFFE IRKS FASSEL
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES The physical part, Jason Sehorn appears to have down. It's the thinking part that still needs some work. Sehorn yesterday made another successful step forward in his comeback....
'WILD' FINISH GIVES AMAZIN'S NEW LIFE
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amMets 2 Pirates 1 Call it the wild pitch that won them the Wild Card. Maybe. The wild celebration that was the result of Brad Clontz's wild pitch from baseball...
KLUTZINESS BY CLONTZ KILLS BUCS
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amIt really was fitting that in this wildest of wild-card chases it came down to - what else? - a wild pitch. The Pirates' Brad Clontz delivered it to Mike...
FRANCO ENJOYS FIRST ON-FIELD PARTY
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amAfter 16 seasons in the major leagues John Franco never had as much cause for celebration as when Melvin Mora crossed the plate in the ninth inning of yesterday's 2-1...
PHILLIPS: VALENTINE WILL BE BACK
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amAs recently as Friday morning, most people around New York - and people around the Mets - had it figured out that Bobby Valentine would be getting the ax when...
ESPOSITO WINS SERIES, 100G; DASILVA 7TH
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amGRANTVILLE, Pa. - Joseph Esposito of Timonium, Md., came from far back last night and won the 24th World Series of Handicapping at Penn National. Esposito, who had trailed for...
TERRIBLE DAY FOR INJURED 'TD'
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amDENVER - Victor Green, the Jets' safety, had no idea until after the game was over that the Broncos had lost MVP running back Terrell Davis possibly for the season...
UP & AWAY AT LAST: JETS CORRAL BRONCS FOR FIRST VICTORY
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amDENVER - Sweet, delicious, utterly satisfying revenge. And a season saved in the process. It was that kind of momentous day for the Jets, who won a street fight yesterday...
JETS FINALLY DO IT WITH 'D' : FORCE BRONCS INTO 6 TURNOVERS
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amDENVER - Finally, a complete effort from the Jets. Finally, a complete, passionate, desperate, 60-minute, close-the-deal effort on defense. This is what the Jets have screamed out for since the...
FRACTURED CLAVICLE SIDELINES OTIS AGAIN
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amJET NOTES DENVER - It was a bittersweet day for Otis Smith, who completed a long road back from a fractured clavicle injury suffered in training camp, returned to the...
NO MORE EXCUSES
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amGeorge Bush once called Dan Rather out on national TV by asking the CBS anchor if he wanted to be remembered for a distinguished body of work or seven minutes...
JOE COOL
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amThe Boss never used to be into mortality like he is now. "I'm all for NASA," George Steinbrenner says, "and always have been. But what is the result of the...
BRANCA FIRES BEST SHOT: DEFENDS SON-IN-LAW BOBBY V
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amYOGI Berra was wrong. Sometimes it's not over, even when it is over. The Mets reacted like a playoff entrant beginning at 4:49 p.m. yesterday, a wild pitch making it...
MORA AND MAHOMES STEAL THE THUNDER
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amW E'LL never know what would have happened if Brad Clontz had not thrown a wild pitch to end the game with Mike Piazza at the plate and the bases...
IT'S RED OCTOBER AFTER WILD FINISH: CINCY'S ON DECK TONIGHT FOR METS
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amIt was a wild pitch that brought them to the brink of the wild card. The wild celebration that was the result of Brad Clontz's wild pitch from baseball heaven...
LEITER SPENDS POST-GAME ON RED ALERT
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES Al Leiter spent yesterday focusing on facing Cincinnati in today's playoff - even though he didn't know until last night whether his next start would be against the...
METS' WILD ENDING GETS PIAZZA OFF THE HOT SEAT
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amIN THE last half-inning of the final game of the 1999 season, the Mets finally got what they paid for - the winning run in a crucial game crossing the...
SOGGY REDS SLOSH WAY TO PLAYOFF
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - Showing they could perform last night with the commando-like precision of Navy SEALS, the Reds are ready to go to a one-game war with the Mets tonight at...
OTIS" RETURN SHORT-LIVED
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amDENVER - Completing a long road back from a training camp fractured clavicle injury, Otis Smith returned to the starting lineup yesterday and then he departed again. As expected, Smith...
UP & AWAY AT LAST JETS CORRAL BRONCS FOR FIRST VICTORY
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amDENVER - In what developed into a desperate street fight in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains yesterday, the Jets saved their season and effectively ended that of the two-time...
NO STOPPING REDS-BREWERS
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - In a decision that was another travesty for the game, Major League Baseball elected to start last night's game between the Reds and Brewers on a soggy County...
BANGED-UP REDS PRAY FOR RAINOUT
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amMILWAUKEE - On Saturday, Pete Harnisch admitted the Reds had put themselves in a tough spot with their second straight loss to the lowly Brewers. It turns out, not only...
A WORK IN PROGRESS
October 4, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: Has it really been four full baseball seasons since Derek Jeter made us pay attention? Wasn't it yesterday that Joe Torre wondered if a 21-year-old rookie could handle being...