October 5, 1999
SAVEUR OWNER EYES WORLD IN A QUEST FOR BUYER
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amMeigher Communications - publisher of Saveur, Garden Design and Quest - is negotiating to sell itself to Winter Haven, Fla.-based World Publications after talks with financier George Soros fizzled. World,...
FUND INVESTORS GOT BUSY SIGNAL ON SPRINT
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amINVESTORS eager to ring up easy profits on Sprint's big move up in the market yesterday couldn't do it with mutual funds. It's not that there weren't any funds that...
WOMEN EXECS STRIKE IT RICH IN TECH FIRMS
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amAmerica's most powerful women are moving in the same direction as the country's richest men: into the tech business. In Fortune's "50 Most Powerful Women in Business" list, newcomers make...
SUPREME COURT BACKS MANDATORY ARBITRATION
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe Supreme Court dealt a blow to Wall Street women yesterday when it declined to hear an appeal of a sexual discrimination suit brought by a female trader at Warburg...
VIBE AND SPIN PUT UP FOR SALE
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amThree-year-old Miller Publishing group is busting up. The venture partners behind Miller Publishing have ordered company chairman and CEO Robert Miller to place a for sale sign on his three...
BUY GETS GOOD RECEPTION; CLEAR CHANNEL PAYS TUNE OF $23B
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amTwo of the nation's largest radio empires will soon be on the same frequency. Clear Channel Communications Inc., home of Rush Limbaugh and Dr. Laura, said it will buy AMFM...
GEMSTAR ENLISTS TV GUIDE FOR $9.2B
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amTV Guide Inc. and Gemstar International are ending their long battle over patent rights, agreeing to a $9.2 billion merger that will create the leading on-screen TV listings company. Execs...
MCCARTNEYSALUTESHIS IDOLS
October 5, 1999 | 4:00am*RUN DEVIL RUN Paul McCartney Capitol Records Paul McCartney, in his first disc in three years, pays tribute to those who influenced him. "Run Devil Run" findsPaul at the mike...
FAMED PHILADANCO COMES UP ROSA
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amDANCE REVIEW THE current New York dance season is taking a particular interest in the black experience. City Center began with the Dance Theater of Harlem. The Joyce Theater followed...
MONTANA SHOWS IT MUSCLE
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe mayor is tough. He throws his weight around. He beats people up. Mere metaphors in New York, but those who encounter the mayor of Libby, Mont., sometimes walk away...
THE TROUBLE WITH AN 'ANGEL' "ANGEL"
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amTonight at 9 on WPIX/Ch.11 L OS Angeles becomes the city of "Angel" with the kick-butt spinoff in which Buffy's dear departed gets a chance to save his ever-livin' soul...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amHAIKU AND HISTORY This weekend offers up a couple of refined affairs worthy of note. *If your rhythm needs re-working or your poesies have lost their punch, mosey up to...
'FRIENDS' ARE STICKING TOGETHER IN NEGOTIATIONS
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amT HE six actors on the hit comedy "Friends" are trying to be friends to the end. The ensemble cast of TV's most-watched comedy - Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox Arquette,...
RODE 'HORSES' TO FAME
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amSYDNEY Pollack directed for TV before making his feature-film debut behind the camera with "The Tender Thread" in 1965. But he didn't attract attention until "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"...
SOME SHOWS CAN BENEFIT FROM A COUPLE OF NIGHTS OFF ; PLAYOFFS WILL THROW A CURVE AT THE PRIME-TIME SCHEDULE
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amT HE Major League Baseball playoffs get under way today - scrambling TV's prime-time schedule through the end of October. For the next three weeks it will seem that there's...
L.A. GOES B&W
October 5, 1999 | 4:00am'THE Woman Chaser" is this year's "Rushmore" - a quirky American indie comedy from a young director (in this case, Robinson Devor) who assumes a nudge-nudge, wink-wink relationship with the...
TV TICKER
October 5, 1999 | 4:00am'Show' biz It's a big month for David Letterman's red-hot "Late Show." This Thursday, Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura drops by to discuss his controversial Playboy remarks - and whatever else...
A MAN OF 'HEARTS' SYDNEY POLLACK IS ONE OF H'WOOD'S GOOD GUYS
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amIN his new movie "Random Hearts," which opens on Friday and stars Harrison Ford and Kristen Scott Thomas, director Sydney Pollack gave himself a supporting role as a ruthless, cynical...
'CATS' DANCER REGAINS HIS FOOTING
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amTEN years ago, Marc Hunter-Hall, who was performing the role of Skimbleshanks in Broadway's "Cats," made one wrong move that cost him his dancing career. "I went to do a...
'FAKE' TEACHER ON JOB IN '94, TOO
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amBoard of Education officials say an alleged teacher impostor was working in city schools a year before they originally admitted - while the teacher he's suspected of impersonating was still...
NAZI CAMP BOSS CONVICTED
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amDinko Sakic was found responsible for the killings of 2,000 people while he ran Croatia's Jasenovac camp, the "Auschwitz of the Balkans."The last known living commander of a World War...
JIM CARREY'D AWAY AS KAUFMAN
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amJim Carrey went bonkers on the set of his new Andy Kaufman biopic - forcing the cast and crew to address him as two completely different characters for three months....
CARDINAL CONCEDES DOCTORS MIGHT NOT HAVE GOTTEN IT ALL
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amJohn Cardinal O'Connor yesterday left open the possibility that part of the tumor doctors removed from his brain remains. "They took out the tumor. They want to clean up anything...
HILLARY TAKES TIME OUT FOR EURO TRIP
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday began a weeklong breather from the New York campaign trail as she set off on a globetrotting trip. Clinton's official visit to Poland, Slovakia,...
WE SHOULD CELEBRATE CELEBRITY POLS
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amW ITH apologies to Gordon Gekko: Celebrity is good. Charity is pass today. Ditto, modesty. Even greed - the signature virtue of the go-go '80s - doesn't hold a candle...
AMAZIN'S ARE ALSO A BIG HIT IN THE STORE$
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amMet fever has spurred some Amazin' sales - with fans snapping up everything from caps to jerseys. As the Mets battled down to the wire, all sorts of merchandise was...
NEWT'S SPURNED WIFE IS NOW SLEEKER OF THE HOUSE
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amIf looking good is the best revenge, then Newt Gingrich's about-to-be-former wife, Marianne, gets the last laugh. The ex-House speaker's estranged wife dazzled Beltway insiders recently by shedding her once-staid...
PATAKI, BUSH GET BET SET
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amBUFFALO - It's two strikes on Gov. Pataki in his betting battle with George Bush, but he's hoping the Yanks will pull him out of his slump. Pataki is wagering...
'CHEAP' 2ND. AV. SUBWAY RIPPED
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe proposed Second Avenue subway has shrunk from the sweeping six-track system of a half-century ago to a two-track "stubway" that could paralyze service whenever there's a train delay, critics...
HIGH COURT REJECTS APPEAL BY DEATH-ROW COP-KILLER MUMIA
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amDeath-row cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal yesterday lost a bid for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal -but his supporters say they'll keep fighting for his life. The justices, without...
FULL-STEAM AHEAD FOR TOURS OF THE TITANIC
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe Supreme Court yesterday cleared the decks for rich tourists to visit the wreck of the Titanic on the ocean floor - sinking the appeal of a salvage company that...
WHY IS THIS GUY SO KEEN TO LACERATE CATHOLICS?
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amAS A devout Catholic, Baltimore resident Jos Palacio was upset when he heard about the dung-and-porno version of the Virgin Mary on display at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. But...
FED-UP BRONX RESIDENTS ARE PAWNS IN PORN WAR
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amTHELMA HENRY and Erenia Fernandez wish Mayor Giuliani was as concerned with pornography's effect on kids in The Bronx as he is with its impact on the patrons of the...
PARK'S REOPENING, BUT CITY HALL ISN'T
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amCity Hall Park reopens Thursday after an extensive renovation - but City Hall and its plaza will remain closed to the public, officials said yesterday. The officials said "Operation Bravo,"...
WITNESSES CONTRADICT COPS IN 'HAMMER' SLAY
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amWitnesses to the police shooting of a hammer-wielding Brooklyn man have come forward to contradict the official version of the incident - but investigators said the cops' actions may still...
TA HOLDING $154M IN CASH AFTER BOOM YEAR
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe Transit Authority is sitting on a whopping $154 million surplus this year thanks to higher-than-expected ridership and lower labor costs, records show. And that figure tops $280 million when...
HALL'S SWELL ON GUSSIED-UP VENUE'S BIG NIGHT
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amEVEN with the likes of Sting, Tony Bennett and 98 Degrees at the grand reopening of Radio City Music Hall, it was the house that shone brightest yesterday evening. After...
PALESTINIANS, ISRAEL AGREE ON CORRIDOR
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amTEL AVIV - Palestinian and Israeli negotiators yesterday agreed on a corridor through Israel for Palestinians traveling between the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Palestinian President Yasser Arafat accepted...
SKEETER-TEST VOLS WON'T KNOW RESULTS
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amVolunteer testing for the West Nile virus may help clear up some of the mystery surrounding an outbreak of mosquito-borne encephalitis, but Queens blood donors will be in the dark...
POLL WARNS JESSE TO WATCH THAT 'BODY' LANGUAGE
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Most folks in Minnesota think Gov. Jesse "The Body" Ventura should keep his big mouth shut, a new poll shows. A survey taken after Ventura told "Playboy" that...
FORBES LAUNCHING 'AIR' ATTACK ON BUSH
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Republican presidential wannabe Steve Forbes is taking off the gloves with a major TV attack on front-runner George W. Bush - but aides deny it will be below-the-belt....
'GOLDEN AGE' IS NOW FOR APPLE'S BASEBALL TEAMS
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amCINCINNATI. MICKEY MANTLE and Joe DiMaggio have moved on to their eternal rewards. The Dodgers and Giants headed for the coast four decades ago. Even the black-and-white photos of Ebbets...
STARS RAVE ; OVER 'NEW' RADIO CITY ; HAIL 'MAGNIFICENT' $70M RESTORATION
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amRadio City Music Hall was once again the place to be last night, as an array of stars from Tony Bennett to Sting came to celebrate the megabucks renovation of...
METS LAY A TRACK ; FOR SUBWAY SERIES ; AMAZIN'S BEAT REDS TO JOIN YANKS IN PLAYOFFS FOR 1ST TIME
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amThere was nothing but joy in Metsville last night as the Amazin's snagged a wild-card slot and their first trip to the playoffs in more than a decade with a...
BUSH BACKS RUDY IN HOLY WAR OVER MUSEUM $$
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe "Sensation" flap flared into a national issue yesterday as GOP presidential hopeful George W. Bush blasted the artwork - and museum officials charged City Hall knew for months about...
NEW DRUG CUTS BLOOD FLOW TO TUMORS: STUDY
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amDoctors have proven that a new anti-cancer drug reduces the blood and oxygen flow to tumors, bolstering hopes for the highly touted therapy, English researchers reported yesterday. The results came...
DEAD REDS TIP THEIR CAPS TO THE METS
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - Not surprisingly, they were the Dead Reds. Cincinnati's long night to nowhere in Milwaukee Sunday showed itself in many ways last night as the Reds meekly went down...
SUPER LEITER PUTS AMAZIN'S IN 'ZONA: SHACKLES REDS IN PLAYOFF GAME FOR WILD-CARD
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - Finally, after years of frustration and waiting by the fans, the players, the owners and especially the manager, the long dark autumn is over and a bright new...
AT LAST, VINDICATION - BOBBY BURIES STREAK - AND HIS CRITICS
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - For as long as anyone can remember, Bobby Valentine has been a prospect. At times, he has been a suspect. Over time, The Greatest Athlete Who Never Was...
HENDERSON SETS TABLE FOR A WILD-CARD FEAST
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - As Rickey would say, Rickey does not like to be shown up - by the manager or the media. Rickey Henderson showed again last night why he is...
METS WILL GO WITH BOBBY BO
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - It looks as if Bobby Bonilla will be on the Mets' playoff roster, according to a team source. The big pinch-hitter has done little since coming back from...
YOSHII NOT AFRAID OF FACING ACE IN ARIZONA
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - Randy Johnson is no Steve Parris. So the Mets have their work cut out for them tonight in Arizona. But Masato Yoshii is up for the challenge. He...
PIAZZA'S BACK IN SHOWTIME
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - Mike Piazza has been down this playoff road before with no success, but the heart and soul of the Mets believes this year will be different because of...
LONG WAIT FINALLY OVER FOR FRANCO
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - John Franco has been around longer than any other active player not to make the postseason. But that long, frustrating 15-year streak will end tonight when the Mets...
FONZIE BAT HELPS TEAM KEEP FAITH
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - He knocked in the first run and caught the final out and in between had an RBI double. While Al Leiter provided all the pitching the Mets would...
VAUGHN HOT IN THE FRIGID CONDITIONS
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - He has carried the Reds all year, just like he carried the Padres to the World Series last season. Greg Vaughn continues to be one of the more...
RAUL'S JUST RIGHT FOR 2000 AMAZIN'S
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - When he isn't saying ridiculous things about his bosses or sitting in the bullpen between innings or swinging from the heels at pitches way outside and rolling in...
FOR METS, IT'S ONE MORE, WITH FEELING: AMAZIN'S JUICED TO PLAY IT AGAIN IN CINCY PLAYOFF
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amCINCINNATI- That the Mets were even competing in a one-game playoff last night was really an incredible situation. For those who see the glass as half-full, it was a miracle...
NBC GETS TRIPLE CROWN
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amTaking the reins from ABC, NBC Sports has reached an agreement with Triple Crown Productions (TCP) to televise the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes beginning in 2001 and running...
'READY' IS READY TO RUN AT BELMONT
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amKentucky's loss became New York's gain yesterday when trainer Todd Pletcher announced that standout 2-year-old colt More Than Ready would run in Saturday's Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park rather than...
CHAMPS' LEAGUE LOSES KICK
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amLONDON - Decaffeinated coffee, like low-alcohol beer, defeats the very purpose of its own existence. And that makes Johan Cruyff's comparison of the bloated European Champions' League to a steaming...
WHO'S THE QUARTERBACK? FASSEL PONDERS MOVE TO COLLINS
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amEarly tomorrow morning, Jim Fassel will meet with Kent Graham and Kerry Collins, sit the two quarterbacks down and impart the news that could shape the future of the Giants'...
VAN HORN TO MISS DAY 1 WITH HAMMY
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amNET NOTES ATLANTIC CITY - You didn't really think matters would get off without another worry or two for the Nets, did you? The latest setback, although deemed very minor,...
DIET OF TURNOVERS IRRITATES FASSEL
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amDon't expect the Giants to coast through this week feeling good about themselves after a victory. Not after this victory. There wasn't much good Jim Fassel had to report yesterday...
NET NUMBERS GAME ; FEICK & GILL BOTH EXPECT STARTING JOBS
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTIC CITY - Jamie Feick has had every intent of reporting to the Nets' training camp today as the starting power forward, or in a pinch, the center. Kendall Gill...
'99 BOMBERS STILL HAVE LOT TO PROVE THESE
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amYankees play for the 1999 title and they play for history. They play for this time and all-time. Beginning tonight at the Stadium, the Yankees hunt 11 more October victories....
MIRER SHOWS SIGNS OF LIFE
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amThe fog that has hung over the Jets since Vinny Testaverde went down in the season's first week may finally have lifted. The Jets showed some semblance of an offense...
SHANE, GRIMSLEY OUT AS YANKS TRIM DOWN
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amClay Bellinger smiled, Shane Spencer frowned and Jason Grimsley's eyes became moist. Welcome to the fallout from the Yankees paring their AL Division Series roster to 25 yesterday. Bellinger, a...
THE LONG WAIT IS FINALLY OVER FOR CLEMENS
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amRoger Clemens has spent a summer hearing all about how he failed to live up to being Roger Clemens during his first season in pinstripes. If he was ever bothered...
ACHIN' OTIS COULD MISS REST OF YEAR
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amJET NOTES This may turn out to be the year that never was for CB Otis Smith. After breaking his collarbone during the preseason, Smith finally returned to action Sunday...
SORRY, YANKS, SOX WILL WIN
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amT HE Red Sox are going to win the World Series. Now I know this possibility ranks just short of the oceans and rivers turning to blood for signs of...
RANGER DANGER AHEAD WORLD CHAMPS BEGIN DEFENSE VS. BRAZEN TEXAS
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amWhen Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez fires the first pitch of the AL Division Series tonight against the Rangers' Mark McLemore, there will be a lot more on the line than...
RANGERS TALKIN' TOUGH ; BOAST THEY'LL BEAT BOMBERS
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amIt was the playoff series from hell - worse than a Texas heat wave. One run in three games. A .143 team batting average, the lowest in post-season history. A...
EWING: IF I HURT, I QUIT
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amCHARLESTON - Patrick Ewing said yesterday he "sometimes" regrets playing in extreme pain last season and won't make the same mistake twice. In fact, the Knicks' ailing center indicated that...
WIN WON'T MEAN MUCH UNLESS ...
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amRAY MICKENS, his face flush with the satisfaction of victory as he dressed at his stall in the visitor's locker room in the bowels of Mile High Stadium Sunday night,...
VERSATILITY KEY TO SELE SUCCESS
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amAaron Sele, the Rangers' starter tonight against the Yankees in Game One of the ALDS, believes he can be successful if he treats this start like any other. But it's...
ONE THING MISSING IN RAFFIE'S SUPER SEASON
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amPersonally, this has been the best season of Rafael Palmeiro's career. It also has been a satisfying season, individually and from a team standpoint. But it isn't a complete season....
SPREE MISSES VAN'S STATE OF THE UNION
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amCHARLESTON - Stuck in court in northern California, Latrell Sprewell missed Day 1 of Knicks' training camp yesterday and it doesn't seem likely he will arrive in time for today's...
ARBOUR VISITS GANG GORING
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amExpected to become involved in the club's hockey operations when the team is eventually sold, Al Arbour popped in at Islanders practice yesterday in Syosset. Arbour, who coached the Islanders...
TORRE'S GUT SAYS GO WITH DARRYL AT DH
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES When Joe Torre walked into Yankee Stadium yesterday, he had no idea who his DH tonight was going to be against Rangers right-hander Aaron Sele. Darryl Strawberry offered...
FOR MCKEON, PARK IS ONE FAN SHORT
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - The kid from South Amboy, N.J., has lived his baseball life with no regrets - until last night and it had nothing to do with the final score....
AL-ELUJAH! LEITER'S A LATTER-DAY KOOZ
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - Sopping wet from champagne, holding a bottle in his right hand, sharing a bear hug with another kid who grew up pulling for the Mets, Al Leiter had...
VAN GUNDY DIDN'T STAND PAT: JEFF'S TOUGHER ON MEDIA THAN RILEY EVER WAS
October 5, 1999 | 4:00amPAT Riley has a lot to learn from Jeff Van Gundy. Not only will Joe Bag of Donuts be earning $500 a day per diem this season ($200 more than...