October 13, 1999
NBC, CHASE FLEE TREE FEE
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amThe Grinch has put on a corporate suit. Rockefeller Center tenants Chase Manhattan Bank and NBC are griping about their share of upkeep of the famed annual Christmas tree. A...
MARTS TANK ON RENEWED RATE FEARS
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amInterest rate fears and a jittery bond market sent the stock market plummeting yesterday, with all the major indices losing substantial ground. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 231.12 points...
CHRISTINA GOES ESPANOL - SHE'S STUDYING TO BE A LATINA MUSIC FORCE, TOO
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amTeen pop star Christina Aguilera is putting out a Spanish-language version of her hit debut album - a move her BMG label hopes will bring them a much-needed push up...
LOSS OF SERIES HITS TRIBE STOCK
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amWhile emotion from stockholding fans could explain some of the drop, the loss also means fewer playoff games and lower revenue and profit than expected.First the disappointing and embarrassing loss...
WEBVAN SHIFTS INTO 'REVERSE' ON COMMENTS FROM NEW CEO
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amIgnore our CEO - he just runs the place, beleaguered online grocer Webvan is telling investors. A week after the SEC forced Webvan to postpone its planned stock offering, the...
AUTHOR COOKS UP $1M ADVANCE
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amPULITZER Prize-winning writer Tony Horowitz, now a regular at The New Yorker, just snagged an estimated $1 million advance for his next book - a modern take on fabled English...
PHILIP MORRIS ADMITS CANCER RISK
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amTobacco giant Philip Morris admits on its new Web site today - apparently for the first time - that medical evidence shows cigarette smoking can cause cancer. Although the company...
C0N ED'S P0WER PLAY - NETS NORTHEAST UTILITIES
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amConsolidated Edison Co. is moving into New England, with the $3.3 billion purchase today of Northeast Utilities, the six-state region's biggest power company. The deal will also require Con Ed...
C0N ED'S P0WER PLAY
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amConsolidated Edison Co. is moving into New England, with the $3.3 billion purchase today of Northeast Utilities, the six-state region's biggest power company. The deal will also require Con Ed...
PHILIP MORRIS WEAVING STORY ON WEBSITE
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amPhilip Morris is getting wired, launching its first website today to expand its reach to the public. The site, www.philipmorris.com, contains extensive information about the company's products and financial and...
QUAKE AT EPICENTEROF ASIAN CUISINE
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amIT doesn't take long to figure out how Quake got its name. After a couple of N and R trains rumble beneath this otherwise serene restaurant, you get the idea....
SOME WILL HAVE A BEEF WITH THIS DOCUDRAMA
October 13, 1999 | 4:00am'BEEFCAKE," a campy docu-drama about the secretly gay world of 1950's muscle magazines, is not much more than an excuse to show a lot of young muscular men naked or...
TV TICKER
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amRe-Action Fox has yanked "Action" and "The Family Guy" for the November sweeps. The two low-rated sitcoms will reappear in December with new episodes. "Action," an insider's look at the...
CHIC NICOLE'S A CASE OF NIGHT AND DAY
October 13, 1999 | 4:00am'WEN a man is tired of London," Dr. Johnson famously celebrated his home town, "he is tired of Terence Conran-influenced internationalized bistro food served in California-inspired settings." He ought to...
LIFE IS SWEDE FOR THIS TEEN
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amREBECCA Liljeberg looks more like the girl next door than a superstar. But back in her homeland of Sweden, the petite 18-year-old (who could pass for 13) is so popular...
INDIGO GIG'S TO DYE FOR
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amWITHOUT the aid of testosterone - either on stage or in the audience - the Indigo Girls and their ultra-devoted following created a concert environment Monday that rivaled anything the...
COUNCIL CATFIGHT:THE CONTEST FOR THE UPPER EAST SIDE'S CITY COUNCIL SEAT IS A VICIOUS BATTLE ROYALE
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amWhen, last Spring Eva Moskowitz, a 35-year-old college professor, launched her second campaign for an Upper East Side seat on the City Council, she was relieved to learn that her...
FARRAH RISKS RETURN TO 'LATE SHOW'
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amFARRAH Fawcett returns to "The Late Show" tonight for the first time since June 1997 - when her bizarre behavior had some people thinking she'd had a nervous breakdown. "You...
'SEINFELD' DUO SHOULD TRY AGAIN
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amSAY you had created one of the most beloved shows in the history of television and were a couple of hundred million dollars richer as a result of it, but...
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG SET REUNION TOUR
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amIt seems like "Deja Vu" all over again. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - among the best-loved of all the American supergroups - announced their reunion and first tour in...
A 'SENSATION' OF HYPOCRISY - WHERE'S THE CIVIL-LIBERTIES CREW WHEN THE LEFT ATTACKS ART?
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amBY now, everyone knows that the furor over the "Sensation" show at the Brooklyn Museum of Art is a case of nothing less than a fascist-minded mayor running roughshod over...
FAMED SHIP MAKES WAVES IN N.Y. VISIT; EXCLUSIVE
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amMeet the ship that meets tragedy head on. Its name is Rude (pronounced roo-dee) - and its most famous feat to date was locating the wreckage of John F. Kennedy...
SHE HAS RIGHT RECIPE FOR HOME TEAMS
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amBatter up! The "Yankee Cookie Lady" has added the Mets to the mix this season. "My cookies have brought a lot of good luck to the Yankees over the past...
SON OF DIXIE'S DILEMMA IN YANKEELAND
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amROOTING for the Yankees is, for me, like hoping for world peace: It's a good idea, but it's not going to happen. Don't get me wrong, I'm pleased the Bronx...
LEWINSKY'S DAD HITS 'LAW & ORAL' FOR NAME ABUSE
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amMonica Lewinsky's father is demanding an apology from NBC and the producers of "Law & Order" for using his last name as a term for oral sex. "Why don't they...
TAKEOVER NO SURPRISE TO APPLE IMMIGRANTS
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amPakistanis in New York said they hoped yesterday's military coup would bring Pakistan closer to peace. As he enjoyed the sun outside Gramercy Park, limousine driver Muhammad Cheudhry said he...
MORE OPT FOR PAIN-FREE CHILDBIRTH
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amNo pain, no gain? Not if you're having a baby, more American women have decided. Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine reported yesterday that the use of...
ARMY COUP TOPPLES LEADER OF PAKISTAN
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amPakistan's army seized power in a lightning-quick military coup yesterday - hours after the country's prime minister ousted the top general. The crisis alarmed Western officials and prompted India -...
CAL-TECH PROF WINS NOBEL FOR PIX UNLOCKING ATOM'S SECRETS
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amA California scientist won the Nobel Prize for chemistry yesterday for capturing ultrafast snapshots of atomic reactions. Ahmed Zewail, 53, of the California Institute of Technology, was awarded the $1...
WHITE-SHOE LAWYER KICKS IN TO HELP OUR CHILDREN
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amAS PARTNER in a megabucks corporate law firm, Joseph Wayland is rich enough to send his kid to a snooty Upper East Side private school. And he does. So there...
BANK BIG QUITS AMID PROBE OF RUSSIAN MOB MONEY SCAM
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amA top Bank of New York executive suspended over the Russian mob money-laundering scandal unexpectedly quit yesterday - and blasted the bank for not sticking up for her. Natasha Kagalovsky,...
DOC WARNS COUNCIL: SKEETER SPRAY UNSAFE
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amA scientist charged yesterday that officials gave New Yorkers "misleading, incorrect and erroneous information" about malathion, the spray used to stop the summer's deadly virus outbreak. Dr. Robert Simon, a...
BATTLE OF BRAVEST AND FINEST TURNS UGLY
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amA midair life-and-death struggle erupted into a battle of the badges yesterday when a police lieutenant was accused of roughing up a fire lieutenant during a Midtown scaffolding rescue. There...
LOUSY SCHOOLS DON'T HURT KIDS, STATE TELLS COURT
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amOvercrowding and dilapidated schools don't affect the performances of New York City public-school kids, a lawyer for New York state argued in court yesterday. During opening arguments in a landmark...
TEST-BAN TREATY STALLS IN THE SENATE
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Democrats invoked the military takeover in Pakistan yesterday as exhibit A in support of President Clinton's no-nukes treaty, even as the plan seemed doomed. The Senate's top Democrat,...
SERB-SPEAKING U.N. MAN SLAIN IN KOSOVO
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amA U.N. employee was brutally executed on his first day in Kosovo because he enraged some ethnic Albanian teens by speaking Serbian, cops said yesterday. Cops showed a black silk...
SUBWAY'S THE ROUTE IF YOU'RE GONNA ROOT
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amTransit officials are rooting for a MetroCard Mets-Yankees subway series, not a traffic-choked E-ZPass finale. "Let us drive you. Let us be the designated driver," said Transit Authority spokesman Al...
EVEN SHERMAN COULDN'T WAKE ATLANTA'S FANS
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA. HERE'S another reason why this town needs a good spanking: Its fans are spoiled rotten. Eight consecutive Brave appearances in the National League Championship Series have conspired to rob...
LEGENDARY HOOPSTER DIES AT 63
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amBasketball legend Wilt Chamberlain - who scored 100 points in a single game and boasted of bedding more than 20,000 women - was found dead in his Bel Air, Calif.,...
TERROR FOR TWO ABOVE WEST 57TH - SCAFFOLD PAIR SAVED IN DARING RESCUE
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amHero firefighters yesterday rescued two construction workers who were left twisting in the wind - 70 feet off the ground - when an avalanche of bricks knocked them off a...
FERGIE WISHES KIDS COULD BE CLOSER TO ROYALS
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amSoon-to-be-40 Fergie says she and Prince Andrew are "the happiest divorced couple in the world" - despite the fact she's still openly snubbed by her ex's royal father, Philip, and...
AMAZIN'S' FANS FIT TO BE TIED - LUCKY FEW COME AWAY WITH FISTFULS
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amMets fans want to see the Amazin's give the Braves a splitting headache today - hoping they can even up the National League Championship Series after losing 4-2 in Game...
KKK SEEKING PERMIT FOR DOWNTOWN RALLY
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amThe Ku Klux Klan has asked the city for permission to hold a rally in downtown Manhattan later this month - and is already advertising the event on the Internet....
CURSES! METS FOILED AGAIN!
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA. THE Red Sox must deal with the Curse of the Bambino in the American League Championship Series, no small mountain to scale, but a speed bump in comparison to...
MADDUX MELLOWS 'EM OUT: VINTAGE GREG LULLS
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Four decades ago, Red Smith chose the two words he felt best described Willie Pep, the great featherweight champion who was in the twilight of his career. The...
BOOM TIME GETS BLAME FOR RISE IN ACCIDENTS
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amThe Buildings Department said yesterday that construction scaffolding across the city is "very safe" - despite a spate of frightening accidents. "Lately, there's a large boom in construction because of...
CYBERBERSCAM TEEN USED 'TREKS' OF THE TRADE: COPS
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amA Long Island teen cyberscammer who stole $50,000 from online auction bidders was inspired by the ruthless principles of alien businessmen on a "Star Trek" TV series, police said yesterday....
COURT MAY GIVE ANNE & ELLEN A WIFE SENTENCE
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amEllen DeGeneres and Anne Heche could be on the verge of singing "Here Come the Brides." The blond comic and her pixie-ish actress girlfriend say they plan to wed in...
JONBENET JURY PROBE WINDING UP
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amMore than a year after opening its investigation into the slaying of pint-sized beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, a Boulder, Colo., grand jury is on the verge of wrapping up. Forensic...
MICK & JERRY HOUSEMATES
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amNow that their marriage is over, Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall have taken unwedded bliss to new heights - by moving back in together. Just three months after Mick agreed...
FAN FRENZY AS SHEA TIX GO ON SALE: LUCKY FEW COME AWAY WITH FISTFULS
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amThey're going to the game! Thousands of frenzied Met fans - exhausted from waiting in line all night - were finally able buy tickets to the National League Championship Series...
BERNIE PUTS $OX IN PAST
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amBernie Williams hasn't taken to wondering what might have been had he not made that last-minute call to the Yankees the day before Thanksgiving, a call that lead to him...
COLLINS CALLS AUDIBLE ON CRITICAL REMARKS
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES He meant it, just not the way it came out. Not long after his starting debut for the Giants produced a 14-3 loss to the Cardinals and not...
WANTED: A LEADER FOR GIANT OFFENSE
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amWHERE others see desolation, Jessie Armstead sees opportunity. With the national stage awaiting them Monday night, this would seem to be a bad time to be a member of the...
OLIWA NOW PACKING SCORING PUNCH, TOO
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amSome NHL stats are simply boggling: Krzysztof Oliwa has more goals this season than Teemu Selanne and Paul Kariya. Combined. Those might be some Mighty Embarrassed Ducks migrating into the...
TUNA: CHANGE AT QB MIGHT DO JETS GOOD
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amThe Jets have fallen and they can't get up. Such is the plight of their anemic offense, which has produced two touchdownless games in the last month and is searching...
CRANKY MARTINEZ HEATS UP EARLY
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amAs the Indians will tell you, this is not the season to face Pedro Martinez. And as reporters will tell you, yesterday was not the day to face Martinez, period....
YANKEES-BOSOX '99
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amHere's look at the 12 meetings between the teams playing for the ALCS and a chance to go to the World Series. May 18 @ Fenway ParkRed Sox 6, Yankees...
ROCKET'S PUMPED FOR SHOWDOWN WITH PEDRO
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amAs if the Red Sox and Yankees playing for the American League championship weren't enticing enough, the pitching rotation is set up so that Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez will...
THESE KIDS ARE REEL GOOD
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amIT was not what you would call the perfect day to be on a boat, but a group of youngsters, undeterred by the weather, spent Sunday fishing as guests of...
CHREBET EXPECTED BACK FOR GAME AGAINST COLTS
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amJET NOTES In the aftermath of the Jets' lackluster 16-6 loss to the Jaguars Monday night, Bill Parcells said he hoped "to get a few guys back this week." The...
YANKS PUT KIBOSH ON DARRYL DIARY
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amFearful that other papers would follow The Post's lead when it came to having players do daily diaries, the Yankees pulled the plug on Darryl Strawberry's diary that started the...
MERCKER IS WINNER BY DEFAULT
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amPedro Martinez pitched six hitless innings of relief Monday night. Bret Saberhagen threw three innings of what the Indians made look like batting practice. And Ramon Martinez has a surgically...
BRING ON THE BOSOX YANKEES READY FOR HATED RIVALS
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amIf you listened hard enough at Yankee Stadium yesterday, you could hear the Pinstriped monster begin to tune its pipes. Faintly, a pure October baseball afternoon was embracing the first...
ZIM: YANKS, SOX HATED EACH OTHER
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Don Zimmer was part of the Dodger-Giant wars when they called New York home. And he was the manager of the Red Sox from 1976 to 1980 when...
SHAKY KEN HAS SCORE TO SETTLE IN ATLANTA
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Kenny Rogers remembers the last time he started a postseason game in Atlanta - although he no doubt wishes he could forget. He started Game 4 of the...
WITH MILLWOOD, BRAVES HOLD FOUR ACES
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine have the Cy Young Awards, and John Smoltz the long postseason resume. But Kevin Millwood has been as good as any of the...
DON'T USE 'CURSE' WORD: YANKS, BOSOX PLAY AGAINST HISTORY
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amWHETHER it is real or not, it was a topic of conversation yesterday in the Yankee and Red Sox clubhouses: the so-called "Curse of the Bambino." Most of the players...
WILT 'SAVED THE NBA - WAS THE NBA'
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amALBANY - As a rookie back in the 1964-65 season, Knick great Willis Reed gazed over a stat sheet after a game against the San Francisco Warriors and Wilt Chamberlain....
LJ FEARING HE CAN'T PLAY 82 ANYMORE
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amLarry Johnson, out seven to 10 days with a sprained left foot, has confronted a stinging reality. His days as a full-season performer might be over. The injury bug continues...
BIG GHEORGHE STEALS SHOW
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amALBANY - The second-quarter shot was off-line by Jamie Feick but Gheorghe Muresan, all 7-7 of him, was planted to the left side of the basket. He reached up and...
SPREE FINED 130G ; AN APPEAL BY UNION EXPECTED
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amThe Knicks have walloped Latrell Sprewell with $130,000 worth of fines that includes a costly one-game suspension without pay that was served last night in their pre-season opener against the...
IT'S JUST ANOTHER STOMACH 'TURNER' : FOR OPENERS, MADDUX, BRAVES CONTINUE TO BULLY AMAZIN'S
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amGAME 1 Braves 4 Mets 2 ATLANTA - This is pretty much how the infamous losing streak began. The Mets came in here three weeks ago thinking they were on...
PEREZ WINS BATTLE OF CATCHERS
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - For nine seasons, Brave catcher Eddie Perez bounced around the minors. Last night, he bounced around the Mets, outplaying All-Star Mike Piazza. Perez blasted a solo homer in...
CHIPPER'S WALKS TURN INTO RUNS
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - The bad news for the Mets last night was not that they lost 4-2 to the Braves, but that they got smart, walked Chipper Jones in critical situations...
SUFFERN SUCCOTASH! WEISS SOCKS IT TO 'EM
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Braves manager Bobby Cox knew what kind of a defensive player he had sitting on the bench in shortstop Walt Weiss. Little could he have known when he...
GERALD COMES UP BIG IN LEADOFF SPOT
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - With Brian Jordan's big bat and Andruw Jones' Gold Glove, it's easy to see how Gerald Williams gets overlooked in the Braves outfield. But in last night's win...
FOR OPENERS, BIG BAD BRAVES CONTINUE TO BULLY AMAZIN'S
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amGAME 1 Braves 4 Mets 2 ATLANTA - This was hauntingly similar to how the infamous losing streak began. The Mets came in here three weeks ago thinking they were...
VALENTINE SEES LOT OF GOOD IN THE BAD
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - The way Bobby Valentine sees it, the Mets are at least getting closer to beating the Braves. The frustration of 11 losses at Turner Field in the last...
IT'S JUST ANOTHER STOMACH 'TURNER': PIAZZA'S BACK, BUT NOTHING CHANGES
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Octobers past are filled with names such as Brian Doyle and Bucky Dent, Jim Leyritz and Mickey Hatcher. Guys who grow autumn muscles, make names, gain fame. Last...
GALARRAGA'S A SURVIVOR WITH A SMILE
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amAs long as Andres Galarraga has been a big-league ballplayer, and probably well before, he's worn a wide smile and an ear-to-ear grin that let those around him know he...
PIAZZA ANSWERS BELL DESPITE STIFF THUMB
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES ATLANTA - Mike Piazza was well enough to play last night, although his numbers didn't necessarily show that, and he returned to the lineup after missing two games...
VENTURA'S BAT HAS TERMITES
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Mike Piazza is not the only big gun shooting blanks for the Mets. Robin Ventura is engulfed in a terrible slump, at the wrong time of year. Ventura...
TWIST OF FATE DERAILS MASATO IN OPENER
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Met starter Masato Yoshii pitched well last night, but had to come out of the game in the fifth inning after twisting his left ankle. Yoshii, who left...
SUICIDE BUNT PROVES A KILLER
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - It was a suicide bunt. A real killer. That's why they call it suicide. Do it, or you die. Trying to get a run any way they could...
CHIPPER'S A NEW MAN :FACES UP TO OBLIGATIONS
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - If Chipper has another series off the old block, the Mets are chopped liver and the Braves will win the NLCS. This is the series where Chipper Jones...
THE REST IS GRAVY:LOOSE METS HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - It was a loose group of Mets that took the field for batting practice last night before BP was cut short due to rain. The Mets were unfazed...
MADDUX KILLS 'EM SOFTLY
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Now, there are only six chances for the Mets to prove they are the best team in the National League. All they proved last night, once again, is...
GAME-SAVING PLAY EARNS WEISS START
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Four days after Walt Weiss made the biggest play of Atlanta's season, manager Bobby Cox made the biggest decision of Weiss' season by giving the backup shortstop the...
LET'S THROW OUT TRASH
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Memo to the Mets and Braves: There never has been a ballgame in the history of baseball that was decided in the clubhouse. Or the interview room. Or...
BRAVES BATTLING METS - AND HISTORY
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA -This one is for the decade. The Braves weren't just chasing the National League pennant last night in the opening game of the NLCS - they were looking to...
WILT CHAMBERLAIN 1936-1999: KNICKS WERE HELPLESS AS CHAMBERLAIN SET ONE OF SPORTS' UNBREAKABLE RECORDS
October 13, 1999 | 4:00amThis story on Chamberlain's historic 100-point night vs. the Knicks originally appeared on Sept. 19.