October 20, 1999
CRAIG MOVES UP FOR NEW FACE AT JANUS
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amThe man who took Janus fund from $377 million to $31 billion in assets is stepping back from day-to-day management of the fund to become Janus Capital's research chief. Jim...
MARTHA'S DEBUT KOS 'NET IPOS
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amPROFITS really do matter, after all. Just ask Martha Stewart. The happy homemaker had one of the most successful initial public offerings this year, despite a clear strategy of delivering...
SCHRAGIS LOSES CAROL PUBLISHING TO DEBTS; EXCLUSIVE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amTime has run out for Steve Schragis' efforts to save Carol Publishing. Agents for PNC Bank arrived at the headquarters of the Secaucus, N.J.-based company, ejected the remaining 12 staffers...
NO-SHOW NEW CEO AT PRIMEDIA - TOM ROGERS STILL UNSEEN AT NEW OFFICE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amWHERE'S Tom Rogers? It's been precisely one month since the NBC cable chief revealed he was bolting to take the CEO job at magazine giant Primedia. So far, he has...
JUST CALL THEM 'MICRO$OFT' - BUT LOOMING ANTITRUST RULING CLOUDS EARNINGS EUPHORIA
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amBill Gates blew away Wall Street with stronger-than-expected earnings, but the news was tempered by word that a ruling on the historic antitrust case could come as early as Friday....
IBM PCS - NO MORE IN STORES - WILL SELL ONLINE TO SAVE COSTS
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amIBM is yanking its personal computers out of stores to sell them almost exclusively on its website, in a dramatic bid to cut costs. Big Blue will pull its Aptiva...
MIGHTY ATLAS LIFTS CENTRAL PARK SOUTH
October 20, 1999 | 4:00am'THEY'RE genuflecting to the table," our waitress joked when we asked why her colleagues at Atlas were crawling on all fours. Then she explained that a man who just left...
CLAMORING FOR MORE OF BISTRO'S TEMPTING FARE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00am'HIS mother is a Berber Bleu," my British friend says in her best French accent while sipping Lillet at Resto Leon. On her previous trip to this East Village bistro,...
A ROCK 'N' ROLL 'ROAD SHOW'
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amVH1 is jumping onto the antique road show bandwagon. "VH1 Rock Collectors" is the mellower music channel's version of the popular PBS series "Antique Road Show." Unlike the PBS show,...
STILL NOT HAVING REEL IMPACT
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amTHE Hamptons International Film Festival, which kicks off its seventh year today, has had severe growing pains. Jaded Hamptonites consider the fest a non-event. To them, Jason Alexander turning up...
MONTEL GETS MORE COLORFUL
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amMONTEL Williams, who was color blind for almost 20 years, has miraculously regained the ability to distinguish colors. In an interview on tonight's "Dateline" (8 p.m. on Ch.4), an emotional...
INFURIATING 'ANGER'
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amEVERY so often, it's useful to revisit works that outraged people when they first appeared, plays like "A Streetcar Named Desire," which shocked audiences in 1948, or John Osborne's "Look...
KATHIE LEE'S GOT B'WAY FEVER - SHE'S REHEARSING FOR HER WHITE WAY DEBUT
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amJULIE Andrews. Bernadette Peters. Patti LuPone. And ... Kathie Lee Gifford. Wait a minute. Kathie Lee Gifford - on the short-list of musical comedy's leading ladies? It could happen. For...
ABC'S DECISIVE 'BLUES' - BEST AIR TIME IS OBVIOUS TO THE REST OF US
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amA DECISION on whether to evict "NYPD Blue" from its Tuesday time slot could come as early as today. The decision should be as easy as ABC, but that's not...
WILL SHEEDY'S REVIEWS DRAG DOWN 'HEDWIG'?
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amPLAYING a glam-rock transvestite in the off-Broadway musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," Ally Sheedy has received some of the worst reviews of this theater season. The Post's Donald Lyons...
TV TICKER
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amDoc-in-a-box Radio yenta Dr. Laura Schlessinger has come under fire from a powerful gay-rights group - just as Paramount TV has begun shopping her Fall 2000 show around the country....
WOMEN BEAT 'FIGHT CLUB' -THE BRAWL FLICK'S GORE GROSSES OUT FEMALE VIEWERS AND THREATENS ITS BOX-OFFICE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amTHE gloves are off - and women are lining up to condemn the testosterone- spiked "Fight Club." There have been many savagely violent films that have polarized audiences, but few...
A LESSON FOR 'SENSATION' LOVERS - PRAISE FOR THE SHOW RECALLS JEAN SHEPHERD'S GREAT NEW YORK HOAX
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amJEAN Shepherd died last weekend at the age of 78, and there is something profoundly ironic in the fact that his death came in the midst of the debate over...
PAKISTAN'S OUSTED LEADER FACING TRIAL
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amPakistani military officials said last night that ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could soon be tried by a military court for corruption and conspiring against the army. Sharif is being...
AIDS GROUPS WIN LAWSUIT ON WELFARE SCREENING
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amALBANY - The Giuliani administration can't require HIV- and AIDS-infected people to undergo special background checks to qualify for welfare, the state's top court ruled yesterday. The Court of Appeals'...
TEDDY STRIKES OUT ON HIS BET WITH CHUCK
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Schumer yesterday laid aside the dull work of budgets and campaign finance to gloat as Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) paid homage to the Yankees. Fulfilling a...
CHAMPS DON'T LIMIT SWINGING TO THE DIAMOND
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amThe Yankee victory party has begun. Just hours after vanquishing the Boston Red Sox, some Bronx Bombers were out on the town. A Post photographer caught up with Yankee heartthrob...
CARDINAL ON MEND AFTER DOCS TREAT SERIOUS CLOT
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amJohn Cardinal O'Connor is expected to be released from the hospital today after doctors treated him for a potentially dangerous blood clot in his leg and dehydration. O'Connor, 79 -...
STOP FOR 30 SECONDS TO THINK OF THIS BRAVE, BELOVED MAN
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amJOHN Cardinal O'Connor could have saved a lot of Boston bookies from agita. "The Red Sox, I am sorry to say," he told his old buddy Bernard Cardinal Law of...
TWO ON THE ISLE: RUDY STAKES CLAIM ON HILL ISSUE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday called for an end to American military bombing practice on Vieques Island off Puerto Rico, staking out the same politically safe ground as First Lady Hillary Rodham...
'MYSTERY' MAN OUT TO SOLVE STARR'S HILLISH PROBLEM
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amProsecutor Robert Ray - the Ken Starr replacement who has First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in his sights - is a political mystery man. Ray's been enrolled as a Democrat,...
REAGAN'S SUFFERING TEARS AT DAUGHTER
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amA heartbroken Patti Davis confides her father is dying a "cruel and lingering death" and compares former President Ronald Reagan's inability to hold a conversation to trying to grasp the...
SURVEY FINDS LIRR SERVICE AT 4-YR. LOW
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amLong Island Rail Road service has plummeted in the past year with more late and overcrowded trains and faulty air conditioning, a riders' survey found. Riders gave the LIRR a...
AN ERUPTION IN ECUADOR IS EARTH-SHAKING NEWS HERE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amA MENACING and powerful volcano thousands of miles away in South America has a Queens woman in state of heart-pounding panic. For the past five years, Theresa Argudo of Laurelton...
VICIOUS QUEENS RAPIST STRIKES AGAIN
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amA gunslinging, push-in rapist stalking the streets of southeastern Queens since December has struck again - with his most vicious attack so far, police said yesterday. The sex predator has...
CITY DEVELOPERS ON BOARD FOR LONGER ROUTE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amThe city's top developers and building contractors yesterday urged the MTA to revise its $16.5 billion capital plan to add funds for a full-length Second Avenue line that runs the...
YANKS WILL TAKE ON ALL COMERS & WIN - BRONX BOMBERS ARE SIMPLY UNBEATABLE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amGEORGE STEINBRENNER navigated his way through a mobbed and damp Yankees clubhouse at Fenway Park early yesterday. Minutes before, he watched the Best Team In Baseball dance on the hallowed...
WALL STREET DEBUTANTE MARTHA JOINS BILLIONAIRES' BALL
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amHe stages Smackdowns while she whips up gracious dinners for 12, but Vince McMahon and Martha Stewart have a lot in common now - they're both billionaires. The wrestling impresario...
ELEVATOR PRISON - SCREAMS OF WORKER IN ROCK CENTER GO UNHEARD FOR 40 HRS.
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amA Business Week employee spent 40 harrowing hours trapped in a dark, freezing elevator car at a Rockefeller Center building - with only a package of Life Savers and three...
BILL'S 'LOAN' PAL RAISING $$ FOR 2ND HOME IN ARK.
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Controversial First Pal Terry McAuliffe is no longer helping the Clintons buy their Westchester dream house - but he's still raising millions for a freebie riverside Clinton home...
KKK: Y'ALL COME NOW
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amThe battle over a Ku Klux Klan "white pride" rally took a bizarre turn yesterday when the white supremacists offered to share a demonstration Saturday with anti-Klan forces, vowing to...
COURT TELLS TRUMP TO PAY MARLA ON TIME
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amDonald Trump yesterday warned Marla Maples to stop talking trash about him - but a court stopped the billionaire developer from holding up an alimony check from his tattling ex-wife....
FERGIE MAY HAVE TO SELL MOM'S RANCH
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amThe Duchess of York may have to move her mother's grave because she can't afford to keep the debt-ridden Argentine ranch where she is buried. Sarah Ferguson has had to...
SUBWAY SHOVER STRUCK ON MOM'S B'DAY
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amSchizophrenic subway pusher Andrew Goldstein killed his beautiful young victim on his mother's birthday, new evidence in his murder trial revealed yesterday. Goldstein pushed aspiring screenwriter Kendra Webdale in front...
ODDS AGAINST APPLE IN TRANSPLANT RACE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amMore patients die waiting for heart transplants in New York than in most other parts of the country, a new federal study finds. And ironically, one reason is that the...
SPIRIT OF '69 LIVES ON - THESE METS REALLY ARE BELIEVABLE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amTHEY didn't make it all the way. And somehow it doesn't matter. Because for a while this October, the New York Mets -through sheer, stubborn will and perspiration - made...
WAS IT AUTHOR'S WIFE WHO DUNNIT?
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amDick Francis has galloped into a whodunit of his own: Is his wife Mary the real author of his best-selling thrillers? A new biography says Mary Francis penned most of...
HOUSE NIXES PREZ'S $19B TAX PACKAGE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The House yesterday said "no way" to a $19.2 billion stack of tax proposals from President Clinton, including an effort to impose an additional 55-cents-a-pack cigarette tax. The...
U.N. TROOPS FIND TIMOR MASS GRAVE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amU.N. peacekeeping forces in East Timor yesterday discovered a mass grave, the first confirmation of wholesale slaughter by pro-government forces that has been found since foreign troops arrived in the...
DOLLAR BILL AIMS FOR HOOP-STAR FUND-RAISER AT MSG
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amBill Bradley is getting big names to show up at a big fund-raiser - which he hopes will fill Madison Square Garden with 20,000 paying fans of his presidential campaign....
MIRACLE ENDS AS METS VOW: WE'LL BE BACK!
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amThe Mets' train derailed on the way to a subway series last night - with a 10-9 loss in another extra-inning nail-biter to the Braves - but the Amazin's and...
ANOTHER HURRICANE HITS CARIB
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amA new hurricane developed in the eastern Caribbean yesterday, threatening a string of small islands and heading toward Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Hurricane Jose became a tropical storm...
GORE & BRADLEY TALKIN' UP A DEBATE STORM
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Democratic 2000 wannabes debated debates yesterday as Bill Bradley proposed six more talkfests with Veep Al Gore - but Gore's camp complained that's "timid" and it wants...
HEY, YOU BRAVES FANS, NICE GUYS FINISH LAST!
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA. IT'S getting tough to tell who's more lame, the Atlanta Braves hitters or the Atlanta Braves fans. Obviously, the Braves hitters, who have shown about as much punch as...
SMOLTZ GIVES BRAVES NO RELIEF AT ALL
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - John Smoltz shouldn't quit his day job. In his first ever major league relief appearance in Game 2 of the NLCS, Smoltz earned the save. He pitched a...
KEEPING UP WITH MOTHER GOOSE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amSCIENTISTS from Ducks Unlimited are using the latest high-tech transmitters on 22 Canada geese from Greenland, Labrador and Newfoundland in hopes of stabilizing the numbers of migrant geese in the...
WIN MASKS BIG BLUE PROBLEMS
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amQUARTERBACKS: C Best thing Kent Graham (15 of 21, 183 yards) did was spot Tiki Barber alone for a dump-off that produced biggest play of night. This is safety-first at...
BLOOP KICKOFF A BIG BLUNDER
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES It was so incredibly awful that you figured there must be some explanation, but, in fact, there really was not. After punting away from Deion Sanders all night,...
FASSEL: NO SUCH THING AS BAD WIN; UGLY VICTORY BETTER THAN ALTERNATIVE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amAny victory gained over the Cowboys is reason to rejoice for those inside the Giants organization, as Dallas is the bitter rival the Giants take the most delight in beating....
CHUCK OFFERS NO DEFENSE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amChuck Knoblauch was in the thick of the celebration Monday night after the Yankees won the pennant. His navy blue team T-shirt was soaked with champagne as he joked with...
INJURIES PUT VAN GUNDY'S GANG ON DEFENSIVE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES The good news in Monday's 111-103 pre-season loss to Utah is the Knicks (0-3) shared the ball much better than the previous two games as the club shot...
SHOW SPREE THE MONEY - KNICKS CAN'T AFFORD TO GET RID OF LATRELL
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amDURING the heat of battle, even October exhibitions, Jeff Van Gundy's dead-serious facial expression never changes. He always looks like he's at a funeral. But then came the third quarter...
ROG, CHUCK HAVEN'T EARNED PINSTRIPES; YANKS WINNING DESPITE CHUCK & ROCKET
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amTHE past two Februarys the Yankees obtained players of such high stature that they were widely conceded championships even before the first pitch of spring training. How ironic then that...
EXPECT TUNA TO RETURN
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amIF YOU'RE a Jets fan and you're seeking a silver lining to what has been a miserable season of shocking and wildly disappointing proportions, think about Bill Parcells returning for...
CHILI'S NOT READY TO CELEBRATE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amChili Davis puffed on a cigar away from the celebratory ruckus in the Yankee clubhouse in Boston Monday night. He said he was in perfectly good spirits, but not overjoyed....
TIKI'S EFFORTS REWARDED
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amThe NFL yesterday gave Tiki Barber the Prime Time II Award for his performance in Monday night's 13-10 Giants victory over the Cowboys. Barber had an 85-yard punt return for...
ACL SHELVES PILON 3-4 WEEKS
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amRich Pilon was in noticeable pain as he slowly hobbled off the Islander bus and into Montreal's Dorval Airport yesterday morning. The night before, Pilon, the rugged 31-year defenseman, was...
BAFFERT BOOK TELLS ALL
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amTrainer Bob Baffert's autobiography, "Baffert: Dirt Road to the Derby," was greeted with guffaws when it arrived in the Belmont Park press box last weekend. After all, Baffert is only...
DECISIONS, DECISIONS - TORRE WEIGHS ROSTER, PITCHING OPTIONS FOR SERIES
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amWith the cobwebs from Monday night's celebration presumably eliminated with a few aspirins, plenty of fluids, healthy dose of potassium and a spicy Bloody Mary, the American League Champion Yankees...
INDIANS TO TALK WITH CHAMBLISS
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Despite the Indians expecting to name hitting instructor Charlie Manuel as Mike Hargrove's replacement, the Tribe has asked for and received permission to interview Yankees hitting coach Chris...
RANGERS GO QUIETLY
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amSharks 2 Rangers 1 Three strong, very well-skating teams have come to the Garden thus far this season. In losing to the Senators, Penguins and last night the Sharks, the...
ANOTHER GAME 6 CLASSIC FOR METS
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amSix. Six. Six. This time the Mets were on the losing end of a Game 6 classic - the third such jewel in the franchise's 37-year history. Last night, Game...
JORDAN: WE CAN BEAT THE YANKS
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Now that the Braves are done with New York's second-best team, they know their baseball work will be cut out for them against the Yankees in the World...
LEITER: I LET MY TEAM DOWN WITH EARLY EXIT
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Before Game 6, everyone talked of Al Leiter as the Mets' money pitcher. But last night he produced nothing but small change. Leiter, who pitched tremendously down the...
BRAVES' PREZ PRAISES NEVER-SAY-DIE METS
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Braves club president Stan Kasten grew teary-eyed he was so overcome with emotion talking about a team that took so many hits and kept on coming in the...
HE'S STILL NOT MADE FOR NEW YORK
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Kenny Rogers has taken his hits over the years and given up plenty of them as well. But it was a walk early this morning at Turner Field...
MORA MADE THE MOST OF PRIME-TIME SHOT
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - When Melvin Mora uttered "rats!" during his days as a professional baseball player in Taiwan, he didn't do so out of frustration after a strikeout. He really meant...
PROUD BOBBY V: WE PLAYED LIKE CHAMPS
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - In the end, Bobby Valentine had one word to describe his team that came up 10-9 losers in 11 innings to the Braves in the deciding Game 6...
ROGERS RUNS TRUE TO FORM - TRAGIC ENDING'S A LOCK WITH KENNY ON THE HILL
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - So this is what the wildest Mets' game in perhaps the wildest Mets' season came down to in the bottom of the 11th inning: Braves at every base,...
LEFT-OUT DOTEL: I WAS READY TO GO
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - The Mets used almost every pitcher they had in last night's grueling 11-inning, 10-9 loss last night to the Braves. One pitcher, besides Matt Franco, they didn't use...
TURK, JORDAN TRADE BARBS
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - There were some bitter feelings at the end of the Mets-Braves classic series last night at Turner Field. Turk Wendell ripped into Brian Jordan for his hard slide...
ROCKER ROLLIN' DESPITE CAR CRASH
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Evidently, John Rocker's mouth isn't the only thing that goes 100 mph. His fastball wasn't breaking any speed records, though, last night. Rocker was involved in a serious...
YANKS NOT THINKING METS - YET
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amThe Yankees were too caught up enjoying the moment Monday night to dissect either of their two possible opponents in the World Series, but, for the most part, said they...
FONZ' BAT IN UNHAPPY DAZE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - The bats of John Olerud and Robin Ventura have started to show signs of life after lying dormant for most of the NLCS. Nobody is happier to see...
OCTOBER CHILLS OUT FONZIE'S POTENT BAT
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - There was almost no one better through late September and early October than Edgardo Alfonzo. His performance during the end of the regular season and the NLDS led...
SMOLTZ THROWS GASOLINE ON FIRE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amJohn Smoltz shouldn't quit his day job. In his first ever major league relief appearance in Game 2 of the NLCS, Smoltz earned the save. He pitched a scoreless ninth...
VALENTINE ENGINEERS ANOTHER NEAR MIRACLE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - The Mets rode that subway car called desire with Bobby Valentine at the controls. The ride ended one stop short of a Subway Series. He wasn't exactly my...
MORA MAKING MOST OF HIS SHOT IN BIGS
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - When Melvin Mora uttered "rats!" during his days as a professional baseball player in Taiwan, he didn"t do so out of frustration after a strikeout. He really meant...
NIK BACK AS SHARK
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amThe first trade, the one that would have sent him to the Islanders with Todd Harvey in a multi-media deal for Zigmund Palffy, did not go through. Still, that was...
ROCKER NEEDS CRASH COURSE IN SAFE DRIVING
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Evidently, John Rocker's mouth isn't the only thing that goes 100 mph. The loudmouth Braves bullpen ace was involved in a serious car crash on Monday afternoon but...
METS OWE IT ALL TO BOBBY - COX GOOFS KEPT THEM ALIVE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - If the Mets wind up pulling off their improbable dream and wind up co-starring in a Subway Series, they should seriously consider voting a full share to the...
REED'S READY, IF NECESSARY
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - On the eve of what would be the most important game of his professional life, you might expect Mets' Game 7 starter Rick Reed to be an emotional...
GUTTY GLAVINE IS NO STRANGER TO PLAYOFF PRESSURE
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - When you have pitched in as many playoff games as Tom Glavine, it's hard to get too worked up over the possibility of pitching in another one -...
MORA MADE THE MOST OF SHOT IN PRIME TIME
October 20, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - When Melvin Mora uttered "rats!" during his days as a professional baseball player in Taiwan, he didn't do so out of frustration after a strikeout. He really meant...