October 21, 1999
AMAZON.COM TAKES POTSHOT@LESBIANS
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amAmazon.com is bringing sex into the battle over its name. The online bookselling giant - in the midst of a legal tug-of-war with The Amazon Bookstore in Minneapolis, Minn., which...
LOBSTER LADY LOOKS DOWNTOWN; EXCLUSIVE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amNoted chef Anne Rosenzweig is movin' on down from the Upper East Side. Rosenzweig has hired a broker both to scout out a new TriBeCa location and to find a...
SEC NAILS 3 OFFERING STOCKS ON EBAY
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe Securities and Exchange Commission slammed three individuals who tried to sell stock on eBay. Although two of the three sellers had attracted bids and were prepared to close the...
TECH RALLY BOOSTS DOW, NASDAQ
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amIf the judge in the Microsoft antitrust case needed an indication of just how powerful the company is, he only had to look at the stock market yesterday. On the...
GOOD SEAGRAM EARNINGS BUZZ PUTS 9% MORE JUICE IN STOCK
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amSeeking to wake up a stock that's shown about as much energy as someone with a bad hangover, Seagram Co. CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. is posting profits today - two...
DISCOVER CUSTOMERS ARE BURNED BY ICHOICE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amAs of today, the Discover online brokerage will cease to exist. And as of March 31, 2000, its cutomers will pay double what they do now to execute an trade....
BEDPANS AT MADISON SQ. GARDEN - CROSS-BRANDING DEAL INKED BY MSG AND HOSPITALS; EXCLUSIVE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amYour doctor may soon be playing for the Knicks. At least that's the way it will appear under an innovative multi-million dollar sponsorship deal between Madison Square Garden and Continuum...
HARRY HANGS IT UP AT NEWS - BUT WILL ANYONE NOTICE?
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amPushed or jumped? That was the question racing through the Daily News' newsroom yesterday following the announced departure of Editorial Director Harold Evans. As it turned out, staffers - who...
FEDS TO PROTECT KIDS 'NET PRIVACY - PARENT'S CONSENT REQUIRED
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe feds are finally doing something about kids' online privacy. Internet companies wishing to collect personal or demographic data from children under 13 will soon have to get the parents'...
YOUR USED CAR'S SECRET PAST LIFE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amMANY people lost the contents of their homes, their businesses or both recently in the floodwaters of Hurricane Floyd. Among the losses were an unknown number of vehicles. From the...
THE 4TH WALL CRUMBLES
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amYOU talking to me? Stop talking to me. Edward Norton speaks directly to the audience in David Fincher's "Fight Club." So do Bruce Willis and Michelle Pfeiffer in Rob Reiner's...
HOW I MET THE POPE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amMOST New York City reporters aren't surprised easily, and I'm no different.I've sat in a limo with O.J. Simpson, who addressed me as sweetheart. I've watched in amazement as Monica...
ABT MARKS 60TH ANNIVERSARY
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amAMERICAN Ballet Theater is in a celebrationary mood and moving into a celebratory mode: It is in process of noting its 60th birthday. Actually, ABT didn't give its first performance...
EVEN AT 75, THIS SAINTWON'T SNITCH ON HITCH
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amYOU may have heard stories about how difficult Alfred Hitchcock could be, especially with the cool blondes whom he enjoyed casting in his movies. Well, one of those women, Eva...
A REPEAT IS A REPEAT IS A REPEAT
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amNets want to drop 'R' from series listings THE big networks are trying to cancel the TV listings "R" - for repeat - symbol that tells viewers that show has...
FRIENDS, FAMILY REMEMBER JENSEN
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amJIM Jensen - the longest running-news anchor man in New York City - was also just a working man who loved mowing the lawn in his black socks and white...
'ENGINE' LACKS STEAM
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amIRONY, like garlic, should be used lightly.David Mamet's 1977 radio play, "The Water Engine," which was done here off and on Broadway in 1978 and is now at the Atlantic...
THE STARR REPORT
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amMARTHA NEARLY MURDERED Some people think Martha Stewart was guilty of a bar room faux pas the other night at Le Cirque 2000 when she decided to go channel surfing...
TOSSED BY AN 'ANGEL': STAR'S WIFE, CO-STAR GET WALKING PAPERS
October 21, 1999 | 4:00am"ANGEL" star David Boreanaz is dumping his wife, a former so-cial worker turned writer. Citing "irreconcilable differences," Boreanaz - who plays the good-hearted vampire Angel on the new spin-off of...
WHERE ARE THESE KIDS? NYPD CREATES A NEW SQUAD TO INVESTIGATE UNSOLVED MISSING KID CASES
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amTHE heart-wrenching NYPD posters of the city's most famous missing children dwarf the small, framed photos of Lt. Phillip Mahony's own children resting on a metal shelf in his office....
IS THIS GUY SCHIZO? WITH A 43-YEAR ALTER EGO IN DAME EDNA, ACTOR BARRY HUMPHRIES TAKES HIS SPLIT PERSONALITY VERY SERIOUSLY
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amEACH night the man appears on a Broadway stage, clowning, ad-libbing and hiding behind the work of art that is Dame Edna Everage. But precious little is known about the...
THE SHAME OF PINKY
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amA JUDGE yesterday sentenced the actress who played Fonzie's girlfriend on "Happy Days" to three years' probation and psychiatric counseling for shooting up her Los Angeles neighborhood. Roz Kelly, 57,...
NAME GAME IS A PAIN FOR LONG ISLAND'S JOHN ROCKER
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amJohn Rocker was the unhappiest man in the world yesterday - John Rocker, the New York state parks worker, that is. If he wrote checks, paid by credit card or...
WHY VIEQUES MATTERS - DO LEADERS WHO NEVER RISKED COMBAT HAVE SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES?
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amMAYOR Giuliani hews to the view that the U.S. Navy's live-fire training base at Vieques Island off Puerto Rico should be shut down - and not in five years, as...
HOLOCAUST CONVICT GIVES COPS THE SLIP
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amFormer Vichy French official Maurice Papon has fled to avoid being jailed for organizing the deportation of 1,590 Jews to Nazi death camps. Authorities ordered an international arrest warrant to...
I CAN'T BE BRAVE, SO: GO, YANKS!
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amABOARD DELTA FLIGHT 512. IT'S A long flight on the Heartbreak Shuttle after your beloved Mets blow a game to the hated Braves - long enough to think and rethink,...
BALLOTS & BULLETS IN INDONESIA - RIOTS SPARKED BY VOTE FOR BLIND CLERIC
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amA frail, clinically blind Moslem cleric pulled off a stunning political upset in Indonesia's tumultuous presidential election yesterday as thousands of protesters went on a rampage in downtown Jakarta. In...
CLINTONS' NEIGHBORS MAY SOON BE LIVING IN SUFFER-A-JET CITY
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe Secret Service is considering a no-fly zone above the Clintons' new house in Westchester - a measure that could reduce airport safety and tick off residents who'd have to...
COPS GRAB BOOTY BIBI RECEIVED AS ISRAELI PM
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amIsraeli cops seized "dozens of expensive items" from Benjamin Netanyahu's home yesterday, saying they were gifts the ex-prime minister kept illegally after leaving office. The items included pictures and "silver...
RUDY WANTS TO HONOR AN AMAZIN' SEASON
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amNew York's biggest Yankee booster yesterday volunteered to roll out City Hall's red carpet for the near-miracle Mets. Mayor Giuliani said he would contact team officials "to honor the Mets...
JIM BROWN RIPS 'RACIST' JUDGE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amDefiant football legend Jim Brown - convicted of smashing up his wife's car during a raging domestic dispute - accused a Los Angeles judge of racism yesterday, vowing to buck...
GATES BOOST$ LIBRARIES
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amPublic libraries in poor communities throughout New York state are getting a multimillion-dollar windfall from software giant Bill Gates. The philanthropic group set up by the Microsoft founder has presented...
IS BIG BROTHER READING YOUR E-MAIL?
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amWANT to give a big, fat finger to Big Brother today? Fax or e-mail this column to a friend. Be sure to include the following words: Unabomber. Anthrax. Fissionable plutonium....
O'CONNOR OUT OF HOSP . . . WITH WIT INTACT
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amA joking John Cardinal O'Connor emerged from the hospital yesterday in "good spirits" and instantly got back to work, his spokesman said. O'Connor, 79, was hospitalized for two nights at...
IMMIGRANT VICTIM 'LOVED AMERICA'
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe Syrian immigrant killed by an allegedly drunken-driver cop felt like he had hit the jackpot 10 years ago - when he was finally able to move to America. Afif...
RENO SOUNDED FALN ALARM - PAPERS SHOW SHE OPPOSED CLEMENCY DEAL
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Explosive new papers show that Attorney General Janet Reno sees the Puerto Rican FALN terrorists as "an ongoing threat" and says President Clinton's get-out-of-jail deal made it even...
REV. AL IS KKK'S SURPRISE ALLY IN BID FOR PROTEST
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe Rev. Al Sharpton and the Amsterdam News jumped into the legal battle over the Ku Klux Klan's proposed "white pride" rally- taking the Klan's side as unlikely allies in...
IN DOLEDRUM$, LIDDY CALLS IT QUITS - SAYS SHE LACKS THE CASH FOR PREZ RACE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Elizabeth Dole, the only woman running for president, quit the race yesterday - conceding she couldn't keep up with the big-bucks boys. "It would be futile to continue,"...
CITY BACKS OFF $20M B'KLYN MUSEUM CUT
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe city made a $20 million U-turn in its "art war" with the Brooklyn Museum yesterday, saying it will not yank a funding proposal to renovate the building. Mayor Giuliani...
DRUNK-DRIVE COP KILLED MY HUSBAND - 'RISING STAR' CAPTAIN CHARGED
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amAn anguished widow lashed out yesterday at the police captain charged with mowing down her construction-worker husband in a drunk-driving tragedy on the Throgs Neck Bridge. "Why did he take...
CITY HALL PK. HOSTING BOMBER BOOSTERS
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amNewly renovated City Hall Park will host its first major public event today with - what else? - a pep rally for the World Series-bound Yankees. Sunny Mindel, the mayor's...
DOLE EXIT BOOSTS BUSH & MCCAIN
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amANALYSIS WASHINGTON - Elizabeth Dole's sudden exit from the 2000 race looks like good news for front-runner George W. Bush - and could boost Vietnam POW hero John McCain as...
SERIES TIX $KYROCKET IN INTERNET AUCTIONS
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amWorld Series fever is already raging - online at least - where $100 tickets last night were being auctioned for up to $500. But ticket-brokers in the metropolitan area say...
MENTALLY ILL NEIGHBOR SCALDS BABY: POLICE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amA crazed Queens woman with a history of bizarre behavior threw a cup of scalding tea on a neighbor's baby boy yesterday when the tot's mom opened her apartment door,...
STATE BIGS: CITY SCHOOLS DESERVE MORE AID
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe state's two top education officials yesterday backed a landmark lawsuit that says city schools are cheated out of state aid. State Education Commissioner Richard Mills and SUNY Chancellor Carl...
PUBS CAN DO MORE TO HALT HIGHWAY HORROR
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amTHE expression on Frank Hogan's face turned somber when he was told that a police captain who had been drinking at his bar has been accused of driving away drunk...
VACCINE MAY HELP BODY BATTLE PROSTATE CANCER
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amResearchers have developed an experimental vaccine that spurs the body's immune system to fight prostate cancer. "This same concept could be applied to breast cancer or other cancers," said Dr....
'WEIRD' BILL GETS A CASE OF THE BLAHS
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amTHE latest victim of "Clinton Fatigue" is Bill Clinton. The buzz in Washington is that the president is starting to act a little, well, weird. Shades of Bruce Springsteen, Clinton...
H'WOOD HEIDI GOES BUST
October 21, 1999 | 4:00am"Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss, who once charged stars thousands of dollars to have sex with her elite stable of girls, yesterday filed for bankruptcy. Fleiss, in a petition in bankruptcy...
CASH-STRAPPED LIDDY CALLS IT QUITS
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Elizabeth Dole, the only woman running for president, quit the race yesterday - conceding she couldn't keep up with the big-bucks boys. "It would be futile to continue,"...
MUCH PAIN, LITTLE GAIN FOR WOMEN POLITICIANS - MAKING STRIDES AT A $LOW PACE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amLiddy Dole ended her run for the presidency yesterday - another woman to hit the glass ceiling of American politics. While more and more women are elected to office every...
TEEN STABS STRANGER AT BELLEVUE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amA knife-wielding 16-year-old attacked another teenager yesterday in a busy Bellevue Hospital pediatrics ward as the victim's 5-year-old cousin and dozens of kids and adults looked on in horror, police...
PUERTO RICO PAIN FROM 'CANE TO BE MAINLY RAIN
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amHurricane Jose is expected to veer north and miss Puerto Rico today after slamming into the Caribbean island of Antigua, ripping roofs from houses and tearing down a newly built...
STARS PLAN FOR DAWN OF Y2-YAWN NEW YEAR'S
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amHollywood's top stars say they're shying away from big New Year's Eve parties and just hanging out with friends and families. "I'd like to tell you that I'm going to...
RIKERS CON CHARGED IN '97 B'KLYN SLAYING
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amA 44-year-old handyman was pulled from his Rikers Island jail cell yesterday and charged with the 1997 murder of a Brooklyn contractor. Jose Ramos, charged with first-degree murder, faces the...
HOLOCAUST CONVICT GIVES FRENCH COPS THE SLIP
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amFormer Vichy French official Maurice Papon has fled to avoid being jailed for organizing the deportation of 1,590 Jews to Nazi death camps. Authorities ordered an international arrest warrant to...
ELEVATOR EYE NOT ALWAYS WATCHING YOU: EXPERTS
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amWhile surveillance cameras make an office or elevator look safe, security experts yesterday warned that eyes in the sky are installed not to immediately help those in distress. That was...
JOSE IS POURING IT ON: RAIN MAIN PAIN WITH 'CANE SET TO SKIRT PUERTO RICO
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amHurricane Jose is expected to veer north and miss Puerto Rico today after slamming into the Caribbean island of Antigua, ripping roofs from houses and tearing down a newly built...
MORRISON AND ELIAS SET TO GIVE UP FIGHT
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amThey have fought the good fight for themselves and their brethren, and now it is time to fight for their jobs. Without alternatives, it appears Patrik Elias and Brendan Morrison...
TUNA: WE'RE TAKING CARE OF WILLIAMS
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amWhile Kevin Williams lies helpless and on a respirator in a Lenox Hill Hospital bed with a mysterious and serious throat infection, his teammates have been praying for his recovery,...
SERIES FOR THE AGES YANKEES-BRAVES BIGGER THAN THE '90S
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe winner of this title is going to be able to lay claim as one of the Teams of All-time.THE Yankees' magic number for clinching Team of the Century expired...
METS PUT THE FUN BACK INTO OCTOBER MADNESS
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amA TLANTA - They played everyone close, kings and beggars. That is what made the 1999 Mets such a compelling story, and that is why this year's World Series is...
LUCAS: I'LL BE BACK SOON
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amJET NOTES Bill Parcells said yesterday that the Jets are going to Oakland this weekend with two quarterbacks, with Rick Mirer as the starter. The fact that the Jets are...
JAYSON HOPING TO BEAT JANUARY RETURN DATE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amNET NOTES The doctors, the Nets, most sensible-thinking people say "January." But whenever Jayson Williams thinks "January" for his return, he gets all bummed out. So he is thinking earlier....
IT'S GOOD! BLANCHARD WINS BIG BLUE TRYOUT
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amHe was sitting home in Oklahoma City watching Monday Night Football, paying special attention, as always, to the success and failures of the kickers. Cary Blanchard noticed that Richie Cunningham...
JUDGE WARNS NYRA, GALVIN TO SETTLE SUIT
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amIf federal district judge Jack Weinstein has his way, one of the most embarrassing episodes in the history of New York racing will soon come to an end. The no-nonsense...
BOSS PROTEGE JOINS NET STAFF
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amOne of George Steinbrenner's trusted lieutenants, Shawn Powell, has joined the Nets staff as an assistant to GM John Nash. "I know pretty much what's going on," Powell said of...
SHERM TAKES LESS TO RETURN TO NETS
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe thought for the Nets was too horrifying. What if point guard Stephon Marbury goes out for any extended period? Yes, there are Kendall Gill and Kerry Kittles, two guards...
NYRA, JOCKS AID RETIREMENT FUND
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amThis Saturday, the New York Racing Association, which contributed to the founding of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation 17 years ago, continues its support of the TRF with a presentation of...
FRANCO: IF I CAN'T CLOSE, I'M GONE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amNo one is more New York than John Franco, and no player seems to have as much at stake playing for the Mets. But the one-time closer said yesterday his...
TROUBLED KNEE MAY PUT BROWN BACK ON SIDELINES
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES There is considerable concern about the health and durability of Gary Brown's right knee, which is hurting so badly that there's a chance Brown for this week's game...
BREWERS WANT WILLIE & CHAMBLISS
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amTogether they helped the Yankees win consecutive World Series in 1977-78 as the right side of The Bombers' infield. Together they have been part of Joe Torre's coaching staff that...
LEITER NEEDS SURGERY TO FIX WOUNDED KNEE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amAl Leiter has not complained about his left knee at all during the season, but it was definitely bothering him, and now he will have it operated on tomorrow. Leiter...
UPON FURTHER REVIEW...
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amLONDON - When a prominent coach admits that the goal that set his team on the road to a comprehensive and important victory probably should never have counted, soccer has...
METS STILL CAN"T BELIEVE IT'S OVER: THEY'LL BE NUMBER JUAN IF THEY MAKE THESE MOVES
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Ignoring warning signs from the heavens is a good way to get into trouble. Going to school on them is a good way to make yourself better. The...
AGENT TO VAN: GET TO KNOW SPREE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amRobert Gist, agent for Latrell Sprewell, pleaded yesterday for coach Jeff Van Gundy and his client to "get on the same page to guarantee a great season." In breaking a...
ROGERS WAS THE RIGHT CHOICE, VALENTINE SAYS
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amOne of the few criticisms Mets fans had with the way Bobby Valentine managed the thrilling, 11-inning Game 6 of the NLCS Tuesday night, was his decision to use Kenny...
MET BRASS MUST MOVE ON BOBBY V
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amTIM Tschida certainly couldn't see the crack Bobby Valentine is leaving open. It is thinner than the ones shown by Kenny Rogers under pressure, as hairline as the difference between...
YANKS NO. 1 (SCOUTS' HONOR) ORGANIZATION IS BEST OF DECADE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - The Braves will soon learn why they call it "New York, New York." They'll have to be twice as good as they were against the Mets to beat...
STANTON AND NELSON KEEPING THEIR JOBS
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Joe Torre already has made two difficult personnel decisions this postseason in removing Jim Leyritz from the AL Championship Series roster and installing Luis Sojo for Chuck Knoblauch...
CHREBET'S HS COACH KILLS SELF AFTER SEX CHARGE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amA high-school coach who was "like a second father" to Jet Wayne Chrebet killed himself by leaping in front of a speeding train yesterday - just after being charged with...
DUNSTON'S THANKFUL
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amTwice a potential goat on critical outfield plays, twice almost instantly redeemed with winning rally-starting hits, nobody personified the bounce-back Mets like Shawon Dunston. And when they failed to get...
RUNDOWN ROCKER IS BURNED OUT
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Even John Rocker gets tired of John Rocker. The closer New York loves to hate, admitted that the grueling Mets series took the lifeblood out of him. "I...
EL DUQUE LOOKS LIKE HE'S STILL THE ONE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amOrlando Hernandez almost certainly will start another Game 1, Jorge Posada probably will go back to catching Roger Clemens and Jim Leyritz and Jason Grimsley likely will be added to...
BRAVES SAY YANKS ARE TOUGHER FOE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - The Chop Shop talk has begun. The Mets are dead and now the Yankees are on the Braves' hit list. No team has ever beaten two New York...
METS STILL CAN'T VELIEVE IT'S OVER: AMAZIN'S PACK UP AFTER THE BITTER END
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amThrough a teary rain, two busloads of Mets rolled back to Shea Stadium yesterday to pack up their equipment and say goodbye to one another, a salute they all felt...
OLERUD QUESTION TOPS MET AGENDA
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe first priority for the Mets this offseason is to resolve the John Olerud situation, which could have a bearing on where Mike Piazza plays in the future. Olerud is...
MARBURY CRASHES GARDEN PARTY
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe injury-ravaged Knicks are still searching for their first victory since Game 4 of The Finals. Stephon Marbury exploded for 39 points and Keith Van Horn 34 to torch the...
RANGERS DISGRACE THEMSELVES
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amFlyers 5 Rangers 0 PHILADELPHIA - Fifty-eight-point-eight-one-five million sure doesn't go as far as it used to. This $58.815 million doesn't go into the corners with purpose, it doesn't work...
VALENTINE NOT SAYING GOODBYE
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES Bobby Valentine was asked again yesterday if he was coming back and said he didn't want to even give credence to the idea of him not returning as...
IN THEO IT SHOULD WORK, BUT ...
October 21, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - It seemed like such a natural over the summer. The Rangers' first line would consist of Petr Nedved, Theo Fleury and Valeri Kamensky, three fleet, creative veterans. But...