October 25, 1999
NYSE, SEC ON COLLISION COURSE OVER BROKERS
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amT HE New York Stock Exchange seems to be taking matters into its own hands in regard to a large group of floor brokers who've been caught doing questionable trades...
MICK FLEETWOOD GOES HIS OWN WAY WITH IPO
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amMick Fleetwood, co-founder of the legendary band Fleetwood Mac, hasn't stopped thinking about tomorrow. In fact, he's even thinking about the days after tomorrow, when he plans to take his...
A TOAST TO 'BEST MAN'
October 25, 1999 | 4:00am'THE Best Man" won! Universal's African-American ensemble wedding comedy caught a $9.1 million bouquet. Directed by newcomer Malcolm Lee, the Taye Diggs romance got to the church before the competition...
'STARS' IS A LOT LIKE AN ECLIPSE
October 25, 1999 | 4:00am'STARS in Your Eyes," is a leaden ingot of musical whimsy that comes along just in time to remind us that little off-Broadway musicals can, in their own way, be...
ABT SHOWS OFF ITS FUN SIDE
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amA MERICAN Ballet Theater is becoming two-faced. There is first the very grand classic visage it offers during the spring at the Metropolitan Opera House. But then during the fall...
MAKING BABIES CHILD'S PLAY FOR KING
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amLarry King and his wife are expecting their second child in June 2000 - and the veteran TV gabmeister is crowing about how virile he is. "I'm reinventing manhood!" a...
EAST VILLAGE FOR SMURFS
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amTime of Your Life 8 tonight on WNYW/Ch.5 YOU think Times Square has been Disney-fied? Wait'll you see the gauzy, cuddly, cuter-than-a-Care-Bear rendering of the East Village on "Time of...
MOVING FROM DARK TO LIGHT: 'ALLY' BRIGHTENS 'PARTY' SPINOFF'S GLOOMY OUTLOOK
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amCREDIT "Ally McBeal" for saving the new Jennifer Love Hewitt show, "Time of Your Life." "Life," a spinoff of the long-running drama "Party of Five," is about how the beautiful...
NYPD FAILED TO SAVE MY SISTER
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amArlene Lee knows exactly when her despair at the murder of her sister turned to determination to prevent something similar happening to other cops' spouses. "It was Patrick's funeral ....
'SATURDAY' SURPRISE: DESPITE SCATHING REVIEWS 'FEVER' MANAGES TO TAKE IN 300G
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amTHEATER REVIEW THE reviews were savage, but the box office didn't collapse. "Saturday Night Fever" managed to rake in nearly $300,000 last Friday, the day the $10 million Broadway musical...
'REAL WORLD' EYES BIG EASY SITE
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amM TV's hit show "The Real World" is in talks to shoot next season in New Orleans. The reality show, now in its seventh season, which scored some of the...
THE STARR REPORT
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amPOE GOES IV AND LONG Hey, it's a living. Actor Edgar Allan Poe IV will portray his great-great-great uncle in an episode of ABC's "Sabrina, The Teenage Witch" airing this...
DAWSON SAYS NO TO LOUIE INVITE
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amL OUIE Anderson wanted to invite Richard Dawson to appear on the first episode of Louie's new "Family Feud," but Richard's agent turned him down. And the agent says he...
SPORTING SOME SEXY STYLE
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amThink that sporty soccer diva Mia Hamm lives in her cleats and knee socks? Or that Olympic-medal-winning swimmer Jenny Thompson refuses to leave the house tankless? Fat chance. Cultivating an...
BLAIR BLASTS CHARLES AS CROWN FOOL
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair took a jaw-dropping slap at Prince Charles over the weekend - labeling him "a goon." Blair is furious at the Prince of Wales for skipping...
'ANGEL' TO CHEER FROM STANDS
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amThe lucky-charm batboy, who was the Yankees' Angel in the Dugout during last year's World Series, will be cheering the team on from the box seats instead of the bench...
O'CONNOR BACK AT PULPIT AMID TEARS & CHEERS
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amJohn Cardinal O'Connor made an emotional return to St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday, choking back tears and giving thanks to New Yorkers for their prayers and thousands of messages of support....
DON'T BET FARM ON SEEING DONALD IN RACE
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amHE WAS walking down Fifth Avenue with Marla on his arm when they saw a homeless man. "I said to her: 'Right now, that guy probably has more money than...
ISRAELI MUSEUM PULLS 'UNHOLY' ART EXHIBIT
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amIsrael's Haifa Museum caved under pressure from Arab Christians yesterday and nixed a shocking exhibit that included a naked woman tied to a wooden cross. The unholy exhibit drew protests...
JOCK'S WIFE COULD RIDE OFF WITH $40M
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amShe's sexy, separated - and may soon be a multimillionairess. Alison Stern's split from shaggy-haired shock jock Howard Stern could earn her as much as $40 million if the couple...
GEPHARDT DROPS 'QUIT' THREAT
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt - taking heat for reportedly threatening to quit if he didn't get his way in the budget fight - yesterday insisted that he...
I GOT TO BUTT IN AS A CELEBRITY SEAT-FILLER
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amIAM about to expose one of the last great lies of our society. Before I do, I'll offer you one last opportunity to flip quickly to the comics or the...
BRADLEY-BOOSTING POLL BAD NEWS FOR AL
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Gore campaign got another dose of bad news yesterday: A new poll showed Democratic rival Bill Bradley doing better than the veep against GOP front-runner George W....
STERN'S L.I. NEIGHBORS IN SHOCK
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amHoward Stern covered up his marital woes so well that even neighbors in his posh Long Island community were stunned by the shock jock's surprise split from his wife of...
PLEASED AS PUNCH OVER KKKLOBBER ; SLUGGER SAYS, 'IT'S AN HONOR'
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amThe high-school guidance counselor who slugged the grand dragon leading Saturday's KKK rally told The Post yesterday, "It's an honor to make your mark on the Klan." Harvey Mason, 56,...
ABDUCTED CHELSEA KID BACK WITH MOM
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amThe missing Manhattan boy who disappeared from a Chelsea playground was returned to his relieved parents yesterday after his abductor abandoned him at a Bronx subway station. "I'm so glad...
SOME LITTLE SURVEY TIDBITS TO DIGEST
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amHere are some interesting facts about New Yorkers discovered by the Zagat survey-takers: *We're spending more on dining out. The per-meal tab (including drink, tax and tip) is up an...
A SAMPLING OF HOW THIS YEAR'S HOT SPOTS FARED
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amEvery restaurant tells a story - but some stories are more interesting than others. Here's our take on what the 2000 Zagat Survey has to say about the Manhattan eateries...
GUIDE MAKES TIMES WHINE AND DINE
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amHow important is the Zagat Survey to New York's restaurant-going millions? Important enough to give The New York Times fits. In his downbeat review of Aureole last week - ranked...
HILL AND RUDY TRADE BARBS ON WAGE HIKE
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday said he will likely support a hike in the minimum wage - prompting charges of a political "flip-flop" from First Lady Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign. "I anticipate...
NOT ALL OF GA. PEACHY KEEN ON HOME TEAM
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amMACON, Ga. - Not every Georgian is a foam-rubber-tomahawk-swinging automaton. Buck Hickman, for one, would rather slave over a cauldron of boiling peanuts than watch Braves baseball. "As long as...
HOWARD, PUH-LEEZE ... GO BACK HOME!
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amSOME ideas are plain bad. Others qualify as disasters of monumental proportions: Dick Sargent replacing Dick York as Darrin Stephens on "Bewitched." Decaf. Madonna in the role of Evita. Frank...
TRUMP MOVES CLOSER TO STUMP ; JOINS REFORM & RIPS BUCHANAN
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Donald Trump, who sees women as manipulators who are too smart for men and North Korea as a bombing target, yesterday joined the Reform Party - blasting rival...
'ISRAEL' TEEN GETS 24 YRS. FOR MD. SLAY
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amA teen who brutally murdered a young Maryland man, then fled to Israel, was sentenced by a Tel Aviv judge yesterday to 24 years in prison. Samuel Sheinbein, 19, stood...
YANKEES MAKE SHORT WORK OF MILLWOOD
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Throughout most of this season, people had put Kevin Millwood's name up with the best, and said he was another Tom Glavine, a Greg Maddux or a John...
JEWS LIVID OVER RIGHT-WING AUSTRIAN MARATHON MAN
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amHere's one Marathon Man they're trying to run out of Brooklyn. The Jewish community in Williamsburg is demanding that New York Marathon officials change the route of this year's race...
FANS: YANKEES SET TO CLOSE UP CHOP!: BRONX WIN IN REACH AFTER 7-2 BLOWOUT IN ATLANTA
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amThe Yankees head home to the Bronx with a 2-0 World Series lead after capping their march through Georgia last night with a 7-2 shellacking of the Braves. "It's great...
CONVICTED PERV BUSTED IN KIDNAP OF CHELSEA KID
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amA man with a history of sexual and child offenses was charged last night with kidnapping a terrified 4-year-old boy - and then abandoning him a day later at a...
SCIENTIST: BONES ARE HITLER'S
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amA top forensic scientist has concluded that charred bones found in Berlin in 1945 - and now locked away in KGB archives - are definitely the remains of Adolf Hitler....
SUTTON PLACE TEEN IN 34-STORY DEATH PLUNGE
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amThe teenage grandson of the owner of a luxury high-rise off Sutton Place plunged to his death from the terrace of a 34th-floor apartment in the building last night after...
CREATURES PLAN TO ROCK THE HOUSE
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amThe Bleacher Creatures of Yankee Stadium - foul-mouthed, raucous and rabid - are sharpening their tongues for the arrival of Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker. Don't worry, there are no...
ATLANTA HURLER OFF HIS ROCKER ; SHRINK COUNSELING BIG-MOUTH BRAVE TO CONTROL ANGER
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amEven the Atlanta Braves' team shrink thinks the team's yahoo hurler John Rocker needs help - and he's been counseling the pro-rasslin'-loving ballplayer to control his anger. "He's a high-strung,...
YOU CAN'T TOP APPLE PIE, NYERS SAY ; AMERICAN EATERIES LEAD ZAGAT RATINGS
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amThree cheers for the red, white and blue - make that four cheers - when it comes to New Yorkers' favorite restaurants. The four eateries rated as "most popular" in...
CRITICS: 'N' AND 'R' MAY SPELL TROUBLE
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amThe MTA's proposed mini-Second Avenue subway could worsen N and R train service from Brooklyn and Queens, transit advocates charge. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plan would build a Second Avenue...
N.Y. PARTY BIG WON'T 'STAND PAT
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amNEW YORK'S Reform Party chairman said yesterday he might resign if renegade Republican Pat Buchanan becomes his party's candidate for president next year. Jack Essenberg, head of the state's Independence...
SCIENTIST SET TO CONFIRM BURNED BONES AS HITLER'S
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amA top forensic scientist has concluded that charred bones found in Berlin in 1945 - and now locked away in KGB archives - are definitely the remains of Adolf Hitler....
THAI 'RAT URINE' PLAGUE KILLS 136
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amA deadly epidemic that has killed 136 people in Thailand and made 2,300 others sick is caused by rat urine, officials said yesterday. The disease, known as leptospiroris, is caused...
FANS: YANKEES SET TO CLOSE UP CHOP! BRONX WIN IN REACH AFTER BLOWOUT IN ATLANTA
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amThe Yankees head home to the Bronx with a 2-0 World Series lead after capping their march through Georgia last night with a 7-2 shellacking of the Braves. "It's great...
TYSON PULLS HIS TIRED ACT ; PLAYS ROLE OF A VICTIM AFTER FIASCO
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amLAS VEGAS - Mike Tyson says he's tired and doesn't really want to fight again. He will, of course, if for no other reason than he still owes Showtime millions...
SPREE MIGHT OK NEW DEAL BY THURSDAY
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amALBANY - As the Knicks finished up practice yesterday at SUNY Albany, Marcus Camby shouted out his new nickname for buddy Latrell Sprewell: "Hey, Max." That's "Max", as in maximum...
TOO GOOD TO BE BLUE OFFENSE COMES TO LIFE IN ROMP OVER SAINTS
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amGiants 31 Saints 38 Empty red seats served as evidence; those who had come had seen enough to know they could leave early and miss nothing of importance. There was...
AINTS ANSWER JINT PRAYERS
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amDon't tell Giant wideout Joe Jurevicius that the first touchdown of his career - a 53-yard tip-drill Hail Mary to end the first half of yesterday's 31-3 rout of New...
RETURN OF LJ, DUDLEY SPURS KNICKS' DEFENSE
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES ALBANY - Lost amidst the imminent marriage Saturday night of Latrell Sprewell and the Knicks was the club's superior defensive showing in its first pre-season victory, 91-80 over...
KNIGHTS FUMBLE ONE AWAY TO CTK
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amCTK 12 Holy Cross 11 Holy Cross had stayed undefeated this season by avoiding the costly mistakes that lose close games. Yesterday, the Knights made those mistakes and they cost...
WOLF ALERT, 'BAY' WIN ON TURF
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amWolf Alert won the Grade 3 Miss Grillo over a fast-closing Windsong yesterday as the Belmont fall meeting came to a close with a pair of stakes races for 2-year-olds...
DEVILS INK MORRISON, ELIAS
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amConfirming Thursday's exclusive report in The Post, Brendan Morrison and Patrik Elias have reluctantly agreed to contracts with the Devils and are expected to join the team this week, The...
FRIARS CLASS OF CHSFL
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amSt. Anthony 32 Fordham Prep 8 Looking at the CHSFL standings before yesterday's game between first-place St. Anthony's and 12th place Fordham Prep, it figured to be an uneven matchup....
DITKA KEEPS GETTING DUMBER AND DUMBER
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amAfter blowing four straight fourth-quarter leads with some questionable play calls, Saints coach Mike Ditka had come under fire in New Orleans for some shaky clock management. But in yesterday's...
BIG BLUE ALL BANGED UP
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amGIANT NOTESThe Giants won a game yesterday but lost too many players to allow their 31-3 trouncing of the Saints to register as fully enjoyable. "I wish I could laugh...
EL DUQUE KNOWS HOW TO STAY IN FRONT
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amSERIES NOTES ATLANTA - A picture of Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez on the front page of the local paper showed El Duque's right foot in front of the pitching rubber...
ROSE INTERVIEW WAS A MUGGING
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amIT'S one thing for NBC's Jim Gray to show up at last night's Yanks-Braves game as a hard-hitting reporter. It's another thing for him to have shown up excessively confrontational,...
THIS ONE IS AS BAD AS IT JETS
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amOAKLAND - The Jets, tearing tear-stained pages from their many dark and ridiculous tragicomedy days of yesteryear, blew a lead of colossal proportions when they lost to the Raiders 24-23...
PISTOL PETE KEEPS FIRING DESPITE BAN
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Pete Rose no longer is quoted talking baseball on a daily basis. That is perhaps the most unfortunate aspect of his lifetime ban from the game. Few played...
SPAHN: HERO FOR ANY TIME
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - The greatest pitcher in Braves' history is not Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine or John Rocker, even though you could not tell that to today's (Missing) Generation X of...
SNUB OF F. ROBBY WAS MAJOR INJUSTICE
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Two men named Robinson were selected to baseball's 30-man All-Century Team. Neither's first name is Frank. What a joke. Ten outfielders are on the team and Frank Robinson...
LET THOSE WITHOUT SIN ... ROSE INDISCRETIONS PALE IN COMPARISON TO OTHERS IN GAME
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - First of all, to buy into baseball's rationalization for the continued ostracizing of Pete Rose - that he committed a crime against the integrity of the "grand old...
TE GREEN FINALLY SHOWS UP FOR JETS
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amOAKLAND - If you were watching the Jets' 24-23 loss to the Raiders yesterday and were wondering who that big guy with No. 86 on his back was scoring a...
TWO TO GO FOR SURGING YANKS: THROTTLE BRAVES TO GRAB 2-0 LEAD
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Hey, Rudy, when is the parade up the Canyon of Heroes? Thanks to running into absolutely no resistance from the putrid Braves last night at Turner Field in...
BX. CHEERS AWAIT BRAVES
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Now it really gets ugly for the Braves. As the Yankees started the game with a bang last night, scoring three runs in the first, a squadron of...
BROSIUS TURNS INTO GREAT SCOTT AGAIN
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Call him Mr. Perfect. Scott Brosius has a nice little roll going. His Yankee teams are 6-0 in World Series play and he is batting a cool .500...
NETS VOW THEY WON'T GO SOUTH
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amMEXICO CITY - The NBA wanted a team with appeal to lure fans to the pre-season game here last night. And so they chose ... the Nets? "They're a dynamic,...
STRAWBERRY BACK WHERE HE BELONGS
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - There are actually times that all the misery that has visited Darryl Strawberry's life becomes an ally. There are times when Strawberry is in a batter's box in...
BAD NEWS BRAVES ; STOP THE SERIES NOW, IT'S OVER
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amA HALF-CENTURY ago, Damon Runyon would have written about a game such as last night's 7-2 Yankees victory over the Braves like so: Memo to Major League Baseball: World Series...
RANGER OFFENSE IS O-O-O SO BAD
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amCanucks 3 Rangers 0 The most important Ranger in history raised his arm in triumph and glowed in the ovation he received from the Garden crowd after scoring the final...
CONE GONE? NO WAY!
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - It's the time of year again where some fool utters a ridiculous scenario involving David Cone, the idea gets legs and it sprints all the way into credibility....
COX SHUFFLES A LOSING HAND
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Tired of watching his team fail to generate offense in the second consecutive post-season series, Braves manager Bobby Cox made significant changes to his feeble lineup before Game...
GLAVINE FEELING MUCH BETTER
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Tom Glavine came to the park early yesterday and threw for 20 minutes and went home before Game 2 started. The Braves just wanted to check on the...
NO NEED FOR '96 FEARS ROTATION UNLIKELY TO LET YANKS BLOW 2-0 LEAD
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - When the All-Century Team was announced last night prior to World Series Game 2, Roger Clemens was good enough to stand side-by-side with Bob Gibson, Sandy Koufax, Nolan...
BAD NEWS BRAVES: STOP THE SERIES NOW, IT'S OVER
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amA HALF-CENTURY ago, Damon Runyon would have written about a game such as last night's 7-2 Yankee win over the Braves like so: Memo to Major League Baseball: World Series...
DESPERATE COX'S CHANGES DO NOTHING
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Tired of watching his team fail to get hits in a second consecutive postseason series, Braves manager Bobby Cox made significant changes to his feeble lineup before Game...
YANKEE SCOUTS MOTTO: BE PREPARED
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Bad organizations trim costs by cutting back on scouting. Baseball's most successful organization does just the opposite. The Yankees' decision to outspend everyone else in baseball on scouting...
ATLANTA PUTS ON BRAVE FACE
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Once again in yet another postseason there was a quiet Braves post-game clubhouse. Atlanta was facing a dire situation after losing Game 2 by a score of 7-2...
BRAVES SAY THEY'LL KEEP EYE ON EL DUQUE
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - A picture of Orlando Hernandez on the front page of the local paper showed El Duque's right foot in front of the pitching rubber during his masterpiece in...
GRAY'S INTERVIEW ANGERS YANKS
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Paul O'Neill played for Pete Rose in Cincinnati. He was both happy and inspired to see Rose finally honored by baseball last night as a member of the...
ROAD TO RUIN MEASURES 90 YARDS
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amOAKLAND- The anatomy of this defeat was as painful as it's been for the Jets in the 41-game Bill Parcells era. It began with the Raiders, trailing 23-17, getting the...
SAY HEY, WILLIE'S A FAN OF ANDRUW, BUT...
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Willie Mays, the greatest living baseball player, was asked yesterday about that famous photograph of him playing stickball with the kids from the neighborhood. It's more than a...
KOUFAX: BEST PLAYER I SAW WAS MAYS
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Sandy Koufax made a rare public appearance yesterday at an All-Century news conference and talked about an old high school teammate to whom he took a back seat...
COX & CO. UNHAPPY WITH UMPS
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTA - Perhaps no team is more dependent upon umpiring than the Braves because they are such a pitching dominant team. The Braves hurlers like to get the benefit of...
IN TRUTH, COSTAS FANS' BEST FRIEND
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amBOB Costas isn't merely good. In an extended and extending period in which integrity is optional, but frowned upon, Costas is important. The first words out of his mouth as...
MUCK TAKES PAGE FROM '98 PLAYBOOK
October 25, 1999 | 4:00amComing into the season what the Rangers most definitely did not want was a repeat of last year, when the team missed the playoffs for a second consecutive time. In...