October 30, 1999
BEAR MART? BULL!
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amLet the bulls run free! Reassuring words from the all-powerful Greenspan and a second day of digesting just how amazing Thursday's economic numbers were sparked a strong market rally yesterday....
AMERICAN FAMILY PUBLISHERS FILES CHAP. 11 BANKRUPTCY
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amAMERICAN Family Publishers, which runs stamp sheet sweepstakes that sell magazine subscriptions, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to protect itself from lawsuits claiming it used deceptive practices. The company, which...
'PARADIS' LOST IN REPETITION
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amF OR the first five minutes of "Paradis," given by the Compagnie Montalvo-Hervieu on its United States debut at the Joyce Theater, it seems Paradise indeed. Witty, inventive, brilliant this...
KEEP 'HOUSE'
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amA good cast can't save the slow-moving, yawn-inducing remake of "House on Haunted Hill," which provides far fewer scares than your typical ride on the A train. Director William Malone...
A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amPerhaps you thought all the Halloween action was in the Village. Hardly! Along with the 26th annual parade (which kicks off at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Sixth Avenue and runs...
TERRORIST LEADER IS LOOKING TO FLEE AFGHANISTAN: REPORT
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amMaster terrorist Osama bin Laden has offered to leave Afghanistan and has asked his Taliban hosts for help in moving elsewhere - like Chechnya or Iraq - to escape the...
BEIJING COPS BUST FALUN GONG SHOW IN TIANANMEN SQ.
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amBeijing police dragged away Falun Gong members by the hair yesterday as the protesters defiantly asked Chinese leaders to end the crackdown on the banned spiritual movement. Teams of cops...
NO FREE LUNCH FOR CITY HOSP INTERNS
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amMedical residents at the city's public hospitals are choking down a bitter pill - an end to most free meals. HHC has started charging residents up to $15 per day...
RUSSIA SPURNS NEW U.S. CALL FOR CHECHEN TALKS
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amRussia bluntly spurned a new U.S. diplomatic overture on Chechnya yesterday and continued its relentless assault on the capital city Grozny. Tossing aside a fresh appeal from visiting U.S. Deputy...
BENNETT TO CROON UP A $TORM AT VALLONE BASH
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amCITY COUNCIL Speaker Peter Vallone is planning a blow-out, star-studded fund-raiser next month in an attempt to propel himself to the top of the crowded mayoral field for 2001. Vallone...
HALLOWEEN PARADERS WILL BE BUGGIN' OUT IN VILLAGE
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amGiant insects are expected to invade the Bug Apple tomorrow evening in the 26th Annual Village Halloween Parade. But don't worry about the infestation. These large creepy crawlers and winged...
CITY PLAYS FOR $45M RAIN TO END BIG APPLE LOTTO DROUGHT
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amBig Apple Lotto players are hoping they can break the winnings drought that has gripped the city by bringing home a $45 million Lotto jackpot. The drawing for the state's...
BLASTING OFF SOON: OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD VACATIONS
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amA top university says it's launching a course in outer-space tourism because "Fly Me To The Moon" will soon be better known as a vacation plan than a hit song....
DONNA'S BIG CHILL FOR HILL : HANOVER WON'T APPEAR WITH HER
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amNew York City's First Lady Donna Hanover yesterday abruptly pulled out of a Manhattan event after learning she would be sharing the stage with her husband's probable Senate opponent -...
CRASH COP'S LONG ROAD BACK : THANKS HOSP SAVED HIS LIFE
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amBright-eyed and grinning, cop Daniel O'Sullivan returned to a Queens hospital yesterday to thank the trauma team that saved his life. The 27-year-old police officer - who battled back from...
HUNG-JURY FURY PUTS HALT TO B'KLYN TEEN'S SLAY TRIAL
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amA judge declared a hung jury yesterday in the murder trial of a 16-year-old Brooklyn youth after one juror complained the panel was being "held prisoner for someone else's crime."...
ART DEALER GUILTY OF KIDNAP THREAT
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amArt dealer Andrew Crispo - once implicated as a suspect in a lurid gay sex-torture slay - was found guilty by a Manhattan jury yesterday of threatening to kidnap his...
'GAY JESUS' PLAYWRIGHT GETS SPOT ON ISLAM 'HIT' PARADE
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amA furious Islamic group has sentenced prize-winning playwright Terrence McNally to death for his "blasphemous" show that portrays Jesus as gay and sexually active. The outrage over "Corpus Christi" -...
TAKE A LONG HIKE, MIKE : NEVADA'S ADVICE AFTER RELEASING TYSON'S PURSE
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amNevada boxing regulators have a blunt message for Mike Tyson - take the money and run. They delivered those angry words yesterday in agreeing to release an $8.7 million purse...
DOLLAR BILL WOULD NIX PENTAGON BUDGET HIKE
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amDemocrat Bill Bradley stands alone among presidential contenders next year when it comes to Pentagon spending - he's the only one who sees no need to hike the military budget....
TEEN ARRESTS AVERT HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING HORROR
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amA shocking new attempt to copy the Columbine slayings was revealed yesterday when four white teens were arrested for allegedly plotting a massacre at their mainly black Cleveland high school....
ANNA BUSTS OUT CRYING
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Buxom blond model Anna Nicole Smith took the witness stand yesterday in her bitter battle to win half her late billionaire hubby's fortune - and quickly burst...
KENDRA KIN'S VERDICT: SUBWAY PUSHER'S A MURDERER
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amAndrew Goldstein should be found guilty of murder, the family of the young woman he shoved before a speeding subway train said yesterday - breaking their silence on whether the...
GILL'S LOOKS GETTIN' BETTER
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amBy his own admission, Kendall Gill is taking too many jump shots and not driving nearly enough to the basket for the Nets. He vowed an immediate change. Forward and...
COLOMBIAN: I MURDERED 140 KIDS
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amA Colombian master of disguise has confessed to posing as a beggar, a cripple and a drunk to lure 140 children to their deaths in a five-year murder spree that...
BOEING HELD BACK REPORT ON FUEL TANKS
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amBoeing knew in 1980 about overheating problems in fuel tanks on its 747 jets - but never told anyone about its study until last June, nearly three years after the...
COPS: GRIFTERS IN $200,000 RIP-OFF OF ELDERLY TRIO
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amThree elderly siblings who "didn't trust banks" fell victim to a fast-talking female con artist and at least one accomplice who fleeced them out of $200,000 in cash yesterday in...
DIALLO'S DAD RIPS 'GREEDY' FORMER WIFE
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amThe father of police shooting victim Amadou Diallo is outraged by his ex-wife's accusations that he was a deadbeat dad, his lawyer said yesterday. "It is greed that is driving...
TA LOSING WAR TO SCRATCH OUT SUBWAY-WINDOW SCRAWLS
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amTransit officials are scratching their heads trying to scratch out subway "scratchiti." The Transit Authority plans on spending $3 million to put plastic coating on windows in an attempt to...
TELETUBBIES COSTUME SUIT IS NO TREAT
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amCreators of the Teletubbies are taking a Manhattan costume shop to court for allegedly selling look-alike Halloween costumes for grownups, saying adults have no business masquerading as the kids' TV...
JUDGE BARS CITY FROM RAZING HOSP
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amThe city's plan to demolish the vacated Neponsit Nursing Home in the Rockaways was blocked yesterday by a Queens judge. State Supreme Court Justice David Goldstein ruled the Giuliani administration...
INDIA VEEP TURNS DOWN A MEETING WITH PONTIFF
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amPope John Paul II's upcoming visit to India stirred up more controversy yesterday when the nation's vice president turned down an invitation to meet with the pontiff and religious leaders....
RUDY YANKS SEATS FROM ; UNDER TAX FOES
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amSeveral members of the state Assembly who planned to watch the Yankees' victory celebration from VIP seats yesterday got a rude shock: they were told they weren't welcome. "Our list...
PATHETIC EXHIBITION JEFF: KNICKS UNREADY FOR THE REAL SEASON
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amOne member of Jeff Van Gundy's coaching staff approached a couple of Knick reporters Thursday night at the Hartford Civic Center and told them they were missing the story of...
BOMBER FANS CAN STEP UP TO THE (VANITY) PLATE
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki announced yesterday that Yankee fans can honor the new world champions with special "limited-edition" license plates heralding the Bronx Bombers. The new plates, which will cost...
MARCHING TO A JOYOUS AND FAMILIAR BEAT
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amSO there we were. Again. The day was glorious, unnaturally warm. Like last year. The sky was clear, but the buildings rained paper. Scratch paper. Toilet paper. Legal paper. Reynolds...
HLAVAC ON FIRST LINE LOOKIN' FOR FIRST GOAL
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amJust when it seemed it couldn't get any worse for the struggling Rangers, it has. Left winger Valeri Kamensky will be out for at least two weeks, beginning tonight when...
DUNCAN DOUBLES FOES' TROUBLES
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amBEFORE examining the Midwest Division, I thought you might want to know what's on the minds of a few of its leading characters: Tim Duncan says he won't make any...
MCNABB MAY BE PART OF EAGLES' PLANS
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amWill he or won't he? Only Andy Reid knows for sure. The Eagles' head coach has been sending mixed messages of late regarding rookie quarterback Donovan McNabb, who has not...
SANDERS PLAYS SAFETY FIRST
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amHe knew the score but not the news. Brandon Sanders was aware that his former team, the Giants, had thrashed the Saints last week, but Sanders did not know what...
KIDS STEAL OFF FROM SCHOOL TO FETE CHAMPS
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amTens of thousands of schoolkids gleefully played hooky yesterday to enroll in a special one-day course: Yankee Worship 101. And the cavalier class-cutters who poured into the Canyon of Heroes...
FAST-BUCK TEENS ON A ROLL BUT RETAILERS SUFFER IN THICK OF THE PARADE
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amBars, delis and restaurants made out like bandits. So did enterprising teens who ran a black market in toilet paper, buying it cheap and selling it for up to $5...
ROYALS' MAGIC FACES HUGE TEST
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amWHO KNEW? While Christ the King has long been known for its prowess on the basketball court, the Royals are proving to be no slouches on the football field. CTK...
THREE ENTRANTS GO THROUGH THE PACES
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - With most Breeders' Cup horses slated to have their final a.m. speed trials early next week in preparation for Saturday's $13 million extravaganza, the worktab was light...
PRE-SEASON INJURIES WON'T HURT
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amHealth-wise, considering everything, the Knicks come out of the preseason better than expected. Aside from Patrick Ewing (out with Achilles tendinitis), the Knicks should have everyone available for Tuesday's opener...
NAFZGER'S CUP HOPES RIDE ON BANSHEE BREEZE, VICAR
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - What do you make of trainer Carl Nafzger's pair of tarnished heroes, Banshee Breeze and Vicar, in next Saturday's Breeders' Cup at Gulfstream Park? Banshee Breeze, who...
TAKING IN CITY SITES & SOUNDS
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amNARLA Chandrasekhar thought the world was coming to an end. The tourist from Delhi, India, exited the subway and walked right into the victory celebration. He saw the police and...
ANOTHER (YAWN) THRILL OF VICTORY!
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amJust as the darkness allows us to appreciate the dawn or a few hours of hunger makes a good meal taste better, a few seasons without a drink from the...
SENATE HOPS ON BANDWAGON
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - It's official. The Senate yesterday unanimously passed a resolution stating that "the New York Yankees are the greatest team of the 20th century." The two-page resolution goes on...
BOMBERS ARE A FATHER-SON TEAM
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amBASEBALL is many things, but most of all it is forever a game of fathers and sons. A parade of thoughts and emotions swirled through the Yankees yesterday as they...
PARADE-DAY MELEES TICK OFF SCADS OF INJURED FANS
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amMinutes after a plastic bottle of juice cannonballed into her forehead yesterday, Becky Quilla of Staten Island made her mind up never to attend another ticker-tape parade. "It was my...
TICKER-TAPE VETERAN DOESN'T MISS A STEP IN CANYON OF HEROES
October 30, 1999 | 4:00am"Everything becomes linked when you watch these parades."HATTIE FORGANG From Lindbergh to Strawberry, Hattie Forgang has seen history parade up Broadway in a big blitz of ticker tape. The 84-year-old...
CITY'S LATINOS FIND LOTS TO CHEER ABOUT
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amLUIS Ruiz got up from his folding chair and began waving a Panamanian flag like a man stranded on a deserted island. He screamed like a maniac at the approaching...
HUMBLE DARRYL HITS A HOME RUN
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amAs the crowd softly chanted his name, Darryl Strawberry broke down in tears on the steps of City Hall yesterday while thanking Joe Torre for helping him back from the...
GATORS, DAWGS STILL TRYING TO PILE IT ON
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amJACKSONVILLE - Steve Spurrier could have had his quarterback take a knee. But if you know Spurrier, if you know his history against Georgia, if you know the history between...
STARS IN STRIPES ; YANKEES TAKE ANOTHER CANYON OF HEROES STROLL
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amThe Bronx was up and so was the Battery yesterday as New Yorkers uncorked that Yankee spirit and flooded the Canyon of Heroes for the third time in four years...
THIS MAY BE MR. PERFECT ENDING : CONE COULD LEAVE YANKS AS FREE AGENT
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amDavid Cone stood in the middle of the Yankees' clubhouse yesterday morning preparing for his third trip up the Canyon of Heroes in four years. "It's got a chance to...
BEWARE THE CURSE OF CONE : DON'T LET HIM GO, BOSS
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amTHAT factory in Haiti where they wind baseballs tighter than a 50-something divorced man's white belt, is haunted by a ghost that puts the Curse of the Bambino on designated...
BOMBERS WILL LAUNCH ROCKET ATTACK 2000
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amWhile nothing is ever guaranteed in the Yankees' universe, the two-time World Champions are formulating plans for next year with the belief that Roger Clemens will be part of the...
BIG WEEKEND ON TAP AT THE BIG A
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amWith a week before the Breeders' Cup, there is plenty of quality action happening at Aqueduct. Three graded stakes highlight the weekend action. Today, Comic Strip is the starting highweight...
MILSTEIN TAKES LOOK AT WHAT'S LEFT OF ISLANDERS
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amIslander owner Edward Milstein showed up yesterday at the Coliseum, where he watched his struggling team go through a practice. While his visit wasn't meant as a farewell to his...
FORTY ONE CARATS CAPTURES PEGASUS
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amForty One Carats led every step of the way and held off a determined challenge by the favorite, Unbridled Jet, to win the 19th running of the Grade 2, $400,000...
ROOKIE HELPS DANEYKO FEEL GRAND
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amDevils4 Hurricanes2 RALEIGH - It was a night of milestones, if not quite yet a passing of the torch. In Ken Daneyko's 1,000th game, the rookie Devil defenseman who plays...
BASEBALL BUFF GETS BUSTED
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amA curvy co-ed let it all hang out of a Broadway window for the home crowd yesterday - before being busted for public lewdness. North Carolina college student Sarah Miltenberger,...
DEVILS LOSE POWER WHEN THEY HIT ROAD
October 30, 1999 | 4:00amRALEIGH - All along, the Devils acted as if they were getting along just fine without Brendan Morrison and Patrik Elias. Their 5-3-1-1 record while those two were unsigned wasn't...