November 3, 1999
PERELMAN HIRES RIVAL'S TOP EXEC IN LATEST FACELIFT FOR SAGGING REVLON
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amRon Perelman ousted the chief executive at his faltering Revlon Inc. yesterday, tapping the leader of one of his newest rivals to take the helm. Revlon President and CEO George...
DAVID LEE ROTH SUES OVER NAME
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amDavid Lee Roth has gone to court to stop a long-time friend and ex-manager from using Roth's name on the Internet for profit. The former frontman of rock band Van...
NASDAQ CRACKS 3,000 BUT BACKS OFF
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amNasdaq hit the magic 3,000 threshold for the first time yesterday, before falling back and ending the day at a record 2,981.63. The close, up 13.98 on the day, left...
GE'S JACK SETS THE DATE TO HIT THE ROAD ; TOP CANDIDATES SCRAMBLE TO INHERIT THRONE
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amLet the jockeying begin. General Electric chairman, CEO and all-around guru Jack Welch announced he will retire in April 2001, and his top lieutenants are now under the gun to...
CBGB'S TO SPIN ITS SECOND LABEL
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amCBGB's - the legendary Downtown club that launched the careers of Blondie, the Ramones and Talking Heads - is set to launch its second record label in two years. The...
PINK SLIPS FOR STAFF, & STORE CLOSINGS FOR DONNA 2
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amDonna Karan will fire 175 of her roughly 2,000 workers, close seven of her 59 outlet stores and combine her Donna Karan New York and her lower-priced DKNY lines into...
D.E.N. OF INIQUITY ; CHAIRMAN'S EXIT FOLLOWS PEDO SUIT
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amThe chairman and co-founder of the red-hot Internet start-up Digital Entertainment Network resigned after settling a lawsuit alleging he sexually abused a 13-year-old boy. Marc Collins-Rector, 39, hastily departed from...
COURT SAYS ONE YEAR ON 'NET IS AN ETERNITY
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amThose who live by Internet time must die by Internet time. Earthweb, New York's star Internet player, found that out the hard way last week when a judge overthrew a...
ROCK LETS IT ROLL
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amRock Review THE moment to remember was when Kid Rock - dressed in crimson painter's pants, matching fedora and his trademark tank top - stopped the music and began to...
IT'S SURREAL 'FUDDY'
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amTheater Review 'I 'M going to kill myself," says the driver of a car, putting a gun in his mouth. "Just don't drool on my piece," warns the gun's owner....
CHEAP EATS: JOE'S OLD PLACE IS VILLAGE 'CHOW'
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amChow Bar & Grill 230 West Fourth St. (at West 10th St.) (212) 633-2212 THE sign on the building is a reminder of times past and the triad of eateries...
'CLOSET' STAR BUSTED OVER GAY 'ASSAULT': WALLACE LANGHAM CHARGED IN HATE CRIME
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amV ERONICA'S Closet" star Wallace Langham - who plays a character thought to be gay - was charged this week with a hate crime for allegedly assaulting a tabloid reporter...
MORTIMER'S MASCOT INSPIRES BUZZING BOITE
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amRestaurant Review Swifty's 1007 Lexington Ave. (between 72nd and 73rd Streets) (2120 535-6000 "STOP writing about that damn dog," I kvetched to The Post's former society columnist William Norwich some...
THE STARR REPORT
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amYesterday on 'Today' Deborah Norville returned to the "Today" show yesterday. "It was wonderful to see some of the stage managers again," said Norville, who left "Today" in 1991after a...
CAN A 2-HOUR GAME SHOW SAVE THE DAY?
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amF OX hopes that tomorrow's unprecedented, two-hour launch of its new game show "Greed" can help lift its sagging fall fortunes. Of course the attention that this two-hour launch is...
'TRAIN OF LIFE' IS ON A FAST TRACK TO NOWHERE
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amMovie Review 'T RAIN of Life" is yet another European fable about the Holocaust. It's not quite as awful as Robin Williams' "Jakob the Liar" and it's not as fraudulent...
CHRIS CUOMO TO JOIN '20/20'
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amCHRIS Cuomo - the former governor's son who has become a fast-rising TV news star - is jumping from Fox to ABC News. Cuomo will join "20/20" as a regular...
LAWSUIT ON THE PRAIRIE:BATTLE PITS SMALL LIBRARY AGAINST HUGE ESTATE
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amWHO would have thought Abigail MacBride Allen, a 30-year-old raven-haired Southern beauty, would find herself embroiled in a lawsuit dealing with one of America's most beloved childhood authors? The Virginia...
TIDBITS
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amBORED with sushi bars, yet? If so, the millennium will introduce Manhattanites to a new concept: the cevicheria. "[In Latin countries] Ceviche is almost a religion," says Fernando Saralegui, the...
GOING SONO
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amTHEY'RE the city's newest dream team - this time a culinary one whose collective resume includes principal connections to Union Square Cafe, La Caravelle, Gramercy Tavern and L.A.'s L'Orangerie. Some...
FASCINATING DOCUMENTARY IS WICKED GOOD FUN
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amMovie Review 'MY Best Fiend - Klaus Kinski" is German director Werner Herzog's fascinating, fond and often bitchy documentary recalling the late star of his most celebrated movies, among them...
FRIEND - OR FIEND? KLAUS KINSKI, ACTOR AND MADMAN, AS SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF A MASTER DIRECTOR
November 3, 1999 | 5:00am'IF he would be here, he would rant and rave against it, as against all my films. But he would take me into a corner and approve of it," renowned...
NOT QUITE AN EX-TERRORIST; ANOTHER SLAP IN THE FACE FOR MIDDLE EAST UTOPIANS
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amS AVE for those who follow the Middle East closely, the name of Nayef Hawatmeh has long been forgotten. During the '70s and '80s, however, the Syrian-based Hawatmeh and his...
SUDDENLY, ALL SIDES ARE HAILING G.W.'S CLASS ACT
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amA FASCINATING thing happened on the way to Election 2000. It happened while Al Gore was working desperately to look un-Clinton. And while Bill Bradley was working feverishly to appear...
NEW HOPE OF VACCINE FOR BREAST CANCER
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amA compound derived from Vitamin A may immunize younger women from the recurrence of early breast cancer - and ovarian cancer - a new study concludes. "The great thing is,...
FATE 'CHEATED' HARD-WORKING CHEF ; HE PLANNED TO BRING FAMILY TO AMERICA
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amNew Jersey chef Ghassan Koujan was just one flight away from seeing his 11-year dream come true - he was heading home to his native Syria to clear up the...
PARTISAN TAX-CUT SPAT IMPERILS MINIMUM-WAGE HIKE
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Plans to raise the minimum wage by $1 - an idea most lawmakers agree on - suddenly dimmed yesterday, as Republicans and Democrats deadlocked on how to pay...
SLIPPERY SUSPECT NABBED FOR SNAKING AND ENTERING
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amIt was no trick when a 4-foot-long boa treated itself to a Halloween sssssstroll through a Long Island apartment. "I'll never forget this Halloween," said Emma Broderick, 33, who by...
THESE CLOWNS AT NTSB NEED SENSITIVITY TRAINING
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amNEWPORT, R.I. WHEN you tell a mother she may be presented with only half her son's body, the heart is bound to rebel. That's exactly what happened yesterday, when a...
HILL AIDE TRIES TO END REV. AL RIFT
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's top political aide met yesterday with the Rev. Al Sharpton - as Clinton tries to court the controversial black leader without alienating white voters. Sharpton...
KENDRA'S KIN DESPAIR AT HUNG JURY ; LONE HOLDOUT LOCKS SUBWAY-SHOVE PANEL
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amSubway-shove victim Kendra Webdale's family wept with despair yesterday after one juror's unshakable compassion for her schizophrenic killer led to a hopelessly deadlocked murder trial. "We're all so disappointed," teary-eyed...
HI-TECH GEAR PINPOINTS WRECK WITHIN HOURS ; SONAR PINPOINTS WRECK
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amThe U.S. survey ship Whiting used the fastest, most high-tech equipment available to locate debris from EgyptAir Flight 990 in 250-foot waters. The floating science station arrived at the crash...
TWA TWINS' NEW PAIN ; CRASH A REMINDER OF LOST PARENTS AND SISTER
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amTHE boys' uncle tried to stay calm as he sat the twin teens down at the kitchen table to tell them about the latest jet to fall from the sky....
BARAK & ARAFAT PROMISE ALL-OUT PUSH FOR PEACE
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amPresident Clinton won pledges of intense negotiations yesterday after imploring Israeli and Palestinian leaders to "finish the job" of making peace in the Middle East. "We have revitalized the peace...
H'WEEN HOUSE WAS TRICK, NOT TREAT: TEENS
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amA visit to a haunted house became a real-life Halloween horror for some New Jersey teens when they were shown a video of an abortion and a dramatization of a...
MOM SLAIN IN POLLING-PLACE HORROR
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amA vivacious mother of four - who secretly feared her volatile boyfriend would one day kill her - was fatally stabbed by the man yesterday as she showed up to...
DOOMED FLIGHT ATTENDANT HAD EERIE FEELING: FIANCEE
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amFlight attendant Hasan Farouk had a horrible premonition about his shift on EgyptAir 990 - but he got on the plane because he cared so much about his job, his...
HOLDOUT JUROR SCREAMS: 'YOU'RE BLOODTHIRSTY!'
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amIt was like a scene from the movie "Twelve Angry Men." A single juror in the murder trial of schizophrenic subway pusher Andrew Goldstein tried in the final tense minutes...
BUSH TAKES AIM AT KID GUN FELONS
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amRepublican 2000 front-runner George W. Bush yesterday said schools would be safer if juveniles who break gun laws face a lifetime ban on owning "any gun, for any reason, at...
MCCALL SEES 30 CENT FARE HIKE
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amThe MTA will have to boost the subway fare as much as 30 cents to finance a Second Avenue subway and other capital projects unless Albany comes to the rescue,...
URBAN LEAGUE GETTING $9M CONTRACT FROM BOARD OF ED.
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amThe Board of Education is set to award a massive $9 million contract today to the New York Urban League in a deal aimed at getting parents to join "school...
PARTIERS SAY THEY WITNESSED CRASH ; 'FIREBALL CAME STRAIGHT DOWN'
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amNANTUCKET, Mass. - Two men who believe they saw the flaming wreckage of EgyptAir Flight 990 tumbling into the Atlantic say they were interviewed yesterday by FBI agents investigating the...
VICTIM'S MOM FEELS FOR KILLER'S MOTHER
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amThe mother of subway push victim Kendra Webdale said she felt linked in tragedy to another mother yesterday - Andrew Goldstein's. "I think she and I both wanted the best...
ADDED AIRPORT GEAR WILL HELP EXPOSE EXPLOSIVES
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amThe Federal Aviation Administration is buying 60 high-tech machines to detect explosives at airports. The announcement of a $75 million contract yesterday with L-C Communications came just three days after...
DRUG WOES GROW FOR ARMY WIFE
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amThe U.S. Army colonel's wife charged with smuggling cocaine into New York from a military base in Colombia - where her husband ran anti-drug operations - was actually funneling heroin,...
JUST A 'NICE GUY' - WITH AN ARSENAL
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amByran Uesugi had a Jekyll-Hyde personality - neighbors described him as a pleasant, good-natured guy who raised fish, but cops said he had a reputation as a hothead with an...
JET MAY HAVE BROKEN UP AT SPEED OF SOUND: PROBERS EYE ENGINE PART AS POSSIBLE CRASH CAUSE
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amA critical engine part was being eyed today as the cause of the death dive that sent EgyptAir Flight 990 plummeting into the Atlantic at speeds approaching the sound barrier,...
HAWAIIAN COPS: FIRED WORKER GUNS DOWN 7
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amA Xerox employee - enraged over learning he'd just been fired - walked calmly into his Honolulu office yesterday and methodically blew away seven co-workers, police said. Suspect Byran Uesugi,...
CHARTER-REFORM DEFEAT A MAJOR BLOW TO GIULIANI
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amVoters overwhelmingly rejected the proposed overhaul of the City Charter yesterday - a major setback for Mayor Giuliani, who campaigned heavily for the changes. Charter reform was rejected by 76...
FBI WORRIED CULTS WILL TRY TO SPARK Y2K ARMAGEDDON
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amReligious cults seeking to spark the apocalypse and other groups aiming to block a supposed conspiracy to impose one world government may spark violence at the start of the new...
LOADED LUKAS SETS SIGHTS
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - The fierce training rivalry between D. Wayne Lukas and Bob Baffert to tower over American thoroughbred racing will reach a fever pitch Saturday when both men throw...
LIFE'S HELL FOR DEVILS: FTOREK FEELS PLAYERS' ANGER AT MANAGEMENT
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amThe smoke that has been seeping up from Devildom flared into an open blaze yesterday. Coach Robbie Ftorek cryptically seemed to blame self-centered players for the seething unrest on the...
EUROS IGNORE HEAT, SMELL MONEY
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - Today, Europe; Saturday, the world? In 1989, the first time they ran the Breeders' Cup at Gulfstream Park, 11 runners from Europe failed to win a single...
NEW BOOK CLUB HITS BULL'S-EYE
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amBOOKS and videos are always a great source of information to outdoorsmen; they help enhance the knowledge and skills it takes to be a successful hunter or angler. The problem...
BANSHEE BREEZES THROUGH THE SLOP
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - Not satisfied with Banshee Breeze's slow half-mile workout in :50 last Saturday, trainer Carl Nafzger sent her out yesterday for another breeze for Saturday's Breeders' Cup Distaff....
JOHNNY MAC FROZEN ON FOURTH LINE
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amSo here are the Rangers, desperately seeking a goal-scorer, any goal-scorer, to step up, assert himself, and ignite the offense. And there is John MacLean, the most productive career goal-scorer...
IT'S MIRER ... BY DEFAULT
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amThe Jets are 1-6. Their playoff hopes are darker than the lighting in the "Blair Witch Project." And, not including the struggling 2-5 Cardinals, whom the Jets play Sunday at...
METS EYE GRIFFEY MEGA-DEAL
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amKen Griffey Jr. could ultimately be remembered as the best baseball player of all time. There's a chance he could also be remembered as a Met. The Mets will be...
WINNING STILL MATTERS TO MILBURY
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amUnder strict orders by ownership not to make any trades that would increase the team's already penny-pinching payroll, Islanders GM Mike Milbury had plenty of time yesterday to discuss a...
JUREVICIUS WON'T MISS ANY GAMES
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES For once, the Giants held their breath and got some encouraging news regarding an injury to one of their key players. Receiver Joe Jurevicius should be able to...
SO. AFRICAN ALL-STARS FULFILL HOOP DREAMS
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amAt first, the story sounds familiar: High school basketball player grows up in a rough neighborhood, without a father, and has to fend for himself in a dangerous environment. But...
SUNNY FORECAST GOOD NEWS FOR GULFSTREAM
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amBREEDERS' CUP NOTEBOOK HALLANDALE, Fla. - There were no workouts again yesterday over the Gulfstream Park turf after heavy rains made the already spongy turf course even soggier. Entries taken...
SHAWNEE COUNTRY WINS TEMPTED
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amOverbrook Farm's Shawnee Country dug in deeply in the stretch and caught the pacesetting To Marquet near the wire to win the 24th running of the Grade 3 $109,100 Tempted...
AMAZIN'S GOTTA GO ALL OUT FOR KEN
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amREMEMBER when Steve Phillips said Mike Piazza wouldn't be a good fit for the Mets because they already had Todd Hundley? Everybody believed Phillips. It sounded reasonable enough. It seemingly...
BREW CREW CUTS LIST TO 2: WILLIE & LOPES
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amWillie Randolph will know by tonight whether he will be the manager of the Brewers or return for his sixth straight year as the Yankees' third base coach. Randolph was...
GRIF TO YANKS A LONGSHOT
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amIf Ken Griffey, Jr. wants to be a Yankee, the two-time defending World Champions are willing to at least talk trade with Mariners GM Pat Gilllick. Asked about his reaction...
RED STORM RUNS DOWN MARATHON
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amThey started in a fullcourt press and, leading by 39 with less than eight minutes to play, the St. John's Red Storm continued to press, although coach Mike Jarvis was...
MARCUS MARVELOUS ; CAMBY PICKS UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amIF ONLY the rest of the regular season could be this easy. Then the Knicks wouldn't have to break much of a sweat until the playoffs where they could go...
YES, AND IT COUNTS! KNICKS HAMMER CAVS TO PUT AWFUL PRESEASON IN PAST
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amKnicks 92 Cavaliers 84 So what was Jeff Van Gundy worrying about again? The Knicks coach got an ulcer during their 2-6 preseason. Van Gundy whined about the team's "lack...
PAIN-FREE LJ HANGS HURTIN' ON CAVALIERS
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amBefore the Knicks' season opener last night, strength coach Greg Brittenham stretched Larry Johnson's back and told the oft-ailing forward he was as limber as he'd seen him in years....
YOUNG ... DYNAMIC ... DEFEATED NEW SLOGAN, NEW ERA - BUT SAME OLD NETS
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amPacers 119 Nets 112 The Nets' selected slogan for this season is "Young. Dynamic. Determined." For much of the last night's season opener, they didn't exactly live up to the...
FEICK NOSE BEST: I DESERVED START
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amBefore the game, Jamie Feick had a tough time talking about his true feelings, which were annoyance, disappointment and some pain. After the game, Feick, had a tough time talking....
EXTENSION DELAYS SPREE TRADE TALKS
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amLatrell Sprewell's contract extension became official yesterday, which means it will be at least three months before the Knicks can start shopping him again. Under the CBA, a team can't...
LANG IS READY FOR LONG HAUL
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amWith Andrew Lang, it has always been about the work. It's what has kept him in the NBA for a dozen seasons. It's what attracted the Knicks to Lang, and...
CAMBY'S PIVOTAL NOW : NOBODY BASHING OAKLEY DEAL ANYMORE
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amMARCUS Camby started at center last night for the Knicks, an occurrence caused partly because of injury and partly by the impressive fashion in which he concluded his first season...
TOO QUIET AROUND HERE:VAN GUNDY HOPING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TURMOIL
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amOn opening day of training camp Oct. 4 in Charleston, Jeff Van Gundy held a 90-minute team meeting in which he warned about the dangers of becoming complacent following a...
FOR STARTERS, JAMIE'S CRYIN' : FEICK PEEVED HE'S NOT IN OPENING LINEUP
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amOne day, one big problem for the Nets. Welcome to the 1999-2000 season. Just a few hours before the season began last night, Jamie Feick, who signed a six-year, $15-million...
KEITH FEELS NETS ARE ON REBOUND
November 3, 1999 | 5:00amNET NOTES Keith Van Horn will score. And score enough. Of that, the Nets have no doubt. Now, about that rebounding . With rebounder deluxe Jayson Williams out until December...