November 4, 1999
WALL ST. EXPERTS WERE CAUGHT WITH THEIR PREDICTIONS DOWN
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amJust about all of Wall Street was caught completely off guard by the extraordinary performance of the Nasdaq this year. Fearful about a clampdown on technology spending in advance of...
COUNTERSUITS FLYING FROM 'N SYNC: BOYS BAND ATTACKS EX-MENTOR
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amMembers of 'N Sync are 'N-raged, and they've launched a blistering attack on their former guru and label, claiming the group had every right to jump ship and sign with...
NASDAQ LEAVES 3,000 MARKER IN THE DUST ; AWESOME 50% RISE IN 17 MOS.
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amThe Nasdaq roared past its market rivals yesterday with its first-ever close above 3,000 - only 17 months after it first closed above 2,000. The technology-packed Nasdaq composite index rallied...
HARLEM TO GET $83M RETAIL COMPLEX
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amThe Gap is coming to Harlem. So are Conway and CVS. The three plan to open stores in an $83 million retail, office and hotel complex to be built in...
ONLINE BOO-TIQUE; NICE TO LOOK AT, HARD TO USE
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amThe hype is true; Boo.com is the hottest-looking e-tailing site ever. While most online retailers still feature creaky websites with static images of their wares, Boo.com, backed by LVMH head...
BIGSHOTS TO MULL BIG CHANGES AT ANNUAL SECURITIES SCHMOOZEFEST
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amSurf, sand and securities. A who's who of Wall Street is gathering today in sunny Boca Raton, Fla., for their annual dose of schmoozing and wooing at the Securities Industry...
NEW INSURANCE PROGRAMS FROM CAR-MAKERS
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amAUTO-makers realized long ago they could sell vehicles more easily if they helped. And so were born Ford Credit, GMAC (General Motors Acceptance Corporation), Mercedes-Benz Credit Corporation, etc., which handle...
HE'S ZEVON PRETTY GOOD WITHOUT A BACKUP BAND
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amRock Review BACK in the '70s, when California rocker Warren Zevon came into his own, many considered him the most demented songwriter ever to come out of the Golden State....
STAKING HIS CLAIM ON JOAN
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amLUC Besson is a big fan of analogies - they pepper his slightly cracked English as he attempts to explain his ideas. But France's hottest writer/director doesn't welcome comparisons between...
GET ON THE HORN! WHY DAVE SHOULD HAVE HIS CBS PAL GUMBEL ON 'THE LATE SHOW'
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amWITH Bryant Gumbel back on morning TV, it may be time for David Letterman to dust off his bullhorn. Letterman has so far steered clear of Gumbel's "Early Show" and...
THE STARR REPORT
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amNext on 'Sophia' Sophia Loren, movie star, OK. But Sophia Loren . . . talk show host? West Coasties are buzzing that the glamorous Loren is being shopped to syndicators...
EARLY OSCAR PREDICTIONS
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amIT'S never too early to start handicapping the Oscars, especially this year, when the race is wide open. Last year, recall, the summer release "Saving Private Ryan" looked like a...
'HARSH' WORDS FOR NETWORK BOSS
November 4, 1999 | 5:00am'X-FILES" creator Chris Carter is fuming that Fox TV chief Doug Herzog canned his new sci-fi show "Harsh Realm" after only a few episodes. Now, the conflict has clouded the...
THE POLITICS OF THE SCHOOLS: PROBE CAN GEORGE AND RUDY WORK TOGETHER FOR THE KIDS' SAKE?
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amLILIAN Garelick is Rudy Crew's top truant officer, which wasn't much of a job at 110 Livingston Street until it was discovered a while back that the city's public-school enrollment...
STERN SPURNS KATHIE LEE'S KIND WORDS
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amKathie Lee Gifford has sent a heartfelt letter of sympathy to Howard Stern - telling one of her most bitter enemies she's deeply sorry for the bust-up of his 21-year...
TWO FAMILIES SHARE GRIEF FOR STUDENT
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amNEWPORT, R.I. - A towel and a toothbrush are all Ahmed El Badwi's uncle has left of the bright 16-year-old who spent two weeks as an exchange student in America...
SUBWAY-SHOVE AMPUTEE INSPIRES MARATHON MAN
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amPedro Espada Jr. plans to go the extra mile Sunday for a man who lost his legs when he was pushed in front of a subway train in April. The...
RUSSIA ADMITS TRUE GOAL IS TO RECLAIM CHECHNYA
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amRussia dramatically increased the stakes in its bloody conflict in Chechnya yesterday, claiming it now intends to retake the breakaway republic by force. After months of claiming the offensive was...
HILL CAN'T SAY WHETHER BILL WILL BE A NEW YORKER, TOO
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday she didn't know if her husband will become a New Yorker after he leaves the White House in 2001. Mrs. Clinton, who is...
AT LAST, RUDY IS MOO-VED BY ART
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amMoo-ve over "Sensation" - Mayor Giuliani has found a cow-art exhibit he likes. Fresh from his federal court loss to the Brooklyn Museum of Art over "Sensation," Giuliani has announced...
FIRST-EVER MAJORITY FOR NASSAU DEMS
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amNassau County Democrats rejoiced yesterday over their first-ever majority in the county legislature after voters turned on the GOP in a wave of anger over the county's huge deficit and...
SEATTLE OFFICE GUNMAN ON THE LAM ; KILLS 2, WOUNDS 2 DAY AFTER HONOLULU HORROR
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amA mystery gunman, dressed in camouflage and brandishing a 9mm pistol, sprayed a Seattle office with bullets yesterday - killing two and wounding two before escaping on foot. Rifle-toting SWAT...
CITY MUST PAY MUSEUM WHILE AWAITING APPEAL
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amThe city must keep paying the Brooklyn Museum of Art while it appeals a court ruling in the legal fight over an exhibit featuring a dung-dappled portrait of the Virgin...
CITY CHARTER KO GIVES GIULIANI A BLACK EYE
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amCity Hall was turned topsy-turvy yesterday, with Mayor Giuliani uncharacteristically humbled while jubilant Democrats and union leaders gloated over their stunning victory in the City Charter referendum. "This is the...
TRAVELERS GIVE AIRLINE A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amThe first EgyptAir Flight 990 since the weekend's deadly crash will be booked solid when it takes to the skies tonight, the beleaguered airline said yesterday. While EgyptAir officials say...
LATE UNION CHIEF'S $2M STASH PROBED
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amState investigators and the correction officers union are trying to determine how its ex-president amassed a secret $2 million cash stash before he died. Stanley Israel - who served a...
'LETHAL WEAPON' STAR RIPS APPLE'S 'RACIST' CABBIES
November 4, 1999 | 5:00am"Lethal Weapon" star Danny Glover - furious about mistreatment at the hands of racist cabbies in the city - yesterday went public with his complaint against a driver he accuses...
IRISH UP IN ARMS OVER NBC'S 'LEPRECHAUNS'
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amNBC is being mean to the green with its upcoming leprechaun miniseries - bashing the Emerald Isle with demeaning stereotypes that are "an insult to all Irish," critics charged yesterday....
CONVICTED GAY-SLAY THUG COULD FACE DEATH IN WYOMING
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amA Wyoming high-school dropout was convicted yesterday in the beating-murder of a gay college student he lashed to a fence, pistol-whipped and left to die. Aaron McKinney, 22, was convicted...
MYSTERY OF MOBSTER'S BLOODSTAINED MERCEDES
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amCall it the Case of the Blood in the Mobster's Back Seat. But the question remains - is anybody missing in the extended family of Vincent Zollo, a convicted confederate...
WIFE GOES TO BAT FOR STRAW ; NEW BOOK: GOD, FAMILY AND YANKS SAVED DARRYL
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amDarryl Strawberry's long-suffering wife, Charisse, claims her belief in her husband has never wavered - even when he was busted for cocaine possession and soliciting sex in Florida earlier this...
GORE GAG: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? ALPHA!
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amIF ALPHA Gore really were a tough Alpha dog, he'd be howling like a wolf about how Bill Clinton has dishonored the presidency - instead of calling him "my friend"...
THE SPEECH YOU SHOULD HAVE HEARD FROM PREZ
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amPRESIDENT Clinton yesterday took his usual opportunity to exploit a tragedy for partisan gain. He demanded more gun-control laws, although the Seattle killer may have used a legally obtained handgun...
COP NEGLIGENCE IN POLL-WORKER SLAY?
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amThe NYPD's Internal Affairs Division is probing whether a cop dropped the ball on a domestic-violence complaint filed by Bronx mom Barbara Blanchard - four days before she was killed...
HAWAII SUSPECT'S KIN: 'WE'RE SO SORRY'
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amThe anguished family of the Honolulu massacre suspect apologized yesterday for the paradise blood bath that left seven Xerox workers dead. "We are so sorry for what happened. We feel...
$25M SUIT IN ELEVATOR ORDEAL
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amA man who spent 40 hours trapped in a cold Rockefeller Center elevator filed a $25 million suit against the building's owners yesterday - charging that their negligence made him...
CRITIQUED CREW TAKING A MONTH TO WEIGH RETURN
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amChancellor Rudy Crew - who got a mixed review from the Board of Education yesterday - said he'll announce after Thanksgiving whether he'll ask to stay in New York another...
SUBWAY-PUSH JUROR WAS CONVICTED OF HITTING COP
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amJust weeks before his refusal to deliberate scuttled the subway-pusher murder case, the trial's holdout juror was found guilty in the same Manhattan courthouse of harassment and punching a cop....
YOUNG HILL DITCHED NON-POL LOVER: BOOK
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton dumped her first real love - a broodingly handsome, dark Irishman named David Rupert - because he wasn't ambitious enough, a new book reveals. "I...
TERRIFIED JET VICTIMS RODE 'ROLLER COASTER' OF DEATH
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amThe 217 terrified passengers and crew members aboard EgyptAir Flight 990 went on a horrifying roller-coaster ride as the jet dived, climbed and plummeted again before apparently breaking into pieces...
JAILED BOBBITT SHORT ON BAIL $$
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amJohn Wayne Bobbitt has been cut off again - this time from his freedom. Bobbitt, who gained global infamy when his enraged wife severed his penis - was thrown in...
DISASTER STRUCK TOO SWIFTLY FOR AN SOS: EGYPTAIR BIG DISASTER TOO SUDDEN FOR SOS: AIRLINE BIG
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amOnly a catastrophic emergency could have prevented the pilot of doomed Flight 990 from radioing an S.O.S. before the jet crashed, killing all 217 aboard, an EgyptAir official said yesterday....
TEACHER'S AID BEDDED TEEN: COPS
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amA 24-year-old teacher's assistant faces up to 10 years in jail after being charged with having consensual sex with a 17-year-old boy who attends her New Jersey school, police say....
FAMED JUDGE IN CONTEMPT OF FORCED RETIREMENT
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amThomas Demakos - a respected judge and ex-prosecutor who was involved in many sensational Queens trials - regrets being forced to retire because of his age, and thinks state law...
ARMSTEAD FLYING HIGH
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES The call in the huddle is "under-will-Cathy" and Jessie Armstead knows when it's coming. "They call it when we get in trouble," Armstead said. The play is a...
BOND IS THE NAME, WINNING HIS GAME
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - Trainer Jimmy Bond's hopes of scoring the biggest jackpot in his career soared to the stars yesterday when his Horse-of-the-Year candidate Behrens drew the lucky two post...
MINIERI HITS DREAM MARK
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amWhen trainer Joe Minieri sent out 196 winners in 1996 at Monticello Raceway, he dreamed that one day he would hit the 200-victory mark. Yesterday at Monticello, that dream was...
MOTT'S CRY: KEEP IT DRY
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - Trainer Bill Mott, who worked Yagli for the Breeders' Cup Turf yesterday and Vision and Verse for the Classic, said he's in good shape for Saturday, "The...
RACING'S ELITE SET FOR BATTLE ROYALE
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amBREEDERS' CUP HALLANDALE, Fla. - The annual thoroughbred donnybrook known as the Breeders' Cup drew 102 starters yesterday for Saturday's eight races worth $13 million at Gulfstream Park. God bless...
D. WAYNE'S HORSES WILL BREATHE EASIER
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amBREEDERS' CUP NOTEBOOK HALLANDALE, Fla. - Trainer D. Wayne Lukas, ever the innovator, plans to use nasal strips on all his Breeders' Cup horses Saturday. The strips are supposed to...
BROWN PUMPED TO START IN JERSEY
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amJET NOTES Dave Brown, despite being battered by New York fans as a Giant, returns to Giants Stadium Sunday to quarterback the Cardinals against the Jets with his confidence as...
VICTOR STILL HIGH ON GANG GREEN ; SAFETY SAYS 1-6 JETS CAN TURN IT AROUND
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amAlmost to a man, the Jets think they can. Victor Green thinks the Jets can. So does Bryan Cox. Bill Parcells thinks they can. He does every week. "I honestly...
CONE LIKELY LOOKING FOR A TWO-YEAR DEAL
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amDuring a break in an organizational meeting in Tampa yesterday, Yankee GM Brian Cashman phoned Steve Fehr to discuss Priority No. 1 in the World Champions' universe: David Cone. "I...
PHILLIPS SHAKES UP MET COACHING STAFF
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amMets general manager Steve Phillips has moved to repair his fractured relationship with manager Bobby Valentine by restoring Tom Robson to the coaching staff. Robson's demotion to the minors soured...
DEVILS DEAL FOR LEMIEUX IN A STUNNER
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amPigs must fly. Claude Lemieux is a Devil again and plans to play tonight in Boston. It was wild yesterday in the swamp. Brendan Morrison declared he wants out, but...
AMAZIN' DEBATE: JUNIOR OR A-ROD? METS TAKE LOOK AT JAPANESE RELIEVER
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amThe Mets have a slight interest in acquiring Kazuhiro Sasaki, a 31-year-old Japanese relief pitcher whom Bobby Valentine once referred to as "The best reliever in the world." There are...
AMAZIN' DEBATE: JUNIOR OF A-ROD? PIAZZA FOR GRIFFEY NOT OUT OF QUESTION
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amWhen the Mariners cast the baseball world into a frenzy by announcing their intention to unload the oft-acclaimed best player in the game, they forced the Mets and several other...
FED-UP MORRISON WANTS OUT
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amDevils 3 Canadiens 2 Scant hours after revealing he has asked to be traded, Brendan Morrison thought Lou Lamoriello was delivering faster than the local pizza joint. "The way it...
NETS SHOOT THEMSELVES IN DE-FEAT
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amCLEVELAND - Here's just one scary thought: The Nets are behind last season's pace. And we all know how perky and swell last season was. In a performance that at...
JAYSON TEAM SPOKESMAN FOR POW-WOW WITH PREZ
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amNET NOTES CLEVELAND - The Secret Service thought the job was tough before? Now they get to do their duty with Jayson Williams on the fringes. Williams, the Nets' ever-quotable...
CHARA'S TYING TALLY'S NOT A TALL TALE
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amLast season, Zdeno Chara tallied two goals in 59 games, which is two more than he had the season before. But last night at the Garden, the 6-9 defenseman's Gretzky...
KNOT READY FOR PRIME TIME ; BLUESHIRTS CAN'T EVEN HOLD LEAD AGAINST ISLANDERS
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amRangers 3 Islanders 3 Rangers 3, Islanders 3, and that's not the worst of it for the Broadway team that hasn't won a game in its last six matches and...
SECOND-HALF SPREE: LATRELL'S HOT HAND SAVES KNICKS IN WIN OVER BULLS
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amCHICAGO -After winning Tuesday's season opener with a 1-2 punch of Marcus Camby and Larry Johnson, the Knicks went back to the old formula. They used Latrell Sprewell's spectacular second...
SPREWELL STANDS TALL VS. KUKOC
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amCHICAGO - So much for Toni Kukoc's boast that he would dominate Latrell Sprewell in their small-forward matchup in the low post. Kukoc, at 6-11, has a six-inch height advantage...
IN RON, BULLS WILL TRUST: CHI COACH FLOYD HAS HIGH HOPES FOR ARTEST
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amCHICAGO - Ron Artest killed time during his sleepless night before the draft ironing his entire closet. By the time the Knicks left him at the alter for Frederic Weis,...
SECOND-HALF SPREE : LATRELL'S HOT HAND SAVES KNICKS IN WIN OVER BULLS
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amKnicks 84 Bulls 74 CHICAGO - It was back to the norm for the Knicks. After winning Tuesday's season opener with a 1-2 punch of Marcus Camby and Larry Johnson,...
JAYSON HAS DATE WITH PREZ
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amCLEVELAND - The Secret Service thought their job was tough before? Now they get to do their duty with Jayson Williams on the fringes. Williams, the Nets' ever-quotable center, will...
FEICK: BLOOD & GUTS :STARTS VS. CAVS AFTER BREAKING NOSE IN OPENER
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amCLEVELAND - His nose was back in place, thanks to a plastic surgeon. And Jamie Feick felt he was back in the right place, thanks to his inclusion in the...
NEW DYNAMIC DUO : FOR OPENERS, LJ & CAMBY WERE TWO-RIFFIC
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amCHICAGO - In Patrick Ewing's absence, the Knicks got the 1-2 punch they needed to win their season opener against the lowly Cavaliers Tuesday night. But the tag-team wasn't Latrell...
BLUESHIRTS ARE HOME SICK :MSG ADVANTAGE VANISHED WHEN MESS WENT NORTH
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amOnce, the Rangers' home ice advantage existed in practice, not only in theory. Once, the Garden was an imposing building for a visitor in which to play. But not now....
CONNOLLY A FULL-FLEDGED ISLANDER
November 4, 1999 | 5:00amWhile many his age are pledging fraternity houses and reeking havoc on college campuses, 18-year-old Tim Connolly is out in the work force to stay. For the Islanders' rookie center...