November 5, 1999
NJ REGULATORS FIGHT OVER PARK PLACE
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amNOW the fun will really begin in Atlantic City between Park Place Entertainment, the Casino Control Commission and the state's Division of Gaming Enforcement. This week the commission ruled that...
OURS IS BIGGER; VIAGRA MAKER SPARKS DRUG WAR WITH $82B BID FOR WARNER-LAMBERT
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amThe maker of Viagara is breaking up one of the largest corporate marriages in history. Drug giant Pfizer yesterday unveiled a surprise $82.4 billion bid for rival Warner-Lambert yesterday -...
NEWSROOM STAFF REVOLT AT LA TIMES
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amA war of wordshas erupted at the Los Angeles Times, with staff members branding the publisher an "ageist" for her attempts at silencing a very public uproar. The day after...
ANOTHER DOLAN, ANOTHER SPORTS FRANCHISE
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amThe Dolan family solidified its standing as America's No. 1 sports family yesterday when Larry Dolan, the younger brother of Cablevision Corp. billionaire Charles Dolan, bought the Cleveland Indians for...
HOTEL BOSS JOINS STARWOOD EXODUS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amTop honchos of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. are continuing to check out of the worlds largest innkeeper. The latest officer to cut short his stay is Juergen Bartels,...
PAULSON, GRASSO AT ODDS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amGIVE Hank Paulson points for moxie. The Goldman Sachs chairman and CEO said a few things in his speech that are bound to make the New York Stock Exchange unhappy....
MONK CONCEIVED, MONK CAN DANCE
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amW HO or what is Meredith Monk? It is a more serious question than it sounds for Monk is avowedly an "interdisciplinary" artist, who has had more honors and grants...
THE STARR REPORT
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amReynolds raps Debbie Reynolds is contemplating a return to weekly TV - in a sitcom produced by Whoopi Goldberg. "Whoopi is talking to me about doing an 'Auntie Mame'-type of...
'LEPRECHAUNS' LEGEND LITTLE IN ALL WAYS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00am"Legend of the Leprechauns" Sunday, WNBC/Ch.4. at 9 p.m. NBC must think its audience is brain dead to serve up "The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns" miniseries - four hours...
'FISH' DOESN'T FLY
November 5, 1999 | 5:00am'W HAT is this sappy stuff?" complains an actor in the movie-within-the-movie in "Some Fish Can Fly," a woeful attempt to transplant "Annie Hall" to Ireland. "It's supposed to be...
POP BREAKS WITH TRADITION; NEW DISC'S NOT OLD IGGY
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amIGGY Pop is still lean, sinewy and smart after a life of drugs, drink and self-destructive behavior. Currently living in Miami after decades on the Lower East Side, Pop, 52,...
IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amMOVIE REVIEW LAST Night" is a rare and welcome reminder of how original, provocative and moving a low-budget independent film can be. Nicely timed for the millennium - and essential...
DELICIOUS 'DINNER' A WINNER
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amTHEATER REVIEW A rondo for four voices about marriages good and bad, Donald Margulies' entertaining new play, "Dinner With Friends," gets a perfect staging at the Variety Arts. We're in...
ITEMS RIDICULOUS & SUBLIME IN FLIP WILSON MEMORABILIA AUCTION
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amA collection of vintage cars and memorabilia that belonged to the late funnyman Flip Wilson will hit the auction block starting next week. In the first of two auctions on...
IT'S GOT CHILLS &; THRILLS, BUT DON'T EXPECT MEAT ON THIS 'BONE'
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amENTERTAINING but terminally dopey, "The Bone Collector" is yet another grisly movie about a devious serial killer - pursued in this case by a brilliant quadriplegic criminologist working with the...
WEDLOCK DEADLOCK
November 5, 1999 | 5:00am'T HE Bachelor," the latest and most unfortunate manifestation of Hollywood's millennial obsession with weddings, is so unremittingly vulgar and inept it makes "The Best Man" and "Runaway Bride" look...
PRODUCERS MAY RESURRECT 'THE DEAD' ON BROADWAY
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amWILL "The Dead" live on?The off-Broadway musical, which opened last week to generally strong notices, wraps up its sold-out run at Playwrights Horizons on Nov. 28. But a plan is...
HEART OF STONE
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amMOVIE REVIEW A moving but austere work of social realism, "Rosetta" won the Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival this year. This Belgian-French co-production is bleak, demanding stuff,...
THE HORRORS OF MAKING AN 'AMERICAN MOVIE'
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amMOVIE REVIEW 'AMERICAN Movie" is a frequently hilarious, if overlong, documentary about a young Wisconsin man who struggles over three years make an ultra-cheap horror movie. Mark Borchardt, who supports...
IT'S ONLY SCHLOCK 'N' ROLL FANS OF '50S MUSIC: TURN THIS ONE OFF
November 5, 1999 | 5:00am"Shake, Rattle & Roll" Sunday and Wednesday nights at 9on WCBS/Ch. 2 IF you like movies about the birth of rock 'n' roll, you'll really resent CBS's miniseries "Shake, Rattle...
PUTTING THEIR ASHES ON THE LINE: "THE INSIDER" A STYLISH TALE OF HEROISM AND BETRAYAL IN THE BATTLE AGAINST BIG TOBACCO
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amTHE INSIDER Starring Al Pacino, Russell Crowe and Christopher Plummer. Directed by Michael Mann. Screenplay by Michael Mann and Eric Roth. Running time: 160 minutes. Rating: R. At the Kips...
RICHARD GERE TAKES THE BEEFCAKE ; HOLLYWOOD HUNK IS 'SEXIEST MAN ALIVE'
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amHoly Heartthrob! Veteran hunk Richard Gere has been tapped as this year's "Sexiest Man Alive." People magazine chose the 50-year-old superstar for its 14th annual award, which has previously gone...
DIGGS? DUCHOVNY? JETER? PEOPLE, PUHLEEZE!
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amIT IS a rare occasion when women and men of various ages, economic persuasions and orientations stand united on a matter of grave social import. But that day has come....
RISING MURDER RATE SPURS NYPD SHAKEUP
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amThe NYPD is shaking up its warrant division - centralizing control to get wanted criminals off the streets more efficiently - in hopes of halting the city's rising murder rate,...
TEARY COPS HOLD FUNERAL FOR TRAGIC MYSTERY BABY
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amMore than 100 veteran cops and emergency workers wept yesterday as they said their final goodbye to a newborn girl dumped in a city garbage can. Baby Christine Hope's lifeless...
THIS IS ONLY ROUND 1 IN FIGHT AGAINST 'CANCER'
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amON July 23, 1996, I reported that Bobby Lee was under federal investigation for taking bribes in exchange for rigging the rankings of his International Boxing Federation. The headline, over...
STERN BLASTS KATHIE LEE'S 'RIDICULOUS' LETTER ON AIR
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amHoward Stern yesterday slammed Kathie Lee Gifford's letter of sympathy over the bust-up of his marriage as "insincere" and "ridiculous." "She thought this was her peace offering, but she doesn't...
RUSSIA TROOPS LET CHECHEN FUGEES CROSS BORDER
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amRussian forces, pressured by international outrage, began allowing terrified refugees to cross the Chechen border to safety yesterday - even as troops continued pounding the breakaway republic. Busloads of refugees...
RACE ORGANIZER RIPS SNEAKY NIKE
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amMarathon officials wish Nike would get the message: Just don't do it! The Beaverton, Ore.-based sneaker giant is in the midst of a huge ad campaign this week, using the...
PVB WORKER BUSTED IN 22G TIX-FIX SCAM
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amA temp in a low-level job at the city's parking-violations bureau wiped out more than 200 tickets for everyone from her boyfriend to a pizza parlor owner, authorities said yesterday....
UNION CHIEF: APPLE'S ROTTEN FOR TEACHERS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amThe city school system has all "the ingredients for disaster," the teachers union chief testified yesterday - citing underpaid teachers, disadvantaged students, crumbling buildings and overcrowded classrooms. Taking the stand...
RUDY: MUSEUM JUDGE TOO FAR LEFT TO BE RIGHT
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani stepped up his attack on the federal judge handling the Brooklyn Museum of Art case yesterday, accusing her of ruling against the city because she's a biased, "left-wing"...
BUSH: TEACH ABOUT GOD IN CLASS ; SAYS KIDS SHOULD HEAR BOTH SIDES
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amRepublican 2000 front-runner George W. Bush says schools should expose kids to the biblical belief that God created the world - as well as the scientific theory of evolution. "I...
NO SIR, YASSER FOR HILL
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will duck Yasser Arafat on her Mideast trip next week - dodging a political minefield that could hurt her with Jewish voters, officials said yesterday....
FEDS BID TO KO BOXING BIGS WITH 'BRIBE' RAP
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amOne of boxing's ruling bodies "bastardized" the ranking system for more than a decade-taking huge bribes to give some fighters big-bucks championship bouts, prosecutors said yesterday. In the latest black...
AT-LARGE KILLER KEEPS SEATTLE RATTLED
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amThe blood bath at a Seattle shipyard was a calculated act and not a random shooting - but police said yesterday they had no clues to the camouflaged killer's identity...
CITY FACING A TRUCKLOAD OF TROUBLE
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amTruck traffic is crushing the city because of inadequate roads and a bridge-and-tunnel toll policy that jams even more traffic onto gridlocked Manhattan streets, a Giuliani-administration report says. "The system...
PARK AT YOUR OWN RISK DURING CITY TICKET BLITZ
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amMotorists, beware - don't park illegally today. If you do, you're more likely than usual to get socked with a summons, a boot or a tow. The NYPD is conducting...
THE WHOLE WORLD'S IN THE RUNNING ; SUNDAY'S MARATHON DRAWS DIVERSE GROUP
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amA uniformed London bobby, a controversial European politician, two heroic Vietnam vets, a gutsy amputee from Los Angeles and an ageless 92-year-old granddad from Florida. Meet some of the runners...
MY KENDRA DESERVED FAIR JURY, MOM SAYS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amSubway-push victim Kendra Webdale deserved better, her grieving mother said yesterday - reacting to shocking news that a holdout juror with a criminal record scuttled the trial of the young...
BRADLEY: I WON'T BE AL'S VEEP
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amBill Bradley yesterday flatly ruled out any chance that he'd agree to run for vice president on a 2000 Democratic presidential ticket topped by Al Gore. "No," Bradley told CBS...
MORGENTHAU NEEDS HIS HEAD EXAMINED
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amIF ANDREW Goldstein was indeed insane when he pushed Kendra Webdale to her death, then he has a lot of company. And that epidemic of insanity is rampant in Manhattan...
VICTIM'S HOMETOWN VOTERS PAY TRIBUTE
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amEgyptAir victim Barbara Billings received a touching tribute from residents of her small Connecticut town this week - re-election to the local zoning board. Norfolk residents went to the polls...
SEA HUNT SET FOR JET'S 'BLACK BOXES'
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amTwo Navy ships, equipped to retrieve the submerged "black boxes" from doomed EgyptAir Flight 990, left for the crash site yesterday - their crews hoping to use a "window" of...
BOY SUES UPSTATE SCHOOL FOR EXPELLING JESUS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amAs presidential candidates battle over whether religion belongs in the classroom, one 7-year-old upstate boy has entered the fray - with crayons and a lawsuit. Little Antonio Peck of Syracuse...
BONE UNCOVERED IN S.I. KIDNAPPER'S OLD HAUNT
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amA bone was discovered yesterday in a Staten Island garage once rented by a drifter convicted of kidnapping a young girl - and suspected in the disappearance of three other...
FLIERS HAUNTED BY FATE AS THEY BOARD LATEST FLT. 990
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amLike many of his fellow passengers, Sherif Mostafa thought about fate as he boarded EgyptAir Flight 990 in Los Angeles yesterday. "I've been thinking so many crazy thoughts these past...
L.I. DAD BUSTED IN EBAY SCAM
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amA Long Island man was busted yesterday for an Internet scam allegedly started by his son - a fan of the scheming Ferengi businessmen in the "Star Trek: Deep Space...
GAY-SLAYER GETS LIFE
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amThe convicted killer of a gay college student was spared a possible death sentence yesterday and sent to prison for life - after his victim's parents urged mercy over revenge....
ROBBER TARGETS E. SIDE TEENS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amCops are hunting for a man they suspect in nine knife-point robberies of Upper East Side teens. The man approached the teens, ages 14 to 16, as they walked home...
STUDY: NOBODY NEEDS MELATONIN
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amHealthy older people have plenty of melatonin - and don't need the much-hyped dietary supplement to cure insomnia - a new study finds. In fact, no one of any age...
BILL HINTS LIVING IN N.Y. MIGHT BE TOO TAXING
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The first couple may love New York, but President Clinton yesterday hedged on whether he'll make the Big Apple his home. Clinton is sure of one thing, though...
CLINICS OFFER NEW 'MORNING AFTER' PILL
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amA new "morning after" pill to prevent unintended pregnancy is now available at the three clinics run by Planned Parenthood of New York City. Approved by the Food and Drug...
IT'S NOT IN THE CARDS :TIME TO FATTEN UP WITH TUNA'S HEROES
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amTHE Cardinals have one of the best wide-receiver threesomes in the NFL in Rob Moore, Frank Sanders and David Boston. But with Dave Brown at quarterback, it hardly matters. Arizona...
NO WAYNE, NO GAIN FOR DISMAL RANGERS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amDENVER - The conversation with Adam Graves occurred in Burlington on Sept. 8, the fourth day of training camp. Optimism was at a high level. The associate captain, talking about...
THERE'S NOTHING HOKIE ABOUT THESE GUYS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amWHAT'S a Hokie? It's not a member of the cat family - not a cougar or a mountain lion and certainly not a Nittany Lion. It's not a fierce Wolverine-type...
WARRICK'S CRIME HAPPENS ALL TIME
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amI'VE gotta get something off my chest. My conscience has been bothering me since Peter Warrick, now the former leading candidate to win the Heisman Trophy, was busted for discount...
FATHER KNOWS BEST: GRIFFEY TELLS JUNIOR YANKS AREN'T SO BAD
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amIf the best baseball player on earth listens to his father, one of the biggest hurdles standing in the way of Ken Griffey Jr. becoming a Yankee will be easily...
HARRIS DONE FOR REST OF SEASON
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES The Giants found out yesterday that they will be without the services of Robert Harris for the remainder of the season. A starting defensive tackle, Harris was supposed...
FORMER JINT INGRAM SURRENDERS TO FBI
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amFormer Giant wide receiver Mark Ingram left his Fort Lauderdale, Fla., home Wednesday and surrendered to the FBI in New York for allegedly skipping across state lines to avoid paying...
MARATHON DEAL CASHES IN CHIPS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amYOU CAN'T blame sports fans for reaching for their wallets every time a team or event sponsor announces a new multi-million dollar business deal. After all, when was the last...
BIG BLUE'S GRAND ILLUSION : GIANT OFFENSE ISN'T PLAYOFF WORTHY
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amNO illusions, no deception, no believing the standings and ignoring what's in front of your own eyes. If mid-season were the end of the season, the Giants would be host...
LEMIEUX ON RETURN: NO HARD FEELINGS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amBOSTON - Claude Lemieux's return to the Devils is a microcosm of his career: No apologies for dirty play. While getting ready for his first game back with the Devils,...
BEHRENS HAS CLASSIC LOOK
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - The Breeders' Cup always is a headache to handicap, but tomorrow's battle royale at Gulfstream Park requires an aspirin overdose. Eight races, 102 horses, no locks, few...
FOX HOPES FISHING HOOKS VIEWERS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amON SUNDAY, following the Jets-Cardinals game on Fox, history will be made when close to 200 of the top bass fishermen in the country will compete on network television for...
IT'S 4TH DOWN FOR MIRER'S CAREER WITH JETS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amSUNDAY afternoon. Giants Stadium. Jets against the Cardinals at 1 o'clock. Mark it down. It very well might represent Rick Mirer's last stand. As a Jet. As an NFL quarterback....
FORMER TRAINER PICOU MAY GET BACK 'PRINCE'
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - Belmont Park-based trainer Jimmy Picou, who brought grass star Val's Prince back from a long layoff only to have him taken away in an ownership dispute, could...
JOCKEYS, START YOUR SCHEMING ; BC GUESSING GAME BEGINS ON HOW MAIN TRACK, TURF WILL PLAY
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - Gulfstream Park opens today for a star-studded three-day meet centered around tomorrow's Breeders' Cup. Today's and Sunday's supporting cards each features eight stakes races and have Pick...
CONTENDERS SQUEEZE IN FINAL PREPS ON SPONGY TURF
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amBREEDERS' CUP NOTEBOOK HALLANDALE, Fla. - Several horses had their final preps yesterday at Gulfstream for tomorrow's Breeders' Cup. Dixie Union, one of the favorites for the Juvenile, blew out...
HOUSTON FINALLY AT EASE IN MOTOWN
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amAUBURN HILLS - Allan Houston no longer dreads going back to Motown, where he's had some of his worst games the past three seasons. He longer believes Detroit fans hold...
THESE LONGIES CAN BREAK BANK
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - The Breeders' Cup is without doubt the single best betting card in the American turf calendar, not because it is easy to win but because it offers...
MARBURY PROMISES PASSION VS. RAPTORS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amNET NOTES Nothing like a crisis situation after just two games to get the juices flowing. The Nets are fully aware of the mess they've made of their first two...
A DEAL WITH SPREE-DEVIL: KNICKS SELL OUT FOR MORE SELLOUTS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amAUBURN HILLS - In our next lives, part of all of us would love to be Latrell Sprewell. We want to be as good at what we do as he...
MARINERS PLANNING A-ROD DEAL
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amWhile the Mariners have made a public declaration of their intention to trade Ken Griffey Jr., they have not shared an equally tantalizing deci-sion with the baseball world. According to...
SPREE: KNICKS NEED 'BIG FELLA' ; SAYS TITLE OUT OF REACH WITHOUT EWING
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES AUBURN HILLS - Turns out Latrell Sprewell and Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy do agree on something. Although the Knicks are swimming along without Patrick Ewing with a...
STANTON DEAL IN THE WORKS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amThe Yankees haven't contacted the Mariners about Ken Griffey, Jr. and are thinking about reaching out to Dwight Gooden. And while both are longshots, the Yankees are making strides toward...
BOBBY V SEARCHES FOR CARD CLUES
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amBobby Valentine isn't ready to subpoena his players to find out the specifics of the infamous Rickey Henderson-Bobby Bonilla card game during the final crushing moments of Game 6 against...
NETS CAN'T FIND RIGHT TRACK
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amMaybe this was just what the Nets needed yesterday in meeting with President Clinton in Newark. See, the Nets are a bit down after two losses. But here was living...
TUNA: SHARP WORKOUTS BRING OUT SUNDAY BEST
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amJET NOTES Bill Parcells was particularly upbeat yesterday, saying that the team perhaps looks as sharp as it has looked in practice all season. "We've practiced pretty well the last...
LEMIEUX: NO HARD FEELINGS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amBOSTON - Claude Lemieux's return to the Devils is a microcosm of his career: No apologies for dirty play. While getting ready for his first game back with the Devils,...
PICK SIX FRENZY GRIPS GULFSTREAM AND BIG A
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amPick Six players will have plenty of opportunities this weekend to hit it big. Today, there is a $33,904.12 carryover at Aqueduct. There is also a $1 million guaranteed Pick...
UNSTABLE DEVILS STILL AT A LOSS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amBruins 3 Devils 1 BOSTON - Flux is for soldering, not for welding a team together. "It's time to get down to the guys who are going to be here...
ONCE-IN-BLUE-MOON ODOM: CLIPPERS' TOP PICK HAS MAGIC TALENT
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amRATHER than run the risk of not overreacting quickly enough, the Bulls, Grizzlies and Hornets should be dishonorably discharged from the NBA for failing to draft Lamar Odom when they...
HEWARD SINKS HAPLESS HABS
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amOVERTIME Islanders 2 Canadiens 1 Jamie Heward woke up yesterday morning feeling a little groggy from his recent concussion. But by later that night, he was the one making Barry...
LINDEN NOT MISTY-EYED ABOUT ISLES
November 5, 1999 | 5:00amIt wasn't quite as emotional as when Ranger hero Eddie Giacomin made his first visit back to the Garden in 1975. In fact, former Islanders captain Trevor Linden didn't seem...