November 6, 1999
THE STREET'S VERDICT : HOW RULING WILL HIT M'SFT STOCK PRICE
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amLook out below! The big question for traders and investors Monday morning will be: How low will Microsoft go? Microsoft's loss in court - a judge ruled Friday night that...
GRIFFEY, A-ROD APPLE LONGSHOTS : MET SOURCES SAY PRICE IS TOO HIGH
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amSteve Phillips and a handful of Mets advisers made their way west yesterday to the potentially dynamic general managers meetings, but without much likelihood of landing the big fish that...
HE'S NOT JUST YOUR POP'S IGGY
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amMYTH and man collided on stage at Iggy Pop's Skyscraper Park concert Thursday, where the half-naked 52-year-old singer taunted 'n' teased his sold-out house of rabid fans. Pop, the man...
HE KNOWS THE SCORE : AT 8, THIS PAVAROTTI FAN'S A SELF-TAUGHT OPERA PRODIGY
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amTHE sight of a little boy starched into a tuxedo is enough to give anyone pause, but when Louis Lohraseb opens his mouth, it becomes obvious he's not your average...
JUDGE DIDN'T EVEN OWN A COMPUTER UNTIL TRIAL
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amThe judge ... accomplished the [impossible] with just a few clicks of the mouse.WASHINGTON - Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, now the most influential person in the high-tech industry, didn't know...
GOV'S NEW ATTITUDE MAKES OTB SALE A VERY GOOD BET
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amTHE long-discussed merger between the Off-Track Betting Corp. and the New York Racing Association could be completed by year's end - if Gov. Pataki approves. Sources close to the talks...
CITY MULLS PLAN TO MAKE PARKING EZ FOR TRUCKERS
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amEZ-Parking could be coming to Big Apple truckers in the new millennium. The Giuliani administration is looking at allowing trucks to use EZ-Pass-type devices to pre-pay to park on city...
MOM MAY GET 12 MOS. FOR SLUGGING TEACHER
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amA Brooklyn mom who attacked her daughter's teacher over a bad report card was convicted yesterday of assault. Brenda Smith, 44, faces up to a year in prison for third-degree...
SAFIR STUNNED BY HIS ; DRIVER'S SUICIDE
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amOne of Police Commissioner Howard Safir's closest aides shot and killed himself early yesterday morning in his girlfriend's Chelsea apartment, police said. Sgt. Gary Politi, a decorated 16-year veteran and...
KIDS GET BIG JUMP ON MARATHONERS
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amA teen-age boy chasing glory broke through the New York City Marathon's finish-line tape victoriously yesterday - even though the real 26.2-mile contest won't take place until tomorrow. Fourteen-year-old Obed...
NO SCRATCH FOR ANGRY NEWS 'WINNERS'
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amA red-faced Daily News pleaded no contest yesterday to a Scratch 'N' Match snafu that left many readers fuming after learning they weren't $100,000 winners in the tabloid's game. The...
FLT. 990'S BLACK BOXES JUST OUT OF REACH
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amA remote-controlled deep-sea robot was "right on top of" the two black boxes from the crashed EgyptAir jet off Nantucket yesterday - but it couldn't get a grip on them,...
JONBENET'S PARENTS WILL WRITE BOOK
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amJohn and Patsy Ramsey say they have the write stuff for a new book on their daughter JonBenet's murder. The book - tentatively titled "The Death of Innocence" - is...
EXPERTS: IT STEMS FROM 'NEGLECTING' MIDDLE SCHOOLS
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amEducation experts blamed the abysmal eighth-grade math scores on the city's "ignored" middle schools. "Middle schools are the neglected stepchild of education in New York City," said Noreen Connell of...
KIDS FRANTIC TO MAKE GRADE
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amCity students yesterday had only fear and loathing for the state's tough new math and reading tests. Antoinette Barker, who's repeating the eighth grade at IS 183 in The Bronx...
HAIDER: I'M A RUNNER, NOT A GOOSESTEPPER
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amFar-right wing Austrian politician Joerg Haider yesterday said he is "not a Nazi" and that he believes "everybody should be allowed" to run in tomorrow's New York City Marathon. Some...
BUSH NOT IN JEOPARDY FOR QUIZ: DEMS
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amSeveral top Democrats yesterday defended Republican presidential front-runner George W. Bush after he flunked a TV reporter's "gotcha" quiz to name the leaders of four world hot spots. President Clinton...
78% FAIL NEW 8TH-GRADE MATH TEST : THOUSANDS OF CITY KIDS MAY NEVER GRADUATE
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amCity eighth-graders performed miserably on tough new state tests - with 78 percent failing the math exam and 65 percent flunking reading and writing. The shameful showing alarmed education experts,...
POLS RACE TO GET SPRINTER ON U.S. TEAM
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amOn the eve of the New York City marathon, two lawmakers head to Central Park today to launch a race to win U.S. citizenship for Morocco-born star marathoner Khalid Khannouchi...
DC 37 UNION LEADERS CHEATED CITY: LAWSUIT
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amTop officials at scandal-scarred DC 37 bilked the city - possibly for millions - by inflating membership numbers, a federal suit charges. The suit - brought by two fired computer...
DECISION MEANS BUYERS WIN : SPITZER
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amALBANY - State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer last night called the federal court ruling against Microsoft a "a major victory for consumers" and free enterprise. Spitzer, who joined the antitrust...
CONSUMERS CAN JUMP THROUGH WINDOWS
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amImagine a world without Windows. In the most extreme case, if Microsoft is broken up under the monopoly ruling, consumers could find their screens changed beyond recognition. You could see...
DA NIXES 'DEATH' FOR SLAY SUSPECT
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amManhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau is not seeking the death penalty for an alleged Harlem killer rapist, enraging those who knew the victims. Prosecutors say Arohn Kee, 26, used guns,...
MICROSOFT PLAYS MONOPOLY ; FED JUDGE SLAMS GATES' HOLD OVER SOFTWARE INDUSTRY
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amA federal judge came down hard on Microsoft yesterday, finding that the software giant wields its "monopoly power" to crush competitors and harm consumers. In a decision heavily favoring the...
COP PUNISHED FOR AIDING SLAIN HEROES' KIN
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amOne of the city's highest-ranking police chiefs has been punished for helping the families of four slain cops at the Yankees' victory parade, The Post has learned. Assistant Chief Michael...
TOT'S BODY BURIED IN B'KLYN APT. WALL
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amA Brooklyn mom was being questioned by cops last night after they found what police said was the body of her 3-year-old daughter, who died more than 20 years ago,...
RODMAN THINKS WE NEED 'SHOCK' THERAPY
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amThe Bad-As-I-Wanna-Be man insists he's not doing it just to be Wild-As-I-Wanna-Be. No, rambunctious rebounder Dennis Rodman says that when he paints his fingernails, dyes his hair the color of...
MAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN HAWAII SLAY SPREE
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amA Xerox repairman pleaded not guilty yesterday to gunning down seven co-workers in the worst mass murder in Hawaii's history. Byran Uyesugi, 40, was arraigned in Honolulu District Court on...
BONE IN S.I. KILLER'S GARAGE NOT HUMAN
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amA bone discovered in a Staten Island garage once rented by a drifter suspected in the disappearance of several children was not human, the medical examiner told cops yesterday. The...
LAST-MINUTE LOWDOWN LATE BETTING TIPS TO ENSURE A BIG FINISH
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - Assured of fine weather, good racing strips, a capacity crowd and $100 million in bets, the 16th running of the Breeders' Cup is set to go at...
HERE'S TICKET FOR $5M SCORE
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - With a guaranteed $5 million pool on the line for today's Breeders' Cup Ultra Pick Six, betting syndicates all over the country will be spend thousands of...
HE'D RATHER NOT
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amThe fight over video out-takes from a Dan Rather interview with a defendant in the Texas-racist dragging murder moved to a Manhattan courtroom yesterday. Rather, who was subpoenaed by prosecutors...
TRADER LOU CAN'T STOP AT LEMIEUX
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amAS MUCH as anything, as much as the goals he promises, or the games in which he will be a difference, Claude Lemieux's return to New Jersey is attitude-adjustment shock...
REVENGE KNIGHT FOR HOLY CROSS
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amT WO weeks ago, Holy Cross looked to be on its way to an undefeated season. But a tenacious performance by Christ the King enabled it to place the only...
WILLIAMS FINALLY OUT OF HOSPITAL
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amAfter an at-times mysterious, life-threatening ordeal in the hospital that lasted for weeks, Jets' defensive back and kick returner Kevin Williams was finally released from Lenox Hill Hospital on Thursday....
TUNA WANTS NO PIECE OF ACTION IN JET SALE
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amWith the sale of the Jets imminent as the powers that be weed through the proposals, Bill Parcells yesterday, in an unsolicited manner, reiterated his stance on whether or not...
GRANT SIDESTEPS FREE-AGENCY ISSUE
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amAUBURN HILLS - Grant Hill will never know what could have been had Allan Houston stayed in Detroit. Maybe it would have been the Pistons playing in The Finals last...
STANTON DEAL CLOSE : WATSON FILES
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amWith one lefty reliever on the verge of re-upping with the World Champion Yankees, their second lefty in the bullpen took a step toward the door yesterday. As Mike Stanton...
YANKS CONCENTRATE ON DEALING IRABU
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amBrian Cashman left from New York yesterday. Mark Newman departs from Tampa tonight. Together, George Steinbrenner's highest-ranking generals will work the general managers meetings in Southern California and file daily...
ALL EYES ON GULFSTREAM : IT'S POST TIME FOR RACING'S BIG DAY
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - It will takes years for billionaire sportsman Bob McNair to reach the Super Bowl with the new NFL franchise he's building in Houston. But today McNair will...
STEWARDS NAME BOND TO SADDLE VAL'S PRINCE
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. - While the ownership of Val's Prince, one of the favorites for the Breeders' Cup Turf, is being decided in court, the 7-year-old gelding will be saddled today...
BIRON HOPING TO BATTLE BROTHER
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amThey might hail from Lac-St. Charles, Quebec, but they'll be having a family reunion tonight in Buffalo. For the first time in their professional lives, the Biron brothers will likely...
PICK SIX POT OF 115G TAKES DAY OFF
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amDespite having a Pick Six carryover of $33,904.12, no one was able to correctly select the winners of Races 3 through 8 yesterday. Even though there is no Pick Six...
VA. TECH HAS MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amMORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The end is in sight, which makes staying focused on the next step instead of the finish line more difficult. Four games are all that separate Virginia...
YOUNG GUNS RULE IN SWAMP ROMP
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amThe Nets were billed as young, dynamic and determined, while Toronto was supposed to be the chemistry-challenged team, filled with supposed gunners who wouldn't share the ball and couldn't get...
NETS EATEN BY RAPTORS
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amRaptors112 Nets92 You could curl up into a fetal position and crawl inside a refrigerator. You could put your head into a bucket of water for 2 hours. You could...
SPREE WILL LIKELY PAY
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amAUBURN HILLS -Latrell Sprewell told The Post yesterday, he "more than likely" won't appeal the $130,000 fine he got clocked with for blowing off the six-day Charleston training camp without...
OAK ADVICE TO STEPHON : PASS FIRST
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amIf Charles Oakley and Stephon Marbury were teammates, Oakley would initiate a little chat. And the veteran forward would tell the Nets point guard about passing first, shooting second. "If...
ALLAN HASS LIFTOFF : HOUSTON'S 29 BURY PISTONS & DEMONS
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amKnicks103 Pistons91 AUBURN HILLS - The demons that haunted Allan Houston in the past at The Palace were destroyed for good last night. Houston promised it would be different upon...
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER FOR CAMBY
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amAUBURN HILLS - Patrick Ewing is only now beginning to jog the floor, never mind memories of the player he used to be. Or, had to be, going up against...
DOESN'T GET ANY WORSE THAN THIS
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amAvalanche4 Rangers1 DENVER-Absolut Humiliation is the shape of the Ranger crest. Fifteen games into a season that was supposed to be a Broadway revival, the Ranger$ are becoming a laughingstock...
J-NEW WANTS TO START OVER
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amJohnny Newman would like to introduce someone to the Nets and their fans, someone they really did not get a chance to meet or see in the first two games...
RAPTORS' MCGRADY HAS LOT TO LEARN
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amToronto's Tracy McGrady is a prodigious talent, and an exceedingly prodigal one. No one doubts the Raptors' young forward is an amazing athlete and has limitless potential. But some of...
HARVEY SLOWED BY ANKLE INJURY
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amDENVER - The heartbeat has been more of a heart murmur this year. Yesterday, there was at least an explanation for Todd Harvey's disappointing first month. "Todd's had an ankle...
VAN PANS KNICKS COACH TRIES TO LIGHT FIRE UNDER HIS CLUB
November 6, 1999 | 5:00amAUBURN HILLS - Jeff Van Gundy walked off the court in a huff following yesterday"s morning shootaround before the unbeaten Knicks (2-0) faced the winless Pistons (0-2) last night at...