November 20, 1999
BRING ON THE BIG BALLOONS!
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amIt's big and splashy, full of stars and hot air. (Okay, helium.) But as far as most kids are concerned - and many grown-ups, too, for that matter - Thanksgiving...
PORTRAITS OF GLAMOUR ; EXHIBIT CAPTURES MAGIC OF '30S ERA
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amTHE death on Thursday of legendary photographer Horst P. Horst, who gained fame with his 1930s portraits of Hollywood and fashion celebrities, has given special meaning to a new photo...
NEW YORKER LOST AT SEA IN CLLUTCHES OF LENNY
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amThe Coast Guard is searching for a New York man and a friend who abandoned their battered sailboat and took to a life raft as Hurricane Lenny was lashing the...
SOARING ZOO'S EAGLE EYES FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amZoos have been a fascination for civilizations going back 3,000 years -- to 1,000 B.C. in China, in fact. And New York, some three millennia later, may have the best...
COACH WHO JUST WOULDN'T 'DO IT' SUES NIKE FOR $11M
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amA former St. John's University soccer coach -- who claims he was forced to resign after refusing to wear Nike products -- yesterday sued the school and the athletic-wear company...
STATE LAW CAN FORCE MENTALLY ILL INTO HOSP - LAW CAN PUT PSYCHOS INTO HOSP
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amALBANY -- State officials predicted yesterday that horrifying assaults like the brick attack on Nicole Barrett will become even rarer under New York's new "Kendra's Law." The law, which took...
HOSP PATIENTS RATE MANY BIG FIRMS HM-LOW
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amA new state ranking of HMOs found a few of the state's giants -- Aetna U.S. Healthcare, Oxford Health Plans and Cigna -- had a lot of unhappy customers. The...
AUCTIONED RICKY TAPE GETS CBS HOT 'N' BOTHERED
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amCBS is livin' la vida livid after video copies of its upcoming Ricky Martin special were auctioned on eBay. The Latino heartthrob's concert "Ricky Martin: One Night Only" airs Nov....
B'KLYN TEACHER 'RAPED' TEEN IN CLASSROOM: INVESTIGATORS
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amA Brooklyn teacher was charged yesterday with repeatedly having sex with a 13-year-old student at the school -- where his new bride is also a teacher, sources said. Nathaniel Harvey,...
HEROIN ARREST ROCKS SUSPECT'S HS PUPILS
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amWide-eyed kids at an elite junior high school in Brooklyn were stunned yesterday by the news that one of their longest-serving teachers had been busted on charges of carrying heroin....
ASSAULT SPURS POLICE CRACKDOWN ON HOMELESS
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amThe NYPD is stepping up its efforts to roust the homeless from city streets in the wake of the Midtown brick attack by a deranged mystery man. Cops from every...
FEDS REVERSE THRUST OF EGYPT CO-PILOT'S 'SUICIDAL' WORDS
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amSays reports were wrong.Bowing to pressure from Egypt, a top investigator yesterday called news reports about the cause of the EgyptAir Flight 990 crash "flat wrong" and said the case...
SHOCK AT ZUCKERMAN AIDE'S APPARENT SUICIDE
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amThe apparent suicide of a tough, hard-working executive in Mort Zuckerman's publishing empire shocked friends and colleagues who described her as "loyal" and "thoroughly professional." The body of Kimberly Jensen,...
WORLD POLITICS NOT FOREIGN TO GEORGE
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amGeorge W. Bush, eager to prove he's no foreign policy dummy, yesterday unveiled his world view -- attacking both GOP isolationism and President Clinton's leaps from "crisis to crisis." In...
CANCER GIRL'S BACK ON HER FEET TO SAY 'THANKS, DOC!'
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amA plucky 7-year-old cancer-stricken Queens girl who had surgery this week to replace her thighbone with a device that will "grow" with her, yesterday walked to a computer and wrote...
ALL-BUT-BARE BOYLE STEAMS UP IMAGE
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amLara Flynn Boyle wants you to practice on her. In the new issue of Maxim, the 29-year-old superhot actress, who plays an assistant district attorney on the TV drama "The...
JUDGE TELLS MICROSOFT TO INTERFACE WITH MEDIATOR
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amThe bitter Microsoft antitrust case took a dramatic new turn last night when a federal mediator was appointed to start "voluntary" settlement talks between federal trustbusters and the software giant....
COPS CLOSE TO ARREST IN MURDER OF L.I. COUPLE
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amState troopers last night said they're set to arrest the killer or killers of a well-to-do lawyer couple from Long Island whose vacation home was torched to try cover up...
PLUCKY NICOLE TURNS A VERY BIG CORNER ; KIN 'KNOW' SHE'LL BE OK AFTER SEEING EYES OPEN
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amBrick-attack victim Nicole Barrett opened her eyes yesterday for the first time -- giving her family new hope she's winning her fight for life. "She's been able to open her...
COPS KEEP TABS, BUT CAN'T TELL WHO MIGHT CRACK
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amHomeless-outreach teams keep close tabs on the city's mentally ill street people -- but predicting which ones will turn dangerous is a tricky business. "We don't have a crystal ball,"...
ROSES MARK TEXAS DORM'S ANGUISH IN BONFIRE TRAGEDY
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amThe roses were beacons of color against the dull beige of the Texas A&M dorm. There was a red rose outside the door of Michael Ebanks, 19, who had two...
ERICK, STORM COME UP SHORT
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amWhatever success St. John's enjoys this season, much of it will be due to Erick Barkley, the sophomore guard from Brooklyn who must make this team his. He is their...
GREEKS GREET BILL WITH ANTI-U.S. RIOT
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amHundreds of anti-American rioters torched stores, hurled rocks and battled cops firing off tear gas in Athens yesterday as President Clinton declared himself "a friend of Greece" just blocks away....
HILL'S 'H0L0CASH' FLAP ; BANKS' LOBBYIST RAISING $$
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amIn another potential insult to New York Jewish voters, a lawyer who represented Swiss banks accused of hiding Holocaust victims' money is co-chairing a Hillary Clinton fund-raiser in Boston. Robert...
KIDS DROP METAL POLE ON PEDESTRIAN
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amA group of kids dropped a metal parking-sign post from an overhead ramp behind Lincoln Center yesterday and struck a 51-year-old woman in the head, police said. Pamela Adams, of...
FRIARS EYE PAYBACK VS. FARRELL
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amNO ONE at St. Anthony's was happy that the Friars lost to Monsignor Farrell during the semifinals of the CHSFL playoffs a year ago. Twelve months later, however, St. Anthony's...
JUMBO BATTLES BACK, SHOULD START VS. BILLS
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amAll systems appear to be go for Jets left tackle Jumbo Elliott to play tomorrow. Elliott has been nursing an aggravating and recurring back ailment and his status has been...
DICKINSON'S AT ROOT OF BREEDERS' INTRIGUE
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amThey called maverick trainer Michael Dickinson the "Mad Genius" after he fashioned a comeback miracle by winning the 1998 Breeders' Cup Mile with Da Hoss. But after the stunt Dickinson...
JETS WON'T GIVE UP THE FIGHT ; PARCELLS, PLAYERS STILL GUNNING FOR PLAYOFFS
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amSure it doesn't look good on paper for the Jets. They're 3-6 entering tomorrow's game against the 7-3 Bills at Giants Stadium. Everyone else in the AFC East has at...
GIANT 'D' NOT COUNTIN' SACKS
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amIn each of the past two seasons, the Giants amassed 54 sacks, with the bulk of the punishment administered by a ferocious defensive line. The adjustment made by opponents has...
THERE'S NO GOOD TIME TO FIRE MUCK
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amTORONTO -- As the buzzard flies, it is 433 miles from Boston, where the Rangers last lost on Thursday, to this city, where they tonight will almost certainly play their...
WIDMER TO GIANT OFFENSE: GET ON THE BALL
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amIt was less a plea and more a demand. Corey Widmer is not simply asking the Giants offense to stop playing scared and confused. The intense middle linebacker is saying...
GATORS, 'NOLES BEG FANS TO LEAVE HATE AT HOME
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amGAINESVILLE -- Long before the season started, when players such as Florida's Alex Brown and FSU's Peter Warrick trained under the blazing hot Florida sun, everyone sensed it would come...
PLAY $1 MILLION PICK 6 AT BIG A
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amOn Sunday, Nov. 28, Hollywood Park will guarantee a minimum Pick 6 gross pool of $1,000,000. Aqueduct will accept wagering on the Pick 6 that day, which will take place...
CROWDED FIELD FOR SMITH 'CAP
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amNew York is throwing its final lawn party of the year today at Aqueduct, and it appears everybody wants to attend. The Grade 2, $150,000 Red Smith Handicap at a...
DEVILS SEEK ANOTHER VICTORY AT EXIT 16W
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amLast year's road warriors are this season's homebodies. Each way impresses, yet leaves something to be desired. The Devils can match their second-longest-ever home unbeaten streak when they take on...
OMAR'S READY TO COOK UP A STORM
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amWhen North Carolina passed on the best passer in New York City, Omar Cook was devastated. Yesterday, the senior point guard completed the healing process, announcing that he had signed...
FRANCO CLOSING THE DOOR? ; LEFTY MULLS ASKING METS FOR TRADE
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amAfter 19 seasons in professional baseball, John Franco is facing the most difficult decision of his career, and he may take a while to make it. Franco, who is confident...
MORE INSULT AND INJURIES FOR NETS
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amBOSTON -- There was no defense for this, plus it was an offense to the senses, and on top of all that, it was painful, as well. "We're going through...
KNICKS DENY 1997 SEX PARTY WITH STRIPPERS
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amPHOENIX -- Chris Childs, one of six remaining players from the 1996-97 Knicks, denied any involvement in an alleged team sex party with strippers at a Charleston, S.C., hotel before...
SPREE MUST MAKE PEACE
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amPhoenix--Tip-off is scheduled for 10:30 Eastern time. That's when the crumbling, fumbling Knicks and woeful Warriors get it on tonight at the New Arena in Oakland. It's tradition that just...
IT WILL BE JARVIS VS. FRAN
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amALBUQUERQUE -- The matchup that everyone was waiting for will take place today. But instead of being for the CoSIDA championship, St. John's and New Mexico will meet in the...
INJURED LJ MIGHT MISS TWO MORE
November 20, 1999 | 5:00amPHOENIX -- Larry Johnson's back is out again. He suffered a recurrence of spasms and could miss the rest of the Knicks' five-game Western road trip. Johnson, who missed two...