November 26, 1999
NYSE SEEKING PROFIT$ IN Y2K TRADING
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amAS if Y2K isn't enough of a concern for Wall Street, the fact that the New Year's holiday falls on a Saturday is making the problem potentially worse. Right up...
ARTHUR LEVITT HAS NO DOUBT ... RULE 390 GONE BY NEW YEAR; EXCLUSIVE
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amThe New York Stock Exchange's much-grumbled-about Rule 390 will be history by year's end, Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt predicted. Rule 390 prohibits NYSE members from trading stocks...
NEW GEORGE EDITOR TO BE NAMED NEXT MONTH
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amHachette Filipacchi CEO Jack Kliger expects to name a new editor and publisher for George by the end of the year. The move comes as talks with Newsweek's Michael Elliott...
TOP LAWYER OUSTED IN SEX-HARASS SCANDAL
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amA powerful Park Avenue lawyer has been booted from his law firm following shocking charges of sexual harassment. Thomas Haythe, 60, of Manhattan, was ousted from Tory Haythe following a...
PREDICTABLE COMING-OF-AGE FILM JUST LUMBERS ALONG
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amYET another gay coming-of-age movie -- this one set in a community of Irish immigrants in the west Bronx -- "2 by 4" is about as subtle as a whack...
'WISE GUYS' IS GOING BUST
November 26, 1999 | 5:00am'WISE Guys,' the eagerly awaited new musical from Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman that was to have opened on Broadway in April, has been shelved. Its producers say more time...
COLE FOR CHRISTMAS - NATALIE GETS SET FOR PRE-HOLIDAY SHOWS
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amBEFORE she hit it big in 1991 with a loving tribute to her father, soulful pop vocalist Natalie Cole had nearly destroyed her career. Despite her success -- 21 albums...
SHERMAN IS TANKED - 'JEFFERSONS' STAR IS STAVING OFF BANKRUPTCY COURT; EXCLUSIVE
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES -- Unlike his groundbreaking character on "The Jeffersons," actor Sherman Hemsley spent the summer movin' on down -- to bankruptcy court. Hemsley quietly sought protection from $1 million...
'PINKY' CLAIMS UNHAPPY DAZE
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amEX-"Happy Days" co-star Roz Kelly explains on tonight's "Extra" (7 p.m. on Ch.4) why she went berserk over a blaring car alarm in November '98. On tonight's show, Kelly tells...
THE STARR REPORT
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amRipped Jersey Tahis Pardo, a bilingual reporter for Spanish-language Ch.41, was taunted with anti-Hispanic epithets Tuesday while on assignment in Secaucus, N.J. Pardo -- an American by birth -- had...
BOGUS 'NUTCASE' NOTE MAY DERAIL IRISH PEACE
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amA hoax letter, reputedly from Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, threatens to sabotage a key vote tomorrow on the Northern Ireland peace accord, the leader of the province's main pro-British...
DAD-TO-BE GUNNED DOWN IN FRONT OF BRONX HOME
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amA 22-year-old man died in his girlfriend's arms after he was blasted in the chest by a teen gunman in front of his Bronx home on Thanksgiving morning. "I love...
SINGING STARS UP EARLY TO CATCH THE 'TOONS
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amEven pop stars love a parade -- as Madonna and Sting proved yesterday. The Material Mom emerged onto the balcony of her Central Park West apartment shortly after 10 a.m....
JUSTICE TAKES A HOLIDAY FOR REAL CYBER-SEX VICTIM
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amF OR the second year in a row for Oliver Jovanovic, justice took a vacation on this holiday weekend for giving thanks. The Manhattan district attorney's office gave, all right...
RUDY DODGES KATIE IN A GAME OF POLITICAL FOOTBALL
November 26, 1999 | 5:00am"Today" show co-host Katie Couric grilled Mayor Giuliani yesterday morning about his upcoming Senate race -- but the only reaction she could get out of him was "Happy Thanksgiving." Giuliani,...
150 DROWN IN CHINESE FERRY WRECK
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amThousands of Chinese rescue workers searched shorelines and stormy seas yesterday for survivors from a ferry wrecked by gale-force winds. More than 150 people are believed to have drowned. Emergency...
EARLY BIRDS $WOOPING IN
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amThe few store owners who bucked tradition yesterday and threw their doors open to eager holiday shoppers had plenty to be thankful for -- they were mobbed. Most of the...
HOMELESS ARE THANKFUL FOR FOOD -- BUT NOT SHELTERS
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amWith threats of arrests still looming over their heads, New York's homeless dished out smiles yesterday at various soup kitchens -- and some defiantly stated they would remain on city...
DA PROBES DEATH-SITE BUILDER'S POLITICAL INFLUENCE
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amBrooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes is investigating this week's fatal Williamsburg building collapse to determine whether the contractor used political connections to get his work approved, sources said yesterday. The...
DESPITE PROTESTS, 'YULE HOUSE' STILL LIGHTS UP FACES
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amHundreds of rubber-necking motorists slowly drove along Pelham Parkway last night to get a glimpse of the newly lit holiday display that Bronx residents have come to call the "Christmas...
BUST DUE IN W'STOCK DOUBLE SLAY; EXCLUSIVE
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amAn arrest in the double murder of a Long Island couple found in their burned vacation home could come as early as today, State Police sources said. As investigators focus...
BABY DIES IN HORRIFIC ACCIDENT ON PARKWAY
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amA 14-month-old girl was killed instantly yesterday when a mishap sent her hurtling through the window of a speeding car on the Henry Hudson Parkway. Little Tatiaona Paredes went flying...
B'KLYN FIRETRUCK TRAGEDY - CITY BUS DRIVER DIES IN HORRIFIC COLLISION
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amA firetruck racing to put out a Thanksgiving-dinner blaze rammed into a city bus yesterday -- hurling the bus driver through the windshield and crushing him to death under the...
RACING TO THE RESCUE CAN BE DEADLY
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amRescue workers know that every second counts when they respond to an emergency call -- but sometimes their speed kills: * An ambulance driver killed three young children in Brooklyn...
EVEN THE RAIN CAN'T RAIN ON THIS PARADE - DRIZZLE PUTS NO DAMPER ON SPIRITS
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amPigs flew. Cops played trombone. The sky filled with music and giant balloons, while rain-soaked toddlers clapped and smiled for joy. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade floated, skated and trundled...
PVB TICKETS TRUCK STUCK IN NEBRASKA
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amWay out on the Nebraska prairie, a rancher who's never been to the Big Apple faces a very common New York annoyance -- dunning notices from the Parking Violations Bureau....
THERE'S NO WRONG ANSWER TO OUR ; QUIZ ON HILLARY
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amWITH apologies to Regis Philbin, here is a multiple-choice question regarding a certain exasperating, and still officially undeclared, Senate candidate. You won't win a million bucks for answering correctly. But...
PAL FINDS WOMAN, 74, SLAIN IN S.I. APT
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amA 74-year-old former model was found shot to death in her Staten Island apartment yesterday -- her body discovered by a friend bringing her a Thanksgiving dinner. Shari Lownds --...
FAMED FAO SCHWARZ IS NEW YORK'S OWN 'TOY STORY'
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amToday is the first day of the run to glory for the serious Christmas shopper. And few stores do it up quite like FAO Schwarz. This Fifth Avenue temple of...
TEENS BUSTED IN BROOKLYN MUGGINGS
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amThree teens were charged yesterday with five knife-point robberies in Brooklyn Heights and on the Brooklyn Bridge during a wild, three-day crime spree. Police said they're suspected in five other...
KID SISTER MIGHT GIVE BX. CANCER GIRL THE GIFT OF LIFE
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amJennifer Herasme, a 12-year-old Bronx girl suffering from a rare form of leukemia, may soon get a potentially lifesaving operation. After months of delays, the State Department has issued a...
HERE'S WHAT'S HOT AS WE GET URGE TO SPLURGE
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amBD+>This is the first installment of Savvy Shopper, a regular feature revealing tips and trends for holiday shoppers in what shapes up as the biggest Christmas buying season of the...
READ ALL ABOUT IT! NEWSIE BIDS TO SAVE FAMED PENN STATION KIOSK; EXCLUSIVE
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amIt has survived depressions, recessions, blackouts and rampaging Rangers fans -- but now, after 82 years, a fight over Snapple bottles may force Lewis Cuomo's little newsstand outside of Penn...
FIREFIGHTERS BRAVE BLAZE TO SAVE MAN
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amA trio of firefighters staged a daring rescue in a burning Brooklyn brownstone yesterday morning - knocking down a locked apartment door to pull an unconscious man to safety, officials...
YELTSIN'S LATEST ILLNESS DELAYS TREATY
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amBoris Yeltsin was reported ill once again yesterday after conferring with top aides about the Russian encirclement of the Chechen capital. Yeltsin's ailment, described as a viral infection and acute...
FASSEL'S MOM PASSES AWAY
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amOn the night before Thanksgiving, surrounded by her family and with her son, Jim Fassel, absent in body but not in spirit, Dorothy Fassel, 76, passed away in suburban Phoenix,...
BIG BLUE D EAGER TO GET SOME LICKS IN AGAINST BROWN
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES After saying all the required nice things about facing Cardinals quarterback Dave Brown, Keith Hamilton was reminded of something that happened last season. Brown, the Giants' starter for...
SORE-KNEED YOUNG LOOKS LIKE A 'GO'
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amJET NOTES Though he didn't practice Wednesday and is listed as questionable on the injury report, it looks as if rookie Ryan Young might start at right tackle against the...
CHURCHILL MOVES UP POST TIME
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amChurchill Downs post time for today and tomorrow will be 11:30 am. At Aqueduct, wagering on the first and second race at Churchill will only be available on SAM machines...
EYE PWC RESTRICTIONS
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amA COALITION of environmental and conservation groups is praising proposed legislation to address the environmental damage, safety concerns and nuisance complaints associated with personal watercraft use on America's coastlines. The...
NIT FINAL SHAPES UP AS MAJOR CAT FIGHT
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amIf Kentucky and Arizona playing a great championship game sounds familiar, it should. Remember the 1997 National Championship? Arizona 84, Kentucky 79, in overtime. How about the championship game of...
HARPIA READY FOR TOP FLIGHT
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amIf past is prologue -- and isn't that what handicapping is all about? -- then Harpia is money in the bank today at Aqueduct when she goes a mile in...
NETS' CAGE NOT BAD FOR HIS AGE
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES -- Michael Cage was grunting and groaning slightly, working the kinks and aches out of his 37 ("but soon to be 38")-year-old body when Nets general manager John...
NEWMAN AUDITIONS FOR ROLE OF THIRD MAN
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amNET NOTES LOS ANGELES -- The "Help Wanted" sign has been hanging on the Nets' door since preseason. The position the coaching staff has sought to fill is that of...
TUNA SAYS FERGUSON MADE HONEST MISTAKE
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amThe day after Jets nose tackle Jason Ferguson was suspended for four games for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy concerning anabolic steroids, Bill Parcells indicated that it was an innocent...
RICHTER SCALE REGISTERS WIN
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amThe veteran sprinter Richter Scale, carrying the top package of 134 pounds as if it were a feather, shot to the lead under Jorge Chavez and led a merry chase...
ARTAX RETIRED AFTER SUFFERING LEG INJURY
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amOne of the fastest thoroughbreds that ever looked through a bridle called it quits yesterday. On the eve of his bid for Horse of the Year honors in tomorrow's Cigar...
NHL BANS HOLIK FOR 3 GAMES
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amPHOENIX -- He skates the fine line between dominating, intimidating aggression and the wild loss of control. The nearer he approaches that boundary of endangering other players, the better he...
COPS: NFL STAR SHOT GIRLFRIEND
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amCarolina Panther wide receiver Rae Carruth will be arraigned today on charges he critically wounded his pregnant girlfriend in a drive-by shooting, officials said. The 25-year-old Carruth was arrested yesterday...
P.J. NEEDS GOLDEN PARACHUTE - HIS DAYS NUMBERED IN OAKLAND
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amDEMOGRAPHICS of Wednesday night's breathlessly awaited Nets-Warriors showdown indicate the audience was dominated by unemployed coaches. In what figured to be the decisive game for Don Casey and P.J. Carlesimo,...
RANGERS BEGIN LIFE SANS LEETCH
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amFORT LAUDERDALE -- Actually, Wednesday was the easy part. Now though, and for at least the next six weeks, the Rangers are going to have to try to go AWOL....
COYOTES CHEW UP DEVS
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amPHOENIX -- This was an opportunity, an obvious chance by the coach to transform trouble into something special. It was an opportunity missed. With Bobby Holik suspended for the first...
LEAGUE HAMMERS HOLIK - DEVIL CENTER DRAWS 3-GAME BAN
November 26, 1999 | 5:00amPHOENIX - He skates the fine line between dominating, intimidating aggression and the wild loss of control. The nearer he approaches that boundary of endangering other players, the better he...