December 9, 1999
SEC GIVES NASD LEG UP
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amSecurities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt is stepping up his crusade to end the market dominance of the New York Stock Exchange. That campaign took an unexpected turn yesterday...
$150M CONVERTS CHASE CEO TO 'NET-HEAD
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amChase Manhattan CEO William Harrison proudly proclaimed he was an Internet "believer" yesterday -- the same day the banking giant posted a tidy $150 million paper profit on an obscure...
NEW WOMAN FOLDS: RODALE PULLS PLUG AFTER 2 YRS., $40M
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amRodale Press told stunned staffers of 27 year-old New Woman that the magazine is being shuttered, effective with the January issue. Industry sources estimate that Rodale has lost about $40...
JUNO CHARGES BACK: CLAIMS SEX HARASS ACCUSER WAS STALKER
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amJuno Online is firing back at a former employee who's suing the company for sexual harassment. Lori Park, who worked for the company from December of 1997 to August of...
AGENCY.COM VALUE TRIPLES IN $2.56B IPO ; OMNICOM STAKE NOW WORTH $1.1B
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amThe 70-year-old ad legend Bruce Crawford has pulled off one of the richest deals ever on Madison Avenue -- a $1.1 billion bonanza for his Omnicom Group from its high-flying...
BLOW OUT OF GEORGE BY DEC. 31
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amRichard Blow, executive editor of George and the last of the founding editors from the John F. Kennedy Jr. era, is stepping down at the end of the year. "For...
AT&T UNPLUGGED FROM AIM BY AOL
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amAmerica Online created yet another obstacle yesterday to a company that wants to create a broad instant messaging system. AT&T WorldNet Service launched its latest I M Here service, which...
HEARST SELLS OLD-LINE SPORTING TITLES
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amHearst president Cathleen Black finally unloaded two of the more ancient titles in the company's stable, Sports Afield and Motor Boating & Sailing. Times Mirror Magazines purchased 92-year-old Motor Boating...
YES MEN MAKE BEACON SHOW A JAM-PACKED GIG
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amROCK REVIEW IN a world where hit songs are spun by teen-queen recording nymphs in three-minute doses, it seems strange that the progressive rock outfit Yes could have ever existed...
THE STARR REPORT
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amFergie's first foray Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson makes her first appearance as a "Today" show Special Correspondent on this Monday's show (7-9 a.m. on Ch.4). Fergie will interview world...
LIZA'S FADING STAR
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amTHEATER REVIEW 'MINNELLI on Minnelli" is on at times -- but mostly off.The show, which features Liza Minnelli crooning tunes from her late father's films, opened last night in a...
A 15-MINUTE SHOW? UPN'S WEIRD PLAN TO GO BACK TO THE '50S WITH SLAPSTICK SHORTS
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amFOR the first time since the early days of TV, a network wants to air 15-minute-long shows. Gunning to grab young channel-surfing male viewers with notoriously short attention spans, UPN...
'TWENTY ONE': LOOT DAYS WITH MAURY
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amNBC has officially unveiled its plans to revive its own scandal-scarred '50s-era quiz show, "Twenty One." NBC is rushing the show into production, hoping to capitalize on the sudden quiz-show...
'TICK' HEADING FOR LIVE ACTION
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amTHE next super-hero to go from cartoon to live-action will be "The Tick," an unlikely 400-pound crimefighter whose battle cry is "Spoon!" Fox is said to be developing a half-hour...
PARTY LIKE IT'S 1982
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amNAMING his smash 1982 album "1999" has proven to be a master stroke of commercial foresight by The Artist Still Known as Prince at the Time the Album Was Made....
IN THE 'ZONE': BRITISH CHARACTER ACTOR TIM ROTH'S ON A HOT STREAK AS HE HELMS FIRST FEATURE
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amWHEN I told a colleague I had gone downtown to the Mercer Hotel to interview Tim Roth, his question to me was, "Did you ask about Susan Sarandon?" I could...
IN LOVING MEMORY
December 9, 1999 | 5:00am"Oh, I'm sooooo sorry!" Denise Rich sings as she sails into the living room of her sumptuous Fifth Avenue apartment 45 minutes late for this interview. The forty-something songwriter and...
TARNISH IN TINSELTOWN: HIGH FLYING MONEY MANAGER BROUGHT DOWN TO EARTH BY STAR CLIENT DEFECTIONS & SCRUTINY
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amDana Giacchetto is one of Hollywood's most high-profile money managers - and it's that reputation that may now be doing the investment guru in. In recent months, Giacchetto has lost...
HORMONE-BLOCKERS HAILED FOR PROSTATE CANCER
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amMen with spreading prostate cancer are five times more likely to survive if they undergo so-called chemical castration immediately after the prostate is removed, a new study shows. The study,...
THE FINAL DAYS OF RUDY CREW? HIS FATAL ERROR: EMBRACING THE CORRUPT SCHOOLS BUREAUCRACY
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amYOU'RE Rudy Crew, and the clock is ticking. You hear it. There isn't much time left, and you know it. Yesterday, the newspapers were full of the latest misfortune to...
COUNTRY'S BEST DEALS ARE 'BOT' & SOLD VIA 'NET SEARCH SERVICE
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amThe Savvy Shopper reveals tips and trends for gift-buying in what is shaping up to be the biggest holiday season of the '90s.S AY you're looking for a Palm Pilot...
TRAGIC BOXER WAS 'A DEAD MAN WALKING': DOC
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amBoxer Stephan Johnson was cleared to fight in New Jersey even though Canadian boxing officials believed a CAT scan taken after a previous ring collapse showed evidence of bleeding in...
BOY LIVED WITH DEAD MOM FOR MONTH
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amEvery day for a month, Travis Butler got up and left the house for school as if nothing was wrong. But inside, the 9-year-old Memphis boy harbored a terrible secret...
RUSSIA FACING SANCTIONS OVER CHECHEN BLOODBATH
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amRussia continued its scorched-earth campaign against Chechnya yesterday as outraged Western European leaders threatened Moscow with diplomatic and economic sanctions. Responding to warnings that Russia is preparing to intensify the...
POLS UNLOCK JAIL DOORS FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amState Assemblyman Keith Wright and Gov. Pataki yesterday rode to the rescue of a desperately ill Broadway conductor, clearing the way for his jailed stepson to donate a kidney for...
WIFE OF CLINTON HOST BOOSTS RUDY
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton's upcoming appearance before a leading Jewish group was plunged into controversy yesterday when the wife of the group's president hosted a fund-raiser for Mayor Giuliani....
SHE'LL PAY IN RATINGS FOR HER PREACHING
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amROSIE O'DONNELL, the comedian, once seemed poised to overtake Oprah Winfrey as the queen of daytime TV. Today, Rosie, the political pontificator, may wind up sinking her own TV show....
WE'RE CHEATING KIDS IF WE LET HIM STAY ; WE'D CHEAT CITY'S KIDS IF WE LET CREW STAY
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amED STANCIK'S take-no-prisoners report on teacher cheating proves the city's public-school system is facing its most outrageous scandal in recent memory -- with more shocking revelations to come. Do you...
PAL: MOM TRIED SUICIDE AFTER LOSING TOTS IN FIRE
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amA grief-striken mother tried to throw herself in front of a bus moments after learning two of her babies died in a Harlem blaze, said a neighbor who prevented a...
JURY: KING ASSASSINATION A CONSPIRACY
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amA Memphis jury attempted to rewrite history last night -- ruling that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the victim of a vast murder conspiracy, not a single gunman....
ISRAEL RENEWING TALKS WITH SYRIA AND PALESTINIANS
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amIsrael and Syria will resume land-for-peace talks they broke off three years ago -- and the two foes will meet in Washington next week. Israel and Palestinian leaders also agreed...
5 HOOKED IN TOXIC-FISH SALES RING ; FEDS: BASS FROM HUDSON SERVED IN POSH EATERIES
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amSomething's fishy in Gotham. The feds netted five fish companies and five people yesterday on charges of selling more than 100,000 pounds of tainted striped bass, culled from the Hudson...
FAMILY TREATED 'KIDNAP' GIRL WELL: DEFENSE LAWYER
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amThe Bronx family accused of kidnapping and raping a 12-year-old girl are only guilty of one thing: taking in an abused child, their lawyers said yesterday. The district attorney's office...
CABBIES MOWING DOWN FEWER PEDESTRIANS
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amThe number of pedestrians killed in city taxi crashes plunged 37 percent last year, state records show. The Department of Motor Vehicles reports 10 pedestrian fatalities in 1998 -- down...
CREW'S JOB MAY HANG IN BALANCE OVER TEST SCAM
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amThe Board of Education should grill Chancellor Rudy Crew on the test-tampering scandal -- and whether he failed to pursue cheaters -- before deciding to renew his contract, school watchdogs...
DOC ARRESTED IN 1985 WIFE MURDER ; MISSING BODY LIKELY WAS DUMPED FROM PLANE: PROSECUTOR
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amA prominent plastic surgeon was charged in Manhattan yesterday with murdering his wife -- nearly 15 years after he allegedly dumped her body in the Atlantic Ocean, then reported her...
MTA UNION MEMBERS THREATEN: 'NO TRAIN!'
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amMore than 12,000 transit workers rallied in Midtown yesterday to demand hefty salary hikes as concerned city officials continued making contingency plans in case subways and buses stop running Dec....
2 COPS SUE CITY IN KHALID 'RIOT'
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amTwo cops have filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the city, charging it incited a riot at 1998's Million Youth March in Harlem. The "City of New York, through its ......
WE SUSPECTED HIM ALL ALONG: VICTIM'S FAMILY
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amSitting in a lower Manhattan courtroom yesterday, Alayne Katz realized it had been 14 years since the last time she'd seen Dr. Robert Bierenbaum, the man accused of killing her...
CASTRO: DAD WON'T MEET FEDS UNTIL ELIAN CAN LEAVE
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amThe Cuban dad who wants his 6-year-old refugee son sent home from Miami refuses to meet with U.S. officials unless they're ready to return the boy, Fidel Castro said yesterday....
AIDS BOY, 12, SEXUALLY ASSAULTED 5 KIDS: COPS
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amA 12-year-old Brooklyn boy with AIDS sexually assaulted at least five young children -- including a 3-year-old girl -- in an angry attempt to spread the disease, law-enforcement sources told...
BROOKLYN BRIDGE MADE N.Y. THE CITY IT IS TODAY
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amEach day until Jan. 1, The Post will take a look at one ofNew York's landmarks on the eve of the new millennium.We'll talk to people who work or visit...
DONNA DASHES IN, THEN DUCKS HILLARY AT SHINDIG
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amDonna Hanover used a big curtain and a heavy schedule yesterday to duck a meeting with Hillary Rodham Clinton as the two first ladies shared the dais at a women's...
COURT PUTS HOMELESS PLAN ON HOLD UNTIL JAN. 14
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amIn a major setback for Mayor Giuliani, two judges delayed the start of his controversial jobs-for-beds policy for the homeless until after the holidays. At a rare joint hearing yesterday,...
RUSSIAN ENVOY IN SPY BUST
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amThe FBI busted a Russian diplomat in Washington yesterday for bugging a high-level State Department conference room, officials said. The unidentified diplomat was caught trying to use the listening device,...
U.S. GIVES EL AL HELL ON JET BUY
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amWhile Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was bringing Israeli leaders the good news of the breakthrough over Syria, she took time out to chastise them for El Al's purchase of...
FUROR AS NEW AR[[U4]]T EXHIBIT CASTS DI AS VIRGIN MARY
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amA powder keg of controversy is exploding over a new statue that portrays Princess Diana as the Virgin Mary. The 15-foot-tall figure - an angelic Di in the traditional robes...
CLINTON FEELS PAIN OF CUBAN RAFT BOY'S DAD
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amPresident Clinton voiced sympathy yesterday for the father of 6-year-old refugee Elian Gonzalez - but said "politics and threats" should have no role in deciding if the boy stays in...
ENGLER IS CENTER OF ATTENTION
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Derek Engler put the tape in of the Bills defense and was all set to watch how the opposing center fared against Ted Washington, Buffalo's mountainous nose tackle....
GIANTS HURTIN' FOR CERTAIN: JESSIE & STRAHAN JOIN GROWING LIST OF WALKING WOUNDED
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amHe used the word "petrified" to describe how he'd feel if faced with this hypothetical situation: Preparing for the already staggering challenge of facing the Bills in Buffalo, in December,...
MORRISON'S WAIT MAY NET WEIGHT
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amCHICAGO -- The NHL's first trading deadline is coming quicker than Christmas, and still Brendan Morrison has not received what he wants: out. It has been six weeks since Morrison...
SETTLEMENT AVERTS JOCKS' STRIKE
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amThe Jockeys Guild and the Thoroughbred Racing Association have reached an agreement in principle on a new three-year contract. The deal, which begins Jan. 1, averts the possibility of a...
MET GM PLOTS FIRST OPTIONS
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amWhile sitting in gridlock holiday traffic in midtown Manhattan yesterday, Steve Phillips and his advisors hashed out the many possibilities the Mets have for replacing John Olerud's lost offense. Perhaps...
NBA FINES NO-SHOW EWING 10G
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amNot only doesn't Patrick Ewing play, he doesn't talk either. Yesterday, the NBA took exception and fined Ewing $10,000 for "failing to make himself available to the media during designated...
GORING WALKING A FINE LINE AFTER TIRADE
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amHaving publicly blasted the officials for not calling what he felt was a hand-pass which led to the Capitals' game-winning goal against the Islanders Tuesday, coach Butch Goring faces a...
MORE SPREE LEGAL WOES
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Bay-area attorneys are investigating whether Latrell Sprewell had illegal contact with the jury during his civil trial in late September/early October near Oakland. David Greensied, attorney for the...
FOR COX, '99 SEASON LOOKS OVER
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amJET NOTES It's looking more and more like Bryan Cox's 1999 season is over. Bill Parcells yesterday said that Cox, the Jets' LB who's suffering from a torn muscle in...
GRADY COMES UP SHORT IN BID TO STOP LINCOLN
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amLincoln 72 Grady 57 Size matters. Just ask Grady, which lost to rival Lincoln yesterday, 72-57, largely because it couldn't contain Lincoln's post players. "They were just too big for...
YANKEES FARM OUT NAULTY
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amDan Naulty, a righty reliever who wasn't likely to be tendered a contract on Dec. 20, was designated for assignment by the Yankees yesterday in order to make room on...
JETS: DON'T DISS DAN ; GANG GREEN STILL FEAR GUNSLINGER MARINO
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amHold off on the Dan Marino obituaries. The Dolphins' Hall of Fame-bound quarterback is alive and well, according to the Jets, who've been watching him on film to prepare for...
TEMPLE ZONE ZAPS GONZAGA
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amTemple 64 Gonzaga 48 CHICAGO -- Since Temple point guard Pepe Sanchez went down with an ankle injury in the team's opening game, coach John Chaney has referred to his...
J&J HEIR JOINS BIDDING ON JETS
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amThe final bids for the Jets were submitted yesterday and a new owner of Gang Green could be in place in two weeks and approved by the NFL by Super...
MARBURY, NETS ARE TWO MUCH
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amNets 107 Bucks 90 The lead had been 22 and extraordinarily healthy for the Nets. But a missed jumper here, a turnover there, lots of more missed jumpers everywhere by...
THOMPSON HINTS EWING WILL RETURN TOMORROW
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amTBS color commentator John Thompson, Patrick Ewing's former coach at Georgetown, said last last night during the broadcast of the Kings-Lakers game "a little birdie" told him the Knicks' center...
PLAY FOR YOUR PAY ; EWING OWES KNICKS HONEST DAY'S WORK
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amTHERE were the "Jordan Rules" in Chicago and now the "Ewing Rules" at the Garden. Under the "Ewing Rules," a player is allowed to call in sick for work for...
OIL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL: GRAVES' OT WINNER EXTENDS RANGER ROLL
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amOvertime Ranger 2 Oilers 1 And so the startling transformation from fat cats to junkyard dogs continues. Depleted by injuries to his skill players, John Muckler sends a lineup onto...
RANGERS GET LUCKY WITH JOHNSSON
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amWHAT could the Nordiques possibly have been thinking, taking Steven Low at No. 285, with Kim Johnsson still on the board? How does Craig Patrick, who drafted Brian Leitza at...
CASSELL: BLAME IT ON THE LOCKOUT
December 9, 1999 | 5:00am>NET NOTES Want to place blame somewhere for the misery the Nets have endured these past two seasons? Sam Cassell says blame the lockout. See, during the lockout, Cassell did...
CINCINNATI SHOWS WHY IT'S NUMBER 1
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amCINCINNATI 77 N. CAROLINA 68 CHICAGO -- Number one and no doubt about it. The Cincinnati Bearcats, ranked No. 1 by The Post, proved they are worthy of their ranking...
NETS NIX HUGHES RUMOR
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amA rumored trade that would send Kerry Kittles to the 76ers for Larry Hughes would be "foolish" for the Nets to consider, a Nets team official said last night. Due...
CASSELL: BLAME ME FOR NETS' WOES
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amAt last, there is an explanation for what is wrong with the Nets. Blame the lockout last year. See, during the lockout Sam Cassell did nothing. He let himself balloon...
HLAVAC A LONE WOLF IN HARTFORD:STAYS DOWN DESPITE KAMENSKY'S INJURY
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amWith Valeri Kamensky on injured reserve for the third time this season, the Rangers do have an opening on the 23-man roster. Still, Jan Hlavac, assigned to the AHL Wolf...
IMPERFECT BEARCATS BUG HUGG
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amCHICAGO - Perhaps it's the underwear. Too tight? If not, then why did Cincinnati coach Bob Huggins look more comfortable Tuesday night donning a natty three-piece suit than he looked...
JINTS SCRAMBLIN' FOR WAY TO STOP FLUTIE
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amThe Giants spent half of yesterday morning talking about and watching films of Doug Flutie. And at practice there were the Big Blue defensive linemen, winding through four tackling dummies...
AMAZIN'S CUT ROGERS LOOSE
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amKenny Rogers brief stay with the Mets is over. Late Tuesday night Mets general manager Steve Phillips rescinded his offer of salary arbitration, meaning the Mets can not negotiate with...
PICK 3 BREAKS BANK
December 9, 1999 | 5:00amForm called in sick yesterday at Aqueduct, producing what's believed to be the biggest Pick 3 payoff -- $166,483 -- in the history of horse racing. The 5-8-11 combo consisted...