December 13, 1999
THE MAGIC NUMBER - NASDAQ EYEING 'SINGLE-PRICE' MODEL; EXCLUSIVE
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amTraders have long griped about the frustration of different market makers and electronic stock trading networks offering wildly differing prices on volatile securities at the start of trading on the...
LARA CROFT CREATOR BUSTED IN KID-SEX SCANDAL
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amOne of the masterminds behind sexy computer-game heroine Lara Croft has been charged with trying to procure a nine-year-old girl for sex. It's the latest computer sex scandal to rock...
ON THE NEWSSTAND
December 13, 1999 | 5:00am'TIS the season for magazines to cast their editorial gaze back over the year, the century and the millennium, and this week the music books take their turn.Spin offers up...
NYSE HAS DAY TRADING IN ITS SIGHTS AGAIN
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amTHE New York Stock Exchange found in 1993 that a large number of its brokers were "day trading" on the Big Board's floor, and it quietly instituted new regulations so...
ROYAL BALLET TAKES A BRAVE LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amLONDON -- Britain's Royal Ballet showed enormous enterprise in programming choices for its much-heralded re-entry into the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, last week. Unfortunately enterprise is not always enough....
'TOY 2' STILL NO. 1 - BUT 'GREEN MILE' MAKES IT A CLOSE RACE
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amTOM Hanks is sitting atop of the bullish box office with two hits: "Toy Story 2" and "The Green Mile." But the once-youthful star with the expanding jowls and the...
THUMBS UP FOR 'JEW MOVIE'
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amSO, what is a Jew? A subtly different question from who is a Jew? What, then, is an anti-Semite? And, for that matter, who is an anti-Semite? Daniel Goldfarb's slightly...
PHOTO COLLECTORS MOVE TO THE WEB
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amWhile the Internet has made a dent in the way people buy toys, books and music -- it's also revolutionizing the way art mavens buy photographs. Not too long ago,...
PICTURE THIS - SOFTWARE THAT MAKES YOUR PC A PHOTO LAB
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amAll the time and money photographers used to spend on film and waiting to get their pictures back can now easily spent on printer ink and paper, and of course...
NEW VIDEO CUTS THROUGH THE TAPE - IT MAY NOT BE MUCH, BUT THIS CAMERA IS THE FUTURE
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amThe Internet is having more and more of an impact on consumer durables. Web users have become so accustomed to viewing video on their computers using Apple QuickTime, Windows Media...
SHOOTING FOR THE STARS - CELEBS TURN THE CAMERA TO GET BEHIND THE LENS
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amEveryone has seen photos of stars such as Richard Gere, Jeff Bridges, Kenny Rogers, and Leonard Nimoy. But not everyone has seen photos by those high-profile celebrities. With celebrity photography...
YOU OUGHTTA BE IN PIXELS
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amBetter resolution and better lenses are the trends in digital still cameras this holiday season. Fuji's Photo division scored a technological breakthrough in October that increases the resolution of a...
SNYDER HINTS AT COMEBACK PLANS
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amTOM Snyder is alive and well on the Internet, and he's hinting at a comeback. "I don't plan anything in broadcasting for the rest of the year," Tom writes in...
THE STARR REPORT
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amYes, Virginia ... ABC is expected to name Virginia C. Moseley as executive producer of "This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts." Moseley replaces Dorrance Smith, who left in...
FASHION ANARCHY
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amWHEN the invitation calls for black-tie attire, do you dare show up in anything less than formal wear? Apparently, yes. This year's buzzing holiday party season has seen the most...
SIMPLY PAYING THE BILLS IS 'MISSION' IMPOSSIBLE
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amI F YOU'RE standing on the corner of Second Avenue and East 43rd Street and a courtly man with an African accent asks to borrow a quarter to make a...
MERYL'S LATEST GIG TO BE ONE OF NOTE
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amMeryl Streep has shown the world her acting chops -- and now the Oscar-winning actress is going to show us she can carry a tune as well. The star of...
VOLPE PARENTS BEG JUDGE FOR MERCY
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amIT'S a mother and father's plea for mercy. The parents of Justin Volpe, who faces sentencing in a Brooklyn federal courtroom this morning for assaulting Abner Louima, have written passionate,...
RUSSIA 'BOMBS' CHECHENS WITH LEAFLETS
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amRussian forces didn't rain bombs on Chechnya yesterday -- they dropped leaflets, urging citizens to leave the breakaway republic's capital and make their way to safety. As Russian helicopters and...
SPICE BABY A 75G-TOY BOY
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amOh, baby! Posh Spice has bought her 9-month-old son a toy Ferrari for Christmas -- and it's worth a staggering $75,000! But this is no ordinary toy car -- it...
CITY HAS LONG LOVED GARDEN OF DELIGHTS
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amMaybe, just maybe, the Coliseum in Rome had more prestige as a sporting venue -- but in the 1,700 years since the Christians last took on the lions, there hasn't...
I'M MILE$ BEHIND BUSH, MCCAIN CLAIMS
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- Maverick GOPer John McCain says he's still "way behind" George W. Bush, who has so much campaign money that beating him will be tough. McCain, who is enjoying...
OLYMPIC BIGS BAN VISITS TO 'HOST' CITIES
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amThe International Olympic Committee voted yesterday to ban its members from visiting cities bidding to host the games, as part of a package of reforms sparked by the corruption scandal...
GRANNY PRAYS U.S. WILL LET BABY IN FOR HEART SURGERY
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amA Brooklyn woman yesterday asked God to help her little granddaughter -- who doctors say will die in 10 days unless she's allowed to come to the United States for...
FEDS WARN OF Y2K TERROR ATTACKS
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- U.S. officials believe that Iranian groups and fanatics loyal to Osama bin Laden may be preparing Y2K terror attacks, The Post has learned. In both cases, U.S. intelligence...
SECRET PAST OF COOL DOC WITH FIERY TEMPER
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amGRAND FORKS, N.D. -- For more than a decade, accused killer Dr. Robert Bierenbaum hid his past as he hopscotched across the country. But he couldn't mask his aloof demeanor,...
BOARD OF ED CARRIES ON ITS CRIME WAVE
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amTHE Board of Education is starting to make organized crime look like a Tupperware party. The Post's Sunday story "Dead Kids Learning" is dramatically reminiscent of another era. And that...
FLT. 990 CO-PILOT DRANK, HARASSED WOMEN: REPORT
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amThe EgyptAir co-pilot suspected of crashing Flight 990 may have been an occasional heavy drinker during stopovers at a Midtown hotel, where he also was known to make passes at...
NAOMI TEMPERS HER FURY AT 'RAGE' CLINIC
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amHot-headed supermodel Naomi Campbell recently checked into an anger-management clinic in a desperate bid to control her fiery temper, it was revealed yesterday. The 29-year-old beauty spent nearly four weeks...
VETS OF '80 SHUTDOWN BRACE FOR REPLAY - THEY, TOO, ARE READY TO 'WALK'
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amCommuters who survived 11 days without buses and subways in 1980 cringe at the thought of another transit strike. "I walked two miles from College Point to Northern Boulevard in...
KEY WITNESS GAVE GARBLED ACCOUNT
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amCould the key police witness in the Abner Louima case -- who helped convict Officer Charles Schwarz as Justin Volpe's accomplice -- have confused Schwarz with fellow Officer Thomas Wiese?...
HIZZONER CHALKS ONE UP FOR CREW
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday gave embattled schools Chancellor Rudy Crew a vote of confidence -- despite new charges by state investigators of widespread attendance fraud in city schools. "I think the...
CLINTON COULD AGAIN BE PREZ . . . OF MOTION PICTURE ASS'N.
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- Bill Clinton may be going Hollywood when he leaves office -- as head of the influential Motion Picture Association of America, according to a new report. This week's...
RUDY RAILS AGAINST MTA BIGS - ACCUSES THEM OF STALLING ON DEAL
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday accused the MTA of holding "the people of the city hostage" because its negotiators aren't acting fast enough to avert a threatened strike. He spoke as new...
COLUMBINE SHOCKER - KILLERS' VIDEOS BARE SICK PLAN
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amThe Columbine HS massacre gunmen wanted to mow down hundreds of classmates -- not just those who teased them -- and hoped the slayings would haunt any survivors forever, a...
ETIQUETTE EXPERT: BE GOOD FOR GOODNESS' SAKE
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amThe Savvy Shopper reveals tips and trends for gift-buying in what is shaping up as the biggest holiday season of the '90s.GOOD manners aren't strictly for the dinner table, you...
3 DIE IN FIERY PA. BIZ-JET CRASH
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amA small business jet reportedly owned by contact-lens entrepreneur Peter LaHaye went into a near-vertical dive and crashed in a fiery explosion in the Poconos yesterday, killing all three men...
MAN STRUCK BY TRAIN
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amA 26-year-old man was hit by a subway train in the East Village while he was leaning out from the platform early yesterday, police said. The man, who was not...
JAYSON: I'M NO NET SAVIOR
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amIf Jayson Williams, player, were Don Casey, coach, he would hope the player doesn't return for a while in order to keep the coaching job. Williams is convinced no jury...
NEDVED IN, MANNY OUT
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amWhen Petr Nedved returns to the Rangers' lineup on Wednesday after missing four games with a pulled groin, he won't be wearing the "6" decal on his helmet in tribute...
SHOT BERRY STEALS EAST VIEW
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amFrank Lovato, sensing the slow early pace down the backside in yesterday's $50,000 East View Stakes for New York-bred fillies, gunned longshot Shot Berry to the lead heading into the...
TWO GOOD TO BE TRUE - GIANTS-BILLS A RARITY: TWO GOOD QBS
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amGIANTS-Bills yesterday was a good, old-fashioned NFL game because it featured what NFL games now rarely feature: decent or better quarterbacking on both sides. Injuries coupled with expansion have created...
RESERVE DBS EARN SPURS UNDER FIRE
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amORCHARD PARK -- The other team scouts and prepares, too. That's why, on their very first play, the Bills decided to see exactly what this guy named Emmanuel McDaniel was...
ZEILE VERSUS OLERUD IS NO CONTEST
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amANAHEIM -- The Mets spent about the same money to sign Todd Zeile that they offered John Olerud, but got less player. According to executives at these Winter Meetings, the...
KERRY AND CARY CARRY THE DAY - LATE DRIVE & FG LIFT GIANTS PAST BILLS
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amORCHARD PARK -- No fluke. Not this game, not last week's overwhelming performance, not Kerry Collins, not their stronger-by-the-minute playoff chances, not Jim Fassel's uncanny miracle working in December. None...
WADE ELECTS NOT TO KICK, GETS BOOTED
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amORCHARD PARK -- To punt or not to punt? Wade Phillips opted to gamble and he lost, big time. With 2:09 remaining and his Bills clinging to a 17-16 lead...
CUBS STEAL VALDES & YOUNG
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amIn a trade that on the surface looks shockingly one-sided, the Dodgers dealt potential ace Ismael Valdes and second baseman Eric Young to the Cubs for set-up man Terry Adams,...
RICE BURNS COOK, ROYALS
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amOmar Cook is a tremendous player, but even he is not good enough to beat one of the best high school teams in the country by himself. That was proven...
BILL TIMEOUT BIG BREAK FOR CARY
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES ORCHARD PARK -- Things were flying by fast, probably too fast. The Giants were rushing their field goal unit on the field, fighting the clock, trailing 17-16 and...
ST. RAY'S STUFFS KENNEDY
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amGary DeCesare constantly preaches to his team the importance of defense. His players at St. Raymond's have become believers. "We pride ourselves on our defense," Peter Mulligan said. "We don't...
REDSKINS STAY A STEP AHEAD
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amLANDOVER -- The way the NFC East is going, here is the good news for Giant fans: The Redskins played pretty much as well they can yesterday. So with inconsistency...
MARINO'S MAGIC IS DISAPPEARING
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amDan Marino stood at his locker yesterday with a dazed look in his blue eyes, as if he had just seen hell freeze over or pigs fly overhead. And who...
FINE AND DAN-DY - JETS BOUNCE BACK & MAUL MARINO, FISH
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amThere was a palpable current of electricity surging through the Jets' locker room in the moments before kickoff of yesterday's game against the Dolphins at Giants Stadium. According to several...
SLUMPING CURTIS BIG IN FOURTH
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amCurtis Martin, who'd just played seven of the worst quarters of football he'd ever played, came back and made sure he didn't have to suffer through an eighth. The Jets'...
REDS MAKE BID FOR IRABU
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amANAHEIM -- The Reds are probably the front-runner to land Hideki Irabu, offering two minor leaguers for the Yankee righty. There has been heavy talks of a four-team trade at...
HALL HAS UPS AND DOWNS
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amJET NOTES Lost in the Jets' impressive 28-20 win over the favored Dolphins yesterday was John Hall's roller-coaster day. Hall, the Jets' kicker, missed two extra points and a 47-yard...
KEY'S CATCHING THE DAMN BALL
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amKeyshawn Johnson, by his own recipe for success, likes to be involved early in games, so he can get on a roll. Ray Lucas involved him early yesterday, and Johnson...
GRIF JUST SAYS NO TO METS - AGENT: IT'S EITHER M'S OR CINCY FOR JUNIOR
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amANAHEIM -- Ken Griffey Jr. will not be a Met. He will be traded to the Reds or play out his contract in 2000 as a Mariner, his agent, Brian...
KNICKS ARE STILL SPREE'S TEAM
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amEACH basket comes with a bonus, the face of vengeance. It is one of those reasons there is nothing in sports quite like a front row seat at the Garden....
HOUSTON HAS CASE OF YIPS
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amAllan Houston looked like a chastened little boy in the waning moments of the Knicks' closer-than-it-should-have-been 99-97 win over Boston last night at the Garden. In the final three minutes...
HE'S COOL-HAND LUCAS
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amHE WENT head to head against Dan Marino and won, especially impressive after going head to head against Daryl Gardener and losing. Four minutes into the fourth quarter, Gardener came...
PHILLIPS CHASING RAMIREZ
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amANAHEIM -- The Mets have intensified efforts to land Orioles starter Scott Erickson while the biggest outfielders -- not named Ken Griffey -- they are checking into are Manny Ramirez,...
EW GETS ON BOARD AS KNICKS KO CELTS
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amPatrick Ewing got the ball in the low right block, dribbled left into the lane and lofted in a 5-footer while getting fouled. There was 10:51 left in the third...
PATRICK: I'M STILL GREAT
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amThe television interviewer began the question to Patrick Ewing like this: "From someone used to being a great player ... " The interviewer couldn't get another word out. Ewing interrupted...
TURKCAN'S KNICK DAYS NUMBERED
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Third-string point guard Rick Brunson, placed on the injured list Friday to make way for Patrick Ewing's return, said last night he's been guaranteed he'll be activated after...
MARINO'S MAGIC FADING QUICKLY
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amIF IT is any consolation to Jets fans, there have been more elongated tortures than Dan Marino threading bamboo shoots on third downs under New York defensive backs' fingernails. The...
CURTIS COMES FOURTH - MARTIN'S BIG QUARTER HELPS JETS PULL AWAY
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amCurtis Martin, who'd just played seven of the worst quarters of football he'd ever played, came back and made sure he didn't have to suffer through an eighth. The Jets'...
KNICKS ARE SPREE'S TEAM
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amEACH basket comes with a bonus, the face of vengeance. It is one of those reasons there is nothing in sports like a front row seat at the Garden. Overpriced,...
ACHING WARD KNEEDS A REST
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amWith the pain in Charlie Ward's knee flaring up again and Chris Childs battling the flu, the Knicks could have used their third-string point guard, Rick Brunson, against the Celtics...
CELTICS PICK UP MARBURY COUSIN
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES The Celtics signed Brooklyn's Jamel Thomas of the CBA yesterday to take the place of Paul Pierce, who wound up on the injured list with a sprained left...
PITINO KEEPS CELTS CLAWIN'
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amRick Pitino used to be celebrity, didn't he? The former prodigy college coach is now 47 and has been guiding the Celtic for three years. He hasn't shot to the...
FINLEY'S REP DESPERATE
December 13, 1999 | 5:00amMEETINGS NOTES Tim Shannon, Chuck Finley's representative, must be desperate to up the bidding on his player. He portrayed both the Mets and Yankees as active participants in trying to...