December 15, 1999
SUIT: NYSE KNEW ABOUT ILLEGAL TRADES
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amA former New York Stock Exchange floor broker filed an explosive $22 million lawsuit yesterday claiming the Big Board and its Chairman, Richard Grasso, encouraged hundreds of brokers to trade...
MOTHER OF ALL LAWSUITS VS. MATERNITY-WARE CO.
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amA mother's work is never done -- except when Mothers Work Inc. is ordered to stop producing a line of packaged maternity wear. The New York-based Belly Basics -- makers...
WHAT DID GRAY LADY KNOW - AND WHEN?
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amINDUSTRY insiders are wondering how closely the New York Times vetted their new movie critic's past. Media Ink has found that Elvis Mitchell left two jobs under murky circumstances --...
MERIWETHER DEBUTS NEW $250M HEDGE FUND
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amHe's baa-aack. John Meriwether, the man who single-handedly brought world markets to a near collapse in 1998, is set to open a brand new hedge fund today. Along with five...
AN ESSENCE OF THE EAST
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amIF Eastanah were a movie set, you'd wonder where the extras went. As it is, the Asian eatery only looks like one -- a woody hut filled with bamboo plants...
PUT 'EM ON A GRILL & TURN UP THE HEAT!
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amCALL the cops. E-mail Rudy. Beep Jerry Speyer, who brought the Cipriani Organization to the Rainbow restaurant-and-bar complex atop 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Put out an all-points bulletin for Giuseppe Cipriani,...
CRYSTAL CLEAR FOR OSCARS ; BILLY'S BACK NEXT MARCH
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amBLLY Crystal -- the most popular Oscar host of the decade -- has agreed to return next spring as the host of the 72nd Academy Awards. The show, which airs...
THE STARR REPORT
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amTax dollars at workMarvin Scott knows a good story when he sees one -- but don't tell that to New York Assemblyman John Ravitz. Scott, Ch.11's senior correspondent, reported last...
TRADITIONAL BARKINGREINDEER ; DIFFERENT TAKES ON YULE ANIMATION
December 15, 1999 | 5:00am"Olive, the Other Reindeer" 8:00 p.m. Friday on WNYW/Ch5The PJs: ow The Super StoledChristmas" 9:00 p.m. Friday on WNYW/Ch.5 1/2 'OLIVE, the Other Reindeer," an animated Christmas special taken from...
DISNEY'S BIG GAMBLE:CAN THE NEW $15M 'AIDA' PAY OFF ON BROADWAY?
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amCHICAGO - Tomorrow afternoon in London, the creative team behind Disney's new stage musical "Aida" will gather at the home of composer Elton John and hammer out a plan to...
CAVIAR DREAMS
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amDespite all the hype, it seems champagne wishes and caviar dreams for the millennium will come true after all - but it'll help if you're rich rather than famous. Last...
IS THIS COLD WAR II? U.S.-RUSSIAN RELATIONS THREATENED BY STATE DEPARTMENT BUG SCANDAL
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amTHE State Department's Office of Oceans and International Environmental Scientific Affairs would hardly seem a place where vital national security secrets are kept. Not like the office next to it...
AILING RENO YIELDING REINS OF JUSTICE - DEPUTY TAKES OVER BEHIND THE SCENES
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- Justice Department insiders say Attorney General Janet Reno has been out of the major decision-making loop and her deputy, Eric Holder, is running the show. Reno's tremors from...
INJURED JAIL GUARDS SUE OVER 'HOUSE ARREST'
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amForty correction officers are suing the city, charging that they were kept under virtual house arrest after being injured -- often in the line of duty. The officers, each seeking...
A SHELTER WITH THE WORKS - DISCIPLINE, RESPECT GIVE TROUBLED MEN NEW CHANCE AT LIFE
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amIT'S 6 a.m., and the sun has more than an hour to lurch its way out of bed. Already, the men at Project Renewal are stirring out of theirs. This...
CHECHENS TRAPPED IN RUSSIAN BOMBARDMENT
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amRussia said its troops fought their way into the outskirts of Grozny yesterday while thousands of terrified civilians remained trapped in the Chechen capital. Grozny was under constant bombardment from...
U.S. TO AFGHANS: YOU'LL PAY IF BIN LADEN STRIKES
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amThe United States has warned Afghanistan's ruling militia it will be held responsible for any attacks linked to master terrorist Osama bin Laden, officials said yesterday. The warning followed a...
BANNING CARS IN MANHATTAN NOT A BAD IDEA
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amJIMMY BRESLIN was talking about walking. "It's very good for you," he was saying. "I used to walk all the time, from bar to bar. "Who ever heard of driving...
ASTORIA MOVIE STUDIO STILL A SCENE-STEALER
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amForget about that H-O-L-L-Y-W-O-O-D sign -- if the Louis B. Mayers and Samuel Goldwyns hadn't taken their celluloid act out West, there might have been one that read A-S-T-O-R-I-A instead....
WORKING OUT OFFICE-GIFT DILEMMA
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amWANT the gifts you give your co-workers this year to make a lasting impression? Then bag the idea of giving jumbo boxes of chocolate-covered cherries from Duane Reade, and heed...
TRIPP DIDN'T HAVE IMMUNITY: JUDGE - RULING PAVES WAY FOR TRIAL
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amELLICOTT CITY, Md. -- A judge handed Linda Tripp a devastating legal defeat yesterday -- ruling the Pentagon aide didn't have immunity when she gave prosecutors tapes of Monica Lewinsky....
$5B FUND SET FOR NAZI SLAVE-LABOR SURVIVORS
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amA $5.2 billion fund to be divvied up among survivors of Nazi slave-labor camps was finally established yesterday, said a German lawyer representing the victims. "The deal is done," said...
DEM FUNNY-MONEY MAN SET TO OPEN HIS MOUTH
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- John Huang, one of the central figures in the Democratic funny-money scandal, is set to testify publicly for the first time today before a congressional committee. It's unclear...
THE CHARLIE BROWN BLUES - 'PEANUTS' RETIRING
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amGood Grief! Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the beloved "Peanuts" gang are soon to be history. Charles Schulz -- who created the famed comic strip in 1950 and...
GOLDEN BOY TARNISHED - ABC TV EXEC'S EX DRAGS HIM TO COURT OVER CHILD SUPPORT
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amUNTIL last week, the future couldn't have looked rosier for TV golden boy Michael Davies. The British-born ABC exec's most recent coup was the import of the wildly successful British...
BARAK HEADS TO D.C. FOR SYRIAN PEACE SUMMIT
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amPrime Minister Ehud Barak -- saying he was carrying "all the dreams and hopes of Israelis" -- flew to Washington yesterday for the opening of the highest-level peace talks with...
MARV TO GET STARTING JOB BACK
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amMarv Albert -- whose career seemed doomed by a sleazy sex scandal just two years ago -- will be back as NBC's top pro basketball announcer next season. Bob Costas,...
ORTHODOX JEWS HERE COOL TO HILLARY - WINS LITTLE SUPPORT IN POLITE CHAT
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday received a polite -- but lukewarm -- reception during her first appearance before a Jewish group since her botched trip to the West Bank,...
MOM: VOLPE'S TERM LONGER THAN COP KILLER'S
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amThe anguished mom of torture cop Justin Volpe yesterday said one of the most troubling aspects of her son's 30-year sentence is that it came the same day a cop...
TRUMP: I'M THE CURE FOR U.S. TRADE ILLS
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- Donald Trump calls himself "100 percent clean" in his new book -- saying it's "something you can't say with certainty about our current group of presidential candidates." The...
CITY MUST PAY MOM 66G IN STROLLER-BABY CASE
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amA jury yesterday awarded stroller mom Annette Sorensen $66,400 because cops made mistakes in arresting her for leaving her baby outside a Manhattan restaurant in 1997. But the panel rejected...
PREZ GOES TO BAT FOR ROSE -- & CHELSEA
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- President Clinton says Pete Rose belongs in the Baseball Hall of Fame, he'd support daughter Chelsea if she wants to get into politics -- and he's not divorcing...
BRICK VICTIM COULD BE HOME FOR NEW YEAR'S
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amBrick-attack victim Nicole Barrett has made such a remarkable recovery, she could be home in time for the holidays, a hospital spokesman said yesterday. The 27-year-old transplanted Texan has been...
BRONX SCHOOLS SUPT. IN FLAP OVER RELIGION
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amA "religious freedom" group protested yesterday that a Bronx schools superintendent distributed an Anti-Defamation League letter explaining how schools should observe religious holidays. The Virginia-based Religious Freedom Coalition -- and...
JULIE SUES HOSP, DOCS OVER LOST SINGING VOICE
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amJulie Andrews hit Mount Sinai Hospital and two top doctors with a malpractice suit yesterday -- charging they destroyed her famous singing voice in a botched operation. "Singing has been...
PROBERS EYE HS'S NOVEL IDEA -- 'FICTIONAL' KIDS
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amGov. Pataki's Moreland Act Commission is probing bizarre allegations that at least one city high school -- in a crooked bid to collect federal funds --created "fictional children," officials said...
PRINCIPALS' ACCORD SWAPS TENURE FOR PAY
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amCity school principals have reached a historic "handshake agreement" to trade job tenure for raises of up to 31 percent, a top official of their union said last night. The...
TRANSIT UNION AND MTA 'STRIKE' A DEAL
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amTransit union leaders and the MTA reached a deal early today on a new contract to keep the subways and buses running -- after a knuckle-biting round of down-to-the wire...
BRONX DAD SLAIN BY APT. INTRUDERS
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amA Bronx man was shot dead under mysterious circumstances in his apartment while his wife and daughter cowered in another room, police said yesterday. Pedro Rodriguez, 34, a supermarket worker,...
PANAMA GETS CANAL & SNUB FROM BILL
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The United States walked away from the Panama Canal yesterday, turning over the keys to Panamanians - who were angry that President Clinton snubbed the historic takeover. "We...
GIRL, 7, SLEEPS WITH DEAD MOM
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amA 7-year-old Massachusetts girl spent a night cradled in her dead mother's arms after a teacher didn't believe her story that her mom was dead. "If she had gone to...
BABY-SHAKE KILLER COULD GO FREE SOON
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amA Manhattan man was found guilty yesterday of shaking his girlfriend's baby to death for crying while the Super Bowl was on TV. Jurors in Manhattan Supreme Court took less...
SECOND CRAFT ON LOOKOUT FOR MARS LANDER
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amA spacecraft orbiting Mars will try to find out tomorrow whether the missing Mars Polar Lander actually made it to the red planet. NASA scientists will aim a powerful camera...
WILDCAT IS WILD CARD IN TRANSIT SHOWDOWN
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amUnion leaders pulled the plug last night on an authorized transit strike - but the threat of a wildcat walkout that could cripple the city loomed large. The Transport Workers...
TRANSIT WOES DELAY PRINCIPALS' CONTRACT
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amThe threat of a transit strike delayed an imminent contract deal between the city and school principals, officials said yesterday. The proposed pact would give principals a 33-percent raise -...
DESPERATE JINTS DIG DEEP TO FIND KICKOFF HELP
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Desperate times call for desperate measures, and so, with their kickoff situation in dire need of repair, the Giants are ready to sign a kicker off the street...
GIANT TEST: RAMS BATTLE WILL PROVE IF BIG BLUE IS LEGITIMATE SUPER BOWL CONTENDER
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amAT about 3 p.m. Sunday, Central time, the Giants will know where they stand. Not in terms of the playoffs, but as far as their chances to not only surge...
YANKEES SEND NAULTY TO L.A.
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amOne day after getting rid of an expensive spare part in Chad Curtis the Yankees yesterday said so long to Dan Naulty, an inexpensive right-handed reliever and fringe contributor to...
STERN KNOWS AIR'S OUT OF NBA
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amStarting its first full season since Michael Jordan retired, the NBA is discovering a bit more than Air is missing from beneath its wings. Fans are missing from arenas, a...
VILLANUEVA HAS LOOK OF WINNER
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amMost 15-year-old sophomores aren't expected to be leaders. A lot of sophomores aren't even expected to play on the varsity. But Newtown's Charlie Villanueva isn't your average sophomore. "I didn't...
METS WHIFF ON GRIFF:STILL HAVE HOLES AFTER WINTER STRIKEOUT
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amANAHEIM -- The Mets swung for the fences at these winter meetings. And missed. They aimed high and left low. Their play for Ken Griffey Jr. died on the warning...
ROZELLE: CENTURY'S TOP POWER PLAYER
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amWith the millennium rushing to a close, Who's-Who lists have become more and more en vogue. And The Sporting News became the latest in a long line when it held...
RANGERS MULL GELINAS
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amAdam Graves is a Ranger. Joe Murphy nearly became one. Now, Martin Gelinas, the third member of the 1990 Edmonton Kid Line that won a Cup playing for John Muckler,...
PIAZZA WOULD'VE WELCOMED KEN
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amMike Piazza was linked with several hot actresses and models during his Dodger days. Today, his hair's bleached blond and he has a Hollywood look. And he makes $13 million...
KEEP AN EYE ON HUSBANDS
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amEver since most of New York's best jockeys headed south for the winter when the inner dirt track opened, many of the heats here have resembled rodeos more than horse...
HERE'S THE DEAL ON CHEAPER LIFT TICKETS
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amPSST, c'mere. Want cheap lift tickets. No, they didn't fall off a truck; they're being sold every day.You just don't know about it. But you can. Everyone complains about the...
KEYSHAWN A WARRIOR ; JET'S AS REAL AS IT GETS
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amYOU EITHER like Keyshawn Johnson or you detest him. There's no middle ground, and he doesn't really give a damn on which side of the tracks you reside. This, of...
OSCAR PROVES A REAL ACTOR
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amAFEW minutes before yesterday's news conference to announce the next command performance by Oscar De La Hoya -- golfer, singer, international playboy and occasional prizefighter -- the star turned to...
KEITH, KERRY START TO HIT STRIDE
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amKeith Van Horn was not quite in the chattiest of moods yesterday. His answers were "yup" or "nope" or "uh huh" or "pretty much." But so what? In the last...
GUTTY STORM FAIL Q SCHOOL
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amDePaul 71 St. John's 65 ROSEMONT, Ill. -- They were undersized and undermanned, as will often be the case this year. But St. John's is not without heart or pride....
FED-UP PATRICK MAY WANT OUT OF N.Y.
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amHOUSTON -- If Patrick Ewing wants to remain a Knick when his contract ends after next season, he's doing a great job of hiding it. In a feature in yesterday's...
DEVILS AWAIT MAJOR DEAL AFTER DISMANTLING KINGS
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amEven while the Devils show how good they can be, as is, the trade undercurrent only continues to build. With the big deals stuck on hold, sources say defenseman Brad...
POTVIN'S DAYS ARE NUMBERED
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amFelix Potvin made a public plea yesterday that he wants to remain with the Islanders. But it seems the goaltender's days on Long Island could abruptly end this week. With...
JEFF MAY NOT BE NBA LIFER
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amHOUSTON -- Jeff Van Gundy lost his mantle the other day as the NBA's youngest head coach at 37. Sun assistant Scott Skiles, promoted Monday to replace Danny Ainge, now...
EWING FINDS TOUCH: FIRST HALF OUTBURST LIFTS KNICKS TO WIN
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amKnicks 101 Rockets 90 HOUSTON -- This was not against Hakeem Olajuwon's Rockets. But with doubts swirling that Patrick Ewing would ever regain his feathery fall-away, he dispelled some of...
STORM HOPE 6 IS ENOUGH
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amROSEMONT, Ill. - Until last night, Mike Jarvis has been able to convince his players - and perhaps even himself - that their lack of depth can be overcome. After...
CLAUDE NOT SCORING LIKE A MONEY PLAYER
December 15, 1999 | 5:00amThe Knick was known as Dollar Bill. The Devil might be Silver Dollar Claude. Canada issued a silver dollar in 1993 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Stanley Cup....