December 18, 1999
PROTOTYPE TV SLIPS OUT OF MICROSOFT'S WEB
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe NYPD has recovered a Microsoft Web TV prototype that was taken from the computer giant's Silicon Valley offices and mailed cross-country to an Upper East Side man, police said...
9 NABBED IN $38M FUNDS SCAM
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amIt was a scam waiting to happen. Alledgedly tempted by billions of dollars sitting abandoned in bank and brokerage accounts, a group of nine computer workers was accused yesterday of...
NAUGHTON GETTING OUT OF JAIL MONDAY - COURT RULES CHILD PORN LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES -- A legal lightning bolt yesterday struck the child pornography law that had sent a former top Disney executive to jail, prompting defense lawyers and federal prosecutors to...
AT LAST! DELIVERANCE FOR WEARY HOLIDAY SCHLEPPERS
December 18, 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. Picture this: It's the first stop on your...
A CAMERAMAN'S TALE OF 2 MOVIES
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amZHAO Fei is the cinematographer for two very different movies now showing in New York: The sprawling Chinese epic "The Emperor and the Assassin," set in the third-century BC and...
A SNEAK PEEK AT FIRST NIGHT
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: You've got to hand it to the kids. At least they're not stockpiling champagne, checking the prices on caviar, and fretting about what parties they'll make or miss come...
THE BEST (AND WORST) HOLIDAY VIDS FOR KIDS
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: There's certainly no shortage of yuletide films on tape. The trouble is, unless you've pre-screened them with the kids in mind, it's hard to tell which holiday films are...
DID MADONNA PAL BOOGIE WITH MOB? ; FEDS: MAFIA PUT $$ IN CHIC CLUB
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe government may seize the hot nightclub owned by Madonna chum Ingrid Casares on grounds it was financed with mob money, The Post has learned. Astonishing court documents filed late...
INDIANS SPICE APPLE WITH DASH OF CURRY
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amSam Kapadia had a dream. An engineer by training and a consultant by trade, Kapadia, an immigrant from India, considered himself lucky. And then he got laid off. "I came...
BUYERS CRY 'CHARGE' AND OVERRUN STORES
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amShoppers flooded into the city for the last Christmas sales weekend of 1999 in what retail experts said could be a record-setting surge of last-minute buying. "We're exhausted. We've been...
CARJACK VICTIM 'CELLS' OUT TO HELP NAIL SUSPECT
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amA Long Island carjack victim imprisoned in the trunk of his moving car yesterday gave new meaning to the term "cell phone" -- he used his wireless to dial 911,...
NFL SLAY-SUSPECT'S MOM TURNED HIM IN
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amFearing for her son's life, NFL wide receiver Rae Carruth's mother turned him in to cops to face charges of murdering a pregnant friend, she told The Post. Theodry Carruth...
DEM RIVALS COME OUT SWINGING IN DEBATE
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- Democratic rivals Al Gore and Bill Bradley took off their gloves last night in a New Hampshire debate -- with Bradley for the first time getting aggressive as...
WHY DID BUILDINGS DEPT. OK UNSAFE W'BURG APTS.?
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amONE of the most puzzling aspects in a politically charged investigation of building practices in Brooklyn is how a developer obtained certificates of occupancy for 11 buildings riddled with hazardous...
BALL-DROP DOC BRINGS MESSAGE OF CHARITY
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amA Bellevue/NYU surgeon who volunteers around the world hopes she'll inspire others to lend a helping hand when she drops the millennium ball in Times Square. Dr. Mary Ann Hopkins...
NO LETUP IN RUSSIANS' BLOODY ASSAULT ON GROZNY
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amRussian tanks probed the edges of Grozny from three directions yesterday, continuing to shell the besieged Chechen capital, where thousands of civilians remain trapped. Despite the fierce fighting, Russian authorities...
N.Y. CIG TAX SOARING TO PAY FOR NEW HEALTH PLAN
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amNew York will boost its tax on cigarettes to the highest in the nation and pump the extra $400 million into health care for 1 million uninsured residents, under a...
POO-BAH PHOTOG DIDN'T SET IT UP: AGENCY
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe renowned lensman who took photos of the attack on a painting of the Virgin Mary was in the right place at the right time, his agency maintained yesterday amid...
VOLPE SUMMONED BACK TO TESTIFY AT NEW LOUIMA TRIAL
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amJustin Volpe was slapped with a subpoena to testify at the obstruction trial of Charles Schwarz and two other cops that Schwarz was not with him during the bathroom assault...
DIALLO JUDGE BENCHED AS ALBANY GETS CASE
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amA new judge will be assigned to the Amadou Diallo police murder trial as early as Monday, state court officials said yesterday. "In all likelihood, the announcement ... will be...
ISRAEL'S $15B PRICE TAG ON PEACE ; WILL ASK U.S. FOR AID HIKE IN SYRIA PACT
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- An Israeli-Syrian peace pact would come with a hefty price tag, and Israel is concerned that the United States will be unwilling to help pay for it. Israel...
DEFIANT DEFACER ; SAYS HE'D DO IT AGAIN ; RETIREE FEELS HE'S 'DUNG' HIS DUTY
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe 72-year-old churchgoer who attacked a controversial Virgin Mary painting at the Brooklyn Museum of Art defiantly said yesterday he would do it again -- if he could. "All I...
SHELTERS: WE'LL HEED JESUS, NOT HIZZONER
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amA coalition of 42 groups that shelter more than 3,600 families under city contract announced yesterday it will defy Mayor Giuliani's strict new work-for-shelter policy. "What am I supposed to...
BRICK VICTIM'S CHRISTMAS MIRACLE NICOLE OUT OF HOSP AND FLYING BACK TO TEXAS
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amHer face brimming with joy, brick-attack victim Nicole Barrett took her first steps outside the hospital yesterday -- walking into her bouquet-filled Queens apartment and the happy arms of her...
IVANA FLIES INTO RAGE OVER NO-SHOW LUGGAGE
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amCall her Ivana the terrible sport. That's what at least one German talk-show host says -- after the well-heeled diva reportedly refused to budge from a Cologne airport lounge for...
MOST NYERS SAYING IT'S MUCH A-DOO 'BOUT NOTHIN'
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amNew Yorkers were nearly unanimous yesterday in poo-poohing the paint attack on the dung-dappled Virgin Mary portrait at the Brooklyn Museum. "I think it's a disgrace what he did. You...
JUDGE'S DAD DIES IN JAYWALK TRAGEDY
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe father of a Manhattan judge was struck and killed by a taxicab as he crossed against the light on the Upper West Side yesterday afternoon, police said. Arthur Koretz,...
FEDS PRAY BORDER BUST HAS DERAILED Y2K BOMB ATTACK
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe feds have unearthed a possible terror plot for a New Year's Eve bombing at Seattle's famed Space Needle, where tens of thousands are expected to ring in the millennium....
HEART ATTACK CLAIMS JAZZ GIANT GROVER WASHINGTON JR.
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amPop-jazz saxophone pioneer Grover Washington Jr. died suddenly last night from an apparent heart attack after taping a performance at CBS studios in Manhattan. He had turned 56 last Sunday....
SAINTHOOD FOR ARCHBISHOP SHEEN?
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, the magnetic television evangelist who hosted a popular TV show in the 1950s, is being considered for sainthood. John Cardinal O'Connor gave the go-ahead...
10 KILLED IN BOMB ATTACK AT KASHMIR MARKETPLACE
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amA powerful bomb ripped through a crowded market in the Pakistan-ruled part of Kashmir yesterday, killing 10 people, including seven children who had gathered to watch a juggler, police and...
NEWT & WIFE HAMMER OUT A $PLITSVILLE DEAL
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Newt Gingrich and his wife yesterday reached a who-gets-what divorce settlement - avoiding an ugly court drama starring Newtie's cutie. The confidential deal splitting up the spoils from...
OMAR'S READY TO TAKE STAGE IN PRIME TIME
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amWhen Omar Stoutmire picked off Dan Marino and raced 67 yards for a touchdown to seal the Jets' 28-20 victory last Sunday, he had several close friends watching on television....
RUSH HOUR FOR GRAGG ; GIANT RT TAKES ON NFL'S TOP SACK MAN
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amIf Scott Gragg wants to get a better idea of what Kevin Carter is all about, he could research the subject by speaking with Ike Hilliard, a college teammate of...
FASSEL PUTS CORTEZ THROUGH BOOT CAMP ON KICKOFFS GIANT NOTES
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amThis isn't supposed to be so difficult. "No, it's not," Jim Fassel said. The Giants are trying to solve their bothersome kickoff problems, but it hasn't been easy. Jose Cortez,...
CAPITALS BORE AHEAD TO END RANGERS' UNBEATEN STREAK
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amOVERTIMECapitals3Rangers2 Hockey is not meant to be played the way it was last night at the Garden. Hockey is not meant to be the bore that it becomes when the...
OVERBROOK REACTS TO FLANDERS RULING
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amOverbrook Farm released a statement yesterday concerning the recent resolution of the Flanders affair. The champion filly was disqualified, and her trainer D. Wayne Lukas suspended six months, when she...
TEPID DEVILS HOPING 'STREAK' IS START OF SOMETHING BIG
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amLike a crowd, two does not a streak make. Three would be a start, just as it could be the start of the Devils' game living up to their record...
CASEY'S CREW JUST CAN'T FINISH
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amCLEVELAND -- You can easily look back and say "what if?" regarding the Nets and some of their recent fiascoes. What if they had the faintest idea of how to...
NO KIDD-ING: PANTHERS STILL WANT POTVIN
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amThe Panthers continue to show serious interest in Islanders' goaltender Felix Potvin, The Post has learned. With Panthers No. 1 goalie Trevor Kidd out for at least two months --...
RAM IT OVER GOAL LINE ; GIANTS MUST RUN ST. LOUIS RAGGED
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amTHESE GIANTS have mayhem on their minds as they depart today for St. Louis. These Giants, and all of a sudden, live for the smell of fear on the other...
HERB: PATRICK'S GOTTA GO OUT AS A KNICK
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amA retirement party for ex-Knick Herb Williams will be held Jan. 9 at Jimmy's Cafe in Harlem. Williams, the NBA's oldest player last season at 41, hopes in a few...
IT'S BEEN A PARADE OF PATSIES ; KNICKS ARE FATTENING UP ON DIET OF NBA'S DREGS
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amNot to rain on the post-Patrick Ewing parade, but the Knicks still haven't beaten anyone of note during their 4-0 record with Ewing in the lineup. None of the four...
DETERMINED DAIGLE FINDS HOME IN GARDEN
December 18, 1999 | 5:00amAlexandre Daigle, who earned a $100,000 bonus by playing last night in his 10th game as a Ranger, may have to start spending some of it on rent. That's because...