December 29, 1999
FUND RAINMAKER GETS GROSS PAY ($39M)
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amA little-known bond specialist is about to become the highest-paid portfolio manager in the mutual fund business. William Gross, a bond fund manager at Pimco Advisors, just inked a deal...
CAHNERS MOVING TO THE VILLAGE
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amCahners Publishing is moving its New York offices as part of the company's continuing effort to cut costs and consolidate. Brian Nairn -- head of the company that publishes 127...
LIGHTS, CAMERA - 'NASDATRON!'
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amThe Nasdaq Stock Market added another gigantic, flashing thingy-ma-bob to Times Square yesterday with the unveiling of the eight-story "Nasdaq MarketSite Tower" -- the largest video screen in the world....
TINA'S ART ATTACK: VINSON WALKS OUT
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amANOTHER of Tina Brown's top lieutenants has defected from Talk Magazine. Art director Lesley Vinson, an American who had spent most of her professional career working in Europe -- and...
YANKS SUE QNS. FAN ; BOSS WANTS HIS WEBSITE
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amThe Bronx Bombers have slapped a Queens fans with a lawsuit to win rights to the domain name www.NewYorkYankees.com. Brian McKiernan, a 40-year-old Yankees fan who runs an answering service...
WACHNER NIXES BID FOR CALVIN ; WARNACO CONTENT AS LICENSEE
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amNo thanks, Calvin. Warnaco's Linda Wachner, considered the most likely candidate to buy Calvin Klein Inc., told The Post she's not interested. "We're not in the bidding," said Wachner, whose...
CNBC BEATS CNN: BIZ NEWS IS NOW NAME OF THE GAME
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amVIEWERS are bullish on business news. CNBC yesterday reported record viewing levels for the just-about-over fourth quarter of '99. Citing Nielsen data, the network says it is now seen in...
HARRIS A WONDER IN 'THIRD MIRACLE'
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amED Harris gives another terrific performance as a priest suffering from a crisis of faith in "The Third Miracle," a flawed drama offering a rare look at the Catholic Church's...
A CHILLING 'DEATH'
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amMOVIE REVIEW 'MR. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter Jr.," a new documentary from the brilliant Errol Morris, tells the chilling story of a self-taught American execution...
A PLEASURE TO MEAT YOU, MR. LOAF
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amROCK REVIEW ON a cold winter night, a lean Meat Loaf offered a stripped-down version of his customary concert in support of his two best-selling albums, "Bat out of Hell"...
A GREAT FIND, IF YOU CAN FIND IT
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amTIKKA 344 Lexington Ave. (between 39th and 40th) IF you don't know Tikka is there, it's easy to walk right past the place. Maybe that's why this fine new subterranean...
RESTAURANT RANT ; 'TIS THE SEASON TO BE DISSED
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amIT'S the new millennium and this is what New York restaurant-goers can look forward to: hosts who greet you with the charm of tax auditors, and places that overbook and...
TO BE FRANK, IT ISN'T
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amTHEATER REVIEW BING Crosby once said that "Frank Sinatra has a voice that only comes along once in lifetime," adding with self-deprecating irony that "it's too bad it had to...
1ST Y2K CASUALTY: PAY PER VIEW ; BUT CABLEVISION DOESN'T EXPECT ANY PROBLEMS
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amTIME Warner will not sell pay-per-view movies on New Year's Eve because of the Y2K bug threat. New York City's largest cable operator has opted to yank its pay-per-view service...
CHANNEL 11 STEALING ; 'MAURY POVICH'
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amW PIX/Ch. 11 has made the last syndication deal of the millennium, and it's a doozy: acquiring the rights to "The Maury Povich Show," the hottest talk show on daytime...
STEWART WON'T SHUN GUNS
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amMARTHA Stewart won't take off her gardening gloves and join her Hamptons neighbors in their battle to get a Riverhead Kmart store to remove guns from its shelves. The home-improvement...
THE YEAR IN DINING
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amABSTRACT: What other industry is keeping pace with Internet growth? The restaurant business. In the past year, nearly 300 notable new eateries have opened in the city - and that...
FANS & FOES KEEP MAYOR POST-ED
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amThere are the dead rats and the condoms -- and then there are all those letters about Hillary. Every day, Mayor Giuliani gets cartons of mail filled with abuse, affection,...
THIS THUG ALREADY HAS BLOOD ON HIS HANDS
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amTHE first time I heard the name of "Puffy" Combs was exactly eight years ago today -- Dec. 29, 1991. It was the morning after nine young people of color...
CHALLENGES FOR THE NEXT CHANCELLOR
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amWith Rudy Crew departing, The Post has asked New York education experts, advocates and powerbrokers for their views on the city schools. Steven Sanders (D-Manhattan), chairman of the state Assembly's...
FARRAKHAN 'ATONES' -- AGAIN ; BUT WILL HE ADMIT WRONGDOING IN DETAIL -- OR FOLLOW THROUGH?
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amCOULD the real miracle of the imminent third millennium be a new Louis Farrakhan, one who has turned his back on racial hatred and is now prepared to work for...
HOPING FOR THE $100 MILLION-IUM
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amNew Yorkers lined up yesterday for the chance to spend the millennium with millions. Millions of dollars that is. The drawing for the whopping Millennium Millions jackpot -- expected to...
BARAK DODGES A PRE-SUMMIT POLITICAL BULLET
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amJERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak survived a parliamentary crisis yesterday -- but was refused a goodwill gesture from Syria -- as he prepared for next week's crucial U.S.-brokered...
CARNEGIE HALL: FROM CLASSICAL TO RADICAL
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amEach day until Jan. 1, The Post will take a look at one of New York's landmarks on the eve of the new millennium. We'll talk to people who work...
MONICA WAISTS AWAY IN NEW ADS
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amA newly trim Monica Lewinsky is throwing her weight around in a series of Jenny Craig TV ads that debut this weekend. The ex-White House intern utters not a single...
RUDY DOUBLE-CLICKING ON WEB OF $UPPORTERS
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani is sending out hundreds of thousands of e-mails to supporters, asking for more campaign cash before New Year's Day so he can try to match Hillary Rodham Clinton's...
SLAY-FOR-HIRE CON ADMITS TO '86 MURDER OF GAL PAL
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amA 51-year-old convicted killer has admitted to another murder -- the 1986 Staten Island shooting death of his girlfriend, authorities said yesterday. John Moe -- already doing life for rubbing...
CLINTON ON BILL OF D.C. FLICK
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- President Clinton will make his big-screen debut Friday when he makes a cameo appearance in a new Steven Spielberg film to be screened at the White House's big...
MCCALL: LOTS OF SCHOOLS CHEAT ON STATS
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amThe practice of inflating school attendance figures and fudging test results isn't limited to city schools -- teachers and administrators all over the state cheat the same way, state Comptroller...
TRUANT COPS HOOKED FOR PHONY REPORTS
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amFour Queens cops quietly have been suspended from the force by Police Commissioner Howard Safir for "cooking the books" on the number of truant kids they caught cutting out of...
JET HIJACKERS WANT $200M FROM INDIA
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amHijackers yesterday boldly upped the ante for freeing 155 hostages enduring a fifth hellish night aboard an Indian Airlines plane, demanding $200 million and the release of 35 Kashmiri militants....
RUDY: I'VE ENDEDTHE WELFARE STATE
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani claimed yesterday he had met his pledge to "end welfare by the end of this century," pointing to numbers showing that every able-bodied welfare recipient has been "engaged"...
APPLE'S HOLIDAY SHOPPERS TOPPERS
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amNew Yorkers shopped 'til they dropped more than folks anywhere else in the country did this holiday season, a new report shows. Big Apple retailers took in 7.2 percent more...
HIT-RUN VICTIM IS IDENTIFIED
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amThe 14-year-old girl killed by a hit-and-run driver in The Bronx in a Christmas tragedy has finally been identified. Amaryllis DeValle of the East Tremont section was struck early Sunday...
HEART ATTACK KILLS TV'S 'LONE RANGER' AT 85
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES -- Actor Clayton Moore, who, with a mighty "Hi-ho, Silver!" tamed the wild West as TV's Lone Ranger, died of a heart attack yesterday at 85. Moore was...
SEXGATE'S BAD GIRL HAS LANDED IN FAT CITY
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amJUST when you thought she'd disappeared into a big bakery somewhere, Monica's back, and confessing her sins once more. Oy, as they say in Washington. This time she's talking fat...
'MR. DEATH' FILM SUMS UP MORAL HISTORY OF CENTURY
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amTHE Holocaust, in which the most culturally and technologically advanced nation on earth systematically murdered a people in the name of an Idea, is the signal event of the 20th...
EXPECT NEW CHANCELLOR SOON
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amThe Board of Education yesterday promised to name an interim replacement for ousted Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew by Jan. 12 and his permanent successor by spring. Board President Bill Thompson...
PARENTS AGAIN ARE FORGOTTEN IN THE PROCESS
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amTHE parents of this city's public school kids want to be heard. Yesterday, the Board of Education announced plans to hire an interim chancellor and begin the search for a...
WEALTHY BIZ COUPLE ABANDONS PALSY SON AT HOSP
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amFed up with their sickly son's debilitating illness, a wealthy and prominent Pennsylvania couple dumped him at a Delaware hospital with a note asking that someone else care for him,...
PUFFY INSISTS: IT'S A BUM RAP
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amMusic mogul Sean "Puffy" Combs predicted he'll be vindicated of gun charges stemming from a nightclub shootout -- even as prosecutors prepared to present evidence to a grand jury today....
INSULT TO INJURY FOR VICTIM'S MOM
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amThe elderly mother of slain cop John Varecha lashed out at the decision to parole his killer yesterday, saying Albert Victory's release was a big mistake that should never have...
'PSYCHO' COP KILLER FREE ; SAFIR & PATAKI BLAST BIZARRE PAROLE RULING
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amA coldblooded cop killer walked free on parole yesterday after a series of mind-boggling court rulings, triggering an explosion of outrage from police, the governor and the victim's elderly mother....
COPS OFFER NEW LOOK AT MIDTOWN RAPIST
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amThe NYPD yesterday released an updated sketch of the rapist who attacked a young TV producer in Midtown. Police artist Stephen Mancusi started with a sketch drawn from a description...
OFF-DUTY COP SHOT IN BRONX
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amAn off-duty police officer was wounded today in a gunfight that followed a traffic accident in The Bronx's Baychester section, authorities said. The officer, who was hit in the abdomen,...
GOP HOPEFULS TO FLOOD N.H.
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Republican opponents of presidential front-runner George W. Bush yesterday dismissed his plan to campaign heavily in New Hampshire, saying they'll spend as much if not more time there....
ABC GIVES 'SPORTS NIGHT' FANS A BREAK: SHOW SAVED IN RESHUFFLE FOR 'MILLIONAIRE'
December 29, 1999 | 5:00am"Sports Night" was shelved last month during the November sweeps, which is usually a sure sign that a series' fate hangs in the balance. ABC is not yanking "Sports Night,"...
GANG GREEN STATES CASE FOR Y-TUNA-K
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amThere's been this notion that the Jets, with no playoffs to fight for, have had nothing to play for since their 1-6 start. Not true. In recent weeks, it's become...
FASSEL MAKING LIST, CHECKING IT TWICE ; GIANT FUTURES ON LINE IN SEASON FINALE
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amJIM Fassel might as well not even attempt to define the playoff possibilities for his Giants. To succinctly put in perspective what the regular-season finale at Texas Stadium means to...
TUNA, GANG GREEN WONDER 'WHAT IF'
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amJET NOTES The Jets, fresh off their shootout victory over the Dolphins, found themselves looking around the league yesterday realizing they're about as hot as any playoff-bound team in the...
HOT NIK BOOSTING ISLES
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amThis, he figured, was his final shot. One more try before his NHL career was placed permanently offsides in the minors. Under these circumstances, Niklas Andersson, a 28-year old forward,...
LOU'S STATUS KEY IN SALE OF DEVILS
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amWhile his players are asking him about their role on the team, Devil President and GM Lou Lamoriello might be wondering about his, with the team believed close to being...
TIME TO PACK UP IF CARDINALS FAIL
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES Should the Giants have any realistic hope that the Cardinals can come out of the desert, bundle up and actually beat the Packers in what's sure to be...
GO 4TH, YOUNG SKIERS
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amTHE State of New York is playing Santa Claus for the new millennium, offering fourth-grade students free skiing and snowboarding for the 1999-2000 winter season. The "4th Graders Ski &...
RUTGERS REBOUNDS FROM KNIGHTMARE
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amECAC CONSOLATION Rutgers 86 Siena 74 After suffering a humiliating loss to Florida in the Jimmy V Classic and then a shocking upset to Hofstra in the ECAC Holiday Festival...
GO WITH THE HOT HANDS
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amFor the second straight year, ever since winter wonderjocks Jorge Chavez and Migliore took their business south for the winter, Aaron Gryder is running away with the riding title over...
MANHATTAN CENTER HOLDS ON
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amManh. Center 74 Wadleigh 72 Wadleigh rushed its shots throughout last night's championship game of the James P. Sullivan Christmas Classic. The last hurried attempt cost it a chance at...
DE LA HOYA: IS NOT TRUE
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amOscar De La Hoya calls a police investigation into a women's claim that he raped her at his apartment on Christmas night "completely false." The woman, who was not identified,...
HOFSTRA'S TWO-RIFFIC! RIPS RAMS FOR 2ND STRAIGHT HOLIDAY FESTIVAL TITLE
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amECAC CHAMPIONSHP Hofstra 75 Fordham 50 It was over before it started, not because Hofstra is vastly superior to Fordham or because the Flying Dutchmen, who won the ECAC Holiday...
SPREWELL IS NOT GLOATING OVER FIRING OF CARLESIMO
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amLatrell Sprewell wasn't about to dance on P.J. Carlesimo's coaching grave yesterday. But if you expected the Knick star to show remorse, or say he contributed to Carlesimo's demise in...
MARBURY BREAKING NET MOLD
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amTHESE ARE the Marbury Millennium Nets. An hour and a half before last night's game, Keith Van Horn, who is affectionately called Pale Rider by Jayson Williams, was paler than...
ESCHMEYER HAS BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amNET NOTES It wasn't the seventh game of the NBA Finals. Even if rookie center Evan Eschmeyer acted as if it were. Eschmeyer, the No. 34 pick in the draft,...
EWING, CHRIS SWAMP RATS
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amKurt Thomas didn't show up last night at the Meadowlands because he was serving the first game of a two-game suspension. What was Patrick Ewing's excuse? Point guard Charlie Ward...
WALLACE -- OUTTA JAIL AND ONTO SCORESHEET
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Did John Wallace find his jumper in jail? Fresh off spending a night in the slammer after being charged with driving with a suspended license, Wallace scored a...
BLUESHIRTS MUST WAIT FOR SHOT AT PRIMEAU
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amPHOENIX -- Yesterday's Keith Primeau trade deadline as arbitrarily imposed by Carolina GM Jim Rutherford doesn't necessarily mean the Rangers won't wind up with the unsigned Group II power center....
RANGER POINT IS WELL-TAKEN ; STILL AT BEST OUT WEST
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amRangers 2 Coyotes 2 PHOENIX -- Terrific, terrific, entertaining hockey here last night, and just another example of how the Rangers are at their best in wide-open games where they...
NETS, KNICKS CALL IN SICK : FLU, INJURIES LEAVE CLUBS SHORTHANDED
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amThe Pale Rider looked more like the Dead Man Walking. Keith Van Horn, with a complexion that suggested he had spent two fun-filled weeks in Antarctica, trudged out of the...
DEPLETED KNICKS IN GUARDED CONDITION
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amThey were down to nine men last night against the Nets and that included rookie forward Mirsad Turkcan, whom Jeff Van Gundy will never use; John Wallace, who just spent...
SPREE WON'T GLOAT :TAKES HIGH ROAD ON PJ
December 29, 1999 | 5:00amLatrell Sprewell wasn't about to dance on P.J. Carlesimo's coaching grave yesterday. But if you expected the Knick star to show remorse, or say he contributed to Carlesimo's demise in...