January 9, 2000
FOLLOWING IN GREENSPAN'S FOOTSTEPS
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amWhen Alan Greenspan finally retires -- which is, unfortunately, inevitable -- will there ever be anyone who can effectively replace him? Or will Greenspan always be remembered as the best...
THE CULT OF TOKYO JOE IS INTERNET GURU A CHEATING FRAUD OR A TRADING GENIUS?
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amIT is a story familiar to all: the Horatio Alger myth, the immigrant who pulls himself up by the bootstraps to become a success. Simply put, it is the American...
THE BULL'S EYE
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amJobless Jamie Dimon goes Hollywood NEVER underestimate the allure of Hollywood. Jamie Dimon -- the most well-known and highly respected unemployed executive on Wall Street -- is dipping his toes...
THIS MEDIAGOSSIP GURU IS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amJAMES Romenesko, the founder of MediaGossip.com, no longer has to update all of MediaGossip.com in the wee hours before work, then slink into the door of his newspaper office at...
COULD IT BE STORY OF 'O' FOR OPRAH'S NEW MAG?
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amOprah Winfrey's magazine has pre-sold over 500 ad pages for its first year, but it still lacks one thing all magazines must have when they launch: a name. Now, says...
FED HEAD'S READY TO SET HIS LEGACY
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amFor Alan Greenspan, it's legacy-building time. The popular chairman of the Federal Reserve got what he long desired on Tuesday when President Clinton re-nominated him to the post he's had...
HOPE ON THE HORIZON
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amIt was Charles Dickens who wrote about "the best of times and the worst of times," and the New York theater has always known exactly what he meant. But theatrically,...
4 QUESTIONS: ANTHONY RUIVIVAR
January 9, 2000 | 5:00am'WATCH' OUT FOR ANTHONY Hawaiian-born Anthony Ruivivar was born into a multi-ethnic musical family -- and is certainly keeping the beat as one of the stars of ""Third Watch,"" NBC"s...
THE BOOK REPORT: IN REVIEW
January 9, 2000 | 5:00am"Sick Puppy," by Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, 352 pages, $25. It's hard to tell exactly who the "sick puppy" is in Carl Hiaasen's latest caper. Is it young Twilly Spree, the...
TECH IT OUT
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amRunning out of storage space for all those cassette tapes? Don't need to - not in the digital age. And as digital voice recorders go, the Olympus DS-150 is a...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: JANE SEYMOUR
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amAfter knee injuries ended Jane Seymour's dream of dancing at the age of 17, the young Brit flew to America to pursue an acting career. And it didn't take long...
SPRING FILM FEVER: A GUIDE TO TINSELTOWN'S UPCOMING BRIGHT RELEASES
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amLeo's back! "Titanic" star Leonardo DiCaprio ends his two-year-absence from the big screen with "The Beach," perhaps the most eagerly awaited movie of the spring season, which opens Wednesday and...
IS THERE CHESS IN HEAVEN? ONE ARTIST THINKS SO
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amTHE last big New York tournament of 1999 featured players huddled over boards, chess clocks ticking -- and machine guns firing blanks in a nearby shooting gallery. There was also...
MEALS & DEALS
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amHale andHearty Soups849 Lexington Ave.(between 64thand 65th streets)(212) 517-7600 It's flu season and there's nothing quite as comforting as a bowl of hot soup. Even if you're not ailing, you'll...
TIES TO DEMS MIGHT HURT LEVY'S CHANCES
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amHarold Levy, a contender for interim schools chancellor, is a highly accomplished banker and lawyer with ties to the Democratic Party. But what he's not is a certified educator --...
RUSSIA HIDING A HIDEOUS DEATH TOLL: TROOPS
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe Russian military is hushing up the deaths of scores of soldiers to avoid a ublic outcry against the bloody war in Chechnya, Russian soldiers charged yesterday. In interviews, soldiers...
MCCAIN BIDS TO EXPLAIN NOTES BOOSTING DONORS
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has billed himself as a reformer, claimed yesterday he was only trying to protect consumers when he pressed regulators on behalf of...
PREZ DUE BACK IN W.VA. TO PUSH PEACE PROCESS
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amSHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. -- President Clinton is expected to arrive here today for a working session with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Sharaa to get their...
U.S. 'SECRET EVIDENCE' LAW TERRORIZES INNOCENT ARABS
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amHANY KIARELDEEN is not a criminal, but every time he hears a police siren, he envisions himself in handcuffs and being hauled away like a common thug. The basis for...
EXPERTS THINK KILEY CAN MAKE GRADE
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amRobert Kiley -- former CIA operative, politician and MTA chairman -- may just have the perfect background for schools chancellor, said NYU urban-affairs Professor Mitchell Moss. "The CIA teaches you...
TIBET HOLY MAN'S OM RUN ; TEENAGE GURU JOINS DALAI LAMA IN INDIA
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amChina was stunned yesterday after a Tibetan religious leader fled his homeland in a daring journey and appeared at the Dalai Lama's home in India. Wearing a dark brown monk's...
FLU CALLED, MANY CHOSEN IN BUG-BLITZED APPLE
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe Big Apple's hospitals are under attack from the flu bug. The sneezy, achy, yucky illness arrived six weeks early in a more virulent form that's hammered four times as...
SENATOR CLAIMS ELIAN TOLD HIM: 'HELP ME!'
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amA U.S. senator cast the words of Cuban raft boy Elian Gonzalez into the nasty public-relations battle over the 6-year-old's fate yesterday, saying the child begged him to "help me"...
BE WISE & STAY HEALTHY
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amIf you don't already have the flu, medical experts say these tips will help you dodge it: Get a flu shot. Wash your hands often. Once outside the nasal passages,...
GORE TRIES 'DEBUNKER' STRATEGY SPARS WITH BRADLEY AT DEBATE
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amVice President Al Gore yesterday ticked off successes of the Clinton years to show he's not stuck in a "Washington bunker" -- but left President Clinton's name out of the...
QUIZ WHIZ: IT'S '20-DUMB' ; 1950S TV CHAMPION STEMPEL RIPS NEW SHOW
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amHerbert Stempel is blowing the whistle on "Twenty One" again. The Queens man who exposed the game show in 1956 for rigging answers says the new version -- which premieres...
REFUGEE REMEMBERS CASTRO'S TAKEOVER
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amMIAMI -- Mirta Fuentes' father took a big risk at the height of the Cuban Revolution -- putting his two youngsters alone on a plane to Mexico, banking on the...
TWINS TO MAKE THEIR POINT AS FEM CADETS
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amIdentical twins Alexandra and Christiana Cioffi are ready to be all that they can be -- after being accepted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. And the Westchester...
IS FICTION STRANGER THAN TRUTH WITH FAIRSTEIN?
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amALEX COOPER is a young, sexy, gorgeous and slightly aggressive female. As head of the Manhattan district attorney's Sex Crimes Unit, she cracks cases like egg shells. Being single, she...
QUEENS DA CAN'T CLOSE 'SEX TOUR' TRAVEL AGENT
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amA Queens travel agency that arranges sex tours of the Philippines and Thailand is declaring victory after Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced he could find no legal way to...
PREZ PUSHES FOR NEW 'FAMILY PLANNING' ABORTION $$
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton said yesterday he'll fight to remove restrictions on international family-planning spending so that abortion can be discussed as an option. Clinton made the request as he...
STATE PROBES FRAUDULENT ONLINE OFFERS OF FAKE IDS
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amState officials are going after Internet scammers claiming to sell fake driver's licenses. Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the Department of Motor Vehicles are trying to identify con artists who...
SPATE OF KNIFINGS LEAVES 3 INJURED
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amA patron at a controversial Chelsea nightclub was among three men badly injured in knife attacks, police said yesterday. Jason Caracappa, 19, was slashed across the left side of face...
10 BUILDINGS WE LOVE TO HATE: THE APPLE OF OUR EYES
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amMaybe the 20th century wasn't all bad. The same panel of experts who condemned modern buildings as the city's ugliest also found some pleasing examples of 20th-century design. Even the...
10 BUILDINGS WE LOVE TO HATE
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amNEW YORK SKYSCRAPERS Man, the 20th century had some ugly moments. That's one conclusion reached by a group of architects and experts convened by The Post to identify the city's...
COURT TELLS REV. AL TO COUGH UP LIBEL $$$
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe state Court of Appeals has a message for Tawana Brawley advisers the Rev. Al Sharpton, Alton Maddox Jr. and C. Vernon Mason: Pay up! The three men were sued...
WOULD-BE MONEY HONEYS HOPING TO TIE KNOT WITH TV $UGAR DADDY
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amWho wants to marry a millionaire you've never met before? At least 100 women in Kenosha, Wis., for starters. The wannabe brides packed a Kenosha tavern in the hope of...
HILL'S CAMP GIVES RUDY THE BASH ON SHARED CASH
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amHillary Clinton's U.S. Senate camp yesterday called for an investigation into allegations that likely rival Mayor Giuliani improperly raised money through two political committees and dipped into them to cover...
EX-MTA HONCHO MIGHT BE COMPROMISE CANDIDATE
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amFormer MTA chief Robert Kiley gained ground yesterday as the leading contender to fill the schools chancellor vacancy after another top candidate dropped out. The board is expected to vote...
DID JANE FIND GOD -- AND LOSE TED?
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amOne thing apparently separating Jane Fonda and Ted Turner is their views on religion. Fonda, once infamously nicknamed "Hanoi Jane" for embracing Commies in Vietnam, is now reportedly fond of...
20,000 RUSH TO TAKE TA MOTORMAN TEST
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amA bus driver, a factory worker and a letter carrier joined thousands of others yesterday in trying to land a new job -- behind the controls of a city subway...
BIKE FATALITIES SPIKE IN 1999: COPS
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe number of bicyclists killed in traffic collisions in New York City jumped more than 70 percent last year compared to 1998, police statistics show. Overall traffic fatalities also increased...
COPS HUNT CENTRAL PARK BANDIT
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amThree people walking together near Wollman Rink in Central Park were robbed at gunpoint last night, cops said. The bandit, described as a male in his 30s and wearing a...
MARKET EXPERTS DIFFER OVER 'CORRECT' THING TO DO
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amSome financial experts have two words of advice for investors trying to protect last year's big profits from the ups and downs of the year 2000: Do nothing. "The basic...
SNEAKER BIZ IS CATCHING HEEL OVER HS ATHLETES
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amHigh-school hoopsters are being turned into running, dunking billboards in the billion-dollar athletic-shoe market -- even as some experts say sneaker makers' exploitation of kids is going too far. And...
ON THE BRINK OF MEDICAL MIRACLES ; BIOTECH FIRMS CLOSING IN ON KILLER DISEASES
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amNew York's medical researchers -- who've spent decades harnessing the power of molecular science -- now find themselves in a hotbed of astounding breakthroughs that could spell the end to...
CARDINAL'S BIRTHDAY: PARISH THE THOUGHT
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amJohn Cardinal O'Connor will ascend the altar at his beloved St. Patrick's Cathedral today to celebrate his 80th birthday with those he loves most -- his parishioners. Time and again...
'FAKE KID' TWIST IN TRAGIC CASE OF SLAIN CLOSET TOT
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amThe Brooklyn mom accused of killing her baby and stashing the body in a closet for 20 years used another youngster to fool city officials and child-welfare investigators for years,...
IF ROCKER IS CRAZY, WHAT ABOUT TURNER
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amJOHN "Mouth of the South" Rocker is obviously a hot-tempered jerk. He may even be stupid. But that doesn't mean he's crazy. Before Rocker is hauled away in a straitjacket...
CUSTODY STRUGGLE MEANS IT'S JUST TRIAL, TRIAL AGAIN
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amWhat a difference a new century doesn't make -- Patricia Duff and billionaire ex-husband Ron Perelman are going back to court. The thrice-married Revlon chairman and four-time married multimillionaire-mom will...
WEIZMAN SCANDAL AT BAD TIME FOR BARAK
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amEZER WEIZMAN, the war hero who serves as Israel's president, may have to resign in a corruption scandal. The unprecedented development comes at a difficult moment, when Prime Minister Ehud...
MARINO'S GOT ONE MORE MIRACLE IN HIM
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amSEATTLE -- A bad seven days to be a Jet culminates this afternoon with a playoff matchup they probably cannot bring themselves to watch. If it is any consolation to...
TED'S THE ONE WHO'S SICK ; TURNER'S WCW POLICIES WORSE THAN ROCKER'S
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amJOHN Rocker, in addition to a psychiatrist, could use a good lawyer, a Clarence Darrow type, one who could make the case that Rocker's sins are similar but actually far...
DOUBLE TROUBLE DEION CAN'T COVER BOTH MOSS AND CARTER
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amMINNEAPOLIS -- One on one, Deion Sanders usually comes out the winner. But if it's two against one, even the skill of football's best cornerback may not be enough to...
NOE, GET OTB -- OR GET OUT
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amTHE proposed merger of New York City OTB with the New York Racing Association would make this state the horse racing capital of the world, a Big Apple haven for...
RICE BELONGS IN HALL -- STAT SIMPLE HIS NUMBERS BETTER THAN PEREZ'
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amWOKE up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head (lie), opened my mail. Oh, look, what a surprise! Yet another letter telling me why I should vote...
CHEAPSKATE BRUINS DON'T CARE ABOUT CUP
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amTORONTO -- It's all catching up to the Bruins, the miserly ownership, the constant second-guessing of the coach by management, it's finally crashing down on a franchise that is well...
COUNTRY ONLY ROLLS HOME
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amLoping along on an easy lead through pillow-soft fractions under Herbie Castillo Jr., Country Only repulsed a bid from 4-5 favorite Ben The Man at the top of the stretch...
NCAA SAYS WOLFINGER'S INELIGIBLE
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amWHEELING, W. Va. -- St. John's freshman Jack Wolfinger, who has yet to play while the NCAA Freshmen Eligibility Clearinghouse reviewed his high school transcripts, was ruled ineligible to play...
JOHNNIES WHEELING AND DEALING ; RED STORM RUN OVER HOMELESS W. VIRGINIA
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amWHEELING, W. Va. -- The West Virginia Mountaineers have learned to avoid the perils of asbestos. Avoiding the menacing-quick St. John's pressure defense is another matter. The Red Storm, who...
S. AFRICAN CHAMP WOWS 'EM IN FLA.
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amHorse Chestnut, the South African Triple Crown winner, made a successful U.S. debut when he won the Grade 3 $100,000 Broward Handicap at Gulfstream Park. Isaypete closed well on the...
MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER ... BRENNER TURNED THE GARDEN INTO MECCA OF BOXING
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amTHE NIGHT of March 8, 1971, was an important one for boxing fans, for Madison Square Garden, and for Teddy Brenner, all for different reasons. The Garden had sold 20,455...
JET OWNERSHIP WAR ENTERS FINAL PHASE
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amIMAGINE buying a dream house, a very expensive dream house, and days before the closing the roof caves in, the boiler craps out and a platoon of termites moves into...
LAKERS UP FOR TONI ; KUKOC DEAL WOULD PUT L.A. OVER THE TOP
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amTHANKS to the Hornets' panic attack in the final eight minutes Friday night, in which they thoughtlessly squandered a 13-point advantage, the Lakers' winning streak is still breathing. Yet, despite...
HAIL TO THE REDSKINS! EVERYTHING'S LOOKING UP FOR TURNER'S NFC EAST CHAMPS
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amLANDOVER - They won their first division title in eight years. They own three first-round draft picks - including the second overall choice - in April's NFL draft. Their offense...
DOLPHINS IN TANK IN FOREIGN WATERS
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amWHEN the Dolphins take the field today in the Kingdome, they'll be looking for their first road playoff victory since New Year's Eve, 1972. On that day, Jim Kiick rushed...
FLU SEASON NO PROBLEM FOR PATRICK
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Patrick Ewing was hoping to play his first back-to-back game of the season last night when the Knicks played host to Cleveland at the Garden. But he will...
KNICKS NEED KILLER INSTINCT
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amTwo negative season-long trends continued Friday night in Orlando and somehow didn't wind up costing the Knicks the game. First, the Knicks were destroyed on the offensive glass, getting outrebounded...
HOUSTON'S PUT MORE MUSCLE INTO HIS GAME: NO ONE IS PUSHING ALLAN HOUSTON AROUND ANYMORE. HE IS CLEARLY DESERVES TO BE IN THE ALL-STAR GAME IN OAKLAND FOR THE WAY HE CONDUCTS HIMSELF ON AND OFF THE COURT
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amNOT too long ago Allan Houston was considered soft. Take a closer look, he has become Houston the Hulk. While the Knicks Sideshow has gathered most of the attention this...
MALHOTRA BACK, BUT NOT TO PLAY
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amTORONTO - Manny Malhotra admitted yesterday he was somewhat concerned that by leaving the Rangers to play in the World Junior Tournament, he'd return only to find that someone else...
BREWER DEMOTED A SECOND TIME
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amBOSTON - Eric Brewer was expected to become a mainstay in the Islanders' defensemen corps this year. Butch Goring thought so, as did Mike Milbury. But it hasn't worked out...
STAR-TLING ROOKIE : GOMEZ DESERVES MID-SEASON HONOR
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amAlthough the Devils are suddenly challenging for the league lead, there is probably no room for more than two of them in the Feb. 6 All-Star Game in Toronto. One...
BILLS COACH FINDS NEW WADE TO LOSE
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amABSTRACT: AFC Notes One question few seemed to have a good answer for in the aftermath of yesterday's 22-16 thriller of a victory for the Titans over the Bills was...
TITANS LUCK OUT WITH LUCKETT ON THE SCENE
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amNASHVILLE -- The following is the explanation from referee Phil Luckett, who after reviewing the final, decisive game-winning kickoff return, ruled that it was a legal lateral from Titans' TE...
TITANS' MIRACLE - CONTROVERSIAL KICKOFF RETURN AT 0:03 STUNS BILLS
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amNASHVILLE -- In Tennessee, it will forever be known as the "Immaculate Return." Put it in a trophy case, right next to the "Immaculate Reception," Doug Flutie's Hail Mary win...
BLUESHIRTS LEAF IT TO PETR ; NEDVED TRICK COMPLETES HOME-&-HOME SWEEP
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amDevils, Islanders win / Page 89 Rangers5Leafs3 TORONTO -- A year ago when Wayne Gretzky went down with a sprained neck, Petr Nedved talked about how he enjoyed the responsibility...
COYOTES, FLU CAN'T STOP LEMIEUX
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amMore contagious than obnoxious, Claude Lemieux made the Coyotes sick last night. "I could have felt bad at home, or I could have felt bad here. I figured I might...
BATTLIN' BRAD GETS BEST OF PORCHER
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amLANDOVER -- The normally mild-mannered Brad Johnson couldn't help himself. "I've been watching the Four Horsemen, WWF," he said. That explains it. In an otherwise humdrum 27-13 Redskins' playoff victory...
'SKINS ROMP TO TAMPA
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amLANDOVER -- He grew up in North Carolina watching the Redskins. More specifically, a certain aspect of the Redskins. "I always watched the Hogs and John Riggins when I was...
SCATCHARD DELIVERS DESPITE PAIN
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amIslanders5Bruins2 BOSTON -- He wasn't just playing for the Islanders last night. No, Dave Scatchard was also playing for 12-year old Nicholas Beresford, one of his best friends, who succumbed...
VAN'S BIG MEN NOT CLEANING UP THE BOARDS
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amJeff Van Gundy can't complain about his team's defense, and he certainly can't fault its effort in guarding the ball. But as hard as his players work at guarding the...
TIRED KNICKS BOW TO CAVS
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amWhen Allan Houston's last-second shot bounced off the rim, he stared at the offending iron for a moment, as if unbelieving that his shot had missed and his Knicks had...
IT IS NOW SHOW TIME!
January 9, 2000 | 5:00amYou know the routine, it's winter, it's cold and windy and about the only thing to do between now and spring is to visit one of the sportsmen shows around...