January 14, 2000
WILL AOL-TIME WARNER BE ANOTHER ATARI?
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amTHERE was no company as hot in the 1970s as Atari. Kids couldn't get enough of the company's video games. Those of us writing back then about the electronics industry...
HILFIGER SEES A $LUMP
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amShares of Tommy Hilfiger fell 16.6 percent yesterday, after the company warned that third- and fourth-quarter profits would fall short of Wall Street's expectations. CEO Joel Horowitz said he was...
SCHWAB IS GOING AFTER RICH CLIENTS
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amTake that, Merrill Lynch. Charles Schwab Corp. said yesterday it would pay $3 billion to buy U.S. Trust Corp. in a deal intended to bring wealthier investors into the discount...
GATES STEPS ASIDE, PUTS BALLMER UP FRONT
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amBill Gates announced he was stepping aside as chief executive officer of Microsoft last night and promoted long-time friend and underling Steve Ballmer to succeed him. In an announcement that...
UPROAR AT THE NASD: DENIES REPORT ZARB TO ABDICATE
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe National Association of Securities Dealers is being thrown into turmoil by a report that the group's chief, Frank Zarb, will step down from his post in March. The upcoming...
AMEX FLOOR BROKERS MULL SUING NASD FOR BREAKING ITS PROMISES; EXCLUSIVE
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amA group of angry floor brokers at the American Stock Exchange says it's considering suing the National Association of Securities Dealers for breaking promises made when the NASD acquired Amex...
MEET BILL'S ALTER EGO
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amSteve Ballmer's biggest advantage as he takes over the most visible job at Microsoft may be in public relations: He's not the oft-vilified Bill Gates. But the 43-year-old is no...
SCRAMBLE TO SAVE AOL-TIME WARNER
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amAmerica Online and Time Warner escalated their campaign yesterday to salvage their troubled merger. The stock prices of both companies recovered slightly yesterday after plummeting on Wednesday, two days after...
MICROSOFT DOES A LITTLE IMAGE TWEAKING
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amTHE timing was perfect. Bill Gates' announcement to pass the chief executive officer baton to his friend and President Steve Ballmer was also curious. The elevation of Ballmer, who is...
APE FOR ZZ; GIBBONS STILL LOVES BEING TOP BANANA
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amONCE upon a time, when their beards were a lot shorter, ZZ Top was known as the best boogie band in Texas. Over the past 30 years, the trio --...
LIVELY MORRIS DANCERS IN TOP FORM
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amSLOWLY but surely, with just the right mix of genius, talent and fashion, the Mark Morris Dance Group has climbed the slippery pole of American dance and now sits with...
TOUCHING TALE OF A WALKING TIME BOMB
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amVISUALLY gorgeous despite its low budget, "The Terrorist" is a haunting film about a lovely teen girl turned into a "thinking bomb" by the guerrillas who raised her in the...
THESE DARK, BRITISH FLICKS ARE SPOT ON
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amIF you're a rabid film noir fan who's seen every classic of the genre, then try Brit noir -- a new series of obscure, very dark British flicks from Kino...
THE BIG SLEEPER: SUDDENLY, 'ELECTION' IS AN OSCAR CONTENDER
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amCAN "Election" win? That's one of the hottest questions in Hollywood after the low-budget sleeper with Reese Witherspoon suddenly emerged this week as a dark-horse candidate in the Academy Awards...
THE STARR REPORT
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amIt's got a ring to it There's romance in the over air at Ch.2. Weatherman Mark Danon and weekend anchor Dana Adams got engaged in St. Bart's over New Year's...
'MOUNTAIN' A BAD BET
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amWHETHER you are clambering up or sliding down, if it's the wrong mountain it's bad news. And that's the basic tidings from the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, where David Hirson's comedy...
HE'S A CURIOUS GEORGE
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amPASADENA -- George Clooney is making plans for the day his fans get tired of him. The suave actor, who played Dr. Doug Ross on the hit drama "ER" until...
MEDICAL SHOW WITH URBAN CAST: IF 'ER' WERE SET IN SOUTH CENTRAL L.A.
January 14, 2000 | 5:00am"City of Angels" Sunday at 8 p.m. on WCBS/Ch.2 1/2 A crazy drunk in surgical scrubs (Garrett Morris) is in the morgue. He's admiring the corpse of a big, fat,...
SHOW ME THE MONEY -- AND I'LL RUN BACK TO 'ER'
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amPASADENA -- No one has asked him but, George Clooney says he would be more than happy to do a guest spot on "ER" for the rumored asking price of...
'INCH' OVER
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amTHE off-Broadway hit "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" will close Jan. 31 at the Jane Street Theater, its producers said yesterday. The musical, which opened to rave reviews and managed...
HILLARY DRAWS CROWD FOR DAVE
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amFIRST Lady Hillary Clinton's appearance on Wednesday's "Late Show" helped David Letterman score his best ratings in nearly six years. With Clinton as its centerpiece guest, "Late Show" averaged 11...
'DOUBLE' STANDARD?: WHY ARE FEMALE STARS LIKE ASHLEY JUDD EARNING LESS THAN MEN IN HOLLYWOOD?
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amAFTER driving "Double Jeopardy" to $114 million in domestic grosses last year, Ashley Judd will reportedly get $4 million for her next movie, Fox's "Animal Husbandry." She got $1 million...
GEORGE W.: THANK MOM I'M NO CLONE
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amRepublican 2000 presidential wannabe George W. Bush yesterday said he'd be a different president from his dad - because he's got half his mom's genes. "Well, I got half my...
PRINCIPALS' VOTE ON NEW CONTRACT WILL BE A 'CLIFFHANGER'
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amA leader of the union representing city school principals admitted yesterday that ratification of a historic new contract eliminating tenure is not a sure thing. "A lot of our members...
HEART BABY'S OUT AND ABOUT
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amBaby Emily Mendoza - the 3-month-old who was rushed here from Ecuador for emergency heart surgery - yesterday made her first public appearance since the operation that saved her life....
PUTIN GETS BOOST AS RIVAL PULLS OUT OF RACE
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amRussia's acting president, Vladimir Putin, formally joined the race for a full term yesterday, and a key rival signaled that he would not challenge him. "I would like to thank...
RENO: SEND ELIAN HOME TO CUBA
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amAttorney General Janet Reno yesterday urged the Miami relatives of Cuban tug-of-war kid Elian Gonzalez to let the boy go home to his father - as immigration officials rejected the...
DUMBEST MOGUL IS OUR DIMMEST STAR
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amYo, Puff Daddy! You thought you were a big shot But now you're just a mug shot In the Hamptons you played Gatsby In the clubs you played Gotti You...
REMORSELESS JOEL IS DENIED PAROLE
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amNotorious kid-killer Joel Steinberg still shows little remorse for beating his little girl, Lisa, to death, officials said yesterday in denying him parole for the third time. Steinberg, a cocaine-addled,...
HILLARY CLINTON'S LAST LAUGH?: WHY IS HER CAMPAIGN FAILING? LOOK AT HER 'LATE SHOW' FAKERY
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amHILLARY Clinton performed brilliantly in her "Late Show with David Letterman" appearance Wednesday night, making it the first brilliant -- or even marginally intelligent -- act of her Senate candidacy....
FEDS NAIL HERO COP WHILE REAL RATS RUN FREE
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amTWO mad-dog hoods are strutting free today, but a hero cop is facing jail -- go figure. Yesterday, in Newark federal court, it was hard to grasp that former Bronx...
DEMS WANT NO PART OF HER 'FIRST AIDE'
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amHILLARY Rodham Clinton's closeness with longtime aide Mandy Grunwald is scaring off big-name Democratic political consultants. The first lady has been auditioning a parade of media gurus for months, but...
MY GUILTY LITTLE SECRET: I'LL MISS THE FIRST SEDUCER
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amYOU hate to admit it. But you can no longer deny it. We're beginning to miss Bill. Damn! The man is good. Yesterday, the president was late coming down from...
POPE MAY CROWN MLK WITH HALO OF 'MARTYR'
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amSlain civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is being considered as a possible martyr for Christianity by the pope. King -- the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Baptist minister who was assassinated...
CAT LOVERS PET-PEEVED AT HILLARY
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton found herself in a catfight yesterday after an animal-rights group hissed at her for telling David Letterman she had First Feline Socks declawed. "We ......
FIEND SLAYS MOM AND TWO BABIES, THEN BURNS BODIES
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amA vicious killer repeatedly stabbed a young Brooklyn mother and her two children yesterday -- and then set their bed on fire to cover up the sickening crime, police said....
WILL SHE BE A PAIN IN THE GRASS?
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amHillary Rodham Clinton will lose plenty of votes from her new neighbors if she uses David Letterman's gift riding mower too early in the morning. It's illegal in Chappaqua --...
SINN FEIN'S ADAMS SEES UNITY IN 15 YRS.
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amSinn Fein President Gerry Adams yesterday predicted a united and independent Ireland within 15 years and said he doubted Protestant leaders will torpedo the ongoing Northern Ireland peace process. Adams,...
MONKEY BUSINESS PRODUCES CLONE
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amHere comes double trouble -- scientists have created the first monkey clone, a breakthrough that is likely to stir the debate over the ethical implications of genetic duplication. The researchers...
MAYOR URGES TEARING APART BOARD OF ED BUREAUCRACY
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani upped the ante yesterday in his war with the Board of Education -- proposing to sell the board's Brooklyn headquarters and replace it with new offices one-quarter as...
THEY STAND ACCUSED IN A TALE OF TWO PISTOLS
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amHere's a look at the guns Puffy Combs and bodyguard Anthony Jones allegedly toted the night of a wild shooting at Club NY. SIMILARITIES 9mm Smith & Wessons, Model No....
THE SUDDENLY SINGLE TRUMP'S STILL A POLITICAL PARTY ANIMAL
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- Donald Trump, fresh from his breakup with supermodel Melania Knauss, heads to Palm Beach today to convince Reform Party members he's got the right stuff to be president....
NOW HE'LL TAKE RECKLESS DRIVERS' CARS, TOO
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amRoad hogs who speed, dodge and weave through traffic better let up on the lead foot -- or risk losing their cars, Mayor Giuliani said yesterday. Starting next week, cops...
GUARD BEDDED 2 FED PRISONERS BUT HE'S STILL ON THE JOB
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amA federal prison guard accused of having sex with two female prisoners has been allowed to continue to work at the facility, The Post has learned. Guard Everett McGivan was...
MIDTOWN BANK HEIST FOILED BY OFF-DUTY COP
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amA brave off-duty hospital cop foiled a Midtown bank robbery yesterday -- chasing and subduing a gun-toting suspect who fled after grabbing a money bag with $6,750, cops said. Anthony...
THIS COULD SEND HIS CAREER DOWN GUTTER: EXPERTS
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amSean "Puffy" Combs' indictment is bound to cool off a recording career that already was perceived to be sinking, industry experts said yesterday. "This is a big strike against him,"...
FEDS PAY NETS FOR ANTI-DRUG TV SHOWS
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amThere's more than meets the eye on some of the most popular prime-time TV shows: The feds are sometimes paying for a secret anti-drug message. Dozens of shows -- ranging...
THE MAJOR INITIATIVES
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe new and expanded programs in Mayor Giuliani's seventh State of the City address: The abolition of automatic pay raises for teachers in favor of a merit system. The NYPD...
SCHOOLS MAY NOT HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN 'PRINCIPAL'
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amA leader of the union representing city school principals said yesterday that ratification of a new contract eliminating tenure is not a sure thing. "A lot of our members are...
G.W. PROUD TO BE A MAMA'S BOY
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amRepublican 2000 presidential wannabe George W. Bush yesterday said he'd be a different president from his dad -- because he's got half his mom's genes. "Well, I got half my...
CITY'S DEMS MAKE BILL FEEL AT HOME
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amAn upbeat President Clinton yesterday put in several appearances in the Big Apple -- basking among Democrat loyalists as he touted a program to help inner-city businesses. Clinton was cheered...
GRAND JURY MAKES 'PUFFY' FACE MUSIC: RAP CZAR INDICTED IN CLUB SHOOTOUT
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amRejecting testimony from Sean "Puffy" Combs and Jennifer Lopez, a Manhattan grand jury yesterday indicted the renegade rapper on charges of having two loaded guns in a getaway car used...
ELIAN'S DAD: I'D TAKE UP ARMS TO GET MY BOY BACK
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe furious father of Elian Gonzalez said last night armed federal marshals should free his son from Miami relatives -- adding that he's so angry, he wants to "go down...
A WOMAN PREZ A LONG WAY OFF: POLL: TOP JOB TOO TOUGH FOR A FEMALE
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amBreaking the ultimate glass ceiling is a way off, according to a new poll by accounting firm Deloitte & Touche. It shows that most Americans (60 percent) think a woman...
PHILLS' WIFE: PLAY THE KNICKS: GRIEVING WIDOW TELLS HORNETS THAT GAME MUST GO ON
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amCHARLOTTE - The grieving Hornets heavily considered not playing tonight's game against the Knicks during a tearful team meeting yesterday at their practice facility in Fort Mill, S.C. They talked...
ODOM SUFFERS GROWING PAINS WITH CLIPPERS
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amAs poorly as the Clippers have played - 10-24 going into last night's game at the Meadowlands - they're already guaranteed of being better than when they went 9-41 last...
NETS STILL FEEL PAIN FOR PHILLS
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe picture was of a happy time, a joyous moment, and that just made it that much more difficult for Michael Cage to look at. It was a family photo...
THE RESURGENCE HAS BEEN THREEMENDOUS
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amNET NOTES It has been by opportunity more than design. And the Nets have taken advantage of virtually every opportunity to shoot the 3-point shot. Consider that after 17 games,...
NO ELWAY FOR MARINO: JAGS CUE UP SWAN SONG FOR NO. 13
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amWHEN Dan Marino fired the third-and-17 pass to Tony Martin that jump-started the drive that gave Miami its 20-17 victory in Seattle last weekend, Dolphin fans began dreaming of a...
SWORDFISH GET UNLIMITED HELP
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amTOO many of us make New Year's resolutions that we don't keep, but the people at FISH Unlimited have made a resolution that would benefit everyone if they can pull...
NFL SCALPS ITS FANS: JUST LOOK AT PRICE OF SUPE XXXIV TICKETS
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amTHIS column has grown far too negative about the state of sports. It rarely notes some of the fan-friendly activities that have become almost ritual. The truth be known, sports...
EX-TBS BIG TO JOIN YANKEENETS
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amAfter months of courtship, the YankeeNets organization is about to land broadcasting executive Harvey Schiller, The Post has learned. The exact date Schiller, the former head of Turner Sports, moves...
IT'S GOOD TO BE SHAUN KING
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amTAMPA -- He is starring in the latest version of the classic story: "Local Boy Makes Good." Shaun King is appealing enough being a rookie quarterback about to start his...
IT'S A HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR HONDO
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amHONDO-2K: Feel the heat, and show the love. With the irrelevant regular season a fading memory, Mr. Aitch blasted out of the playoff blocks last week, bagging all four winners...
RICHTER LANDS STARRING ROLE: GOALIE THE LONE RANGER ON SQUAD
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amMike Richter will be representing the Rangers at the All-Star Game because he's earned the honor, microscopic goaltending numbers or not. He has been the best and brightest Blueshirt all...
DEVILS SENDING TRIO TO TORONTO
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe league pushed for Scott Gomez, all-rookie and all-charisma-all-the-time. The Devils pushed for Scott Stevens, captain and bedrock. As for Martin Brodeur, who wouldn't agree on the goaltender? So the...
ARIEL, RACHEL SIT OUT WITH INJURIES
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amApprentice jockeys Ariel Smith and Rachel Lavoy both took off their mounts yesterday due to injury. Smith is suffering from knee problems again and he could miss up to a...
WOODY CAN BE STEELY: HE'LL GO ALL OUT TO GET TUNA
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amJets fans hoping Bill Parcells is wooed back to the sidelines next season have the best man in New York on the job. Woody Johnson, while a novice in the...
'BOYS' EXACT REVENGE: CRUSH CHIEFS AFTER EARLY-SEASON LOSS
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amBoys & Girls 69 - Canarsie 35 Much was expected of Boys & Girls this season, so when the Kangaroos dropped an early game to Canarsie, they were surprised. "Sometimes...
ONE LONG RIDE TO REDEMPTION; FALLEN JOCKEY BEGINS COMEBACK
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amIt's a sorry story we've heard too often in sports. A hotshot young athlete suddenly finds fame and fortune, then throws his life away in the fast lane of booze...
KNIGHT UNDERSTANDS PRESSURE ON PARCELLS
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amBob Knight and Bill Parcells are so much alike that some people around Bloomington, Ind., call them twins. They are also the best of friends, and Knight won't say what...
CARTER WARNS RAMS: WE GOT EWE, BABES
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amIsn't this nice? For the benefit of the Rams, who are novices in this playoff stuff, Cris Carter, the Vikings' Hall of Fame-bound receiver, is willing to provide a quickie...
TUNA LEADS MEDIA ON A MERRY CHASE
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amIn one of the most bizarre and hilarious moments of this Jets' coaching fiasco, Bill Parcells was chased by a gaggle of TV cameramen, photographers and reporters out of a...
METS SET TO DEAL YSHII TO ROCKIES; EXCLUSIVE
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amThe Mets will open the season in Japan, but native son Masato Yoshii apparently won't be joining them. Barring any unforeseen last-minute snag, the Mets are expected to announce a...
PHILLS: A CLASS ACT
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES CHARLOTTE -- There was a less-publicized Hornets tragedy that occurred less than a month ago. Jeff Bower, the team's director of player personnel, lost his baby girl on...
BELICHICK BARRAGE: EX-JET ASSISTANT UNLOADS HEAVY ARTILLERY AT HEARING
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amBill Belichick, seeking his unencumbered freedom to coach elsewhere (read New England), took on the Jets and the NFL with guns blazing yesterday. After more than seven hours at a...
NETS' CAGE GRIEVES FOR FRIEND PHILLS
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amNET NOTES The picture was of a happy time, a joyous moment. And that just made it that much more painful for Michael Cage to see. It was a family...
MARBURY CUTS OFF THE CLIPS
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amNets 110 - Clippers 105 You would have figured the Nets learned a lesson in their previous home encounter, a loss to Vancouver. So after losing to the Grizzlies, the...
ODOM RETURNS IN STYLE WITH 26 POINTS
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amAs a 10-year-old growing up in Jamaica, Queens, Lamar Odom dreamed of becoming a pro basketball player; as schoolboy legend at Christ the King, he fantasized about coming back to...
KEENAN: HORNETS CAN LEARN FROM FLYERS' 1985 TRAGEDY
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amCHARLOTTE -- The Hornets think they will be ready by tomorrow night at The Garden to renew life without Bobby Phills, so that's when they should begin. There was no...
LJ: GIVE HORNETS THE TIME THEY NEED
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amCHARLOTTE -- Judging from his remarks earlier in the day, Larry Johnson doesn't think the NBA has done enough. Not only does LJ thinks the Hornets should not have had...
HORNET-KNICKS OFF: NBA POSTPONES TONIGHT'S GAME IN CHARLOTTE
January 14, 2000 | 5:00amCHARLOTTE -- During a tearful meeting at their practice facility in Fort Mill, S.C. yesterday morning. the grieving Hornets heavily considered not playing tonight's game against the Knicks. They talked...