March 12, 2000
HIGH-TECH FUND IS CONVERTING MORE INVESTORS
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amCONSERVATIVE investors who have never considered turbocharged technology stocks like Amazon, Qualcomm or Global Crossing for fear of the high risk are now rethinking their position. The reason is that...
THE STREET HAS GOT THE ROCK BEAT
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amWALL Street is suffering from a bad case of rock-and-roll fever. In the same week that Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt and James Taylor were officially inducted into the Rock 'n'...
BANK ONE'S REED PROBLEM
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amJOHN Reed's resignation from Citigroup has had ramifications all the way to Columbus, Ohio. That's where a committee of Bank One directors has been meeting to find a new CEO...
THORN IN ZARB'S SIDE GETS SHARPER
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amALAN Davidson shocked Wall Street this week when he threatened to withdraw his previously promised support for the Nasdaq private-placement plan. Davidson, a board member of the NASD and also...
ENTREPRENEUR MAKES MI$CHIEF WITH MTVI
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amTHE tale of Mischief New Media, which the MTVi Group bought last week, is extraordinary if only in light of the fact that it seems like a relic of the...
STURM, DRANG AND DELAYS AT O
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amAS the first issue of Oprah Winfrey's magazine gets ready to ship to the printer, sources say the ad-heavy debut is lagging a week behind its originally scheduled editorial closing...
LORD OF THE RINGS: MICHAEL JAMES MCGOWAN GOES FROM DOWNTOWN THEATER TO 'THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH'
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amAppearing at a small downtown theater in the role of Macbeth in 1998, Michael James McGowan never imagined that one day he'd be dancing with elephants and wearing spangly costumes...
AGE OF THE SUPER MEGAPLEX: CHAINS LURE APPLE FILM BUFFS WITH STYLE, COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amMovie theaters in America are experiencing a renaissance - and New York City is finally getting in on the act. After decades of suffering in "an underscreened desert," as one...
THAT GIRL HITS THE STAGE: THIRTY YEARS AFTER CHARMING TV VIEWERS, MARLO THOMAS JOINS OFF-BROADWAY'S "THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES"
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amNever mind that it's been nearly 30 years since the last episode of "That Girl" - the sight of Marlo Thomas is still enough to stop some New Yorkers in...
OUR MAN'S PICKS AND PANS OF NEW YORK MOVIE HOUSES
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amAs someone who sees lots of movies in theaters, I certainly have my favorite - and not-so-favorite - venues in Manhattan. If I had to choose one movie house above...
THE BOOK REPORT
March 12, 2000 | 5:00am"The Inland Sea" by Steven Varni, William Morrow, 269 pages, $22. Lots of people have sold books. But few can say they've both sold and written them, successfully, that is....
REEL ROMANCE: WHERE TO WATCH WHEN ON A DATE
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amWith all the variables that go into a movie date - what to see, where to go, whether to buy popcorn - we hereby ease the stress by picking theaters...
FAKE BODY SLAM: TOUTED AS AN EXPOSE, 'BEYOND THE MAT' PULLS ITS PUNCHES
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amI can imagine Vince McMahon's worst nightmare. It features the chairman of the Worldwide Wrestling Federation standing in the middle of a ring during "Wrestlemania" while thousands of fans sit...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE:MELANIA KNAUSS
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amAt 5'10½", Melania Knauss is a towering presence in the modeling world. The statuesque 26-year-old Slovenian beauty - and favorite companion of a certain high-profile real estate mogul - began...
MEALS & DEALS
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amTir Na Nog 5 Penn Plaza Eighth Avenue (between 33rd and 34th streets) (212) 630-0249 At Tir Na Nog, you don't have to wait until St. Patrick's Day to enjoy...
SETTING YOUR SITES ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amThe approach of St. Patrick's Day always raises questions that no one seems to be able to answer: Who was St. Patrick, and what was all that business with the...
A COLLECTION OF GEMS FROM THE EMERALD ISLE
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amBOOK REVIEWS "For the Cause of Liberty" by Terry Golway "Hope Against History" by Jack Holland "Knick Knack Paddy Whack" by Ardal O'Hanlon "The Truth About the Irish" by Terry...
GREAT 'INVENTION' SO WHY WON'T NEW YORK DO STOPPARD'S HIT?
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amAlmost any list of top contemporary playwights has to include Britain's Sir Tom Stoppard. And yet, as far as I know, no New York theater has ever staged Stoppard's acclaimed...
VIAGRA, THE COMEDY
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amEverything you ever wanted to know (and a lot you didn't) about sexual dysfunction in older men can be found in Claude Berri's "La Debandade." Berri, one of France's top...
BLAIR PRESSURES PUTIN ON RIGHTS IN CHECHNYA BLITZ
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday became the first Western leader to meet acting Russian President Vladimir Putin, who told Blair that Moscow might change its strongarm policy toward Chechnya....
PRYOR IN COURT TO KEEP JR.'S HANDS OFF HIS AFFAIRS
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amRichard Pryor's relationship with his eldest son is no laughing matter -- the ailing comic is seeking a restraining order against his 38-year-old namesake to stop him from taking control...
ART ATTACK ON RUDY SPARKS WHITNEY FEUD
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amIt's a war between the Whitneys. A day after two descendants of the Whitney Museum's founder blasted the museum's plan to display art associating Mayor Giuliani with the Nazis --...
HILL GIVES TEACHERS A LESSON IN POLITICS
March 12, 2000 | 5:00am"It is a choice between walking away from our public schools or digging in and making sure no child or school falls between the cracks."HILLARY CLINTON Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday...
LOSS OF CONVICTION LOSS OF CONVICTION JUROR: WE BOTCHED LOUIMA CASE CONVICTION OF SCHWARZ HAS PANELIST IN ANGUISH
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amA juror in the first Abner Louima torture trial believes she wrongly helped convict ex-cop Charles Schwarz in the 70th Precinct attack -- even though a second jury found him...
LANDLORD HAS A COW OVER BULL'S LIFE OF CRIME
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amFormer mob hitman Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano has been evicted from his suburban Tempe, Ariz., apartment for breaking a lease agreement that he stay out of criminal activity. Gravano, whose...
RENO WON'T RELEASE HILL MONEY MEMO
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amThe former head of the federal funny-money task force said his bombshell memo should be released to the public, but Attorney General Janet Reno is still keeping it secret. "It's...
FEDS: TAVERN OWNER RAN ECSTASY RING
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amThe owner of the Minetta Tavern in Greenwich Village was arraigned yesterday on charges of attempting to smuggle more than 21,000 Ecstasy pills into the United States. Joseph Colgan, 36,...
BODYGUARD MAY GET FINAL MOMENT WITH DI
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amA spokeswoman says Earl Spencer will "sympathetically" view the request from Trevor Rees-Jones, the only survivor of the Paris car crash that killed Diana and boyfriend Dodi Fayed in August...
WEB WHIZZES CREATING NETWORKS OUT OF THIN AIR
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amNew York University researchers are spending their days huddled over computer screens so that someday soon you won't have to. Zvi Kedem and Vijay Karamcheti are working on what computer...
AILING NAZI ESCAPES GERMAN TRIAL
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amA former Nazi doctor who worked with Josef Mengele on gruesome medical experiments with prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp won't be tried in Germany because he has Alzheimer's disease,...
'POTTER' AUTHOR HAD BAD SPELL WITH SPIELBERG
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amHollywood powerhouse Steven Spielberg reportedly backed out of directing a screen version of Harry Potter's children's fantasy books because of a creative clash with the author. Though best-selling Scottish writer...
AN AMERICAN DYNASTY OF BUCKS & BRAQUES
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amAn American family of wealth and power, the Whitneys were heads of state, newspaper barons and art collectors -- with all of it made possible through the massive heaps of...
FRAIL POPE HAS VATICAN BUZZING
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amPope John Paul II's failing health has cost him control of the Vatican, prompting a fierce internal struggle for control, senior church officials say. The pope, spiritual leader to millions...
A MOST HATEFUL WAY TO STIFLE ; FREE SPEECH
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amDOES free speech have any place on Staten Island? Not if you believe in the Old Testament -- which is to say, the Hebrew Bible -- or adhere to Islam...
NEIGHBOR BUSTED IN QNS. MOM'S DEATH
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amA neighbor was busted yesterday as an accessory in the death of a brave Queens tenant patrol leader who was caught in a gun battle during another outbreak of the...
HIZZONER GETS FAIR SHAKE -- BUT REAL JOKE'S ON FIRST LADY
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amHILLARY CLINTON has either got guts -- or a serious masochistic streak. And I'm not talking about her marriage. Hillary never took the stage last night, as the city's usually...
HILL AND RUDY GET TOGETHER TO STEAL SHOW
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amBraced for the most awkward of moments and surrounded by a salivating press corps, the mayor and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton shook hands last night -- twice -- and...
SOME FIND THEIR FUN IN GOOD DEEDS
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amWhile thousands of students spend spring break getting hammered, a small but dedicated minority will spend the time hammering homes together for the poor. Most city colleges and universities offer...
GORE VISITS MINNESTOA TO BUDDY UP WITH "BODY'
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential wannabe Al Gore had breakfast yesterday with the world's toughest governor, Jesse Ventura -- and alpha-male Al even dressed like the ex-wrestler in cowboy boots, jeans...
CON ED TAKES AIM AT WORKER WHO EXPOSED NUKE HAZARD
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amA Con Edison chemist who blew the whistle on the utility for bringing radioactive waste into Queens was suspended shortly after his name appeared in The Post. Ronald Mecklosky, 64,...
TAXES TURN NYERS INTO BUTT-LEGGERS SMOKE-SMUGGLERS GET RICH AT STATE'S EXPENSE
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amFREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- Go to almost any outlet, convenience store or discounter that sells cigarettes here and you'll likely see a familiar sight in the parking lot -- New York...
'BREAKERS GO FOR BROKE
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amAs the co-ed crowd heads south for the annual spring break booze-and-bikini bashes, travel agents this year report booking more and more college kids on dream vacations unheard of a...
TWO MEN BUSTED IN QNS. MOM'S DEATH
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amCops nabbed two suspects yesterday in the death of a brave Queens tenant-patrol leader who was caught in a gun battle during another outbreak of the violence she was trying...
OFF-THALMOLOGIST STATE PROBERS LOOK INTO EYE DOC'S 'DOUBLE LIFE' PROBERS LOOKING INTO EYE DOC
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amHe was a top-flight eye surgeon who pioneered a sight-saving implant and traveled the world operating on high-powered patients -- but now the law is closing in on a Manhattan...
WACO RE-ENACTMENT A HOT ISSUE VICTIMS' KIN OPPOSE FBI ON TEST METHOD
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amThe stage is set for a controversial re-enactment next Saturday of the deadly 1993 siege in Waco at the Branch Davidian compound -- complete with tanks, submachine-gun fire and exploding...
TEAM DIALLO CONFIDENT ON CIVIL LAWSUIT
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amThe multimillion-dollar Amadou Diallo civil suit is drafted and ready for filing, say lawyers for his family -- who are predicting victory despite last month's acquittal of the four cops...
ISLES SEND J. JONSSON TO DUCKS
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amIn a move to clarify their future, the Islanders yesterday traded center Jorgen Jonsson to the Mighty Ducks in exchange for center Johan Davidsson and a conditional draft choice. A...
HERE'S A REAL BULLET WORKOUT
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amIn a good-looking move in preparation for next Sunday's Gotham Stakes, Stronach Stables' Red Bullet worked six furlongs over the Belmont training track yesterday morning in a bullet 1:12 1/5,...
'SHOPPING' TAKES BUSHER
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amShopping For Love, the longest shot in the race at 20-1, came off the pace and pulled away from Laken near the wire to win the $82,325 Busher Stakes for...
WILKENS NOT WILKENS HAS IT COMING IN ATLANTA
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amWHEN a team, in which almost every one of its players is highly thought of throughout the league, falls far short of expectations, the coach must be condemned. No matter...
NETS ARE KICKING INTO PLAYOFF DRIVE
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amOne day, you're talking about the lottery and wondering who might leave college early. The next day, you're scoreboard watching, plotting strength of schedules with you eyes on the eighth...
'DANCE' FEVER AT HOFSTRA DELIRIOUS DUTCHMENDOWN DELAWAREFOR NCAA BERTH
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amHofstra76 Delaware69 Magical March Madness moments like these are supposed to happen in places like Rupp Arena, or the Dean Dome, when the student body rushes the court and the...
WATSON WORRIED ABOUT SORE ARM
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amTAMPA -- A concerned Allen Watson left Legends Field yesterday not knowing why his left arm is hurting. "I went for an MRI and I have to go back for...
REVVED-UP KNICKS : IT'S PAYBACK TIME AGAINST SPURS
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amThe Spurs danced, hugged and hopped around the Garden court last June 25 in celebrating their NBA championship. The wild scene always will burn a hole through Latrell Sprewell's memory...
LOUISIANA DERBY SHOULD BE REAL CLASSIC
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amWhat could be the defining prep race for the 2000 Triple Crown will be run today at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans when a terrific field of 10 3-year-olds...
FRANCO NOT PREPARED TO CLOSE BOOK
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE -- Mets reliever John Franco talks straight. Of course, he can still be a closer. But he also can look a little off-line from his locker in...
MENDOZA DESERVES HIGH FIVE YANKS MUST AWARD HIM FIFTH SPACE IN ROTATION
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amTAMPA -- Ramiro Mendoza learned to pitch by throwing a rolled-up sock against a stone wall while growing up in Los Santos, Panama. So playing in the major leagues and...
MESS COULD BRING CUP TO THE MEADOWLANDS
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH -- The Devils were, with St. Louis, Colorado and Washington, one of the four finalists in the Ray Bourque Derby, Bruins GM Harry Sinden having outed Lou Lamoriello in...
ORIENT EXPRESS OVERBOOKED METS WILL MAKE CUTS IN JAPAN
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE -- Here is the description of the unkindest cut of all, you go 6,700 miles and then -- and only then -- do you discover you are...
THIS ROB COULD BE A STEAL: MUCKLER, SMITH LIKE THE TENACITY DIMAIO BRINGS
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH - Rob DiMaio, the newest Ranger , stands about 5-10, pretty small these days in the NHL. "He has a big heart, though," said John Muckler. "That's what I...
MADDEN EYES SHORT MARK
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Whether it was a vow or prediction, John Madden didn't say. What he did say is that he will break the NHL record for shorthanders by a rookie....
TIME RUNNING OUT FOR ROBIN
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - This week is vital in the rehabilitation of Robin Ventura's right shoulder. The Mets have aimed toward mid-March as the goal for having Ventura...
'THE NEXT CLEMENTE' : HE HASN'T PLAYED A GAME ABOVE A BALL YET, BUT ALEX ESCOBAR IS ALREADY DRAWING COMPARISONS TO SOME OF THE BEST EVER
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Bio-Kinetics is a company the Mets employ to evaluate their hitters. At Bio-Kinetics, the technicians use a computer database that utilizes Tony Gwynn, Ken Griffey Jr....
A NEW KIDNEY, LOTS OF HEART: ELLIOTT SET TO RETURN NEARLY SEVEN MONTHS AFTER TRANSPLANT
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amFunny, what passes for a miracle in sports these days. When Sean Elliott fired up that remarkable, game-winning, tip-toe three-pointer as he was falling out of bounds in the final...
BARKLEY: I'M SORRY - ENDS 'LEAVE,' IN LINEUP VERSUS UCONN
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amSt. John's magnificent season all came down to a pivotal team meeting yesterday, less than eight hours before the Red Storm met Connecticut for the Big East tournament title at...
LJ KNOWS THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON KNICKS
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amTime's running out on these Knicks, and Larry Johnson knows it. And he knows time is running out on his career because of all the assorted injuries. Johnson turns 31...
HAL'S HOPE CAN'T BE CAUGHT : COLT HOLDS OFF HIGH YIELD IN FLORIDA DERBY
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amHALLANDALE, Fla. -- Hal's Hope, a 3-year-old colt who rose from obscurity to win the Holy Bull Stakes at 40-1 in January, added another chapter to his remarkable Cinderella story...
ORDONEZ BLASTS THIRD OF SPRING
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE -- Rey Ordonez continued his McGwire-esque home run pace last night by hitting his third home run of the spring in the Mets 4-2 victory over the...
DYING AT THE DEADLINE
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amCapitals4 Devils2 WASHINGTON -- The game is now the trade deadline version of flinch, and Lou Lamoriello's stare is unwavering. The Devils want more than the desperate Ducks are willing...
UNITED THEY STAND AFTER BARKLEY APOLOGY
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amIt has been another magnificent season at St. John's and now it had all come down to pivotal team meeting yesterday, less than eight hours before the Red Storm beat...
FOULS BENCH EL-AMIN AND BURY UCONN
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amEvery time he takes the court, Khalid El-Amin proves how valuable he is to defending-national-champion Connecticut. But in last night's 80-70 Big East Championship loss to St. John's, it was...
ST. JOHN'S FINALLY GOES THE DISTANCE ENDS UCONN'S REIGN WITH FIRST TITLE SINCE 1986
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amCHAMPIONSHIP St. John's80 UConn70 Fourteen years. A recession. An impeachment. A lifetime in college basketball program. For 14 years, St. John's has been serving a Big East Conference prison term...
WARRIORS JOIN HUNT FOR JARVIS
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amMike Jarvis, who last night directed the Red Storm to their first Big East Conference Tournament championship since 1986, is the hottest coach in America as far as the NBA...
LEYRITZ : EDMONDS 'ISN'T YANKEE' : SAYS ANGEL OUTFIELDER'S TOO SOFT FOR THE BRONX
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amTAMPA -- Strong player. Soft mentally. After doing extensive homework on Jim Edmonds, that's the Yankees' take on the Angels outfielder they are seriously interested in obtaining if they can...
COOL RUNNING ROBESON'S DRUMMOND VIES FOR SPOT ON JAMAICAN OLYMPIC TEAM
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amKids in Jamaica don't play much basketball or baseball, so they don't dream of winning the NBA Finals or the World Series. Instead, kids on the Caribbean island run. And...
NOW, LINCOLN VS. KENNEDY IS FOR KEEPS
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amThis time, rest assured, the refs won't stop it. When now-No. 2-seeded Lincoln (26-2) and Kennedy scrimmaged in November, the game was called near the end because it got too...
CTK WON'T LET GO OF DIOCESAN CROWN
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amCHSAA BKLYN./QNS. CTK57 St. Francis54 Clare Droesch may have scored Christ the King's last four points and led the Royals with 20 points, but she didn't beat St. Francis Prep...
GET READY TO WELCOME FLOCK HOME
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amMASSIVE waves of migrating birds will sweep north from South and Central America under a moonlit sky during April and May, creat ing a journey that is both truly extraordinary...
KIDS SAYING 'NO' TO SPORTS
March 12, 2000 | 5:00amTHERE are storm clouds gathering on the sports horizon. Young men and women -- who leagues and teams hope will grow up into sports-crazed fans like their Baby Boomer parents,...