April 10, 2000
ON THE NEWSSTAND
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amMAY'S Vanity Fair splashes Kim Basinger on the cover, although you couldn't tell without the type -- she's been airbrushed to the point where she's unrecognizable. Inside, the profile of...
GUESS WHAT: FED HIKES MAY BE WORKING
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amTHE economy might finally be slowing down -- a little, little bit. If you're looking for signs that Alan Greenspan might soon be able to act more gently with interest...
HIS JU$T REWARDS - YIELD-BURNING WHISTLE-BLOWER REAPS $30M
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amTaxpayers will benefit plenty from the settlement of Wall Street's long-standing municipal "yield-burning" case. But no one is likely to gain quite so much as Michael Lissack -- the whistle-blower...
ADLER TO THROW A STORE FOR E. HAMPTON
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amJonathan Adler, who has brought high fashion and humor to the once-frumpy world of pottery, is heading to the Hamptons. He'll open a second Jonathan Adler shop on East Hampton's...
MALE MISERY
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amTHE RIDE DOWN MT. MORGAN Ambassador Theatre, 219 W. 49th St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, (212) 307-4100. Seen on the evening of April 6. A SIMPLE divorce. That would...
MARINES TOPPLE 'BROCKOVICH'
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amHARD-HEADED Marines Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson knocked tough-talking Julia Roberts out of the top spot at the box office this weekend, as "Rules of Engagement" dethroned "Erin...
CLOONEY'S 'FAIL SAFE' FAILS -- IN SPITE OF SUCCESS ; LIVE COLD WAR DRAMA HAS NO POINT TODAY
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amGEORGE CLOONEY'S live production of "Fail Safe" on CBS last night will be remembered as one of the oddest curiosities to turn up on network TV in recent memory. Mounted...
YOUNG ARTIST PAINTING A BRIGHT FUTURE
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amTO abstract artist Guy Hindley, commercialism is not a dirty word. The 24-year-old Brit -- an uppercrust society gent voted one of London's 50 most eligible bachelors -- is trying...
THE STARR REPORT
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amDanson on air "Frasier" dad John Mahoney (Martin Crane) will make a rare cross-network appearance on a sweeps episode of CBS' "Becker." Mahoney will play Father Joe, a priest who...
NO JOY IN 'SEX': YOU KNOW THINGS ARE GOING BADLY WHEN JOANNA TELLS HER HUSBAND: 'IF IT'S A CHOICE BETWEEN MAKING LOVE AND MAKING A SANDWICH, YOU MAKE A SANDWICH!'
April 10, 2000 | 4:00am"Sex & Mrs. X" Tonight at 9 p.m. on Lifetime WHILE I have had sex, and I have been to Paris, I have never been trained by a madam --...
PSYCHO' FASHIONS
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amThose who remember the flash and trash of '80s style may have a hard time thinking of a film set 15 years ago as a "period piece." But Isis Mussenden,...
LADIES, GO BACK TO THE '80S: A RESURRECTION OF REAGAN-ERA STYLE
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amGet ready for acid flashbacks -- acid wash, that is. Hard to believe, but those spotty, streaky jeans are flying off the racks at Resurrection Vintage, a cool retro store...
FIDDLER ON THE LOOSE
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amWHEN he burst on the scene 20 years ago -- spiky hair, pierced ears, foot-stomping encores and all -- Nigel Kennedy rocked. "Like a mynah bird among penguins," as one...
JUST WHAT IS IT ABOUT A PHONY LIKE HILLARY THAT MAKES MY SKIN CRAWL?
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amPERHAPS it's time we took a fair look at the lady from Chicago. I mean Little Rock. No, Washington ... The moment is at hand to set aside our petty...
STUBBORN RUDY GIVES GOP JITTERS
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amNERVOUS Republican leaders are privately warning that Mayor Giuliani's "inflexible" style is undermining his chances of winning his Senate race in November. What's more, the Republican leaders fear the state...
TERRORIST IN POOR HEALTH
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amA mysterious Iraqi doctor has been treating suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden for a spectrum of debilitating illnesses, it was reported yesterday. Sources in Pakistan told the Sunday Times that...
BUNGLING STATE DEPT. A 'CULT' OF INEPTITUDE
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amONCE lost at sea, Elian Gonzalez is now lost in a violent ocean of grotesque bumbling by our so-called political leaders, who are acting like they lost a few million...
DWI SUSPECT KILLS COP - 'OUTSTANDING' ROOKIE HIT BY VAN IN B'KLYN
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amA star rookie cop who "had the whole world in front of her" died yesterday -- 12 hours after a drunk driver plowed into the side of her car with...
TORRE AND HIS SHAKEN TEAM WONDER IF THERE IS A 'PRICE' FOR THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORIES
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE.JOE TORRE still had the piece of paper, folded and clutched tightly in his left hand. Just minutes before, a guy who is best when speaking directly from the heart...
FATE THROWS HIM ANOTHER CURVE
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amBone-marrow cancer has reared its ugly head for a second time in Yankee great Mel Stottlemyre's life -- he and his wife lost their 11-year-old son, Jason, to leukemia in...
DOG HAS HER DAY -- WITH 16 PUPPIES
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amBow, wow! A pooch from upstate New York gave birth to 16 living puppies, tying the record for the second-largest dog litter in history. King Triton's Ariel, a 2 1/2-year-old,...
YANKS' COACH FIGHTS BONE CANCER - STOTTLEMYRE TO MISS OPENER, BEGIN CHEMO
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE -- Popular Yankee pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre suffers from a form of bone-marrow cancer -- the third member of the world champs hit with a devastating diagnosis in the...
PROTESTERS WON'T BLOCK REUNION - VOW TO LET OFFICIALS TAKE ELIAN
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amElian Gonzalez's relatives and the protesters keeping vigil outside his Miami home said yesterday they won't physically stop the feds from reclaiming the 6-year-old tug-of-war boy. "They'll stand back, they'll...
N.Y.-BASED NUN, PRIEST ON ROAD TO SAINTHOOD
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amA nun and a priest who had strong ties to New York were beatified by the pope yesterday--paving the way for their sainthood. Swedish-born Sister Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad -- a...
RUDY: CASINO IS A GOOD BET - BACKS INDIANS ON CATSKILLS LICENSE
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday lauded federal support for an Indian-run casino in the Catskills, calling the proposed gambling venture "a very, very needed boost for the economy." "It would be terrific...
COPS BUGGED JONBENET'S GRAVE SITE
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amCops were so desperate to prove that John and Patsy Ramsey killed their 6-year-old beauty-queen daughter, they bugged a cemetery, hoping for a graveside confession, a detective has revealed. Former...
THE BLIZZARD OF ODD!
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amTemperatures will soar back into the sizzlin' 50s today after more than an inch of snow fell on New Yorkers who scrambled yesterday to unearth mittens and sweaters to battle...
GANG KILLS KID, 14, IN CASE OF MISTAKEN ID
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amA 14-year-old Brooklyn teen was shot and killed early yesterday after bloodthirsty members of a tough street gang mistakenly believed he belonged to a rival group, police said. Edwin Leal...
FAT LADY SINGS FOR 'SOPRANOS' - FANS GLUED TO SETS FOR SEASON-ENDER
April 10, 2000 | 4:00am"Sopranos" fans gave a generous thumbs-up to the season finale of their favorite Mafia soap opera last night -- although most had already predicted one of the major mobsters would...
N.Y. CULT EXPERTS AID UGANDA - 900+ MURDERS OVERWHELM POLICE
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe Ugandan government is getting help from the Big Apple in dealing with the painful aftermath of the recent bizarre, cult-related mass murders. "By their own admission, the case has...
WORLD ELECTION ROUNDUP
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amVoters went to the polls in four countries yesterday to choose their leaders and other top officials. In Peru, incumbent President Alberto Fujimori is in a fight for his political...
CRASH THAT KILLED 19 MARINES PROBED
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amMilitary investigators pored over the wreckage yesterday of a plane crash in Arizona that killed all 19 Marines aboard. Three of the four crew members of the aircraft were Marines...
CITY: NO QUARTER FOR ILLEGAL PAY PHONES
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amTalk may be cheap, but it's not free, as some unlicensed pay-phone owners will learn when the city rips their illegal hook-ups right out of the sidewalk. After registering 33,000...
TROLLEY CARS ARE READY TO RUMBLE AGAIN IN BROOKLYN
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amA trolley will roll in Brooklyn again. More than 40 years after the last trolley trundled down the borough's streets, the venerable streetcar is poised for a return. If city...
BARAK IS BLEAK ABOUT D.C. TALKS
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Barak - who arrives in Washington tomorrow for a summit meeting with President Clinton - admitted yesterday his hope for a Mideast peace agreement is...
NOSTALGIC PROJECT HAS A FAMILIAR RING
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amLike the Dodgers, the old trolley car is a symbol of Brooklyn history. In fact, it was the trolley that gave the borough's beloved baseball team its name: The old...
PATTI DAVIS FEARS HINCKLEY HOSP 'RELEASE'
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amRonald Reagan's daughter warns that John Hinckley - the man who shot the former president - may soon be allowed to roam unsupervised from his mental hospital. Patti Davis writes...
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING PAM
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amPamela Anderson Lee has gone from busty to bony. It's a stunning development that even the most rabid fans of the ex- "Baywatch" babe could not have imagined five years...
MILBURY MAY SALE INTO SUNSET
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amIslanders 3 Panthers 2 Mike Milbury is savvy enough to realize his general manager days could be numbered once Charles Wang, as expected, buys the Islanders this week. But putting...
IS IT MASTERS OR MEMOREX? CBS 'FLASHBACKS' TAKE DRAMA OUT OF TELECAST
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amTV, IN its eagerness to deceive viewers, almost always ends up out- smarting itself. The Masters, for example, is not such a special event that it shouldn't be presented in...
ONE LAST PATHETIC FLEURY ; THEO SITS FOR FINALE AFTER SNIT ON FRIDAY
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amFlyers 4 Rangers 1 Well, there was less reason for the fans to boo at the Garden yesterday, what with Theo Fleury and Kevin Hatcher sitting out the season-finale 4-1...
A MANAGER, SHRINK & JUGGLER ; BOBBY MUST STRAIGHTEN OUT RICKEY, CHANGE LINEUP
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amTWO things a manager can do when he has a problem on his hands. He can either lobby to rid that problem from the team by whatever means necessary or...
DERBY CHOICE DOWN TO TWO ; DEPUTY OR 'PEGASUS' WILL BE PICK
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amBy winning Saturday's $1 million Santa Anita Derby by a length over previously unbeaten War Chant, The Deputy pretty much determined who the favorite will be for the 2000 Kentucky...
RANGER EXCUSES DON'T FLY ; FLYERS SHOULD BE EXAMPLE FOR BLUESHIRTS
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amTHE RANGERS' stern finally disappeared below the water surface yesterday afternoon, not a moment too soon for the rats who weeks ago ran for the lifeboats and now wait for...
JACK'S 'DISAPPOINTED'
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amMASTERS NOTEBOOK AUGUSTA -- The first two days of this Masters were all about Jack Nicklaus and whether the magic was back at age 60. Nicklaus shot 74-70 in the...
GOODEN NOT SURPRISED MEL KEPT ILLNESS SECRET
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amAt his home in St. Petersburg, Fla., Dwight Gooden has two jerseys hanging above a mantel. One is the Mets jersey he wore when he broke into the big leagues....
N.Y. BREDS SCORE SPLIT DECISIONS
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amLaken and Be Mine Tonight stalked the early pace and then drew away when entering the stretch to win divisions of the New York Stallion Stakes yesterday at Aqueduct. In...
METS DON'T MIND BEING SNOWED OUT
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amIn terms of baseball, snow in April is usually not something you'd want. Well, except if you just lost a 6-5 10-inning game, blowing a four-run ninth inning lead. And...
BENNY STILL BUGGED DESPITE REPRIEVE
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amYesterday was supposed to be the day Benny Agbayani was sent back to the minors. But like a prisoner who receives a stay of execution, Agbayani is still a Met,...
RICKEY NOT TALKIN' AFTER MINOR WRECK
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES Rickey Henderson is fine after being involved in a car accident yesterday on his way to Shea Stadium. The 41-year-old Henderson confirmed he was OK at the Stadium,...
DEVILS MUST SOCK IT TO ROCKET ; BURE'S ON HIT LIST FOR SERIES WITH PANTHERS
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amThese are some lucky Devils. The title-tossing fourth seeds have landed the Panthers, the one team they might actually beat in the first round. The first thing they'll have to...
TIGER'S CHARGE STALLS ON BACK 9
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amAUGUSTA -- Since Saturday night, as he sat six shots back of the Masters lead, Tiger Woods had been licking his chops, believing he was right where he wanted to...
SINGH LEAVES FIELD GREEN WITH ENVY: VIJAY TAKES AUGUSTA TITLEBY 3 STROKES
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amAUGUSTA -- It's been a long, arduous and painful road filled with treacherous detours for Vijay Singh, but he finally found his way to that destination he so badly craved:...
FOR ROCKET, AFTERNOON'S A TOTAL LOSS
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amMariners 9 Yankees 3 SEATTLE -- Roger Clemens understood that no matter how well he pitched, cancer wasn't going to vanish from Mel Stottlemyre's blood. Informed along with the rest...
JACK MAY BE DONE AT AUGUSTA
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amMASTERSNOTEBOOK AUGUSTA -- Could yesterday afternoon's walk up the 18th fairway at Augusta National have been a farewell stroll for the Golden Bear? Jack Nicklaus wouldn't say either way, but...
SORIANO'S DANGEROUS EVERYWHERE
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amSEATTLE -- Alfonso Soriano's stint as a big-league third baseman continued to fluctuate yesterday when the 22-year-old shortstop homered and made an error for the second consecutive game. Soriano, who...
SINGH LEAVES FIELD GREEN WITH ENVY:DUVAL MEETS HIS DOOM AT AMEN CORNER
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amAUGUSTA -- On even the calmest of days, Amen Corner on a Masters Sunday is a disaster waiting to happen. Golfers are advised not to test fate over the 11th,...
PHOTOG'S ITCHY FINGER MAKES ERNIE SHUTTER
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amAUGUSTA -- If not for the click of a camera, Ernie Els might have birdied the 18th hole yesterday and at least made Vijay Singh sweat a little before winning...
TIM: ABOUT TIME WE GOT A BREAK AGAINST KNICKS
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI -- Heat hero Tim Hardaway was asked if he'd like to see the Knicks again next month, in the second round of the playoffs. "If it happens, it happens,"...
PATRICK'S BIG EFFORT IN O'TIME IS WASTED
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI -- Patrick ("We ain't losing") Ewing looked like he wanted to win this on his own after making his bold proclamation. After a quiet foul-plagued first half, Ewing carried...
BAN ENDS BUT CHRIS KEEPS UP THE FIGHT
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES MIAMI -- Chris Childs, returning from a two-game suspension for his fight with Kobe Bryant last Sunday in L.A., had another eventful night last night. Childs hit a...
HARDAWAY HEARTBREAKER:THREE-POINT HEAVE AT BUZZER IN OT STUNS PAT, KNICKS
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amOvertime Heat 95 Knicks 94 MIAMI -- Call it the Tim Hardaway heartbreaker -- a desperation 3-point overtime chuck at the buzzer that has all but ended the Knicks' chances...
PROMISE BREAKERS: EWING'S GUARANTEE DIES ON HARDAWAY TREY AT GUN
April 10, 2000 | 4:00amOvertime Heat 95 Knicks 94 MIAMI - It was a desperation buzzer shot that killed the Knicks' chances of overtaking Miami for the Atlantic Division this season. Tim Hardaway, at...