April 29, 2000
SOROS A TECH WRECK : TOP MANAGERS TAKE BLAME FOR LOSSES; QUIT
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amGeorge Soros, one of the world's biggest speculators, is calling it quits on Wall Street's rich but treacherous technology stock ride - and plunging his head in the sand for...
TERM LIMITS TAKE EFFECT AT CAPITAL STYLE
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amAfter failing to find a buyer, the London-based Economist Group has pulled the plug on Capital Style, its two-and-a-half-year-old lifestyle magazine for Washington, D.C. insiders. "The Economist just decided to...
'JOLTIN' JOEL' STRIKES AS 2 TRIES TO STOP THE BLEEDING
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amCALL it fear and loathing at WCBS/Ch. 2. Over the last few weeks, several high-profile on-air personalities have left Ch. 2 as the third-place station adjusts to the regime of...
COOPER'S UNION COMIC PAT INKS INDIE DEAL
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amWHEN veteran New York comic Pat Cooper was shown the script for the independent film "Cugini," he let loose with one of his characteristically caustic rants. "Kid, you wrote my...
'HOME' MOVIE DISSES DENVER; THE MOUNTAIN MAN'S A WIMP IN SHALLOW FLICK
April 29, 2000 | 4:00am"Take Me Home:The John Denver Story" Sunday at 9 on WCBS/Ch. 2 JOHN Denver couldn't have been this boring. It just doesn't seem possible. If anything, this guy was an...
NBA: NO BRAINS ACTIVE
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amCHARLES WANG, the new owner of the Islanders, doesn't know a puck from a pothole in the Nassau Coliseum parking lot. To bone up, he read "Hockey for Dummies," presuming...
IT'S EASY TO BE GREEN!
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amIf you thought gardens were just for farmers - or suburbanites, or anyone with a big backyard - guess again. Even city kids can get down and dirty! And with...
'WHAZZUP' WITH THE PHOTO? A WEB PARODY
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amYo. Whazzup, Elian? "Stormtroopers," a Web parody of the popular Budweiser "Wazzup" TV ad campaign using the famous photo of Elian Gonzalez being seized, has found a new official home...
RAMSEYS' 'SUSPECT' SUES FOR $50M
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amA man fingered by JonBenet Ramsey's parents as a suspect in the little girl's killing fired back yesterday with a $50 million lawsuit claiming mom Patsy "sexually assaulted and killed...
JUDGE STRIKES SOUR NOTE FOR 'MP3' HIT TUNES
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amA federal judge short-circuited Internet music provider MP3.com yesterday, ruling that the company broke copyright laws by offering a huge catalogue of songs without paying fees to record labels. The...
HILLARY AND MAYOR WOO INDEPENDENTS
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton and Mayor Giuliani could face each other in a September primary after the first lady's aides revealed yesterday that she is courting the Independence Party. Clinton spokesman...
HE SENSED HE'D BE A VICTIM, TOO
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amSaro Manuel Lopez had a premonition last week that he would be a victim of the crime wave directed at livery cab drivers. "I'm scared," he told his mother, according...
RENO SCORES A BIG DATE WITH OPRAH
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amAttorney General Janet Reno is booked to tell all about the Elian Gonzalez case on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" next Tuesday, show officials said yesterday. Reno is scheduled to appear...
MARINES SET TO STORM PUERTO RICAN BEACH
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amTwo Navy warships with about 1,000 Marines are en route to the Puerto Rican island of Vieques to remove protesters who have blocked bombing practices on the naval base there,...
PINT-SIZED TV ICON PLANS BID FOR THE SENATE
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amFormer child actor Gary Coleman threw his hat in the ring yesterday - announcing that he's seeking a California Senate seat. The pint-sized star of "Diff'rent Strokes" told the Fox...
ANXIOUS GUYS QUIT SITTING ON FEARS AND GET TESTED
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amSwitchboards lit up yesterday as concerned New Yorkers quizzed medical experts about prostate cancer. "There's definitely been an increase in calls ranging from men in their 40s to men in...
DEMOCRATS ON HOLD UNTIL GIULIANI DECIDES
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amREPUBLICAN leaders aren't the only ones rattled by news of Mayor Giuliani's prostate cancer - so are some Democrats, who wonder how it will transform the U.S. Senate race. "It's...
UNCLE SAM WANTS TO SPLIT MICROSOFT IN TWO
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Clinton administration said yesterday it wants software giant Microsoft split in two - with safeguards to ensure Bill Gates won't become even richer. Microsoft vowed to appeal...
STUDY: BEER KEEPS YOU 'ALE AND HEART-Y
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amTap a keg and help your heart. A new study says beer is better for your ticker than red wine or liquor. The reason: Beer contains vitamin B6, which prevents...
PREZ FOE: BILL'S STILL QUIBBLING OVER DIDDLING
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton is arguing all over again about whether he had sex with Monica Lewinsky in a fight to keep his legal license, a lawyer in the case...
'NET DOWNLOADS: SONG REMAINS THE SAME
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amMP3.com's loss in its legal battle against the record industry doesn't mean the end of music downloaded from the Web. The genie is out of the bottle, say industry insiders....
DNA TEST CONNECTS PAROLEE TO AT LEAST TWO RAPES
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amA paroled man arrested for an Upper East Side rape last week has been linked to the rape of a woman returning to her Riverside Drive apartment from the opera...
RUSSIAN MOB EYED IN 4 BRUTAL SLAYINGS
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amCops are trying to determine if the executions of four Russians and Orthodox Jews and the attempted murder of a fifth man on Passover are linked to the Russian mob,...
COCHRAN LOSES LIBEL FIGHT WITH POST
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amA federal appeals court yesterday upheld a lower-court ruling against "Dream Team" lawyer Johnnie Cochran in his $10 million libel lawsuit versus Post columnist Andrea Peyser. The 9th Circuit Court...
FEDS' PROPOSAL ISN'T RATTLING ANY ; WINDOWS ON WALL ST.
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amWall Street shrugged off the government's plan to break up Microsoft Corp. yesterday, with the stock barely budging and most top analysts saying shareholders should hold on. But one who...
PRINCIPAL AND AIDES AXED AT HARLEM 'RAPE' SCHOOL
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amBoard of Education officials cleaned house at a Harlem elementary school plagued by student-on-student sex attacks - ousting the principal, an assistant principal and a fourth-grade teacher. The disciplinary actions...
MCCAIN IS GONNA BAT FOR RUDY SAYS HE WILL CAMPAIGN IN MAYOR'S PLACE
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amSen. John McCain will pinch-hit for Mayor Giuliani to keep the pressure on Hillary Clinton while the mayor cuts back on Senate campaigning so he can decide on his prostate...
TORRE TELLS RUDY: I BEAT CANCER AND SO CAN YOU!
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amProstate-cancer survivor Joe Torre yesterday issued a heartfelt message to Mayor Giuliani: Hang tough, Rudy! The Yankee manager, who survived his own bout with the disease last year, said the...
TEEN SAMARITAN KNIFED BY MUGGERS IN BROOKLYN
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man yesterday called the teen Samaritan who risked his life to save him from a band of muggers - only to be beaten and stabbed by the attackers...
WHITE GUNMAN KILLS 5 IN 'RACE' RAGE: COPS
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amA crazed gunman's racist rampage through suburban Pittsburgh left five people dead and another victim fighting for life yesterday, cops said. Richard Baumhammers - believed to be an immigration lawyer...
HELP ON WAY AFTER NINTH LIVERY-CAB SLAYING
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amThe city ordered new steps to protect livery drivers yesterday, hours after the slaying of the ninth cabby this year. One teenage girl was arrested and two male teens were...
CARDINAL ASKS GOD TO LEND HIZZONER A HAND
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amJohn Cardinal O'Connor, who is fighting back from a debilitating illness, is offering prayers of support for Mayor Giuliani, recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. "The cardinal is continuing to pray...
DERBY TRIAL ON TAP TODAY
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amAll was quiet at Churchill Downs yesterday with the Kentucky Derby a week away. Fusaichi Pegasus, with a new exercise rider on his back, didn't rear up and fall down...
CAMP VISITOR TUNA HAS NOTHING TO SAY
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amAl Groh had a special visitor at yesterday's opening rookie minicamp practice at Weeb Ewbank Hall. Oddly positioned on the sideline away from the action and with no whistle dangling...
BOXING NEEDS A CLEAN KNOCKOUT BOXING DESPERATELY NEEDS A HUGE NIGHT
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amTHEY titled the forum, "What is Boxing's Place in America?," but since everyone already knew the answer to that one, the focus quickly shifted to "What's Wrong With Boxing Today...
'CHESTER' WILL BE IN THE HOUSE
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amChester House, who was fourth in the Breeders' Cup Classic in his U. S. and dirt debut, ships in to face nine competitors in the Grade 3 $200,000 Excelsior Breeders'...
NETS' FRONT-OFFICE SEARCH LACKS DIRECTION
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amPatience is a virtue. But it can also be a pain in the pants and one that adversely affects the Nets' front-office rebuilding. The hunt for a director of basketball...
JET ROOKIES IN A RUSH TO CONTRIBUTE
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amThe controversial trade-off was made earlier this month: Keyshawn Johnson for a pass rush. And yesterday's opening of the Jets' minicamp for rookies and first-year free agents was the official...
LEWIS' LEGACY IS ON THE LINE CHAMP OUT TO MAKE 'STATEMENT'
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amIf Lennox Lewis isn't the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world now that the WBA has stripped him of one of his belts, he is at least the indisputable champion...
BUNYAN CHOPS DOWN CLIPPERS
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amMolloy7 Xaverian5 Molloy's Brian Bunyan killed any hope of a Xaverian comeback when he came on in the bottom of the fifth inning to shut down the surging Clippers yesterday....
LEAFS FLAWED, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amTORONTO - Have you ever come across a team with less of a physical presence than the Maple Leafs? Ever seen a team with less interest in getting the puck...
LARRY MIGHT BENCH GOMEZ
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amTORONTO - He has held the job since March 24, but Larry Robinson becomes the Devils' coach tonight. He must begin making painful decisions. Don't be surprised if likely Rookie...
THOMAS HAS IT ALL: MONEY, FREEDOM, HOPE
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amTORONTO - The getting was good. In fact, for Steve Thomas, it turned out ideal. The English-born winger seemed to be throwing away his chance at the Stanley Cup he...
CAMBY AWAITS COLD RECEPTION A SWEEP WOULD BE SWEET FOR EX-RAPTOR
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amAs Patrick Ewing likes to say, the weather's nice in Miami this time of year. And while the Knicks can almost touch the white sands of South Beach in the...
OAK WON'T TAKE IT EASY ON PATRICK
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amPatrick Ewing has all the respect in the world for Charles Oakley, his former Knick teammate. But sometimes Ewing wonders if Oakley is more concerned with going after him than...
MALONE HAS SYMPATHY FOR RUDY'S PLIGHT
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amIf there is a silver lining to Mayor Giuliani's revelation of prostate cancer, Brendan Malone, the Knicks' assistant coach, says it creates tremendous awareness among late-middle-age men. Malone was diagnosed...
MEXICO FALLS TO HONDURAS
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amHERSHEY, Pa. - In a match that featured Honduras goalkeeper Noel Valladares making several superb saves, the biggest one was made by the left goalpost, allowing Honduras to defeat Mexico...
GRITTY REED BACK IN SPITE OF PAIN
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amDENVER - Rick Reed, who missed his last start on Monday because of a sprained left wrist and bruised hand, is scheduled to return to the Met rotation today when...
WHAT A TURNAROUND! CONE'S CHANGES PAY OFF
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amYankees6Blue Jays0 Not one teammate admitted he had lost confidence in David Cone. Joe Torre looked at Cone's velocity and believed it was only a matter of time before the...
U.S. ROARS INTO OLYMPICS
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amUnited States4 Guatemala0 HERSHEY, Pa. - The United States Under-23 soccer team didn't want to just qualify for the Olympics. Its desire was to prove that it was of world-class...
FORD'S SETBACK TROUBLES YANKS
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amNews of Whitey Ford's second duel with an undisclosed form of cancer was met with sadness and shock throughout the Yankee organization yesterday. The 71-year-old Ford, who five years ago...
ROBERTO LIKELY TO LAND ON DL
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amWith his right elbow not feeling well enough to play today against Blue Jays lefty David Wells, Roberto Kelly is headed for tests on the hinge and is likely bound...
YOSHII STILL HAS NEW YORK STATE OF MIND
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amDENVER - Masato Yoshii misses New York. With the food and the culture, it was almost like being in Japan said Yoshii, who still resides in the offseason in Tokyo....
PIAZZA HURT HAMPTON KO'D
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amDENVER - From what we know this morning, the Mets avoided total disaster at Coors Field last night. After Mike Piazza was taken to Rose Medical Center in downtown Denver...
MASATO STILL HAS N.Y. STATE OF MIND
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amDENVER - Masato Yoshii misses New York. With the food and the culture, it was almost like being in Japan said Yoshii, who still resides in the offseason in Tokyo....
SPREWELL'S GLAD TO SKIP FREE AGENCY
April 29, 2000 | 4:00amLatrell Sprewell is relieved that his 1999-2000 season hasn't been filled with the phrase "free-agent-to-be" attached to his name. So are the Knicks. Can you imagine if Garden prez Dave...