May 9, 2000
MOSS TIES UP 'BOWTIE BLDG.' PLANS
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Moss family finally means to do something with its weird but wonderful Times Square building at 1530 Broadway. Owner Charles B. Moss Jr. has called in Garrick-Aug's crack retail...
SETTING A NEW STANDARD FOR DOWNTOWN HOTELS
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amTrendspotting hotelier Andre Balazs is trying to extend his fashionable streak. His list of haute hostelries includes the Chateau Marmont and the Standard in L.A., the Mercer Hotel in Manhattan...
GLAUBER IS FRONT-RUNNERTO SUCCEED NASD'S ZARB
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amSo long, Frank Zarb; hello, Robert Glauber. The National Association of Securities Dealers is preparing for the retirement of its long-term chairman after it spins off its Nasdaq stock market...
DOW JONES SUITOR: THOMSON MAY BID FOR WSJ PARENT: REPORT
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amCanadian newspaper giant Thomson Corp. is reportedly considering a bid to buy Dow Jones & Co., the parent company of The Wall Street Journal. A report in the International Financing...
CUPS RUNNETH OVER FOR SAKS PUSH-UP BRAS
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amThe battle to boost cleavage is proving big business for bra manufacturers. Again. Six years ago, the Miracle Bra and the Wonderbra went to war looking to win over the...
NAPSTER LOSES ROUND; JUDGE OKS MUSIC COPYRIGHT CASE
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amIt could soon be brownout time for Napster. In a double whammy, the company lost a key battle in court and started kicking off users fingered by rockers Metallica for...
HERE COMES THE SPIN KING - WPP'S SORRELL
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amMartin Sorrell is finally getting what he always wanted - to be the biggest adman in the world - and he's expected to settle some old scores. The 55-year-old head...
TURNER AIMS TO BUY NBC AFTER AOL MERGER: BOOK
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amMedia mogul Ted Turner hasn't given up his dream of owning NBC. According to an explosive book by CNN founding president Reese Schonfeld, Ted recently admitted he's still interested in...
M'SOFT AIMS TO TURN TABLES ON WITNESSES IN HEARING
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amIn tomorrow's response to the government request to break it up, Microsoft will ask to bring government experts back to the stand for a grilling, said a legal expert. William...
SEC STARTS INSIDER TRADING PROBE AT CISCO
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amCisco, the darling of the high-tech world, is being investigated for insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Shares of a company it bought last Friday rocketed 27 percent...
NASDAQ TUMBLES 147 WHILE DOW ADVANCES 25
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amNew York's early heat wave failed to ignite stocks, as the Nasdaq and the S&P fell and the Dow registered only a tiny gain. The low volume - fewer shares...
TV IS RUDY'S VERY BEST PAL; TOWN MEETING MELTS HIS ICY IMAGE
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amWANT to know why Rudy Giuliani will ultimately defeat Hillary Clinton in the Senate race? After sifting through all the issues and personal histories that divide them and define them,...
'KATE' DANCES AWAY WITH 12 NODS:'KATE' DANCES AWAY WITH 12 NOMINATIONS
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amTHE hit revival of "Kiss Me, Kate" snagged 12 Tony Award nominations yesterday, the most for any show this season. The Cole Porter musical was nominated for Best Revival, pitting...
'RUNT' A SMALL VICTORY
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amRUNT New Victory Theatre, 209 W. 42nd St., off Broadway, (212) 242-0800. Through May 21.THE renovation of the New Victory Theatre at 42nd Street and Broadway was the first step...
A LITTLE POP MAKES JAYHAWKS 'SMILE'
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amAFTER years of banging out albums with an alternative country groove sound, the Jayhawks have created a pop album. Though catchy, "Smile" still has roots-rock familiarity and high-powered guitar riffs....
BULLY, BULLY FOR BOULEY
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amDANUBE chef and owner David Bouley, who put Vienna back on the food map with his bold re-interpretations of Austro-Hungarian cuisine, was selected outstanding chef of the year at the...
THE STARR REPORT
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amThe Yothers side Attention Tina Yothers fans: The ex-"Family Ties" star is alive and well - and fronting a rock band. Yothers - who starred as little sis Jennifer Keaton...
ALLY JOINS 'MONOLOGUES'
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amPRODUCERS of "The Vagina Monologues" have tapped Calista Flockhart to co-star for a week in June - though they still haven't announced a replacement for dropout Donna Hanover. The "Ally...
DISNEY'S 'AIDA' DOESN'T MAKE THE CUT
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Tony Award nominators dissed "Aida" yesterday, omitting the $15 million Disney show from the list of nominees for Best Musical. In theater circles, the snub was seen as a...
RUSH HOUR ON THE HUDSON - A THRILLING RIDE THROUGH FOAMY RAPIDS AND PAST PRISTINE SCENERY
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amOUR guide, Tony Azaret, stopped the raft in an eddy upstream of Osprey Nest, to tell us the safest way to get through this whirlpool: Let the current spin the...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amA girl named Sue After untold millennia, the most complete and best preserved fossilized bones of the largest Tyrannosaurus rex were discovered by fossil hunter Sue Hendrickson on August 12,...
MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amNORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS "Shake Hands With Shortie" Cool Tone Records Rhythmic, hypnotic and repetitive slide-guitar phrasings have been the essentials of the boogie since John Lee Hooker first distilled the...
FROM THE COAL MINE TO BIG TIME
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amMayoral gal pal Judi Nathan has found herself in the big-city spotlight - but she started out a small-town girl. The 45-year-old, whose relationship with Mayor Giuliani has thrust her...
MORE SIGNS OF DISTANT PLANETS
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amAstronomers have detected signs pointing to the possibility of eight new planets orbiting stars far from our own solar system. The discovery, made at the La Silla observatory in Chile,...
NAVY'S TEST-BOMBING RESUMES ON VIEQUES
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amThe Navy resumed its controversial training at the Vieques bombing range yesterday after more than a year's suspension. In a brief statement, a Navy spokesman said warplanes from the nearby...
MIRACLE TOT SURVIVES NINE-STORY FALL
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amA 2-year-old Harlem girl clung to life last night after she miraculously survived a nine-story fall from her bedroom window. Police said Crishawna Swinson managed to squeeze through a small...
PRIDE IN HIS WORK HELPS EASE GRIEF OF COFFIN MAKER
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amJohn Marsellus said he feels blessed to have made the coffin in which John Cardinal O'Connor was laid to rest yesterday under the altar of St. Patrick's Cathedral. "It was...
OFF-DUTY COP HURT IN MOTORCYCLE SMASH
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amAn off-duty cop was fighting for his life today after his motorcycle collided with a car in Queens last night. Vartan Harutunian, 32, was rushed to Elmhurst General Hospital, where...
MALCOLM X'S DAUGHTER TALKS WITH FARRAKHAN
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amMalcolm X's oldest daughter sat down recently with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan - long blamed by members of her family for her father's death. "I did not know...
WHY RUDY IS IN THE CLEAR - BILL'S BEHAVIOR MAKES HIZZONER'S LOOK CHASTE
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amRUDY Giuliani has a "very good friend" to whom he is not married. And nobody seems to care, except as a subject of prurient speculation. The irony here is that...
HARLEM GOPER SAYS HE'D RUN IF RUDY DROPS OUT
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amA Republican from Harlem, who was Gov. Pataki's housing czar before resigning under a cloud is the latest Senate wannabe gearing up to run if Mayor Giuliani bails out, officials...
ONE LAST THUNDERCLAP - POLS SHAKEN BY PRO-LIFE HOMILY
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amJOHN Cardinal O'Connor, priest, teacher and warrior, was laid to rest yesterday as he lived - with a thunderclap that rocked the rafters of his beloved St. Patrick's Cathedral and...
BILL CITES RECORD IN BID TO SAVE LAW LICENSE
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Clinton says his long career in public service qualifies him for special treatment by a panel thinking about yanking his law license on grounds he lied about...
MCCALL AND HEVESI CLASH OVER DEBT CAP
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - State Comptroller H. Carl McCall yesterday backed two key elements of a Giuliani administration plan to deal with the city's pending debt problems. In doing so, McCall split...
TV ANCHORS KEPT TALKING OUT OF TURN AT SERVICE
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amHEAVEN help you if you get stuck sitting near a bunch of TV anchorpeople the next time you're in church. These chatterboxes don't know when to shut up. At least...
$325M HAS FOLKS GAME TO MAKE IT 'BIG'
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amHow big is the Big Game jackpot? Big enough to make more than 300 people millionaires, if that many winning tickets were sold for tonight's drawing. The jackpot ballooned to...
SPRING THAW IS JUST THE TICKET
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amYOU'D think we could lick this unseasonal heat wave if we could figure out how to grab hold of the waves of frigid air that was supposed to come from...
'JUDGMENT DAY' LOOMS FOR ELIAN - KIN TO SQUARE OFF IN COURT THURSDAY
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The tug-of-war over Elian Gonzalez heads back into court Thursday, when his father, his great-uncle and federal officials take turns arguing over what's best for the boy. The...
EGAN'S GOT THE WORD: HE'S NEXT ARCHBISHOP
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amThese are bittersweet times for friends and family of Bishop Edward Egan. The 68-year-old prelate of Bridgeport, Conn., has told relatives mourning John Cardinal O'Connor that he'll succeed the beloved...
FEDS LAUNCH BIAS PROBE INTO CUNY ADMISSIONS
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amThe Clinton administration is monitoring whether the City University of New York's tougher admissions policy at its senior colleges discriminates against minorities. The probe is being conducted by the U.S....
STREETS BATHED IN LOVE AND PRAYERS - ADMIRERS KNEEL ON SIZZLING SIDEWALKS
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amAs leaders of church and state bade John Cardinal O'Connor a majestic goodbye at St. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday, hundreds of ordinary New Yorkers prayed outside, some kneeling on the scorching...
TENANT REPS HELP OK RENT HIKES - OUTCRY OVER 4% AND 6% RAISES
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amThe Rent Guidelines Board last night approved the biggest increases in four years - 4 and 6 percent for new one- and two-year leases - after a stunning move by...
DUFF'S LAWYERS WANT A MISTRIAL OVER SEX, LIES AND AUDIOTAPE
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amLawyers for Patricia Duff demanded a mistrial in her custody battle against billionaire Ron Perelman yesterday after the judge in the case accused the multimillionaire mom of "an illegal act."...
BOY WHO MELTED HEARTS - KID ON CRUTCHES SAYS GOODBYE TO HIS FRIEND
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amA little boy with one leg who balanced on his crutches so he could join in the thunderous applause at John Cardinal O'Connor's funeral became one of the most poignant...
SUBWAY SPITTERS LEAVE STRAPHANGERS STRANDED
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amSpitters stalled IRT straphangers under the East and West sides yesterday by spewing saliva in conductors' faces - prompting them to stop their trains while they sought medical attention, officials...
BABY-SLAY AMY FREE TOMORROW
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amConvicted baby killer Amy Grossberg will be released from prison tomorrow after serving less than two years for leaving her newborn son in a motel trash bin, a Delaware official...
PLAY PAL CAN'T FATHOM FUME TOT'S DEATH
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amA playmate of 3-year-old Simina Kranz, who perished along with five others when carbon monoxide filled their Long Island home, is asking her mother what happened - but the stunned...
TEARS AND LAUGHTER SEND CARDINAL HOME
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amNew York, the nation and the world bade farewell to John Cardinal O'Connor yesterday in a moving funeral Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral - punctuated by fervent applause and heartfelt...
MCCAIN'S POISED TO JUMP THE GUN & ENDORSE BUSH
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - John McCain yesterday said he's ready to endorse George W. Bush for president after their big peace summit today - a move that would be a blow to...
U.S. TO FLY PEACEKEEPERS INTO SIERRA
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amU.S. Air Force planes will ferry from 700 to 800 Bangladeshi peacekeepers to Sierra Leone peacekeeping effort, the Pentagon announced yesterday. It's also possible the Air Force will provide transport...
MOVIE-STAR GAZERS RANT AND RAVE ON THEIR FAVES
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amPillow-lipped Angelina Jolie and impossibly handsome Jude Law are Tinseltown's sexiest actors - while Tom Cruise and Gwyneth Paltrow are movieland's most overrated, a Jane magazine poll says. The annual...
SIERRA REBS FIRE ON PEACE PROTESTERS
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amViolence worsened in Sierra Leone yesterday when 5,000 angry demonstrators marched on the home of rebel leader Foday Sankoh and were fired on by his forces. At least four people...
GIANTS STILL UNSURE IF WAY'S COMING BACK
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amThis is something that Deryle Daniels, the agent for fullback Charles Way, believes is a given about his client: "He'll retire a Giant, without a question." Left unsaid is when...
NO MERCY FOR HARDAWAY! KNICKS GOTTA EXPLOIT ACHY TIM
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amSPEAKING a bit prematurely, perhaps, Rodney Buford assures us a Heat series victory is in the bag. It's nice to see that Jeff Van Gundy plans to start playing Marcus...
AMAZIN'S BETTER HIT IN PITT ; STUMBLE INTO FINAL STOP ON TRIP
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amThe warmth of the Florida sunshine was supposed to thaw out the Mets and make their legs and bats as lively as everyone expects them to be this summer. After...
MEN IN BLACK WREAK HAVOC
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amLONDON - In the space of a split second, the man in black makes a decision that will affect thousands. But refs don't always get it right, and that's why...
PATRICK 'RINGS' IN: ON EVE OF GAME 2, HE'S TALKIN' TITLE
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - Surrounded by reporters and cameras after walking off the American Airlines Arena court following yesterday's practice, Patrick Ewing told the throng: "I'll talk to you after I get...
HEAT DISMISS CHILDS' BARBS
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - Diplomacy ruled in the days leading to the start of the latest playoff version of Knicks-Heat. With a history that contained the delicacy and decorum of Chicago mob...
TIM CRAMS FOR GAME 2 TESTS
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - We've seen Tim Hardaway after 20 days of rest. Not bad at all. But now the Heat and Hardaway are eager to see him with one day of...
SECOND-HALF BENCHING ANGERS, SHOCKS KURT
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - With Patrick Ewing hampered by back spasms Sunday, Kurt Thomas figured to see his role expand in Game 1 at AmericanAirlines Arena. Instead, the reverse happened. Thomas played...
CAMBY STUNG BY BENCH STINT
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - One of Latrell Sprewell's functions on the Knicks is serving as Marcus Camby's listening post. Camby and Sprewell are as tight a pair as there is on the...
BOWEN GLAD HE WOUND UP WITH MIAMI, NOT KNICKS
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amHEAT NOTEBOOK MIAMI - It is one of the great quirks of fate in recent memory. On one of the few days of the entire season, Feb. 21, that the...
EWING, CAMBY ARE KEY FOR KNICKS TO GO 4TH
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - They've played the fourth quarters from hell. That's the real Heat the Knicks have endured at American Airlines Arena. In three South Florida fourth quarters this season the...
WIZARDS, JORDAN STILL LIKE JARVIS
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amSt. John's coach Mike Jarvis said he has not yet been contacted directly by Michael Jordan regarding the Washington Wizards' head coaching position, but the two have spoken by phone...
SPREE: WE'VE GOTTA MAKE THE HEAT PAY
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amKNICK NOTEBOOK MIAMI - Latrell Sprewell is calling for his teammates to make Pat Riley and the Heat "pay" for relentless double-teaming employed against the Knicks star. Sprewell was held...
ERR ALLAN MUST GET ON COURSE
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amMIAMI - He threw one to P.J. Brown, one to Dan Majerle, another that Chris Childs tried unsuccessfully to save with a leap across the time line. Give Allan Houston...
GUTIERREZ SLUGS TWO HOMERS AS MONROE CHILLS OUT CLINTON
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amHIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Monroe 10 Clinton 6 No punches were thrown, but the air was filled with trash talk. The heat and passion were so high that the players were...
ST. JOHN'S SIGNS 7-4 VA. CENTER
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amOn Friday, St. John's lost its premier recruit, Darius Miles, who declared for the NBA Draft. Yesterday, the Red Storm eased the loss of Miles by signing a giant of...
ISLE OWNERS MEETING WITH FANS
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amWould George Steinbrenner do this? In an extraordinary meeting intended to ingratiate themselves with fans, new Islander owners Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar will hold a round-table breakfast this morning...
TINO'S GLOVE JUST AS POTENT AS BAT
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amIf Tino Martinez isn't careful, he's going to start being known as a defensive first baseman. On a night when Martinez got the Yankees started by blasting a three-run homer...
KNOBBY'S BACK IN THE SWING
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Chuck Knoblauch, who has been out with a strained left hand, took live batting practice yesterday for the first time since last Monday. Knoblauch didn't play in last...
STEVENS GETS MAD AND RAKES LEAFS
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amToronto coach Pat Quinn didn't do his players any favors by describing Scott Stevens as a cheap-shot artist earlier in the series. Perhaps Quinn's intention was to persuade referees to...
FROM DOCTOR K TO DOCTOR DO LITTLE
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amHIS name just as easily could have been Dave Eiland or Corey Lidle or any number of other anonymous pitchers who used to make a living working in New York,...
DEVILS PLAYING POSSESSED ; SIX-SHOT SHUTOUT OUSTS TORONTO
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amDevils 3 Maple Leafs 0 It's not idle dreaming, now. In shambles two scant months ago, these Devils who couldn't even win a round as regular-season conference champs the past...
YANKS TURN ON THE POWER; THREE HOMERS SPARK WIN OVER RAYS
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amYankees 6 Devil Rays 3 If there's a microcosm of the state of pitching today - what Joe Torre calls "arena baseball" - last night was it. Doc Gooden -...
FINALLY, PRIDE REDEEMED
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amTHE DEVILS won more than a hockey game last night, and more than the conference semis. They won more than the opportunity to advance. The Devils won back their identity...
IMPATIENCE ISN'T A VIRTUE: JUMPY JETER STRUGGLING TO REDISCOVER HIS STROKE
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amIt's not that he's been bad. It's just that he hasn't been Derek Jeter. Most hitters would be happy with Jeter's numbers; he's hitting .287, has reached base in 26...
STUNNED DISBELIEF WHENEVER RIVERA FAILS
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amJeff Nelson had a simple explanation for what happened to Mariano Rivera on Sunday. "He's human," Nelson said of Rivera's performance in the Yankees' 7-6 loss to the Orioles in...
CHUCK GETTING BACK IN SWING
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Second baseman Chuck Knoblauch, who has been out with a strained left hand, took live batting practice yesterday for the first time since last Monday. He didn't start...
NO TIME TO BASK IN GLORY
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amTHERE'S been no basking in glory from the Devils as they've gone through the first two rounds of the playoffs; none whatsoever during or after the four-game sweep of the...
DEVILS KEEP WHINE UNCORKED
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amWhile they insist they will not whine, the Devils wonder. They wonder if they are absorbing more foul shots than they would if they did. "You would think so," said...
FEISTY MAPLE LEAFS HOPING TO GET EVEN
May 9, 2000 | 4:00amWould the Maple Leafs seek further mayhem in the wake of the Game 5 brawl? Would they continue to allege that Devils center Jason Arnott is drawing blood by biting...