June 10, 2000
WHERE HE WENDT: INVESTORS SAY NO TO JAPAN
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amFormer GE Capital honcho Gary Wendt is ditching his plans to invest in Japan. Wendt and his GE colleagues, who have formed Global Opportunity Advisors, have been raising funds for...
SUICIDE, THEN A SUIT: EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE DOGS LATE MORT EXEC
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amMort Zuckerman may end up suing the estate of a former top-level employee who reportedly committed suicide late last year. The Daily News chief and real estate magnate has accused...
HENLEY GIG PEELS OUT IN 'FAST LANE'
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amFOR the first half of the concert, it was a death-match battle between consciousness and the Sandman - and sleep was in control. But suddenly Don Henley snared the audience:...
IS TV NEWS ONLY FOR GROWN UPS?; IT'S THE ULTIMATE REALITY SHOW FOR RUGRATS, BUT HARDLY FAMILY VIEWING
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amMY son's for George W. Bush. How? "I saw him on television," the four-year old confided. This pleases my husband to no end. But as the resident Democrat, I'm skeptical....
THIS SUMMER'S TOY STORY
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amWrap up those final homework assignments -- school's almost out and it's nearly time to play. What do you mean, you don't have anything to play with? Last year, we...
ROYAL AIDE FLIES COOP OVER SCOOP
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amPrince Charles' press secretary resigned in shame yesterday after a scandal exploded over exclusive photos of Prince William that were leaked to one newspaper in advance. Sandy Henney, 48, who...
DEM DUO FEEL PINCH OF POLITICS IN NEW BUDGET
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amTHE $37.7 billion city budget deal announced this week produced lots of smiles and back-slapping in this age of prosperity - but not for two Democratic officials whose budgets were...
FEDERAL PROBE REAFFIRMS RAY ACTED ALONE IN SLAYING OF KING
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe Justice Department said yesterday its 18-month probe found no credible evidence that anyone but James Earl Ray killed Martin Luther King - and recommended conspiracy theories finally be laid...
WHY GOLFER DALY GOT A 'RISE' WHEN ; GAME WENT DOWN
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amJohn Daly, bad boy of the links, says antidepressants ruined his golf game - but turned him into a stud. "I don't know why you need Viagra when you've got...
WIFE-KNIFE JUDGE TRADES JAIL FOR MENTAL HOSPITAL
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe Long Island criminal court judge arrested for stabbing his wife in a bizarre episode last month was released on bail yesterday to a psychiatric hospital. Paul Kowtna, 51, wearing...
PAM HEATS UP THE SET WITH SWEDISH SWEETIE
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amHere's the first peek at Pamela Anderson and her new beau - and the hard-luck beauty couldn't be happier. The Post caught Anderson arm-in-arm with her latest hunk, male supermodel...
BRONX COP CHARGED IN SHOOTING OF TEENAGER
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amA 14-year NYPD veteran was charged with assault in the 1999 shooting of an unarmed 16-year-old Bronx youth yesterday - but the boy's angry mother lashed out at prosecutors for...
ISRAELI TROOPS AT LEB BORDER WOUND STONE-THROWING BOY
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Violence broke out on Lebanon's southern border yesterday for the first time since Israel's withdrawal as villagers stoned U.N. and Lebanese officials who were inspecting the boundary. A...
HOW CAN THEY EVEN THINK OF LETTING ; THIS VILE SLIME GO FREE?
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amI WOULDN'T want to face the loved ones of Sgt. Peter Voto or Officer Gary Tedesco if I was one of the three New Jersey judges - make that three...
CELINE'S SQUEAL OF JOY: 'I'M PREGNANT!'
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amCeline Dion announced some titanic news yesterday - the sexy songbird is finally going to have a baby. "This time it's for real - I'm pregnant," Dion gushed in a...
DEM REBELS JOIN GOP AND VOTE TO END 'DEATH' TAX
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The House yesterday cast a vote to get rid of the "death tax" by 2010 as all Republicans backed the move - and a third of Democrats defied...
DIALLO SONG GETS UNDER COPS' SKIN
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe head of the city's police union yesterday accused Bruce Springsteen of "trying to fatten his wallet" with a new song about the Amadou Diallo killing. Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President...
COURT JESTER DAVE GETS SENT HOME FROM JURY DUTY
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amSTAMFORD, Conn. - A disappointed David Letterman left Superior Court yesterday after he wasn't picked for a jury - but he said he has a plan to break into the...
BUSH HOPES LATINO KIN'S TV SPOTS AD UP TO VOTES
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Hunky George P. Bush - the GOP presidential candidate's Latino nephew - gets a rock-star debut in New York tomorrow as he marches in the Puerto Rican Day...
MERCURY'S TAKING RUN AT RECORD 100
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amSome like it hot - but this is ridiculous. New Yorkers will sweat it out today as hot air from the South makes the mercury soar to 100 degrees, likely...
'TALK' TOSSES STARR BOOK SHELVES PROJECT ON AIDES' SEX LIVES
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amTina Brown's Talk Miramax Books yesterday killed a book project that delved into the sex lives of investigators working for Sexgate prober Kenneth Starr. Matt Drudge's Web revelation that John...
HACKS SUE FOR END TO 'OPERATION REFUSAL'
June 10, 2000 | 4:00am"Operation Refusal," the city's crackdown on racist cabbies, violates drivers' civil rights and was launched only because a celebrity complained that taxis wouldn't stop for him, a lawsuit filed yesterday...
JUICE ISN'T BACKING DOWN DELAYS GOLF FOR FRESH JAB AT NICOLE'S SISTER
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amO.J. Simpson was on his worst behavior again yesterday - playing a round of golf as he insisted he couldn't care less what the families of the slain Nicole Brown...
HOLIDAY HORROR AS RABBI'S KIN ARE KILLED IN BROOKLYN FIRE
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe granddaughter of a Hasidic spiritual leader and her infant daughter - clasped protectively in her arms - died early yesterday in a raging Brooklyn fire sparked by religious candles,...
JERSEY TRIES TO NIX RELEASE OF COP KILLER
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amNew Jersey authorities scrambled to block the release of cop killer Thomas Trantino yesterday after a panel of judges approved freeing the longest-serving inmate in the state's prison system. The...
'SCRAMBLED EGG' PARENTS BACK IN COURT
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe two sets of parents involved in the case of a switched-before-birth baby were both in the same room yesterday - possibly for the last time. All the parents, Donna...
3 CHEERS FOR ROCKER : MINOR LEAGUE FANS APPLAUD FOUL MOUTH OF SOUTH
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amCheers, nothing but cheers. Hothead John Rocker got a two-minute standing ovation when he stepped to the pitcher's mound in the ninth inning last night to help the Richmond Braves...
SKEETER-VIRUS EXPERTS COUNTING CROWS AGAIN
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amThree crows found dead in the metropolitan area were infected with the West Nile Virus, dashing hopes that the virus died out over the winter. Two of the birds were...
FORBES' MAN SET TO RUN RICK'S SHIP
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amRepublican Senate candidate Rick Lazio yesterday hit the airwaves with his first ad - touting his love affair with New York - and named Steve Forbes' former handler as his...
JONES: I'M UP TO THE TASK
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amEveryone is acting like the Mets have already lost today's game at the Stadium because he is taking the mound. They see his 1-2 record and the 9.64 ERA in...
METS' WIN HAS YANKEES' FANS HOWLING FOR REVENGE
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amYankees fans got an Amazin' comeuppance last night, as they watched a game that promised to be a pitching duel turn into Mets batting practice. Watching the Bronx Bombers bomb...
MOM BUSTED IN BX. SLAYING
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amA Bronx mother of seven and two teens were arrested last night for allegedly killing her lover - a case in which cops knocked on the victim's door but left...
20 HORSES FEARED DEAD IN BROOKLYN FIRE
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amAs many as 20 horses were killed last night when a suspicious fire swept through a decrepit Brooklyn stable, officials said. The two-alarm blaze started shortly before midnight at the...
TERROR HIT CHILLS PLANS FOR ATHENS OLYMPICS
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amGreece's government, embarrassed by the latest in a string of terrorist killings of foreigners, said yesterday it would take extraordinary measures to protect visitors during the 2004 Olympics in Athens....
B'KLYN MAN DIES AFTER THIEF SLUGS HIM
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amA 40-year-old Brooklyn man was killed when he struck his head on the ground after being punched by a robber early yesterday, police said. Julio Anton was pronounced dead at...
NOW SAYS BAR RAFFLE IS STRICTLY FOR BOOBS
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amTwo New Jersey nightspots have sparked a furor with their "Thanks for the Mammaries" contest - raffling off breast-implant surgery to one lucky customer. The Planet Club and River Street...
THEY DON'T MAKE 'EM LIKE THEY USED TO
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amOf more than 33,000 thoroughbreds foaled in North America three years ago, only Impeachment will race in all three Triple Crown events. What accounts for the dearth of horses able...
UNSHADED COULD BE YEAR'S BEST BARGAIN
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amIF UNSHADED, a major contender, should win the Belmont Stakes this afternoon, he will become the biggest bargain of the Classic season - and the breeding business' biggest nightmare. The...
TIME IS ON DEVILS' SIDE
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amGAME 5 / 3 OTs Stars1 Devils0 DALLAS - For lovers of the sport, it couldn't have been much better. Or, for the Devils, any more cruel. Bobby Holik had...
RATINGS-BE-DAMNED, DEVILS AND STARS GIVING WORLD MAGICAL MOMENTS
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amDALLAS - Can I just say this? Can I just say that I don't care what the television ratings were for Game 5? That I don't particularly care what the...
LOOKS LIKE ANYBODY'S RACE : APTITUDE FAVORED IN EVENLY-MATCHED BELMONT
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amPhooey on 'saichi Pegasus. Red Bullet, who's he? So what if the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners didn't show up for today's 132nd Belmont Stakes (ABC, 4:30-6 p.m.; post time...
KENDALL COMES UP HARD WAY
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amWhen you watch the Buick Classic's final two rounds this weekend, root for Skip Kendall. Kendall, by virtue of his 3-under 68 yesterday, is two shots behind Dennis Paulson for...
REMEMBER THE ALAMO!
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amDALLAS - A couple of points about the Alamo and those Texans' last stand: It isn't here, and they were annihilated. The Devils had best remember such facts regarding their...
PAULSON OVERCOMES EARLY MORNING WOES
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amDennis Paulson considers himself a morning person. But early yesterday when he approached his errant tee shot, snap-hooked well into the rough on No. 2, he was in no mood...
IT'S YONAGUSKA IN A FLASH
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amYonaguska, a $1,950,000 yearling purchase, took the lead soon after the start and then drew off to win the 100th running of the Flash Stakes by 2½ lengths over The...
THERE ARE PLENTY OF STAKES ON UNDERCARD
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amBesides the Belmont Stakes, four of the races making up today's $1 million guaranteed Pick 6 at Belmont Park are graded stakes preceding the Test of the Champion. The opening...
FINDER'S FEE TAKES ACORN
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amFinder's Fee closed well and overtook favored Roxelana in deep stretch to win the Grade 1 $200,000 Acorn Stakes, the first leg of the Triple Tiara for 3-year-old fillies, at...
STARS HAVE TROUBLE IN N.J. AFTER GAME
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amIRVING, Texas - The euphoria of winning Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals lost its steam near Exit 9 of the New Jersey Turnpike. With Mike Modano's game-winning, third-overtime...
XAVERIAN ROLLS INTO TITLE GAME
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amCHSAA PLAYOFFS Xaverian9 Iona Prep1 It's hard to pinpoint exactly what makes Xaverian so good. No longer does it have a potential major-leaguer in its rotation, like last year with...
AWFUL, HORRID, SAD: THEY'RE THE LIBERTY
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amMonarchs77 Liberty56 The next time this reporter is given the choice between Liberty and death, well, he'll hesitate before choosing the former after witnessing last night's debacle in the Garden....
PESKY TYNER'S JUST GRAND
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amON the biggest stage the Mets have played this season, their biggest name, their biggest man, their biggest bat, made the biggest contribution. Mike Piazza, the most dominating performer in...
ACHING KNOBBY IS CLOSER TO DL
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amIf Chuck Knoblauch's left forearm doesn't show vast improvement by today, the Yankees will likely place their leadoff hitter and second baseman on the disabled list. "It hurts and it's...
TYNER JUST GRAND
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amROGER Clemens broke into the major leagues two-and-a-half weeks after Jayson Tyner blew out seven candles on his birthday cake. Sixteen years and one month later, Jayson blew with all...
PIAZZA, AMAZIN'S AGAIN TURN ROCKET INTO DUD : MIKE'S SLAM, BELL'S FIVE RBI'S TRIGGER ROUT AT STRADIUM
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amJoe Torre was talking about Mike Piazza but could have easily been describing the feeling Yankee fans get in their guts when Roger Clemens takes the mound lately. "He is...
PIAZZA PROVING A BIG APPLE HIT
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amUNLIKE Roger Clemens, Mike Piazza did not force his way to New York. And, unlike Clemens, Piazza has both justified his reputation and merited the big bucks he demanded to...
SLUMBERING BELL FINALLY GETS WAKE-UP CALL
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amIf it weren't enough that the Mets dominated the Yankees, 12-2, last night, add this to the list. Yo, Derek Bell found his swing and in a big way, yo....
ABBOTT FINDS NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT BAD CALL
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amFirst base umpire Marty Foster was guilty of missing a call, then he threw out the innocent party, shortstop Kurt Abbott. In the second with two-out and Jay Payton on...
LEITER GOT ROG'S NUMBER
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe answer didn't seem to make sense. On first thought, it would seem Al Leiter must get up to face future Hall of Famer Roger Clemens. "Not really," Leiter said...
WEAK LINKS FACING SUBWAY SPOTLIGHT
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amIF nothing else, Mets-Yankees comes in the Knick of time. It comes the weekend after the Knicks were vanquished from the playoffs, leaving New York sports fans with a void...
THE BRONX IS BUZZING: SUBWAY FEVER GRIPS FANS
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amThe Deegan was choked with traffic and the River Avenue bars were swollen in the hour leading up to the first pitch of last night's Game 1 of the Subway...
BOBBY'S NO BIG FAN OF THE DH
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES Bobby Valentine thinks that the Mets are at a disadvantage playing in Yankee Stadium because of the designated hitter. "When you do something different, which is one of...
FIFTEEN REASONS TO HAIL THE RAIL
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amTHE MOMENTUM from a near-miss of a Subway World Series didn't carry into the new century. It was talked about so much last summer, so little this season. Then Bobby...
JOHNSON, WHITMORE RISE FOR INJURY-PLAGUED LIBERTY
June 10, 2000 | 4:00amTrying to fight off an injury bug and a tough week where they played four games in seven days, the Liberty have turned to forward Vickie Johnson and reserve center...