June 14, 2000
IS ENGELHARD CORP. IN PLAY?
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amBARRY W. Perry was not named the heir apparent for the chairman's job at Engelhard Corp. last month, so the company is now considered a takeover candidate. I know that...
COURT BACKS BILL - M'SOFT AVOIDS SUPREMES IN ITS APPEAL
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amIt's reboot time for the Microsoft trial. In a huge victory for Bill Gates yesterday, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to hear Microsoft's appeal of the sweeping breakup...
A LICENSE TO PRINT MONEY
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amProfit-starved dot-coms are finally feasting on one of the juiciest slices of the fashion, retailing, publishing and entertainment businesses - licensing. AskJeeves.com, Bikini.com and Pets.com are among the better-known Web...
YAHOO! IS SAID TO HAVE MP3.COM IN ITS SITES
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amNow that MP3.com is going legit, its next move may be to link up with megaportal Yahoo! While the online music distributor is duking it out with the top record...
WALL STREET CHEERS SLOW RETAIL SALES
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amWall Street found relief yesterday in weaker retail sales - a sign the economy is cooling enough to appease the Federal Reserve. Investors had feared the Fed might raise interest...
PARODY WEB SITE IS BAD NEWS BEARER
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amThe dot-com slump is bringing out a creative streak in Silicon Alley. A parody site of new economy bible FastCompany magazine has snowballed from six to 22,000 players in just...
IT'S DOUBLE TROUBLE - FIDO, LEHMAN A POOR MATCH IN VENTURE
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amWhen Fidelity and Lehman Brothers started a joint venture a year ago, they both hoped to vault over their competitors. That's not quite how it's worked out. Fidelity is actually...
CMGI LOSS DOUBLES, BUT STILL BEATS ESTIMATES
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amDave Wetherell's CMGI is still losing money, but not as much as Wall Street expected. The world's biggest Internet company reported its third-quarter earnings last night after stock markets closed,...
PEOPLE CLOSES CHAPTER ON BOOKS
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amTHE People Group at Time Inc. has stumbled again. This time, it is scrapping its celebrity bio "bookazines" - known as People Profiles - after only a year of operation....
VEAL OFF SOME CHIC MENUS
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amA DOZEN New York City restaurants have opted to stop serving "milk-fed" veal in response to a campaign by an animal-rights group called Farm Sanctuary. Among the eateries opting to...
A REAL BONE TO PICK
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amTO: Dee Lincoln General Manager, Del Frisco's Steak House FROM: Your neighbors. Dear Ms. Lincoln, Welcome to New York! By now you've been at your new place in the McGraw-Hill...
'WOMAN' NEEDS MORE THAN A CHASER
June 14, 2000 | 4:00am'THE Woman Chaser" is a combination of two tiresome indie clichés: It's a film noir spoof, replete with hard-boiled narration, lounge-music soundtrack and dramatic black-and-white photography; and it's one of...
NEIGHBORHOOD BISTRO BRAQUE IN SEASON
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amTHERE seemed to be quite a lightning storm brewing outside during our first visit to Braque. Then it dawned on us that those flashes in the West Village sky weren't...
REBA WOULD BE DRAW AS 'ANNIE'
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amCOUNTRY and Western superstar Reba McEntire looks set to replace Bernadette Peters in "Annie Get Your Gun," production sources said yesterday. The singer, who has sold more than 40 million...
THE STARR REPORT
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amJoe's phone-a-friend Here's your chance to have Joe Franklin answer your phone when you're not home. Bowing to immense public demand, Franklin will deliver several answering-machine messages for his faithful...
HUNK FUNK - A COUNTRY LAD BESTS GOTHAM GUYS AS STATE'S SEXIEST STUD
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amGOTHAM gals are painfully aware how tough it can be to get a date in this town. But the man shortage surely has reached ridiculous proportions when Cosmopolitan magazine has...
$1M? NO SWEAT - WINNER #4 HAD A NOSE FOR MONEY
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amHIGH school history teacher Bob House can thank Sir Isaac Newton for making him a $1 million winner on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." House, 36, from Gay, Ga.,...
STRIKING ACTORS RALLY
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amADVERTISERS and striking actors returned to the bargaining table yesterday for the first time in nearly two months - but both sides warned members not to expect a swift settlement....
CONNIE CATCHES UP WITH A KILLER: '20/20' SOLVES 30-YEAR-OLD HATE CRIME
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amDON'T say television never did anything for you. Last year Connie Chung and "20/20" went digging into the murders of two civil rights workers and a black farm hand in...
FOX IS COUNTING ON THE POWER OF LOVE
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amFOX is hoping the next few months will be the summer of Love. Jennifer Love Hewitt's "Time of Your Life" returns tonight with nine new episodes and a shot at...
COOKING WITH DAD
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amGrill-crazy? If he is, we've got the perfect Father's Day gift for him. Half a dozen gifts, in fact, that can make his eternal quest for fire-cooked perfection a little...
GIS GUARD SERBS IN KOSO ENCLAVE RINGED BY HATE
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amGILANE, Kosovo - U.S. Army Pvt. Seth Dunne is dressed in full gear in the midday sun as he guards the St. Nikola Serbian Orthodox church in a Serbian enclave...
THE POWER OF A PROTEST SONG - HISTORY SHOWS POLICE CONCERN OVER SPRINGSTEEN IS JUSTIFIED
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amSOME people say they can't understand why the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association is getting so worked up over Bruce Springsteen's new song about the police shooting death of Amadou Diallo. After...
HILLARY AND LAZIO TO ATTEND EGAN MASS
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amNew York Senate hopefuls Rick Lazio and Hillary Rodham Clinton will be among a Who's Who of guests attending Archbishop-designate Edward Egan's installation next week. Egan, the 12-year bishop of...
PIRRO RESTS CASE IN TRIAL STUNNER
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amReal-estate developer Al Pirro surprised the judge and jury in his federal tax-cheating trial yesterday by resting his case without calling a single witness. Pirro "does not wish to call...
SHRINKING SUMMER-SCHOOL ROLLS TAKE HEAT OFF ED BOARD
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amThe Board of Education said yesterday that far fewer students will be required to attend summer school than expected. School officials told the City Council that tens of thousands of...
IT'S THE MOTHER OF ALL TRAVESTIES
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amTHE story of a gay couple and their newborn triplets epitomizes the narcissism of contemporary culture, in which people feel restrained by nothing to fulfill their personal desires. What John...
HILLARY: UNTANGLE WEB LINK TO ANTI-LAZIO SITE
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amHillary's Web site has been cyberjacked. Democratic Senate candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton's official campaign site has been hooked up - without her permission - to a new address on the...
BIG SWITCH FOR 2 DIALLO COPS - LOOKING TO LEAVE FORCE AND BECOME FIREFIGHTERS
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amTwo city cops acquitted in the slaying of Amadou Diallo have applied to the Fire Department to become firefighters, The Post has learned. Sources said Edward McMellon, 28, a cop...
FIRE HUNK HAD DEPT.'S OK FOR HOT 'SEX' SCENE
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amA city firefighter in hot water with FDNY officials for his hunka-hunka burnin' love scene in the red-hot season premiere of "Sex and the City" had department approval for his...
WHERE ARE THE SONGS FOR THESE HEROES?
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amTHE gray chased the sunlight out of the day, but Pat Lynch was still standing in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. The PBA president's face turned toward the...
QUEEN ENDS ROYAL FREEZE ON FERGIE
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amThe war is over - Queen Elizabeth has finally made peace with Fergie! And the Queen is so determined to break bread with her former daughter-in-law that she's even invited...
DEATH SOUGHT FOR CYBERSLAY SUSPECT
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amProsecutors will seek the death penalty for alleged Kansas cybersex serial killer John Edward Robinson, who was charged yesterday with murdering five women and stuffing their bodies into barrels. Robinson,...
SHE SOCKS IT TO 'FLIP-FLOPPING' RICK
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amHillary Rodham Clinton yesterday accused Rick Lazio of being a career flip-flopper - saying her Senate foe too often follows the lead of his pollsters, GOP bosses and "the political...
LOUIMA COP: I LIED TO SAVE ME, NOT VOLPE
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amA cop admitted on the stand yesterday he lied about seeing a half-naked Abner Louima escorted to a holding cell after his assault - but insisted he was trying to...
NUKE LAB STALLED MISSING-DATA PROBE
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Los Alamos nuclear laboratory waited 17 days before probing the disappearance of top-secret directions for dismantling nuclear bombs, a top official testified yesterday. The lab staff waited...
STAR POWER SINKS TOWER IN WOODY'S NABE
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amThe developer who went up against filmmaker Woody Allen and his wealthy Upper East Side neighbors took a 17-story fall yesterday at City Hall. The Tamarkin Co., which sought to...
GORE EYES AT LEAST 4 JEWS AS HIS RUNNING MATE
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amVice President Al Gore yesterday kicked off a bid to claim credit for the booming economy with New Yorker Robert Rubin by his side - amid talk about whether the...
AMADOU'S PARENTS SING PRAISES OF SPRINGSTEEN
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amThe day after meeting Bruce Springsteen and finally hearing his song about their slain son, Amadou Diallo's parents called the Jersey rocker "genuine and caring." The estranged couple, along with...
ECHO OF WENDY'S AS 2 GUNMEN TERRORIZE MCDONALD'S
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amTwo gunmen staged a stickup that has eerie parallels to the deadly Wendy's heist - forcing five terrified employees to lie face down on the floor when they robbed an...
PACK UP YOUR TRUNKS - BILL WOULD BAN CIRCUS ELEPHANTS
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - A herd of elephant-loving lawmakers - not all of them Republicans - yesterday pushed for a law to send pachyderms packing from the circus. "By nature, elephants are...
RUDY: I'LL GET COPS WHO BLEW IT - 'VERY TROUBLING' IF THEY IGNORED SEX RAMPAGE
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amA day after downplaying the Central Park wilding spree, Mayor Giuliani yesterday called the attacks "horrendous" and promised to punish any cops who turned a blind eye to the violence....
BRONX DAD NABBED IN BABY DAUGHTER'S DEATH
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amA 22-year-old Bronx man was arrested yesterday and charged with killing his 9-month old daughter, police said. Miguel Martinez called 911 on Saturday and told the operator: "My baby is...
21 WOMEN MAY BE AMONG SEX FIENDS' VICTIMS
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amAs many as 21 women were attacked during the post-parade rampage in Central Park - with up to 40 men taking part in the gang-gropes, authorities said yesterday. As disturbing...
NEW KOREAN BREAKTHROUGH REPORTED
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amNorth and South Korea may set up representative offices in each other's capital, South Korean media reported today on the second day of historic talks between the two countries' leaders....
ROCKER ROLLING INTO SHEA AFTER ALL
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amJohn Rocker is on his way back to Atlanta - and New York - after his stint in the minor leagues was cut short last night by some major-league luck....
FANS HERE WILLING TO SEE IF HE'S A NEW MAN
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amLocal baseball fans seemed prepared to give John Rocker a second chance after learning early this morning about his return to the majors - but warned him not to expect...
ITALY RELEASING MAN WHO SHOT JOHN PAUL IN 1981
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amItaly granted clemency yesterday to the Turkish terrorist who served 19 years in jail for shooting Pope John Paul II. The move comes a month after the church revealed that...
MARAUDING GANG ATTACKED AT LEAST 16 WOMEN, 1 MAN
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amAt least 16 women and a man were attacked during the post-parade rampage in Central Park - with up to 40 men taking part in the gang-gropes, authorities revealed yesterday....
HOOP LEGEND HIT WITH ONE BIG FOUL AS A DAD
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amSome of retired hoops hero Julius "Dr. J " Erving's most difficult plays have come as a father. The basketball Hall of Famer emotionally appealed for help yesterday in finding...
ITALY FREES TURK WHO TRIED TO KILL POPE
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amItaly granted clemency yesterday to the Turkish terrorist who served 19 years in jail for shooting Pope John Paul II. The move comes a month after the church revealed one...
LEADERS PLEDGE EFFORT TO UNIFY KOREAS
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amLeaders of North and South Korea made a surprising vow yesterday during their summit meeting to work toward reunifying the divided Korean peninsula. Meeting for the first time, North Korean...
SWIFT ANGIOPLASTY IS KEY TO SAVING HEART VICTIMS: STUDY
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amHeart-attack victims are much more likely to survive if they have an angioplasty as soon as they enter the hospital, a new study says. The findings prove what doctors have...
SLATS WON'T RULE OUT GOING BEHIND BENCH
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amEmile Francis did it-three different times, as a matter of fact. John Ferguson did it. Fred Shero did it. So did Phil Esposito. And yesterday, Glen Sather refused to rule...
DEVILS WRAP UP CASE
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amThe Devils-Mike Van Ryn arbitration decision, which could have far-reaching draft consequences, may be rendered before the June 24 NHL entry draft. The sides wrapped up playoff-delayed arguments yesterday in...
ISLES WON'T LOSE MUCH IN DRAFT
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amBy making available four unproductive players for the expansion draft on June 23, the Islanders will hardly be affected when any are taken by either Columbus or Minnesota. The Isles'...
LIGHTPATH FIELD IMPRESSES FLEISHER
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amBruce Fleisher was all smiles yesterday at Schneider Children's Hospital in New Hyde Park as he previewed the upcoming 2000 Senior Lightpath Long Island Classic. Fleisher, the Senior PGA Tour's...
EMPIRE STATE IS CHOCK FULL OF BASS HOLES
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amTHE striped bass has been getting a lot of attention of late, but there are two other kinds of bass that draw equal attention to the lakes and rivers of...
A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR MOSLEY
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - The fight is still four days off, and already Shane Mosley is shouting, "I want a rematch!" A rematch, of course, means that he has beaten Oscar...
CLEAVES IN KNICK SIGHTS
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amA series of draft-eligible players began rolling into Purchase College for private workouts yesterday as Knick GM Scott Layden makes final evaluations on which player the team grabs with the...
PAYNE-FUL! THE LAST GOODBYE
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amPEBBLE BEACH - Lee Janzen thought he'd hit the perfect drive on the fourth hole during yesterday's practice round at Pebble Beach Golf Links. It was a clean hit, down...
'WHEN' AND 'IF' A BIG DIFFERENCE: PACERS MAKE FTS 'BECAUSE WE CAN'
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK INDIANAPOLIS - In the regular season, the Pacers were the league's best free-throw shooting team. The Lakers were next-to-last. So yesterday everyone was asked: Why are the Pacers so...
LESSONS FROM THE TRIPLE CROWN
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amAfter getting skunked in the Triple Crown, this handicapper looked back in 20-20 hindsight and determined that even now, there's no way I would have picked any of the three...
DUVAL TAKING AIM AT WINLESS STREAK
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES PEBBLE BEACH - You can see it in his eyes and hear it in his tone. David Duval is tired of being asked why he hasn't been winning....
'WHEN' AND 'IF' A BIG DIFFERENCE ; INDY'S HOPES HINGE ON GAME 4 OUTCOME
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Twice, Pacers small forward Jalen Rose said, "When we tie the series ... " Then suddenly, he qualified and said "if we tie." So what's the deal, when...
SOSA AT CENTER OF TUG-OF-WAR: ALL SIGNS POINTING AT SAM LANDING IN BRONX
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Standing alone in the Cubs' clubhouse, Sammy Sosa, center of the baseball universe again, was given a hot restaurant tip yesterday. "When you come to New York," Sosa...
SOSA AT CENTER OF TUG-OF-WAR: YANKS, BOSOX MAIN FOES FOR SLUGGER
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amAdd another chapter to the fierce Red Sox-Yankees rivalry. And this could easily be the most expensive one in the long history between the AL clubs that began when Babe...
LOCAL TIN CUPS GUN FOR GLORY
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amPEBBLE BEACH - In words modified from David Bowie's best-ever hit tune: "They can be heroes,if just for one day." This can be the path of the five club pros...
ROCKET, PEDRO DO IT AGAIN
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amRocket vs Pedro III. Rocket won't talk about it. Neither will Pedro. They'll both have their say on the mound today at the Stadium when Clemens and Martinez hook up...
IT'S A SLUGFEST FOR SAMMY - YANKS AND RED SOX MAIN COMBATANTS FOR CLOUTIN' CUBBIE
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amAdd another chapter to the fierce Red Sox-Yankees rivalry. And this could easily be the most expensive one in the long history between the AL clubs that began when Babe...
PEDRO HOPING SOSA WILL FIND WAY TO FENWAY
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amThe same humility that makes Pedro Martinez so endearing won't let him push Boston management into dealing for Sammy Sosa. The same earnestness that makes Martinez so likable won't allow...
'MIQUE PUTS ON AIR SHOW
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amMystics 57 Liberty 56 She wears No. 23, was a college star at a southern school and was born in New York City. Just how many more ways can Chamique...
NEXT STOP, N.Y. - AND SOSA KNOWS IT
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amCHICAGO - Standing alone in the Cubs' clubhouse, Sammy Sosa, center of the baseball universe again, was given a hot restaurant tip yesterday. "When you come to New York," Sosa...
IT'S NO TIME FOR YANKEES TO PLAY DEAD
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amTHE most important two weeks of the Yankee season began last night and neither the Mets nor Sammy Sosa was around. George Steinbrenner was at the Stadium, though, and he...
WHO NEEDS A $20 MILLION DH? THAT'S WHAT HE MAY BE IN 2004
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amSAMMY Sosa would be great for the Yankees the rest of this season. Happy to be out of a bad situation in Chicago, invigorated by new fan adoration and a...
SHEA-BX. TWINBILL IS SET FOR JULY 8
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES As if Yankee Stadium didn't have enough history, the venerable ballpark will add to its lore on July 8 when the Yankees and Mets play the second game...
KNOBLAUCH RETURNS TO LINEUP UNDER MICROSCOPE
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amChuck Knoblauch hadn't played since June 3 and the pain that has been torturing his left forearm was only part of the agony he has been suffering. Earlier this week...
AMAZIN'S THROW ONE AWAY: ABBOTT'S ERROR GIVES CUBS WIN
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amCubs 4 Mets 3 CHICAGO - A dejected Kurt Abbott sat in the middle of the Wrigley Field clubhouse, drinking a cup of Pepsi as he spoke to reporters after...
IS SOSA CLOSE-A? FURIOUS GEORGE JUST MIGHT PULL TRIGGER AFTER LATEST LOSS
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner has seen enough. Can Sammy Sosa or Juan Gonzalez be far behind? After watching his high-priced Yankees stumble through a 5-3 loss to the Red Sox in front...
METS READY TO DEAL WITH ROCKER RETURN
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amCHICAGO - It appears the John Rocker Circus may be coming to Shea June 29 after all. Last night, after the Braves' bullpen blew a three-run, ninth-inning lead in a...
GIRARDI: SOSA WOULD FIT IN BRONX
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amThe fact that Sammy Sosa would rather not be a designated hitter doesn't mean he wouldn't be a perfect fit for the Yankees, according to a pretty good source. Former...
METS DO HAVE LIMITS ON ACQUIRING PLAYERS
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amMETS NOTES Co-owner Fred Wilpon declines to limit the trade or free-agent options of his general manager, Steve Phillips. However, the options are not limitless. "You can't have everybody; we...
GIRARDI: SOSA WOULD WEAR PINSTRIPES WELL
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES The fact that Sammy Sosa would rather not be a designated hitter doesn't mean he wouldn't be a perfect fit for the Yankees, according to a pretty good...
AMAZIN'S THROW ONE AWAY - ABBOTT'S ERROR GIVES CUBS WIN
June 14, 2000 | 4:00amCubs 4 - Mets 3 CHICAGO - It was a most difficult play. With the score tied at 3 and one out, pinch-hitter Glenallen Hill came up with men on...