June 23, 2000
WHAT WILL THEY COME UP WITH NEXT?
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amLEHMAN Brothers has a unique perspective on why the government employment figures were so odd in May. "Problems at the overworked Census Department, which collects the household data, may account...
FED HEAD IS NOT DEAD - RUMOR FALSE; MARKETS DROP ON EARNINGS, RATE HIKE FEARS
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amInvestors got whiplash yesterday as rumors that Alan Greenspan was in a car crash careened across Wall Street - and then were shot down. Scared investors sold off positions in...
AT&T WINS A ROUND IN ISP BATTLE
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amMichael Armstrong's AT&T won a victory in its battle to keep Internet service providers off its high-speed cable lines, but it may have lost the war. The Ninth U.S. Circuit...
STOCKHOLDERS DUMP STEVE MADDEN SHARES
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amInvestors hot-footed out of Steven Madden stock yesterday, sending it down 40 percent in its first full day of trading since the shoe king's indictment Tuesday on stock fraud and...
CONDE NAST OFFERS 20 TITLES IN AD DEAL
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amThree Fairchild magazines - Jane, W and Details - are being linked with the 17 titles in the Conde Nast empire to create a 20-title super buy for large advertisers....
GATES DOUBLES UP - TIES NEW 'NET PLAN TO THREATENED WINDOWS
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amBill Gates has decided to roll the dice and bet double or nothing on the future of his company. In unveiling his new Internet strategy yesterday, the Microsoft boss made...
CONEY ISLAND FIN-TASY - MERMAID PARADE SHOULD BE A BLAST
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amMELT the butter: The giant lobsters are on the march, stepping lively alongside mermaids, mermen and the occasional bearded lady. Anything goes at the Mermaid Parade, Coney Island's annual debauch-by-the-sea,...
RHYMES MARCHES ON - BUSTA'S JUST A GUY MAKING ENDS MEET
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amBROOKLYN rapper Busta Rhymes is mad as hell and he's not going to take it any more. On his last three albums and this week's release - "Anarchy" - Rhymes...
CITY'S FINAL PREMIERES ARE DIAMOND PROJECT GEMS
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amTHE final two premieres in New York City Ballet's current Diamond Project - offering 11 new ballets in one season - are Peter Martins' "Harmonielehre" and Miriam Mahdaviani's "Appalachia Waltz,"...
RAI TALE IS PLOTLESS IN PARIS
June 23, 2000 | 4:00am'100% Arabica" is the nickname of a friendly Parisian ghetto peopled by Algerian and other African immigrants who don't pay rent and who are rarely visited by the frightened local...
ALL BETTS ARE OFF IN ALLMAN BROTHERS FEUD
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amBROTHERS sometimes find it hard to express their love.Take Gregg Allman, who made guitarist Dickey Betts - his long-time friend and Allman Brothers bandmate - take a forced leave of...
BLIZZARD OF LAUGHS FROM BRITISH IZZARD
June 23, 2000 | 4:00am'THIS is a wonderful room ... but a bit of a bugger." said Eddie Izzard when the sound system made strange burping noises every time his voice hit certain notes....
IT'S A 'PERFECT' TIME FOR OSCAR BUZZ
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amEVERYBODY into the Oscar pool! There's major Best Picture buzz after early screenings of two impending summer blockbusters - "The Perfect Storm" and "The Patriot." Though most - but not...
SAVE THE WORLD, CARTOON PRINCESS; THIS GIRL POWER'S FOR THE BOYS, TOO
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amDOES kids TV just keep getting better? Anyone who watched the "Cardcaptors" premiere on the Kids WB last Saturday already knows the answer. The Japanese anime cartoon series crosses "Pokemon"...
SAMANTHA SPEAKS!
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amTHE prodigiously talented English actress Samantha Morton is back to the complex and volatile roles that are her forte. After her Oscar-nominated turn as an amiable mute waif in Woody...
CHANZE OF A LIFETIME
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amJUST when things start to seem sleepy in the theater world - boom! - a hit explodes off-Broadway.With very little advance fanfare, "The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin,"...
NEWS GETS IT ON THE CHEN - CROSSOVERS LIKE 'BIG BROTHER' ARE HERE TO STAY - BUT THAT'S SHOWBIZ
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amYOU'D have to be about as old as Andy Rooney to remember a time when the line between news and entertainment wasn't blurred. Cranky Andy was quoted in another paper...
THE STARR REPORT
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amBuddy joins the Pack Big Band man Stan Martin, late of WQEW, kicks off his new show this Sunday (10 p.m.-midnight) on Jukebox Radio, WJUX (103.1 FM). Martin told revelers...
CARREY ON, 'IRENE'
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amDWARFS, albinos, defecation, urination, vaginal preparations, dildos and Jim Carrey. Writers-directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly don't miss much in their first gross-out comedy since "There's Something About Mary." "Me, Myself...
WHEN COPS STEP BACK
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amSOMETHING ominous is going on in the world of American policing, and we'd better all pay heed. This is one slippery slope that could quickly turn into an avalanche -...
BARAK DODGES BULLET AS REBEL PARTY REJOINS
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's government was saved at the 11th hour yesterday when the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party agreed to remain in his coalition. Four Shas members of...
9 IN 10 WOMEN HAVE BEEN HARASSED
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amEighty-seven percent of American women say they've been harassed on the street by male strangers, a new poll shows. The survey of more than 600 women ages 18 to 64...
CELEB 'SURVIVOR' POLL: KATHIE LEE GETS HEAVE-HO
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amKathie Lee, you're no Gilligan. The perky co-host of "Live With Regis and Kathie Lee" would be the first castaway to get voted off the island if there was a...
D.A.'S HUBBY GUILTY - 34 TIMES - PIRRO'S CAREER MAY GO DOWNHILL AFTER ALBERT'S TAX-FRAUD CONVICTION
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amFree-spending powerbroker Albert Pirro was convicted on all 34 counts at his tax evasion trial yesterday as his loyal wife - Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro - sat stunned and...
LEAGUE MAY DERAIL ROCKER'S TRAIN RIDE
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amGet on the bus! That's what Major League Baseball wants Atlanta Brave John Rocker to do when he comes to New York City next week. The churlish closer has vowed...
THE JURY IS OUT-RAGED FOLLOWING ITS DELIBERATIONS FROM HELL
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amSeething tempers and angry arguments nearly wrecked jury deliberations in the Pirro case before a final plea from the judge broke the impasse. And though Judge Barrington Parker's words early...
KOBE LOVERS ARE HAVING A COW
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amWELL-TO-DO carnivores are mourning the untimely departure of a very rich friend. Japanese Kobe beef, the $170-a-steak delicacy considered the Beluga caviar of red meat, has vanished from the city-...
ARCHBISHOP WILL UNDERGO LEG OPERATION
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amArchbishop Edward Egan will undergo leg surgery next month, church officials said yesterday without specifying the reason for the operation. "The archbishop will be going to a Bridgeport-area hospital in...
DRUGGIES TO GET CHOICE: TREATMENT OR JAIL
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amRealizing that New York's criminal courts are being swamped with addicts, the state court system wants drug treatment - not jail - offered to most addicted defendants charged with nonviolent...
MILLER TIME ON 'MNF' - COMIC JOINS NFL BROADCAST TEAM
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amABC stunned the broadcasting world yesterday by naming sarcastic funnyman Dennis Miller a co-host of "Monday Night Football." Miller, Dan Fouts and "MNF" veteran Al Michaels will try to help...
DEATH-PENALTY ACTIVISTS ARE GUILTY, TOO
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amNO MATTER how hard they argue, how loud they howl, opponents of capital punishment cannot erase a simple truth: Americans overwhelmingly support the penalty of death. So what's an activist...
PUT A FORK IN JEANINE'S DREAMS: EXPERTS
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - Albert Pirro's conviction on tax-evasion charges will end his wife, Jeanine's, hopes of reclaiming her status as a Republican rising star, GOP insiders said yesterday. While Republican politicians...
PBA'S PRESIDENT LOSES $UPPORT OF SPRINGSTEEN FAN
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amA flashy Manhattan lawyer who helped finance the successful election of the city's new police union president now wants him ousted for abandoning his supporters. Edward Hayes, an early backer...
BILL BLOWS A GAS-KET OVER PRICES AT PUMP
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amPresident Clinton said yesterday there's no "economic explanation" for soaring gas prices, and warned that the surge in fuel costs could "rifle throughout our economy." "I have a lot of...
BAD NEWS FOR AL ON FUNNY MONEY - AND LATEST POLL
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Another top federal prosecutor is calling for a special counsel to probe whether Vice President Al Gore broke the law to raise cash for the 1996 campaign, sources...
THE DOGS ARE GOING TO THE WORKPLACE
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amYour bosses won't be the only ones barking at you today. Believe it or not, it's "Take Your Dog to Work Day." "Pets can be calming, and people may work...
HILLARY FLIES FREE ON TRAVELGATE - PROBER BELIEVES SHE'S A GOOD LIAR
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - There's "substantial evidence" Hillary Rodham Clinton lied when she denied a "role" in Travelgate - but Independent Counsel Robert Ray said yesterday he won't bust her for perjury....
WORLD'S OIL WELLS MAY SOON BE RUNNING DRY
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amSkyrocketing gas prices have you reeling? Well, you haven't seen anything yet. In as little as a decade the world's supply of easy-to-get-at oil will run out - forcing geologists...
SKEETER VIRUS FOUND IN 2 DEAD ROCKLAND BIRDS
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amTwo more birds found in Rockland County were infected with the West Nile virus, prompting the Big Apple to redouble its efforts against the deadly bug. State tests revealed the...
NEW REPORT RAISES OLD QUESTIONS
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Clinton scandals are back - and so is the battle over whether voters care. Exploding in the midst of Hillary Rodham Clinton's race for the Senate, the "Travelgate" report...
HIGH COST OF RENTING JUST GOT HIGHER
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amThe Rent Guidelines Board - rebuffing behind-the-scenes lobbying by City Hall - gave final approval last night for hikes of 4 and 6 percent for new one- and two-year apartment...
KILLER MOM'S PLEA DEAL ON HOLD
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amA Hasidic woman accused of poisoning her 3-year-old son has been offered a plea deal under which she'd serve no prison time - but a judge appears to have reservations....
FEDS SET TO PIN BLAME FOR CRASH ON JFK JR.
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amFederal investigators will blame John F. Kennedy Jr. for the plane crash that killed him, his wife and sister in law - but they won't use the term "pilot error,"...
ED BOARD PROBES PARK-LIKE SEX ATTACK
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amThe Board of Ed is probing charges that a Queens school official did nothing after a 12-year-old girl was groped by a wolf pack of boys in a terrifying imitation...
SERIAL KILLER ON THE LOOSE? - SLAYS OF 6 B'KLYN WOMEN MAY BE LINKED
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amA serial killer may be stalking women in two Brooklyn neighborhoods - and investigators are trying to determine if a woman found strangled yesterday in a vacant lot is linked...
RICK BARES PROBE INTO HIS '97 STOCK WINDFALL
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amSenate candidate Rick Lazio revealed yesterday that the Securities and Exchange Commission is probing him for a 1997 deal that netted him a near 600 percent profit. Lazio campaign manager...
THREE ROBBED IN CENTRAL PARK
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amThree nighttime visitors to Central Park were robbed yesterday in two incidents 15 minutes apart. The first happened at 9:05 p.m., when a man in his 30s lost a Metrocard,...
CONTROVERSIAL KILLER EXECUTED IN TEXAS
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amConvicted killer Gary Graham was executed by lethal injection last night for a 1981 Texas murder he said he didn't commit. The case sparked a national debate on the death...
MUSEUM & INDIANS SMOKE PEACE PIPE OVER METEOR
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amThe pride and joy of the Rose Center for Earth and Space - a 15-ton meteorite once held sacred by Oregon Indian tribes - is staying put. But under an...
DEAD BIRDS IN ROCKLAND HAD SKEETER VIRUS
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amTwo more birds found in Rockland County were infected with the West Nile virus, prompting the Big Apple to redouble its efforts against the deadly bug. State tests revealed the...
KEY BILLS GO DOWN TO THE WIRE - ALBANY TACKLES GUNS, HATE CRIMES
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amALBANY - State lawmakers last night worked on end-of-session bills that would toughen gun-control laws and stiffen penalties for sexual assaults and crimes against teachers. The lawmakers, who were expected...
WORLD'S WELLS MAY SOON BE RUNNING DRY
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amSkyrocketing gas prices have you reeling? Well, you haven't seen anything yet. In as little as a decade the world's supply of easy-to-get-at oil will run out - forcing geologists...
TEXAS EXECUTION HALTED BY LAST-MINUTE LAWSUIT
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Convicted killer Gary Graham's lawyers stopped his execution last night, minutes before he was due to get a lethal injection, by filing a suit against the Texas Board...
SUPPER CLUB'S GAY-BIAS TAB: $10M
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amA gay man who said he was terrorized and then fired by his bosses at a hip Midtown club because of his sexual orientation was awarded more than $10million in...
IVANA FILES LAWSUIT OVER TV-SHOW PRANK
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amIvana Trump isn't smiling after being on an Italian version of "Candid Camera" - she's suing the program for $3 million, charging it caused her "severe emotional and mental suffering."...
NET DOC TEAM OKS KENYON
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amKenyon Martin received a medical clearance from the Nets' doctors, which conceivably could clear up the decisions for the team in Wednes day's draft. From Day 1, virtually everyone was...
SHOCK JOCKS RIP FOUNDING FATHER
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amDON Imus, pushing 60 and the father of a pre-schooler, was thrown from a horse over the weekend and nearly killed. Broken ribs, collapsed lung. A mess. And this happenstance...
TIME TO STOP THE MADNESS - TYSON NEEDS HELP, NOT MORE PRIZEFIGHTS
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amGLASGOW, Scotland - Some story of Mike Tyson will be written, and we will all be horrified by it. Some of us, myself included, will be ashamed of ourselves for...
DUTROW'S DELIVERANCE - TRAINER RISES FROM WORLD OF MISERY
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amNot long ago, life had trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. on the ropes. His lone horse lame, his girlfriend brutally murdered, he spent a year, down and out, sleeping in a...
MCLEAN'S LIKELY TO GET CAUGHT IN DRAFT
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amUnfortunately for the Rangers and Islanders, the NHL will only allow Columbus and Minnesota to take two players off each team in today's expansion draft in Calgary. While neither the...
DESPITE SHORTCOMINGS, SAMMY'S STILL A HUGE PLUS
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amQUIZ: Which team currently has the most players with at least 1,500 hits on its roster? (answer below ) * An executive who recently scouted Sammy Sosa said the uproar...
GO AHEAD, MAKO MY DAY
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amTHE SHARK season began on a high note last weekend with some big makos taking the top spots in two big shark tournaments that covered both ends of Long Island....
DAYNE SHOULD HIT JINT CAMP ON TIME
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amIf Ron Dayne follows the lead of the Giants' other first-round draft picks under the watch of GM Ernie Accorsi, he will report to training camp on time. Although no...
GRATE EXPECTATIONS - TRADED SUPERSTARS TAKE HEAT WHEN TEAMS FAIL
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amON A brilliant late February morning, Reds GM Jim Bowden filled his team's Sarasota complex with his smile and swagger. He had brought Ken Griffey home to Cincinnati without paying...
STAR JOCKEYS HITTING THE ROAD
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amThe jockey room at Belmont will be emptier than usual today as some of the big name riders have engagements out of town. Jerry Bailey and John Velazquez have been...
LAYDEN MAY MAKE A DEAL
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amKnicks GM Scott Layden revealed yesterday he's had trade discussions about moving up in the draft but has found "the price too high." The Knicks select No. 22 next Wednesday...
ELBOW ROOM FOR EL DUQUE
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON - Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez may have been put to ease when orthopedic surgeon James Andrews confirmed Stuart Hershon's diagnosis of a sprained right elbow. However, the Yankees' most...
TYNER'S DAYS NUMBERED - ROOKIE EXPECTS TO GO WHEN DARRYL RETURNS
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amThe Mets' party line when Jason Tyner was called up June 5 was that the 23-year-old would only stay in the majors if he got a chance to play every...
DOC MAY MAKE A HOUSE CALL AT SHEA
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BOSTON - While Joe Torre joked that Doc Gooden would be in the big leagues to face the Mets, that possibility has crossed George Steinbrenner's mind. When The...
RICE AND MASH IN TRADE DISH - THREE-WAY DEAL COULD INVOLVE KUKOC
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amSHORTLY before the 76ers acquired Toni Kukoc from the Bulls, a deal involving Jamal Mashburn almost went down, only to be doused by Heat headliner Pat Riley. Well, it's on...
YOU'RE IN ARNIE'S ARMY NOW - GOLFERS GET THRILL OF A LIFETIME IN NFL PRO-AM
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amImagine waking up, getting your golf clubs together and throwing on your best golfing apparel knowing you're going to play 18 holes with Arnold Palmer. This is what Thomas Ely...
ARBITRATOR SAYS DEVILS HAVE NO HOLD ON VAN RYN
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amIn a decision that will throw an element of chaos into tomorrow's NHL draft, arbitrator Lawrence Holden last night ruled Devils 1998 first-rounder Mike Van Ryn is an unrestricted free...
ROOKIE TYNER'S DAYS IN BIGS ARE NUMBERED
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amThe Mets' party line when Jason Tyner was called up June 5 was that the 23-year-old would only stay in the majors if he got a chance to play every...
BELL SOUNDS LIKE HIS DROUGHT IS FINALLY OVER
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amThe two coaches blew his cover. After insisting that he hasn't really been in a slump, that's he's been doing exactly what he's supposed to all along - "I don't...
IT'S CREEPY AND IT'S KOOKY - AMAZIN'S BULLPEN A ROCKY HORROR SHOW
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amTURNS OUT, it wasn't Bobby Valentine's indecision that sent pitching coach Dave Wallace up and down the dugout stairs three times while John Franco was walking in the winning run...
CALL IT BOSSTOWN - RAMON, BOSOX BEAN BOMBERS, MOVE INTO FIRST
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON - One night after a child couldn't lead them, the Yankees turn to another neophyte tonight and won't have to uncross their fingers. Ever since Joe Torre arrived in...
AMAZIN'S GO OFF DEEP END - MORA, BELL, PAYTON HIT HOME RUNS
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amDuring the post-game last night, both manager Bobby Valentine and pitching coach Dave Wallace noted the key to victory during the Mets three-game series with the Phillies. Fall behind 2-0...
YANKS' JUAN WISH GONZO - GONZALEZ KILLS TRADE TO BOMBERS
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON - Despite reports that the Tigers and Yankees had agreed to a tentative deal last night that would send Juan Gonzalez to The Bronx, the Tiger slugger killed the...
METS ARE JONESING FOR RIGHTY
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES General manager Steve Phillips said the right-handed Bobby Jones looked better during his two rehab assignments at Triple-A Norfolk. Tonight, the Mets will see for themselves when Jones...
NO BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY FOR TIGER SLUGGER
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON - Nobody in baseball is closer to struggling Tiger slugger Juan Gonzalez than Luis Mayoral, who went with Gonzalez to the Tigers from the Rangers. "Juan's mother and I...
BIG APPLE'S ALL WRONG FOR GONZALEZ; CITY'S FAST PACE WRONG FOR JUAN
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON - Nobody in baseball is closer to struggling Tigers slugger Juan Gonzalez than Luis Mayoral, who went with Gonzalez to the Tigers from the Rangers. "Juan's mother and I...
JUAN BOMBSHELL ROCKS BOMBERS - GONZALEZ TAKES HIMSELF OUT OF TRADE EQUATION
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON - Juan Gonzalez blew up the Yankees' brilliant plan to play the Cubs against the Tigers yesterday when he announced he will be a Tiger for the rest of...
NO BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY FOR GONZ
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amBOSTON - Nobody in baseball is closer to struggling Tigers slugger Juan Gonzalez than Luis Mayoral, who went with Gonzalez to the Tigers from the Rangers. "Juan's mother and I...
LESS-THAN AMAZIN' PEN - PHILLIPS EYES WAYS TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amTHE truth about why Bobby Valentine manages his bullpen the way he does might surprise you. Dave Wallace went up and down those dugout stairs so often while John Franco...
FANS WORK OVERTIME TO BOO AMAZIN' PEN
June 23, 2000 | 4:00amAt 4 p.m. yesterday, the two relievers were telling each other, and a few amused teammates, tales of woe about the reception they had received in the parking lot after...