September 7, 2000
JUDGE POUNDS MP3.COM - $250M FINE COULD DOOM FIRM
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amVowing to teach young Internet companies a lesson in old-school business law, a Manhattan judge hammered MP3.com yesterday with a fine of up to $250 million for illegally distributing music...
MON DIEU! NORDSTROM BUYS FRENCH CLOTHES CO.
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amStruggling Nordstrom Inc. is buying the French clothing company Faconnable. Seattle-based Nordstrom is hoping the purchase will help boost profits at the department store chain. "We believe the brand could...
FEARS RISE, TECHS FALL - DOWNGRADE OF MICRON SPARKS SELLOFF ON THE STREET
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amWall Street bailed out of technology companies yesterday for the second consecutive day, spreading new fears that sector is again overpriced. Some experts say the selloff could persist for several...
EXEC GOES FROM 'NET TO NEWSWEEK
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amAnother Internet pioneer is returning to the ink-stained world of print. Greg Osberg, most recently president of BrassRing.com, an Internet recruiting service, is returning to Newsweek as executive vice president...
WARNER/CHAPPELL SALE? - BUYERS MAY INCLUDE DISNEY, SONY, BMG
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amWarner Brothers and EMI appear to be gearing up to sell one of their music publishing divisions as a way of appeasing European anti-trust watchdogs and getting their deal done,...
STARS TIE A YELLOW RIBBON FOR STRIKERS
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amSeveral TV stars say they are going to wear little gold ribbons at the Emmys on Sunday night to show support for Screen Actors Guild members who have been on...
EXPECT 'E.T.' TO RETURN FOR 20TH ANNIVERSARY
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amHOLD the phone: E.T.'s coming back.Back to the big screen, that is, where the homesick alien with the Reese's Pieces fixation bowed on June 11, 1982, and wound up breaking...
HELL'S SKELLS: HOW LOW CAN TV GO? TRY 'CONFESSIONS' ON SUNDAY NIGHT, FOLKS
September 7, 2000 | 4:00am"Confessions" Sunday, 10 p.m. on Court TV for regular folk for prosecutors and criminal attorneys for criminals FORGET Richard and Rudy and Gretchen and Colleen. Reality is what happens in...
THE STARR REPORT
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amCindy gives kick in the Ashe to Danni The Cindy Margolis camp has persuaded Guinness World Records to revise its ruling that Danni Ashe is now the World's Most Downloaded...
BROOKE THANKS COPS
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Even though a long-time stalker of actress Brooke Shields won't spend a day in prison, the star yesterday said L.A. cops and prosecutors made the best case...
HOT TOWN, SUMMIT IN THE CITY - U.N. VISITORS CAN EAT, DRINK AND MAKE MERRY WITH TASTES OF HOME
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amWORLD peace and an end to poverty are the serious items on the agenda at the United Nations Millennium Summit in New York this week. But even kings, generals and...
DAVE HAS DEBATE RULES - ALL HE NEEDS ARE AL & DUBYA
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amIF AL GORE ever debates George W. Bush on the Dave Letterman show, scoring will be based on the Jai Alai system. It's not as wacky as it sounds. It...
BANNED FROM NAPSTER - NAPIGATOR SUPPLIES THE SECRET ROAD TO SALVATION AND MP3
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amYOU never know how much you love something until it's gone.Forty percent of college and universities, including New York University, Columbia University, Stanford, Kent State and Harvard, have blocked students...
'BIG BRO' MATES NIX 50G BYE-OUT
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amEACH of the six remaining "Big Brother" "house guests" refused $50,000 in cold cash to leave the show last night - bad news for CBS, which was hoping to generate...
JUDGE KOS O.J. BID TO BLOCK MINISERIES
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amA Los Angeles judge yesterday sacked a request by former grid great O.J. Simpson to block an upcoming CBS miniseries about his murder trial. Simpson claimed the series would bare...
THE DIPLO HEAT'S ON WALDORF KITCHENS
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amWith 30 hungry world leaders - and their entourages - staying at the Waldorf-Astoria for the U.N. Millennium Summit, there's gridlock on the streets and grublock in the tony hostelry's...
CASTRO: RICH NATIONS TO BLAME FOR WORLD POVERTY
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amFidel Castro yesterday ripped into the rich nations - especially the United States - accusing them of using their power to make the underdeveloped countries "poorer, more exploited and more...
AIRLINES' BOOM A BUST FOR FLIERS
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amThe nation's top transportation official yesterday proclaimed this summer "a high-water mark" for air travel - despite chronic delays that stranded passengers on runways for hours. "In one sense, it...
MORGY, FEDS PLAY GAME OF DUELING MOB INDICTMENTS
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amThe War of the Prosecutors flared again yesterday - with the feds rushing to announce a major mob case just an hour before the Manhattan DA boasted he'd nabbed the...
HONESTY MAY SAVE THE DAY
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amSO what do you want to talk about? The merits of George W. Bush's prescription-drugs benefit or the fact that he called Adam Clymer of the New York Times a...
FIRESTONE APOLOGY FALLS FLAT IN CONGRESS
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amThe head of Firestone apologized to Congress for its suspect tires yesterday as "confidential" documents emerged showing the company knew as early 1997 about possible safety problems. Congressional lawmakers said...
L.I. KILLER DOC COPS PLEA TO DODGE EXECUTION
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amSerial-killer former doctor Michael Swango avoided the death penalty yesterday by pleading guilty to murdering three patients on Long Island seven years ago. Prosecutor Gary Brown read shocking portions of...
MAYORS RUDY AND ED AGREE ON CANDIDATE
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani and former Mayor Ed Koch called a temporary truce to their long feud yesterday and joined together to back a neophyte candidate in a little-noticed Queens Assembly race....
GOP'S REALITY CHECK: BUSH MIGHT LOSE
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS. REPUBLICANS aren't hitting the panic button. Not yet. But it sure is High Anxiety Time. Labor Day brought the shock realization that golden boy George W. Bush could lose...
FASHIONABLE DISNEY PUTTING ON THE DOG
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amNot all the models during Fashion Week will be of the two-legged variety. Disney will be turning Bryant Park catwalks into dogwalks next Thursday, when it stages the "102 Dalmatians"...
COPS: KILLERS DINED AS VICTIM DIED - TEENS CHARGED IN FOOD-THEFT SLAYING
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amA gang of Queens teens charged with savagely beating a Chinese restaurant owner to get a free bag of food left the bloodied victim dying in the street while they...
SUMMER STUDENTS BECOME CLASS ACTS
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amAs the city's 1.1 million public-school kids return to class today, keep an eye out for some with an extra skip in their step. They're the ones like Nicole Carroll,...
FEDS KO CREDIT-CARD SCAM - 20 INDICTED IN BROOKLYN FRAUD CASE
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amFeds busted a lucrative credit-card scam that managed to rip off hundreds of thousands in cash and merchandise while pretending to pay off the ballooning bills of debt-ridden customers. The...
BASEBALL SLAM$ FANS ON SERIES TIX
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amThis year's Fall Classic will carry a major-league price tag for postseason fans. Most World Series box seats are going up 10 bucks this year to $160 - after doubling...
POL TWEAKS CUOMO ON 'POLITICAL' $$ HANDOUT
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amSenate investigators charged yesterday that Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo played politics and ignored his department's own rules when he took away New York City's ability to hand out homeless grants...
PARADE GROUP SUES OVER BARBECUE BAN
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amOrganizers of this weekend's Labor Day Parade have filed a lawsuit against the city, charging that an 11th-hour ban on open-flame cooking "seriously threatens" the event. Officials of the New...
KIDS' FOLKS SAY IT WAS JUST A TRAGIC MISTAKE
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amThe teens accused of killing a restaurant owner for a free meal made a tragic mistake, but weren't capable of coldblooded murder, friends and family said yesterday. "This is a...
STUDY USES CYANIDE IN FIGHT VS. CANCER
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amResearchers at a British biotech firm said yesterday they hope to use cyanide to poison cancer cells - if they can only get the human body to mimic the defense...
CHELSEA MUM ON HER LOVE MATCH WITH INTERN
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amLove-smacked Chelsea Clinton kept her eyes on the ball and her mouth tightly shut yesterday as she attended the U.S. Open - refusing to talk about the hunky White House...
RUDY PASSES ON 'KILLER' U.N. GALA
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani snubbed a White House invitation to join world leaders at a swanky East Side soiree tonight - saying he doesn't want to party with "murderers." "You can't have...
'HACK' FIGHT PANEL SUFFERS NEW BLOW
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amTODAY, the New York State Athletic Commission truly is solely comprised of political hacks, know-nothings and no-shows. Bob Duffy, the only NYSAC employee with any working knowledge of the boxing...
BUSH AD KEEPS UP DEBATE PRESSURE
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Republican George W. Bush unveiled a TV ad yesterday blasting rival Al Gore as an untrustworthy debate-dodger as the two sides angle for political advantage. "If we can't...
MORE BUG SPRAY FOR QNS., B'KLYN
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amParts of Queens and Brooklyn are getting another dose of pesticide because the city found seven more birds and a mosquito trap infected with the deadly West Nile virus. Tonight's...
RICK & HILLARY KEEP PILING UP ENDORSEMENTS - SHE ADDS A KENNEDY; HE'S GETTING PBA'S NOD
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amThe battle for endorsements in the Senate race continued yesterday as Hillary Rodham Clinton picked up the support of Robert Kennedy Jr. and Rick Lazio was to get the nod...
J.D. SALINGER'S DAUGHTER TELLS ALL
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amAUTHOR J.D. Salinger was once a public figure with an intensely private life. Today he is a literary Howard Hughes, with the most public profile of any of the world's...
AL OFFERS A PACKAGE OF GOODIE$ TO FAMILIES
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amCLEVELAND - Vice President Al Gore yesterday unveiled his economic wish list, a document packed with promises, including reduced poverty rates, 10 million new jobs and boosted college-graduation rates. Although...
TRAGIC TALE OF TWO IMMIGRANT FATHERS ; TRAGIC TALE OF TWO IMMIGRANT DADS
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amTHE murder of Sheng Jin Liu in Queens appears to be a tale of two immigrant fathers who did the best they could to protect their teen boys from criminal...
TEACHERS UNION TAKES PAGE FROM CHARTER SCHOOLS
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amThe head of the city teachers union yesterday proposed giving educators more authority to run schools - with the right to set the length of the school day and year...
KERIK APPLYING HIS OWN POLISH TO NYPD BRASS
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amPolice Commissioner Bernard Kerik is beginning to put his imprint on the department with a series of promotions and transfers - including some changes aimed at curbing a rise in...
JULIE CLEARS THROAT DOC FROM LIABILITY
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amJulie Andrews has reportedly dropped her lawsuit against a Manhattan throat doctor she had accused of ruining her voice. "I am delighted to have settled this case in a favorable...
STANTON HANDS IT TO KC: SOUTHPAW FLUSHES AN EL DUQUE GEM
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amRoyals 3 Yankees 2 KANSAS CITY - With Mariano Rivera sitting it out in the bullpen because Joe Torre opted to give his All-Star closer the night off, a struggling...
STANTON GIVES ONE TO ROYALS
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amKANSAS CITY - In an effort to win the war, Joe Torre lost a skirmish last night when he decided to keep Mariano Rivera bolted to the bullpen bench. After...
CONE: I SHALL RETURN! - ENCOURAGING MRI GIVES YANK PITCHER REASON TO BELIEVE
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amKANSAS CITY - Standing in the lobby of the Yankees' hotel early yesterday afternoon, David Cone had the look of a beat up man. His left arm was in sling...
CALL IT THE LLEYTON SHOW -YOUNG AUSSIE BREEZES INTO SEMIFINALS
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amWhen the U.S. Open started last week, Lleyton Hewitt rode the No. 7 train out to the National Tennis Center unnoticed - just another hat-to-the-back teen-ager with a ponytail and...
ANNA WHO? ELENA HAS WINNING LOOK
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES There's more than one young, talented, blonde Russian teen playing world-class tennis. Let Anna Kournikova get all the pub - Elena Dementieva will just keep racking up the...
GIANTS CAN'T LET DUCE GET LOOSE ; 'BIG, QUICK, EXPLOSIVE' EAGLE RB RIPPED OFF 201 YARDS VS. DALLAS
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amIt seems fairly simple, and it just might be. The Giants saw how their own relentless rushing attack dominated a season-opening game and know the quickest and most effective way...
MITCHELL, GARNES BIG IFS
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES The sight of two starters watching from the side during the most important moments of yesterday's practice was an indication that the Giants may have to play this...
ROAD TRIP FROM 'L' AN AMAZIN' DISASTER: SANTIAGO SLAM SENDS METS HOME 1-5
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amReds 11 Mets 8 CINCINNATI - It's over. This is about the only good thing from the Mets' just completed 1-5 road trip. Yesterday it was Benito Santiago's eighth-inning grand...
JERSEY JONES GETS LAST LAUGH
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - No joke, Jersey Bobby Jones pitched tremendously yesterday. Jones pitched four shutout innings of relief and would've been the winner if the rest of the Mets' bullpen didn't...
A MATCHUP MOST FOUL
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amSHOWTIME and Main Events are still working on a promotional title for their Oct. 20 match between Mike Tyson, a fighter once disqualified for chewing Evander Holyfield's ear, and Andrew...
FRANCO MAKES HIS BID FOR POST-SEASON SPOT
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES CINCINNATI - Matt Franco knocked a three-run home run over the right field wall in the first. It was a blast that could help him make the post-season...
AIR OF RESPECT-A-BILL-ITY ; JILTED JETS STILL REVERE BELICHICK
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amThe specter of Bill Belichick looms over the upcoming Monday night showdown between the Jets and Patriots like a mysterious cloud. The Belichick factor in this game is one of...
DEVILS' PUZZLE MISSING PIECES
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amDespite a Stanley Cup and new ownership, the Devils are opening training camp under their usual contract cloud. This time, they can expect to be socked in past the start...
GROH: CURTIS WILL BE READY
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amJET NOTES Curtis Martin has a sprained left knee and didn't practice full yesterday, though Al Groh insisted it isn't serious and won't keep him out of Monday night's game...
AGASSI NIXES GAMES TO BE WITH HIS FAMILY
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amAndre Agassi had said all year that defending his Olympic gold medal was among his top priorities. But yesterday, with his family as his No. 1 priority, Agassi pulled out...
ROAD TRIP FROM 'L' AMAZIN' DISASTER: CLEANING UP THIS MESS WON'T BE EASY
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amCINCINNATI - In the infamous words of Bobby M. Jones, "It's a joke." That comment was made months ago when Jones was directing his anger at Bobby Valentine. He wasn't...
ONLY ONE WILLIAMS REMAINS: LINDSAY DETHRONES SLUGGISH SERENA SERENA DETHRONED
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amSerena Williams predicted last night there will be an all-Williams Grand Slam final one day, even if the rest of the envious women's players never want to see it. It...
A DAY FOR THE YOUNG - ELENA, LLEYTON WIN
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES There's more than one young, talented, blonde Russian teen playing world-class tennis. Let Anna Kournikova get all the pub - Elena Dementieva will just keep racking up the...
NO HITS, ERRORS FOR KNOBBY IN RETURN
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES KANSAS CITY - Even though his right elbow wasn't pain-free, Chuck Knoblauch was at second base last night for the first time since July 24. "It is what...
CONE: I'LL BE BACK THIS YEAR
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amKANSAS CITY - Standing in the lobby of the Yankees' hotel early yesterday afternoon, David Cone had the look of a beat-up man. His left arm was in sling to...
PETE PULLS FLUSHING MIRACLE
September 7, 2000 | 4:00amWho says Pete Sampras is boring and unloved? On a frigid fall night at Ashe Stadium, just the kind of night he loves, Sampras warmed up the New York crowd...