January 13, 2001
HE'S BAACK! STARR TARGETS GATES
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amIt's the Death Star versus Ken Starr. Just as things were starting to look easy, Microsoft lawyers could find themselves eye-to-eye with Bill Clinton's nemesis, Ken Starr, in the Federal...
PEACOCK PLUCKED NBC AXING UP TO 600 IN COST-CUT BID
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amNBC confirmed reports yesterday that it will lay off as many as 600 employees in an effort to cut costs. In an internal memo sent to all NBC staffers, NBC...
ELSA KLENSCH, 'STYLE' OUT AT CNN
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amCNN's Elsa Klensch is not a casualty of the AOL/Time Warner merger - but she wants to leave anyway. "Style with Elsa Klensch" is off the network's spring schedule because...
ABC BECOMES MATCHMAKER FOR 'GIDEON' AND 'PRACTICE'
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amPASADENA, Calif. - ABC laid down the law yesterday, signing up "The Practice" for three more seasons and announcing plans to cross over their Sunday night hit with ratings-challenged "Gideon's...
NYC, FROM A-Z
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amNew York City's the place to be, It has it all, from A to Z From the American Museum of Natural History To the home of Poe, great writer of...
HE SPEAKS FOR HARRY
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amYou may have already guessed as much, but Jim Dale knows it for sure: Some of Harry Potter's biggest fans are grown-ups, himself included. "I hear there's a plain brown-covered...
OX-IDENTAL CLONE DEATH
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amScientists said yesterday they had successfully cloned an endangered species for the first time - but the patient died. An Asian gaur, a wild ox, was cloned and born from...
RACEWAY'S KING DAY CARD FEATURES BLACKS FOR CHANGE OF 'PACE'
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amIn the past, Monticello Raceway has held races for Jewish drivers on Passover, for Italian drivers on Columbus Day and for Irish drivers on St. Patrick's Day. Monday, to honor...
PARDON BILL OVER PERJURY? MANY IN NEW POLL SAY YES
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amPresident Clinton should not be indicted for Sexgate perjury - and should be pardoned by President-elect Bush if he is, a Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll has found. The nationwide survey...
PREZ: I'LL TAKE MY LI'L BUDDY OVER SOCKS
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amPresident Clinton says he "can't live without" First Dog Buddy because they slept together for 16 months during wife Hillary's Senate bid, so Buddy gets priority over Socks the cat...
$2.3M STAMP IS IN THE MAIL
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amThe Postal Service wants to prove it can deliver even the world's most valuable stamp - worth a cool $2.3 million - by sending it by mail from Manhattan to...
ANTLEY 'PAL' TRIED TO ROB DEAD MAN'S HOME: COPS
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amA man who once befriended jockey Chris Antley and might have been the last person to see him alive was accused of trying to rip off his home, officials said...
'BOND'ANZA OF 007 GADGETRY ON THE BLOCK
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amDouble-O Heaven! Fans of Ian Fleming's international gadget-toting, car-chasing, martini-swigging superspy are looking forward to next month's auction of items from the James Bond film series. On Valentine's Day, Christie's...
JOLLY FOR THE GIANTS :N.Y. FANS, POLS UNITE VS. VIKING INVADERS
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amGiants fever is hitting Code Big Blue levels worldwide as the New Yorkers battle the Minnesota Vikings tomorrow for a trip to the Super Bowl. "Oh my God, this is...
$$ SHORTFALL MAY MAKE MUSEUM MOVE 'HISTORY'
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amTHE Museum of the City of New York hasn't raised enough money to tap an $18 million matching grant offered by the Giuliani administration three years ago. Sources said the...
CLINTON'S FUTILE MIDEAST PEACE BID NEARS AN END
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed yesterday to keep talking, but they - and President Clinton - lowered expectations of a peace deal in the last week of the...
TEARS AT HS FOR SLAIN GRID HERO
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amThe flag outside Christ the King HS in Queens flew at half mast yesterday as cops continued the hunt for the gunman who killed 17-year-old football star Thomas Johnson. "Tommy...
IRATE RUDY INSISTS JUDI REALLY NEEDS POLICE PROTECTION
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amAn angry Mayor Giuliani yesterday defended using city cops to protect gal pal Judi Nathan because a man walked up to her on the street and made a threat. The...
HEVESI HAS HEAD $TART OVER RIVALS FOR MAYOR
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amCity Comptroller Alan Hevesi raked in a whopping $1.7 million in campaign cash over the past six months - almost twice as much as any of his three Democratic mayoral...
OUTRAGED STADIUM BOSS DEFENDING HIS TURF
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amDon't tug on Superman's cape, don't spit into the wind, and for damn sure don't bad-mouth Giants Stadium's grass field. That's the angry message this week for Fox TV's sideline...
RUDY BLASTS 'BURB POLS IN NEW SCHOOL-AID WRANGLE
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday accused suburban lawmakers of trying to avoid complying with a judge's ruling to boost aid to city schools by passing the buck to hizzoner. The latest volley...
TRUMP-SWAN KILLER CLAIMS SELF-DEFENSE
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amThe guest accused of killing a rare black swan at Donald Trump's exclusive Palm Beach golf course says he took a swing with his club in self-defense. "He said the...
PUFFY: LET JURY HEAR ; TALE OF THE TAPE
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amA half-dozen strips of "sticky paper" are the latest sticking point in the Sean "Puffy" Combs shooting case. The strips are adhesive tape routinely used by police to collect gunshot...
BOY FALLS 3 FLOORS AFTER SLEEPWALK
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amA 9-year-old Washington Heights boy with a history of sleepwalking got out of bed in the middle of a nightmare, opened a window and fell three stories, fracturing his hip...
FOES RIP ASHCROFT FOR 'JESUS' SPEECH : BUT CONCEDE IT'S NO 'SMOKING GUN'
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amJohn Ashcroft, President-elect George W. Bush's controversial pick for attorney general, told Bob Jones University students in 1999 that Americans "have no king but Jesus." The text of the speech...
'JUDGE-HIT' PLOTTER CAN'T PHONE HOME
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amMore stool-pigeon problems have come home to roost with disgraced Wall Street mogul Stuart Winkler - and now he can't phone home from jail because of them. It was a...
CLINTON CHECKUP FINDS POSSIBLE SKIN CANCER
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amAs he leaves office, President Clinton has a possible skin cancer and a cholesterol problem that he blames on too much "Christmas dessert," his last presidential physical found yesterday. The...
REAGAN DUE FOR HIP SURGERY AFTER FALL
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amRonald Reagan is due to undergo hip surgery this morning following a fall at his home. Reagan, who turns 90 next month, was resting comfortably last night at St. Joseph's...
BX. DRUNK DRIVER KILLS 2: COPS
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amAn allegedly drunken driver lost control of his van near his Bronx home, mowing down two men and killing both of them, cops said. Thomas Anthony, 69, of Anderson Avenue...
X-RAY BETRAYS THIEF WITH BOODLE IN BELLY
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amA suspected Scottish jewel thief was caught yesterday when doctors X-raying him for a broken hip discovered thousands of dollars in jewelry in his stomach. Police said the bungling burglar...
660-POUND MAN: STAPLE MY STOMACH
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amA Turkish man who weighs nearly 700 pounds is collecting donations to pay for the stomach-stapling operation he says is necessary to keep him from eating. "Someone's got to take...
'MILLION MARCH' MINISTER NAILED IN 1990 MURDER
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amA New Jersey minister who helped organize the Million Family March has been busted in a 10-year-old murder. Mustapha Muhammad, the leader of a Nation of Islam mosque in Plainfield,...
SUDDENLY, DEVILS CAN LIGHT IT UP
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amThey finally snapped their six-year lack of one measly 30-goal scorer last season. Now the Devils suddenly look glutted with gunners, stuffed with snipers. With Alexander Mogilny taking charge, bringing...
JETS LOCKED IN ON COACHING TARGETS
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amThe direction of the Jets' head-coaching search yesterday began to take some shape, with their future looking a lot brighter than it did only 48 hours ago. NFL sources with...
AMANI HITS FIELD, SAYS HE'S READY
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amAfter nearly a week of waiting and wondering, Amani Toomer yesterday hit the practice field. And he looked better than anyone expected. This is the news the Giants wanted and...
JESSIE TIPS CAP TO FANS
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amWhatever happens tomorrow afternoon at Giants Stadium, there's a two-week respite for the winning team before Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa. That's a good thing, according to Jessie Armstead, who...
NO RAIN FOR THE GAME
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amHis expertise is weather, but Nick Gregory, meteorologist at FOX-5 TV, wants in on the pre-game analysis of tomorrow's Giants-Vikings NFC Championship Game. "Like I do with my forecasts, I've...
KNICKS OUT TO DEFEND EAST'S HONOR
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amLatrell Sprewell believes the Knicks are "ready to redeem" themselves tonight against the blazing Blazers. And they're also ready to redeem the maligned East. "Yeah, I am [offended]," Sprewell said...
NETS CAN'T ARGUE WITH SCOTT'S HEARTLESS RIPS
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amMILWAUKEE - The coach said it. And the players agreed with it. After another disturbing loss, coach Byron Scott publicly questioned his Nets' "heart" and "courage." Yesterday, the day after...
SHAUN'S EAGER TO CROSS MOSS
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amWHEN Michael Jordan was in the NBA, one of the biggest fears of those he played against was that they would be immortalized on one of his posters. You know,...
LOW ASKING ROOKIE TO GIVE HIM A GAME
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amBOSTON - The short-term ramifications are fairly obvious. Should the Rangers lose to the Bruins here this afternoon with neophyte Vitali Yeremeyev in nets for his first NHL start, the...
HILLIARD HAS BIG HAND IN GIANT ATTACK
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amThose purple receivers have been getting all the raves. Ike Hilliard understands. He will look across the field tomorrow at Giants Stadium and see one of his heroes in Minnesota's...
IT'S BEEN LONG TRIP FOR FASSEL
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amYoung NFL assistant coaches throughout the land scurry to places like Mobile, Ala., for college all-star games this time of year. They rush to their destination, determined to arrive early...
TIZNOW IS BACK ON TRACK
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amTiznow, winner of last year's Breeders' Cup Classic and finalist for the 3-year-old Eclipse Award and Horse of the Year, is slated to make his 4-year-old debut today in the...
LITTLE E-MAC PACKS BIG WALLOP FOR JINTS
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amThe first time Emmanuel McDaniel signed up to play football he was five years old. If you think the 5-9, 170-pound McDaniel is small now, you should have seen him...
CALL HIM JIM 'THE GREEK'
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amAt the start of the season, Jim Fassel did what so many fans are wont to do. He took out his little Giants pocket schedule and went game-by-game, trying to...
GREEN: NFL CAN'T IGNORE BLACK COACHES
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amDennis Green has been coaching for 29 years, the last nine as head coach of the Vikings, whom he'll lead against the Giants in tomorrow's NFC Championship. That's been long...
POMPEII IS SET TO POP AT THE BIG A
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amBizarre twist in Antley case: P. 2 Few horses make their stakes debut with more impressive credentials than Pompeii. In 10 starts, the 4-year-old daughter of Broad Brush has won...
KENNEDY NOT READY TO GIVE UP TITLE
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amOVERTIME Kennedy67 Roosevelt64 J.C. Mathis is gone. He's playing for Virginia. Willie Shaw is gone. He's at St. John's. Ray Edwards is gone, to LIU. Kennedy lost much of its...
CONE: BOSTON MY BEST BET
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amShut your eyes and try hard to picture this: David Cone, wearing Red Sox road grays, staring in at Derek Jeter holding a bat. Cone imagined just such scenarios over...
RICE SAYS HE'S READY FOR BLAZERS
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amGlen Rice's timing has not been good this season, but tonight his timing is just right. "Couldn't be much better," said Rice. Not only does Rice makes his return on...
A VOTE FOR VIKES-BUT TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF CULPEPPER
January 13, 2001 | 5:00amCRIS Carter says the "hand of God" is on Daunte Culpepper, which of course, would be extremely poor tackling technique on a 260-pound quarterback. Michael Strahan suggests even the Almighty...