April 8, 1999
BLUE CHIPS LEAD DOW TO NEW HIGH
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amWall Street had a mixed day yesterday with big gains for blue-chip companies pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to a new high but most technology shares seeing declines. The...
REVLON FIRE SALE - DEBT-HEAVY PERELMAN SEEKS BUYERS
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amRon Perelman's garage sale continues. The billionaire said he is considering selling part of Revlon, hoping to bolster its sagging stock price and hack away at its staggering $1.7 billion...
JOURNAL, FT NOW BIZ COMRADES
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amRisky overseas investments make for strange bedfellows. Arch rivals The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times announced yesterday they're joining forces to launch a new business daily in Russia....
BARRY DILLER GETS $200M OCTOBER SURPRISE
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amBarry Diller is finally going back into the movie biz. The USA Networks chief announced yesterday he'll acquire October Films and a variety of other movie assets from Seagram's Universal...
YAHOO! POSTS BIG 1ST-QUARTER GAINS
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amYahoo! is living up to its name. The No. 1 website posted better-than-expected results yesterday amid profits that grew sevenfold to $25.1 million. For the quarter ended March 31, profit...
BALTHAZAR BOSS BETS ON NEW BOHO BISTRO; MCNALLY IN MEAT DIST.; EXCLUSIVE
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amRestaurant guru Keith McNally has begun construction on a new eatery in the evolving Meatpacking District, The Post has learned. McNally, who's best known for his star-studded Balthazar bistro, opened...
$130M WINDFALL IN STORE FOR BOSS
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner stands to add more than $130 million to his coffers if a deal to merge the champion New York Yankees and the NBA New Jersey Nets comes together....
BIG-NAME PARTNERS TO BACH GETMUSIC
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amEdgar Bronfman's Seagram and Thomas Middelhoff's Bertelsmann are likely to add a variety of other online heavy hitters to their newly minted Internet music alliance, The Post has learned. Bertelsmann's...
A TRIBUTE CONCERT PAYS OFF IN CASH
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amTHE high-voltage star power gathered at the Hammerstein was incredible by any standard in pop music, but what drove the motor of the evening was a spark from Johnny Cash...
STELLAR ROLE FORACTOR, 8
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amJAKE Lloyd has such a sweet, angelic face, it's hard to imagine him as a ruthless, inhumane monster.But that's exactly what the 8-year-old actor will portray in the new "Star...
YOU CAN BE A HERO, BRYANT - FROM OUR CRITIC WHO CARES: A 3-POINT PLAN FOR FORMER MORNING TV KING
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amON PAPER, the plan that has Bryant Gumbel riding to the rescue of "CBS This Morning" looks good. He was the king of the morning world when he was at...
ED TV ENDS FOR KOCH
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amED Koch is going to be disrobed today by Judge Judy Sheindlin and her husband, former New York City Judge Jerry . Koch is set to step down from the...
VARGAS: ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amELIZABETH Vargas - who is said to have the inside track to co-anchor with Bryant Gumble on a new version of "CBS News This Morning" - has been at the...
TV TICKER
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amCasting a Paul MSNBC has tapped Paul Begala to co-host "Equal Time" with Oliver North beginning tomorrow. Begala, a former advisor to President Clinton, will also provide political analysis for...
HOLLYWOOD HEAVYWEIGHTS BATTLE OVER MOVIE RIGHTS - 'SIDE MAN' FRONT & CENTER
April 8, 1999 | 4:00am'SIDE Man" - Warren Leight's acclaimed play about jazz musicians - may be struggling to stay afloat on Broadway right now, but in Hollywood, it's hot, hot, hot. George Clooney,...
MIRAMAX HONCHOS SHOW FAITH, ADOPT 'DOGMA'
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amIN a highly unusual move announced late yesterday, Miramax co-chairmen Harvey and Bob Weinstein have agreed to personally purchase distribution rights to the controversial religious satire ''Dogma'' - from their...
THE INVITATION MAKES THE PARTY
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amThey say you can't judge a book by its cover. But can you judge a party by the invitation that announces it? Many New York party planners are obsessed with...
'DR. QUINN' INKS TWINS BOOK DEAL
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amJANE Seymour, the star of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," is writing her guide to the mothers of twins - a subject she knows a thing (or two) about. The British...
MORT'S RETORT PUMPS LIFE INTO 'JENNY' CASE
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amA SHOUTING match that broke out yesterday between Morton Downey Jr. and attorney Geoffrey Fieger during a lunchtime recess in the "Jenny Jones" civil trial provided the kind of drama...
NO JOKE: COKE 'BANS' PEPSI
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amAlways Coca-Cola? That's the way it is at a Manhattan office building owned by the Coca-Cola Co. - which apparently can't stand the thought of tenants or visitors walking around...
LONGEST KISS LEAVES 'EM ALL PUCKERED OUT
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amAn Israeli couple yesterday broke the record for the world's longest kiss - and ended up in the hospital for their effort. Dror Orpaz and Karmit Tsubera puckered up in...
SEEING MARINES ASSIST REFUGEES RESTORES ONE'S FAITH IN HUMANITY
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amBRAZDA, Macedonia. IT WAS great to see the stiff back, the pink scalp and the flashing smile that is almost the insignia of the 24th U.S. Marines Expeditionary Force. Sgt....
DUSTY AIRSTRIP BECOMES AN AVENUE OF HOPE
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amTIRANA, Albania. THE international airport here isn't much to look at - a runway, a couple of fading pink rooms and a lot of overflowing toilets. Sometimes, air traffic grinds...
CURSE OF THE CONDE NAST TOWER: NOW IT'S A FIRE
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amLast July, a woman died in an apartment across the street when a girder from the site crashed down. Times Square's 50-story Conde Nast tower is cursed with bad luck,...
U.S.-CHINA TRADE DEAL IN THE WORKS
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Chinese and U.S. negotiators were expected to work all night to prepare a trade agreement for President Clinton's meeting today with Chinese Premier Zhu Kongji. Clinton said yesterday...
GORE AGAIN PUTS HIS WEB FOOT IN MOUSE
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amCyberspace invader Al Gore had to hit the "delete" key this week - after questions about whether his new presidential-campaign Web site violates a new federal law he championed. The...
'GRAVE' MAGICIAN'S HANDLERS TAKING A QUEUE FR0M S0VIETS
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amThey've turned David Blaine into a latter-day Lenin. Overflow crowds at the "grave" of the Moomba-set magician - who completed his third full day buried alive under Donald Trump's new...
FEDS AND DREAM TEAM JOIN FORCES IN MOCK LOUIMA TRIAL; EXCLUSIVE
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amIN A secret courthouse rehearsal, federal prosecutors - coached by members of O.J. Simpson's Dream Team - put Abner Louima on the stand and grilled him during a mock trial,...
VICTIM'S DAD WOULD 'CUT HIM INTO LITTLE PIECES'
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amDAGO held the orange in his left hand and used a 10-inch kitchen knife brutishly to cut the skin off it yesterday - staring at it as if it were...
VICTIM'S DAD: I'D CUT HIM INTO LITTLE PIECES
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amDAGO held the orange in his left hand and used a 10-inch kitchen knife brutishly to cut the skin off it yesterday - staring at it as if it were...
NEARLY 20,000 MISSING AFTER MACEDONIANS BOOT REFUGEES
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amBLACE, Macedonia - Kosovar refugees endured new misery yesterday as Macedonia expelled tens of thousands from a border camp and Serbian forces pushed another wave back to the burning towns...
SAFIR HAS OWN WAR VS. 'DRUNK' DRIVER
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amThe police commissioner's war on drunken drivers might be personal. Howard Safir, 57, is suing for $250,000 a Queens woman who, while driving under the influence, got into an auto...
U.S. ID'S 9 SUSPECTED WAR CRIMINALS - SERBS ARE NAMED AS REPORT CITES 'INDICATORS OF GENOCIDE'
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The United States warned nine Serbian commanders yesterday that they could face prosecution for war crimes. Washington named names after a special U.S. envoy issued a report that...
LEAPER FILES CHUTE, UH, SUIT VS. 'EXTRA'
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amThe Human Fly who completed a high-rise hat trick by parachuting off the World Trade Center is swatting back at a TV show he claims yanked off his wings by...
LEAPER FILES CHUTE, UH, SUIT VS. TV SHOW
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amThe exec didn't show up to pay and "instead ... alerted the police and had an 'Extra' film crew present to film [Kappfjell's] arrest." KAPPFJELL'S LAWSUIT The Human Fly who...
HOW YOU CAN BEAT THE ONE-IN-A-MILLENNIUM ODDS & HAVE Y2K BABY
April 8, 1999 | 4:00am''Shut off the phones and stay in bed the whole weekend. Make it a major rendezvous.'' DR. GILDA CARLE If you're dreaming of having a millennium bundle of joy -...
BX. RAPIST TOLL AT 51: COPS
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amA maintenance man who confessed yesterday to being the notorious Bronx Rapist may have attacked as many as 51 women in a brutal, six-year sex and robbery spree, cops said....
POLICE PUT BX. RAPIST'S TOLL AT 51
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amA maintenance man who confessed yesterday to being the notorious Bronx Rapist may have attacked as many as 51 women in a brutal, six-year rape-and-robbery spree, cops said. Issaac Jones...
TOP EXECS RAKE IT IN AS BIG-BIZ PROFITS SAG
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amIt pays to be the boss. CEOs are getting the fattest paychecks ever handed out - but some experts believe they don't deserve it. Pay packages for chief executives of...
ARMORED-CAR WORKER AND 200G VANISH
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amAn armored-van worker and around $200,000 in cash disappeared in Queens last night, cops said. At about 8:50 p.m., the van from S&S Armored Car stopped to pick up money...
HIZZONER TELLS COPS HE'S 'WORKING ON' BEING LESS RUDE-Y
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday said he's "working on" being more polite - and urged a group of Manhattan cops to follow his lead in the new NYPD get-nice campaign. Giuliani's admission...
WAR COSTING UNCLE SAM $30M A DAY
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The United States is shelling out up to $30 million a day to battle Yugoslav strongman Slobodan Milosevic, spending that threatens the budget surplus and plans for an...
OLD HABS GIVE NOD TO DEVILS
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amThe debate ends here. These most recent Canadiens legends themselves say the Devils would break their record if they win their final three road games. No asterisk necessary. They were...
MASTERPIECE THEATRE - FURYK, WITH FLUFF ON BAG, WILL STEAL SHOW; FLUFF & FURYK: AN UNBEATABLE COMBO
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - It's Masters week, so expect the unexpected. Expect, too, various forms of riveting drama, heartbreak, ironic twists and unforgettable moments, because these are usually the byproducts of this...
AUGUSTA CHANGES FIT TIGER TO A TEE; WOODS STILL DA MAN
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - Tiger Woods will win his second Green Jacket in three years on Sunday when the 63rd Masters comes to a conclusion. He is my pick to win, hopefully...
KRONE TO ANNOUNCE RETIREMENT TODAY
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amJulie Krone, the world's greatest female jockey, will announce her retirement today at a press conference at Aqueduct, her agent Joe D'Angelo confirmed yesterday. "Yes it's true," D'Angelo said. "She...
BIG 3 PREPS SET FOR SATURDAY
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amEntries will be taken today and post positions drawn for Saturday's final round of major Kentucky Derby prep races, all at a mile and an eighth: the Blue Grass at...
LAST CHANCE FOR DERBY FUTURE BETS; FUTURES LOOK ROSY
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amWith the Run for the Roses just 24 days away, the third and final round of Kentucky Derby future betting conducted by Churchill Downs begins today and continues through 4:30...
AMATEUR HAS EL OF A SHOT
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amAUGUSTA - His nickname is "El Nino" and he sees no reason why he can't storm this, his first, Masters. "Is it possible for an amateur to actually win this?"...
CADDIES FEEL FALLOUT FROM 'FLUFF' FIRING
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amMASTERS NOTES AUGUSTA - The fallout from Tiger Woods' firing of Mike "Fluff" Cowan has created a quiet stir among other caddies on the PGA Tour. So much so that...
REED IT AND REAP REWARD - MET RIGHTY FINALLY ENDS PERSONAL SLIDE
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - After losing his last four starts last season, Rick Reed needed a game like Tuesday night's 12-3 victory over the Marlins. Reedblamed himself for the way the Mets...
ANKLE WILL KEEP ANDY ON SHELF
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Even though the Yankees aren't overly concerned about Andy Pettitte's sprained right ankle, don't expect their only lefty starter to resume his comeback from a cranky elbow in...
RICKEY GRID GREAT, TOO
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Falsely modest athletes are ridiculed for being phonies, and rightly so. But you can't have it both ways. You can't turn around and belittle a guy who is...
NFL NIXES MILSTEIN'S REDSKIN BID
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amIslanders co-owner Howard Milstein made his own bed. On the only sequence the NFL owners had to judge him on as an owner of a professional sports team - his...
VG: WARD'S BEING HURT BY INJURIES
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES CHARLOTTE - Once again Tuesday night, Charlie Ward was taken to point-guard school, this time by Magic water bug Darryl Armstrong, who missed 15 of 20 shots yet...
FEICK GIVES NETS UNEXPECTED LIFT
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amWhen the Nets called Jamie Feick last month, he was working on his Ohio farm, doing what he does best: getting his hands dirty with muscle work. But the Nets...
JEFF FACING TOUGH SALE ON PLAYOFFS
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - Jeff Van Gundy stuck a "For Sale" sign on the playoffs yesterday. Will his struggling team buy his latest pitch? "Right now, I have to resell them on...
OREL AIMS TO CONQUER MONTREAL
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES MIAMI - No one likes to be the opposing pitcher on someone else's opening day because the crowd is pumped up, the home team is pumped up and...
BOXING COMMISSION FLOPS AGAIN
April 8, 1999 | 4:00am"The whole thing is embarrassing." MIDDLEWEIGHT PAUL VADEN BOXING COMMISSION FLOPS AGAIN LESS than a month after suffering the embarrassment of having the heavyweight title stolen right out from under...
IT'S A MENDOOZIE! - RAMIRO DAZZLES ATHLETICS
April 8, 1999 | 4:00am"That's as good as he [Mendoza] gets. The difference today is that usually in the fifth or sixth inning he tries to throw harder and gets in trouble. This time...
MENDOZA'S THE MAN - RAMIRO SINKS A'S STATES HIS CASE FOR A SPOT IN ROTATION
April 8, 1999 | 4:00am"That's as good as he [Mendoza] gets. The difference today is that usually in the fifth or sixth inning he tries to throw harder and gets in trouble. This time...
ANDY'S ANKLE ACTING UP
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES OAKLAND - Even though the Yankees aren't overly concerned about Andy Pettitte's sprained right ankle from a long-range angle, don't expect their only lefty starter to resume his...
SCORE ONE FOR ZIM - BUT NOW MENDOZA BELONGS IN BULLPEN
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Both Ramiro Mendoza and Hideki Irabu pitched yesterday. They did so under the terms prescribed by Don Zimmer, making it a victory for the interim manager over George...
IF TRUTH BE TOAD, IRABU IS RIBIDING
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amOAKLAND - Ramiro Mendoza had already made a very impressive bid to make at least one more start by blanking the A's across eight innings and not allowing a runner...
STILL FABULOUS AT 40
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Turning 40 last month was no big deal. At least it wasn't until I came to Pro Player Stadium to watch Rickey Henderson play baseball the past three...
BACK UP THE VAN GUNDY - JEFF'S KNICKS FALL TO 10TH PLACE AFTER EMBARRASSING LOSS HORNETS
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - Jeff Van Gundy was talking about the Knicks "teetering" on the brink before last night's game with the hapless Hornets. No need to worry about that anymore. They've...
SIXERS SNUFF OUT NETS' WIN STREAK
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amLast night against a desperate Sixer team playing for their first playoff berth in eight years, the Nets knew they were in for a fight. They were expecting the blinding...
IT'S RING-A-DING RICKEY - HENDERSON 4-FOR-4 WITH TWO HRS AS METS ZIP MARLINS
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - "Ding, ding, ding." Rickey Henderson just couldn't contain himself. After a miserable spring, he said over and over again not to worry, that when the bell rang he...
SPREWELL, LIKE KNICKS, IS AT LOSS FOR ANSWERS
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES CHARLOTTE - Latrell Sprewell isn't so sure Jeff Van Gundy's latest wakeup call will have any effect on the Knicks - as it clearly showed last night in...
JONES SHARES SPOTLIGHT IN NAILING 1ST WIN
April 8, 1999 | 4:00amMIAMI - Overshadowed by Rickey Henderson's amazing night was a fine performance by Bobby Jones, who also put aside his spring woes to pitch very well in the Mets' 6-0...