April 27, 1999
BLAST FROM THE PAST BIG FUNDS UNRETIRE THEIR MARQUEE NAMES
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amQ UICK, name the most popular trend in the mutual fund world these days. If you said boosting returns with large holdings of Internet stocks, you're wrong. If you guessed...
ZUCKERMAN IS SHOPPING HIS FAST CO.
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amFacing a $25 million tab for Daily News back wages, publisher Mort Zuckerman is said to be shopping his hot business magazine, Fast Company, to help foot the bill. The...
SWEEPSTAKES LOSER EYES CH. 11
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amEmbattled sweepstakes giant American Family Enterprises is facing possible bankruptcy over the pounding it's getting in consumer fraud lawsuits. The sweepstakes company, half-owned by Time Inc., is expected to report...
GATES MAY BE 'WHITE KNIGHT' FOR COMCAST
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amComcast and Microsoft have begun negotiations to join forces in a bid for cable giant MediaOne. Microsoft's Bill Gates would likely add cash to Comcast's $60 billion all-stock bid for...
STAGE IS SET FOR AN MGM SHAKEUP
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer is about to replace its top executive, Frank Mancuso - possibly as early as today. MGM execs are also in negotiations to hire Chris McGurk, currently president of Universal...
NO PC MELTDOWN SEEN FROM CHERNOBYL VIRUS
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amThe so-called Chernobyl virus, predicted to wreak havok on PCs around the world yesterday, wasn't exactly a disaster. The CIH, a file virus, was set to go off in PCs...
JUMBY FOR JOY: THE 300-ACRE ISLE OFF ANTIGUA GIVES NEW MEANING TO THE WORD PRIVATE
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amT HEIR tension won't last much longer, as the handful of frazzled folks board a private boat for the 12-minute ride to the exclusive island of Jumby Bay. "Coming here...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amCajun impressions In a one-time-only show, 40 of Edgar Degas' American works - many of which have rarely, if ever, been publicly exhibited in the United States - will be...
STAR WARS: 22 DAYS TO GO - ADVANCE SALE JUST THE TICKET
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amTHE force is with the fans - they will be able to buy advance tickets to the new ''Star Wars'' movie. After intense pressure from ''Star Wars'' fanatics and theater...
COPS AND DOCS ARE NBC'S HOT FALL GUYS :'ER' MEETS NEW YORK'S FINEST AND BRAVEST IN MUST-'WATCH' SERIES
April 27, 1999 | 4:00am'Years ago the ad community giggled at the thought of two new hospital shows.' - J. Walter Thompson's media expert, David Marans, about "ER" and "Chicago Hope." COP shows are...
TV TICKER
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amLocal Emmys WNBC/Ch.4 led the way with 12 New York Emmy Awards in ceremonies held Sunday. Ch.4 was followed in Emmy wins by WNET/Ch.13 and WLIW/Ch.21 (10 apiece), WABC/Ch.7 (6),...
SERB PAYBACK ALERT: BOMBING OF BELGRADE TV INCREASES DANGER OF ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amWESTERN TV reporters covering the war in Belgrade could be facing increased hostility. The Committee to Protect Journalists - a watchdog organization - says NATO bombings that wiped out Serbian...
SALARIES OF THE B'WAY STARS - WHO'S RAKING IT IN ON THE GREAT WHITE WAY
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amStars don't do Broadway for the money, theater people like to say. They do it for art, for prestige, for a chance to turn around a sagging film career. But...
'BLUES' A REAL PICK-ME-UP
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amTHEATER REVIEW 'IT Ain't Nothin' but the Blues'' arrives like a cool, scented breeze off the Mis sissippi after the pumped-up turgidities of 'The Civil War'' and the dumbed-down stupidities...
"MULE' A TERRIFIC RIDE
April 27, 1999 | 4:00am*MULE VARIATIONS Tom Waits Anti/Epitaph Records On his past albums, gravel-voiced troubadour Tom Waits either spoke to you or he didn't, with fans and detractors sharing little ground. Yet on...
PATTY SCALES 'HEIGHTS' OF STUPIDITY
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: Whoever said some things are best left alone must have been thinking about faces and "The Patty Duke Show" and anticipating the frightening possibility that someone would propose "Still...
BEAUTY IN BEASTLY UPROAR - ANIMAL LOVER KIM STARRED WITH DOPED DOGGIE: TRAINER
April 27, 1999 | 4:00am"I did think that was strange, that an animal-rights activist . . . would agree to do this movie in the first place." ANIMAL TRAINER JIM STOCKWELL Kim Basinger -...
FOOD SHORTAGES PRODUCE NEW DELUGE OF REFUGEES
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amA huge new wave of fleeing refugees created a bottleneck on Kosovo's borders with Macedonia yesterday - and authorities said another 30,000 were en route. Relief workers blamed the latest...
BLAMING PARENTS A SHAMELESS COP-OUT
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amAuthorities might as well tie crime-scene tape around the borders of Littleton and arrest every living soul inside. THEIR final gesture was in some ways the cruelest. By taking their...
PATAKI, SCHUMER BILLS TARGET GUNS
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amNew York lawmakers took aim at gun and school violence yesterday, with Gov. Pataki seeking to make schools safer, and Sen. Chuck Schumer going after Internet gun sales. Pataki unveiled...
COPS: KAMIKAZE ATTACK WOULDN'T FLY HERE
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amFederal and local law-enforcement authorities say it's highly unlikely the kind of farfetched terror attack on New York City dreamed up by the killer Colorado teens could ever succeed. FBI...
TRAGIC TOWN BURIES 4 MORE 'MARTYRS' - HERO TEACHER AND PUPILS LAID TO REST
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amThousands came together at four funerals in massacre-ravaged Littleton yesterday to mourn the lives taken and celebrate what the gunmen couldn't kill - the victims' courage, spirit, beauty and faith....
SAFIR DEFENDS USING COPS AT WIFE'S POLICE MUSEUM
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani and Police Commissioner Howard Safir yesterday defended stationing 20 on-duty cops in the new Police Museum headed by Safir's wife. The non-profit institution opened earlier this month on...
CITY TRAFFIC FATALITIES PLUMMET
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amIt's getting safer to travel city streets. Traffic-related deaths are down 11 percent this year, and 31 percent fewer pedestrians have been mowed down, police statistics show. "This administration is...
HOODED COP AXED THAT DAY
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amA cop who was fired after testifying in disguise about how Street Crime Unit officers allegedly target blacks and Latinos without cause is fighting to get her job back. "It...
FIRMS SEE UP$IDE FOR CHARTERS IN NEW YORK
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amCompanies that run schools for a profit nationwide say they'll jump at the chance to operate charter schools in the Big Apple - despite contentious politics and high costs. Some...
SHOCK-JOCK STERN PILES MORE PAIN ONTO TOWN
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amRadio shock-jock Howard Stern's suggestion the Columbine HS killers should have had sex with their female victims has enraged Colorado listeners and prompted advertisers to dump the show. Stung by...
YANK FAN'S WIDOW PLEADS FOR RETURN OF HUSBAND'S BODY
April 27, 1999 | 4:00am"His family in Chile has no money. We hope the Yankees can help to bring him back to his home." FAMILY FRIEND JORGE SOZA The heartbroken widow of the Yankee...
TEEN MURDERERS JUST PLANE NUTS - THEIR TWISTED PLOT INCLUDED CRASHING JET INTO NEW YORK
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amAuthorities questioned Klebold's girlfriend, whom they believe knows where the gunmen got two of the weapons. The teen gunmen who rampaged through Columbine HS ultimately planned to end their reign...
FIVE BROTHEL-CASE COPS FACE ARREST - INDICTED IN SEX-FOR-PROTECTION SCANDAL; EXCLUSIVE
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amFive Manhattan cops have been indicted on extortion charges and will be arrested today for allegedly protecting a Midtown madam's brothel in exchange for sex and money, The Post has...
GI CAPTIVES OK, RED CROSS SAYS - 'YIPPEE!' CRIES RELIEVED MICH. DAD OVER NEWS
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amBut there was no indication the soldiers would be released any time soon. WASHINGTON - Three GIs captured in the Balkans - and last seen on Serbian TV almost a...
TERRIFIED PARENTS KEEP KIDS FROM CLASS
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amHundreds of students in and around shell-shocked Littleton continued to shun classes yesterday - fearing that offshoots of the notorious Trench Coat Mafia could spread the violence to their schools....
IMMIGRANT OUTCAST FIGHTS THE RAGE
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amLITTLETON, Colo. EARLY in the school year, junior Alex Shilling heard a nasty rumor floating around his spacious campus in this Denver suburb. "They were calling the Russian girls bitches,"...
ANGRY CREW BLAST GIULIANI FOR 'RHETORIC OF DESTRUCTION'
April 27, 1999 | 4:00am''Now is the time to end destructive rhetoric and stand behind the finest public school system in the United States.'' SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR RUDY CREW The school wars heated up yesterday,...
POLICE GRADS FOLLOW IN DADS' FOOTSTEPS
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amThe city's newest police recruits got a sobering reminder along with their badges yesterday - the job sometimes requires the ultimate sacrifice. Being a cop brings both joy and sadness,...
MURDERER'S PROM DATE BOUGHT GUNS - SHERIFF: KLEBOLD'S DEATH WEAPONS SUPPLIED BY GIRL
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amTeen gunman Dylan Klebold's prom date bought two assault guns used in the maniacal rampage that killed 15 people at Columbine HS last week, a Denver newspaper reported today. Robyn...
DEVILS NEED FIERY SPEECH
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - Right about now, with the Devils' season in the balance, it's time for a few words from the coach. Strong, inspiring words. Coaches are supposed to do that,...
'SCARED' JAGR'S STATUS UNCERTAIN
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - As he ponders returning to action, the best hockey player in the world admits he's "scared" to do what he does best. "My heart is telling me, 'Go...
NOW REY WANTS TO STAY MET
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amRey Ordonez' agent Adam Katz said yesterday that Ordonez' spat with Bobby Valentine was no longer an issue and that his client wants to remain a Met for the rest...
PIAZZA WITH THE WORKS ; MET LINEUP LOADED AGAIN WITH SLUGGER AT CLEANUP
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amMike Piazza has such a profound impact on a team that his offense alone actually helps out his own bullpen. Obviously Todd Pratt did a great job while filling in...
LOU STUCK IN 'GO-TO' HELL
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amPITTSBURGH - Ken Daneyko was speaking from his big heart yesterday, just as he had spoken to his teammates immediately following the Game 3 loss to the Penguins on Sunday...
ROCKET GUNNIN' FOR RANGERS - AND RECORD WIN
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amThe irony is about as thick as the Texas heat, the coincidence too big even for a Hollywood "B" movie. Roger Clemens, a Texan, tied the American League mark of...
LUKAS DOUBLES PLEASURE
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - Hanging in the shed row of trainer D. Wayne Lukas' barn at Churchill Downs are a pair of small wood carvings given him by a fan. Each depicts...
MAYHEM & GUNFIRE IN HOLLAND
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amLONDON - It's at this stage of the season, when crucial issues finally are decided, that matters often get out of hand among excitable fans - and boy, did they...
SOCCER STAR IS GOAL-ORIENTED
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amTottenville midfielder.She is the Mia Hamm of New York City high school soccer. With 13 goals and 15 assists this season, and 53 goals and 53 assists during her three...
VALHOL PETITION FILED
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - Legal counsel for James Jackson, owner of Arkansas Derby winner Valhol, filed a petition yesterday with the Pulaski County circuit court in Little Rock seeking an emergency court...
JUST CALL THIS COLT UN-CERTAIN
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amLOUISVILLE - The Derby status of Arkansas Derby runner-up Certain is still uncertain after the colt splashed six furlongs through the Churchill Downs slop yesterday in 1:13.4. He galloped out...
SPREE TURNS INTO A MAIL-IT-IN MAN
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - Latrell Sprewell dressed quickly into his street clothes and exited the locker room at Miami Arena as if an airplane was about to leave without him. Whether Sprewell...
DECIMATED FLYERS FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Only the Flyers' confidence has proven more fragile than their health. This season, they went 16-1-7, followed by 0-8-4, finished 7-4-2 in the last 13, seven of which...
VAN'S GOTTA HAVE CAMBY ; MARCUS HAS POWER TO SAVE COACH'S JOB
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amSUNDAY'S stunning comeback in Miami is the kind of stirring achievement that can save the job of beleaguered coach Jeff Van Gundy. But only if it's the fourth playoff win...
NOT ALL FUN & GAMES ... BUT LJ DENIES HE'S UNHAPPY WITH KNICK ROLE
April 27, 1999 | 4:00am"I never said I didn't like my role. I just said I'm not having fun this year."LARRY JOHNSON CHARLOTTE - There's still five games left in the season, but the...
NOW, TESTAVERDE'S IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amVinny Testaverde yesterday returned to the scene of one of the most significant moments of his professional life. Playing 18 holes at media day for the Cadillac NFL Golf Classic,...
BONILLA PASSES MRI BUT WILL REST KNEE
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amAn MRI on Bobby Bonilla's right knee yesterday revealed no structural damage, but the Met outfielder is expected to miss another four or five days as swelling goes down. Bonilla,...
EWING SITS OUT, SHOWS NO SIGN OF RETURNING
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES CHARLOTTE - The news on Patrick Ewing continues to get worse. In the most critical juncture of the season, Ewing sat out his second straight game with an...
UMPS, MLB IN RHUBARB OVER STRIKE ZONE
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amThe umpires are upset again. Major League Baseball is continuing its efforts to regulate and monitor the strike zone, but the umpires are irate, saying they perceive this as another...
EDWARDS PITCHES IN FOR ROYALS
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amChrist the King 6 Holy Cross 2 Like the four food groups, a staple of baseball has been that pitching and defense win games. So for the nine-millionth time this...
NO PAT, NO PROBLEM: EWING SITS, CAMBY STANDS TALL
April 27, 1999 | 4:00am"The past month he's been the MVP of our team."LARRY JOHNSON ON MARCUS CAMBY CHARLOTTE - The metamorphosis continues. Playing without Patrick Ewing for the second straight game, the Knicks...
DUDLEY IS TURNING INTO REAL BARGAIN
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - Patrick Ewing was on the Knicks bench wearing a suit for the second straight game; a 7-foot cheerleader with a painful Achilles' tendon. That meant another night of...
LJ DENIES REPORTS HE'S UNHAPPY WITH ROLE
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amCHARLOTTE - Larry Johnson last night addressed the overall disappointment of the season before the Knicks' critical 91-84 win over the Hornets at the Charlotte Coliseum. This came after reports...
DOMI ACCUSED OF RACIAL SLUR
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Sandy McCarthy of the Flyers accused the Maple Leafs' Tie Domi of uttering a racial epithet before a second-period faceoff during last night's 2-1 Toronto victory here. "He...
FLYERS PAY FOR PASSING ON JOSEPH
April 27, 1999 | 4:00amPHILADELPHIA - Bob Clarke wasn't going to pay $6 million a year for a goalie last summer, when two of the best in the business were on the free agent...