January 5, 1999
STORM BLOWS BY NIAGARA
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amSJU exacts revenge for loss last season They all said it would be different. Every St. John's player that had to sit through last season's humbling loss against Niagara vowed...
HARVEY WAKES UP RANGERS
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amListen closely. Can you hear it? Can you hear the heartbeat of the Rangers? Sure can. Ninety minutes before last night's match against the Sharks, Heartbeat Todd Harvey, working on...
DON'T COUNT OUT INVESTMENTS IN EUROLAND
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amAMERICA's love affair with the stock market apparently does not cross borders. Mutual fund shareholders continue to invest in U.S. equity funds while ignoring their European brethren. But with the...
INTUIT EXEC BLASTS MICROSOFT 'CHOKE HOLD'
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON, D.C. - A leading high-tech executive asked the judge overseeing the Microsoft antitrust trial to force the software giant to reconfigure its Windows operating system to allow equal access...
EURO BUCKS STOCKS
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amDow whipsawed; dollar sinks Is it the euro or the yo-yo? Stocks gyrated wildly on the day of the euro's debut in trading. Most European markets scored big gains -...
GURUS HOLD NEW YEAR'S BULL SESSION
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amThe Dow Jones industrial average could surge between zero and 20 percent in 1999, depending on which expert you choose to believe. Several Wall Street gurus were tapped for their...
DELIA'S DEAL: AN IPO; TEEN RETAILER TO RAISE $100M
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amTrendy retailer Delia's wants to get in early on another fad - spinning off part of its Internet business. The company, best known for its catalog of clothes and accessories...
LOOK WHO'S TALKING!; SEIDENBERG PLOTS AIRTOUCH MERGER
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amIvan Seidenberg is making his mark. On his first official day as chairman of Bell Atlantic yesterday, Seidenberg confirmed he is negotiating yet another mega-merger - this time, the acquisition...
CBS, AOL ARE NEAR DEAL ON NEWS FEED
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amCBS and America Online are putting the finishing touches on a deal that would make CBS the exclusive provider of news to the nation's biggest online service. An alliance is...
TRAVELER'S UPDATE
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amInto the breach Whale-watching season off the coast of Virginia begins Saturday and runs through March 7. If you find yourself in the Chesapeake Bay area, you might consider shipping...
LET'S HEAR ITFOR 'UNDERDOG'
January 5, 1999 | 5:00am*FETISH FOR THE UNDERDOG Julia Douglass Stylus RecordsJulia Douglass talks too much, and she thinks too much. Her introspective lyrics seem so confessional, you hope she's not writing from experience....
TV TICKER
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amDole's dish Former Sen. Bob Dole visits tonight's "Hockenberry" (8 p.m. on MSNBC). Dole will talk with host John Hockenberry about the upcoming Senate impeachment proceedings, his future (as a...
HIGH FIVE ROSIE LIVE ; NOW WE ALL KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amThe Rosie O'Donnell Show (Live) Weekdays at 10a.m. on WABC/Ch.7 ROSIE O'Donnell and her daytime talk show are back among the live-ing. Oh, what a difference a same-day broadcast makes...
A HOOP DREAM NIGHTMARE ; LOCKOUT WILL AFFECT FUTURE NBA RATINGS
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amTV executives are trying to figure out what the costs of losing the NBA season are going to be. With owners expected to cancel the NBA season on Thursday, it...
CBS ALL A-TINGLE WITH NEW 'MINUTES II' CURMUDGEON
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amHE may not have Andy Rooney's trademark bushy eyebrows, but humorist Jimmy Tingle is the new curmudgeonly commentator for CBS' newsmagazine "60 Minutes II." "He's got a refreshing way of...
IT'S QUITE A 'SIGHT'
January 5, 1999 | 5:00am'OUT of Sight," which won three National Society of Film Critics awards last Sunday for best picture, best director and best screenplay is a terrific movie: funny, sexy and cool....
"STAR WARS' CALLS IT QUITS AT 6
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amThe creator of the Star Wars movies, George Lucas, has devoted fans of his sci-fi series up in arms - instead of making nine movies as planned, the director now...
RX OFFERS NEW HOPE OF PAIN RELIEF FOR ARTHRITIS SUFFERERS
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amThere might not be a cure for the common cold yet - but at least arthritis sufferers may not have to take the pain anymore. Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Searle...
KIMES JUDGE FED UP WITH LOVEY-DOVEY GRIFTER PAIR
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amMother-son grifters Sante and Kenneth Kimes - holding hands and trading loving looks until a judge told them to knock it off - pleaded not guilty yesterday to the murder...
REV. AL: N.Y. DEMS WOULD BOW OUT FOR HILLARY
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amALBANY - First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton would "clear the field" of most Democratic candidates if she runs for the U.S. Senate, the Rev. Al Sharpton said yesterday. "I think...
THAT'S 'BODY' WITH A CAPITOL B FOR NEW GOV; JESSE TAKES THE OATH IN MINNESOTA
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amST. PAUL, Minn. - "The Body" is now "The Boss." Former pro wrestler Jesse Ventura, who shocked the world by winning election as Minnesota governor, officially took office yesterday and...
KIN: SUBWAY VICTIM AN 'ANGEL' OF MERCY; 'SHE'S THE KIND WHO'D HELP PERSON WHO PUSHED HER'
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amThe sweet-tempered woman pushed to her death by a subway psycho was a compassionate "angel" who came to New York to pursue dreams of a career in art and writing,...
RUDY STAYS OVER IN ARIZ. AS GOP SENATOR'S GUEST
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amMayor Giuliani yesterday extended his weekend trip to Arizona to dabble in those two great all-American pastimes: presidential politics and football. Colleen Roche, the mayor's press secretary, said Sen. John...
ALL BUT ONE SURVIVING OCTUPLET BREATHING ON OWN
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amSix of the seven tiny surviving Houston octuplets were breathing on their own yesterday. Only the youngest of the seven, a girl nicknamed Gorom, still needed a ventilator to breathe...
SILVER SEEKS DEATH-PENALTY AMENDMENT
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amALBANY - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver proposed changing New York's death-penalty law yesterday so that those pleading guilty can face execution, not just receive life in prison. Silver's proposal came...
SAWYER GETS WAKE-UP CALL TO HOST 'GMA'
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amIn an effort to jump start "Good Morning America," ABC yesterday axed co-hosts Lisa McRee and Kevin Newman and replaced them with "20/20" superstars Diane Sawyer and Charles Gibson. "'GMA'...
DUNKIN' DONUTS' SUIT BIDS TO SHUT DOWN MOUSE HOLE
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amDunkin' Donuts dropped a lawsuit on a vermin-plagued local franchise yesterday, claiming it's been losing dough since The Post published photos of a mouse gnawing on doughnuts there last week....
SPITZER DEVACCO-IZES HIS OFFICE POLICY
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amALBANY - In his first official actions, state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer yesterday reversed controversial policies put in place by his Republican predecessor. The lightning-quick moves restored job protections for...
NO BOLD STROKES, JUST THE SAME OLD FOLKS
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amTHERE are two crucial elements missing from ABC's plan to fix "Good Morning America": creativity and guts. It isn't particularly creative or gutsy to lure Charlie Gibson back to the...
PERELMAN HITS 'GREEDY' EX AS BITTER CUSTODY WAR RESUMES / EVEN $30M DOESN'T END CHILD WAR: REVLON HEAD
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amRon Perelman has given ex-wife Patricia Duff $30 million - $42,857.14 for every day they were married - but the femme fatale fund-raiser wants even more, his lawyers said in...
TRAGEDY IS MOTORMAN'S 'WORST NIGHTMARE'
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amMotorman Louis Jacquez is tormented he was unable to prevent the tragic death of the woman thrown in front of his train, officials said yesterday. Fellow train operators said Jacquez...
GOPERS SPLIT ON PROPOSAL FOR QUICKIE IMPEACH TRIAL
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The prospect of an abbreviated, four-day impeachment trial for President Clinton grew dimmer yesterday, with senators far apart on critical details. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott returned to...
MISSING DUO'S LANDLORD NABBED AT UPSTATE HOME; UNRELATED RAPS LET COPS SEARCH
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amThe Manhattan landlord of two tenants who vanished without a trace 14 months ago was arrested on unrelated charges that finally let cops search buildings he owns in Manhattan and...
LIDDY 'SERIOUSLY' MULLS PREZ RUN
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Elizabeth Dole, who stumped for husband Bob in 1996 and wowed the GOP convention with an Oprah-like performance, said yesterday she might run for president. "I'm giving it...
SUBWAY KILLER IS SCHIZOPHRENIC: COPS; MENTAL PATIENT HAS BEEN IN & OUT OF HOSPITALS FOR YEARS
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amThe madman who pushed a young woman to her death in front of a subway train is a schizophrenic who spent his entire adult life being shuffled in and out...
HUGH GOTTA BE CRAZY TO LET THESE NUTS OUT
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amHUGH "Society" Carey - while governor of this state and before he got dyed hair - threw literally thousand of homeless onto the streets of New York. He deinstitutionalized thousands...
HERO DOG BRUTALLY STABBED SAVING KIDS FROM ATTACK
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amA tiny Pekingese dog was viciously stabbed last night trying to fend off a man who "flipped out" and suddenly attacked her teen owner and her friend in Brooklyn, cops...
2 BABIES PERISH IN NEWARK APT. FIRE
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amTwo baby girls died when a Newark, N.J., apartment building burned last night in a blaze investigators said was probably caused by a space heater. The girls were 9 months...
NEW WINTER WALLOP DUE UPSTATE
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amAs a drying-out Apple frolicked under chilly yet clear skies yesterday, blizzard-bound upstaters braced for another possible battering from snowstorms today. "This is outrageous. This is just crazy," said exasperated...
MAN KILLS EX-LOVER AS HER KIDS WATCH
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amA Manhattan man shot his ex-girlfriend to death last night in her Washington Heights apartment, then turned the gun on himself as two of her children looked on in terror,...
QBS BETTER SNAP TO IT
January 5, 1999 | 5:00am"It gets tougher next week. The whole team will have to be sharper."MARK BRUNELL JACKSONVILLE - In the wake of Jacksonville's 25-10 wild-card playoff victory over the outmanned Patriots Sunday...
SHINE MAY BE TY THAT BINDS HALL
January 5, 1999 | 5:00am"I'm impressed with his daring ... He is only a freshman, but he is not afraid to take big shots."TOMMY AMAKER ON TY SHINE NCAA Tournament games are won when...
JURKOVIC: VINNY'S NO JOKER
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amJACKSONVILLE - One opposing player who's not surprised at the Pro Bowl season Vinny Testaverde has had is Jaguars defensive tackle John Jurkovic. Jurkovic, a former Packer, used to face...
TO FIX WOES, GM MEETS ISLANDERS
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amGM/coach Mike Milbury said following Saturday's 4-3 overtime loss against San Jose that he would "have to do something in the next 48 hours to get it going in the...
ONLY BRAIN INJURY COULD KO QUARRY ; BRAIN INJURY KO'S QUARRY
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amIN the end, it was only fitting that once again, someone else had to step in and stop the fight on Jerry Quarry, a fighter who never knew when to...
YOUNT'S A GREAT PLAYER, BUT NOT A HALL OF FAMER
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amTHE worldwide web is full of sites so nasty you wouldn't wish them on your lonliest friend. Some such products of sick minds even get 3,000 hits a day. That...
COACHING SCARED ; BOWDEN IS DRIVEN BY FEAR OF LOSING
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amTEMPE, Ariz. - Did you ever wonder what keeps him going? After all these years as a head coach - 46 overall and 33 on the Division I-A level -...
NHL BACKS DEVILS
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amJousting with windmills, Lou Lamoriello won a windfall. Because the pit bull of a Devils' president would not let go on a difficult-to-prove tampering charge, the Devils have gained a...
CANUCKS NOT RUSSIAN TO TRADE BURE
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amThe timetable on a Pavel Bure trade belongs entirely to Brian Burke, but in the end The Russian Rocket will have as much to say about his destination as the...
STORM TRYING TO STAY CALM
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amSt. John's game against lowly Niagara was sandwiched between Big East foes Rutgers and Miami, smack between an up-and-coming local rival and a club that has pulled off a number...
MORE WORLD CUPS WOULD BE BAD SEPP
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amLONDON - It sounds like too much of a good thing, but the idea of staging the World Cup every two years really is being seriously considered. If it happens,...
FONZ, METS AGREE TO DISAGREE
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amNegotiations between the Mets and Edgardo Alfonzo, while not close, are at the very least continuing. Considering the way they went last year, that is encouraging. Alfonzo's agent Peter Greenberg...
NINERS, FALCS SET FOR RUBBER MATCH ; ATLANTA'S NOT SHOCKED IT'S FRISCO
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amThe improbabilities continue for the 49ers. The unthinkable occurred this season when they did not win the NFC West title. The post-season started off with a familiar opponent, the Packers,...
NBA FACES HOOPLESS SITUATION
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amThe NBA players union got its meeting with the league. The league got the final offer from the union. Now, will anybody get a season? Sure. But it might be...
BURE WON'T TALK 'TIL TRADE WITH CANUCKS IS SET
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amThe timetable on a Pavel Bure trade belongs entirely to Brian Burke, but in the end The Russian Rocket will have as much to say about his destination as the...
FONZ & METS AGREE TO DISAGREE
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amNegotiations between the Mets and Edgardo Alfonzo, while not close, are at the very least continuing. Considering the way they went last year, that is encouraging. Alfonzo's agent Peter Greenberg...
MOORE IS ENOUGH AS THE HALL ROLLS
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amSeton Hall has more and more and more and more guards than anyone. And fortunately for them last night, they had sophomore guard Chuck Moore. Moore, the Pirates' fifth guard,...
THAT'S VOL, FOLKS ; NO. 1 TENNESSEE NAILS DOWN TITLE BY ROUTING 'NOLES
January 5, 1999 | 5:00amFIESTA BOWL Tennessee23Florida St.16 TEMPE - Undefeated and underdogs no more. Tennessee took advantage of Florida State backup quarterback Marcus Outzen's inexperience and capped a perfect season by beating the...