May 7, 1999
BOND TRADERS ARE SPOOKED - RATES ON 30-YEAR MORTGAGES HIT 7.02%
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amSince the Fed cut interest rates last year, rates on 30-year mortgages have risen from 6.79 percent to 7.02 percent. INTEREST rates on 30-year mortgages have risen over the 7...
AN OPENING FOR GATES - AT&T COUP IS HIS BIGGEST STAKE YET
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amBill Gates' tricky power-player role, which he displayed in AT&T's giant media makeover deal, is scaring Washington more than ever. By investing $5 billion in AT&T - of a total...
GREENSPAN DRAGS DOWN MARKETS
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amFederal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan did his best to jawbone the markets down in a speech at the Chicago Fed yesterday, but investors mostly shrugged off his negative comments. The...
TRISTAR BACKING GREY'S BGTV
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amBrad Grey, the producer of TV's "Just Shoot Me" and "NewsRadio," is teaming up with Columbia TriStar Television to create BGTV, a new development and production company. Grey will develop...
SAVORING THE JUICE: CRANBERRIES ARE BACK & SHE'S HAPPY
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amIN 1990, when onetime church choir girl Dolores O'Riordan joined brothers Noel and Mike Hogan and Fergal Lawler to form the Cranberries, there was no way to tell they'd become...
'THE THIRD MAN' EVEN BETTER THE 2ND TIME AROUND
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amWHO was ''The Third Man''? You doubtless know the answer to the central mystery of Carol Reed's black-and-white 1949 masterpiece, re-released for its 50th anniversary with 11 minutes of restored...
TV TICKER
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amMom's the word Cindy Crawford got a surprise visit from her mom, Jenny Moluf, on yesterday's ''Good Morning America.'' The pregnant Crawford was highlighting her ''Video Diary'' segment when Moluf...
THIS 'GUY' AIN'T FAMILY VIEWING
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amLAST Sunday's "Family Guy" had us wondering if there is no line left to cross in alleged family programming at 8:30. In one brief scene, we watched the head shot...
O'RIORDAN AND THE BOYS AT THEIR 'BERRY BEST
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amROCK REVIEW W HEN waiflike Dolores O'Riordan gets in front of an audience, any inhibitions she has about performing are stripped from her psyche, and she lets her animal instincts...
DON'T BOTHER LOOKING INTO THE 'MIRROR'
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amMOVIE REVIEW SOME will condemn me morally, but they cannot escape the power of my image!" fumes the protagonist of "The Empty Mirror." Sadly, this is not the Pamela Anderson...
HUNT FOR GURU'S A LULU: HIPPIE LADYKILLER PREACHED PEACE, LOVE...MURDER
May 7, 1999 | 4:00am"The Hunt for theUnicorn Killer" Sunday and Monday at 9on WNBC/Ch.4 "THE Hunt for the Unicorn Killer" is no less engrossing for having been a long-running, high-profile case that was...
FIRST TASTE OF 'CIDER' IS A REAL TREAT
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amLONG, sprawling sagas used to be the norm on stage. Then the Victorian novel took them over and plays became interior, short, private. When Dickens' "Nicholas Nickleby" was dramatized in...
IT'S MOAT AMUSING
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amMOVIE REVIEW LIKE "Analyze This," the scruffy, offbeat Aussie comedy "The Castle" proves yet again that a simple, unoriginal premise worked over by talented gag writers can yield surprisingly satisfying...
SAY ADIOS TO 'ANGELES'
May 7, 1999 | 4:00am'ANGELES," the ballyhooed Spanish-language version of "Charlie's Angels," could be saying adios after just four months. Telemundo, the Spanish-language network which co-produces "Angeles," hasn't officially axed the show and won't...
EXCELLENT CAST IS WASTED ON PREDICTABLE 'PUSHER'
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amMOVIE REVIEWS 'PUSHER'' is a realistically depressing low-budget movie about Copenhagen drug dealers collecting and incurring debts. It makes the Danish criminal life look miserable, bleak and pretty dull during...
GET MOM OUT OF THE KITCHEN FOR MOTHER'S DAY
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amSunday is Mother's Day. Lest you're still empty-handed in the gift department, here are a few suggestions.Chances are none of your siblings are taking mom for haiku tea and tarot,...
'PARTY OF FIVE' AIDS 'SIDE MAN'
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amTo survive, ''Side Man'' needs a star even more than it needs a Tony. And Scott Wolf should be able to attract tourists to the show over the summer. 'PARTY...
'MUMMY' DEAREST
May 7, 1999 | 4:00am'THE Mummy" is a delightfully old-fashioned adventure yarn that pays no heed to political correctness or modern fashion. If you've missed movies with battles in the desert, biplanes, proud Berber...
A TALE WELL-RELATED
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amMOVIE REVIEWS ON the surface, there's nothing surprising about ''This Is My Father,'' a downcast tribute by the filmmaking Quinn brothers (actor Aidan, director Paul and cinematographer Declan) to their...
A SPECIAL LOVE THAT MADE MOTHER'S DAY: 'FORGIVE OR FORGET' STAR HAD CHANGE OF HART
May 7, 1999 | 4:00am'Mother Love is a character that I created. Me, personally, I am not as tolerant. She's very compassionate.' IT'S hard not to love Mother Love. Just start with her name,...
TIGHT END RETURNS TO JETS WITH NEW ATTITUDE: MITCHELL VOWS TO MAKE IT WORK
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amHE sat in anonymity eating his chicken breast and tabouli salad as the bustle of the lunch-hour patrons passed him by at the Coliseum Deli, a place where the walls...
LUCAS ZAPS 'STAR WARS' CHARACTER & KEY DIALOGUE
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amDirector George Lucas has made some dramatic last-minute edits in his new "Star Wars" flick, a top movie Web magazine says. The changes leave one minor, but important, character -...
TWISTER TOLL AT 51 . . . AND COUNTING
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amThe death toll from the killer twisters shot up to 51 yesterday after three Oklahomans succumbed to their injuries and fresh storms took four more lives in Tennessee. And officials...
THIS COULD BE A REALLY 'TOUCHING' STORY
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amTHE indomitable, indestructible Dominic Barbara wants you to know that the only thing from Amy Fisher that ever touched his client Mary Jo Buttafuoco was a bullet. "And then last...
COLUMBINE KILLERS STAY IN YEARBOOK
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amPictures of high-school killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold will be included in the new Columbine HS yearbook, sharing pages with the 12 students and one teacher they slaughtered. In...
CUBA DEFECTOR CAME OUT OF LEFT FIELD - NO ONE SUSPECTED OLD-TIMER WOULD RUN
May 7, 1999 | 4:00am"The last thing we saw was Herrera walking down the sidewalk in the opposite direction." JERRY HORTON Cuban pitching coach Rigoberto Herrera Betancourt seems an unlikely player in the game...
METR0-SCAMMERS FARE GAME F0R C0PS
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amCops are nabbing scores of MetroCard scam artists who bilk the transit system by swiping other riders through the turnstiles for a buck, The Post has learned. Arrests of these...
THIS KID'S BEEN DELIVERED INT0 FREED0M - REFUGEE AIMS TO NAME BABY AFTER OUR NATION
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amBaby America was born into freedom yesterday - the child of a Kosovar refugee mom who went into labor shortly after arriving on the first rescue flight bringing displaced ethnic...
RUSSIA & U.S. AGREE ON PEACE PLAN
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Russia and the United States eased one of the tensest periods since the Cold War yesterday, finally agreeing on a plan to end the war in Yugoslavia. The...
WIDOW OF COP SLAIN IN 1987 HAILS ARREST
May 7, 1999 | 4:00am"[He'll] finally pay for murdering my husband . . . This brings closure." LINDA SCHEU The widow of slain cop George Scheu said yesterday she's relieved a suspect has been...
TIME-SHARE CHOPPER A SHORE WAY TO HAMPTONS
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amNow you can take your time-share helicopter to your time-share house in the Hamptons. Beginning on Memorial weekend, newcomer Gabriel Aviation is offering a summer-long charter package of helicopter service...
CHANCELLOR STILL HAS PLENTY TO LEARN
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amANALYSIS SCHOOLS Chancellor Rudy Crew lost what may have been the most significant vote of his career yesterday because he doesn't know how to play this game. He lost because...
BIG-BUCKS BOOK DEAL COULD HELP AMY START A NEW LIFE IN $TYLE
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amAmy Fisher will be out of jail within a week - and some publishing sources think she could start her new life with a million-dollar payday for a steamy tell-all....
CREW: KIDS ARE CAUGHT IN POLITICAL CROSSFIRE
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Rudy Crew denounced as "obviously political" the $6.9 billion construction plan pushed through by four Board of Ed members and Mayor Giuliani yesterday - and said it will...
JUDGE: GATIEN CLUB CAN OPEN
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amA judge yesterday ordered the reopening of the Tunnel - reversing a weeklong padlocking of the problem-plagued nightclub, which state investigators call a drug supermarket. It was a victory for...
JURY'S OUT ON WHETHER WILLEY'S FRIEND LIED TO STARR PROBERS
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amALEXANDRIA, Va. - A verdict is expected as soon as today on whether Julie Hiatt Steele lied to Kenneth Starr's investigators to undermine Kathleen Willey's claim she was rudely groped...
IT'S THE ACCUSED COPS WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN CRYING
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amFace-to-face, with the point of his index finger, Louima confronts the man he says viciously violated his body. ASSISTANT U.S. Attorney Alan Vinegrad asks Abner Louima to stand up in...
L0UIMA TELLS HIS TALE OF TORTURE - TAKES STAND TO ID VOLPE AS COP WITH STICK
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amAn anguished Abner Louima fought back tears yesterday as he described how cops allegedly tortured him - and he demanded the officers be made to pay for what they did....
TRAPPED BOY 'SAFE,' BUT . . .
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amCops in Brooklyn freed a 4-year-old boy who got trapped in a safe while playing with his younger brother yesterday - but the case might end with someone else locked...
JAILS CHIEF IS WORKING MIRACLES: MORALE RISING AMONG GUARDS AND INMATES
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amMany of Bernard Kerik's biggest admirers are in jail. To 133,000 city inmates, 10,000 correction officers and 15 wardens, Kerik is something of a revolutionary. As city correction commissioner, he...
JAILS CHIEF IS WORKING MIRACLES: THE NUMBERS TELL THE STORY
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amThese are some of the improvements made in the city jail system under Correction Commissioner Bernard Kerik's watch: * In October 1995, prison officials reported 110 slashings and stabbings. last...
WARDENS ON THE HOT SEAT AT SESSION
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amThe Post recently visited Rikers Island for a rare inside look at a confrontational TEAMS - Tactical Efficiency Accountability Management System - session between Correction Commissioner Bernard Kerik and his...
SECOND HELPINGS: NEW-BREED PIVOTMEN NO LONGER EASY OUTS
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amSTEVE PHILLIPS ran the numbers to verify mathematically what he sensed intuitively. That Carlos Baerga not only failed as a Met, but as the kind of modern second baseman he...
THANKS TO O'S, CEDENO BECAME A MET
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amQUIZ: Which team began this season with the most career 100- game winners on its roster (answer below)? ... Roger Cedeno has been a revelation and a valuable resource for...
BOO! MET BROADCASTERS:PANDERING ANNOUNCERS HAVE GOTTEN INSULTING
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amPERHAPS it's in response to Met management's disposal of Tim McCarver. Perhaps it's just my imagination. But Mets' broadcasts, TV and radio, now feature a daily insult or three. In-yer-face,...
PIAZZA TO BO: TUNE OUT BOOS
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHOENIX - Mike Piazza had some good advice for Bobby Bonilla in dealing with the booing he is receiving at Shea Stadium. Piazza said the only thing you...
MET BENCH ANSWERS THE CALL
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amPHOENIX - Upon assembling the 1999 Mets, Steve Phillips handed Bobby Valentine the keys to a car that was supposed to look pretty muchthe same for 140 games. But because...
UMP-FAN FIGHT NOT SO FUNNY
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amLEAVE it to Ch. 2's Warner Wolf to offer a sad, disturbing scene as a madcap, "Let's go to the videotape" blooper. Physical confrontations between referees and spectators, especially as...
ZIM: IRABU CAN'T BOO-HOO IF BOOED
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - With his spot on the Yankees' roster as thin as dental floss, Hideki Irabu will have to deal with what's expected to be a less-than-supportive Yankee Stadium crowd...
EXPECT VALHOL APPEAL
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amArk. Derby winnings not lost yet The Valhol affair is far from over, despite the decision by the Arkansas racing stewards to disqualify the horse as winner of this year's...
SEHORN BETTER THAN EVER: NEW ROBO-JASON IS PUMPED UP FOR GIANT COMEBACK
May 7, 1999 | 4:00am"I'm doing what's best for Jason, and in the long run, isn't what's best for Jason what's best for the team?"JASON SEHORN The player dubbed "Species" by teammates because of...
BRING MOM HOME A BLUEFISH
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amIT was a busy week for saltwater anglers who fished the marine waters in and around New York and New Jersey. Besides last week's array of flounder, mackerel and blackfish,...
KNICKS HAVE NO SHOT: BACKCOURT SPELLS TROUBLE FOR GANG GUNDY
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amBEFORE submitting detailed evidence indicting 15 NBA championship impostors and providing an argument to support the predominant choice, tolerate one tangent thought: Leave it to the Clippers to promote an...
BOSS RIPS CUBAN LEAK
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amDescribed as very angry by a team employee, George Steinbrenner reacted to a story in yesterday's Post that reported the Yankees were exploring the possibility of playing a home-and-home series...
JUST MINNY-SCARE ; KNOBBY OK AFTER GETTING DUMPED IN YANK VICTORY
May 7, 1999 | 4:00am10 INNINGS Yankees 4 Twins 3 MINNEAPOLIS - Laying in the Metrodome's dirt surrounding second base, Chuck Knoblauch had no way of knowing how severe the damage to his lower...
NETS TRY TO PHIL IN HOLES
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amFinally, most would say mercifully, the season is over for the Nets. And everyone even remotely connected with the team is trying to wipe away the wretched memories of the...
JAYSON CASTS HIS VOTE FOR CASEY
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amJAYSON WILLIAMS Makes case for Don. Jayson Williams never has been at a loss for words. Yesterday was no exception when he dropped in on teammates and Nets officials at...
IT'S 'WAIT & SEE' FOR PATRICK
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amIt just doesn't seem right. The playoffs are here and Patrick Ewing would not make a prediction yesterday. There were none of his familiar lines like, you know, "We'll win...
THE SAME, BUT DIFFERENT: KNICKS BETTER EQUIPPED TO ATTACK HEAT IN THE AIR
May 7, 1999 | 4:00am"I don't see anybody in the East or the West who I fear. I just think we have to come out and play our game."PATRICK EWING Yes, this is basketball's...
RANDOLPH REMEMBERS FLIP SIDE OF TAKEOUT
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amYANK NOTES MINNEAPOLIS - Willie Randolph getting leveled by Hal McRae in the 1976 ALCS led to the rule that enabled the Yankees to beat the Twins, 4-3, in 10...
KNICKS CAN'T LET HARDAWAY HEAT UP
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amNext to Michael Jordan and Reggie Miller, no one has killed the Knicks more than Tim Hardaway. Who can forget his 38-point barrage two years ago in Game 7 when...
VAN: WE NEED MORE THAN POISE
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amIn case you've forgotten, two years ago the Knicks were on their way to a second-round victory over the Heat when P.J. Brown flipped an undercutting Charlie Ward and all...
LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amVirginia Malone won her first start as a trainer in the fourth race yesterday with Tommy's Tank. Malone had been the assistant trainer to her father, William ''Red'' Terrill. She...
DERBY HERO FINE, ANGRY LUKAS SAYS
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amTrainer D. Wayne Lukas reacted angrily yesterday to backstretch rumors that Charismatic came out of his surprise Kentucky Derby victory in less-than-perfect shape. Several horsemen who watched the ABC telecast...
CHURCHILL AGREES TO BUY HOLLYWOOD FOR $140M
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amChurchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, expanded its growing empire coast to coast yesterday with the announcement it has signed an agreement to purchase Hollywood Park racetrack for $140...
GOLDEN JET: NO ONE REPLACES 99
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amAccording to Bobby Hull, Bobby Orr passed the torch to Wayne Gretzky and Gretzky has passed it to everyone and no one. Although Gretzky symbolically passed the torch to Jaromir...
NBA SOURCES: KNICKS WILL TAB JACKSON AS COACH/GM
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amKNICK NOTES Phil Jackson was honored in Chicago two nights ago for his brilliant coaching career with the Bulls and his six championships. Rumors persist that his next stop will...
IT'S WAIT AND SEE FOR GIMPY PATRICK
May 7, 1999 | 4:00amIt just doesn't seem right. The playoffs are here and Patrick Ewing would not make a prediction yesterday. There were none of his familiar lines like, you know, "We'll win...