May 30, 1999
THEY GET $ FOR THIS ADVICE
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amYOU'D think any analyst caught recommending one of the worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 so far this year would hang his head in shame. But in the case of...
REFINANCING BOOM ENDING, BUT COUNTRYWIDE SET TO SOAR
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amSUMMER is traditionally the biggest season for home buying and mortgages, attributed to parents who don't want to disrupt their children's school year and prefer to move when the kids...
NAMELY, YOU HAVE TO COVER YOUR E-BIZ ASSETS
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amWhen Laurel Touby set up a website for freelance journalists like herself she made a classic mistake. After five years of organizing parties for New York writers, last summer she...
THE BULL SEEMS JUST A BIT LESS, ER, POTENT
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amW HAT'S happened to the thunderous clamor of the charging Merrill Lynch bull? It seems as though the bull has lost much of its thunder, prompting an executive exodus at...
BETSY CARTER DUE BACK WITH HEALTH MAG
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amVETERAN women's magazine editor Betsy Carter is making a comeback. Carter is the editorial director of a new company that hopes to launch a magazine and website tied to the...
TIMES GET HARD FOR LAZARD
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amIS there a doctor in the house? The ailing U.K. investment banks that pushed for presence on American soil appear to be in need of CPR. Kleinwort Benson, Morgan Grenfell...
THE TOP DOG IN THE WWF : DESPITE SETBACKS, VINCE MCMAHON MOVES AHEAD
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amFor the WWF, Owen Hart's death couldn't have come at a worse time. The popular professional wrestler - a brawny member of the circus-like menagerie that is today's World Wrestling...
'GOODNIGHT' IS A NIGHTMARE
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: Baggage! We walk through life encumbered with baggage. Even traveling light, we hear that irremovable backpack, loaded with our past. I was reminded of my own special baggage by...
ELODIE BOUCHEZ GOES 'WILD'
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amELODIE Bouchez achieved international stardom with the film "The Dreamlife of Angels," for which she shared the best-actress laurel at Cannes last year. But the waifish French actress had made...
THE MAN WHO TAMED JERRY SPRINGER : TV PEOPLE WOULD KILL FOR A SHOW WITH BIG RATINGS AND LOTS OF PUBLICITY. THIS WEEK, STUDIO BOSS BARRY DILLER DID THE UNTHINKABLE-HE PULLED THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER TV'S NO.1 TALK SHOW
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amMOST studio executives live and die by the cardinal rule of TV programming: Don't fix it if it ain't broke. Not Barry Diller. The pugnacious head of Studio USA -...
HASSLE-FREE HOLIDAY HOT SPOTS : WONDERFUL WAYS TO MAKE THE MOST OUT OF YOUR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amWith a squeal of brakes, a puff of exhaust - or a leap into the Jitney - the rich and the restless have left the city for the weekend. Let...
SUMMER SIZZLES ON SCREEN
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: Cine File The bad news: This summer you're going to be spending a lot of time in the sweltering city. The good news: The city's repertory houses and museums...
NEW YORK PET: PET-IQUETTE - HERE'S HOW TO PREVENT MAJOR FAUX PAWS
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: It's summer and everyone's hitting the streets. Now, more than ever, it's up to you to make sure your best friend is at this best. "Just because you love...
REAL WOMEN REVEAL...WHAT DOES HE TEASE YOU ABOUT?
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amWendy Marlow, Brooklyn. He says that I'm like our cat Tiger - whenever he's engrossed in something, like the cat, I get in his way. Julie Body, Manhattan. That I...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: RITA RUDNER
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: "Know how I get rid of a man?" cracks comedian Rita Rudner. "Say, 'I love you, I want to marry you, I want to have your children.' Sometimes they...
TABLE HOPPER: RUBY FOO'S
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: Ruby Foo's 2182 Broadway East meets, well, East on the Upper West Side at Ruby Foo's. This Steve Hanson hot spot is a combo of Japanese and Chinese cuisines...
MEALS & DEALS: STAMATIS RESTAURANT
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT: Stamatis Restaurant 29-12 23rd Ave., Astoria If you're thinking of going Greek, take the N train to Astoria, where New York meets Athens. The neighborhood is perfect for Greek-food...
PAUL ROBESON: A HERO WHO BETRAYED HIS FRIENDS
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amALTHOUGH he's been dead for nearly a quarter century, Paul Robeson still looms large as an American cultural and political symbol. But this towering figure left behind a legacy that...
HAMPTONS PULLS AWAY WELCOME MAT, TOO
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amIt's high season in the high-priced Hamptons again, with an added twist - high anxiety. The Clintons may be coming. And that means sun, sand, surf, celebs - and snarls....
'STRETCHING' THE PARKING ; RULES IN SOHO
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amSoHo residents are seeing rouge as cops turn a blind eye to limousines flouting parking laws outside the ultra-chic restaurant Balthazar. Residents of the parking-poor neighborhood can't leave their cars...
CREW GOES CRUISIN' AFTER MAYOR'S BRUISIN'
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amAs his relationship with Mayor Giuliani hit the skids, Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew hit the road - taking 13 work-related trips in one 12-week period, The Post has learned. An...
'LEMON' BUILDER SQUEEZES OUT NEW PACT
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amA firm accused of producing lemons for the Transit Authority has won a new contract to build trains for the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority...
MTA GETS ROLLING ON PLAN FOR ADDED TRAINS
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amNew subway trains will soon be ordered for the new millennium, The Post has learned. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to order as many as 1,200 new subway cars to...
MATH TEST MAY ADD TO THE MISERY
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amStill reeling from their abysmal showing on the statewide reading test, city fourth-graders - and their parents and teachers - are working overtime to prepare for this week's big math...
MOM: I WAS DUPED WHEN SON BECAME 'DRUG GUINEA PIG'
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amThe anguished mother of a Brooklyn boy claims she was fooled into letting her 6-year-old son participate in a controversial drug experiment that targeted minority children. Charisse Johnson said doctors...
IT'S HELTER-SHELTER ISLAND : NEIGHBORS FEAR CHAOS OF CLINTON VACATION
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amThe people of Shelter Island know exactly where President Clinton and his family should spend their summer vacation. Somewhere else. The tony - but tiny - town has been in...
MCCALL: JFK RAIL LINK'S OFF TRACK
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amState Comptroller Carl McCall is the latest - and highest-ranking - elected official to slam the controversial Kennedy Airport rail-link proposal, saying there must be a better alternative. In a...
NEW PRIME MINISTER EYES PACT WITH SYRIA
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amJERUSALEM. THE Israeli prime minister-elect, Ehud Barak, will try to succeed where his three predecessors - Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Benjamin Netanyahu - failed: to reach a peace agreement...
ART CRITIC ROBERT HUGHES SERIOUSLY HURT IN CRASH
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amHUGHES Time magazine art critic Robert Hughes was in serious condition last night after a head-on car crash in a remote region of Australia. Hughes, who suffered internal injuries and...
CALVIN DE-KLEINS SUPERMODELS CALLS BEANPOLE BEAUTIES PASSE
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amThe Age of the Supermodel is over, says Calvin Klein, who helped launch the era of mega-mannequins who ruled the catwalk and chi-chi nightlife. "I don't think people are that...
WATERY GRAVE FOR JFK CASKET
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amA bronze casket that carried President Kennedy's body from Dallas to Washington was later dumped in the ocean, newly uncovered assassination documents reveal - leading some JFK buffs to cry...
SPACE STATION HOSTS FIRST GUESTS
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amThe international space station opened for business yesterday with its first customers - a team of astronauts who will prepare the craft for the arrival of future live-in crews. The...
LIFE'S A BEACH FOR BAKED APPLE
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amMother Nature is taking quite a shine to the Big Apple this weekend. "There's nothing on the horizon but sun and warm weather," said George Klein of the National Weather...
BITTER END FOR 'CANDY BANDIT' SUSPECT
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amUniformed Street Crime Unit cops nabbed a man who allegedly robbed 26 Upper Manhattan bodegas and candy stores in a three-month crime spree, police said yesterday. Raymond Brown - dubbed...
PROTESTERS BLAST CITY OVER TEEN SHOT BY COP
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amThe family of an unarmed Bronx teen shot by a Street Crime Unit cop yesterday prayed for the youth's recovery - and slammed city officials for their response to the...
AILING GIRL KILLED OVER 'POOR HEALTH'
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amA frail 10-year-old Bronx girl found dead in her bed was beaten, bound and gagged by her aunt, who flew into a rage because of the girl's poor health, sources...
INDIA SENDS IN BOMBERS AS PAKISTAN TALKS PEACE
May 30, 1999 | 4:00am"Stopping the airstrikes may not be possible."INDIAN PRIME MINISTER ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEE Pakistan wants to send a peace envoy to India next week to defuse an escalating border war -...
AID GROUPS FEARFUL AS REFUGEE TIDE SLOWS
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amThe flood of ethnic Albanian refugees fleeing Kosovo to Macedonia has slowed to a trickle - and international aid agencies yesterday said they fear for the safety of those still...
WHITMAN AND PATAKI AGREE TO SCUTTLE PA FEUD
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amGov. George Pataki and New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman are kissing and making up - on one issue, anyway. The sometimes-battling governors have called a cease-fire in their ongoing feud...
AILING GRAHAM HAS SON WAITING IN WINGS
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amEvangelist Billy Graham is getting out in public less often in the twilight of his five-decade career - and he brings his son Franklin along for each "crusade" in case...
NYPD VET PATRICK BRENNAN DEAD
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amRetired Assistant Police Chief Patrick Brennan died at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital yesterday after a brief illness. He was 63. Brennan, the former borough commander of Brooklyn South, retired from the...
NYPD DEFENDS NEW SHOOTING AS KIN PRAY FOR WOUNDED TEEN
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amThe family of an unarmed Bronx teen shot by a Street Crime Unit cop prayed yesterday for the youth's recovery - as cops defended a new police shooting in Brooklyn....
SUNKEN SUB IDENTIFIED AS ISRAEL'S LONG LOST 'DAKAR'
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - It's official - a sunken hull found in the Mediterranean is an Israeli submarine that vanished more than three decades ago. "Today we are raising from the ocean's...
DIANA'S BUTLER MAY TELL WHAT HE SAW IN BOOK
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amPrincess Di's faithful butler, one of her closest confidantes, reportedly is writing a tell-all book to the tune of $32 million. Paul Burrell, who the princess called "My Rock," said...
A GOLDEN BEAR MARKET NICKLAUS' BUSINESS EMPIRE IN SHAMBLES
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amJack Nicklaus, 59 years old and four months removed from hip replacement surgery, is attempting perhaps his greatest comeback. Not so much on the links, where his 100 tournament victories...
PUNCH AWAY THE PAUNCH HIP HOP BOXING CLASS AS GOOD AS IT SWEATS
May 30, 1999 | 4:00am"I F YOU don't know," bellows Don Wallace, "now you know. Hip Hop Boxing, baby!" In the course of his one-hour class at The Water Front Boxing Club, those words...
WESTCHESTER'S PUBLIC ENEMIES COUNTY COURSES JUST NOT UP TO PAR
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amAs you drive along the Sprain Parkway in Westchester, it's hard to believe you're only a 30-minute drive from Manhattan. All you see are trees, leaves and countryside. Then, when...
RATINGTHE COURSES
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amHere are mini-reviews of the five Westchester County-operated public courses: DUNWOODIE: Probably in the best condition of all the county tracks, but the layout leaves much to be desired. It's...
WHAT AN AIR BAG! RUSH'S NIKE AD SHOWS DOUBLE STANDARD
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amHAS Rush Limbaugh gone soft on communism? Has his self-enriching capitalistic fervor inspired him to sell out to the other side? Sure looks that way. And on national TV, no...
BUS TOOK LARRY OUT OF TOWN IMPATIENT LEMAIRE DROVE ROBINSON TO WEST COAST
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amDALLAS - Larry Robinson's return to the Devils as assistant coach completes a circle that never should have been drawn in the first place. Those who spent time with the...
THE GIANT KILLER JERKENS LURKIN' TO DENY TRIPLE CROWN
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amH. Allen Jerkens (the "H" stands for Harry) is worlds away from your typical Triple Crown trainer of the '90s. Instead of D. Wayne Lukas' 10-gallon cowboy hat or Bob...
WADE FLOATS CURIOUS IDEA EYEING 2ND CAREER - AS KNUCKLEBALL PITCHER
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amTAMPA - Wade Boggs is on course to join the 3,000-hit club sometime in August as a member of the Devil Rays. Reaching the milestone will remove the biggest incentive...
TIDES' LONG TRYING TO SHORTEN HIS ODDS
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amWHEN you talk to John Gibbons about outfielder Terrence Long, the Norfolk Tides manager sounds like a movie trailer. "One of the most talented hitters in our system!" "We want...
GENTLEMEN, START YOUR ENGINES! KNICKS TO BATTLE THE MADNESS AT MARKET SQUARE
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - It will be 48 minutes of hell in the heartland. That's what the sold-out crowd at Market Square Arena today would like to make it for the Knicks....
ISLES DUMP LINDEN CAPTAIN SHIPPED TO HABS FOR PICK
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amIt had been a foregone conclusion that Islanders captain Trevor Linden would not survive the summer's massive payroll cuts. So yesterday GM Mike Milbury did what he failed to do...
DOUBLING ON JAX A KNICK QUANDARY
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amTO BE or not to be all over Mark Jackson, that is the primary strategic question that must addressed by Jeff Van Gundy each and every time the Pacers are...
VALENTINE: PIAZZA WASN'T DOGGING IT
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amSaying Mike Piazza was one of the three hardest base runners on the team, Bobby Valentine defended his catcher for what was perceived as Piazza's dogging it around the base...
REGGIE: NO. 1 WITH A BULLET ; MILLER'S A KILLER VS. KNICKS
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Rudy Giuliani and the police insist the city's murder rate is way down, but Reggie Miller is still killing us. He has had seven playoff games of 30...
PERSONAL WATERCRAFT DOIN' SOME HARM
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amYOU ARE probably spending this weekend near the ocean or a lake. You could be sitting on a pier or a bulkhead fishing, or even canoeing on a placid body...
NO FUN AND GAMES ; INDY SCRIMMAGE AMUSES JEFF
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amThe final score was in and Jeff Van Gundy was absolutely delighted. "I hope we can get 116 points," he said, "then I like our chances." The reference was to...
THOMAS, DUD PUTTIN' ON THE SMITS
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amPractice had ended, but not for Kurt Thomas and Chris Dudley, who spent nearly a half hour one afternoon this week taking passes from assistant coach Brendan Malone and flipping...
WELLS: IT'S JUST MY JOB LEFTY'S NOT SAME HURLER WHO DAZZLED BIG APPLE
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amYanks' worst nightmare would be Wells pitching for Cleveland. TORONTO - This time there won't be 36,529 fans on their feet applauding him for what he did last season. This...
BACKUPS WILL BE AT THE FOREFRONT
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amThe stars - bright or otherwise - are sure to come out when the Knicks and Pacers meet today in Game One of the Eastern Conference finals. Reggie Miller, Allan...
ONE THING ON THEIR MIND KNICKS DESPERATE TO GET JUMP ON INDY
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amThe Knicks went through their final practice in Purchase yesterday and left for Indianapolis with their mandate for the Eastern Conference finals clearly in mind: Win Game One today. ''It's...
MENDOZA'S CONFIDENCE WORRIES YANKS
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amTORONTO - Joe Torre and Mel Stottlemyre have told Ramiro Mendoza they still believe in his ability. Now they want to make sure the recent stretch of ineffectiveness doesn't rob...
MARK LOOKS BACK IN ANGER
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Mark Jackson may prove to be the biggest headache for the Knicks in their Eastern Conference finals against the Pacers. Jackson, of course, was once a major piece...
BIRD TRUSTS DOC WILL KEEP RIK TICKING
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - The Pacers' Sixth Man is in town here. And that doesn't mean the fans or Jalen Rose or Antonio Davis, all of whom will be on hand today...
SPREE CAN ASCEND TO AIR'S THRONE
May 30, 1999 | 4:00am"What I like about Sprewell is that he can get to the basket almost as Michael can, at will. Because he has such a quick first step and he's very...
AVS, STARS READY FOR PRIMAL TIME
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amDALLAS - It is what sets high-level hockey apart from every other game. It is, just as much as the skill of a Gretzky or the elegance of a Beliveau...
'BAYOU' IS OUT; TELETABLE'S IN
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amThe Belmont lost a starter yesterday when owner Kenneth Ramsey said his Irish-based colt Port Bayou would not make the trip. But the prospective field remained at 12 when owner...
VAN GUNDY STAYS STEADY COURSE
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Another day, another rumor. There were electronic media reports yesterday that the Knicks have come to an agreement with Phil Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy is already out...
NO RELIEF! METS BOW TO D-BACKS
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amD-backs8 Mets7 A loss was the only appropriate way for this one to end for the Mets. An ugly, mistake-filled game in which a patchwork of relievers was assembled to...
PACERS' OAKS HAVE BEEN TREE-MENDOUS
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Imagine Charles Oakley on a team. Imagine the things he can do. Bang, bruise, rebound, screw offensive players into the court. Nice piece to have on your side,...
MULLIN'S A SPREE FAN
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - He was athletic back then but his game is more complete now, sort of the result of an evolution of his time in the NBA. At least that's...
SIR BEAR WINS MET
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amStretch-running Sir Bear took advantage of a brutal early pace to win yesterday's Grade 1, $500,000 Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park by two lengths over longshot Crafty Friend. Liberty Gold...
WILD CARD WILL BE PEN BATTLE
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amTHE Memorial Day weekend is the traditional point to begin focusing on the postseason chase, as the holiday represents roughly the one-third mark of the baseball schedule. Of course, tradition...
JACKSON LOOKS BACK IN ANGER
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Mark Jackson may prove to be the biggest headache for the Knicks in their Eastern Conference finals against the Pacers. Jackson, of course, was once a major piece...
GETTIN' READY FOR PRIMAL TIME
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amDALLAS - It is what sets high-level hockey apart from every other game. It is, just as much as the skill of a Gretzky or the elegance of a Beliveau...
ISLES SEND LINDEN TO HABS FOR NO. 10 PICK
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amIt had been a foregone conclusion that Islanders captain Trevor Linden would not survive the summer's massive payroll cuts. So yesterday GM Mike Milbury did what he failed to do...
WELLS: IT'S JUST MY JOB LEFTY NOT SAME HURLER WHO DAZZLED APPLE
May 30, 1999 | 4:00am"It should be a good game [today when David Wells faces Yankees] because he will be looking to pay us back."BERNIE WILLIAMS TORONTO - This time there won't be 36,529...
FESTIVAL IS HITTING HIGH GEAR
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amThe Belmont Stakes Festival continues with two events at Belmont Park today. There will be the Belmont Stakes Mascot Derby featuring mascots from local pro and college teams racing down...
METS SUFFERING FROM SNAKE BITE
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amSomewhere in the background of a nasty, heated rivalry, there was a bad baseball game. But way in the background. After 3 hours of the most mind-numbingly ugly and seemingly...
D'BACKS PRESENT CLOSING ARGUMENT
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amThat [Kim's] talent has moved up the timetable could greatly impact the NL playoff picture. THREE hours before first pitch, nearly seven hours before a game that would have all...
CONE PULLS AN INSIDE JOB JAMS JAYS TO RECORD 5TH VICTORY
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amYankees8 Blue Jays3 TORONTO - Not having won in almost a month, David Cone decided it was time to make an adjustment on what half of the plate he would...
KNUCKLER COULD KEEP BOGGS IN BASEBALL
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amTAMPA - Wade Boggs is on course to join the 3,000-hit club sometime in August as a member of the Devil Rays. Reaching the milestone will remove the biggest incentive...
SAVARESE SAVAGES 'STARS EX-METRO SCORES TWO FOR REVOLUTION
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amSHOOTOUT Revolution4 MetroStars3 Karma boomeranged and killed the MetroStars last night as Giovanni Savarese came back to haunt his former teammates. In an exciting game, the MetroStars (4-6) lost to...
INSIDE SCOOP
May 30, 1999 | 4:00amMRS. ZIM KEEPS DON SAFE AT HOME The Zimmers know the value of loyalty and commitment. It's why Don and Soot have maintained a solid 48-year marriage full of laughs...