August 14, 1999
INFLATION REPORT IGNITES RALLY; DOW JUMPS 184
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amThe stock and bond markets ended the week with a big-time rally after an economic report suggested inflation is not as big a threat as previous reports suggested. The Dow...
BOHRMAN DRAGS CNN TO COURT OVER PAY
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amCNNfn chief David Bohrman and his network's parent, CNN, are at war. Bohrman has taken Time Warner-owned CNN to arbitration, charging that the network breached his contract when it tapped...
TURNER QUIETLY DROPS BALLYHOOED WOMEN'S CABLE 'NET
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amTed Turner would rather spend his television money on barbeque and cartoons - not women. The media mogul has done an abrupt about-face after just two months and pulled the...
OFF WITH HER HEAD : QUEEN AXES PRODUCER
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amQUEEN Latifah has axed the executive producer of her new talk show - which doesn't debut until Sept. 20. Cathy Chermol was fired yesterday from "Queen Latifah," one month before...
LET YOUR CHILDREN GET CRAFTY
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT- EVEN IN THESE TECHNO-DRIVEN TIMES, CHILDREN THRIVE ON HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES. AND WHAT CAN BE MORE SATISFYING THAN MAKING SOMETHING-WHETHER IT'S A DOLL OR A DISH- WITH THEIR OWN TWO...
SHOW'S OVER: JAGGER MARRIAGE ANNULLED
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amMick Jagger's "marriage that never was" with Texas model Jerry Hall ended quietly in a London court yesterday, as a judge granted an annulment decree. Neither Hall, who was in...
SOME CITY POLS SHOP 'TIL THEY DROP WITH TAX $$
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amIF it's mid-year, it must be time for the City Council to engage in its annual spending spree. On July 1, the 51 council members each receive $201,000 to run...
HILLARY'S OFF TO TEXAS TO RUSTLE UP SOME DOUGH
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amALBANY - First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is bound for Texas to raise $500,000 for her possible Senate campaign. Mrs. Clinton, who is considering running next year as a transplanted...
RUDY TO DRIVERS: GRIDLOCK AND BEAR $65 FINES
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amCops are launching a new offensive against motorists who "block the box" and jam major city intersections. Mayor Giuliani said the crackdown, starting next week, is necessary because of record...
12-YR.-OLD SLASHERS ALMOST KILL QUEENS KID
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amAn eight-year-old Queens boy was recovering yesterday from the horrific slashing attack by two 12-year-old "baby predators" who left him with 75 stitches. "I don't know why they did it,"...
BYSTANDER KILLED, 2 WOUNDED IN GANG SHOOTING
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amA hard-working porter was killed and two bystanders were wounded by stray bullets when a gang argument on a Washington Heights street turned violent, cops said yesterday. Elvis Paulino, described...
AIDS-CURE HOAXER IS CONVICTED KILLER: FEDS
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amA Las Vegas man who claimed his technology company had found a cure for the AIDS virus was a convicted murderer pulling a stock scam, federal officials charged yesterday. Alfred...
NEO-NAZI GURU STANDS BY HIS DISCIPLE : REFUSES TO CONDEMN 'GOOD SOLDIER' FURROW
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amHAYDEN LAKE, Idaho - The leader of the Aryan Nations praised his racist disciple Buford Furrow as a "good soldier" - but said he wouldn't condemn or condone his alleged...
JOHN-JOHN'S APARTMENT STILL SITE FOR GRIEF
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amThe TriBeCa home of the late John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy has become a sort of maudlin gathering place for curious onlookers since their tragic plane-crash deaths....
STEFFI: GAME, SET, CAREER! : GRAND SLAM SIREN QUITS TENNIS AT 30
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amFraulein Forehand is finished. Steffi Graf, the dominating tennis force whom the world watched grow from a 13-year-old prodigy to a Grand Slam champion through years of controversy, glory, injury...
NEWT'S CUTIE COULDN'T KEEP A SECRET
August 14, 1999 | 4:00am"She'd tell anybody about it after a few drinks."CONGRESSIONAL AIDE Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has told friends he's "deeply in love" with girlfriend Callista Bisek - and congressional aides...
NEW CREW APPOINTEES ; GET HIGH MARKS
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amSchools Chancellor Rudy Crew's top administrative appointments were hailed yesterday as wise choices of educators who have proven track records and experience. Crew named six new superintendents for high schools...
PREZ'S LEGAL TEAM PONDERS 'BILL-AID' CONCERT
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amThere's talk of Barbra Streisand and Don Henley performing at a celebrity concert to help pay down the Clintons' outstanding legal debt of $4.7 million. WASHINGTON - The director of...
STATE AIMS AT CREDIT 'FIXERS'
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amState Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed suit against three Manhattan companies yesterday, charging they didn't give credit where credit was overdue. Credential Inc., Credit Masters Counseling and Credit Masters Financial...
QUEENS MOLESTER NABBED IN ARIZ.
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amA Queens man who sexually assaulted his 10-year-old daughter almost nightly for eight months has been captured in Arizona, and will return to New York to serve his sentence. Erick...
JERSEY KILLER DECIDES DEATH WISH IS BAD IDEA
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amA New Jersey killer who had asked to be put to death changed his mind yesterday - delaying for years what would have been the first execution in the state...
LACK OF MEMORIAL IS TOO BIG A CROSS FOR LITTLETON TO BEAR
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amLITTLETON, Colo.THERE is a small army of people here in desperate need of a place to pray and grieve. But in the sprawling grounds of Columbine HS and the park...
KENNEDY COUSIN MOURNED : CAROLINE GIVES EULOGY FOR JFK JR'S 'BROTHER'
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amLess than a month after losing her adored brother, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg offered a moving tribute at the funeral of their cousin Anthony Radziwill yesterday, saying he and John F....
BUSH: I'M PLAYING FOR KEEPS IN IOWA
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Most front-runners play it coy, but Republican 2000 leader George W. Bush makes no secret of his goal in today's Iowa straw poll: "I hope to...
WEB COPS SOLVE CARTOON CAPER
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amThe Grinch who stole Christmas wound up stolen himself - until some sharp-eyed cops bought him back yesterday with help from an Internet auction Web site. Two employees of a...
COPS NAB MUGGER WITH GOODS
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amA Central Park mugger was captured by cops yesterday, still carrying the knapsack he had stolen after knocking over his victim moments before, police said. Fredrick Thomas, 27, whose address...
CRASH CLAIMS 3 B'KLYN RABBINICAL STUDENTS
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amThree Brooklyn rabbinical students were killed yesterday when their car smashed into a tree as they drove home from an upstate summer camp where they worked as counselors, police said....
ROOKIE IS A GIANT LONGSHOT
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - There was really no mystery as to what Bashir Levingston needed to do last night as the Giants opened up their pre-season schedule against the Vikings at the...
VICTORY GALLOP RETIRED IN WAKE OF LEG INJURY
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - The heroic colt Victory Gallop, who seized the lead in the tight race for Horse of the Year when he dropped his nose in front of Behrens...
ROOKIE LOVERNE SURELY IN THE MIX AT LEFT GUARD
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amGREEN BAY -While Bill Parcells was very positive about rookie right guard Randy Thomas, he's more uncertain about left guard, where backup left tackle Kerry Jenkins will start tonight "because...
TUNA LOOKIN' FOR CLUES AS JETS 'START OVER'
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amGREEN BAY - Bill Parcells has coached a lot of these games for a lot of years and they're all the same. The common thread that weaves through all of...
TAKE PLUNGE INTO GREENWOOD LAKE
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Today's fifth race, for maiden 2-year-olds going seven furlongs, features six first-time starters in the 12-horse field and three that have only run once. At least two...
BENNETT GETS FIRST LOOK
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Of all the rookies on display last night for the Giants in their pre-season opener against the Vikings, Sean Bennett was not supposed to be the one to...
MOTT'S IDLE RICH GETS RICHER
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Trainer Bill Mott, jockey Jerry Bailey and the Stonerside Stable enjoyed a gala afternoon over the Spa's inner turf course yesterday, teaming up to win the Grade...
PHILLIPS DISCOVERS WINNING FORMULA
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Over the course of the last three years, Mets GM Steve Phillips has undergone a fine tuning of his baseball philosophy, and the 1999 Mets reflect those...
COURSE RECORD 65 PUTS RED-HOT KENDALL IN HUNT
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amMEDINAH - Skip Kendall set the competitive course record with a 7-under par 65 yesterday, erasing the old mark of 66 that was shared by Sergio Garcia (on Thursday), Tim...
IRWIN SHOWS THAT 54'S A STATE OF MIND
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amMEDINAH - Hale Iwin didn't really know that at age 54 he was the oldest competitor in the 81st PGA Championship. But he should have gotten the hint when he...
NYRA EYES SAME 36-DAY SPA MEET
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS -The Board of Trustees of the New York Racing Association has granted permission for NYRA President and Chief Operating Officer Terry Meyocks to request dates for the 2000...
AGENT: SPREE MAY FLEE IF KNICKS DON'T ACT
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amWith Latrell Sprewell entering the final year of his contract, his agent is exhorting the Knicks to re-sign him before the season or risk losing him to free agency next...
BROSIUS LEAVES TO BE WITH DAD
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amThird baseman Scott Brosius has left the team for the next several days to be with his father, Maury, who is suffering from cancer. "He's having some personal problems he's...
MO-NEY IN THE BANK ; RIVERA RED-HOT AFTER ROUGH JULY
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amNo manager likes to see his closer blow a lead or a save. But Joe Torre wasn't overly concerned when Mariano Rivera struggled a few weeks ago, and he says...
OLD-TIMERS' DAY TO START EARLIER
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amWith several weather services forecasting rain today, the Yankees moved both Old Timers' Day and their game with Minnesota up. The Stadium gates will open at noon instead of 12:30...
IT FINALLY DAWNS ON ANDY : PETTITTE SEEMS TO BE BACK IN THE GROOVE
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amIT IS always darkest before the dawn. When Andy Pettitte ventured into the training room at Comiskey Park on July 29, there was a cloud so black over his head,...
IT'S HAAS AND HALE, WITH TIGER LURKING
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amMEDINAH - The leaderboard after the second round of the 81st PGA Championship yesterday was a testament to the unpredictability of golf. There was some things old, like 54-year-old Hale...
REED CONFIDENT HIS FINGER WILL BE READY
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Rick Reed said his injured right finger is feeling much better and he expects to be able to pitch as soon as his 15 days are up...
ROOKIE BENNETT GETS FIRST LOOK IN BACKFIELD
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Of all the rookies on display last night for the Giants in their pre-season opener against the Vikings, Sean Bennett was not supposed to be the one to...
YANKS' MINNY MASSACRE : BOMBERS, KNOBBY SLAM TERRIBLE TWINS
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amYanks14 Twins2 After what the Yankees have done to Minnesota the last two years, you have to wonder if the Twins' nightmares have Pinstripes. David Wells' perfect game last year...
A GRAHAM OPENING FOR BIG BLUE
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amGiants36 Vikings21 MINNEAPOLIS - It was all there inside the cavernous, ear-splitting Metrodome. The big right arm. The game-breaking plays. The element of speed that turns nothing into something. The...
HERE'S THE SOBERING TRUTH: COLLINS CAN PLAY
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - He didn't look the way he did back at Penn State, before the alcohol, before the partying, before he tried to throw away a gift most of us...
YANKS ENJOY 22-HIT PARADE
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amThe Yankees' 22 hits last night were their most since Aug. 26, 1997 in an 18-2 win at Oakland. Every starter except Joe Girardi had at least two hits, and...
REED'S CONFIDENT FINGER WILL BE OK
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amSAN FRANCISCO - Rick Reed said his injured right finger is feeling much better and he expects to be able to pitch as soon as his 15 days are up...
METS LEAVE THEIR BATS BACK EAST
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amGiants3 Mets2 SAN FRANCISCO - Silver linings are hard to come by in close pennant races, but the Mets had a couple of sterling ones in last night's loss. Masato...
BIG BLUE THOUGHTS ARE WITH THEIR COACH
August 14, 1999 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - Their hearts and minds were filled with more than the usual excitement and anticipation of a normal pre-season opener. The Giants admitted as much last night, as they...