August 21, 1999
NEW YORK TIMES DISCOVERS THE MAGIC OF .COM IPOS
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amA day after The New York Times Co. Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. told his employees he was considering taking the Times' Internet unit public, he made it clear why. Traffic...
BERTELSMANN PULLS HITLER BOOK; B&N, AMAZON RESIST
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amBarnesandnoble.com and Amazon.com have still not bowed to pressure from a Jewish group demanding they remove certain hate literature from their websites - despite German media giant Bertelsmann pulling Hitler's...
VAN DAMMEAT POINT OFNO 'RETURN'
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amUNIVERSAL SOLDIER: THE RETURN Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Jai White. Directed by Mic Rodgers. Running time: 89 minutes. Rating: R. At Lincoln Square, Kips Bay, Criterion, others. T RISTAR...
POST REPORTER JOINS CATTLE CALL; MAKE ME A'SUPERSTAR'
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amAT the dawn of the year 2000, Jesus is coming back - at least to Broadway, where a revival of the '60s classic "Jesus Christ Superstar" is slated to open...
COP WIDOW NAMES SON FOR HERO DAD
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amA cop widow who was three months pregnant when her husband died on Valentine's Day saving his partner's life has given birth - and named the newborn Matthew after his...
RUSSIA BLASTS U.S. AS NUKE TALKS CRASH
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amA top Russian military official yesterday blasted the United States for the failure of the latest talks on a new nuclear-weapons-reduction treaty. "There are no results," said Col. Gen. Leonid...
CHINA DRAGS WASHINGTON INTO SINO-MESS
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amChina opened a new front yesterday in the war of words over Taiwan, charging the island is threatening peace in the Far East by seeking to be included in a...
BAFFLED HUSBAND VOWS HE'LL NEVER ABANDON HOPE
August 21, 1999 | 4:00am"Eve was finally pregnant."LARRY BROWN Larry Brown is hoping against hope that his missing wife is still alive. "I don't know what to make of it," Brown said yesterday after...
FOLEY STILL SHOULD BE BEHIND DOOR NO. 2
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amH E played with fire and grit and spunk and moxie ... when he played. After all those torturous years of waiting for his shot, Glenn Foley couldn't stay on...
LIBERALS CAUGHT BETWEEN ROCK AND HARDING PLACE
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amRAY Harding, the Liberal Party leader whose shrewd political calls have made him a legendary statewide power broker for decades, suddenly finds himself in an unaccustomed hot seat. Harding has...
THE FEVER'S BACK IN TOM'S RIVER
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amLittle League fever is sweeping Toms River - again - after their 12-year-old stars qualified for the team's second straight World Series, and third since 1995. "I'm excited. Can't you...
DEATH TOLL MAY BE 40,000 ROTTING BODIES MAY START LETHAL EPIDEMIC
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amRescue workers said the death toll from Turkey's calamitous earthquake could reach 40,000 as hopes dwindled for the survival of victims trapped in the debris. Turkish officials put the official...
MANHATTAN ARCHITECT AND WIFE AMONG THE MISSING
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amWorried family and friends are praying that a Manhattan architect and his wife survived Turkey's devastating earthquake. Philip Fedorchak, a naval architect who designs plumbing for military ships, was working...
'COCAINE' QUESTIONS KEEP BUSH BEHIND EIGHT BALL : BUT HE TELLS KIDS: 'DON'T DO DRUGS!'
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amRepublican 2000 front-runner George W. Bush, trying to quell a drug flap, yesterday said the key thing for Baby Boomer parents is to teach their children well and tell them:...
QUIZ-SHOW GOOF PUTS BRAIN OFF GAME
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amA contestant who's returning to an ABC quiz show after producers goofed - ruling his correct answer wrong - says he fears the mix-up has thrown him off stride. "After...
CLINTONS ENJOYING VACATION IN LAND TO MILK FOR MONEY
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amEDGARTOWN, Mass. - President Clinton hit the links on Nantucket yesterday before joining the first lady to hit up island residents for cash for her likely New York Senate campaign....
LEASH-LAW COPS GOT RUFF WITH HER TOO
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe dog police struck again yesterday, collaring an Upper West Side woman at the crack of dawn because she didn't show up in court after getting a summons for walking...
TAKE PALS' ADVICE, GEORGE, AND ZIP YOUR LIP!
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amSHUT up, George! That's the advice for presidential contender George W. Bush from allies who think he should never have started down the slippery slope of answering questions about drug-use...
'WITCH' COULD BREW : $500M IN TIX
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amWitchcraft, maybe? Whatever the magic, the low-budget, big-buzz hit of the summer, "The Blair Witch Project," is expected to generate $500 million in revenue and $150 million in profits for...
NEW FEARS FOR MISSING WOMAN : COPS FIND HER CAR STRIPPED IN B'KLYN
August 21, 1999 | 4:00am"It's so unreal that my best friend is missing and may never be seen again."SANDRA MARDENFELD Cops searching for a pregnant Long Island woman who vanished last month have found...
96-YEAR-OLD STROM RUSHED TO HOSPITAL
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe country's oldest - and perhaps most storied - senator collapsed at a reception at the University of South Carolina yesterday and was rushed to a hospital. Sen. Strom Thurmond...
BANK MADE KILLING ON MOB : $720M IN PROFITS FROM RUSSIAN CRIME DOUGH
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe Bank of New York raked in up to $240 million a month in fees as its crime-ridden counterparts in Russia used the bank to loot depositors and launder billions,...
THE SHARP BRAINS BEHIND WORLD-CLASS MONEY-LAUNDER PLOT
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe suspected mastermind of an alleged $10 billion money-laundering scheme at the Bank of New York is a Russian mobster known as "The Brainy Don," officials said. Federal investigators say...
SUMMER SCHOOL PUPILS STILL CAN'T MAKE THE GRADE
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amNearly 40% flunked remedial reading and math tests. Nearly 40 percent of students flunked remedial reading and math tests after being forced to attend summer school - and thousands could...
'PERFECT KID' KILLED IN CROSSFIRE
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amGrieving residents of a Bedford-Stuyvesant housing project yesterday mourned the tragic death of Calvin McGuiness, a wide-eyed 11-year-old cut down by a stray bullet to the head. "He was the...
HEALTH SCARE FOR HOT & BOTHERED SEN. STROM, 96
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe country's oldest - and perhaps most storied - senator was hospitalized briefly yesterday after feeling dizzy at a reception at the University of South Carolina. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.),...
GARBAGE GAL NAILED FOR SKIPPING ON SALON
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amA city sanitation worker fled a Queens beauty salon in her garbage truck after running out on her bill yesterday, taking her tough-as-nails manicurist along for the ride - on...
BANK MADE KILLING ON MOB :RAKED IN BIG $$ FROM RUSSIAN CRIME DOUGH
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe Bank of New York raked in up to hundreds of thousands of dollars a month in fees as its crime-ridden counterparts in Russia used the bank to loot depositors...
DAD KILLS TOT WHILE BACKING OUT CAR: COPS
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amA Queens dad backing his car out of the family driveway ran over and killed his baby boy last night in what police said appears to have been a tragic...
AYALA'S AIMING FOR AN OSCAR : GOAL OF COMEBACK IS DE LA HOYA BOUT
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amSAN ANTONIO - The plan for Tony Ayala is as straight-forward as the way he used to fight. "Get to [Oscar] De La Hoya," said Don Elbaum, one of Ayala's...
JETS HAVE SENSE OF URGENCY :GOTTA GET SHARP NOW WITH OPENER CLOSING IN
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amAs last night's pre-season home opener against the Eagles was closing in on the Jets, there was a distinct feeling among the veterans that the time to begin sharpening themselves...
MORE MAC VS. METS? IT'S NOT IN CARDS
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amTHE Mets and New York City fans are getting cheated out of one of the best shows in baseball. Cheated because Mark McGwire and the Cards visit their inter-division foe...
WHAT'LL JINTS DO FOR AN ENCORE?
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amALBANY - And now, the letdown. Or not. "I don't think we are the same team we were in the past," Michael Strahan said. Tonight is another opportunity for the...
'PUDDING' DELIVERS IN YADDO
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - With a furlong left to run in yesterday's $75,000 Yaddo Stakes for New York-breds at 11/8 miles on turf here, hundreds of players chasing the $59,612 one-day...
'BULLET' IS GUNNING FOR SPA'S ALABAMA
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - A sparkling summer stand that's already showcased such once and future stars as Behrens, Victory Gallop, More Than Ready, Banshee Breeze and Surfside spotlights another great champion...
DESPITE AIDE'S SUCCESS, FASSEL TO CALL PLAYS
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amALBANY - He did the job as well or better than anyone could have imagined, but he won't be doing it again anytime soon. Sean Payton isn't complaining. Filling in...
OH, BABE! MAC'S A MODERN-DAY RUTH
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amEVEN in an era when the home run has become too common, Mark McGwire is not. He is a rarity, an oddity, a quirk. He is our Babe Ruth. He...
PARCELLS TAKES LOOK AT MIRER
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amMuddling the Jets' backup quarterbacking situation even further than it already was entering last night's pre-season game against the Eagles, the Jets yesterday agreed with the Packers on a deal...
LEMON DROP KID LOOKING SWEET
August 21, 1999 | 4:00ameanne G. Vance's Lemon Drop Kid, the winner of the 131st Belmont Stakes, continues to prepare for next Saturday's Grade 1, $1 million Travers for three-year-olds at 10 furlongs. "He...
CHILI LOCKS HIMSELF INTO HITTING CAGE : BOMBERS BATTLING SLUMP
August 21, 1999 | 4:00am"They all had something to work on, they all had a purpose. All the fun [in batting practice] was had by people trying to catch fly balls in this house."JOE...
AN AMAZIN' DIFFERENCE :VALENTINE LIKES THESE METS BETTER THAN '98 MODEL
August 21, 1999 | 4:00am"I didn't like my team last year, at the end of the year ... We were a scrappy team, trying to do the best that we could. But we just...
TOMS RIVER TRIUMPH LOOKS JUST AS NICE THE 2D TIME
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amWILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - As their chartered bus pulled out of the A. Bartlett Giamatti Little League Training Center in Bristol, Conn., yesterday morning, the Toms River East American players were...
JOE: I'LL FIND ROOM FOR STRAW
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amMINNEAPOLIS - While Joe Torre would like to know Darryl Strawberry can help him in left field if the need arises, Torre says there are other options to get Strawberry...
AILING MET PITCHERS ON SCHEDULE
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amThe Mets' three injured pitchers - starters Rick Reed and Bobby Jones, and closer John Franco - have all made marked improvement, and the club feels they're progressing about as...
OGBOGU 'ARREST' DISPUTED
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amControversy is swirling around Eric Ogbogu, a second-year Jets' defensive lineman who's fighting to get his football career off the ground. In Friday's Post, police sources said Ogbogu was arrested...
RICK'S NO MONTANA, BUT WORTH THE RISK
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amBILL Parcells didn't get The Next Joe Montana when his good friend Ron Wolf gave him Rick Mirer yesterday for future considerations. Mirer was supposed to be a bigger and...
OL' MUCK & MIRER FOR JETS : SLOG BY LOWLY EAGLES AFTER DEALING FOR QB
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amJets 10 Eagles 9 There are no definitive answers at backup quarterback for Bill Parcells, not even after last night's lackluster 10-9 win over the Eagles at Giants Stadium. So...
RAIN MEANS 2 TOMORROW
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amLast night's Mets-Cardinals game, the first of a three-game set, was rained out and rescheduled as part of a doubleheader tomorrow. Kenny Rogers (2-0), whose 12-5 win in San Francisco...
AN AMAZIN' DIFFERENCE BOBBY: '99 CLUB BETTER THAN '98
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amIt was most likely meant as praise for this year's team than a shot at last year's squad. But, nevertheless, it sounded strange last night to hear Bobby Valentine drop...
GRAND END TO YANK SLUMP LEDEE SLAM HELPS POWER IRABU TO 10TH WIN
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amYankees9 Twins3 MINNEAPOLIS - Scuffling for runs, the Yankees have discovered a sure way to dent the plate often: Give Hideki Irabu the ball and send him to the mound....
AYALA TAKES WOBBLY 1ST STEP : WINS COMEBACK, BUT THE RUST SHOWS
August 21, 1999 | 4:00amSAN ANTONIO - Boxing is not quite the same as riding a bicycle. You can't just pick it up where you left off, even if, like Tony Ayala, you are...