February 6, 1999
'NET SAVES 2 IPOS; NASDAQ TUMBLES
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amCall it tech-er shock. Two new Internet stocks soared on their first day of trading, even as the overall Nasdaq composite, well-populated with other Internet companies, tanked. Computer stocks took...
'SHE'S ALL THAT'HAS TOO MUCH THAT
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amRECOMMENDED,WITH RESERVATIONS "SHE'S ALL THAT" (PG-13): Rising stars Freddie Prinze Jr. ("I Know What You Did Last Summer") and Rachael Leigh Cook play Beverly Hills high schoolers from opposite sides...
MISSING PERSSON BUREAU
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amS HE stood center stage, blonde and gorgeous. Her black leather pants appeared spray-painted on, her sleeveless blouse clung to her body. The Cardigans' Nina Persson was so beautiful and...
ELECTRA UNPLUGGED! CARMEN SERIS PULLED AFTER 3 SHOWS
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amAFTER only three episodes starring Carmen Electra - the former "Baywatch" babe who married NBA star Dennis Rodman - The WB is pulling her struggling drama "Hyperion Bay" off the...
WRESTLING ADS SLAMMED; PROTESTS PILE UP VS. SEXY SUPER BOWL SPOT
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amTHE pricey commercial for the World Wrestling Federation that aired during the Super Bowl, has been slammed by two moral media watchdog groups. The groups are asking the FCC to...
CITY FACES $50M SUIT FOR COPS' 'ASSAULT' ON WHITE CASTLE TEEN
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amThe city is being hit with a $50 million lawsuit by the family of a 13-year-old Queens boy who was chased, tackled and allegedly assaulted by cops last summer at...
'SEN. RUDY' 0FF T0 A $L0W $TART
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amMAYOR GIULIANI'S campaign for the U.S. Senate isn't raking in the big bucks everyone anticipated. Reports filed by the mayor's three campaign committees show a total bank balance of $607,000...
PATAKI CAMPAIGNS 'THE REAGAN WAY'
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amCHICAGO - Gov. Pataki launched his national campaign yesterday to revamp the Republican Party - and promote himself for the White House - by turning to former President Ronald Reagan....
WE NEED ANSWERS - FAST ; FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED SO IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amTHE killing of Amadou Diallo has hit a raw nerve with New Yorkers. Four cops against one man. Forty-one shots fired. He's unarmed. Not a suspect in a crime. No...
SURE OF ACQUITTAL, GOP SET TO ; DROP CENSURE PUSH
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amThe heck with censure - let the impeachment chips fall where they may, and then on to the post-Clinton era! It could change again, but as of yesterday, most Republicans...
HOUSE GOP PRESENTS THE MONICA CHANNEL ; IMPEACH TEAM GOES TO THE VIDEOTAPE
February 6, 1999 | 5:00am"For the first time, the Senate and the people of the United States of America are going to get a chance to meet Monica Lewinsky, the person."PROSECUTOR JIM ROGAN WASHINGTON...
BRITS NIX BID TO TRADEMARK DI'S FACE
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amBritain's patent office has again shot down a bid by Princess Diana's estate and memorial fund to turn her face into a trademark. Fund officials, seeking control of the way...
TYSON'S FINAL FALL TRULY WAS A LIFETIME IN THE MAKING
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amTyson got spoiled. He came to believe the rules could always be bent for a star. This was the wrong message Tyson took from life at the top. MIKE TYSON...
GATES TO GIVE $3.3B TO PAIR OF CHARITIES
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amThe foundations install computers in city libraries and tackle world health issues. Bill Gates, the world's richest man, has started giving it away by making the biggest charitable gift ever...
ELITE UNIT THRIVES ON NYPD'S DIRTY WORK
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amIf a gun has been seized, chances are the Street Crime Unit was involved. Members of the elite unit are primarily entrusted with the most daunting of tasks - go...
QUEEN'S FUTURE LIES BEHIND THE SCENES: EXPERTS
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amWhen King Hussein dies, his American-born fourth wife, Queen Noor, may become a woman without a country or a behind-the-scenes Lady Macbeth, experts said. Most Mideast analysts said Noor, who's...
MOTHER OF BOY KILLED IN ; CLASS CRIES, 'WHY?'
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amThe heartbroken mother of an 11-year-old special-ed student killed in a scuffle with a classmate wept yesterday for "my baby" as school officials, parents and teachers pitched in to pay...
CLINICALLY DEAD ; HUSSEIN 'UNFIT TO RULE' ; RELIGION KEEPS FAMILY FROM PULLING THE PLUG
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amJordan's King Hussein, a master peacemaker and stabilizing force in the turbulent Mideast, was pronounced clinically dead yesterday after battling lymphatic cancer for seven months. But the family of the...
OFFICERS SAY THEY 'FEEL TERRIBLE' ; FOUR COPS OFFER KIN CONDOLENCES AFTER KILLING MAN IN HAIL OF BULLETS
February 6, 1999 | 5:00am"On a human level, these officers are sorry that Amadou Diallo died."LAWYER STEPHEN WORTH The cops who blew away unarmed immigrant Amadou Diallo in a rain of 41 bullets want...
EX-SCA BIG BALKS AT BLAME FOR BRICK DEATH
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amGov. Pataki's former trustee on the School Construction Authority defiantly told an Assembly panel yesterday not to blame him for the death of a 16-year-old girl at a Brooklyn school...
PRINCE WILL BE A FORCEFUL PRESENCE
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amAMMAN, Jordan - Crown Prince Abdullah is expected to make a swift and quiet transition from his father, the man who ruled this desert country for a tumultuous half-century. The...
JUDGE PUTS MIKE DOWN FOR COUNT ; YEAR IN MD. PRISON KOS CAREER: LAWYER
February 6, 1999 | 5:00am"This case is not about commerce or the gross national product of Mike Tyson ... [Tyson] is a time bomb that blew that day."PROSECUTOR CAROL CRAWFORD ROCKVILLE, Md. - An...
FEDS TO JOIN PROBE AS FAMILY BEGS FOR JUSTICE ; FEDS TO JOIN CIVIL-RIGHTS PROBE
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amGrief-stricken relatives of the unarmed West African immigrant killed in a hail of police bullets called for justice yesterday as the feds said they'll join the probe of the tragic...
SENTENCE'S SEVERITY STUNS PUG'S ASSOCIATES
February 6, 1999 | 5:00am"There is the likelihood that he would lose his license, which would be tantamount to banning him from boxing."TYSON ADVISER SHELLEY FINKEL The boxing world was knocked for a loop...
'THROW AWAY THE KEY' IN HOOPS SLAY: HYNES
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amAn angry Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes said he'll go for the max against two of the five teens indicted yesterday and charged as adults in the murder of 14-year-old...
SERBS HOLD UP KOSOVO TALKS
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amA bid to hammer out a peace plan for Kosovo at a summit in France this weekend was in jeopardy after Serbian authorities refused to let Albanian rebels fly to...
GUARDS WARN HEAVYWEIGHT CHOMP TO MIND HIS MANNERS
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amIron Mike was fingerprinted and booked - and given a set of prison clothes and a warning - before being locked into a cell at the Montgomery County Detention Center...
ARMED KIDS NABBED AT HS: COPS
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amTwo teens were arrested yesterday at a Bronx high school for carrying a revolver and sawed-off rifle onto school grounds. Police said members of the Bronx Juvenile Crime Squad showed...
FORTUNE TELLER'S FUTURE HAZY AFTER 500G SCAM: COPS
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amCops last night busted a smooth-talking Manhattan fortune teller known as "Grace" who bilked a woman out of more than $500,000 by promising an end to a string of bad...
HOLIK FEELIN' ALL BOXED IN
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amThe implications are ominous for the already offensively-challenged Devils. Leading scorer Bobby Holik has told The Post that he has decided to change his game and tone down the aggression...
ISLES' LAWRENCE BEST OF BAD LOT
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amMaybe this is an indictment of their more established players, but Islanders right wing Mark Lawrence has been one of the team's best forwards since his Dec. 15 promotion from...
METS BEAT CLOCK, KEEP FONZ IN FOLD
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amThe Mets came within 72 hours of having Edgardo Alfonzo go to free agency in two years, but instead came to an agreement with the second baseman that solidifies their...
SUDDENLY, KNICKS ARE MEDIA DARLINGS
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amORLANDO - The local media here wanted to talk to the Knicks more than to the Magic. Then again, those who carry cameras and notebooks will always forsake their own...
NETS MUST STAY OFF SKID ROW ; CAN'T LOSE THREE IN ROW
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amATLANTA - For the Nets this season, the magic number will be three. As in three losses. As in three losses in a row. Drop three straight games and in...
GATLING PLANS TO GIVE IT A GO
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amATLANTA - The Nets say Chris Gatling is questionable for tonight. Chris Gatling says Chris Gatling is definite for tonight. "Without a doubt, I'm going to play," said Gatling, who...
GRAVES RISES ABOVE RANGERS' MALAISE
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amIn a season that's become a cemetery for the Rangers, not everyone's digging the graves. En route to his best scoring year since '94, Adam Graves has been one of...
EAMONN ADDS TO GARDEN FAME ; COGHLAN INDUCTED INTO HALL
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amMiler Eamonn Coghlan, hurdler Harrison Dillard, quarter-miler Diane Dixon, pole vaulter Bob Richards and high jumper John Thomas were selected to the Millrose Games Hall of Fame from a list...
SCOTT'S UP FOR MAGIC
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amORLANDO - This was a homecoming for Dennis Scott, who spent the first seven years of his career here before being traded to the Mavs before the 1997-98 season after...
LET THE SPRINT BEGIN ; KNICKS REVVED UP TO UNVEIL NEW STYLE
February 6, 1999 | 5:00am"We look good on paper, but everybody in the East looks good on paper."DENNIS SCOTT ORLANDO - The new-look Quick Knicks, with Latrell Sprewell at small forward, were ready to...
A REALITY CHECK FOR VAN'S GANG
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amORLANDO - There were times when you saw how explosive and versatile the Knicks can be. Those moments in the second quarterwhen Allan Houston would hit a jumper or Latrell...
KNICKS STUMBLE OUT OF THE GATE : MELTDOWN IN THIRD GIVES MAGIC OPENER
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amMagic93 Knicks85 ORLANDO - The Knicks went into the season wondering how they would mesh all their offensive weapons. First they have to find them. By the time they did...
IT'S MILLER TIME AT GARDEN ; WOMEN'S DASH CHAMP MAKES FATHER PROUD
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amLast night, Lennox Miller came back to the Garden for the first time since he won his second straight Millrose Games dash in 1969. He sat in the stands with...
RUST DOESN'T STOP SPREE
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amORLANDO - Latrell Sprewell was hit with the wrath of the 17,248 fans at the O-rena in the Knicks' 93-85 loss to the Magic last night. As expected, Sprewell received...
ELLERBE ON TOP OF THE WORLD
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amThere were a bevy of stellar performances at the 92nd Chase Millrose Games in the Garden yesterday, but the most impressive one came miles away at Manhattan's Draddy Gym. Native...
SPREE'S THE ENEMY ON ROAD
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amORLANDO - Latrell Sprewell may be cheered at the Garden tomorrow when the Knicks play the Heat. But on the road, he will be public enemy No. 1 if the...
EWING CAN'T HANDLE IKE
February 6, 1999 | 5:00amORLANDO - Patrick Ewing had his hands full trying to guard an out-of-shape Ike Austin. That is a situation that must improve for the Knicks,especially with Alonzo Mourning and the...