August 30, 1999
ON THE NEWSSTAND
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amWITHOUT a major news event on which to hang their covers in the final days of August, the weeklies are indulging in their pet stories - some of them literally....
PUFFY GOES CYBER - RAP STAR BUILDS SITE THAT'S ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMIN$; EXCLUSIVE
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amRap music mogul Sean "Puffy" Combs is set to launch his entertainment empire into cyberspace, The Post has learned. Industry sources say Combs is building an umbrella site encompassing all...
MOB CANARY WILL CHANGE ATLANTIC CITY CASINOS' TUNE
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amATLANTIC City will soon be under attack. Earlier this year I wrote several small items in this column about a federal investigation that appeared to be under way that was...
TV TICKER
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amBroken hearts "ER" star Eriq LaSalle has been left at the altar, more or less, according to the supermarket tabloid, Globe. Invitations to their Sept. 4 wedding were already mailed...
GRAF OWED IT TO FANS TO MAKE OPEN HER CLOSER
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amSTEFFI Graf came to Flushing Meadows Saturday for Arthur Ashe Kids Day. USTA and WTA officials expected her to take part in the festivities and let the fans honor her....
B'WAY CATCHES 'FEVER'
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amIT has a million-dollar title, a score that defined an era, hefty advance ticket sales and a producer with an unfailing instinct for what the public wants. Can anything stop...
CARBO - FAD BACKLASH: EXPERTS DISPUTE THE LATEST SUGAR-CUTTING CRAZE
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amCeleb fitness trainer Kathy Kaehler wants nothing to do with her client Jennifer Aniston's bony new body. The actress reportedly lost 15 pounds after drastically reducing the carbohydrates in her...
TICKED OFF AT 'TINGLE': TEACHER BACKLASH AGAINST MESSAGE
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amTHE back-to-school timing of the release of "Teaching Mrs. Tingle," a black comedy about teenagers kidnapping and torturing their teacher, has outraged the nation's leading education group and sparked a...
SAY HOWDY ONCE AGAIN TO DOODY'S THEME
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amHOW much do you think you'd have to pay for the rights to the best-known kids' show theme song of all time? Try virtually nothing. That's about what it cost...
'PARKERS' AT COLLEGE COULD DO BETA
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amIN a twist straight out of "The Twilight Zone," "Moesha's" mother-daughter sister act of Nikki and Kim Parker finished high school, enrolled in college and got their own sitcom all...
FLASHBACK FASHION
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amRecycling isn't just for bottles anymore. Stylish models like Kate Moss and Amber Valletta are constantly seen decked out in vintage designer duds that are older than they are. But...
WHAT'S RUDY WAITING FOR? THE ANSWER IS . . .; EXCLUSIVE
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amSTATE Republicans say Mayor Giuliani will declare his candidacy for U.S. Senate in late September or early to mid-October, several weeks later than originally expected. Top Republicans, who say there's...
NOTE OF DIS-CORD HAS A FAMILIAR STRING
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amLIKE the artist Christo, nature-lover Cy Adler has a sweeping vision for turning New York's physical environment into a piece of art that could change the way we think about...
CHARLES BLASTED FOR SHUNNING DI'S GRAVE
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amA storm of controversy swirled around Prince Charles last night as it was revealed that he has never visited Diana's grave to pay his respects. While Prince William and Prince...
THERE'S NO END TO RENO'S BLOODY INCOMPETENCE
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amDAVID KORESH, the virus of undeniable evil and madness absent in his voice, was talking as if relating a walk in the park. "I have a bullet wound in my...
CAR THIEF PAYS WITH HIS LIFE - FLIPS SUV FLEEING FROM BROOKLYN LOT
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amA car thief was killed yesterday when he lost control of an SUV that spun around three times and flipped over only four blocks from where he had stolen it,...
QUEEN PLANS TO BUTT IN ON BUTLER'S BOOK
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amBuckingham Palace - reeling from the news that one of Princess Diana's lovers is penning a steamy book about their affair - is gearing up to stop yet another kiss-and-tell...
AMUSEMENT PARKS' FATAL ATTRACTIONS
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amIn just six days, four thrill-seekers - two of them kids - have been hurled to their deaths. The tragic weekend roller-coaster accident that killed a mother and her 8-year-old...
MONICA GETS OUT & ABOUT
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amWhile her ex-boyfriend was hobnobbing in the Hamptons, Monica Lewinsky was spied heading out of her brand-new digs in Greenwich Village. Monica couldn't have looked more casual as she stepped...
DENNIS A CURRENT EVENT ON L.I.
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amDennis the Menace threw a curve at surf-seeking New Yorkers yesterday as the pesky hurricane's winds forced officials to ban swimming at several Long Island beaches. Lifeguards took their posts...
UPSTATERS TO HILL: THIS IS NOT LAKE CAMPAIGN
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amSKANEATELES - Residents of this upscale village in the Finger Lakes region braced for the Clintons' arrival today and said they hope the first couple will spend the week here...
FALN'ERS WHO'D BE PARDONED TAPED TALKING VIOLENCE
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amSome of the 16 FALN prisoners offered clemency by President Clinton have vowed to return to violence once they are freed, according to tapes made by the U.S. Bureau of...
BILL'S AIDE DENIES FEDS IGNORED SCANDAL BANK
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amClinton administration officials deny that they looked the other way as Moscow mafiosi laundered billions through the Bank of New York - and say nobody should be surprised at reports...
TEACHERS ORDER SAFETY CHECK
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amThe city's teachers union will field a team of inspectors this week to make sure kids won't be risking their lives when they return to school. Inspections by the United...
CHUCK WANTS 'INDEPENDENT' LOOK AT WACO FIASCO
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amSen. Chuck Schumer yesterday said it's time for an "independent outside investigation" of the lethal blaze at Waco, in light of the revelation that the FBI used incendiary tear gas...
WOMAN SAYS FORMER JET GASTINEAU BURNED HER
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amFormer Jet great Mark Gastineau was busted yesterday for the second time in two months - this time for allegedly grinding out a lighted cigarette on a woman's arm. The...
WITH DODGER SUPPORT, STATUE WON'T BE A BUST
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amThe Dodgers are "very interested" in a push to erect a life-size sculpture of Brooklyn baseball legends Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson standing united against racist taunts, a team...
YOU'RE STILL WINNERS, BOYS! - TOMS RIVER TURNS OUT TO WELCOME ITS GALLANT LOSERS
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amTOMS RIVER, N.J. - They lost on the field, but the local Little League team returned home yesterday to a hero's welcome, with fans mobbing them with autograph requests -...
2 DEAD, 1 CRITICAL IN N.J. PLANE CRASH
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amTwo people died and a man was critically injured last night when their light plane crashed on takeoff from an airport in northwestern New Jersey. The four-seat Cessna hit a...
HILL PILES UP MOUNTAIN OF MONEY IN L.I. CASH BASH
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amEAST HAMPTON, L.I. - The vacationing first family wrapped up its weekend fund-raising extravaganza yesterday with a megabucks bash at a private home to help fuel Hillary Rodham Clinton's likely...
NFL BIGS WINKED AT DRUG ABUSE: REPORT
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amNFL executives looked the other way when players flunked drug tests four years ago in a secret deal with the players' union, it was reported today. The report, on the...
TRAVERS 'KID' MAY ECLIPSE CHARISMATIC
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Lemon Drop Kid, winner of Saturday's $1 million Travers before a record crowd of 51,371, "came back from the race beautifully," trainer Scotty Schulhofer said yesterday. "It...
WILLIAMS COULD BE BACK QUICKLY
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES There was no definitive word yesterday regarding the severity of the knee injury to indispensible center Brian Williams, but Jim Fassel said there is "a little indication it...
BIG BLUE 'D' TAKES A MELLOW OUTLOOK
August 30, 1999 | 4:00am"Everybody out there knows we made mistakes ... We'll get another chance."JESSIE ARMSTEAD It is a word that can almost never be used to describe Jessie Armstead's energy level once...
SUDDENLY, JETS SOARING: BIG WIN INSPIRES PARCELLS
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amThat Sept. 12 season opener against the Patriots is now well within sight, meaning the pressure is beginning to mount on the Jets, who are favored in Las Vegas to...
LATE NIGHT WITH ANDRE AGASSI OPENS UNDER LIGHTS
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amAndre Agassi stepped on the Arthur Ashe Stadium court yesterday, immediately ripping off his shirt to reveal what Brooke is missing - rippling muscles bursting around his chest, shoulders and...
TUNA STILL HAS SOME CONCERNS
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amJET NOTES Despite the victory, the Jets' 16-10 win over the Giants Saturday night left Bill Parcells with several concerns. Parcells' complaints about the game centered around his team's inability...
SEATTLE LEAVES TOWN THOROUGHLY M-BARRASSED
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amThe two teams from the Little League World Series were invited to Yankee Stadium yesterday. Hopefully the kids from Phenix City, Ala., and Osaka, Japan, left before the game started....
RUNNING STAG FLIES TO WIN
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - Running Stag, who's earned enough frequent-flier miles this year to send trainer Phil Mitchell and his wife round-trip first-class from London to Hawaii, made his most recent...
SAMPRAS HARDLY IN TIP-TOP SHAPE
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amOPEN NOTES All those betting on Pete Sampras to make history at this year's U.S. Open know this: Sampras stopped short his practice session yesterday at Arthur Ashe Stadium, hitting...
FAN SPEWS BIG-TIME TURNOFF
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amWHAT used to be an occasional reality has become an around-the-clock one, and one that threatens to alienate habit-formed FAN listeners by the thousands. Since the Mets, a month ago,...
REBUILT MIAMI RAISING 'CANE
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amMiami 23 Ohio State 12 They're b-a-a-a-ck. The Miami Hurricanes, the former bad boys of college football who dominated their sport for a decade before being sacked by the NCAA,...
BLAZING BERNIE PROVES HIS WORTH
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amAfter this series, even if Ken Griffey Jr. would permit himself to grace centerfield for the Yankees, the team probably would say, "No thanks." It has long been assumed that...
BOSS' 'DREAM' COMES THROUGH
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amYankees owner George Steinbrenner enjoyed the day at the track as he watched his homebred Dream Supreme, a two-year-old filly by Seeking The Gold out of Spinning World, equal a...
ZIM BACK WITH TEAM
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amThis just isn't Don Zimmer's year. The Yankee bench coach returned to the dugout yesterday after spending two nights in the hospital with a minor heart ailment - what he...
BUTCH'S TEAM NO TURKEY
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amTHE BIO on Butch Davis in the Miami Hurricane media guide sounds more like someone running for the Nobel Peace Prize than a major college football coach. Instead of highlighting...
YANK PATIENCE PAYS FOR ANDY & RICKY
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amTHIS victory would not have been possible for the Yankees earlier this season. Not in this way. Not with Andy Pettitte persevering without his best stuff and Ricky Ledee serving...
AMAZIN'S SNAKEBIT
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amPHOENIX - Their ace was wild, their signature defense messier than a leaky pen, their middle relief rotten. The way the Mets played in last night's 8-4 loss to the...
DESERT DOWNER: D-BACKS CONTINUE MASTERY OF METS
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amPHOENIX - Like high-school students visiting colleges, the Mets are on a little six-day, two-city tour to determine which team they would rather play in the postseason, if they make...
BIZARRE MOVE MAKES MIKE ACCIDENTAL CATCHER
August 30, 1999 | 4:00amPHOENIX - Poor Mike Piazza can't even get a proper night off. The Met catcher had a sore shoulder - nothing too serious he said - and needed a day...