August 5, 2000
PLANETRX CEO RESIGNS
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amAdding to its endless woes, online drugstore PlanetRX lost its chairman to a tiny venture capital outfit in Memphis, Tenn. William Razzouk, who was PlanetRx's CEO until stepping aside in...
TAKING THE REINS - HOW TV CHANGED THE HISTORY OF AMERICA'S RICHEST HARNESS RACE TO KEEP IT A WINNER
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amTHE 35-second shot clock in college basketball and football's instant replay show how far sports will go to make themselves TV-friendly. But few sporting events have been changed as fundamentally...
THESE 'COWBOYS' CUSS UP A STORM
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amPICK OF THE WEEK Given the purple language and topics of the films that opened this week, you might want to play it safe this weekend and catch "Chicken Run,"...
MAKING A SPLASH!
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amWith the dog days of summer still ahead; it's nice to know there are places where you can get soaking wet when you want to. And there's no better place...
FLOAT YOUR BOAT
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amSteamboats, fireboats, tugboats, sailboats - many of them small enough to fit in a bottle - will pull into Pier 16 this weekend, along with the folks who made them....
KOSOVO MIRACLE GIRL IS BACK ON HER FEET
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amA 14-year old Kosovo girl who lost both legs in a horrific land-mine explosion but beat the odds to walk again said an emotional goodbye yesterday to the doctors who...
MUM OF THE CENTURY - BRITS HAIL MATRIARCH AT AGE 100
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amIt was a celebration fit for a queen. More than 40,000 people from Britain and abroad stood shoulder to shoulder outside the gates of Buckingham Palace to honor the country's...
SUIT LOOMS OVER BUSTED U.N. REAL-ESTATE DEAL
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amTHE Giuliani administration is prepared to sue members of the City Council if they continue to block the sale of a townhouse across from the United Nations to the Kingdom...
PAROCHIAL TEACHERS RIP CHURCH SALARIES - SIDE WITH LEVY IN PAY FLAP
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amThe head of a parochial school teachers union yesterday blasted the Archdiocese of New York for underpaying its faculty - and said officials should stop criticizing Schools Chancellor Harold Levy...
METAL PLATE MAY HAVE PUNCTURED SST TIRE
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amInvestigators probing last week's Air France Concorde crash found a thin strip of metal on the runway that didn't belong to the jet, adding weight to the theory that a...
GORE SAYS GOP MUST BE LIVING IN OUTER SPACE
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amA pumped-up Al Gore yesterday tried to burst the Bush balloon by mocking the GOP convention as a "masquerade ball" - and demanded to know, "What planet are they on?"...
TIMONEY RATES RAVES IN PHILLY
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amPhiladelphia cops' tough handling of protesters at the GOP convention has boosted the reputation of the city's police boss, John Timoney - and refueled speculation he'll return to lead the...
LAZIO HAS HARD WORDS FOR HILLARY'S SOFT MONEY
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amGOP Senate candidate Rick Lazio - backed by the king of campaign finance reform, John McCain - yesterday called on Hillary Clinton to shut down her soft-money fund-raising accounts. Lazio...
RON JR. ... THE POLITICALLY ; INCORRECT REAGAN
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Former President Ronald Reagan's son Ron has jumped into the Clinton-Bush family feud - panning George W. Bush as an empty suit whose biggest claim to fame is,...
OSAMA MUSCLES IN ON ANTI-ISRAEL TERRORISTS
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - A top Israeli general says Osama bin Laden has been trying to supersede other Islamic terrorist organizations on the West Bank with his own highly financed underground. Major...
'RECOVERING' STATEN I. MAN IS FIRST CASE OF WEST NILE
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amAn elderly Staten Island man is recovering from the potentially deadly West Nile virus - the first human infected in the city this year. Deputy Mayor Joseph Lhota and Health...
FEDS OK NO JAIL TIME FOR NAUGHTON IN PLEA DEAL
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amLOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors will ask a judge next week to keep a former Internet executive - convicted of seeking sex with a minor - out of prison so...
CHARTER SCHOOLS: CHALK ONE UP FOR THE BIG GUYS
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amChancellor Harold Levy's plan to let private firms run some of the city's worst schools attracted more than 100 educators from across the country yesterday - and some heavy hitters...
HOSPITAL TESTS SPARK FORD CANCER CONCERN
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amFormer President Ford was doing well in his stroke recovery yesterday - but doctors were checking an unrelated problem with his tongue that could be caused by cancer, trauma or...
$4M WILL FRESHEN UP CENTRAL PARK POND
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amThousands of fish and dozens of turtles will be bounced from their favorite watering hole when a tranquil Central Park haven gets a $4 million rehab. As part of a...
COPS: WE GOT STRANGLER - DNA LINKS HOMELESS PANHANDLER TO VICTIMS
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amA panhandler's careless spitting in a police parking lot led to his arrest last night as the Brooklyn Strangler, who allegedly killed six women in a yearlong reign of terror....
MACAULAY NOW GOING IT 'ALONE'
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amMacaulay Culkin is home alone - again - after splitting with his baby-faced bride of two years, 20-year old Rachel Miner. "They have temporarily separated," Culkin spokesman Paul Bloch told...
ROSEANNE'S STRIP STAKE: A NUDE FRONTIER FOR FANS
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amShe was stripped of her talk show, but you'll soon see more than ever of Roseanne - the chubby chatterer will pose nude in Gear magazine. The 47-year-old housewife-turned-comedienne-turned-superstar has...
SUNSHINE TO REIGN SUPREME THIS WEEKEND
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amHere comes the sun - catch it while you can. It's going to be sunny today with lower humidity and a high in the 80s. And it'll be partly sunny...
BUSH EXPRESS IS GATHERING STEAM - STARTS TRAIN TOUR WITH 11-PT. BOUNCE IN POLLS
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amAn "energized" George W. Bush, the official GOP presidential nominee, hopped on a whistle-stop train yesterday, predicting he'll beat Al Gore - and blasting President Clinton's plan to veto marriage-tax...
PAL: CHEERLEADER DIDN'T BED REGIS
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amThe wild, passionate affair between the famously married Regis Philbin and a blond ex-cheerleader never happened, her best friend says. At most, the host of "Who Wants to Be a...
COLD-HEARTED CITY: YOU CAN'T BE MONKEY'S UNCLE
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amA Brooklyn couple says they'd rather move away than let the city seize and kill their beloved 31-year-old spider monkey. The city Health Department ordered Gaspar and Harriet Castronovo to...
FORTSON MAY OPT FOR WARRIORS
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amWith Brian Grant creeping back into the picture, the Knicks may not be as desperate to obtain Danny Fortson. And it's a good thing, because Fortson may choose Golden State...
PAL: HE HAD 'EXPLOSIVE TEMPER'
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amCops have spent months piecing together a picture of the Brooklyn strangler - a man who they believe is the most systematic serial killer since "Son of Sam." But in...
LET THE EXPERIMENTS BEGIN
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amHe said these games are "usually fun" for the simple reason that "you can experiment with some things." The laboratory for Jim Fassel is open for testing tonight, as the...
ZIEMANN CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY SOME FOOTBALL
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amFrom undrafted to a key backup role with the Giants. Yes, Chris Ziemann has come a long way. One player with much to show in tonight's pre-season opener against the...
METS BACKED OUT ON DEAL FOR TRIBE'S RAMIREZ, LOFTON
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amIn their obsession to win a World Series this year, the Mets mulled acquiring Manny Ramirez and Kenny Lofton from the Indians until a half-hour prior to Monday's trade deadline...
'READY' FAVORED IN HASKELL
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amSARATOGA SPRINGS - A field of nine was entered for tomorrow's Grade 1 $1,000,000 Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park. The morning-line favorite in the Haskell will be More Than Ready...
BIG MAC ADDS BEEF TO RANGERS
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amSo maybe this is where it all stops, maybe yesterday's acquisition of legitimate heavyweight Sandy McCarthy is where it all stops for opponents who have spent the last three seasons...
SORE SHOULDER PUTS RAMIRO BACK ON DL
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amRamiro Mendoza went on the DL yesterday with tendinitis of the right shoulder. He will visit noted orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews on Monday to see if the situation is...
1-10 CONE KNOWS IT'S NOW OR NEVER
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amDavid Cone knows the score better than most. Cone understands he pitches in the center of the "What Have You Done For Me Lately?" universe and for an owner who...
SPOON BREAKS NOSE IN VICTORY
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amThe Liberty can practically smell the Eastern Conference title. Except that Teresa Weatherspoon might have to wait to get a whiff of it herself. With their 70-57 victory against the...
JORGE SECONDS THE MOTION - POSADA MOVES TO NO. 2 AND SPARKS ROUT OF M'S
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amGeorge Steinbrenner pays Don Zimmer very well to serve as an advisor to Joe Torre. If Torre needs a place to bounce an idea off, all he has to do...
DUQUE FEELS DISSED BY COACHES
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amThe anger was easy to see in Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez' eyes. Standing at his locker yesterday, upon returning from Tampa, the one-time ace of the Yankees' staff known for...
BIG MAC DOES BIG NUMBER ON JOHNSON
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amPHOENIX - After finding out Joe McEwing would start for him at third base last night, Robin Ventura went Jimmy the Greek, knowing "Super Joe's" numbers against Randy Johnson compared...
OGBOGU IS PLACED ON WAIVERS
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amGREEN BAY - Prior to last night's 37-24 loss to the Packers at Lambeau Field, the Jets waived third-year defensive tackle Eric Ogbogu injured, meaning he won't play for the...
BIG UNIT'S MET-BIT
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amPHOENIX - The Mets own Randy Johnson. The numbers don't lie. Last night, the latest Mets' drubbing of the Big Unit read: 3 2/3 innings, eight hits, five runs, two...
GROH GROWLS AT JETS AFTER PACK WHACKIN'
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amPackers37Jets24 GREEN BAY - Al Groh suffered his first loss as an NFL head coach last night, watching his Jets yield 20 unanswered second-half points to fall to the Packers...
DEFENDING HIS PLACE - PAYTON CEMENTS SPOT WITH CRAFTY CF PLAY
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amPHOENIX - There are those who thought Jay Payton would never make it. It is easy to understand these thoughts. A surgeon cuts on his elbow three times and the...
MIGHTY MCEWING MAKES UNIT SEEM NOT-SO-BIG
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHOENIX - The Mets infield shuffle continued last night with Robin Ventura heading to the bench and Edgardo Alfonzo back in the lineup. Bobby Valentine decided to start...
FRANCO'S TEAM PLAY BENEFITS BENETIZ, BULLPEN
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amMET NOTES PHOENIX - John Franco doesn't only pitch the eighth inning to get to Armando Benitez in the ninth. Franco also has aided Benitez in his transition to New...
WITH BECHT, JETS' END MAY BE IN SIGHT
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amGREEN BAY - The tight end position has been a black hole for the Jets for as long as memory serves. It seems the last tight end who could be...
JET OFFENSE ROLLS, BUT 'D' FALLS FLAT
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amPackers 37 - Jets 24 GREEN BAY - The Jets may end up winning a lot of games this season and making the playoffs, or they may lose a lot...
TAMIKA'S GAME WORTH THE WEIGHT
August 5, 2000 | 4:00amTamika Whitmore was leaning toward not playing for the Liberty this season. Instead, the 6-foot-2 forward was going to pursue a job at a physical therapy center or as a...