January 2, 2000
THE CRYSTAL BALL ; MOST WALL STREET MAVENS SEE MORE GROWTH AHEAD
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amTimes Square may have been the center of action for the start of the new millennium, but the action moves to Wall Street tomorrow. Most market gurus are convinced that...
THE BULL'S EYE
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amStories we'd like to seeWith the New Year upon us,Bull's Eye offers up its annualprediction of business storiesyou're likely to see in 2000. Orperhaps more precisely, storieswe'd like to see:...
NEW YEAR'S WEB-OLUTIONS FOR OUR WIRED WORLD
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amIT'S time to set my New Year's web-olutions, as well as review last year's. The web-olutions I set in 1999 were overambitious -- as they usually are in my offline...
BUSINESS WEEK COPS ADVERTISING TITLE
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amBUSINESS Week is the winner of the 1999 ad-page crown for all consumer magazines, in a stirring come-from-behind victory over archrival Forbes, according to an exclusive year-end projection by Media...
THE POWER OF ONE
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amMany years ago -- 1952, in fact -- Ronny Graham, in the best of Leonard Sillman's "New Faces" revues, sang a song satirizing Broadway's tendency toward smaller and smaller casts,...
MEALS & DEALS
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amZen PalateTheatre District663 Ninth Ave.(at 46th Street)(212) 582-1669 'Round about now is when most of us cringe at the New Year's resolutions we recklessly made 24 hours ago. Just how...
WINTER THE TIME FOR HOTTEST COMPETITION
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amTHE competitive calendar of big-league chess has become increasingly front-loaded -- the strongest events are usually held in the first months of the year. And 2000 should be no exception....
TECH IT OUT
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amMost computer add-ons are pretty uninspiring to look at, but the Intel Play X3 Microscope will have the under-10 set grabbing for it right away. Mattel's colorful little scope plugs...
STYLE & SUBSTANCE: KATARINA WITT
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amSome thought she was skating on thin ice by posing nude for Playboy, but that didn't hurt Katarina Witt's career a bit. In fact, AP just named her the No....
THE WONG TO WATCH
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amA few years back, it seemed that every other filmmaker was trying to mimic Quentin Tarantino's style. But that was then. Nowadays, the wannabes are hard at work trying to...
COMING ATTRACTION GOVS ISLAND TO BECOME TOURIST MECCA
January 2, 2000 | 5:00am"It's a done deal and it's a great thing for everybody."GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ALBANY -- New York officials have reached an historic agreement on turning the abandoned Governors Island into a...
VICTIM'S DARING ESCAPE FOILS RAPIST
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amA woman abducted in TriBeCa by a would-be rapist jumped out of a moving car in front of a police station house yesterday morning to attract the attention of cops,...
CLINTON NOT DIS-PUTIN IT'S 'GOOD START' FOR RELATIONS
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amIt was the first conversation between the two leaders since Yeltsin resigned. President Clinton gave Vladimir Putin a New Year's Day phone call yesterday, telling the new acting Russian leader...
NO DUMMIES, THESE NEWLYWEDS!
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amHoboken, N.J., couple Tracy Crinion and Greg Nahas stopped Midtown shoppers in their tracks yesterday when they tied the knot before a New York judge and lovingly locked lips in...
GOOD RIDDANCE TO FOOLISH Y2K LISTS
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amESPN's panel selected Jordan No. 1, and that, along with 50 other choices, would be tough to argue with if only the presenting sponsor on the show in which he...
CEZANNE MASTERPIECE STOLEN IN BOLD Y2-CAPER
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amA daring cat burglar -- using the noise and excitement of millennium celebrations to mask his theft -- grabbed a $5 million Cézanne oil painting from one of Britain's most...
FEMALE HARRISON STALKER NABBED IN HAWAII
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amA woman stalking George Harrison was arrested for breaking into the ex-Beatle's Hawaiian mansion just days before he was almost stabbed to death by another intruder in Britain, police said...
FINAL DEMAND OF INDIAN JET HIJACKERS: FORGIVENESS
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amAfter eight days of death threats and beatings, the terrorists who hijacked an Indian Airlines jet ordered their hostages to pardon them. "Sorry, but everyone has to say that I...
PARENTS' LABOR OF LOVE CARE FOR PALSY KID FULL TIME
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amThe day after Christmas, Dawn and Richard Kelso drove their 10-year-old son, Steven, his favorite toys, food, clothes, medical supplies and records to the hospital. But this time, their only...
KID GLOVES COME OFF IN BATTLE OF Y2K BABIES
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amLet's get ready to rumble! A championship baby bout is brewing over who holds the title as the city's first birth of the millennium. In this corner: the current champ,...
TWINS ARE BORN IN TWO DIFFERENT MILLENNIA
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amIt was the kindest cut of all for proud mom Julie Wallman of Indianapolis, Ind. Wallman gave birth to twins born just two minutes apart -- in different years, centuries...
W.VA. TOWN GETS FOOTNOTE IN HISTORY
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amWASHINGTON -- If all goes according to plan, a cozy, no-stoplight, West Virginia hamlet called Shepherdstown may soon be known as the site where Syria and Israel struck a historic...
TIMES SQ. STORE SOLD '$100M' TICKET
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amNew Year's 2000 started off with a prosperous bang for the mysterious winner of the $100 million Millennium Millions lottery game -- the largest state jackpot ever. The sole winning...
ROUGH LAND-ING FOR 406 HAITIAN REFUGEES
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amA freighter filled with desperate Haitians ran aground off Florida's Key Biscayne yesterday, foiling their attempt to sneak into the United States under the cover of millennium celebrations. The Coast...
SLAY-SUICIDES TAKE 11 LIVES IN 3 STATES
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amA spate of tragic murder-suicides, in which five adults and six kids died, marred the calm passing of the New Year in suburban towns in the East. A machine-shop operator...
CHINESE CULT LEADER ON RUN FROM 'KILLERS' LEAVES HIS QNS. HOME AND HEADS UNDERGROUND
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amThe Queens-based leader of a controversial Chinese sect with millions of followers worldwide has gone into hiding. Falun Gong leader Li Hongzhi has moved out of his Queens apartment to...
CAR ACCIDENTS KILL 1, INJURE 3
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amAn elderly woman was killed and her husband was fighting for his life last night after they were struck by a car as they walked across a street in Brooklyn,...
NOBODY GETS BITTEN BY 'BUG' -- YET BUT MONDAY COULD SEE GLITCH IN TIME
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amThe end isn't here! Everything was pretty much Y2-A-OK in New York and around the world yesterday, as the "Millennium Bug" proved itself more of an annoying gnat than a...
6 ARE CITY'S FIRST SLAY VICTIMS OF NEW YEAR
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amThe new year got off to a bloody start in the city yesterday with six murders, cops said. The first known slaying of 2000 occurred at 3:25 a.m. in the...
CITY'S SLAY CAPITAL COMES BACK TO LIFE
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amPeace has come to the "Killing Ground." A Brooklyn neighborhood that was once the shame of the city -- where in 1993 there was an average of one murder every...
LOUIMA COP'S WIFE EAGER FOR TRIAL
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amAndra Schwarz, who says the legal system failed when it convicted her police-officer husband of attacking Abner Louima, can't wait for him to go on trial again. "In a way,...
BOARD OF ED PREZ MIGHT FOLLOW CREW OUT THE DOOR
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amTHE school system, jolted by the sudden departure of Chancellor Rudy Crew, may soon be in for another shocker: Board of Education President William Thompson says he's not sure he...
BARAK POISED FOR CRUCIAL PEACE TALKS
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amIsraeli leader faces resistance.Opposes giving up Golan.Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is set to open a crucial phase of peace talks in Shepherdstown, W.Va., tomorrow in a controversial summit that...
3 IN BROOKLYN ARE CITY'S 1ST SLAY VICTIMS OF 2000
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amThe new year got off to a bloody start yesterday as three people were killed in two incidents in Brooklyn, police said. The first known city murder of 2000 occurred...
4 ARE CITY'S FIRST SLAY VICTIMS OF NEW YEAR
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amThe new year got off to a bloody start in the city yesterday with four murders, cops said. The first known slaying of 2000 occurred at 3:25 a.m. in the...
PRIVATE FIRMS PLUG GAPS IN CITY ELEVATOR INSPECTIONS
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amThree years after a bribery scandal stripped the Buildings Department of two-thirds of its elevator inspectors, the city agency still can't find enough honest applicants to fill all the slots....
MONEY, NOT WINNING, DRIVES GREEDY OWNERS
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amMONTREAL -- In Carolina, the contemptible owner Peter Karmanos, who has already betrayed the good citizens of Hartford, makes a fool of his GM, Jim Rutherford, just as he makes...
BIG BLUEPRINT HAD FLAWS FROM THE START
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amD ALLAS -- The Giants should be in the playoffs instead of the prayoffs today. So they sit inside Texas Stadium and wait for a miracle in Green Bay from...
PLAYOFFS OR NOT, GIANT IMPLICATIONS FASSEL'S TROOPS TAKE FINALE WITH 'BOYS SERIOUSLY
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amDALLAS -- It matters. That's what the Giants have to say. It is how they must feel and how they must prepare and how they must play. At the conclusion...
N.J. MOOSE SIGHTINGS ON RISE
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amTO the success stories of wildlife restoration in the northeastern United States, that of moose now can be added to those of white-tailed deer, Canada geese and wild turkey, reports...
TOOMER'S SET TO BE THE BEST
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amDALLAS -- Amani Toomer was correct when he said, "There were probably a lot of people who doubted me." The doubters were everywhere after Toomer, a second-round draft pick from...
FEICK SHOWS A SIXTH SENSE
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amIn Orlando, they'll point to Chris Gatling. Out in Phoenix, they offer up Chris Robinson. And across the river, they want to discuss only Marcus Camby. But in New Jersey,...
(QUARTER)BACK TO THE FUTURE ; WEINKE, VICK ARE SEPARATED BY CENTURY
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amNEW ORLEANS -- What was true in 1999 remains true in 2000. Quarterbacks have more of a bearing on the game than any other players. But what was true in...
TUNA WON'T STAND IN BELICHICK'S WAY
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amAs the season comes to a close this weekend for the Jets, rumors are already beginning to swirl about who's interested in Jets assistant Bill Belichick, who's certain to get...
SEAHAWKS ARE STILL HAUNTED ; PHANTOM TD'S HARD TO FORGET
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amThe last time these two teams met -- slightly more than a year ago -- one controversial play sparked the changing of an entire coaching regime and it proved to...
WITH JETS ON THE RISE, EVERYBODY LOVES RAY
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amALL THE scouting combines, combined, wouldn't know a quarterback if you showed them a John Unitas highlight reel. Ryan Leaf and Rick Mirer were taken second overall in drafts, Heath...
SHELLSHOCKED ISLES LOOKING TO REBOUND
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amDuring the Islanders' recently aborted two-game winning streak, Butch Goring warned the NHL that his club could become a serious threat down the stretch of the season. "You don't want...
KURT FITS WOLVES TO A T' THOMAS IDEAL BODYGUARD FOR GARNETT
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amTWO Eastern Conference executives led me to believe last week the Knicks and Timberwolves were close to finalizing a trade that would've sent Terrell Brandon ($7.4 million) to New York...
GULFSTREAM OFFERS ROLLING PICK THREES
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amGulfstream Park has announced that beginning opening day tomorrow, it will offer rolling Pick Threes on its live racing card for the entire meet. Hall of Fame trainer Flint "Scotty"...
RED-HOT LUZZI SAVORS SWEEP
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amCall jockey Mike Luzzi the "New Millennium Man." The 30-year-old reinsman ushered in Y2K by bagging four winners yesterday at Aqueduct, including both divisions of the Grade 3, $75,000 Interborough...
BIG'S BACK IN BIG EAST UCONN SPURRING CONFERENCE REBIRTH
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amCONNECTICUT has beaten Arizona and lost to Iowa. Syracuse hasn't lost to anyone, but as usual, the Orangemen haven't played any opponent of note in the early season. St. John's...
MIKE'S SOLID TEAMMATE, PLAYERS SAY
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amBesides being a fine pitcher, Mike Hampton is also a solid teammate, according to those who played with him. Derek Bell said Astro players called him Bulldog for his uncompromising...
NO OFFSIDE, NO EXTRA POINT
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amOVERTIMEDevils2Bruins2 BOSTON -- "Defense First" has a laudable ring, but the Devils suffered the consequence last night of failing to press their talent advantage. When good teams play it tight,...
ESSENCE OF A COMPETITOR HAMPTON HAD FIRE IN BELLY FROM EARLY AGE
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amIN THE classic Orson Welles film "Citizen Kane," a reporter, attempting to discover the essence of the protagonist, works backwards by trying to unravel the meaning of his final utterance,...
DOLAN -- N.Y.'S QUIET KINGPIN
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amWHEN sports fans talk about what superstar has made the most money from sports over the years, Michael Jordan, Arnold Palmer and Mike Tyson are three names that invariably get...
STAR BUCKS NOT ON DEV MENU
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amBOSTON - The word that worries the Devils' brass has been uttered. And rejected. The team that subordinates stars to its team concept finds several advantages to that philosophy. The...
THIS IS THE (REAL) STORY OF THE HURRICANE
January 2, 2000 | 5:00amIf you really want to know the truth about Rubin "Hurricane'' Carter, you don't go to the local movie house and shell out your eight, nine or 10 bucks to...