May 29, 1999
THE DOW TAKES A HOLIDAY GAINS 92
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amPersonal income, for example, grew 0.5 percent in April, which was higher than economists had predicted. The stock market staged an unusual pre-holiday rally yesterday, driving the Dow 92.81 points...
CITY BALLET SERIES WORKS IN CONCERT
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amTHERE is no doubt about it - so far as music is concerned, you get more solid fare for the ears with New York City Ballet than with American Ballet...
FORREST DUMPED ANOTHER SHAKE OUT AT ABC NEWS
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amVETERAN newsman Forrest Sawyer is the latest reporter to leave ABC News. The correspondent was not able to reach an agreement with the network on a new long-term deal, according...
THE TOYS OF SUMMER
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amABSTRACT- ANOTHER SEASON, ANOTHER "STAR WARS"- AND ANOTHER RUN FOR THE STORES. KIDS, DEMAND THE LATEST AND GREATEST TOYS FOR SUMMER FUN. THE FOLLOWING HIGH- TECH AND NOT-SO-HIGH TECH PLAYTHINGS...
NYPD GATHERS ITS TROOPS FOR ALL-OUT WAR ON GANGS
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amThe NYPD is declaring war on drug-peddling street gangs by launching an expanded, centralized squad to target the Bloods, Crips, Latin Kings and others, The Post has learned. "We'll be...
GOING ... GOING ... GONE WITH THE WIND
May 29, 1999 | 4:00am"It is the ultimate Oscar. There was only one made."DANA HAWKES, SOTHEBY'S Gone with ... their money! Fanatical collectors may need to take out second mortgages on their own Taras...
INDIA AND PAKISTAN KEEP CRISIS AT HIMALAYAN PEAK
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amIndia and Pakistan, the world's newest nuclear powers, were "eyeball to eyeball" yesterday after a wave of hostilities over the disputed Kashmir territory. Separatist guerrillas allegedly backed by Pakistan claimed...
TEAM THINKS IT'S LOCATED ISRAELI SUB LOST IN '68
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amJERUSALEM - U.S. explorers have apparently solved a 31-year-old mystery by locating a submarine that vanished in 1968 without a trace - and with a crew of 69 - on...
AUSCHWITZ RID OF CROSSES THAT 'INSULTED' JEWS
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amPolish police removed 300 crosses from a lot bordering the Auschwitz death camp yesterday, ending a year-long battle with Catholic nationalists. The crosses - from crude, handmade ones to thick,...
FBI'S WEB SITE SOCKED AS HACKERS TARGET FEDS
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The FBI shut down its Web site yesterday after it was overloaded by computer hackers - the latest in a wave of attacks on government Internet sites. In...
DOCS CAN'T STOP HOSPITAL SALE: JUDGE
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amSurgeons at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital can't stop its board of directors from shutting it down, a judge ruled yesterday. The decision sent the surgeons' lawyer rushing...
MORE CHAOS IN RUSSIA AS DEPUTY PM CALLS IT QUITS
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amYet another political crisis threatened Russia yesterday, as First Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Zadornov resigned after only three days in office. Zadornov had hoped to retain his old job as...
G0NNA BE A TAN-FASTIC WEEKEND PERFECT FOR BARBECUES AND BEACH
May 29, 1999 | 4:00am"This weekend, they say 85 or 86 degrees. I think a lot of people will come out."SOUVENIR SHOP OWNERTHOMAS SHU Break out the barbecues and bikinis - this Memorial Day...
COPS READY TO MAKE 1,000TH DWI BUST
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amSometime in the next few days, police will charge a motorist with DWI, making the offender the 1,000th person busted since the NYPD started cracking down on drunken drivers by...
SCHUMER: GOP TAKING STRAPHANGERS FOR A RIDE
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amSen. Charles Schumer yesterday vowed an all-out war to stop a GOP bill that would slash New York transit funds by $200 million. Schumer said President Clinton is on his...
SHERIFF & DEPUTY MAY NEED POSSE ; TO KEEP THEM APART
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amIT'S TIME to call in the cops to the city sheriff's office. Critics of Sheriff Teresa Mason say there's "incredible dissension" in her office that is impairing its operations. "Morale...
STICKY-FINGERED SIRENS STALKING EAST SIDE SENIORS
May 29, 1999 | 4:00am"When I noticed her hand in my pocket, I said, 'Get off me!' and threw her to the ground ... I'm strong as a bull."JEROME FINE, 77 Cops are hunting...
HOLOCAUST CRUSADER WIESEL IS ON CASE
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amAuschwitz survivor Elie Wiesel will visit refugee camps in Macedonia and Albania next week to gather firsthand accounts of horror for the White House. Wiesel, a Nobel Peace laureate, writer...
RUDY: I DIDN'T PUSH LATEGANO OUT
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amMayor Giuliani denied yesterday he forced out communications director Cristyne Lategano - calling her a "great asset to the city of New York." Without any formal announcement, Lategano strolled into...
GOV SUED FROM EVERY DIRECTION FOR ENDING COMMUTER TAX
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amThe war between the states has begun! A New Jersey man and a Connecticut man filed a joint class-action lawsuit against Gov. Pataki yesterday, charging the state's newly passed -...
A $5M BOUNTY ON SLOBBO'S HEAD? U.S. MAY PUT HIM ON 'MOST WANTED' LIST WITH TERRORISTS
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Serb strongman Slobodan Milosevic could get a multi-million-dollar price tag slapped on his head for his capture and conviction on war-crimes charges. A day after a U.N. tribunal...
OFF TO THE BEACH? BETTER START EARLY
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amRecord-breaking traffic could leave weekenders and beachgoers stranded and steaming along gridlocked highways. Keep in mind that both the Mets and Yankees will host games in town at 1 p.m....
BROTHERS GUILTY IN SCORES DOUBLE SLAY
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amTwo reputed Albanian mobster brothers were convicted of shooting two men to death at the Scores strip club in a drunken argument over a mobster's girlfriend. After two days of...
PROBATION FOR DAD WHO 'STOLE' HIS DAUGHTERS
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amA Massachusetts dad who kidnapped his daughters 20 years ago and told them their mother was dead pleaded guilty yesterday - and was let off with probation. Stephen Fagan, who...
REFUGEE KIDS GET A TASTE OF B'KLYN
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amThe youngest of the 30 Kosovar full-house refugees celebrated their freedom in all-American style yesterday - they went out for ice cream. Walking two abreast, 14 of the 17 kids...
JET 0WNER'S WILL SACKS KIN WH0 TRY T0 BL0CK SALE
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amLeon Hess didn't want his family to mess with his Jets. The late Jets owner's will orders his beloved team sold and bans his family from getting involved with Gang...
JETS 0WNER'S WILL SACKS KIN WH0 TRY T0 STOP SALE
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amLeon Hess didn't want his family to mess with his Jets. The late Jets owner's will orders his beloved team sold and bans his family from getting involved with Gang...
OFFICER SHOOTS TEEN IN BROOKLYN PROJECTS
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amA plainclothes housing cop shot and wounded a Brooklyn teen-ager after the youth allegedly opened fire, authorities said. But the youth's family, who identified him as 16-year-old Jamel Nixon, insisted...
MCMULLEN DEFENDS ARENA PLAN
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amStung by criticism of his intended partnership with the Rangers' parent company to build his Hoboken arena, Devils owner John McMullen delivered a stern warning yesterday. "We've been good citizens...
TUNA LOVES WHAT HE SEES IN WARD
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amAll week during the Jets' veteran minicamp, Bill Parcells stands on the sideline observing, thinking about what his 1999 team can accomplish. Later in the day, he sits in a...
ROMAN HAPPY TO ESCAPE RAMS
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amWhen Bill Parcells was seeking a quality linebacker during his off-season free-agency pursuits, he had his eye on a particular player and thought he had a decent feel for the...
ROSE FLOWERS UNDER BIRD JALEN DEVELOPS INTO PACERS' SUPER SUB
May 29, 1999 | 4:00am"It won't become a one-on-one thing [with Latrell Sprewell], but at the same time we both need to be effective for our teams to be successful."JALEN ROSE INDIANAPOLIS - Two...
NEW STYLE, BUT EWING-SMITS IS STILL KEY EWING MUST BE MAN IN THE MIDDLE
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amI T CAN be Knicks in six only if Patrick Ewing shrugs off the silly and strangely widespread notion that he must be some sort of seven-foot ornament in the...
CAT THIEF WILL RUN OFF WITH MET MILE
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amTHERE are few more demanding tests in horse racing than stakes run at a flat mile around one turn, and no better example than today's Grade 1, $500,000 Metropolitan Handicap...
PORT BAYOU BACK ON THE FENCE
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amA field of 11 to 14 horses topped by Triple Crown hopeful Charismatic is shaping up for the 131st Belmont Stakes a week from today, depending on whether the connections...
ONE YEAR LATER, BUCK'S WAY PAYS
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amBUCK SHOWALTER is so much smarter now than he was at this time last year. He has made this improvement the old- fashioned baseball way. He has gotten better players....
CHILDS IGNORES MARK JAX' NY ATTITUDE
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amThough they expressed surprise that Mark Jackson guaranteed the Pacers would win the title, the Knicks refused to fire back at the cocky native New Yorker yesterday. ''Is that what...
AVALANCHE PLOTTING ANOTHER COMEBACK
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amDENVER - Looking for far more positive reinforcement than the first three games of the Western Finals have provided his team, Patrick Roy went back a round to the Detroit...
THE FUTURE OF IZZY HAS METS IN TIZZY
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amJason Isringhausen will not pitch today against the Diamondbacks, but he will make a start next week. He threw 62 pitches in the bullpen yesterday and felt no pain in...
YANKS 'STARTING' ENGINES PITCHERS HELP CHAMPS GET'RELAXED & LOOSE'
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amTORONTO - David Cone saw small signs on a plane from Boston to Chicago that the Yankees were ready to find a groove. Nothing dramatic, mind you. Nobody standing in...
LEITER LOOKS READY; BONILLA NOT
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amAl Leiter threw batting practice to Bobby Bonilla yesterday and looked very good, so he will likely start Monday against the Reds. "That was as close as he has been...
STRAW PLAN NOT YET ON GM'S AGENDA
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amTORONTO - With Major League Baseball likely to announce Darryl Strawberry's suspension Wednesday, the Yankees need to formulate a plan as to what they are going to do in regard...
RIDICULOUS ROOM-OR?
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amEach day gets a little crazier around the Knicks, but even this is too crazy for them. From clandestine to midtown, according to a Midwest published report. That's the way...
VG LEAVES THOMAS IN THE LINEUP
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amDon't mess with a good thing. Simple, but powerful. After giving it some serious thought, Jeff Van Gundy elected to stay with Kurt Thomas in the starting lineup at power...
MARK JAX ANGERED BY REPORT OF 'GUARANTEE'
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Mark Jackson strode to center court and grabbed a microphone as 12,316 adoring Pacer fans, many of them kids, went wild. The team had invited fans to witness...
AMAZIN'S DROP BEHIND D'BACKS
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amD'backs2 Mets1 The Mets, who have been playing well but just can't seem to catch the Braves for the division lead, were caught from behind yesterday themselves. The Diamondbacks beat...
LARRY MAY BECOME LEGEND AS COACH TOO
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amWhat do Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson and Bob Cousy have in common? They were all great players who became mediocre coaches. But that hasn't been the case with...
KNICKS KEEPING THEIR MOUTHS SHUT
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amThough they expressed surprise at a report that Mark Jackson "guaranteed" the Pacers would win the title, the Knicks refused to fire back at the cocky native New Yorker yesterday....
BOTTOM'S UP FOR BOMBERS
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amYankees10 Blue Jays6 TORONTO - If Chuck Knoblauch had been on base three times a night and Paul O'Neill were spraying line drives to all fields, very little attention would...
TURK WARY OF BUCK'S 'TRICK'
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amTurk Wendell thought Buck Showalter was up to some tricks in last night's 2-1 Diamondback win at Shea, so he will be testing the manager again tonight if he gets...
AVALANCHE GET EVEN :DRURY WINNER ELEVATES WEST FINALS
May 29, 1999 | 4:00amDENVER - This was it; this was the showcase game the Stanley Cup playoffs had yet to really provide. And not only did last night's match here between the Avalanche...