February 7, 2006
BEHIND THE JOBS LETDOWN
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amWALL Street was certain there were going to be at least 250,000 new jobs created in January. But the folks in the investment community were also "whispering" - like they...
HOME PRICES TO FALL HERE
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amHomeowners in the New York area should brace themselves for more bad news in 2006, with lower sales prices. The city's metropolitan housing market - including nearby suburbs in New...
STAKES MOUNT IN SUPER BOWL AD PARADE
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe Steelers won on the playing field, but for advertisers, the jury is still out on who produced the most popular Super Bowl TV spot. This year the debate is...
TRIPLE TROUBLE - TAKE-TWO KEEPS MANAGERS SLAPPED BY SEC
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amTake-Two Interactive has kept three central figures in its epic accounting fraud of 2000 and 2001 in key executive posts with the troubled video game company. While Take-Two has repeatedly...
SUIT MAKERS CROSS TOWN; MENSWEAR FIRMS MOVE TO EAST SIDE
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amEIGHT major menswear companies are taking a walk from Reckson's 1350 Sixth Ave. to Rudin's 641 Lexington Ave. The firms have signed for 60,000 square feet of office and showroom...
EX-SPIKE EXEC TEAMS UP WITH 'SHREK' WRITER
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amAlbie Hecht, the ex-boss of Viacom's Spike TV who left last year to launch his own film company, is teaming with the writer behind the film "Shrek" to produce his...
HOLY SHIP! LUXE LINERS GET LARGER
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe world's largest luxury liner, replete with ice skating rink and rain forest, is being launched by Royal Caribbean in hopes of striking a winning blow in the cruise ship...
ENRON ATTYS RIP WITNESS
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe government's first key witness in the Enron fraud trial got slammed yesterday as a greedy coward just trying to stay out of jail. Attorneys for accused Enron chiefs Key...
LIZ J. JILL-TED - SPURNS BID IN FAVOR OF TALBOTS' $517M TAKEOVER
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe story of how Talbots snatched the J. Jill Group from Liz Claiborne, in a $517 million deal announced yesterday, shows how one of Seventh Avenue's savviest deal makers lost...
TW BOOKS IN BUYOUT
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amTime Warner Books has finally found a buyer. The French publishing giant Lagardere has agreed to buy the Time Warner Book Group, the nation's fifth-largest book publisher, for $537.5 million....
THE CURSE OF THE CORT
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amTO the untrained eye, the Cort Theatre looks like any other small, Broadway house, down to its red curtains and neoclassical façade. While it enjoyed a string of long runs...
GRANDPA'S BIRTH DATE ONE FOR THE AGES
February 7, 2006 | 5:00am'GRANDPA" Al Lewis, the irascible star of "The Munsters" who died last Friday, wove many a tale about himself - including his real age. Obituaries published last Saturday, the day...
STARR REPORT
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amRunning on empty Tony Danza played to an empty house yesterday after the "Tony Danza Show" studios were flooded over the weekend (the lights were left on, triggering the sprinkler...
'GREY' REAL BOWL CHAMP
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amTHE steamy three-way lesbian shower fantasy scene that kicked off a post-Super Bowl episode of "Grey's Anatomy" kept millions from tuning out ABC after the game ended. It didn't hurt...
'PARTY' FAVOR - THINK YOU KNOW HOW TO TOSS PARTIES? THINK AGAIN
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amTHIS story does not end happily. Last November, everything was looking up for the Jones family of New Orleans - three sisters and their mom, Madeline, and dad, Charles, who...
OFFICER DOWN - HARGITAY BECOMES 'VICTIM' TO EXPLAIN BABY TIME
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amWE can't tell you what's happened to Det. Olivia Benson in this shocking photo from an upcoming episode of "Law & Order: SVU." But it doesn't look good. Olivia (Mariska...
THE DEATH CALCULATOR - HOW LONG YOU'LL LIVE - AND HOW TO LIVE LONGER; DOWN FOR THE COUNT
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amIF you want to live to a ripe old age, all you need to do is be a religious, right-handed, physically fit, grain-eating female puzzle enthusiast with two or more...
HIV TEST URGED FOR ALL NYERS
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amCity Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Frieden is urging all New Yorkers to get an HIV test in commemoration of today's National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. "In the fight against HIV/AIDS,...
TOON IT DOWN: KOFI - URGES END TO VIOLENCE
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe Bush administration yesterday urged Saudi Arabia to play peacemaker in the raging Mohammed cartoon controversy, and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Muslims should accept apologies and calm down. The...
VOTER-BIAS SUIT VS. CITY
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amChinese- and Korean-speaking city residents who claim problems at the polls have blocked them from exercising their right to vote hit the Board of Elections with a federal lawsuit yesterday....
HOT-LINE CALL BAGS L.I. PERV
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amLong Island police have arrested a registered sex offender on charges of abusing a 17-year-old boy. Jonathan Knight, 48, of Commack, was busted Saturday and charged with third-degree sexual abuse...
FIEND: 'I AM QAEDA' - TANTRUMS IN COURT
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amAdmitted 9/11 terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui shouted, "I am al Qaeda!" in one of three outbursts that led him to be repeatedly booted from a Virginia courtroom yesterday. The terror master...
9/11 VICTIM'S SIS DEFENDS WIRETAPS
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The sister of the American Airlines pilot killed in the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon said yesterday the terror hijackings may have been prevented if the feds' eavesdropping...
MIKE: WTC LARRY CAN'T FINI$H JOB
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amGround Zero developer Larry Silverstein's plan to rebuild the World Trade Center with five office towers will likely never be finished, leaving New York "high and dry," Mayor Bloomberg warned...
WIRETAP WIMPS - DEMS IN RAPID RETREAT
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amYESTERDAY, liberal senators denounced the Bush administration for the way it has used electronic intelligence here at home in pursuit of al Qaeda - sort of. The administration, they said,...
GAYS WIN BURIAL RIGHT
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki has quietly extended domestic-partnership rights for gays - even as he works to woo more conservative voters in Iowa and New Hampshire for a possible presidential...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amQUEENS * A man was shot and killed yesterday during a violent struggle with the beau of his ex-girlfriend after he discovered hiding in a closet in her Queens home,...
3RD-RAIL DEATH
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amA man jumped in front of an oncoming subway train and survived yesterday, but was so bent on killing himself that he electrocuted himself on the third rail, police said....
THE 'CARTOON RIOTS': BIGOTS ON BOTH SIDES
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amRIOTS scorch the Islamic world as maddened believers protest Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. Embassies burn, demonstrators die, crazed threats resound. Far more Muslims fill the streets than protested...
CITY WINS RIGHT TO OK MORE CHARTERS
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - The city will get the power to authorize up to 50 new charter schools, under a plan Gov. Pataki will unveil today, The Post has learned. The 50...
CELEB SLEUTH IS INDICTED - H'WOOD P.I. TAPPED STARS' PHONES: FEDS
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - A grand jury indicted Hollywood gumshoe Anthony Pellicano, slapping him and six others with 110 counts of racketeering and eavesdropping that targeted celebrities, journalists and possible rape...
FAIR-NAKED LADIES POUT 'N' BARE IT - SCARLETT & KEIRA EXPOSED IN MAG
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amNo, your eyes are not deceiving you - here are Hollywood's two hottest young actresses posing together au naturel, with fashion icon Tom Ford thrown into the mix to make...
RUDY LENDS $TAR POWER TO THE GOP
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - After months of flying under the political radar, former Mayor Giuliani has agreed to headline a high-profile Republican fund-raiser in the nation's capital in early May. Giuliani will...
ESCAPEES FACE THEIR TRIAL ON TV
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amA pair of rape and murder defendants who staged a brazen escape attempt during their trial in Brooklyn Supreme Court last month will face justice again next week - over...
A RHYMES OR REASON: PROBERS EYE FITTY PALS IN VIDEO SHOOT
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amCops are probing whether a beef between Busta Rhymes' producer and two members of rapper 50 Cent's notorious posse spurred fatal gunfire at a star-studded video shoot in Brooklyn, The...
JUDGE TO GOTTI: SHUT YOUR FACE
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amJohn "Junior" Gotti and his lawyers have been ordered to zip their lips once his retrial on racketeering charges gets under way later this month. A ruling by Manhattan federal...
COPS SUE NYPD IN JOBS FLAP
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amDozens of cops filed suit against the NYPD yesterday, charging that the department is blocking them from moving on to greener pastures by tying them up in red tape. In...
CONFESSION IN GIRL'S GRISLY SLAY
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amA Brooklyn air-freight handler admitted yesterday to choking a 14-year-old girl he'd met at a prayer group - then slicing her throat to make sure she was dead. Anthony Perez,...
COMMISH'S MANNY RX FOR STATE HOSPS
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amVowing to prove that Manny Lanza "did not die in vain," State Health Commissioner Antonia Novello promised yesterday to push for reforms that would guarantee that no other New Yorker...
BOSS TECHS OUT - B'KLYN PRINCIPAL QUITS
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe principal of Brooklyn Technical HS, one of the city's most prestigious public schools, abruptly resigned yesterday amid allegations that he falsified address information to send his daughter to a...
HEY, BRING IT ON!
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amWhen Lance Logan received a letter from his 8-year-old daughter's school recommending her for the new after-school tutoring program, he jumped at the chance to sign her up. "Any extra...
BUSH BUDGET UNHEALTHY FOR CITY HOSPS: DEMS
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - New York hospitals can expect to take a big hit from President Bush's new $2.8 trillion budget, Democratic critics said yesterday, while the city has at least a...
KID LEARNS TO COPE
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amWhat does 37 ½ minutes of extra time equal? A long day for students. Third-grader Rochelle Norton wasn't crazy about the prospect of staying later than usual at PS 244...
ROVE BLASTS ANTI-WAR BRUNO TO GOV
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - President Bush's top adviser contacted Gov. Pataki personally to rip Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno for comments that the United States should withdraw its troops from Iraq. An...
MORE WANT KIDS IN
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amPS 84 first-grade teacher Jennifer McCord (below) found parents who wanted their children in the program even though they weren't listed for tutoring. "There were three or four who asked...
RITES ALL WRONG - QUACHAUN LIVED & DIED ALONE
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amLITTLE Quachaun Browne prepared to leave this world exactly as he came into it: with absolutely nothing. The 4-year-old's body was laid out yesterday in a donated casket, wearing a...
GUN'S AGLAZIN' - VIDEO CATCHES KILLER FIEND SHOOTING CLERK AT DUNKIN' DONUTS
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amHere is the chilling nightmare that played out in a Harlem Dunkin' Donuts, as a ruthless holdup man is caught on a surveillance tape waving his gun at terrified patrons...
SCHOOL PARENTS ARE TIME-TESTED
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amPublic-school students citywide began a new school schedule yesterday, requiring those in need of help to stay late for 37 ½ minutes of tutoring and others to be dismissed 10...
NITWIT BRIT ENDANGERS HER BABY
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amOh, baby! Britney Spears is taking her son's life in her hands. The blond pop tart cruised down the Pacific Coast Highway yesterday in her SUV with 16-week-old Sean on...
JUILLIARD SUSPECT IS GUILTY
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe only suspect in a Juilliard student's grisly 2004 murder was convicted of an unrelated misdemeanor assault yesterday. Dimitry Sheinman faces up to one year in jail in his dust-up...
MAYOR IS MISSING MAN AT BUSH BASH
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amAs President Bush honored the Dance Theatre of Harlem in a glittering gala at the White House last night, Mayor Bloomberg was fielding questions about pollution in The Bronx. Bloomberg's...
GUN'S AGLAZIN' - VIDEO CATCHES KILLER FIEND WHO SHOT MAN AT DUNKIN' DONUTS
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amA nightmare video released by cops yesterday shows a merciless thug firing the barrage of bullets that claimed the life of shop manager Sanjoy Kar at a Harlem Dunkin' Donuts....
VOTER-BIAS SUIT
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amChinese- and Korean-speaking city residents who say problems at the polls have blocked them from exercising their right to vote hit the Board of Elections with a federal lawsuit yesterday....
MOUSSAOUI BOASTS: 'I AM QAEDA'
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amAdmitted 9/11 terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui shouted, "I am al Qaeda!" in one of three outbursts that got him booted from a Virginia courtroom yesterday. The terror master kept refusing his...
9/11 VICTIM'S SIS BACKS WIRETAPS
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The sister of the American Airlines pilot killed in the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon believes the hijackings could have been prevented had President Bush's warrantless eavesdropping program...
OPRAH ALONE WITH CORETTA
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amOprah Winfrey said her goodbyes yesterday to Coretta Scott King, "the queen" of the civil-rights movement. The television talk-show host was one of the first people permitted to spend a...
SCHUMER RIPS VIRGIN I. $$
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Charles Schumer blasted Homeland Security officials yesterday for sending millions in federal funds to fortify the idyllic U.S. Virgin Islands against a terror attack. The Post reported...
'SCORES' BUSTED - FAMED STRIP-CLUB DUO IN TAX SCAM: DA
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amHonchos at the topless-joint empire Scores have been indicted for stripping millions of dollars from the government by setting up sham companies to skirt paying taxes, sources revealed yesterday. The...
KIDS INJURED IN BUS CRASH
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amA school bus crashed into a car that was making an illegal U-turn in Washington Heights yesterday, critically injuring the car driver and hurting several people, including two young children,...
PAUL ROBESON - A MODERN DAY RENAISSANCE MAN
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amPaul Robeson's extraordinary talents as a singer, actor, athlete, scholar and civil-rights activist were nearly overshadowed by his activities during the Cold War. Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson was born on...
THE SEXY BIN LADEN'S NEW PRINCE
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amNEVER mind Anna Wintour and Andre Leon Talley - the Fashion Week front-row couple du jour just may be Osama bin Laden's niece Wafah Dufour and Prince Max Schaumburg-Lippe of...
DRAB HUES NOT OSCAR-WORTHY - THE 'FALL' OF DE LA RENTA
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amWhat is it with designers and their somber moods for fall? Even Oscar de la Renta, who usually creates nothing but color for his "ladies" has succumbed. His Fashion Week...
OSCAR DOES A 'HUE' TURN - SHOWS DARK SIDE FOR FALL
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amWhat is it with designers and their somber moods? From city-girl fave Max Azria to socialite's delight Oscar de la Renta, dark, autumnal colors are ruling the catwalk. De la...
SERIOUSLY ON THE MARC - JACOBS PERFECTS DRAB FAD
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amA Customs holdup with the shipment of shoes delayed the Marc Jacobs show by nearly two hours last night, and it was the shoes that were one of Jacobs' most...
SCHUMER BEACHES ABOUT $$ FOR VIRGINS
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Charles Schumer ripped Homeland Security officials yesterday for sending millions in federal funds to fortify the idyllic U.S. Virgin Islands against a terror attack. The Post reported...
JUILLIARD SUSPECT GUILTY IN ASSAULT
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe only suspect in a young Juilliard student's grisly 2004 murder was convicted of an unrelated misdemeanor assault yesterday - making a hero of the diminutive, middle-aged chauffeur who stood...
MIKE STICKS TO HIS GUNS IN PREZ SNUB - BX. MEETING TAKES 'PRIORITY' OVER GALA
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg last night stood by his decision to blow off a White House gala with President Bush honoring the Dance Theatre of Harlem so he could go to a...
COLLINS HITS THE BOARDS
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amNET NOTES On Dec. 27 against the Cavs, Jason Collins got zero rebounds in 17 minutes. On Jan. 28 at Seattle, Collins played 30 minutes and got zero rebounds. On...
MILBURY IN LIMBO - NO REPLACEMENT SOON FOR ISLES GM
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amMike Milbury's name remains next to the "General Manger" title on the Islanders' game notes, and will likely remain there for some time, even as the search to find his...
STAR SEARCH IS ON
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amWITH the NBA set to announce the remainder of the All-Star rosters the day after tomorrow, it's time for our annual game of Reserve Judgment. I've always had three simple...
RANGERS' HOLLWEG READY TO STEP UP
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amBecause Petr Prucha is out for 3-4 weeks with a sprained MCL in his right knee, Rangers coach Tom Renney has a decision to make. Should he dip down to...
DEVS' MARTIN ADDED TO U.S. TAXI SQUAD
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amDevils defenseman Paul Martin was named to the three-man Team USA Olympic taxi squad yesterday by American GM Don Waddell, joining Hurricanes center Matt Cullen and Sabres goalie Ryan Miller...
CBS OUT TO KEEP ENBERG
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amCBS Sports executives hope to extend Dick Enberg's contract at the network. This issue came into some question when CBS signed James Brown to host its "NFL Today" pre-game show,...
THIS ROSE CAN HELP TEAMMATES BLOSSOM
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Jalen Rose had his potential game-tying shot partially blocked on Sunday, but yesterday he said he still felt good about his new team and wasn't discouraged by how...
NO DYNASTY IN THE WORKS
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - Super Bowl XL was one of those predestined outcomes you get in sports every now and then when logic is defied because God has a different plan. I'm...
'WONDERBOY' OUT OF DERBY
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe dreaded "Breeders' Cup Jinx" struck again yesterday morning when Stevie Wonderboy - winner of last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile, 2-year-old champion of 2005 and winter book favorite for the...
HOWDY, POD - 'FIRED UP' PIAZZA DONS S.D. THREADS
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe news broke more than a week ago. Mike Piazza's new team was going to be the Padres, the former Met All-Star making the decision to go catch on the...
MAR BAD NEWS - INJURED STEPHON ADVISED TO REST UNTIL AFTER ALL-STAR BREAK
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amStephon Marbury spoke glowingly yesterday of what it will be like to play with new Knicks teammate Jalen Rose, but that's not likely to happen anytime soon. The point guard,...
WARD'S WILD RIDE HAS PERFECT ENDING
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - Hines Ward is living proof that, regardless of how ominous a season begins for an NFL player, it can still end in euphoria. While Ward, the Steelers' top...
SWAMP BLING - NETS ARE HAPPY HOMEMAKERS THESE DAYS
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe way Nets coach Lawrence Frank sees it, "winning breeds confidence." Suffice to say the Nets are a very confident bunch at home these days. Entering last night against former...
ISLES GET MARTIN-IZED - ST. LOUIS KEYS TAMPA WIN
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amOVERTIME: Lightning 3 - Islanders 2 Three times this season the Islanders have lost to the Lightning, and three times those games have been decided late by the craftiness of...
BYRON FELT 'BETRAYED' BY NETS
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amFrom the moment the Nets fired Byron Scott - just seven months after he had coached them to a second straight NBA Final - he took the high road, refusing...
SWAMP BLING - NETS STUFF SCOTT, PUSH HOME STREAK TO 11
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amNets 99 - Hornets 91 Former Net coach Byron Scott was returning to New Jersey with the new, improved Hornets - and claiming his departure from the Meadowlands in 2004...
BILL SAILS, MIKE FAIL$ - COLUMBUS SPEECH CORRALS RESULTS FOR COWHER
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - Losers of three straight, the Steelers were in more than trouble back in early December. They were 7-5 and the next loss might remove them from the playoff...
HOLMGREN PLOY WAS ANYTHING BUT MONEY
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - The problem with today's athlete is when they demand "Show Me The Money," some desperate owner somewhere shows them the money. So when Mike Holmgren showed his millionaires...
BYRON WAS 'BETRAYED' BY NETS
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amFrom the moment Byron Scott was shockingly and unceremoniously fired by the Nets - just seven months after coaching them to their second straight NBA Finals - he has taken...
SWAMP BLING - NETS STUFF SCOTT; PUSH HOME STREAK TO 11
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amNets 99 _ Hornets 91 Jason Kidd said all the right things beforehand. Former coach Byron Scott was coming back with the new and improved Hornets, claiming his departure from...
UNION IRKED FOR QYNTEL
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe NBA's Players Association is ticked off at the Blazers for disparaging Knick small forward Qyntel Woods after the two sides reached a settlement on their dispute of last season's...
COLLINS' PROBLEMS SECONDARY
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amNET NOTES On Dec. 27 against the Cavs, Jason Collins played and got zero rebounds in 17 minutes. On Jan. 28, at Seattle, Collins played 30 minutes and got zero...
COACH WRITES NEW CHAPTER IN STEELERS' LORE
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - Bill Cowher is assuredly part of the foundation on which the sturdy Pittsburgh franchise sits, but he insists finally achieving the ultimate goal does not enhance his self-esteem....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
February 7, 2006 | 5:00amGeorge Clooney - what a practical joker! Roseanne says the Hollywood hunk once did an impression of Groucho Marx with his, uh, organ, and there's a photo of it somewhere....