February 16, 2006
A LITTLE ADVICE FOR THE NEW FED CHIEF
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amTHE Mortgage Bankers Association says applications for loans were down again last week, as they have been for the last month or so. And housing sales are weakening even as...
MONEY BATTLE AT WPP
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amForget the love triangle, office break-ins and executive betrayal, the turmoil at global ad giant WPP comes right down to money. The spectacular falling out between CEO Sir Martin Sorrell...
NAKED SHORTING TARGETED
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amTwo state securities regulators have issued subpoenas to get at the trading records of Wall Street's largest firms in a quest to stamp out the controversial practice of naked short-selling,...
FINK'S FORTUNE - BLACKROCK STAKE UP $57M IN RUN-UP TO MERRILL DEAL
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amLaurence Fink's stake in his vaunted BlackRock money management firm climbed $57 million during the three weeks it was pursued by Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch. Yesterday, the 52-year old...
THE PRODIGAL SON - MILLIONS ARE AT STAKE IN REDSTONE FAMILY FEUD
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amThe legal fight between Sumner Redstone and his estranged son Brent is mostly an allowance squabble - over the media mogul's refusal to hike his kid's $1 million annual trust...
KEEPING TAB$ - AMERICAN MEDIA REVISES RESULTS FOR 18 MONTHS
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amTabloid giant American Media yesterday restated its financial results for the better part of the past two years and said it overestimated the paying subscribers it would get from a...
ICAHN MAKES PICKS FOR TW BOARD
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amIn an effort to better his chances of winning over Time Warner shareholders, Carl Icahn plans to nominate just a handful of directors to the media giant's board, sources told...
BOSTONIANS BAKE BAGELS - N.Y. ONES AT THAT ... AND SHAKES UP THE BIG BOYS
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amThere's a lot Bostonians don't know how do, and one of them is make bagels. So when Ray Leonard and Amy Tormey, natives of Sharon, Mass., came to New York...
TUTORS: IVY LEAGUERS AIM AT THE S.A.T
February 16, 2006 | 5:00am>> Students really profit as the average score increase for the new SAT is 200 points, drawing 300 students from the tri-state area. The road to success for many Ivy...
LADIES OUTGEEKING FELLAS
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amBoys may love their toys, but gals are the new spend-crazed gadget geeks when it comes to high-tech goods, according to a new report. Women now spend $55 billion annually...
AUSSIE SISTERS WORTH A DOUBLE TAKE
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amDESPITE the Veronicas' cartoon moniker, you'd have to be a jughead not to hear that this Aussie girl group is the real thing. At the Avalon Ballroom (the old Limelight),...
'IDOL'S' DUAL DIVAS OUSTED
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amLAST night's "American Idol" episode officially ended the run of troubled Tennessee twins Derrell and Terrell Brittenum. The brothers were actually booted off "Idol" last month after being charged with...
GO FOR YOURSELF - FOR ABOUT $11G, YOU TOO CAN RUN THE 'RACE'
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amIT would take more than a bank busting $22,000 for a pair of travelers to repeat the 'round-the-world route of the "Amazing Race 7" step-for-step, The Post calculates. Between planes,...
STARR REPORT
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amPeter Gallagher, Chandra Wilson, Jill Hennessy and Tichina Arnold are among the stars who'll perform selections from "Funny Girl" at The Alzheimer's Association's annual "A Night at Sardi's" fundraiser March...
NO MORE TIERS - CHARGING FOR ONLY CHANNELS YOU WANT
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amI don't want to think about cable TV - I just want to receive it in my home and pay a fair price for it. Unfortunately, just getting cable without...
RIKERS GUARD'S KILLER GETS LIFE
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amA Brooklyn judge threw the book yesterday at a jealous husband who gunned down a correction officer "execution style" for carrying on an affair with his wife. James Johnson, 30,...
'JUNIOR' JURORS TOLD: FORGET DAPPER DAD
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amThe specter of John "Dapper Don" Gotti loomed large in federal court yesterday when a judge warned potential jurors in the case of John "Junior" Gotti against blaming the son...
'HOT CAR' FIRE BIG ARRESTED
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amA former high-ranking fire official on Long Island was arraigned yesterday on a charges of stealing cars donated to his department. Former Melville Fire Department 2nd Assistant Chief William Guichard,...
POL: REIN IN HORSE CARRIAGES
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amA Queens legislator is proposing confining horse-drawn carriages to Central Park to avoid accidents on Manhattan streets. Last month, a startled horse galloped down Ninth Avenue and collided with a...
IRAQ'S WMD SECRETS - SADDAM BOASTED ON TAPE
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amTop-secret tapes of Saddam Hussein capture him talking with his son-in-law in the 1990s about how well Iraq hid its weapons of mass destruction. The tapes also reveal Saddam's top...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * Police are asking for help identifying the suspect pictured above, who is wanted for sticking-up a Greenwich Village bank. He walked into the North Fork Bank branch at...
QUEENS LOTTO WINNER HIDES
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amLotto winner Jay Sung continued his bashful ways yesterday as he scurried into hiding a day after picking up his check for $22,030,811. "He's not here and he's not coming...
GOP BOSS HITS ELIOT'S 'HYPOCRISY'
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amState GOP chairman Stephen Minarik yesterday blasted Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for preventing one of his top aides from testifying at a congressional hearing on pre-Sept. 11 intelligence failures, calling...
'FAT NICK' YELLED SLUR AT VICTIM
February 16, 2006 | 5:00am"Fat Nick" told cops he used the N-word the night he took a bat to a black man in Howard Beach, a video statement played in Queens Supreme Court revealed...
ISLAND PARADISE - CITY AND STATE SEEKING BIG IDEAS FOR DEVELOPING HISTORIC GOVERNORS
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amThree years after taking control of Governors Island, the city and state yesterday put out a call for innovative ideas to develop the historic isle - and unveiled a dramatic...
HOT DOG TURNS INTO A PARTY ANIMAL
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amRufus the bull terrier acted just like a real celebrity after winning Best in Show - he partied all night in bars before getting up early to do press appearances....
DOWNTOWN'S DO-IT-YOURSELF ART GALLERY
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amA group of artists managed to find free gallery space in one of the city's hottest neighborhoods - by agreeing to paint the walls on which their works will hang....
1,000+ MOURN RABBI, 106
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amMore than 1,000 mourners turned out in Brooklyn yesterday to pay respects to a renowned 106-year-old Hasidic rabbi known for his storytelling. The crowd lined up along Eastern Parkway in...
LUGGAGE-AMMO FLIER PLEADS GUILTY
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amA former medic who had been working in Afghanistan pleaded guilty yesterday to bringing explosive ammunition aboard a plane back home, the hefty piece of firepower going undetected until he...
FORGET ME NOT - KIN HELP AMNESIAC GET LIFE BACK AFTER 6 MONTHS
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amSix months after amnesia robbed him of his straight-arrow life as a churchgoing family man, respected lawyer and Boy Scout troop leader, Raymond Power Jr. is trying to put it...
ED. BIGS OFFER AMNESTY ON SCHOOLS CON
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amDepartment of Education employees who live outside the city but improperly send their children to city schools have one month to 'fess up and pay up or face firing, the...
SENIOR TAX BREAK EYED
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amCity Comptroller Bill Thompson is proposing that approximately 81,000 low- and moderate-income seniors be given a $600 rebate on their property-tax bills when other homeowners get their $400 rebate. Thompson,...
RAP BIG ENDS TRINKET TUSSLE
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amValentine's Day is over, but love was still in the air in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday where "Jacob the Jeweler" filed and then dropped a $1.9 million lawsuit against a...
BELATED FDNY HONORS FOR TRAGIC EMS MAN
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amThe death of a decorated EMS lieutenant killed by a pulmonary embolism last year has finally been recognized as being in line of duty by the FDNY, The Post has...
CHERTOFF IN EYE OF THE STORM
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amHomeland Security chief Michael Chertoff was knocked around yesterday by both chambers of Congress, with the Senate hammering him over the government's response to Hurricane Katrina and the House weighing...
MITZVAH FOR HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amThe latest scene in a fairytale love story that began at a Nazi concentration camp when a starving 12-year-old met a brave girl plays out today at a Long Island...
POOCH ZAPPED - ELECTRICITY LEAK KILLS B'KLYN PET
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amA beloved pet dog was electrocuted yesterday by stray current coming from beneath a Brooklyn sidewalk, officials said. Danny Kapilian was walking his 80-pound dog, Barkis - named for a...
SHOCK 'VICTIM' THANKS 'ANGEL'
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amA Bronx woman says it was as if an angel saved her life by pushing her off an electrically charged Con Ed grating this week - in yet another report...
BUSTA, START RAPPIN' - KELLY WANTS ANSWERS
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amRapper Busta Rhymes, who has steadfastly remained tight-lipped about the murder of his bodyguard at a music video shoot in Brooklyn, got a loud and clear message from Police Commissioner...
CEMETERY CREW BURY, BURY BAD - SUIT CHARGES POOING & WOOING
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amA Bronx woman has slapped celeb-filled Woodlawn Cemetery with a $6 million lawsuit, claiming she was unjustly fired after she complained her male co-workers were acting like a pack of...
THERE'S NO END IN SIGHT TO POLITICAL 'CROSSFIRE'
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amVICE President Cheney finally stepped forward to say the buckshot (or birdshot) stops here - and set the stage for the White House to try to move on. "That's the...
OLD FOE RON VS. HOWARD
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amA Jewish theater company has declared war on Howard Stern - hiring his radio nemesis to fight his demands that his fetching actress-daughter be paid for her nude appearance in...
ELIOT WAY OFF 'TRACK'
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amA disgruntled member of a grand jury that handed up two indictments in a recent scandal involving fat jockeys yesterday accused Attorney General Eliot Spitzer of political grandstanding on the...
DICK'S SHOT AT APOLOGY: 'I DIDN'T SEE MY PAL UNTIL AFTER I FIRED'
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amVice President Dick Cheney bit the birdshot yesterday, taking full blame for shooting a pal while hunting quail, an accident he called "one of the worst days of my life."...
SETBACK FOR DAD JACKO
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - A California appeals court handed Debbie Rowe a big victory in her child-custody battle with Michael Jackson, ruling the mom didn't terminate her parental rights, according to...
SLAIN MAN FOUND BURIED BENEATH SNOW ON S.I.
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amThe body of a man with two gunshot wounds to the head was discovered yesterday buried in a mountain of snow behind a Staten Island apartment building, police said. Two...
WOMAN, 79, KILLED BY VAN
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amA Brooklyn grandmother was struck and killed by a van yesterday afternoon, cops said. Selma Hyman, 79, was crossing East 16th Street in Midwood at about 3:20 p.m. The van...
DOGGONE AT JFK
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amCops were trying to collar a missing Westminster show dog last night after she bolted from her cargo cage at JFK Airport and onto a busy runway. ViVi, a 40-pound,...
SCHOOL SCAMMERS CAN GET CLEAN SLATE
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amDepartment of Education employees who live outside the city but improperly send their children to city schools have one month to 'fess up and pay up or face firing, the...
GOP BOSS HITS ELIOT 'HYPOCRISY'
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amState GOP chairman Stephen Minarik yesterday blasted Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for preventing one of his top aides from testifying at a congressional hearing on pre-Sept. 11 intelligence failures, calling...
POOR & ORDER - NEW COPS SEEK FOOD STAMPS
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amThe city's reduced starting salary for the NYPD's newest class of recruits is forcing rookies at the Police Academy to apply for food stamps, sources told The Post. Union sources...
DIG THIS: BREAK OUT SHOVELS OR PAY A FINE
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amWith last weekend's blizzard quickly melting away, a blizzard of tickets is beginning to blanket New York as officials fine property owners who still have not taken the time to...
SAVAGE THUGS - ON TAPE BEFORE COMA ATTACK
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amThis is a dramatic surveillance photo taken moments before a gang of thugs savagely beat a man during a botched robbery attempt then threw him down a flight of subway...
NELLY'S DRIVEN TO SUE
February 16, 2006 | 5:00am"Ride Wit Me" was one of Nelly's biggest hits, but that doesn't mean he likes being taken for one. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, the "Hot in Herre"...
NO-SHOW DOG'S JFK BREAKOUT
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amCops were trying to collar a missing Westminster show dog early today after the prized hound bolted from her cargo cage at JFK Airport onto a busy runway. ViVi, a...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - PRESIDENTS EDITION
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amRUTHERFORD B. HAYES - 19TH PRESIDENT- 1877-1881 Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1822. He attended Kenyon College and Harvard Law School. He moved to Cincinnati and...
NBA 'AIR' GUN - STASHED ON PLANE
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amConey Island basketball prodigy Sebastian Telfair was fined by the Portland Trail Blazers after a loaded handgun was discovered in some luggage stowed aboard the team's plane. A flight attendant...
'JUNIOR' JURORS TOLD: GOTTI GET PAST 'DAPPER DON'
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amThe specter of John "Dapper Don" Gotti loomed large in federal court yesterday when a judge warned potential jurors in the case of John "Junior" Gotti against blaming the son...
FIRE BIG'S 'HOT' CARS - EX-CHIEF SOLD DEPT. VEHICLES: DA
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amA former high-ranking fire official on Long Island was arraigned yesterday on a charges of stealing cars that were donated to his department. Former Melville Fire Department 2nd Assistant Chief...
ROSLYN ROBBED - AGAIN - HS CANCER HEIST
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amA thief at Long Island's Roslyn HS - in the wealthy school district made infamous by an $11.2 million administrative fraud - stole $8,000 in cash from a student charity...
THE SNOW COPS - SHOVEL YOUR WALK OR GET A TICKET - DIG IT?
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amWith last weekend's blizzard quickly melting away, a blizzard of tickets is beginning to blanket New York as officials fine property owners who still have not taken the time to...
8G ROBBERY AT ROSLYN HS
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amA thief at Long Island's Roslyn HS - in the wealthy school district made infamous by an $11.2 million administrative fraud - stole $8,000 in cash from a student charity...
DOH! DOLPH'S A BAD DUDE - 'PERV' TEACH MODEL FOR 'SIMPSON' BULLY
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amThe pudgy-faced Brooklyn teacher charged with fondling three 10-year-old schoolgirls is the real-life model for the school-bully character of Dolph on "The Simpsons," it was revealed yesterday. Matt Groening, creator...
JANITOR JAILED IN GI ID THEFT
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amA janitor who pleaded guilty to stealing the identity of an Army reservist was sentenced to 1½ to 3 years in jail yesterday in Queens Criminal Court. Edwin Gomez, 35,...
POL: CORRAL THE CARRIAGES
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amA Queens legislator is proposing confining horse-drawn carriages to Central Park to avoid carriage accidents on Manhattan streets. Last month, a startled horse galloped down Ninth Avenue and collided with...
STORM BARRELS IN ON CHERTOFF - KATRINA-PROBE POLS LASH HOMELAND BOSS
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amHomeland Security chief Michael Chertoff was knocked around yesterday by both chambers of Congress, with the Senate hammering him over the government's response to Hurricane Katrina and the House weighing...
VINCE'S TAP SAVES NETS
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amNets 95 - Bobcats 94 CHARLOTTE - This pretty much had been an exercise in frustration for Vince Carter and the Nets. An 18-point first- quarter lead was the stuff...
YES! CRAWFORD'S SHOT ENDS KNICKS' SKID AT 10
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amStephon Marbury was the first to joyously greet Jamal Crawford as the Knicks' sore-shouldered point guard in the tan double-breasted suit bounded onto the court laughing. Marbury chest-bumped Crawford, who...
KIDD MISS PROVES OK FOR NETS
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amNET NOTES CHARLOTTE - Jason Kidd was going to the foul line with :01.7 left and the Nets up one. So he asked referee Steve Javie about timeouts. Both sides...
BACK BURNER: PAVANO: NO MOUND WORK UNTIL MARCH 1
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amTAMPA - Prior to the first vial of blood being drawn or groin stretched, Carl Pavano is behind schedule because of a balky back that may not be ready by...
UNIT NEEDS TO BACK UP BIG WORDS
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amTAMPA - Randy Johnson is selling his 2005 season and he is selling it hard. At times, he sounds more like the tallest member of the Elias Sports Bureau than...
BROWN DOUBTS TRADE GOSSIP
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Larry Brown believes most blockbuster trades are never pulled off, and the Knicks coach is skeptical the team will be able to add a big name such as...
SHOE AND TELL; PEDRO ON NEW CLEAT: 'IT'S OK FOR NOW'
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - The new right cleat Pedro Martinez wore yesterday is substantially taller and thicker than his left one. As Martinez moved around in his new Nike shoe...
KNICKS END SKID AT 10 ; BROWN POINTS FINGER AT MEDIA
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amKnicks 98Raptors 96 For the first time, Larry Brown blamed the media for his team's demise and said the challenge of rebuilding in the impatient New York market is immense....
STURTZE IS OFF TO SLOW START
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - Carl Pavano isn't the only Yankee pitcher taking it slow. When the pitching groups were posted in the clubhouse at Legends Field yesterday, right-handed reliever Tanyon...
ICE STORM ON WAY FOR ABE AND JETS
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amThat the Jets let it be known they've been speaking to John Abraham's representatives doesn't exactly mean the two sides are any closer to reaching a long-term deal. A source...
LUZZI BANGS OUT TRIPLE
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amMike Luzzi booted home triple-bagger, allowing him to close some ground in race for leading rider on Eibar Coa, who only won two and now leads Luzzi 64-51. Ramon Dominguez...
TRADES APPEAR REMOTE
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amNET NOTES CHARLOTTE - The trading deadline is now one week away, and the Nets are talking, the Nets are trying, the Nets are willing. But the Nets are doubting...
PEDRO BEHIND IN THE COUNT
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amPORT ST. LUCIE - Pedro Martinez finally got to play catch yesterday, wearing his new custom-made shoe. Now he'll have to play catch-up. It's going to take some time. The...
LARRY'S RUNNING OUT OF EXCUSES
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amTHE good news is the NBA All-Star break is almost here, which means we won't have to see the imploding Knicks for six days. The bad news is there is...
AN EPIPHANNY IN FDA TRIUMPH
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amPSAL GIRLS PLAYOFFS; FDA 57 - Truman 56 As the players of Frederick Douglass Academy celebrated their dramatic 57-56 playoff victory at Truman yesterday, Ed Grezinsky and Epiphanny Prince stood...
RED OUTSHINES SCARLET - JOHNNIES OUTDUEL KNIGHTS
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amSt. John's 54 - Rutgers 51 PISCATAWAY - In schoolyards throughout Brooklyn today, youngsters who dream of playing Big East Conference basketball won't be practicing the fantastic shot that gave...
'NO CLOSER' TO FRANCIS
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES The Knicks have been speaking to Orlando about Steve Francis for 10 days, offering Penny Hardaway's expiring contract in a would-be megadeal. But the Magic traded center Kelvin...
SMOOTH ROAD IN CHARLOTTE - NETS NEEDED TO WIN GOING AWAY
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amCHARLOTTE - Win at home, break even on the road. That's the formula for success in team sports used since Caesar had all those great road wins in Gaul. Well,...
UP-HILL CLIMB FOR STORM - GUARD'S ABSENCE MAJOR BLOW
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amPISCATAWAY - It was only a matter of time before the tank ran dry. It's no secret that it's harder to play defense than offense for one simple reason: The...
WAGNER BELIEVES BRIDGE IS STRONG
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - Even though the Mets have revamped the set-up corps in front of Billy Wagner, questions remain about that crew. Wagner, however, seems to have...
CZECH OUT OUR TEAM
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amTURIN, Italy - One day into the Olympic hockey tournament, our Rangers are doing great. We fell behind Germany after a period yesterday but rallied to a 4-1 victory. Though...
BAD-BOY BERTUZZI LEADS CANADIANS
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amTURIN, Italy - Wayne Gretzky a distraction? Thank you very much, might think Todd Bertuzzi, a good Canadian player who did a very bad thing to Colorado's Steve Moore in...
SPLAT-VIA! U.S.OPENS WITH TIE - TIRED AMERICANS GIVE AWAY GIMME
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amUnited States 3 Latvia 3 TURIN, Italy - The first U.S. Olympic hockey team to be made of NHL professionals, 1998 in Nagano, took its preliminary-round opener with Sweden lightly...
HEDRICK WON'T WIN FIVE GOLD MEDALS
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amTURIN 2006 NOTEBOOK TURIN, Italy - Chad Hedrick's drive for five came to an end yesterday. The U.S. speed skater entered these Olympics with the hope of matching Eric Heiden's...
APOLO GETS BACK ON TRACK
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amTURIN, Italy - When Apolo Anton Ohno slipped in the 1,500 meters semifinal Sunday, it did not seem to rattle the ultra-confident speed skater. His teammates, however, were a different...
WEIR IT'S AT - JOHNNY WOULD BE OK WITH SILVER
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amTURIN, Italy - American figure skater Johnny Weir takes the ice tonight knowing he probably can do no better than second place, not that he cares. The flamboyant skater from...
YES! KNICKS END SKID AT 10
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amKNICKS 98 RAPTORS 96 Stephon Marbury was the first to joyously greet Jamal Crawford as the Knicks' sore-shouldered point guard in the tan double-breasted suit bounded onto the court laughing....
WEIRD BUT TRUE
February 16, 2006 | 5:00amCops in Fort Worth, Texas, are looking for a suspect with bad grammar after a burglar broke into Linens 'n Things, stole cash from the safe and left a smarmy,...