October 25, 2004
BARNEYS' SECRET - TONY RETAILER WOOS SUITORS WITH EXPANSION PLANS
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBarneys New York plans to nearly double in size over the next five years by opening 32 stores, in cities as diverse as Boston, Las Vegas and San Francisco, as...
MACY'S HIRES FOLEY TO BUFF HOME STORE
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amMacy's is adding a home design guru to its management team, part of an ongoing attempt to reposition its home stores, The Post has learned. Tricia Foley, a former magazine...
WAYWARD PRESSMAN AIMS TO RECLAIM FAMILY JEWEL
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amGene Pressman wants a second chance. Pressman, of course, became famous as the flamboyant executive whose flair for sleek, exquisitely designed clothes helped make Barneys New York the epitome of...
US PICKED MAG OF THE YEAR
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBOCA RATON, Fla. - As the magazine world's biggest editors and executives started gathering here last night for their annual American Magazine ConFerence, Us Weekly took home the Magazine of...
CRIER EDUCATION
October 25, 2004 | 4:00am"The Brooke Ellison Story" [] (Four stars) Tonight at 8 on A&E THE day after the sad death of Christopher Reeve, I opened an invitation that had arrived in the...
-GAY 'WHORE' HAS NO LAUGHS (M)-THIS 'WHORE' IS A REAL BORE (S, LCF)
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amLAUGH WHORE[Half a Star]The Cort Theatre, 138 W. 48th St. (212) 239-6200. CLEARLY this is the Broadway season for one-man/one-woman/one-possum shows. We have five of them due to open before...
OUT OF SYNCH SIMPSON
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amLIP synch? Me? Teen singer Ashlee Simp son says the embarassing snafu on "Saturday Night Live" that revealed at least some her vocals are pre-taped was all a misunderstanding. Ashlee,...
'OBNOXIOUS'? DONALD DIGS IT - ACTOR STUDIED TRUMP TAPES FOR BIG-BOSS SPOOF
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amDONALD Trump - who has sniped and sneered at new shows that try to capture the boardroom drama of his hit "The Apprentice" - draws the line at "My Big...
HEAR SARAH JESSICA'S BROTHER CROON
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amSARAH Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick led the standing ovation last Saturday night when her brother, Toby Parker, wrapped up his cabaret performance at Midtown's Club Opia. Toby (and maybe...
TRUMAN CHANNEL
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S the next logical step: Germany's version of the "Big Brother" reality TV show is building a small town to mimic "The Truman Show" concept. The city currently being built...
STARR REPORT
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amTasty Peta on menu Peta Wilson is here this week filming an episode of the upcoming (Jan.) Fox series "Jonny Zero" in which she plays Aly, a bounty hunter searching...
WE'RE IN THEIR CLUTCHES - FALL'S 'IT' BAGS PLAY STARRING ROLL ON RED CARPET; HOLLYWOOD PICKS FOR BEST BAGS
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amIT'S official. Tod's slim, elegant clutch is the "It" bag of the fall season. Although the name Tod's might not trip off your tongue as easily as Gucci or Chanel,...
SPANO RILES FELLOW DEMS
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amDEMOCRATIC Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano, who harbors statewide election ambitions, is being privately accused of trying to help Republican state Sen. Nicholas Spano win re-election. Andrew Spano, who is...
'GI JANES' NUDE ON PORN SITE
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - The Pentagon is investigating an Internet porn site that is publishing nude photos of what it claims are three female GIs in Iraq, The Post has learned. An...
WILLIAMS DAD: KILLER MUST DIE
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amCOMPTON, Calif. - The heartbroken father of Venus and Serena Williams said he wants death for gunmen who blew away his daughter Yetunde Price last year. "I think if you...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amThere are pennies from heaven - and pennies from hell. Stefanie and Myron Roth of Brentwood, Calif., got a taste of the latter when they agreed to stop their noisy...
S.I. FERRY NAMED 'SPIRIT OF AMERICA'
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amThe city has settled on "Spirit of America" as the name of a new Staten Island Ferry after riders objected to naming it "September 11th." When Mayor Bloomberg announced the...
HILL APPEARS FOR LAST LAP
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Although she has kept a low profile for most of the campaign, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is emerging as one of John Kerry's best surrogates, barnstorming the country...
BIAS FUROR AT HOMELAND DEPT.
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amThree black women who claim racism spurred their transfers from the New York office of the federal Homeland Security Department yesterday called on President Bush and Secretary Tom Ridge to...
$ETTLER PLAN PASSES TEST
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amIsrael's Cabinet yesterday approved Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to compensate settlers ousted from the Gaza Strip - setting the stage for a crucial parliament vote tomorrow. Cabinet ministers voted...
ZETA SUES STRIP CLUB OVER PIX
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amCatherine Zeta-Jones is blowing her topless over a Nevada nudie cabaret, saying they're illegally using her photos in their ads. The sexy star says The Spice Club in Reno is...
'TERROR' LAWYER BEGS FOR SUPPORT
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amAccusing federal prosecutors of trying to "smear" her with links to Osama bin Laden, radical lawyer Lynne Stewart is "begging" supporters to show up en masse when she testifies in...
NYPD TO POLICE OWN ROGUES
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amOn the heels of a scandal involving a top cop who allegedly left work early to moonlight, the NYPD is planning to beef up oversight of its troubled Inspections Unit...
'THE GRUDGE' IS A $CREAM GEM
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amMoviegoers held a big "Grudge" over the weekend - but this time, it was a good thing: They turned the low-budget horror flick "The Grudge" into the nation's top hit....
SCROLL SURVIVORS - JEWS FETE RESTORED TORAHS
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amTwo freshly restored Torahs - survivors of the Holocaust and Soviet persecution - were officially rededicated yesterday at the Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe Synagogue in Brighton Beach. A...
WEST SIDE PROTEST OF THE 'NAZI' NEXT DOOR
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amMore than two dozen members of a militant Jewish group demonstrated yesterday outside an Upper West Side building demanding the eviction of a man they accuse of being a "Nazi."...
MASSACRE IN IRAQ - 50 NEW ARMY RECRUITS SHOT IN HEAD
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amFifty new Iraqi soldiers were massacred - most of them forced to lie face down on a remote roadside and shot execution-style in head - in one of the most...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBROOKLYN * A young man was found shot dead yesterday on a Bushwick street, cops said. The body of the unidentified man, in his 20s, was found slumped against a...
BUSH'S BATTLE CRY - VOWS TO KEEP U.S. ON THE OFFENSIVE
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday warned America has to stay on the offensive in the war on terror - and slammed rival John Kerry for likening the life-or-death battle to...
FAR-LEFT BRITISH NEWSPAPER SEEMS TO CALL FOR PRESIDENT BUSH'S ASSASSINATION ...
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amThe far-left British newspaper that tried to lobby Ohio voters to back John Kerry has now run a column that seems to call for President Bush's assassination. The Guardian, on...
HOT LINE FOR FLU IS BARELY WORTH A SHOT
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amCity flu hot lines are a bad call for people trying to learn how to get much- needed vaccinations, two top elected officials charged yesterday. A survey by city Public...
N.J. FIREMAN HURT AFTER RESCUING 3
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amA New Jersey firefighter who had just rescued a family of three from their burning house barely escaped with his own life by jumping out a window and sliding down...
NECK-AND-NECK WITH 8 DAYS TO GO
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amThe presidential race is tightening into a super-close battle, according to several new polls nationally and in key states that suggest either President Bush or Democrat John Kerry could win....
RESPONSE 'TOO SLOW'
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amFriends and family yesterday had the same question for rescue workers who futilely tried to save three women trapped in a Jeep in New Jersey's Passaic River: What took so...
CAPT. WINS REPRIEVE ON WAR CALL-UP
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amA decorated Army captain won't be heading to Iraq this morning after military officials agreed to consider his request for resignation. A Manhattan federal judge yesterday called an unusual Sunday...
PALS SAY TRAGIC-ACCIDENT TRIO WERE CLEAN AND SOBER
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amWhen word spread about the car accident that killed three New Jersey women yesterday, friends said they were certain that alcohol wasn't involved. The trio had been through enough drama...
BILL OF FARE IS LEANER - EX-PREZ LIGHTENS DIET
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBill Clinton has traded the Big Macs for turkey burgers - and seven weeks after his quadruple-bypass heart surgery, it's paying off. The former president says he's feeling fine. "I've...
ED & RUDY FORM 'AIR' FORCE FOR W.
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amTwo former New York mayors, Rudy Giuliani and Ed Koch, have teamed up to tape an odd-couple radio ad for President Bush that will run all over Florida in a...
COPS HUNT CHELSEA KILLER
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amA man was shot dead outside a housing project in Chelsea yesterday, and his killer fled into one of the buildings, prompting a massive manhunt. The 27-year-old victim, whose name...
HOT ON HIS TRAIL - OFFICIALS CLOSING IN ON FUGITIVE
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amHe bamboozled investors in a Queens co-op scheme. Then, to avoid prison, he brazenly duped a judge, slithered through the grasp of law enforcement and built a luxurious life on...
'FLU' FONE FLAP - HOT LINES USELESS
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amCity flu hot lines are a bad call for people trying to learn how to get much-needed vaccinations, two top officials charged yesterday. A survey by city Public Advocate Betsy...
VICTIMS HAD BEEN CLEAN AND SOBER FOR YEARS, GRIEVING PALS SAY
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amAs word spread about the nightmare accident that killed three New Jersey women, their grieving friends said they were certain alcohol wasn't involved. The victims had become united in their...
BX. MAN KILLED IN HIT-&-RUN
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amA pedestrian was killed by a hit-and-run driver at a busy Bronx intersection last night, police said. Michael Cole, 26, who lived nearby, was crossing Baychester Avenue at Bussing Avenue...
JUDGE GRANTS CAPT. REPRIEVE
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amAn Army captain won't be heading to Iraq today after a Manhattan federal judge held a rare Sunday hearing in which the case was put off until Nov. 1. Capt....
380 TONS OF EXPLOSIVES ARE MISSING
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amNearly 380 tons of powerful conventional explosives reportedly disappeared from an Iraqi military bunker 30 miles south of Baghdad in the days after the U.S. invasion. The facility, known as...
JOHN KERRY DID NOT MEET WITH ALL U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ...
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amJohn Kerry did not meet with all U.N. Security Council members in the days before the invasion of Iraq as he has claimed, it was reported today. Kerry said at...
ZABAR'S E. SIDE SHOP BURNS
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amFour firefighters suffered minor injuries in a fire that broke out in a bakery oven at a popular Upper East Side gourmet emporium yesterday. The fire at Eli's Vinegar Factory...
TEACHER-BUST RATE MORE THAN ONE A DAY
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amAuthorities arrested city public-school teachers at a rate of more than one a day last year, even as busts of city Department of Education employees fell slightly, figures obtained by...
NEXT STOP, 1904! CLASSIC HUB WILL REOPEN FOR SUBWAY B'DAY
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amWelcome to the "new" City Hall Station. To celebrate the subway's centennial year, the MTA has spruced up the original City Hall Station, which will host tomorrow's re-enactment of the...
DON OF THE DEAD - 5 GAMBINOS TO IMPLICATE GOTTI IN SLAY PLOT
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amThe feds have lined up five turncoat mobsters from the crumbling Gambino crime family to testify against Peter Gotti and his two co-defendants for next week's racketeering trial. They're Michael...
SCANDAL IN U.N. HONCHO'S PAST
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Benon Sevan, the head of the Iraq oil-for-food program, presided over another U.N. scandal earlier in his career in which millions of dollars earmarked for reconstruction of war-torn...
VAUGHN JOCKEYS TO BE NET POINT
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amFirst, Jacque Vaughn had to get to know who his Nets teammates were. Then he really had to get to know them. Vaughn had to learn who likes the ball...
BIRDSTONE LOOKS TO DEFY ODDS - EYES CLASSIC WIN OFF LAYOFF
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amGRAND PRAIRIE, Tex. - Of all the 101 horses pre-entered in the Breeders' Cup Saturday, one horse - and one horse alone - has the potential to light up the...
TRAINER HAS WINNING 'SENSE'
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amGRAND PRAIRIE, Tex. - If experience counts for anything in the Breeders' Cup, and it does, then trainer Patrick Biancone owns an edge in Saturday's 21st running of the World...
NO GRAPHICS? IT'S GLORIOUS!
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amDID you see it yesterday? Did you see what happened? For a few minutes in the second half of Lions-Giants, Fox lost the use of graphics. All we could see...
INJURY KOS PLETCHER'S READY'S GAL
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amNOTEBOOK GRAND PRAIRIE, Tex. - Trainer Todd Pletcher is having his best year ever with over $13.7 million in earnings to lead the nation, but he must be feeling snake-bit...
IT'S A NEW ERROR - SOX, CARDS BOTH NEED TO CLEAN UP THEIR ACTS
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - If any team in any sport understands one victory means very little in the first game of a postseason series, it's the Red Sox. After staging the biggest...
FOULKE KEEPS HIS COOL
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - Apparently, it's going to take more than an eighth-inning, bases-loaded, tie-game situation in Game 1 of the World Series to rattle Keith Foulke. If Saturday's Fall Classic debut...
BOSOX FIND SKIPPER NOT SO TERRY-BLE
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - As we watch the evolution of Terry Francona from overmatched newbie to savvy field general, it's best to remember what everyone thought of Joe Torre in those days...
REAL EYE-OPENER - ROOKIE ARIZA WINS RAVES WITH KNICKS
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amThe only highlight of the Knicks' three-game Western nightmare in which they got slaughtered by a combined 82 points came from their 19-year-old rookie small forward Trevor Ariza. It occurred...
ALLAN WON'T BE READY
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amKnicks coach Lenny Wilkens said it was "very doubtful" Allan Houston will play in any of the remaining preseason games, as Houston's chances of being ready for the season opener...
'ROMAN' NUMBERS TOP CHARTS
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amGRAND PRAIRIE, Tex. - With just six days to go to Saturday's Breeders' Cup, there was a flurry of activity yesterday morning at tracks coast-to-coast. Nearly 30 horses - almost...
CURTIS GLIDES PAST BROWN
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amJET NOTES FOXBORO - As quietly as he's gained all of the yardage that'll eventually lead him to the Hall of Fame, Curtis Martin yesterday passed all-time NFL great Jim...
WHERE'S THE GLOVE, SOX?
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - So when the Red Sox lose the DH spot tomorrow night in St. Louis, maybe David Ortiz should play left field. Why not? The Sox were whistling past...
ST. LOUIS DEFENSE AS GOOD AS IT GETS
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - At this point, Matt Morris often doesn't bother congratulating Jim Edmonds or Scott Rolen or whoever else makes a sparkling defensive play anymore. Heck, if Morris did, he'd...
THE DAVID DILEMMA - CARDS MUST DECIDE TO PITCH TO ORTIZ OR JUST PUT HIM ON
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - Back in Game 5 of the ALCS, the Red Sox had runners on first and second with one out in the 14th inning. David Ortiz was at the...
THIS TIME, BRADY DOES DAMAGE EARLY
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amFOXBORO - He usually waits in games like these, saving the play that wins for the final seconds of the fourth quarter, not the second. But there was Tom Brady...
BLUE TINGE TO REALITY TV
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amAT 4-1, hope floated like that football Kurt Warner sailed into the end zone toward Amani Toomer. About to go up 17-7 at the half, the quarterback put that ball...
PLENTY OF HOLES IN DEFENSE
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amIt would have been easy for the Giants' defenders to say Detroit out-schemed them yesterday, to say they were tricked or fooled or outsmarted. Easy, but untrue. Yesterday's 28-13 loss...
JUST LION DOWN - TOM TAKES FALL FOR FLAT JINTS
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amLions 28 - Giants 13 The problem was not that the Giants didn't think they could win. It may have been that they didn't believe they could lose. All the...
WOBBLY WOMACK REFUSES TO SIT - CARDS' SECOND BASEMAN SHAKES OFF GAME 1 INJURY
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amWorld Series Notebook BOSTON - Tony Womack kept his promise to be in the Cardinals' starting lineup last night, 24 hours after leaving Game 1 with a bruised left collarbone...
PATS SHOW JETS HOW IT'S DONE - GANG GREEN GAFFES KEY TO FIRST DEFEAT
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amPatriots 13 - Jets 7 FOXBORO - The Jets went to Foxboro yesterday to play the Patriots knowing they needed to bring their Sunday best to bring home a victory,...
GIANTS RED-FACED AS OFFENSE FLOUNDERS
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Even when they were winning, the Giants were losing when it came to effectiveness in the red zone, or, as they like to call it now, the green...
GREEN IN BLUE MOOD OVER BENCHING
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBarrett Green knew he wasn't going to start yesterday's game against his former team but he thought he'd get a chance to play some linebacker for the Giants defense. But...
BASH BOYS ON CENTER STAGE
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - The World Series is only one game old, but the Cardinals have learned a painful lesson. Don't pitch to David Ortiz. Especially don't pitch to David Ortiz when...
HARRINGTON STANDS TALL, SINKS JINTS
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amJoey Harrington is Detroit's emotional leader, the barometer for the Lions' success. The young quarterback had to stew for an entire week over a 38-10 beating at the hands of...
GIANTS FLOUNDER WHEN IT COUNTS
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES Even when they were winning, the Giants were losing when it came to effectiveness in the red zone, or, as they like to call it now, the green...
ANKLE MAY SHELVE SCHILL
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amCurt Schilling's Game 2 start might have been his last one this year, according to the Associated Press. Schilling might be shut down due to pain and possible damage from...
PATS SHOW JETS HOW IT'S DONE
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amFOXBORO - The Jets went to Foxboro yesterday to play the Patriots knowing they needed to bring their Sunday best to bring home a victory, get themselves to 6-0 for...
12TH-MAN TONGUE TAKES BLAME FOR PLAYING 'SAFE'
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amLast week, in a nail-biter win over the 49ers, Jets safety Reggie Tongue called himself out for a couple of blown calls in the secondary that led to a touchdown...
JETS FUMBLE BIG CHANCE
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amFOXBORO - Chad Pennington sat bare-chested at his locker for close to 10 minutes, a green equipment bag at his feet. Finally, he headed for the shower, where he washed...
ALLAN'S NOT READY - CLOCK RUNS OUT ON REHABBING HOUSTON
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amPRESEASON: Knicks 102 - Mavs 86 Knick coach Lenny Wilkens said last night it was "very doubtful" Allan Houston will play any of the remaining preseason games, his chances of...
CURTIS GLIDES PAST BROWN INTO SEVENTH
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amJET NOTES FOXBORO - As quietly as he's gained all of the yardage that'll eventually lead him to the Hall of Fame, Curtis Martin yesterday passed all-time NFL great Jim...
CRAWFORD LIGHTS UP GARDEN
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amWith the expected news Allan Houston is out for the preseason and likely out for the season opener, though it's not official, the pressure was on for struggling Jamal Crawford...
CHAD: IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amFOXBORO - Prosperity stared the Jets right in the face yesterday and they flinched. A Jets' victory over the Patriots would have made them the talk of the NFL. Now,...
COREY 1ST TO BREAK 100 YARDS VS. JETS
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amFOXBORO - Allow defensive tackle Jason Ferguson to explain. Give the big man two sentences to reflect his view, one shared by most of his tackling teammates, for why the...
SCHILLING'S EFFORTS TWO FOR THE AGES
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - They've waited a long time around here for a guy like this, for a player with this much resolve, this much courage. New England has searched high and...
SCHILL OF VICTORY - GIMPY CURT STIFLES CARDS AS BOSOX GO UP 2-0
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amGAME 2: Red Sox 6 - Cards 2 BOSTON - His ego is as wide and deep as the Charles River. It's all about him. He has never met a...
THESE CARDS ARE ROTTEN
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - George Steinbrenner, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Kevin Brown and the rest of the Yankees should be ashamed of themselves this morning. No wonder the Yankees don't want to...
BELLHORN'S BAT COMING UP BIG
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - Mark Bellhorn isn't in the lineup because of his defense. And until Game 5 of the ALCS, Bellhorn wasn't doing anything offensively this postseason. The Boston second baseman...
ONLY ROLEN'S GLOVE IS WORKING FOR CARD 3B
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - Recapping his game for reporters at 12:30 this morning, Scott Rolen couldn't really offer a good explanation for his performance. "I felt like I had four good at-bats,"...
RED SOX DEFENSE SPRINGS HUGE LEAK
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - When the Red Sox lose the DH spot tomorrow night in St. Louis, should David Ortiz play left field? Or third base? For the second straight game, Boston's...
BUM ANKLE COULD SHELVE SCHILLING FOR THE SERIES
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amWorld Series Notebook BOSTON - Curt Schilling's Game 2 start last night might have been his last one this year, according to the Associated Press. Schilling might be shut down...
SOX STAY ON EVEN KEEL
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - The Red Sox are two victories from a historic world championship, and Kevin Millar said they haven't done anything yet. Johnny Damon took it a step further following...
REDBIRDS: STILL GOT OUR WINGS
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amBOSTON - Naysayers look at the Series as the Cards are down two games to none and in all kinds of trouble. The Cards look at it a little differently....
THE POST'S TOP 25
October 25, 2004 | 4:00amRank (prev) TEAM RESULT NEXT 1 USC (7-0) beat Washington 45-7 at Wash. St. (2) Trojans overtake Sooners, meaning they're ripe for a scare. 2 Oklahoma (6-0) beat Kansas 41-10...