October 3, 2005
TOY WAR GAMES - RETAILERS SLASH PRICES, SIGN EXCLUSIVE DEALS
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amEven before all of the holiday toys arrive on store shelves, retailers are slashing prices on some popular items, setting the stage for a season that promises to be even...
FITNESS CHAIN IN IPO CONDITION
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amTown Sports International Inc., the holding company for fitness chain New York Sports Clubs, is moving ahead with its initial public offering after receiving unsatisfactory bids from a number of...
HEARST BOSS SHOPS A LITTLE BLACK BOOK
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amCathleen Black, the first woman president of Hearst Magazines, is shopping a management memoir of a lifetime in the media world, The Post has learned. She is being represented by...
SNACK ATTACK - THE OFFICE VENDING MACHINE CAN BE ONE CRUEL MISTRESS
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amYOU'VE been in meetings all morning and had a conference call at 1 p.m. All you have to do before lunch is hand in that report - and answer the...
SUIT'S ON - BUTTONED-DOWN LOOKS THAT ARE BOLD, NOT BORING
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amDEEP in the heart of every redblooded American male is a secret desire to look hot. Out on the town, normally staid corporate guys sport their shiniest shoes, crispest shirts...
OFFICE READS
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amNEVER CHECK E-MAIL IN THE MORNING - AND OTHER UNEXPECTED STRATEGIES FOR MAKING YOUR WORK LIFE WORK By Julie Morgenstern Fireside, $15 IF you want to get ahead in today's...
STARR REPORT
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amButler did do it Former "Witchblade" star Yancy Butler, who's had some well-publicized brushes with the law, gives a revealing glimpse into her alcoholism in the November issue of Glamour...
FACE OF AN ANGEL - 'PRISON BREAK' STAR FINDS OUT WHAT JAIL IS LIKE
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amJUST spending time with the star of Fox's "Prison Break" seems to be enough to nearly get thrown behind bars. Dominic Purcell, 35 - who plays Lincoln Burrows, a death...
MOMMY NEAREST - PERFECT AT WORK, BUT STILL 'CLOSE TO HOME'
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amAT last - a superheroine who is making the world safe for motherhood. Meet Annabeth Chase - wife, mother, assistant district attorney. She's just had her first baby - a...
'CURB' CAN'T COPE
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amTHE new HBO comedy line-up of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Extras" is struggling in its first weeks. The first season of "Curb" debuted last Sunday to just 1.5 million viewers...
GET IN HER SHOES - FIT YOUR FEET LIKE CAMERON DOES IN FILM; STARS OF THE SHOE - A LOVE AFFAIR WITH HEELS, ON SCREEN & ON YOUR FEET
October 3, 2005 | 4:00am'SHOES like these should not be locked in a closet! They should be living a life of scandal and passion." That's Cameron Diaz, as Maggie in the movie "In Her...
CLASSIC TV GETS A DOUBLE TAKE
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amIT'S Regis Philbin's fantasy - Kelly Ripa in a genie costume, forced to obey his every command. Well, sort of. The morning show couple posed for TV Guide as the...
JODIE'S NOW A FREQUENT FLIER
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amJodie Foster's "Flightplan" continued to soar into the stratosphere as it topped the box office for a second straight week - zooming past several other big new releases. The thriller...
BLESSED ANIMALS: LET US BRAY
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amStop me if you've heard this one. A llama, a reindeer and a camel walk into a church . . . That was the scene at The Cathedral of St....
CRAIGSLIST BOOSTING MARINES' RECRUITING
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amLocal Marines have found a way to recruit tomorrow's warriors and save money - by using craigslist.com. Marines at the Recruiting Station-New York, based in Garden City, L.I., began advertising...
PATAKI TOSSES FREED PERVS BACK IN LOCKUP
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - The Pataki administration has quietly begun locking up dangerous sex fiends in a Manhattan mental institution after they complete their prison terms, The Post has learned. Frustrated that...
GRID-RAGE DAD'S DAY OF SHAME
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amThe foulmouthed New Jersey father accused of threatening to kill his son's high-school football coach once used the boy as a human shield in another angry dust-up, police records show....
HILL CAMP'S 9/11 FLAP - NEW AGE CONSULTANT DISSED WTC DEAD
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has quietly hired an unconventional corporate teen-marketing guru who believes the supernatural can be used to pitch products to young people - and who...
ACE-ROD - STAR'S A POKER STUD
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amHere's Yankee superstar Alex Rodriguez with a different kind of diamond - playing poker at an illegal Manhattan card room with pro player Phil Hellmuth. A-Rod and poker legend Hellmuth...
'CHECK' US OUT - NEW YORKERS 30% ABOVE AVERAGE WAGE
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amKa-ching, Big Apple! New York City workers earn at least 30 percent per hour more than their counterparts in the rest of the country, a federal survey shows. Employees in...
BRAD & JEN PAD FOR SALE AT $28M
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amWant to live like Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston? Then prepare to cough up $28 million. That's what the former Hollywood power couple, whose divorce becomes final this week, are...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * Four students were arrested yesterday in the stabbing of five teens outside a Kips Bay school, police said. Jason Procope, 17, Robert Jack, 16, Javon Chavis, 17, and...
YANKEE PANKY NIGHT - BOSTON GLEE PARTY
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - After clinching the division title Saturday, a few of the Yankees decided to paint Boston red. Second baseman Robinson Cano was the life of the party, heading from...
GOTTI GETS GODLY AT MASS ON L.I.
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amFormer Gambino boss John "Junior" Gotti went to Mass yesterday - and listened very intently as the pastor spoke about repentance and breaking free from a sinful past. The former...
MIFFED BLOOMBERG NIXED TV DEBATE IN FEUD WITH NY1
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amTHE Bloomberg campaign's controversial decision to skip the first debate stems from a behind-the-scenes feud with the TV station hosting the forum, sources say. Team Bloomberg was infuriated by NY1's...
21 TOURISTS DIE ON LAKE GEORGE - HORROR AS SENIOR CITIZENS' BOAT CAPSIZES
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amTwenty-one people on a senior-citizen cruise died yesterday, and dozens more were injured, when their sightseeing boat capsized on upstate Lake George. Forty-nine tourists, all from Michigan, were aboard the...
SLAIN MA 'IN TRASH' - SEARCH OF LANDFILL
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amCops are set to search an upstate garbage dump for the body of a pretty Queens mom whose jealous boyfriend admitted strangling her and then abandoning her 4-year-old daughter on...
QUEENS BOY SCALIA TO REIGN SUPREME IN COLUMBUS PARADE
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amSupreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will be the grand marshal in New York's Columbus Day Parade next week. Scalia, 69, who grew up in Queens, was the first Italian-American appointed...
HARLEMITES PUT HEAT ON MIKE
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amMayor Bloomberg attended church services in Harlem yesterday as he continued to defend his decision not to debate Fernando Ferrer at The Apollo Theater this week. Many parishioners at the...
COP SHOOTS GUNMAN IN BROOKLYN
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amA 20-year-old man was in critical condition last night after being shot by a Brooklyn cop when he refused an order to drop his revolver and instead wheeled and fired...
KIDS SPEND LESS TIME IN THE CLOSET
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amKids are coming out of the closet earlier than ever, a new study reveals. Boys are now admitting to having their first same-sex experience at age 14 and girls say...
21 DIE AS UPSTATE TOUR BOAT CAPSIZES - VICTIMS ALL SENIORS
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amTwenty-one people on a senior citizen cruise died yesterday when their sightseeing boat overturned on upstate Lake George. The victims were Canadian tourists, local officials said. Forty-six people were aboard...
TEACHER BRAIN DRAIN - LURE OF UPPER CLA$$ES SOCKS POOR CHILDREN
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amThe city's most experienced teachers gravitate toward schools with an affluent student body, often at the expense of students in poor neighborhoods, according to a Post analysis of teacher salaries...
SCALIA TO BE GRAND ON COLUMBUS DAY
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amSupreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will be the grand marshal in New York's Columbus Day Parade next week. Scalia, 69, who grew up in Queens, was the first Italian-American appointed...
21 TOURISTS DIE ON LAKE GEORGE - SENIOR CITIZENS' BOAT FLIPS
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amTwenty-one people on a senior-citizen cruise died yesterday, and dozens more were injured, when their sightseeing boat capsized on upstate Lake George. Forty-nine people were aboard the Ethan Allen when...
COP FORCED ME INTO SEX: PREGNANT GAL
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amA Bronx mother of five claims that a drunken detective tried to coerce her into committing a sex act in a 43rd Precinct ladies' room in June. Theresa Villega, 38,...
GAL'S MOM EAGER TO CONFRONT HER 'KILLER'
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amThe mother of a teenage girl whose body was so badly burned that she could be identified only by a necklace says she can't wait to face her daughter's accused...
WELD PITCH TO TOM - CAN'T NIX GOLISANO BID
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amFORMER Massachusetts Gov. William Weld has failed in a top-secret effort to persuade upstate billionaire Tom Golisano not to seek the Republican nomination for governor. Weld, unbeknownst to all but...
LOUISVILLE SLUGS WOULD-BE GOV
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amALBANY - Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld is under fire for his role as chief executive of little-known Decker College in Louisville, Ky. Weld, who is seeking the Republican nomination...
RX FOR S.I. UNINSURED
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amIn what may be the first program of its kind in the nation, the city's Health and Hospitals Corp. will pay private physicians to care for uninsured patients on Staten...
TALE OF 2 SITES: BLOCKS APART, A GULF BETWEEN
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amOn the surface, little separates the Center School and the Community Action School on the Upper West Side. Both are small middle schools, in the same school region and district,...
POOR KIDS GET $HORT END - TEACHERS LURED TO 'UPPER CLASSES'
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amThe city's most experienced teachers gravitate toward schools with an affluent student body, often at the expense of students in poor neighborhoods, according to a Post analysis of teacher salaries...
REINCAR'GATE'D - CENTRAL PARK ART REBORN AS FENCES
October 3, 2005 | 4:00am"The Gates" have become "The Fences." Seven months after the towering orange frames that lined the walkways of Central Park came down, they've been reborn as white fence posts framing...
'SHOCKER' IN JETBLUE NOSE PROBE
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amInvestigators found signs of a "fault" with the nose-gear shock absorber of the JetBlue plane that made an emergency landing in Los Angeles last month - raising questions about efforts...
O.J. VERDICT STILL DOESN'T FIT
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amA DECADE has passed since he got away with it. And we're still reel ing. People remember where they were as O.J. Simpson walked away from a double-murder charge the...
STERLING SMALL IN BIG SPOT
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amOUR version of "24," the endless saga of how fans, over any 24 hours, can't believe what they watch and hear, and by what they can't see and don't hear....
DEREK'S KNEE OK AFTER SLIDE
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES BOSTON - The downside of Joe Torre playing yesterday's game to win was a chance a big-time player would get hurt trying to secure the home-field advantage for...
INDIAN BURN - TRIBE TRIBULATIONS END SEASON
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amWhite Sox 3 - Indians 1 CLEVELAND - The Indians suffered such a complete collapse here this weekend, you half-expected Chief Wahoo's face on their uniforms to gradually change from...
BELTRAN LOOKING FOR FRESH START
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amWill there ever be a day at Shea when No. 15 jerseys litter the stands in tribute to an extraordinary Met career? Will there be standing ovations with every at-bat?...
WILLIE MOVE SPOILS MIKE'S FINALE
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amIT WAS one of the great anti-climactic "Whaaat?" moments, kind of like the director pulling Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick from the stage just before the final scene of the...
BE SEEING YOU REAL SOON
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - No matter how hard they try, the Yankees can't get rid of the Red Sox, and now they are both just one series removed from meeting again in...
PARISE SCORING BIG WITH DEVILS
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amHis lineage no longer matters. Zach Parise made his case to make the Devils on his own merit. The son of ex-Islander hero J.P. Parise has impressed the way the...
ISLES DARE TO DREAM - HOT STICKS MAY LIGHT UP NHL
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amPerhaps owner Charles Wang put it best when he said there is a certain "magic" about this Islanders team and that winning a Stanley Cup is very much the mission...
FLYIN' HIGH ON 'AIR COUGHLIN' - MANNING, BURRESS SPARK NFL'S TOP SCORING OFFENSE
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amAmani Toomer was informed of the statistic. Yes, indeed, the Giants are the highest-scoring team in the NFL. "Us?" Toomer asked. "Really?" Really. The bubble may eventually burst, but until...
NO OFFENSE TAKEN - BROOKS, JETS BURIED IN BALTIMORE
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amRavens 13 - Jets 3 BALTIMORE - The only thing less mobile than the injured shoulders of Chad Pennington and Jay Fiedler yesterday was the Jets' offense led by Brooks...
THERE'S ANOTHER MANNING TO MARVEL
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amTell most football fans a quarterback named Manning threw four touchdowns yesterday to lead football's highest-scoring offense to a lopsided rout, and they'd think you were gushing about Peyton. Turns...
JUST ENOUGH DEFENSE
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES For the fourth consecutive game, the numbers look ugly for the Giants when it comes to defending against the pass. Tucked inside yesterday's 44-24 victory over the Rams...
PIAZZA TOUCHED BY SHEA SENDOFF
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amRockies 11 - Mets 3 The fans weren't going to let it end that quickly. Not after what Mike Piazza had given them for nearly eight magnificent seasons. So after...
PLAYOFFS HABIT FOR EPSTEIN
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - Theo Epstein is batting 1.000. Three years as Red Sox GM. Three postseasons, one World Series title and maybe a second. Not bad; he's only 31. Epstein said...
FOX ADDS BRENLY, LOU
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amFor its league championship coverage, Fox Sports will add Lou Piniella and Bob Brenly, a network spokesman confirmed yesterday. Fox Sports' first choice was Yankee pitcher Al Leiter. But he...
BUCK'S PASS SURPRISES JOE
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - Buck Showalter's decision to replace his regulars early in a game against the Angels yesterday raised eyebrows in the Yankees' clubhouse. If Showalter's Rangers had beaten the Angels,...
JETS BOTTLED UP BOLLINGER
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - It was a hard place for Brooks Bollinger to be in, trying to be a rock for a Jets team minus both their first- and second-string quarterbacks, lining...
NO OFFENSE TAKEN - BALTIMORE BURIES BROOKS, JETS
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amRavens 13 - Jets 3 BALTIMORE - The only thing weaker and less mobile than the injured right shoulders of Chad Pennington and Jay Fiedler was the Jets' offense led...
VINNY: PUT ME IN, COACH; I'M READY TO PLAY
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES BALTIMORE - Vinny Testaverde, signed off the streets of Oyster Bay in an emergency situation by the Jets on Tuesday, was the last person in the locker room...
RIVALS FOCUS ON OTHER OPPONENTS ... FOR NOW
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - The score didn't bother the Yankees. The celebration didn't bother them. On the other side of the clubhouse walls, Fenway Park was in full throttle, welcoming the wild-card...
MATCHING PAIR OF SOX MEET
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - The Red Sox will have easier flights than the Yankees, but they may not have an easier fight. Boston's 10-1 victory over the Bombers set up an ALDS...
SAYING HELLO TO THE HALOS - LOSS SENDS BOMBERS TO ANAHEIM, NOT BRONX
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amRed Sox 10 - Yankees 1 BOSTON - Because the Yankees were smoked by the Red Sox at Fenway Park and the Angels topped a Rangers team that Buck Showalter...
MATCHING PAIR OF SOX WILL MEET IN ALDS
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - The Red Sox will have easier flights than the Yankees, but they may not have an easier fight. Boston's 10-1 victory over the Bombers in the regular-season finale...
RIVALRY COULD BE CONTINUED - REASONS ARE FIVE THAT THE BOMBERS ARE STILL ALIVE
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - The prize was more booby than beauty. The Yankees won a division title, yet earned a tougher first-round scenario than the wild-card Red Sox. Boston faces easier travel...
JETS, NOT RAVEN 'D', BOTTLED UP BOLLINGER
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amBALTIMORE - It was a hard place for Brooks Bollinger to be in, trying to be a rock for a Jets team minus both first- and second-string quarterbacks, against the...
CURT COULD BE CONCERN FOR YANKS DOWN ROAD
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amBOSTON - In the moments following Boston's 10-1 victory, Curt Schilling grabbed a champagne bottle by its neck in the home clubhouse. It took him about a minute to pop...
OFFENSIVE LINE GETS A MAKEOVER
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES With the Jets desperate to protect third-string quarterback Brooks Bollinger and improve their dormant running game, they shook up their offensive line yesterday. Adrian Jones, a first-year starter...
HE'S GOT GRIT WINS COWDIN
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amJohn Velazquez walked away sore, numb, dizzy but miraculously uninjured following spill in $75G Cowdin Stakes at 6 ½ furlongs, when his mount Winning Minister snapped left front ankle and...
MARBURY GETS A-OK FROM RAY
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amFormer Knicks All-Star star point guard Micheal Ray Richardson, who played for Larry Brown with the Nets, believes his former coach is correct in looking at Stephon Marbury for a...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
October 3, 2005 | 4:00amThe question is whether the judge is gonna throw the book at him. Cops say Matthew Brooke, 26, smashed a display case at the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison to...