November 7, 2005
SPIEGEL CATALOG OWNER MAY BUY APPLESEED'S
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amThe private-equity owner of the women's clothing catalogs Spiegel and Newport News is close to buying Massachusetts-based mail-order company Appleseed's, according to sources familiar with the deal. San Francisco-based Golden...
SKIN IS BACK IN ; LESS IS MORE AGAIN FOR VICTORIA'S SECRET, A&F
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amCall it the battle of the bodies. After a one-year hiatus, Victoria's Secret supermodels will return to the runway this week for the company's legendary fashion show. On the same...
BEST BUY - ALL YOU NEED FOR THE BASIC WORK WARDROBE
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amBUILDING a polished, professional appearance doesn't have to mean breaking the bank. This fall, luxurious fabrics and tailoring are everywhere - and whether you're heading to your first job or...
OFFICE READS
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amFIT IN, STAND OUT: THE KEY TO LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS IN BUSINESS AND LIFE By Blythe McGarvie McGraw-Hill, $21.95 LIF Group President Blythe McGarvie wants to teach you about the FISO...
YOGA IN HEELS - DOES OFFICE LIFE HAVE YOU ALL STRESSED OUT? JUST SAY "OM!"
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amCROUCHING in a full lotus pose or bending over for some quick downward dog action at work could have your co-workers thinking you're more zany than Zen. However, taking a...
SPEAKING DEUTSCH - DONNY DISHES ON HOW TO DO IT LIKE HIM
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amDONNY Deutsch has an anthem - "Dr. Love," a soft '70s disco hit. He and his driver, Dave Morales, cue up the song at the same point every day -...
'WEST WING' FANS THE BIG LOSERS IN LIVE DEBATE
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amLAST night's "West Wing" debate provided food for thought, but the food was broccoli. The event demonstrated, again, that televised bebates - even fictional ones - are dull, no matter...
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE; CAN'T TAKE YOUR EYES & EARS OFF 4 SEASONS
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amJERSEY BOYS *** ½ (three and one half stars)The August Wilson Theatre, 245 W. 52nd St.; (212) 239-6200. WE'VE had Buddy Holly, Lieber & Stoller, ABBA, Elvis, the Beach Boys...
SHE'S REAL D.W. - SISTER OF 'ARTHUR' CREATOR TATTLE-TELLS ALL
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amTHERE is a real annoying little sister behind the ani mated annoying little sister on the fabulously popular "Arthur" kids show. The real "D.W." is - as you might expect...
NOVAK WHACK - CNN WON'T BRING BOB BACK AGAIN
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amCOLUMNIST Robert Novak appears to be done at CNN. Novak, a longtime Washington insider and CNN player, has been off the air since last August - when he uttered an...
WHO NEEDS REEG? KATHIE LEE MEETS KELLY TO COMPARE NOTES
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amWORKAHOLIC Kelly Ripa says her 8-year-old son misses her so much that he would sell all his toys if it would buy him more time with her. "[Son] Michael asked...
CHARGE! HOW TO SAVE $$$ AT THE BIGGEST BEST SAMPLE SALE IN THE WORLD
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amTHE words discount and designer get new heft Thursday when the Super Bowl of sample sales - 7th on Sale - kicks off at 6 p.m. on eBay. The unprecedented...
ED. POL BACKS CHARTER PUSH
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - Mayor Bloomberg's push to double the number of charter schools in the city by 2009 has received surprising backing from the outgoing chairman of the Assembly Education Committee,...
ANGRY ANISTON LETS IT ALL HANG OUT
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amBrace yourself for Jennifer Aniston's take on the world - because it's not pretty. In a rant in Newsweek, the sexy actress - apparently still bitter that Brad Pitt ran...
B'KLYN MAN'S 'QAEDA' TRIAL
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amA Brooklyn man who once fingered his Pakistani father for funneling cash and other support to Osama bin Laden's terror network is set to face jurors who will decide if...
JACKO'S RAISING BAND OF BROTHERS
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amCall it "The Jackson 4." King of Pop Michael Jackson's been quietly shuttling from Bahrain to London to record songs with his kids in hopes of someday releasing an album,...
EINSTEIN WAS A PUFF GRANDDADDY
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amNo ifs, ands or cigarette butts about it, Albert Einstein would go to extremes for a smoke. The father of the theory of relativity was so hooked on tobacco that...
'FLEEING' DEATH DRIVER IS CHARGED
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amA Long Island electrician who was charged with fleeing the scene of a car wreck that claimed his friend's life was arraigned in Hempstead yesterday, as his sobbing relatives looked...
GIS COMB TOWN IN IRAQ FIGHT
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amBlack-clad militants firing AK-47s continued to resist U.S. forces yesterday as Operation Steel Curtain - a bid to seize the key enemy-held Iraqi town of Husaybah - rolled into its...
SHARPTON SHOULDER TURNS COLD
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amDEMOCRATS are grumbling that master hedger Al Sharpton is at it again. After Sharpton was a no-show at a recent Fernando Ferrer event, one source noted, "Why appear with someone...
ANOTHER CIA DIRTY TRICK? HOW MOYNIHAN MIGHT SEE LEAK CASE
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amANYONE who knew the late Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan has to wonder what he'd make of the CIA leak case. The agency was one of his pet targets. Moynihan, a...
'CHICKEN LITTLE' COMES UP BIG
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amThe sky may be falling on "Chicken Little," but so are the dollars - millions and millions of them. The first computer-animated movie produced by Disney without the help of...
CHIRAC VOW TO RESTORE ORDER
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amFrench President Jacques Chirac yesterday said restoring security and public order was an "absolute priority," as urban violence swept into central Paris for the first time. "The law must have...
PHOTO FINISH ; MARATHON DOWN TO 1/3 SEC. AFTER 26 MILES
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amIt was the most dramatic finish in New York City Marathon history. Winner Paul Tergat of Kenya and defending champion Hendrick Ramaala of South Africa kept trading places as the...
'INVADER' RAILS AGAINST DA ; CALLS ARREST L.I. CAMPAIGN STUNT
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amAn alleged member of Long Island's violent and brazen home-invasion gang suggested yesterday that he's been scapegoated to help the Nassau County district attorney win re-election. "Tell the DA he's...
BUSH PUSH IN VIRGINIA
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amPresident Bush is making an 11th-hour campaign stop in Virginia tonight to boost the Republican candidate for governor - turning that tight contest into a test of Bush's political clout...
CORZINE'S EX DOGS HIM TO 11TH HOUR
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amThe political flap over Democrat Jon Corzine's failed marriage - and his ex-wife's claim that he would "let New Jersey down" - followed him into church yesterday at the end...
SWEET AND SOUR ; CANDY 'CHOKE' LABELS
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amChildren might now avoid the same tragic fate of two little girls who choked to death on large peppermint candies - because the company that makes Jumbo Mint Balls has...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amTHE BRONX *** An off-duty detective has been arrested and suspended for allegedly shoving his wife at an undisclosed location in The Bronx, police said yesterday. Detective Sidney Desjardin allegedly...
SNEAK PEEK AT MAYOR'S 'VICTORY SPEECH'
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton campaigned yesterday with long-shot Fernando Ferrer, while The Post got a peek at a draft of super-confident Mayor Bloomberg's election-night victory speech. "So, the polls can...
'LOSER' LUSTS FOR FRONT PAGE: CO-WORKERS
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amWacko writer Peter Braunstein may have staged his suspected phony-fireman attack to get publicity, disgusted ex-colleagues say. After working with him for several months, one former co-worker said: "He's a...
FAKE BRAVEST 'SEX MONSTER' ELUDED COPS BY HOLING UP IN MOTEL LAIR
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amWhile cops scoured the city for him, the suspect in the fiendish phony-fireman sex attack was holed up in a Midtown lair 22 blocks from the scene of the sicko...
BLOOMY TO HIT $118 PER VOTE; ON COURSE TO BREAK RECORD IN SPENDING
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg is about to shatter a record - becoming the first candidate for mayor in city history to spend more than $100 for each vote he gets. If Bloomberg...
HERO FOILS KIDNAP
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amA good Samaritan courageously yanked a little girl out of the menacing hands of a would-be abductor - then helped police track the suspect down, authorities said yesterday. Raymond Fontanez,...
BROOKLYN STUDIO BIDS TO RIVAL HOLLYWOOD
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amBrooklyn movie moguls are pushing to double or even triple the size of the waterfront Steiner Studios - making the city's so-called Hollywood East a Los Angeles rival. Sources said...
STABBED TO DEATH OVER A DRINK
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amAn enraged partygoer - irked by the price of a drink - fatally stabbed another guest yesterday at a birthday bash in Brooklyn, as the victim's wife looked on in...
DIDDY'S PIMPED RIDE ; VAN GETS A 350G REMIX
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amIt started as a cargo van, but this bling bus has been Diddy-fied. Rap impresario Sean "Diddy" Combs laid down a cool $350,000 to retrofit his Chevy Express 3500 -...
FAKE BRAVEST 'SEX MONSTER' ELUDED COPS BY HOLING UP IN HOTEL LAIR
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amWhile cops scoured the city for the fiendish phony-fireman sex attacker, the suspect was holed up in a Midtown hotel hideout - just 22 blocks from the scene of the...
CARS STRIKE BOY, 7, WOMAN, 79
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amTwo pedestrians - a 7-year-old Bronx boy and a 79-year-old Brooklyn woman - were critically injured in separate traffic accidents yesterday. The youngster, Daquan Wright, darted out between cars on...
HERO FOILS BRONX KIDNAPPER
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amA good Samaritan courageously yanked a little girl out of the menacing hands of a would-be abductor - then helped police track the suspect down in The Bronx, authorities said...
ANISTON GRIPE-ATHON
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amBrace yourself for Jennifer Aniston's take on the world - because it's not pretty. In a rant in Newsweek, the sexy actress - apparently still bitter that Brad Pitt ran...
REIGNING CATS' AND DOGS' NAMES GET 'PERSON'AL
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amForget Fido, Spot and Rover. Americans are giving their pets human names, such as Jack, Chloe and Simon. Buddy, Max and Jake were the most popular names for dogs in...
HOT OVER FIRE DRILLS
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amEducation watchdogs in city and state government are hot under the collar over the number of fire drills required in public schools - and they want it reduced. State law...
SURPRISE THREAT TO PIRRO BID
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amJEANINE PIRRO'S little-known opponent for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate is close to winning crucial backing from the small but influential Conservative Party, insiders say. Such a success by...
SLICK RUSSIAN'S $1M GETAWAY
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A Russian U.N. bureaucrat who had been responsible for policing the sale of crude during the Iraqi oil-for-food program cleaned out a million-dol lar bank account and left...
CITY FIRMS STIFFED IN 9/11-LOAN OUTRAGE
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Struggling city businesses got stiffed by a federal loan program intended to spur economic recovery after the 9/11 attacks - while aid went to a horse farm and...
HIZZONER'S POSTERS MAKE A FINE MESS
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg's campaign is plastering the city with so many illegal posters that it accounted for 94 percent of all the poster fines levied in a single week, The Post...
THE IDIOTS' GUIDE; MICHELIN DINER BOOK BITES
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amMEMO to the meatballs at Michelin, who just put out their first- ever "red" guide to New York City restaurants and hotels: The trains that run beneath the streets of...
IT REALLY PAYS TO WORK FOR MIKE
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amEmpty desks abound at City Hall now that numerous aides - from deputy mayors to a scheduler - have moved to the mayor's re-election campaign. Unlike past administrations that sometimes...
BUSH PUSH IN VA. RACE
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amPresident Bush is making an 11th-hour campaign stop in Virginia tonight to boost the Republican candidate for governor - turning that tight contest into a test of Bush's political clout...
MATSUI YANKS' TOP TASK
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amThe most important man for Brian Cashman to see in Palm Springs at the GM meetings is Arn Tellem, the representative for Hideki Matsui. While the Yankees are locked on...
MANNING WON'T BE ROAD WORRIER
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES SAN FRANCISCO - A young quarterback has many items on his checklist to rub off as he advances in his career. For Eli Manning, yesterday's game against the...
NETS ALL FIRED UP FOR HEAT
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amMIAMI - As Jacque Vaughn exited the Nets' locker room Saturday night, he thumped his chest several times and smiled. "Games like these," he said, "are good for the heart....
TIKI LOOKIN' FOR AN EDGE; BEING ON BOARD KEY FOR BARBER
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amGIANTS 24 49ers 6 SAN FRANCISCO - There is no trick that Tiki Barber does not employ when it comes to finding an edge for himself on the field. He...
NHL FANS ARE FIT TO BE TIED
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amWHAT'S so bad about a tie? Saturday, as we watched the Devils and Rangers resolve a 21/2-hour game with a shoot-out - a newly added gadget that had little to...
COACH HIGH ON PORT RICHMOND
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amSteve Peretzman wanted to see how his team would respond after its first loss of the season last week. He liked what he saw yesterday. Port Richmond, which fell to...
MAKING HER NAME ; LITTLE-KNOWN PROKOPCUKA RALLIES TO WIN
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amOutside of her native Latvia, Jelena Prokopcuka (Yeh-LAY-nah Pro-kop-CHOO-kah) is not well known. In Lativa, she is recognized as perhaps the brightest star athlete and yesterday her legend grew as...
KNICK YOUNG GUNS YANKED TOO SOON ; BROWN PULLS KIDS IN CRUNCH TIME
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amWarriors 83Knicks 81 Playing all 12 men for the second straight game, the experimenting Larry Brown finally hit on something sweet - an improbable young lineup that worked magic during...
RENNEY'S RULES APPLY
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amEVEN with the Rangers having beaten the Devils twice within three days to improve their record to 8-4-3 going into tonight's Garden match against the Penguins, Tom Renney continues to...
AT THE BREAKING POINT
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amWHATEVER six-figure fee the New York Road Runners paid Paul Tergat to finally get him to their marathon, Hendrick Ramaala would have gladly handed the world-record holder to please go...
FOUL TROUBLE PLAGUES CURRY
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amEddy Curry picked up his fourth foul with 3:16 left in the third quarter and never set foot on the court again. He lasted just 16 minutes in yesterday's 83-81...
LEE LOOKS IMPRESSIVE IN DEBUT
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES David Lee was an early preseason smash, only to wind up smashed when Larry Brown put him on the Knicks' inactive list to start the season. After watching...
TOP 5 FINISH FOR AMERICAN DUO
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amNOTEBOOK There is a saying in Meb Keflezighi's native Eritrea, Awet Nihafash. It means "Victory to mass." And it has been over a decade since the U.S. marathon masses had...
PHOTO FINISH ; TERGAT WINS BY :00.32 IN NYC'S CLOSEST ENDING
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amThe most dramatic major marathon in memory produced likely the most memorable image the sport has ever seen. After dueling the heat, concrete and each other for 26.2 miles, Paul...
HOTSHOT ROOKIES MAY THREATEN VETS
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amTHERE are plenty of trouble spots Larry Brown must address with this new group of Knicks, now 0-3 after an 83-81 loss to Golden State yesterday afternoon at the Garden....
GIANTS PASS TEST IN WEST - FLATTEN FRISCO, IMPROVE TO 6-2
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amGiants 2449ers 6 SAN FRANCISCO - An inelegant game by the Giants yesterday kept their season of possibility humming along. Taking their sweet time establishing their dominance, the Giants allowed...
TAFT UPS STOCK WITH WARRIORS
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amChris Taft said all along that he didn't care that after being considered a sure-fire lottery pick early in his sophomore season at Pitt, he fell all the way to...
GIANTS PASS TEST IN WEST; FLATTEN FRISCO, IMPROVE TO 6-2
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amGIANTS 24 49ers 6 SAN FRANCISCO -There are times when what's drawn up in those laborious meetings doesn't work. It is then that the pretenders fold up, unable to come...
COACH IS HIGH ON PORT RICHMOND
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amSteve Peretzman wanted to see how his team would respond after its first loss of the season last week. He liked what he saw yesterday. Port Richmond, which fell to...
JEREMY'S TD GRAB SHOCKS NINERS
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amSAN FRANCISCO - As soon as the play was called, Jeremy Shockey realized something good should happen. "I think they were missing a guy on the field," Shockey said. "They...
JACOBS GOES FOR TWO
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amGIANT NOTES SAN FRANCISCO - Twice yesterday, Brandon Jacobs was stopped on short yardage, which is two more times than Jacobs anticipates getting stopped in those situations. That's why his...
BUILT-IN EXCUSE, LIKE THE TEAM, JUST DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amChargers 31 Jets 26 AROUND the Jets there seems to have grown a strange, silent treaty that everyone's been granted a do-over, from players to coaches to front-office folks. Apparently,...
CHARGED WITH ANOTHER LOSS
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amHerman Edwards, his eyes red and face etched in pain, looked sick to his stomach. As he arrived to the podium for his postgame press conference following the angst of...
ONCE AGAIN, TOMLINSON PACES AN SD VICK-TORY
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amReally, what didn't LaDainian Tomlinson do yesterday? He scored a career-high four touchdowns and had more than 150 yards of total offense. He embarrassed All-Pro Ty Law with a move...
CONCERN FOR CHERBET
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amJET NOTES The scene in the bowels of Giants Stadium after the Jets' heart-wrenching 31-26 loss to the Chargers yesterday was ominous for Wayne Chrebet. His family, friends and agent...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
November 7, 2005 | 5:00amThe Hanna HS basketball team has only one consolation over losing last Friday's game to Earlsboro HS in Oklahoma - it didn't get shut out. But it's a very meager...