January 12, 2006
ANALYST V. SCRIBE FINGER-POINTING GETS HEATED
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amAS disputes with the press go, the one started by a respected Wall Street banking analyst is a humdinger. Even if the journalist under attack hadn't gone off to become...
STERN IS BURNED ON SIRIUS FILING
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amShock jock Howard Stern and his agent lost more than $1 million yesterday after disclosing they may dump 34.4 million shares in Sirius Satellite Radio. Sirius, Stern's new home, said...
BALLY'S MOTION DENIED; RIVALS WIN A ROUND
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amA Delaware judge yesterday denied a motion filed by Bally Total Fitness Corp. that would have allowed the feeble health club chain to investigate two hedge funds gunning to oust...
BONU$ BONANZA - WALL STREET FIRMS SHELL OUT A RECORD $21.5B
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amWall Street's booming investment banks are handing out $21.5 billion in bonuses - the most ever awarded. The bonus loot is a big boost to the city's economy - giving...
AXED MORGAN WHISTLEBLOWER SUES FOR $10M ; SAYS FIRING WAS FOR AIDING SEC
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amA former Morgan Stanley executive wants $10 million from the Wall Street giant, claiming he was fired for aiding a government probe into its slipshod computer department. Arthur Riel, the...
SCREW PROBE - SEC EYES SUPPLIER PAYMENTS TO HOME DEPOT
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amThe Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an informal investigation into allegations of inflated payments that Home Depot collected from suppliers to cover the cost of damaged merchandise, The Post...
CHILDREN'S PLACE BUYS NEW 42ND ST. LEASE
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amWhile Disney is closing its small outpost at the New Amsterdam Theater, the holder of its franchise is taking over a larger shop right next door. Two brokerage sources advise...
MARTHA DRAWS BLUEPRINT FOR HOME & LIFESTYLE
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amMartha Stewart, the rehabilitated control freak, is rolling out a plan to tell young women how to run their lives. Blueprint: Design Your Life got the green light from Martha...
GAP MERCHANDISER JULIE ROSEN QUITS
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amThe Gap Inc., struggling to overcome fashion missteps, has lost another senior executive, The Post has learned. Julie Rosen, the executive vice president of merchandising for the Gap brand, has...
'WONDER' KID'S 'CRUMB'-BACK
January 12, 2006 | 5:00am"Crumbs" Tonight at 9:30 on ABC/Ch. 7 * * (two stars) IF you long to see some of your favorite TV stars from decades past doing their best to turn...
DON'T GIVE ME 'LIBERTY'
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amLIBERTY STREET: ALIVE AT GROUND ZERO** (two stars) 9/11 revisited.Running time: 118 minutes. Not rated (disturbing images). At the Two Boots Pioneer Theater, Avenue A and Third Street. FILE Peter...
THEATER FEST IS A BRAINSTORM
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amMAYBE you thought Tourette's syndrome was nothing to sing about - or that dementia didn't have a bright side. The folks behind NEUROfest beg to disagree. What's billed as the...
'LOST' LOVE - HURLEY FALLS FOR TAIL-WINGER
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amHURLEY, the beloved super-sized character on "Lost," has a crush. Will he act on it? Here's a first look at Hurley (Jorge Garcia) and Libby (Cynthia Watros) strolling along the...
STARR REPORT
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amStarz and stars Starz is launching a new reality show, "Looking for Stars," with the winner snaring a speaking role in a big-screen Revolution Studios movie. "Stars," airing this spring,...
CLASSROOM EXTRA - PRESIDENTS EDITION
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amJAMES BUCHANAN - THE 15TH PRESIDENT -1857-1861 The Dred Scott decision was a crushing defeat for African-Americans. His passive approach helped speed up the process. JAMES Buchanan was born in...
MEET THE DINNER WHORES - HE PAYS THE BILL, SHE HAS NO APOLOGIES
January 12, 2006 | 5:00am"Men are always saying, 'It's just sex.' Well, this is just dinner. I don't feel sorry for them." - Brooke Parkhurst (right), a self-described 'reformed dinner whore,' pictured here at...
WE'RE SAVED! IN BOOKS, THERE'S NOTHING THAT HASN'T CHANGED THE WORLD
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amW. Hodding Carter enjoys bathrooms and bathroom-related topics more than the average citizen, and he's not ashamed to talk about it. Ask him about his favorite bathroom of all time,...
WEATHER $QUEEZES TOMATOES
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amA tomato shortage brought on by hurricanes in Florida and floods in California is hitting New York in the wallet - as well as the hamburger bun. According to area...
OPRAH: IGNORE 'LIES' ; BACKING 'CREATIVE' AUTHOR
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amOprah Winfrey broke her silence last night about embattled author James Frey's disputed memoir "A Million Little Pieces," calling accusations of fabrication "much ado about nothing." In a surprise phone...
3 KIDS DIE IN BLAZE; CONEY HI-RISE HORROR
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amThree Brooklyn children died last night after a fire ripped through a high-rise residential building in Coney Island, neighbors and fire officials said. The children's mother was slightly injured while...
FAMILY'S HELL; PRIEST MOLESTED ALL FIVEKIDS, $25M SUIT SAYS
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amFive brothers and sisters from the same Long Island family have filed a $25 million lawsuit against the Catholic Church, claiming that religious officials covered up their sexual abuse as...
NEW POLL PILLORIES STATE POLS
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amSix out of 10 New Yorkers are fuming about state government - and even more believe that leaders in Albany care more about themselves and special interests than about the...
ARIEL MAY YET RUN; PARTY FAITHFUL'S NEW HOPE OF RECOVERY
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's condition continues to improve - so much so that his political party is considering naming him as its top candidate in national elections in...
GOP FEELS OUT DEM SUOZZI FOR GOV RUN
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Republican leaders are secretly discussing endorsing Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi for governor - even as Suozzi plans to announce tomorrow that he'll challenge Eliot Spitzer for the...
BLOOMBERG NOW AN 'HONORARY LESBIAN'
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amOf all the honors accumulated by Mayor Bloomberg, it's probably safe to say the one bestowed on him yesterday by former City Councilwoman Margarita Lopez was a first: honorary lesbian....
FIREMAN'S MA: JAIL ROGER ; LETTER TO JUDGE BLAMES CRASH ON TRANSIT STRIKE
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - The anguished mother of a firefighter seriously injured during the transit strike blamed Roger Toussaint yesterday for the accident - and called on a judge to throw the...
'DWI' KILLER TRIES SUICIDE
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amA drunken-driving suspect, accused of killing a pretty coed in a horrific crash on Staten Island, tried to hang himself in his jail cell as he awaited a court hearing,...
GOV PUSHING BIZ TAX CUT
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday said he will include a $1.1 billion three-year business tax-cut plan in his upcoming budget proposal. Pataki spokesman Kevin Quinn said the governor would also...
KILLED BY KINDNESS
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amCops are investigating whether a Harlem woman found bound, naked and murdered inside her apartment was a victim of her own charitable nature - including her habit of inviting drug...
NEW PRESS SECRETARY FOR MIKE
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg's new press secretary is Stu Loeser, who was spokesman for the mayor's re-election campaign. Loeser, 32, replaces Ed Skyler, who was promoted to deputy mayor for administration. Loeser's...
RANDALLS WATER PARK APPROVED
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amCity officials got the green light yesterday to develop a huge water park on Randalls Island. The Franchise and Concession Review Committee, which oversees the city's franchises, approved the city's...
140 N.Y. KIDS ARE SCI HIGH
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amTeenage scientists from New York have dominated the field of prospective winners in the latest Intel Science Talent Search. There were 140 New Yorkers among the 300 semifinalists announced yesterday....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amSTATEN ISLAND *** Police yesterday were searching for a man who allegedly shot three people in two separate incidents. The first shooting occurred at 2 a.m. on Dec. 4, when...
LIQUOR-ISH 'POPSICLES' GET NIXED
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amA panel of state judges has turned a cold shoulder on "Freaky Ice" - ice-pops spiked with malt liquor. The booze-sicles are designed to be squeezed out of their plastic...
DIDDY DODGES LAWSUIT
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amA former business associate of Sean "Diddy" Combs has struck out in his latest attempt to cash in on wild allegations that the rapper threatened him with a baseball bat....
BUNDLE OF JOLIE FOR BRANGELINA
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amAngelina Jolie proudly revealed yesterday she's pregnant with Brad Pitt's love child. The Oscar-winning hottie dropped the spectacular baby bombshell, which has been rumored for weeks, in the Dominican Republic,...
CUFFS DAMN COPS' KILLER: DA
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amJurors at the trial of an ex-con accused of murdering two Brooklyn detectives might have seen a message from the grave yesterday - the handcuffs of one of the slain...
EDUCATOR PERV GETS 12 YEARS
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amA disgraced Manhattan assistant principal sobbed his way through his sentencing yesterday, as an angry judge put him away for four to 12 years for molesting seven of his male...
'CHARITABLE' SICKO SCOTT HAILS LACI'S MOM
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Death-row resident Scott Peterson offered ghoulish praise for the mom of his murdered wife Laci, and boasted that he donated to her memorial scholarship fund. The murderous...
METER-MAID RAGE BUST
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amA Brooklyn science teacher was charged yesterday with trying to mow down a meter maid who had just ticketed him. Bennett Siegel, who teaches eighth grade at IS 381 in...
FIELDS OF DREAMS; YANKS UNVEIL PARKS, NEW STADIUM PLAN
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amHere's the first look at the stunning new ball fields that would replace the House that Ruth Built - part of a parkland swap to give the Yankees a brand-new...
YEAR-ROUND FOUNTAINS AT WTC
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amMassive fountains marking the perimeter of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center Memorial will flow year-round, The Post has learned. The memorial's fundraising board, with Gov. Pataki's encouragement,...
HS BRAWL OVER A GIRL
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amA teenage beauty had a face that launched nearly two dozen fists at a troubled Brooklyn high school yesterday, resulting in the arrests of 11 boys following a lunchtime brawl,...
2 TO 6 YEARS FOR NORMAN; JUDGE RIPS 'DEVIOUS' DEM
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amClarence Norman once served the people - now he'll serve time. Blasting the one-time Brooklyn Democratic Party boss as "devious and manipulative," Judge Martin Marcus yesterday sentenced the beleaguered former...
AGONY OF DOOMED 7-YR.-OLD; ROPE NIGHTMARE IN B'KLYN
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amA bright and talented 7-year-old girl was beaten to death yesterday in her Brooklyn apartment - where she was often tied to a wooden chair - even though child-welfare agents...
BONEHEAD PLAYS MAKE DEMS LOOK LIKE DUMBS
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amCONGRATULATIONS, Democrats. You managed to make Supreme Court nominee Sam Alito's wife cry. If there was a stupider move in the Democratic playbook, it's hard to imagine, although there sure...
CANCER KID GETS HER DOG BACK
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amA cancer-stricken Manhattan teen has been reunited with Hershe, the beloved pooch at the center of a $6 million legal dogfight, her family's lawyer said yesterday. Less than a week...
ANEURYSM KILLED COP IN B'KLYN
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amThe 35-year-old Brooklyn cop who collapsed this week while responding to an unfounded report of a man with a gun died of a brain aneurysm, officials said yesterday. Francis Hennessy,...
KIN TELL OF VERRAZANO LEAPER'S AMBUSH ON WIFE
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amA New Jersey man lay in wait for his wife and tried to stab her in the heart before jumping to his death from the Verrazano Bridge, relatives and cops...
ALITO'S WIFE BREAKS DOWN; WALKS OUT IN TEARS AS DEMSBID TO DIG RACIAL DIRT
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The distraught wife of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito broke down in tears and fled his confirmation hearings yesterday after Sen. Ted Kennedy led Democrats in a furious...
CHILD WELFARE WILL REOPEN ALL CASES
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amThe city's child welfare agency vowed yesterday to reopen every abuse case in Brooklyn in the wake of the Nixzmary Brown tragedy and other recent cases of children killed despite...
VICTIM OF 9/11 IS ID'D; NEW DNA TECH USED
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amA man who died in the World Trade Center attacks was positively identified yesterday by the medical examiner with the help of new DNA technology, officials said yesterday. The remains...
TORMENT OF B'KLYN GIRL, 7, WHO WAS ABANDONED TO DIE BY A CLUELESS CITY
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amA bright and talented 7-year-old girl was beaten to death yesterday in her Brooklyn apartment - where she was often tied to a wooden chair - even though child-welfare agents...
BLOOMBERG APPOINTS NEW MOUTHPIECE
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg's new press secretary is Stu Loeser, who was spokesman for the mayor's re-election campaign. Loeser, 32, replaces Ed Skyler, who was promoted to deputy mayor for administration. Loeser's...
BOOST IN GUN WAR
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amThe NYPD is taking aim at the city's illegal-gun problem by combining two firearms divisions into one strong unit, officials said yesterday. In the wake of The Post's gun-menace campaign,...
TAX RAP FOR 'MAFIA' COP
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amIt's how they got Al Capone. As if being charged with helping facilitate 10 gangland rubouts wasn't enough, feds in Las Vegas have slapped ex-NYPD Detective Louis Eppolito with a...
OPRAH SAYS IGNORE'LIES' ; BACKS AUTHOR'S 'CREATIVE NON-FICTION'
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amOprah Winfrey broke her silence last night about embattled author James Frey's disputed memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," calling accusations of fabrication "much ado about nothing." In a surprise phone...
TALE OF WHOA IN HORSE GAL'S BUST
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amA Bronx woman who takes care of horses was arrested yesterday after she attacked an ASPCA agent with a metal pipe as he was investigating allegations of animal cruelty, authorities...
'LINKS' TO COP SLAYS - CUFFS DAMN KILLER: DA
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amJurors at the trial of an ex-con accused of murdering two Brooklyn detectives might have seen a message from the grave yesterday in the form of one slain cop's handcuffs....
'DWI' KILLER IN SUICIDE BID
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amA drunken-driving suspect, accused of killing a pretty coed in a horrific crash on Staten Island, tried to hang himself in his jail cell as he awaited a court hearing,...
METER MAID RAGE - TEACHER BUSTED
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amA Brooklyn science teacher was charged yesterday with trying to mow down a meter maid who had just ticketed him. Bennett Siegel, who teaches eighth grade at IS 381 in...
NO ONE TAKING KNICKS' Q
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Knick president Isiah Thomas is finding out that Quentin Richardson and his bad back are not in high demand. The Knicks' offer of Richardson for point guard Earl...
MAWAE WANTS TOUGH LEADER
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amJets center Kevin Mawae said yesterday he loved playing for Herman Edwards, but Mawae wants the next coach of the Jets to give more tough love. "I would want someone...
KEITH, DARLING IN MET BOOTH
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amThe Mets and their new cable network, SportsNet NY, today will announce Keith Hernandez as lead analyst and Ron Darling as second analyst, The Post has learned. Hernandez will join...
KIDS DAZZLING IN SNOW SHOW
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amSOME of the best young athletes from the Northeast put on a show last week at Okemo Mountain. The young skiers and snowboarders competed in the 2006 Sports Illustrated For...
STEWARDS FAIL TO MAKE 'CALL'
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amSECOND RACE: First-time starter Devil's Concierge, Sandy Goldfarb homebred 3-year-old colt by Wild Rush, trained by Rick Dutrow Jr., was pounded to 4-5 in field of NY-bred maidens. Off slowly...
PANTHERS' MINTER OK WITH BARBER
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amWhen Tiki Barber talks, you listen. When a youngster like Osi Umenyiora starts yapping, well, you have a chuckle. So said Mike Minter, the Panthers safety who was part of...
PIAZZA STILL IN JOB LIMBO
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amThis winter, the Mets replaced Mike Piazza behind the plate with Paul Lo Duca. But Piazza has not replaced the Mets yet, and it is difficult to even know who...
JETS: NOT A DON DEAL ; HENDERSON COULD BE ODD MAN OUT
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amOf the candidates Jets general manager Terry Bradway has interviewed so far for the team's vacant head coach position, their defensive coordinator, Donnie Henderson, faces perhaps the most complicated and...
'MARK' THIS ON YOUR CALENDAR
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amThere were some poignant words from Tom Renney. The Ranger coach during this year's wonderful run - and during Mark Messier's final season, which was a wholly miserable one -...
RJ PROMISES HE'LL SUIT UP IN MEMPHIS
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amSAN ANTONIO - You must remember the source when dealing with Richard Jefferson. While paramedics pump plasma into his veins, Jefferson would proclaim himself fit and healthy. So Jefferson again...
FOYE, 'NOVA SLAY KNIGHTS
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amVillanova 84Rutgers 79 PISCATAWAY - They were shocking words, considering the source and the scenario. Villanova was early in what would turn out to be an epic game against North...
ISLANDERS AX STIRLING
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amSteve Stirling will be officially stripped of his Islander head coaching duties today in a morning press conference at the Coliseum, highly placed organizational sources have told The Post. It...
HALL CAN'T HANG ON ; MARQUETTE RALLY SINKS PIRATES
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amMarquette 67Seton Hall 63 In Seton Hall's previous two games, a 20-point rally in an overtime win over St. John's and a late-game surge to scare rival Rutgers, the Pirates...
MOGILNY SENT DOWN
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amClearing $1.7 million of salary cap space, the Devils yesterday assigned former 76-goal scorer Alexander Mogilny to Albany, effectively ending his NHL season, and probably, career. Mogilny cleared waivers last...
GRADY'S WIN 'UNEXPECTED'
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amWhen Grady coach Mark Seltzberg went to the school yesterday, he expected his Falcons would be going to Kingsborough Community College to face their Coney Island rivals from Lincoln on...
MAV-ELOUS NIGHT FOR KNICKS' DAVIS
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amBefore last night's game, Larry Brown was asked if any of his current players remind him of Mark Messier, who's being honored tonight at the Garden. The coach quickly answered,...
ON EVE OF MESSIER NIGHT, BROWN IS ON THE MARK
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amLARRY Brown had a dual purpose for wearing a Mark Messier jersey to his press conferences before and after last night's game against the Mavericks at the Garden. The Knicks...
THE STREAK LIVE AT FIVE - HOT KNICKS OUTLAST MAVS IN OT
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amOVERTIME KNICKS 117 MAVS 115 It's almost surreal - Team Titanic transforming into Team Turn-around. The Knicks were on the verge of a blowout victory, leading by 18 points in...
MESSIAH'S PLACE IN HISTORY GUARANTEED
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amTHE Guarantee wasn't a guarantee, per se. Mark Messier never offered anybody their money back, or his own suicide if the Rangers didn't win. Of course, fans who had lived...
N.Y.'S WINNER WONDERLAND - MARBURY HEADMANS KNICKS' JANUARY JOLT
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amThere have been a lot of guys who have stepped up periodically during this Knick renaissance, but Stephon Marbury has been the rock during their rousing four-game winning streak that...
MESS' NUMBER IS UP TONIGHT - CAPTAIN'S FINAL THRILL FOR 'GARDEN FAITHFUL
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amIt will be a celebration at the Garden tonight, all right, a celebration of Mark Messier, a celebration of the Captain. But it will be even more than that when...
TURN BACK MAC - REFUSAL TO DISCUSS PAST SHOULD COST MCGWIRE HIS HALL FUTURE
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amUNLIKE Mark McGwire, I'm here to talk about the past. There was a press conference yesterday at the Waldorf-Astoria for the Hall of Fame's latest inductee - Bruce Sutter. Sutter...
SUTTER: GOSSAGE DESERVES TO BE IN COOPERSTOWN
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amWhen Bruce Sutter and Goose Gossage competed against one another in the 1970s and '80s, they occasionally went fishing together. They won't be casting lines together on Otsego Lake near...
QUENTIN TURNS IT UP ON DEFENSE
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amWith his recent offensive woes, Quentin Richardson knows he has to improve other aspects of his game if he wants to stay in Larry Brown's rotation. And while Richardson continues...
FOYE 'NOVA'S BRIGHT STAR
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amPISCATAWAY - They were shocking words, considering the source and the scenario. Villanova was early in what would turn out to be an epic game against North Carolina in last...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amIt was a case of blue's clues. A young man held up a motel in Alaska - disguised as a Smurf. Daniel Peter Clark, 19, was nabbed after he forgot...