January 15, 2006
BREEZY RIDERS - EXECS COMMUTE ON CUSTOM BIKES
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amSteven Praeger doesn't have your typical morning commute. The 54-year-old executive dons his leathers, drops his suit, shoes and gym clothes in his saddlebags and tour pack, and hops on...
TO HOLD GOLD, OR NOT TO HOLD GOLD?
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amDear John: With the current U.S. economic outlook, trade imbalances and debt levels, what proportion of investments should a conservative person have, if any, in precious metals? And what type...
'HOSTEL' SEQUEL COULD PROVE BIGGER
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amAt Lionsgate, the second time around is often more profitable than the first. So it should surprise no one that the studio is already mapping out plans for a sequel...
BYRNE CASH CRUNCH; OVERSTOCK IN CRISIS
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amPatrick Byrne, Overstock.com's embattled chief executive, is staring at some difficult financial decisions. Rocked by red ink, Byrne is facing a likely cash crunch in 2006 as the Web retailer...
RED FLAGS AT SIX FLAGS; SNYDER'S BOARD PICK KASSAN COMES WITH BAGGAGE
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amWHEN Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder emerged victorious in his battle for control of theme park chain Six Flags late last year, he promptly reshuffled the board of directors, adding...
FRIGHT VISION - LIONSGATE EYEING HORROR FILM CHANNEL
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amIndependent film studio Lionsgate has restarted talks about starting up a horror film cable channel and is looking to launch on a devilish date - June 6, 2006, or, numerically,...
NEW WEB SITE TO FEATURE VINTAGE ROCK 'N' RARITIES
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amA nascent rock memorabilia Web site hopes to raise its profile later this month when it begins streaming rarely seen vintage concert videos from the '60s and '70s. Videos of...
ATT'Y RIPKA TO NAPOLI
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amHigh-profile medical malpractice lawyer Alan Ripka has left Ripka Rotter King for toxic tort litigators Napoli Bern. The 20-lawyer Napoli firm is now known as Napoli Bern Ripka. Ripka,42, said...
COUCH:THE NEW DRIVE-IN
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amHollywood studios, faced with the twin threats of exploding production budgets and declining box-office attendance, are relying more and more on DVD originals - the straight to disk distribution method...
PRETTY FLY FOR A GEEK TOY
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amThe Flybook is flying - right out of Barneys. The small and stylish PC, which has quickly evolved into the must-have electronics accessory for the celeb set, was among the...
BUBBLING BROOKS
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amWE have good news on the DVD front: The rarely seen stunner "Prix de Beauté" (1930), with Louise Brooks, is getting a release by Kino on Video. Fresh from her...
DOGGED RESCUE; ACTRESS SAYS SHELTER DOGS GRATEFUL FOR LOVE
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amFor the lowdown on why adopting a shelter dog beats buying a pup, ask Elisabeth Rohm. When she lived in Manhattan, the actress, then a star of TV's "Law &...
12-YEAR-OLD INDIAN EARNS GM NORM
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amREMEMBER this name: Parimarjan Negi. He achieved his first qualifying norm for the grandmaster title - at age 12 years, 10 months and 29 days. That's nearly three years less...
HOT LIST - WHAT WE'RE OBSESSED WITH THIS WEEK
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amThe Great Santino Egomaniacal, narcissistic, hostile, and more convinced of his own talent than anyone in the room - delusional "Project Runway" contestant Santino, TV's best villain this side of...
I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR - LOU REED'S PHOTOGRAPHIC LOVE LETTER TO NEW YORK
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amThe Post photographer is frightened.Midway through an interview with Lou Reed at Chelsea's Steven Kasher Gallery, the unassuming shutterbug attempts to slip in with his equipment to get a few...
SPIN A WILD YARN - LUXE CASHMERE TURNS UP IN SOME SURPISING PLACES
January 15, 2006 | 5:00am1. Ilux cashmere leggings, $98, at Charles Nolan, 30 Gainesvoort St. 2. Cap-sleeve cashmere cardigan with rhinestone buttons, $221, at Redberi, 339 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn 3. Cashmere babydoll dress by...
MEET MARKET - THE PLACE WHERE THE POST HOOKS YOU UP AND SENDS YOU OUT
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amSTUD STUDENT SKS INTELLIGENT OTHER MEET Michael, a 27-year-old graduate student and self-proclaimed agent provocateur. When he's studying, Michael says he likes "visiting friends in the places they have scattered...
99 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TOMORROW'S GOLDEN GLOBES
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amNot so long ago, the Golden Globes were not only the biggest Hollywood party of the year - they were our best chance to see celebrities let their hair down,...
'RUNWAY' RUNDOWN - COMPETITION HEATS UP ON HEIDI KLUM'S SHOW
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amAFTER several weeks on the air and fabulous ratings, "Project Runway" has clearly established its frontrunners, the elite group of designers who won a diverse set of challenges. The remaining...
'LOVE MONKEY' - A SINGLE GUY'S SEARCH FOR LOVE
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amMANY novelists write books with the not-so-secret hope that their work will one day be optioned for a movie. So when Kyle Smith, author of "Love Monkey" - and a...
STEWART SHOULD PLAY SAFE WITH THE OSCARS
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amTHE day a comedian is named Oscar host is actually a more joyous milestone in his or her life than the actual telecast. The announcement, such as the one that...
THE DON'T MISS LIST
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amGolden cowboy DRAMA ALL eyes at the Golden Globes will be on which drama pic picks up the Best Picture prize. The momentum for the gaythemed "Brokeback Mountain" can't be...
CNN PROMOTES GEAR DURING TRAGEDY
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amSOMEONE at Time-Warner should bang out a memo to CNN staffers. Let's call it "How To Behave At And During A Disaster." CNN treated the West Virginia mining tragedy that...
THE PLATE ESCAPE; ILLEGAL SPRAY-ON CHEM BLURRING TRAFFIC-TIX PIX
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amA clear spray that distorts a license plate image - and helps drivers beat tickets for running a red light - is selling like hotcakes, despite a law banning its...
ARTS GROUPS DRAW A BEAD ON 9/11 $$
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amThe only arts group to lose its home on 9/11 is among the more than 100 organizations in the running for millions of dollars in federal funds designed to breathe...
TEARS AT HOOPS KID FUNERAL
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amA 13-year-old boy who collapsed and died while playing basketball at his Upper East Side school was laid to rest yesterday. But there will be no rest for the dozens...
THE MONSTER CARED MORE FOR THE CAT
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amEven the cat was better fed. Detectives investigating the death of Nixzmary Brown say her alleged killer, Cesar Rodriguez, took better care of the family feline than of his own...
ROSE CLUE IN BRONX GAL-SLAY
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amA Bronx woman was shot and left to die face-down in the street yesterday - a single red rose wilting next to her body. Angelica Sanchez, 21, was killed outside...
CONEY PHONIES; CITY PROBES HOSP STAFF'S 'SCAMS'
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amWHISTLEBLOWERS at Coney Island Hospital have alerted authorities to scams that include auto-insurance fraud and employees allowing friends to use their official vehicles. But investigations that began 4½ years ago...
RESCUE BID A DAY TOO LATE
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amThe child-welfare worker charged with monitoring the case of Nixzmary Brown was tragically too late to prevent the girl's death: Her last visit to the tot's Brooklyn home came one...
FINALLY TREATED LIKE A PRINCESS
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amIn life, little Nixzmary Brown was ignored, neglected and abused. But yesterday, no expense was spared in the sad task of choosing the clothes in which to bury the 7-year-old....
SHE'S A PRINCESS AT LAST; FUNERAL DRESS IS WHITE SATIN
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amIn life, Nixzmary Brown was ignored, neglected and abused. But yesterday, no expense was spared in the sad task of choosing the clothes in which to bury the 7-year-old. "Oh,...
'ROSE' SLAY TWIST; VICTIM'S EX KILLS SELF
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amA 21-year-old woman was shot and left to die face-down on a Bronx street yesterday - a single red rose wilting next to her body. And in a bizarre twist,...
CITY SCHOOLS' RACIAL DIVIDE
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amNew York's schools are among the most segregated in the nation, but "there isn't suf ficient leadership" to remedy a situation that has grown more complicated, intractable and "multiracial" each...
CITY CHARGES AHEAD WITH TRAFFIC-LIGHT BATTERY PLAN
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amNo power? No problem. Light poles at intersections along key routes throughout the city are being equipped with battery backup systems. Thanks to $3.4 million in homeland security grants to...
NOVELIST SNATCHED MY SANTA
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amBest-selling author James Patterson is facing a civil trial on charges that he stole the idea for his hit Christmas book "santaKid" after a federal judge found "numerous parallels" between...
'REFORM' N.Y.? HAH!
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amGET ready to hear the words "change" and "reform." Over and over again. They will be the theme in New York this year, with all 212 seats in the Legislature...
CITY GUN STATS SHOW B'KLYN UP IN ARMS
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amThe borough of churches packs heat. Brooklyn tops all boroughs in illegal handguns - 38 percent of crime weapons were nabbed there, ahead of 24 percent in The Bronx and...
BIG LOSS FOR FOUNTAIN FROLICKERS
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amThe fountain in Washington Square Park will soon be off limits. For years, the fountain has been a focal point - and a cooling-off point - for residents of surrounding...
YOU'VE GUAT TO FISH HERE
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amGUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala - There are very few sure things in life, but catching a sailfish in these Pacific waters comes very close. Off the coast of Guatemala there is...
FEDS CALL FOR HALT TO 2 FLU MEDS
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amFor the first time ever, the government is urging doctors not to prescribe two drugs commonly used to fight the flu because of concerns about drug resistance, officials announced yesterday....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amBROOKLYN *** A teenage boy was shot in the chest and killed yesterday in a Sunset Park housing project. The boy, 16, whose name was not released, was shot at...
PARENTS SLEPT IN THIS COMFY NOOK AS THEIR TORTURED GIRL LAY IN AGONY
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amThis is the first look into the house of horrors where little Nixzmary Brown was found beaten to death, allegedly at the hands of her monster stepfather. Cesar Rodriguez and...
WATCHDOG URGES OUTSIDE PROBE
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amAn independent panel should investigate and expose how and why the city's child-protective services failed Nixzmary Brown, a watchdog group says. "We're concerned about the agency investigating itself, in essence,"...
THE BOOK ON JAMES FREY - 'WHOLE STORY' REVEALS CUSHY CHILDHOOD OF 'PIECES' SCRIBE
January 15, 2006 | 5:00am"There is truth, and that is all that matters." So goes the mantra - repeated every other page or so - in James Frey's best-selling, Oprah-touted memoir, "A Million Little...
SICKO SUBURBS - SEX FIENDS HAUNT W'CHESTER
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amTAKE a close look at these terrifying faces. Your worst nightmare now moving into a suburb right next to you. Meet Charles Demarco, 50 years old. He raped a 42-year-old...
U.S. EAGER FOR 'QAEDA' DNA TESTS
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. officials are still holding out hope they killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant, in an airstrike in Pakistan. Sources say American officials are anxiously awaiting...
QAEDA CORPSE TESTS - 'ZAWAHIRI' DNA SOUGHT
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. officials are still holding out hope they successfully hit Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant, in an airstrike in Pakistan. Sources say U.S. officials are anxiously...
1 DAY TOO LATE TO SAVE CHILD - CASEWORKER VISITED HOME AFTER GIRL DIED
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amThe child welfare worker charged with monitoring the tragic case of little Nixzmary Brown showed some tragic tardiness last week - when she visited the tot's Brooklyn home after her...
ANGUISH OF ANGEL'S TEACHER
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amNixzmary Brown's second-grade teacher has been in tears ever since learning that the 7- year-old was dead. "She was an angel who never gave me any problem," Jamila Bush said...
MONSTER TOOK GOOD CARE OF THE CAT
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amEven the cat was better fed. Detectives investigating the death of little Nixzmary Brown say her alleged killer, Cesar Rodriguez, took better care of the family feline than his own...
NOTE TO WANG: BUTT OUT!
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - Charles Wang is quite friendly with, and takes advice from, Jim Dolan, so that and that alone is reason enough to cross off Neil Smith's name from the...
ELI'S ON THE PRIZE ; COLTS-STEELERS IS MANNING'S BENCHMARK
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Eli Manning isn't playing football this weekend. His second season as a professional ended last weekend in a blurry fog of blitzes, interceptions, overthrows, underthrows, three-and-outs, and general...
'LADY' BEST IN AFFECTIONATELY
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amAfter two late scratches, four mares went to post for $65,000 Affectionately Handicap at mile-and-a-sixteenth, including coupled entry of Strategy and Provincial; only three finished after Provincial pulled up on...
CAPTAIN TAKES ICE FOR NBC
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amMark Messier stood on the ice at The Rink at Rockefeller Plaza, basking in an outpouring of emotion from Rangers' fans. Wait, Rockefeller Plaza? Yesterday, Messier was part of NBC's...
AIN'T SUPE YET; HOLMGREN HAS GOAL IN FOCUS
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amSEATTLE - If there were ever a time when Mike Holmgren was going to make good on the expectations to deliver a Super Bowl appearance for the Seahawks, this figured...
THROWBACK LOSS; BLUESHIRTS REVERT TO PASSIVE WAYS
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amRed Wings 4Rangers 3 DETROIT - The Rangers didn't have their legs here yesterday afternoon, and that had nothing to do with the fact that Darius Kasparaitis suffered a left...
WANDERING & WONDERING
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amH.S. HOOPS Mike Davis, a junior basketball star for Notre Dame Prep in Fitchburg, Mass., is still trying to figure out what college to attend next year. The 6-foot-9 Brooklyn...
SEATTLE'S BEST; EVEN WITHOUT ALEXANDER, SEAHAWKS STOP SKINS
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amSeahawks 20Redskins 10 SEATTLE - The Seahawks lost their MVP running back, but they didn't lose their poise or purpose. With quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and wide receiver Darrell Jackson picking...
IT'S TIME FOR A RE-PHIL
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amWE want Phil Simms back. Immediately. Lately, we've grown fearful that he's slipping, from light-shiner to same-old-nonsense-talker. Last Sunday, during Steelers-Bengals, Chad Johnsonpulled down what was ruled as a completed...
MATT LEADS HAWKS IN ALEXANDER'S ABSENCE
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amSEAHAWKS 20 REDSKINS 10 SEATTLE - With Shaun Alexander, the league's Most Valuable Player, out for the game with a concussion and the Seahawks clinging to a fragile 7-3 lead...
GRANT BACKS OUT OF HALL
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amMalcolm Grant, a senior guard at Robeson who accepted a scholarship to Seton Hall, is set to announce today that he is reopening his recruitment, Robeson head coach Todd Myles...
CARROLL SMEARED ON 'FAN
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amOn WFAN yesterday morning, former Patriots and Bills defensive lineman Fred Smerlas used derogatory slang for homosexuals in describing the appearance of USC coach Pete Carroll. Smerlas, who works for...
SOMEWHERE, STIRLING MUST BE LAUGHING
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amCanucks 8Islanders 1 Fire the coach! Fire the general manager! Yeah, well, there doesn't seem to be anyone left to take the blame on Long Island anymore, is there? Steve...
RON'S NO TORTURED ARTEST
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amSEVERAL months ago, Ron Artest, about to return from nearly a season's suspension, was introduced on Stephen A. Smith's "Quite Frankly" ESPN show - to a standing ovation from the...
BRONCOS SAY - PATS ALL, FOLKS! TURNOVERS USHER DYNASTY OUT THE DOOR
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amBroncos 27 Patriots 13 DENVER - It had to end some time. Last night just happened to be the night, and a historic moment it was as the Patriots were...
ARIZA'S WILLING TO KEEP WAITING
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Trevor Ariza was inactive Friday, but he wasn't complaining about it. "My time is going to come soon," said Ariza, who was recently demoted out of rotation, having...
SMERLAS CALLS CARROLL 'FAIRY'
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amOn WFAN yesterday morning, former Patriots and Bills defensive lineman Fred Smerlas used derogatory slang for homosexuals in describing the appearance of USC coach Pete Carroll. Smerlas, who works for...
GOIN' FOR SEVEN; KNICKS LOOK TO KEEP ROLLING
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amWhen Larry Brown is on the phone with other coaches and friends in the NBA, he has trouble explaining how the Knicks are undefeated in 2006 after being dreadful in...
SHAUN OF A NEW DAY - SEAHAWKS OVERCOME LOSS OF MVP
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amSEATTLE - The Seahawks are hopeful Shaun Alexander will be able to play in the NFC Championship Game here next Sunday after spending most of yesterday's divisional playoff victory over...
PATS, BRONCOS CHASE HISTORY - SUPER BOWL A WIN AWAY
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amDENVER - The Patriots went into last night's AFC Divisional playoff game against the Broncos at Invesco Field at Mile High facing the very real possibility of seeing a dynasty...
NO DOME-INATION - STEELERS AREN'T SOLD ON COLTS' SUPREMACY
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS - Joey Porter says never mind his Steelers got smashed here, 26-7, seven weeks ago. The Colts still are a dance troop, albeit maybe a Riverdance troop. "If they...
JETS WAIT ON MANGINI
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amDENVER - Doesn't it figure that the Jets always seem to be at the mercy of the Patriots? The Patriots hold the key to the Jets' immediate future because the...
MANGINI TIME FOR JETS
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amDENVER - The biggest obstacle to the Jets signing Eric Mangini as their next head coach is out of the way. Thanks to the Patriots' dynasty-ending, 27-13 loss to the...
RJ NOT READY TO GET BACK IN LINEUP
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amNET NOTES DALLAS - Richard Jefferson shot before the game and felt much better than he expected. But still not good enough to play. So Jefferson, who admitted he tried...
BIG D DOWNER - NETS DROP 3RD STRAIGHT IN MAV MAULING
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amMavericks 110 Nets 77 DALLAS - It took nine seasons, but Keith Van Horn finally had a game like the Nets envisioned he would when they traded for him on...
TOP TO BOTTOM - NETS' STREAK FOLLOWED BY DANGEROUS SLIDE
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amDALLAS - Earlier this season, a few things would go wrong for the Nets and they would crack. They would question, fret, crumble. Then they started working on their mental...
UNKNOWN SOLDIERS - LOSS TODAY WOULD RUIN BEARS' UPSTART SEASON
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amCHICAGO - The last time the Bears won a playoff game? More than 11 years ago. The last time they've won a home playoff game? Go back more than 15...
MAGIC DRAGGIN' - FRANCIS, DOOLING CAUSING HEADACHES
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amTHINK Brian Hill might have some regrets about his return visit through the Disney World turnstiles? Ladies and gentlemen, your Orlando Magic - central Florida's most dysfunctional tourist attraction. Phony...
STILL A GREAT 'GLORY' - A FEW FACTUAL DETOURS DON'T INTERRUPT THE INTEGRITY OF THIS WELL-TRAVELED 'ROAD'
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amIn the original, raw-cut version of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," the prints that were viewed by preview audiences, this was the disclaimer that opened the film: "Not that...
SHAW WON'T LET ISLES WRITE OFF THE SEASON
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amIt may or may not be with the Islanders, but Brad Shaw is going to be a head coach in the NHL one day, and not just an interim one....
HEAD TO HEAD
January 15, 2006 | 5:00amPost baseball writers Michael Morrissey and Mark Hale slug it out over whether the Yankees or Mets had the better offseason Michael Morrissey: Mark, the Yankees have come a long...