January 17, 2006
AMT WILL EAT UP TAX CREDIT ON HYBRID CARS
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amIT'S nice to see that Washington is doing something to encourage the use of energy-saving hybrid engines in cars. Too bad it's the wrong thing. Treasury Secretary John Snow dragged...
VACANCY RATE AT 6-YEAR LOW
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amWHEN the city's mo guls and machers gather for the Real Estate Board of N.Y.'s annual banquet at the Hilton on Thursday night, they'll have mostly good news to talk...
COHEN SAGA WRAPS; RAP EXEC WINS ROW
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amThe long saga of TVT Records v. Island Def Jam - the rap trial that pitted indie label TVT against the world's largest hip-hop label and its brash ex-CEO Lyor...
OLDIES TURNING INTO GOODIES
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amMost record labels are out trying to find the next big thing. This one is looking for the next old thing - say, Chaka Khan or Aaron Neville. SonyBMG Strategic...
DUTCH RETREAT; GROUP TARGETS NIELSEN OWNER WITH $8.8B BID
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amIf they can pull it off, the gang of private-equity firms gunning for Dutch media giant VNU NV, owner of Nielsen television ratings, will control a premier market research company...
GEFFEN MUSIC EXEC INVESTS IN LOTTO SPORTSWEAR
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amMusic bigwig Jordan Schur, president of Universal Music's Geffen Records, has made an investment in men's sportswear label Lotto North America. Schur, who will join Lotto's board, would not disclose...
EX-INTERPUBLIC BIG FIRES BACK IN POACHING AFFAIR
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amA top adman who came out of retirement to start his own agency wants ad giant Interpublic Group to back off claims that he's poaching clients and talent. Sir Frank...
STRIKE UP THE BAND - 'IDOL' STARTS BY CLEARING ITS THROAT
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amGET out your earplugs, "American Idol" re turns tonight with the first of at least three weeks of tone-deaf, deluded pop stars trying out for TV's No. 1 show. In...
'RUNWAY' COST ME MARRIAGE - FIRST-SEASON STAR SINGLE AGAIN AFTER 'CHANGES'
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amWENDY Pepper's experience on last year's edition of "Project Runway" changed her so profoundly that it led to her divorce. Reached at her Middleburg, Va., studio last week, Pepper confirmed...
'LOVE' THE ONE YOU'RE WITH
January 17, 2006 | 5:00am"Love Monkey" Tonight at 10 on CBS/2 3 STARS I don't see any conflict of in terest here. Just because this new CBS series called "Love Monkey" is based on...
SUNDANCE'S BEST FRIEND - FOR SECOND TIME, PAPARAZZI TRAIL ANISTON TO FILM FESTIVAL
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amEXPECT a media feeding frenzy when the 25th Sundance Film Festival opens Thursday night with the premiere of "Friends With Money," starring tabloid bait Jennifer Aniston. It'll be a repeat...
RED HOT! STARLETS TURN UP THE HEAT AT THE GLOBES
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amT HIS time, the red carpet lived up to its name. Bronzes, cinnamons, claret reds and even amethyst jewel tones sparked a fire-y fashion parade at last night's Golden Globe...
YEAR OF THE 'MONKEY' - HOW MY NOVEL IDEA BECAME A TV SERIES
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amON an April morning when the last kamikaze snowflakes were hurling themselves through Times Square in a doomed battle to prolong the winter, I left my desk at The Post...
CLIMATE OF BIAS; NEW STORM HITS WEATHER CHANNEL
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amA top female exec at The Weather Channel alerted company brass that plans to "young up" the network and fire two anchorwomen constituted age discrimination - and was promptly axed...
HIDDEN VICTIMS OF WTC; 2 HERO EMTS DIE OF 'GROUND ZERO ILLNESS'
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amWhile NYPD Detective James Zadroga valiantly fought the Ground Zero illness that took his life last week, two city EMTs died in virtual anonymity of similar ailments. EMT Timothy Keller,...
GLOBES GO FOR 'BROKEBACK' ; WINS DRAMA; 'LINE' KING OF MUSICALS
January 17, 2006 | 5:00am"Brokeback Mountain" gaily galloped to victory and "Walk the Line" cashed in big last night as the top winners at the Golden Globe awards. The controversial Western about two cowboys...
MY, WHAT BIG BUCKS YOU HAVE!
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amHey, there, Little Red Riding Hood, you sure are lookin' good. "Hoodwinked," a kitschy, animated update of the fairy tale about an ill-fated trip to Grandma's house, was the No....
TERRORISTS AIM TO KICK OUR A$$ETS
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Terrorist groups like al Qaeda are not only trying to create murder and mayhem with their deadly suicide attacks, they are trying to bleed dry economically the U.S....
ARIEL'S TEAR LIFTS HOPES
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday shed a tear and briefly opened his eyes for the first time since his stroke - after hearing the recorded voice of...
MA NATURE'S A HOTTIE THIS WEEK
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amNow that you're frozen solid, get ready to thaw out. Following a freezing holiday weekend with a wind-chill factor that made it feel around 0, today will seem practically balmy,...
NOISY RAIL ESTATE ; TRAINS RATTLE PARK AVE.
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amLongtime residents of Park Avenue say the MTA has turned their tony Upper East Side neighborhood into the wrong side of the tracks. The piercing sound of Metro-North commuter trains...
PANTY 'SCAM'S' BRIEF RUN UNDY-DONE
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amA brazen pair of scam artists who were pilfering from panty stores on Long Island were busted over the weekend when one of them "slipped up" at a Victoria's Secret,...
DEPRAVED GOV'T; BUREAUCRATS' SICK FAILURE
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amSEVEN-year-old Nixzmary Brown died because her stepfather bashed her head in and because her mother did nothing to save her from him. But it's increasingly clear that the government of...
GOV UNVEILS FINAL BUDGET
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki today will produce his 12th and final budget and it will include tax credits for parents who send their kids to private schools, a move seen...
2 MORE TOP INNS GOING RESIDENTIAL
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amThe Mark and Swissotel's The Drake are the latest in a string of New York hotels going residential. The notable inns will close to make room for apartments - following...
GAS-TANKER BLAST IGNITES BQE INFERNO
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amA tanker truck carrying 8,000 gallons of gasoline flipped over on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and burst into flames yesterday, creating massive plumes of thick black smoke that were visible for...
'NEW' MEGAN'S LAW SET TO POUND PERVS
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - A last-minute deal has been reached to save the state's Megan's Law and prevent thousands of sex offenders from fading into anonymity, The Post has learned. The agreement...
COP AND EMT IN DWI BUSTS
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amTwo city workers - a cop and an EMT - were busted over the weekend for drunken driving, authorities said yesterday. Medic Daniel Stewart, 44, was arrested on Staten Island...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amTHE BRONX *** A suspect has been busted in the fatal shooting of a Riverdale man, police said yesterday. Glenn Wilson, 44, allegedly shot 31-year-old Jovanni Vivienes' in the right...
KING-SIZED CITY TRIBUTE; POLS' HARLEM HOMAGE
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amDozens of politicians descended on Harlem yesterday to pay homage to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been the slain civil-rights leader's 77th birthday. Mayor Bloomberg visited...
MAKEUP CAN'T HIDE HORROR OF A TRAGIC CINDERELLA
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amHER face told the story. She looked like Cinderella, lying in her satin-lined coffin in a white, lace-trimmed gown. But this little girl did not die peacefully. In life, little...
W 'DOCUMENTS' DEBT TO LINCOLN
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amPresident Bush marked the national holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by taking a close-up look at the Emancipation Proclamation, which legally ended slavery on Jan. 1, 1863. "It...
77% RISE IN ABUSE CALLS AFTER THE HORROR
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amReports of child abuse across the city skyrocketed in the three days after the horrific beating death of 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown, deluging child-services workers with 77 percent more referrals than...
YULE-LIGHT SUPER SHOT
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amA Bronx building super who died while taking down Christmas lights Sunday was fatally shot, officials said yesterday. At least three people - including his wife - rushed to the...
B'KLYN MAN, 19, BUSTED AS VILLAGE SEX FIEND
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amA 19-year-old Brooklyn man was arrested yesterday for sexually assaulting a woman in Greenwich Village last week, police said. Donre Richardson allegedly followed his victim to her West 10th Street...
HILL RIPS 'PLANTATION' POLS
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton used Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday yesterday to blast the Republican-led House of Representatives, charging that it's "run like a plantation." Speaking at a Baptist...
ACS FACES SHAKE-UP FOR FAILING NIXZMARY
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amSeveral child-welfare workers will be suspended as a result of the Administration for Children's Services' failure to prevent the cruel death of little Nixzmary Brown - and the agency itself...
'HOT' ROD HOME AT LAST; EX-NYER'S LONG-LOST 'VETTE STOLEN IN '69
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amAn ex-New Yorker is being reunited today with a lost love he hasn't seen for nearly four decades - a 1968 Corvette that was stolen from a Manhattan garage. "I...
'MOUNTAIN' A MOLEHILL FOR OSCARS
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amCan the "Brokeback Mountain" juggernaut be stopped before Oscar night? The Golden Globes seemed to show the mountain may already have peaked - and given way to a slippery slope...
CONDI POURS COLD WATER ON PREZ RUN
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was hailed like a hero at the inauguration of Africa's first woman president yesterday - but insisted she doesn't want to be America's...
MOB BOSS TARGETED CAPO'S GAL
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amReputed Bonnano crime boss Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano sought permission to kill up to a dozen people - including the girlfriend of one of his associates, court papers reveal. Basciano...
KARATE KID HITS DOJO WITH SUIT
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amA Bronx teen has sued a Midtown karate school, claiming that as a novice student, he was wrongly paired with a highly skilled student-instructor, who kicked him in the face,...
NO THANKS, LAURA - CONDI COOL ON PREZ RUN
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was hailed like a hero at the inauguration of Africa's first woman president yesterday - but insisted she doesn't want to be America's...
CHOIR'S SOUR NOTE
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amChancellor Joel Klein held firm yesterday on his decision to send the Boys Choir of Harlem packing from its public-school home at the end of the month. Despite recent management...
WITHERSPOON 'CASHES' IN - 'WALKS' OFF WITH BEST ACTRESS GLOBE
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amReese Witherspoon beamed a million-dollar smile last night as she was awarded a Golden Globe for Best Actress as Johnny Cash's sweetheart in "Walk the Line" - an honor that...
E!MBARRASSING NETWORK - GRILLS GLOBE STARS ON UNDERWEAR
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amA Who's Who of Hollywood hit the red carpet at the Golden Globes last night - but some ended up red-faced as they were grilled about their underwear, or lack...
HILL RIPS 'PLANTATION' POLS ON DR. KING DAY
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton used Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday yesterday to blast the Republican-led House of Representatives, charging that it's "run like a plantation." Speaking at a Baptist...
KASPARAITIS INJURY DROPS POCK INTO LINEUP
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amCOLUMBUS - Darius Kasparaitis, out day-to-day with a knee injury suffered during warm-ups Saturday in Detroit, was not ready to return to the Rangers' lineup last night. Therefore, young defenseman...
HOMECOMING FOR DEVILS' JANSSEN
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amST. LOUIS - The Devils have raided this city again. It's not quite their Scott Stevens coup, but tonight they're bringing back one of its very few native sons to...
LEETCH DEAL BRUIN? SOURCE: SATHER OFFERED POTI TO BOSTON IN DEC.
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amBOSTON - There's no need to speculate about whether the Rangers will attempt to work a deal with the Bruins in order to bring back Brian Leetch. The Post has...
ISLES TRY LUCK ON ROAD
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amMaybe it's best that the Islanders get out of town. Their coaching change surge lasted only one game before disaster returned. Now they open three straight away from Nassau Coliseum...
MORE THAN A GOOF-UP
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amINDIANAPOLIS - The NFL admitted its mistake yesterday, and conceded what should have been the decisive moment in the Steelers-Colts playoff game was in fact every bit as much of...
ROAD THRILLIN' ; PANTHERS' TRAVELING SHOW A HIT
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amThe Panthers' latest upset victory had barely ended when safety Mike Minter was already looking ahead and anticipating what he'd hear in the coming days. All anyone wanted to talk...
JET JOB UP FOR GRABS ; MANGINI, TICE STILL HAVE SHOT
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amMike Tice walked out of Weeb Ewbank Hall at about 4 p.m. yesterday after a lengthy series of meetings with Jets general manager Terry Bradway and assistant GM Mike Tannenbaum....
JERSEY SPELLS SUCCESS 'KRSTIC'
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amThe Nets' big three - Jason Kidd, Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson - get the lion's share of attention in the Swamp, and rightfully so. But yesterday's Martin Luther King...
WALLY NOT SORRY OVER STEPH KO
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amCold Spring Harbor's Wally Szczerbiak says playing at Madison Square Garden is his favorite game of the year "by far." In fact, the Timberwolf star said, the first thing he...
BROWN DOWN ON KNICK 'D'
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Winning can mask a lot of ills, but Larry Brown was getting sick of his team's defense. Before yesterday's 96-90 loss to Minnesota, the Knick coach again ripped...
STRUMMER WALTZES HOME
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amStrummer, NY-bred colt facing open company for first time after easy scores in last two starts for Tom Bush, dashed clear under Norberto Arroyo Jr., never looked back at 7-1...
MCINNIS KNEE RX: SURGERY
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amNET NOTES A season of frustration and disappointment actually got worse for Net guard Jeff McInnis. Because now it's a season of frustration, disappointment - and injury. McInnis is facing...
NORM HEATS UP CALHOUN FEUD
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amIn a conference built on a tradition of great coaches, the young bucks always have had to prove themselves, and the established prides of the pack have rarely made it...
OLYMPIC OFFENSIVE
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amENOUGH already of the incessant promoting for spots on the 2008 Olympic team saturating the NBA! Me, myself and I can't think of anything more shrill or wretched than the...
NETS HIT IT 'RICH'
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amNets 97Pacers 92 The Nets had Vince Carter and Jason Kidd each in the 20-point column, along with Nenad Krstic. And more significantly, they had Richard Jefferson back on the...
NORM REVS UP CALHOUN FEUD
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amIn a conference built on a tradition of great coaches, the young bucks always have had to prove themselves, and the established prides of the pack have rarely made it...
RANGERS, WEEKES SUFFER UPSETTING DEFEAT
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amBlue Jackets 4Rangers 3 COLUMBUS - Rangers coach Tom Renney was battling a case of food poisoning yesterday, but whatever upset his stomach was nothing compared to the performance his...
IT'S TOUGH FOR STEPH TO SHOULDER THIS PAIN
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amSTEPHON Marbury pulled the T-shirt over his shoulder and grimaced in pain. He made the same face as he slowly put on his dress shirt. The man who moves so...
SURLY MARBURY SLAMMED AFTER WALLY'S 'DIRTY PICK'
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amT'Wolves 96 Knicks 90 After being bulldozed by Wally Szczerbiak, Stephon Marbury insisted the play that knocked him out of yesterday's 96-90 loss to Minnesota was a cheap shot. An...
JUST CALL 'EM GANG MANGINI
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amPatriot assistant accepts offer Eric Mangini, the man the Jets wanted all along, was offered the head-coaching job last night and has accepted it, according to two industry sources with...
CAROLINA ROLLING ON ROAD
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amThe Panthers' latest upset victory had barely ended when safety Mike Minter was already looking ahead and anticipating what he'd hear in the coming days. All anyone wanted to talk...
LET'S BET IT ON! ACTION HOTTER WITHOUT COLTS, PATS
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amLas Vegas isn't crying the blues now that Peyton Manning and Tom Brady have been knocked out if the Super Bowl hunt. "Right now the AFC is 3½ [points] over...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amA pet parrot attacked a man who broke into his owner's apartment - and the bite and blood marks helped Pennsylvania police identify the culprit. Michael Deeter, 44, of Williamsport,...