January 24, 2006
SLOW ECONOMY CAUSES RECENT MARKET BUBBLE TO LEAK
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amIMAGINE this: Wall Street suddenly thinks the slowing economy isn't good for stocks. I laid out a case for this precise occurrence in a column that ran on Jan. 10....
IRAN SHUT OUT - CITY 'PERSUADES' INSURER AON TO CUT BIZ TIES
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amBowing to heavy pressure from City Comptroller William C. Thompson Jr., Aon Corporation, the insurance giant that lost 175 workers in the 9/11 attacks, has agreed to stop doing business...
MIDTOWN LOSING ITS FLEA MARKET
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amBIG changes are coming to West 42nd Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues. The miserable-looking south midblock is finally going to be redeveloped this year, and the ugly-duckling "Building That...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL TO HIT B'KLYN
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amThe AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour and its mix of bikinis, surf and sand will descend on New York City for the first time this summer. AVP is joining forces...
WALL ST. REINS IN STRIPPER EXPENSING
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amMake sure to bring plenty of cash next time you go to Scores - that Wall Street broker friend of yours will have a hard time expensing lap dances from...
ICOPY II AT APPLE
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amApple is being called a copycat again after critics complained that a recent ad for its new Mac looks a lot like the video of the rock group Postal Service's...
LANGONE FILES FOR DISMISSAL OF SPITZER'S SUIT
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amKenneth Langone, the former head of the New York Stock Exchange compensation committee, filed papers yesterday asking that claims made by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer against him be...
CHOICE IS CUT BY C. KLEIN
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amCalvin Klein is quietly dismantling the Choice label, which was launched a little more than a year ago to target the elusive teenage customer, The Post has learned. Sold mainly...
PIXAR DEAL NEAR - MERGER GETS DISNEY BOARD'S OK; DETAILS REMAIN
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amWalt Disney's board of directors gave its nod of approval yesterday to acquire Pixar Animation Studios, although certain details still need to be worked out, The Post has learned. Disney...
ARTY PARTY HEARTY - VENUE GETS BIG GUNS, 'SMOKING' BIG BUCKS
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amPARK CITY, Utah - John Malkovich seemed pleased to have two members of the county SWAT team, decked out with bul letproof vests, guarding the door for the "Art School...
BRILLIANT BILLY A BIG SHOT AT MSG
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amBILLY JOEL may not write pop songs anymore, but he should, considering the kind of snap and crackle he displayed last night in the opener of his record-breaking 11-show Madison...
DEVILS' WORK - 'SHIELD' ROOTS AGAINST 'GOOD GUYS'
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amMAYBE it's something about vomit, or fat guys having mean sex. Or maybe it's just that most of us can relate to the difficulties of juggling a day job that...
BAG LADY - REPORTER GOES UNDER COVER
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amJUST call her the "Unknown Reporter." Actually, that's Ch. 5 reporter Katherine Creag, who was dealing with the elements yesterday after reporting on a fire in Queens for "Good Day...
THEY CAN'T SHUT TYRA BANKS UP
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amBUSY Tyra Banks will be back for a second season of her daytime talk show, syndicator Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution announced yesterday. The announcement - sprung in Las Vegas...
STARR REPORT
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amIsaac haze pays off All the hoo-ha over Isaac Mizrahi's behavior during the Golden Globes paid off for E!-both in ratings and in headlines. E!'s Golden Globes red-carpet coverage, co-hosted...
SEX RATED - WHAT WOMEN REALLY THINK ABOUT LOVE AND SEX; MOST HAVE FOUND PERFECT MATE
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amTHE perfect mate isn't hard to find - at least according to a surprising new survey about sex and relationships. Sixty-seven percent of women polled say the guy they are...
PIRRO GIVES GOP 575G FAVOR
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Jeanine Pirro (left) has quietly donated $575,000 to the Republican State Committee, even as GOP leaders gripe that Gov. Pataki won't give his financially hard- pressed party any...
KID BUSTED IN FONDLE HAZING
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amA Long Island high-school basketball player who allegedly fondled a teammate in a locker-room hazing that resulted in the cancellation of the junior-varsity season has been arrested, authorities said yesterday....
SALUTING DADDY - FIRE HEROES REMEMBERED
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amELEVEN-year-old Angela Meyran yesterday showed she had inherited all the courage that blessed her father. In a sterling ceremony honoring fallen firefighters Curt Meyran and John Bellew, Angela's tribute was...
RENT-CHEAT COUPLE GETS FREE CELLS
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amA Queens husband and wife who stiffed six landlords out of $86,000 in rent will now have a new address: jail. Nancy Jace and Danny Nicholas of Flushing, both 39,...
WIFE TO SIR PAUL: POT OR ME
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amHeather Mills said she gave Sir Paul McCartney a strict ultimatum as their relationship blossomed: Quit smoking marijuana or forget walking down the aisle. "I [told him I] would not...
SPIES 'ROCK' RUSSIA - BRITS 'HID RECEIVER' IN STONE
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amThis stone hasn't gathered any moss, but it has been gathering plenty of intelligence for British spies operating out of Russia. That's the stunning claim by Russian state television, which...
CRUSHED-MAN KIN SUING TA
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amThe family of a man struck and killed by a subway train last year has sued the NYC Transit for failing to protect him. At first, cops didn't know if...
FINAL CHARTER SCHOOLS GET OK
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amTrustees of the State University of New York were expected to approve today the last four charter schools they can legally authorize, ending an era of explosive growth of the...
GOV: LOCK UP PERVS & LOSE THE KEY
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - The most horrendous child molesters would face life in prison under a plan unveiled yesterday by Gov. Pataki, who expressed disgust at their current average - just 3.4...
UNION: DON'T 'BIG BOX' US IN
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amThrongs of food-service workers and representatives of organized labor flocked to City Hall yesterday to try to convince lawmakers not to approve a zoning change that would allow "big-box" stores...
GRAVE TISSUE ISSUE - CHUCK'S 'BODY PART' BILL
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amSen. Charles Schumer proposed legislation yesterday to regulate the "real-life version of body snatchers" that has erupted in the scandal-scarred human-tissue transplant business. "Healthy people are getting sick when they're...
DISGUSTING GRIPES - THE TWU'S GENERATIONAL WAR
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amSO it appears the younger members of the Transport Workers Union are the ones responsible for rejecting the sweetheart contract deal struck last month. A 10 percent pay raise over...
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELLS AS SLUGGER FINALLY GETS JAIL
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amLIKE a lingering disease for which there is no lasting cure, he popped up without warning yesterday in Manhattan Criminal Court. Nearly 3 ½ years ago one late, late night,...
MIDEAST BRACING FOR VOTE - TROOPS MOBILIZED
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - A crucial Palestinian election takes place tomorrow amid fears of a terrorist attack - or a victory by terrorist candidates. The Palestinian Authority mobilized 60,000 officers in the...
WELD-BASHING D'AMATO WANTS 'PAL' OFF CASE
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato yesterday called on FBI Director Robert Mueller to recuse himself from the ongoing probe of Decker College, once headed by Mueller's friend and...
A PAIN IN THE BUTTS - MIKE'S 50ó CIG HIKE
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Smokers, beware. Mayor Bloomberg is ready to give you another butt-kicking by hiking the city tax on cigarettes. Bloomberg told reporters yesterday he would like to boost cigarette...
STAR SKIPS COURT DATE
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amTroubled "American Pie" star Natasha Lyonne missed her cue again yesterday, failing to appear for a second time before a Manhattan judge on charges that she threatened to sexually molest...
U.N.'S NUKE 'TEST' - MUST FACE DOWN IRAN - BOLTON
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amThe U.N. Security Council must stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons or flunk a "major test" of its role in the 21st century, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton warned yesterday. But...
NORMAN'S OUT FOR NOW
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amClarence Norman is a free man - for now, at least. The dethroned Brooklyn Democratic Party boss won't have to don prison garb just yet thanks to an appellate court...
ELIOT'S 'LIEUTENANT' - RECRUITS HARLEM'S PATERSON FOR TICKET
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Eliot Spitzer has picked longtime Harlem Sen. David Paterson, the most powerful African-American in the Legislature, as his running mate for lieutenant governor, sources said...
MONEY MAN LAUNDERED $1B: FEDS
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amAn international money manager who catered to wealthy criminals in New York and around the globe has been nabbed for allegedly laundering a stunning $1 billion his clients accumulated doing...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * Police are seeking the public's help in identifying and locating this man (above) - wanted for shooting an Upper West Side fast food restaurant employee during a robbery....
REVAMPED JAVITS CENTER ADDS A TOUCH OF GLASS
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amHere's the first look at the Jacob Javits Center after a $1.7 billion expansion converts the dour structure into a gleaming new hall twice its current size and with a...
$10M JACKPOT FOR HOMELESS
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amThe city intends to hand out about $10 million to 17,000 families - if it can find them. The money is owed under terms of a settlement that requires the...
TRAGIC SISTERLY ADVICE BEFORE HIT-RUN
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amA heartbroken woman who watched her beloved sister die in a tragic hit-and-run over the weekend says she warned the slain NYU graduate student to beware of "reckless drivers" just...
BLOOMY OPENS FIRE ON PATAKI'S BUDGET
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - The governor's proposed budget shortchanges the city and would hurt schools, hospitals and programs for the poor, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. The mayor, without criticizing Gov. Pataki by...
FOSTER-CARE 'PANIC' HITS
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amChild-welfare reform advocates yesterday denounced the rash of "panic placements" that have caused the number of children in foster care to soar in the city in the wake of Nixzmary...
SARAH-SLAY SUSPECT UP ON SLAP RAP
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amThe prime suspect in the grisly ritual murder of a Juilliard student is getting his day in court - but on unrelated charges he punched a man in the same...
I'M A TERROR TRACKER, NOT A SPY: BUSH
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amPresident Bush yesterday said his eavesdropping program is a vital "terrorist surveillance program" that is legal and shouldn't be painted as domestic spying. "If I wanted to break the law,...
SCORCHED PRADA VOWS TO REOPEN
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amSuper-trendy retailer Prada yesterday said there is "no question" it will re-open its landmark SoHo store, which was seriously damaged by a weekend fire that also trashed a restaurant, corporate...
NEW U.N. $CANDAL
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The United Nations acknowledged yesterday that it has been rocked by a major new financial scandal after eight of its officers were suspended and 200 separate investigations were...
DREAM ON! - 1:13 ON A BUSY AFTERNOON, A TRANSIT CLERK AT WORK AND HIS UNION WANTS RESPECT
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amThis napping subway-booth clerk thinks he's entitled to a 40-wink workday - as well as better pay and benefits in a new contract. "I can't believe this. If they want...
HAPPY ENDING 'SLAY' - DEATH BAFFLES COPS
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amThe unhappy end of a magazine exec, who toasted his birthday with champagne at the trendy downtown Happy Ending nightclub and was later found dead in his Brooklyn home, remained...
PERV SKIPS JAIL - PRIEST CUTS DEAL
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amA Catholic priest on trial for sexually abusing an 11-year-old altar boy made a last-minute deal yesterday - pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of child endangerment to avoid jail...
WEB PERV EYED IN GIRL'S SLAY
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amA slain high-school freshman who disappeared from her New Jersey home two weeks ago may have been strangled by a sicko she met online, according to reports. Judy Cajuste, 14,...
BRITNEY'S PIX STOP - PAPARAZZI PUSH HER ON-THE-FRITZ FERRARI
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amThe paparazzi sometimes drive Britney Spears out of her mind - but the new mom was actually happy they were around when the car she was riding in broke down...
CANDLE-FUELED QUEENS FIRE INJURES 11
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amA fast-moving fire tore through a Queens home early yesterday, sending 11 people to the hospital, fire officials said. Investigators believe that candles and incense that were part of a...
'COP HATER' ARRAIGNMENT IN HOSPITAL
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amCop-hating machine-gun suspect Damian Henry is expected to be arraigned at his bedside in Brooklyn's Kings County Hospital today, in the first test of a tough new state law aimed...
'DWI' COP BEGS FOR DELAY
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amA Manhattan cop cried in court yesterday as he begged for more time to consider pleading guilty to a 2004 drunken-driving rampage that injured eight people in five separate accidents....
BILLIONAIRE'S WIFE KILLED - BRONFMAN HIT BY CAB
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amAndrea Bronfman, a prominent philanthropist and the wife of billionaire former Seagram co-chairman Charles Bronfman, was killed yesterday while crossing the street just steps from her palatial Fifth Avenue apartment....
LIFESAVER BX. JUDGE PROTECTS COPS' IDS
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amA Bronx judge says undercover cops risk coldblooded murder if their identity is blown - and refused to open his courtroom to spectators during the gun-running trial of three men....
NICE CALL! DUO HELPS NAB 'THIEF'
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amTwo quick-thinking good Samaritans used their cellphones to help cops capture a stickup man yesterday after they saw him speed away from a Western Union in Queens, authorities said. Angel...
SPIES ROCK RUSSIA - BRITS 'HID RECEIVER' IN STONE
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amQ would have been proud. Four British Embassy staffers allegedly used a dummy rock in a snowy park outside Moscow to send and receive secret information via hand-held computers, Russian...
A TRAGIC 'HAPPY ENDING'
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amThe unhappy end of a magazine exec who toasted his birthday with champagne at the trendy downtown Happy Ending nightclub, and was later found dead in his Brooklyn home, remained...
DRESS 'COLLAR' - BOUTIQUE BABES NAB 'STICKY FINGERS'
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amFour women were busted on shoplifting charges - and $7,000 in merchandise was recovered - thanks to the super attentive service provided by salesclerks in a trendy Upper West Side...
RANTING & RAVING PERVERT - 'FIRE-ATTACK FIEND' REVEALS SICKER PLANS IN DERANGED TIRADE TO COPS
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amAccused sex fiend Peter Braunstein openly boasted to cops that he planned to expand his reign of terror to target "anyone that turned a cold shoulder to him" - and...
FORTUNE MADE ON BOOTLEGGING
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amThey made a fortune by bootlegging but saw their riches decline when they entered show business. Today, the Bronfmans are still one of the richest families in North America, but...
HUNTER MURDER MISTRIAL
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amTwo accused murderers who tried to escape last week from a Brooklyn courthouse were granted a mistrial yesterday as the court officers unions and the Correction Department blamed each other...
SHOP GIRLS RING UP COLLAR
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amFour women were busted on shoplifting charges - and $7,000 in merchandise was recovered - thanks to the super attentive service provided by salesclerks in a trendy UpperWest Side boutique....
RANTING & RAVING PERVERT - 'FIRE-ATTACK FIEND' REVEALS 'BIG PICTURE' IN DERANGED TIRADE TO COPS
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amAccused fire fiend Peter Braunstein openly boasted to cops that he planned to expand his reign of terror to target "anyone that turned a cold shoulder to him" - and...
CARTER HURT AS NETS FALL
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amJazz 89 - Nets 78 SALT LAKE CITY - The night officially became a disaster when the final horn sounded and the Nets had lost, 89-78, to the Jazz, complete...
NO 10-DAY PLANS
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amNET NOTES SALT LAKE CITY - Jeff McInnis is out after arthroscopic knee surgery. Lamond Murray is day-to-day with his sore knee and Jason Collins has made his knee a...
BIG EAST FLEXES OLD-TIME MUSCLE
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amMIKE TRANGHESE wouldn't take the bait before the season when he was hounded by the question, "Is bigger better?" The Big East commissioner knew all he could do was let...
GARDEN GUARANTEE - STEPH SAYS HE'LL PLAY TOMOR ROW
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amAfter missing the past three games - all Knicks losses - Stephon Marbury guaranteed he would suit up for tomorrow's tilt against Sacramento. It can't come a moment too soon...
ARTEST-FOR-PEJA GETTIN' CLOSE
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amI have it on excellent authority the Pacers and Kings are exceedingly close to swapping Ron Artest (three more years after this on his contract with a right to opt...
OUTFLYING AIR JORDAN - KOBE COULD ASCEND HIGHER THAN MIKE
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amKOBE Bryant was in such an OH-zone Sunday when he ravaged the Raptors for 81 points, Vanessa apologized and bought him a diamond ring. Watching Kobe surge and ascend to...
FLOYD SEES AN AMAZIN' DIFFERENCE
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amFor Cliff Floyd, hope is now a four-letter word. With the Mets' influx of talent, Floyd told The Post yesterday that his club should make a legitimate postseason pursuit in...
'LIAM' ECLIPSES HORSE OF YEAR FIELD
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amBreeders' Cup Classic champion Saint Liam, a New York-based 5-year-old son of Saint Ballado owned by Tulsa oilman William K. Warren and trained by Rick Dutrow Jr., was named 2005...
TIME FOR RANGERS TO SPRINT
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amSABRES at RANGERS - Tonight 7:00 MSG; ESPN (1050 AM) There are 33 games to go for the Rangers. There are nine games to go for the Rangers. And there...
ISLES FEEL SHAW'S IRE
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amNew coach Brad Shaw got tough with his underachieving Islanders yesterday. When he wasn't cracking the whip during a lengthy workout in Syosset, he was blowing play dead to deliver...
VINCE LAUDS KOBE, BUT ...
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amNET NOTES SALT LAKE CITY - It's great for ratings, creates a buzz for the NBA and sparks debate of whether the 100-point barrier can be reached again. But Kobe...
NETS GO COLD TO OPEN TRIP
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amJazz 89 - Nets 78 SALT LAKE CITY - Like the rest of the basketball world, Vince Carter marveled at Kobe Bryant's staggering 81-point display Sunday night. "Eighty-one is 81....
READY TO GET TASTE OF SEATTLE'S BEST
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amGet ready for two weeks filled with nice heartwarming stories about a quaint little team from the Pacific Northwest with a quirky multi-billionaire owner, a bald quarterback, a made-for-TV running...
RESCUED OUT OF THE PITTS - COWHER, BIG BEN LED BLACK & GOLD RESURGENCE
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amDENVER - Amidst the celebratory commotion that had engulfed the visitor's locker room at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium on Sunday evening sat the Steelers' human missile - safety...
VINCE: KOBE'S GREAT, BUT . . .
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amSALT LAKE CITY - It's great for ratings. Terrific to create a buzz about the NBA. And it sparks debate of whether the 100-point barrier can be reached again. But...
HISTORY FOR $ALE - AUCTION ALLOWS FANS TO OWN A PIECE OF DIMAGGIO'S AMAZING LIFE
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amTHE framed photo looked like it could have been signed yesterday. There was Marilyn Monroe in all her glory. "I love you Joe," the photo was inscribed, "Marilyn." That was...
PSAL MULLING 'SUPER' DIVISION
January 24, 2006 | 5:00amJohn Sce starts every basketball season by telling his team that it has the same chance that everyone else in the PSAL does of playing for the championship at Madison...