January 8, 2005
A.G. EYES ORACLE - SPITZER WANTS BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY RECORDS
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amEliot Spitzer is now targeting the empire of one of America's richest men - the legendary "Oracle of Omaha" Warren Buffett. New York's crusading attorney general has subpoenaed financial records...
TASER STUNG BY PROBE; TUMBLES 18%
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amStun-gun maker Taser got knocked flat yesterday over a federal inquiry on whether it diddled with orders to dress up profits. Shares tumbled as much as 23 percent yesterday following...
U.S. BUYER FOR LUXURY LACROIX
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amLVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton is near a deal to sell its Christian Lacroix fashion house to the Falic Group, a U.S.-based investment firm. Simon Falic, one of the group's...
HOME SHOPPING CLUB
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amSaigoniste 186 1/2Spring St., between Sullivan and Thompson streets (212) 925-4610 Sale: through Jan. 23 Open: Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m./Sun., noon-6 p.m. This modern Vietnamese home store will be closing...
GIMME SHELTER
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amHE OUGHT TO BE ON PARK IT would appear that Neil Simon likes hotel suites and apartment living. The playwright, whose credits include "Plaza Suite" and the "Odd Couple," has...
MY NEW HOME
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amNOMAD SEEKS ROOTS AND 1-BR WHAT HE BOUGHT: Upper East Side 1-BR, $227,500 SEARCH TIME: Two months STEVE Siegel had been living an exciting, nomadic life since graduating college in...
ON YOUR OWN - BYE-BYE, BROKERS. HERE'S OUR GUIDE TO SELLING YOUR HOME ALL BY YOURSELF
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amWHEN Michael Ausiello and his partner, Kit Cowan, decided to sell their studio apartment in Clinton, they went at it with a distinctly do-it-yourself approach. They made a brochure and...
LIKE AFREAKSHOW - FINALLY SOME ACTION AT 'CARNIVÀLE'
January 8, 2005 | 5:00am"Carnivàle" Tomorrow night at 9 on HBO (three stars) THE battle between good and evil has been going on even longer than the battle between Tara Reid and Shannen Doherty....
MASH-UP MANIA: ODD COUPLE GENRE-BENDERS MAKE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TOGETHER
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amIT 'S time for the Monster Mash. Not the novelty song of the 1960s,but the immersion of mash-ups into the musical mainstream - the hottest trend fans can look forward...
THEY'VE GOT THE BEAT! START YOUR YEAR ON THE RIGHT NOTE
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amIt's hard to pinpoint trends in children's music - but that hasn't stopped us from coming up with our own spin on what's happening in a field that's growing as...
WHO'S ZOO?
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amYou may not recognize any of the human faces in "Racing Stripes," opening Friday, but the movie has plenty of star power: Just listen to the animals. For this live-action...
MOB 'HAHA' A CANNED LAUGH NOW
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amReputed mobster Louis "Louie HaHa" Attanasio didn't have much to laugh at yesterday when a federal judge ordered him held behind bars after a year on the lam in the...
NOT QUITE LAST PICTURE SHOW
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amThe company that owns the Cinema 1,2,3 on Third Avenue at East 60th Street says it has no intention of closing the landmark theater this year. The Post reported Thursday...
LISTERINE IS THROWN FOR A FLOSS
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amIt was a case of oral arguments. A federal judge bristled at the makers of Listerine mouthwash yesterday for claiming their product could replace dental floss in fighting gum disease....
MAYOR BLASTS BUS BIG AS MONDAY STRIKE LOOMS
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amThe head of two private bus lines is "ginning up" drivers to stage a walkout Monday that will strand 70,000 riders in Brooklyn and Queens, Mayor Bloomberg charged yesterday. "There...
MIKE STOCKS IT TO CABLEVISION
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amThe next group to get dragged into the bitter war between Mayor Bloomberg and Cablevision could be its stockholders. Bloomberg said yesterday that if Cablevision honcho James Dolan continues to...
MAYOR SALUTES NEWEST FINEST
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg welcomed 1,591 new Police Academy graduates yesterday at Madison Square Garden, which many of them worked the streets to protect during last year's GOP convention. "You've certainly earned...
CRUDE AWAKENING FOR U.N. SLICKSTERS
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Iraqi officials have recently implicated more U.N. staffers in bribe taking during the oil-for-food program in a development that could dramatically escalate pressure on the world body, The...
ABBAS RALLY CRY - 'JERUSALEM!'
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Mahmoud Abbas yesterday capped his campaign to succeed Yasser Arafat by echoing the late PLO leader's claim that "Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Palestinian people." Abbas...
TOE-NAILED! 'FOOT FETISH' HS AIDE ACCUSED OF STUDENT SEX
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amA school aide with a foot fetish convinced an Upper West Side high school student to let him lick her toes and perform oral sex on her in his girlfriend's...
JENNINGS ACTING 'ERRATIC': GIFF
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amEmbattled City Councilman Allan Jennings' bizarre attack on a TV reporter is his latest act of "erratic behavior," a spokesman for Council Speaker Gifford Miller said yesterday. Jennings, who is...
NYER AMONG 7 GIS KILLED IN IRAQ BLAST
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amA New York Army National Guardsman from Orange County who "loved his country" was among the seven U.S. soldiers killed when a roadside bomb exploded in northwest Baghdad, his family...
PHIL'S 'KILLER' TUNE ; SPECTOR 'FESSED UP TO SHOOTING ACTRESS: COPS
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Troubled music maestro Phil Spector told cops he blew away a B-movie actress by accident - then changed his story hours later, claiming she shot herself, according...
BUSH'S TAX DE-CODER RING; PREZ PICKS PANEL TO DRAFT A 'SIMPLE' PLAN
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Aides said "everything is on the table" as President Bush yesterday kicked off his push for a simpler tax code by tapping two former senators - one Democrat,...
ROCKER SIMMONS' EX SUES OVER KISS AND TELL
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amShe met him in 1972, before he wore makeup and 8-inch platforms - back, in fact, when he was an elementary-school teacher from Queens. Now, Georgeann Walsh Ward is suing...
BOOTH AND JUSTICE ; MTA CLERK CLEARED IN 'BEATING'
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amA Bronx token booth clerk was vindicated yesterday on charges of punching and choking a subway rider in a dispute over a faulty MetroCard - after it was discovered the...
BLOOMBERG TO HELP TSUNAMI VICTIMS
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amFrom Mayor Bloomberg to schoolkids, New Yorkers are expanding the relief effort to tsunami victims in Asia. The mayor announced that the city, after discussions with the State Department and...
CONDO TELLS DOG LOVER HIS LEASH IS UP
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amA Manhattan pet owner claims his fancy East Side condominium threw him in the doghouse for not rolling over when they banned pooches from walking through the lobby on the...
BROOKLYN TECH GIRL, 14, COLLAPSES AND DIES AT SCHOOL
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amA 14-year-old high-school girl mysteriously dropped dead at Brooklyn Tech yesterday while waiting for an elevator inside the school yesterday, police said. Carrie Wong, 14, realized something was happening to...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amBROOKLYN *** An ex-con is being sought after a shooting in an East New York deli, in which a chef was killed in front of his horrified 8-year-old daughter. Shamduh...
'64-SLAY MA ASKS - WHY? APPEAL TO KLAN 'KILLER'
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amThe mother of a New York civil-rights worker slain with two others in Mississippi more than 40 years ago said yesterday that if she met the reputed Ku Klux Klansman...
SICKOUT CRIPPLES CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amHundreds of teachers at Catholic schools called in sick yesterday at 14 schools in the region to protest contract negotiations with the Archdiocese of New York. Nine schools in Staten...
'FATAL ATTRACTION' KILLER SUES 'HARASSING' JAIL
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amConvicted "Fatal Attraction" killer Carolyn Warmus says "malicious" and restrictive treatment at a Westchester prison led guards to demand sexual favors from her in exchange for more freedom. The busty,...
RENEE'S TRESSY NEW LOOK
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amLooks like perky Oscar winner Renée Zellweger has had a change of heart - and hair color. The star of "Bridget Jones's Diary" is sporting a new sexy look as...
PREZ RIVALS UNITE IN MERCY ; PAPA BUSH & CLINTON TAPE AD FOR RELIEF AS ; MATSUI PITCHE$ IN
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amThree fund-raising ads featuring former presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton were sent to TV stations around the country yesterday as part of the White House's bid to boost...
ENCOUNTER WITH A KILLER ; FAKE COP AIMED HIS GUN AT L.I. WITNESS
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amAt first it seemed like a routine traffic stop on a quiet Long Island street - but a Franklin Square homeowner quickly found himself face to face with banker James...
DEAF CAPTIVE'S CRIES WENT IGNORED
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amA deaf woman who was kidnapped and raped by a Queens co-worker was then taken to a McDonald's restaurant where no one could understand her cries for help, police said...
XXX-TRA CREDIT; ALUM: 'SNAKE' TEACH MADE LEWD OVERTURES
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amA New Jersey cop has come forward claiming the Queens music teacher known as "Snake" - accused of having a three-year affair with a female student - made lewd comments...
HILLARY CASH RAP; EX-FINANCE DIRECTOR INDICTED FOR 'LIES'
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's finance director from her 2000 Senate campaign was indicted yesterday for lying to the feds over the cost of a star-studded Hollywood fund-raiser on...
JEN & BRAD SPLIT - JUST FRIENDS FROM NOW ON
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amHollywood power couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have decided to call it quits after nearly five years of marriage. "We would like to announce that after seven years together...
COP RESCUES DRIVER WHO HAS SEIZURE
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amA Long Island highway cop braved high-speed, head-on traffic on the Long Island Expressway to rescue a semiconscious motorist who was driving the wrong way into traffic after going into...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amA Florida city will pay nearly $20,000 to a stripper whose business they tried to shut down. Key West tried to put exotic dancer Christy Sweet's lap dance emporium out...
RED SOX BALL HOG - PLAYER WON'T GIVE UP HISTORIC SERIES LAST OUT
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amBallplayer megabucks aren't enough for Boston Red Sox first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, who's refusing to give up the ball he caught for the last out in the World Series because...
CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS STAGE PROTEST SICKOUT
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amHundreds of Catholic school teachers called in sick yesterday at 14 schools in the region to protest contract negotiations with the Archdiocese of New York. Nine schools in Staten Island,...
THROWN FOR A FLOSS - LISTERINE AD KO'D
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amIt was a case of oral arguments. A federal judge bristled at the makers of Listerine mouthwash yesterday for claiming their product could replace dental floss in fighting gum disease....
SPLIT'S THE PITTS - JEN & BRAD CALL IF OFF AFTER FOTO OP TO 'PROVE' LOVE
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amHollywood glamour couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have decided to call it quits after nearly five years of marriage, their publicists confirmed yesterday. "We would like to announce that...
STEWARDS RULE: FOUL, BUT NO DQ
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amInteresting non-call by stewards in sixth race: Foul doesn't necessarily warrant DQ. In typical traffic jam heading into clubhouse turn, New Age, Rich Migliore up breaking from post 2, shied...
DADDY JOE COULD SURPRISE IN FLEET
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amThe winter meet over Aqueduct's inner dirt track doesn't have a long history of producing Triple Crown contenders. So last year, when a shipper from Philadelphia Park named Smarty Jones...
TRADING DOWN ; CARTER DEAL DECIMATED NET FRONTCOURT
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amThe acquisition of Vince Carter last month was hailed as a sign the Nets would be competitive for the next few years. But unless Carter has one final growth spurt...
CHARGERS' GATES MAKES BIG SPLASH
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - The Jets can be forgiven if they looked at the gray skies that haunted this city yesterday and smiled. They can be forgiven the hopeful leaps their...
ABRAHAM, CHREBET DOWNGRADED
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amJET NOTES SAN DIEGO - Defensive end John Abraham and wide receiver Wayne Chrebet were downgraded to questionable yesterday, on the eve of the Jets' wild card playoff game against...
JINTS START QUICKLY IN '05 REBUILDING
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amThe season's over, but the Giants are already making plans for their mini-camps and next summer's training camp. The team signed nine players this week, adding depth to the roster...
FRANK DEFENDS KIDD'S DEFENSE
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES Jason Kidd hasn't been his old self defensively, but that's a pretty high standard. In each of the previous six seasons, Kidd has been named to the NBA's...
AMAZIN'S NEED TO SIGN CARLOS FOR CREDIBILITY
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amSTEVE Phillips sat across the table from Dan Lozano just after the 1998 World Series and handed Mike Piazza's agent a contract with parameters for six years. Lozano told Phillips,...
KNICKS GO FOR SKID-BREAKER
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amSo urgent so soon. For the Knicks, today's visit to Cleveland stands as either a psyche-shaker or a season-saver. All their little points of pride and proofs of competence are...
MIDWOOD MARCHES BY MCKINNEY
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amSheldon Brown wasn't intimidated when he learned that Midwood was changing divisions in the PSAL and would now go up against some of the best teams in the league nearly...
ANOTHER BIG CHALLENGE FOR JOHNNIES
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amThis is exactly what St. John's coach Norm Roberts was talking about this week, prior to the start of the Big East schedule - how things don't get any easier...
DEADLINE DEALING; METS STILL IN BELTRAN HUNT AS 'STROS NEAR END OF LINE
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amWhen is a deadline not a deadline? We may learn that tonight. The expectation has been that Carlos Beltran will sign someplace today because after midnight, the Astros lose negotiating...
YANKS, BOSOX OPEN SEASON ON ESPN2
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amThe Yankees and Red Sox will play Major League Baseball's 2005 season opening game on national television. The World Champs will come to Yankee Stadium on Sunday, April 3 for...
DELGADO IN SIGHT; CAIRO INKS SHEA PACT
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amAmidst their pursuit of Carlos Beltran, the Mets continued to talk with free-agent slugger Carlos Delgado yesterday, according to a source. The Mets also have reached a preliminary agreement with...
JACKSON'S OT TREY LIFTS 'SPLITTERS
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amH.S. HOOPS Wendell Saunders gave Lincoln its due after the Railsplitters knocked off his Banneker team again, this time 69-63 in overtime. "They definitely have our number," Saunders said after...
CARTER WON'T TAKE 'RAP' OVER EFFORT
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES Vince Carter's former Raptor teammates buried him in Toronto yesterday for a lack of effort and his own admission that he didn't always push himself as hard as...
YANKS, SOX OPEN '05 ON ESPN2
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amThe Yankees and Red Sox will play Major League Baseball's 2005 season opening game on national television. The World Champs will come to Yankee Stadium on Sunday, April 3 for...
KIDD'S ALL RIGHT - & VINCE IS, TOO
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amNets 82Warriors 72 People were beginning to wonder, "Where was the Jason Kidd of old?" Criticism had mounted that the Net point guard, a perennial All-NBA defender, was getting torched...
COME AND JET IT! CONFIDENT CHARGERS DON'T SCARE EDWARDS
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - During a quiet moment in an otherwise frenetic week for the Jets, who were in speed-preparation mode for today's wild-card playoff game against the Chargers at Qualacomm...
VILMA NFL'S TOP DEFENSIVE ROOKIE
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amJET NOTES SAN DIEGO _ Jets linebacker Jonathan Vilma was named Defensive Rookie of the Year yesterday by The Associated Press. Vilma, the 12th pick in last year's draft, was...
MARTIN'S MOMENT - JETS NEED CURTIS TO SEIZE SPOTLIGHT LIKE JETER DOES
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amSAN DIEGO - He needs his Derek Jeter Moment every bit as much as the Jets need one from him, which is saying something. That's the only way things will...
EXPERTS CROWD ONTO CHARGER BANDWAGON
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amThe TV experts have spoken and the news is not good for Jet fans. Seven out of eight NFL analysts predict the Chargers will beat the Jets today. Only CBS...
INSIDE HERM'S PLAYOFF PLAYBOOK
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amWith the 10-6 Jets embarking on their critical wildcard playoff game against the 12-4 Chargers Saturday in San Diego, Herman Edwards has opened up his playoff playbook exclusively for The...
NO IFS, ANDS OR BOLTS - JETS' PLAYOFF RIDE TO END IN SAN DIEGO
January 8, 2005 | 5:00amQUARTERBACKS AND RECEIVERS vs. DEFENSIVE BACKS WHEN JETS HAVE THE BALL: Jets QB Chad Pennington (242-370, 65.4 percent, 2,673 yards, 16 TDs, nine INTs, 91.0 rating) has struggled of late,...