January 11, 2004
PENSION PERIL LOOMING: U.S.
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amThis past week, the head of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation - the government agency that insures the pensions of millions of Americans - announced he will be leaving in...
THE SUNDANCE KING; BOOK SHOWS 'RISE' OF INDIE FILM: ART TO $$
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe romanticized world of the indie film industry isn't all that romantic anymore. The perception of independent film - long seen as driven by artistic vision rather than profit -...
U.S. AIR IS SHOPPING ITS SHUTTLE
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe daily commute for hundreds of New York businesspeople - the U.S. Airways shuttle service to Boston and Washington, D.C. - may be going on the block. Sources say U.S....
BULL'S EYE
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amAll in the family We've had two presidents with the same name, so why not two Wall Street powerhouse trading firms? On Jan. 2, Performance Capital Group changed its name...
STEVE IRWIN: NO FRIEND TO ANIMALS
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amJUST because Animal Planet ostensibly represents the best interests of animals and animal-lovers doesn't protect the network from the modern, commercial TV formula: Its biggest star is also its most...
DIVIDE AND CONQUER
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amIt'll be a long time before you'll see a movie as visually adventurous as Julie Talen's "Pretend." The New York director uses elaborate split-screen editing to tell the story of...
ALLERGY 911! WHEN YOUR BELOVED CAN'T DEAL WITH CATS
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amAnne Schlitt faces a very painful decision: her cats or her man. The Manhattan based editor, who owns two cats, is moving to Maine to live with her boyfriend. Unfortunately,...
BOOK FLIGHT ON 'AIRLINE' ; A&E SERIES ABOUT SKY TRAVEL FULL OF BAGGAGE
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amWHILE some reality shows can justly be accused of not seeming real enough, the opposite is also possible. Some reality shows can actually be too real. As a prime example,...
WHERE TO EAT AFTER ... THE DIANE ARBUS EXHIBIT
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amA look into the working methods of one of the country's most intriguing shutterbugs can be found at "Diane Arbus: Family Albums," now at the Grey Art Gallery at New...
STARR REPORT
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amOzzy scotches offer Sharon Osbourne returns to tomorrow's "Sharon Osbourne Show" (1 p.m./Ch. 11) with an update on husband Ozzy Osbourne's condition - revealing Ozzy almost had his arm amputated...
EIGHT DATES LATER, ALONE AT LAST
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amWas there any point in returning to New York hoping Daniel might be my boyfriend, when I already knew he wasn't The One? Christmas and New Year's have come and...
SIZE 12 SYNDROME: NAVIGATING NEW YORK CAN BE TOUGH FOR THE AVERAGE WOMAN
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amMeet New York City's invisible woman. She's attractive, successful, personable - and she wears a size 12. Yoga teacher Marisa Sullivan, a fit 39-year-old who wears a size 10, says...
SHOPAHOLIC: I DARE YOU: CAN DESIGNER LAUREN MOFFATT PUT TOGETHER A GREAT LOOK FOR ONLY $100?
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amFashion designer Lauren Moffatt really knows how to rough it. When she launched her line five years ago, the Philadelphia-born graphic artist lived with her then-boyfriend - and business partner...
THE WEDDING PLANNERS: THE TOP JOB FOR 21ST CENTURY GALS: FINDING - AND KEEPING - A HUSBAND
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amShe's savvy, chic, well-educated - and hellbent on a successful marriage. New York's "new wife" is determined to get married in her twenties to a good provider. She plans to...
NAME GAMES: HOW TO TELL THE STILLS, THE THRILLS AND THE KILLS APART
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amThey are three of the hot new bands of 2004 - but how to differentiate among the Thrills, the Kills and the Stills? All are beloved by critics. All are...
HIGH NOTES & LOW NOTES
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amHappy 2004!: Ryan Adams has taken the Courtney Love route and left a cuss-filled voice mail for Chicago Sun-Times rock critic Jim Derogatis, who immediately posted it for the world...
POLS PROBE POWER DEAL
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amTwo state Assembly members plan to launch hearings this month into a controversial power plant set to be built in Astoria, The Post has learned. Paul Tonko (D-Schenectady), who chairs...
TAXPAYERS PICK UP TAB FOR 'FLIGHT-DELAYED' POL
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amCITY Councilman Allan Jennings enjoyed two extra nights at taxpayer expense in the sunny Caribbean by claiming a "delayed flight" made it impossible for him to return from a legislative...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amAn elderly Toronto couple foiled a home intruder by using their bare hands and a tea kettle. The boiling-mad couple pummeled Douglas Halversen, 28, and repeatedly socked him in the...
NEW IOWA VOTER
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amDES MOINES, Iowa - Move over, Britney - now that Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas is playing politics. An Illinois woman went to Vegas for a quickie drive-through...
G.I. BURIES BELOVED; HOME IN BRONX FROM IRAQ FOR SLAIN WIFE'S FUNERAL
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amA brave GI whose wife died when a firebug burned down her relatives' home laid his "only love" to rest in a solemn funeral at a Bronx church yesterday morning....
CHARLES MAY FACE PROBERS
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amBritish police probing Princess Diana's fatal car crash may have to question Prince Charles and top British secret-service bigwigs thanks to a letter written by the lonely princess shortly before...
COPS DIG UP 'MONSTER' MOM'S KID
January 11, 2004 | 5:00am"Joey Hope," the newborn infant dumped in a garbage bag behind a restaurant three years ago, was exhumed yesterday as prosecutors prepared a second set of infanticide charges against his...
O'NEILL: WAR VS. SADDAM SET PRE-9/11
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe White House - led by a "blind" and inattentive President Bush - began planning for the invasion of Iraq and the future of its oil reserves within days of...
W.'S WIDE WEB MAY ZAP DEAN E-MACHINE
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amDES MOINES, Iowa - The buzz says Democratic front-runner Howard Dean is king of the Internet - but in some ways, President Bush has trumped Dean at his own game....
FIREFIGHTER UNDER KNIFE
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe firefighter critically injured when he was smashed in the face with a chair by a colleague during a New Year's Eve firehouse brawl underwent four hours of grueling reconstructive...
BOMBING THREAT DIVERTS SMALL JET
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amA bomb threat yesterday forced a small jet from La Guardia Airport to be diverted to Dulles International Airport near D.C., officials said. American Eagle Flight 4959 was diverted after...
NYPD SHIFTS 'IMPACT' OF CRIME BLITZ
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amEXCLUSIVE The NYPD is making a significant shift in the NYPD's Operation Impact - the highly successful, year-old project that floods high-crime zones with extra cops, The Post has learned....
WMD GAS SHELLS DUG UP IN IRAQ
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amDanish troops in southern Iraq have unearthed a stash of weapons they believe contains poisonous blister gas - an illegal and vicious substance designed to weaken troops with painful rashes....
BRITS SLAY IRAQ ROWDIES
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amBritish troops and Iraqi policemen killed at least five people in southern Iraq yesterday after opening fire on a stone-throwing mob protesting the lack of jobs. Iraqi police believed they...
BLOODY REUNION ; DAD SNATCHES HIS TOT AFTER KILLING GUARDIAN: COPS
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amA jealous father scuttled a family reunion with his 5-year-old daughter and her mother yesterday by fatally shooting the mom's new boyfriend on a Queens street, police said. After the...
STORM FALLS FLAT ; ST. JOHN'S SHOWS LITTLE VS. SURGING SETON HALL
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amSeton Hall 71 St. John's 54 "You get beat on a few plays and your energy level is not the same for a couple of minutes."ST. JOHN'S COACH KEVIN CLARK...
RAVING, SHAVING QAEDA BUSTED
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amBritish cops busted a would-be suicide bomber with al Qaeda links who had made initial preparations to carry out an attack, it was reported today. The Algerian asylum-seeker had shaved...
BLOODY REUNION; DAD NABBED AFTER SLAYING EX'S NEW BEAU: COPS
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amA man who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend's beau in a fit of rage and then fled with their 5-year-old daughter was captured last night in a Manhattan subway station...
INVESTIGATORS SCOPING OUT MANHATTAN-BROOKLYN LINK
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amFBI and state investigators are looking into possible links between judicial corruption charges in Brooklyn and Manhattan, sources close to the cases said. Federal agents are teaming up with the...
NEARLY ASUNDER; NEWLYWEDS' VINTAGE CADDY CRASHES ON WAY TO RECEPTION
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amA newlywed Long Island couple survived what could have been a wedding day horror yesterday when the classic Cadillac whisking them from the church to their reception lost control and...
NO-SHOW JAILBIRDS GETTING FREE RIDE ON COMMUNITY SERVICE
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amState inmates in work programs get paid for community service they don't perform and may be getting sprung from prison early based on hours they didn't work, The Post has...
SICKENED BY STATION CURSE: TERRIFYING CASE OF FACE PALSY - CASE STUDY #1
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amWhen Fernando Camacho, a 34-year old firefighter with Engine 76, woke up with half his face paralyzed in early 2002, he thought he'd had a stroke. He went to the...
SICKENED BY STATION CURSE: CRIPPLING MIGRAINES - CASE STUDY #2
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amIn 1997, just a few months after transferring out of Harlem's 24th police precinct, where he had worked for nine years, Officer Rocco Farella, 43, began experiencing crippling migraines and...
FALTERING FRONT-RUNNER GROWLS: I'M IN A DOGFIGHT
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amDES MOINES, Iowa - Democratic front-runner Howard Dean yesterday said he's in "a dogfight" after the latest poll gave him a tiny lead for the Jan. 19 Iowa caucuses. Dean...
HIT-RUN DRIVER KILLS MAN ON PARK AVENUE
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amA man on his way home from a Manhattan party was smashed by an SUV early this morning and dragged a block before his mangled body fell dead to the...
$75 PER VICTIM; RECALLING A FAMOUS FIRE
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amTriangle: The Fire That Changed America by David Von Drehle, Atlantic Monthly Press, 340 pages, $25 ON March 25, 1911, a flash fire on two floors of the Triangle Shirtwaist...
SICKENED BY STATION CURSE: CANCER COSTS EX-COP HIS HEARING IN ONE EAR - CASE STUDY #3
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amIt was during a police softball game in Queens in 1993 when Officer Bob Reimertz, 45, first started feeling dizzy. By January of the next year, he was on the...
RARE BELL'S PALSY CLUSTER
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amA New York-based Bell's palsy expert says clusters of the illness are extremely rare. "That's pretty unusual," said Peter Constantino of St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, regarding the cluster of cases...
UNHAPPY MEAL; DRAB NEW DIET FARE AT MCD'S
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amCall it the McDonald's Diet. No longer will health-conscious fast-food lovers have to order two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame-seed bun, scrape off all...
STATE OF INSECURITY ; 'EMPIRE' ENTRANCES WIDE OPEN
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amEXCLUSIVE The Empire State Building has stopped screening visitors at its entrances, leaving tourists and some tenants worried because it remains a tempting target for terrorists. These days, visitors to...
PETE ROSE'S CRIME? HE'S JACKIE MASON'S EVIL TWIN
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amToo bad the people around Pete Rose refused to allow me to interview him last week. I couldn't have knocked him around worse than the baseball writers did. Who knew...
JAYSON BATTLE BEGINS
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amEx-NBA star Jayson Williams begins hearing from potential jurors Tuesday for his trial on manslaughter and coverup charges in the shotgun killing of a limo driver, a case that could...
FBI'S 'BENCH' PRESS; JUDGE TRIO PROBED FOR DIRTY DEALS
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe FBI is probing powerful Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Marylin Diamond and two colleagues on the bench - Justices Shirley Kornreich and Judith Gische - for allegedly doling out judicial...
TRYING TO GET AN EDUCATION AMID PRISON ATMOSPHERE AT 'HELL HIGH'
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amMAYOR Bloomberg last week launched an action plan to crack down on crime and disorder in the city's public schools following a outcry from teachers, students and parents - with...
'SIGN' DIDN'T COME EASY
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amGeorge Harrison's autograph on his former doctor's guitar indicates he was in a state of great duress, a noted signature expert said. Arlyn I. Imberman, author of the book "Signature...
CHARLES MAY FACE DI-CRASH PROBERS
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amBritish police probing Princess Diana's fatal car crash may have to question Prince Charles and top British secret-service bigwigs thanks to a letter written by the lonely princess shortly before...
FLOCKHART-FREE FORD PLAYS THE FIELD
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amHarrison Ford celebrated his just-announced divorce from screenwriter Melissa Mathison by drinking and dancing the night away in a seedy Mexican bar. But rail-thin "Ally McBeal" star Calista Flockhart, who's...
DEM RIVALS FLAIL AWAY AS FRONT-RUNNER FALTERS
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amDES MOINES, Iowa - The Democratic presidential race was a political free-fire zone yesterday as rivals attacked each other in all directions after the latest poll showed Howard Dean with...
INDY-FENSIBLE OFFENSE ; AFC TEAMS MAKE THEIR POINTS
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amKANSAS CITY - Lovers of defensive football should not watch today's AFC divisional playoff game between the Chiefs and Colts. With two of the league's most productive quarterbacks operating two...
NO CHAMPIONS OFF ICE ; DEVILS CAN BLAME THEMSELVES FOR OBSCURITY
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amTHEY are the champions, all right, champions of obscurity. Honestly now, has there ever been another elite pro sports team to play under the anonymity that cloaks the Devils in...
NFL ON ABC: PRETTY IN PUNK
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amIT'S no longer a question what ESPN/ABC is trying to do. The Disney network's sports department has increasingly been trying to lure young viewers through the most desperate and often...
BAITFISH NEED PROTECTING, TOO
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amPROTECTING baitfish is almost as important as protecting gamefish. Without fish to prey on, there would not be an abundance of striped bass, as well as bluefish and other marine...
FOR PATS, TITANS: SAME COLD STORY ; TENNESSEE'S TOUGHNESS TESTED
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amFOXBORO - If the Titans believed nothing would ever again feel as cold as time running out one yard short in a Super Bowl, it turns out they had another...
BIRDS GET PACK TO BUSINESS
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - There's an unspoken truth surrounding the Eagles. "I think no one really says it, but everyone knows," offensive tackle Tra Thomas said. "We've been here before." They sure...
BIG CHILL SHUTS BIG A AGAIN
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amLive racing at the Big A was canceled again yesterday because of the arctic cold front that brought the Northeast to a standstill. Racing was halted Friday after the fourth...
TRADE TALK DOESN'T FAZE DOLEAC
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amAlthough Michael Doleac insists he doesn't read the sports pages, he's up to speed on all rumors concerning his involvement in possible trades. "I've heard different things from my mom,"...
DON'T COUNT ME OUT; FORGOTTEN FRANK VOWS RETURN TO CHANEY'S LINEUP
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amWhen the Knicks were rolling along on a four-game winning streak, the key player wasn't Isiah Thomas, but the new starting point guard. Remember him? Frank Williams. Since Williams hurt...
FOR PATS, TITANTS: 2-MAN TANDEM PLAYING SUPER
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amFOXBORO - Antowain Smith and Kevin Faulk are symbols of the Patriots' unselfish, team-first chemistry. Entering last night's AFC divisional playoff game against the Titans at Gillette Stadium, the Patriots'...
RIDING ON THE 'E TRAIN' ; LINDROS' PLAY BOOSTS BLUESHIRTS
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amTHE parent company hawks high-definition TV while the subsidiary on the ice presents a product that from one day to the next defies definition. Yesterday was better, the preparedness, execution...
NOT ENOUGH OF ANYTHING ; APATHETIC ISLES DIG TOO DEEP A HOLE
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amRangers 3Islanders 2 What a shame for the Islanders it was yesterday that only a handful of them managed the emotion, intensity and fearlessness necessary to grind it out with...
WHEW! KIDD SHAKES OFF BAD FINGER
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amFor the Nets this season, the only normalcy has been the abnormal. The Nets have faced injury, relocation issues, controversy, shouting matches, a coach facing the firing squad, the dissolution...
LAYDEN MUFFED DEAL FOR WARD
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES It's difficult to defend former Knicks GM Scott Layden, especially with a revelation in yesterday's San Antonio Express stating the Spurs were desperate for Charlie Ward two years...
MET VLAD HOPES FADIN' SLEEPER CLUB GETS THE INSIDE TRACK
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amThe Mets are not out of the Vladimir Guerrero sweepstakes just yet. But word yesterday was that their hopes of landing the free-agent superstar might be fading away. It was...
DON'T WAIT FOR WALLACE
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amDON'T expect to get a whiff of Rashweed Wallace at the Garden any time soon, at least not camouflaged in an orange and blue uniform. Portland yesterday rejected the Knicks'...
SOLOMON THE SAVIOR ; NEW COACH PUTS BONNIES ON TRACK
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amTHE coach of my alma mater is on the telephone, and he is talking about responsibility, and about accountability, and about the things that make college sports the way they're...
CIDE LOOKS GOOD AS EVER
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amHometown hero Funny Cide, who last year became the first New York-bred to win the Kentucky Derby, looked better than ever yesterday at Gulfstream Park, winning his 4-year-old debut by...
CAUGHT BY SURPRISE ; PANTHERS STUN RAMS WITH OT TD
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amTWO OVERTIMESPanthers 29Rams 23 ST. LOUIS - The way it ended was so sudden, so shocking, it was as if someone had clicked a mute button, instantly silencing 66,168 true...
CHANEY GETS BAND-AID WIN ; BUT DOC WOULD BE PERFECT CURE FOR KNICKS
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amWHEN Isiah Thomas fires Don Chaney, he must replace him with Doc Rivers. Let's not kid ourselves: the Knicks' 94-88 victory last night over the Bucks was nothing more than...
GUERRERO SNUBS METS: VLADIMIR SET TO SIGN WITH MYSTERY TEAM
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amYou can wake up now, Mets fans. The dream is over. Vladimir Guerrero won't be playing his home games at Shea Stadium anytime soon. The Mets are officially out of...
THERE'S NOTHING TO IT
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amDevils 1Leafs 0 TORONTO - It's the guaranteed method of keeping skids short: The Devils have followed nearly half their losses this season with shutouts. The defending champs have fallen...
CAUGHT BY SURPRISE ; PANTHERS BLOW LEAD, STUN RAMS ON SMITH'S OT TD
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amTWO OVERTIMES Panthers 29 Rams 23 ST. LOUIS - The whole time the ball was in the air, Steve Smith could only think of one thing: Don't drop it. Don't...
PATIENT ISIAH KEEPS FAITH IN CHANEY
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amNew Knick boss Isiah Thomas preached patience before last night's win over the Bucks - something he has shown little of since taking over. Thomas lowered expectations on the team's...
CRASH-LANDING GIVES KEITH SCARE
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Keith Van Horn took an MRI at Beth Israel last night to see if his right knee suffered ligament damage. Van Horn landed awkwardly on the knee early...
ONE SMALL STEPH KNICKS WIN 1ST OF MARBURY ERA
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amKnicks 94 Bucks 88 The "Fire Chaney" chants of Thursday were replaced by cries of "De-fense" and "Let's go Knicks!" Don Chaney's club showed up last night in time to...
COLD COMFORT FOR MCNAIR
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amFOXBORO - If the Ti tans believed nothing again would ever again feel as cold as time running out one yard short in a Super Bowl, it turns out they...
BRRRRRAVO! PATS OUTLAST TITANS: VINATIERI BOOTS 46-YARD WINNER
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amPatriots 17Titans 14 FOXBORO - The temperature at game time was 4 degrees with a wind-chill of 10 below zero, marking the coldest game in Patriots' history and the NFL's...
THE INSIDERS: THE POST TAKES YOU BEHIND THE LOCKER-ROOM DOORS
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amTiger talks tough: Tells Maxim: 'There are guys on tour I can't stand' Maxim continues to be the place for hot-blooded sports. Its February edition, which hits newsstands Jan. 20,...
TIME TO OUT-FOX RAMS: COACH HAS PANTHERS BELIEVING
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amST. LOUIS - John Fox has been in the middle of the blur for so long, he's had a hard time understanding how remarkable a job he's really done with...
DON'T COUNT ME OUT: FORGOTTEN FRANK VOWS RETURN TO CHANEY'S LINEUP
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amWhen the Knicks were rolling along on a four-game winning streak, the key player wasn't Isiah Thomas, but the new starting point guard. Remember him? Frank Williams. Since Williams hurt...
SCOTT STILL TOO SICK
January 11, 2004 | 5:00amTORONTO - The Devils are reduced to praying their flu-ridden captain will be able to play on his own "Scott Stevens Day" next Saturday. The Eastern Conference's top vote-getting All-Star...