January 22, 2005
CABLEVISION SET TO SELL CABLE BIZ
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amIn the wake of the decision to sell its satellite unit Voom, Cablevision's Dolan family appears finally ready to sell its cable systems. The company has long considered selling its...
POWELL OUTAGE ; CONTROVERSIAL FCC CHAIRMAN STEPS DOWN
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amAfter bungling the job of regulating the U.S. media and telephone businesses, Michael Powell is stepping down as the head of the Federal Communications Commission. The 41-year-old Republican son of...
TOMMY GIVES 200 PINK SLIPS
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amThe Tommy Hilfiger Corporation, which has seen sales shrink and is the subject of a government investigation into the commissions it pays overseas buying offices, said yesterday that it would...
TRICKED OUT - WANT LUXE? HERE ARE 2005'S TOP AMENITIES
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amDOUBLE-HEADED showers? Under-counter wine coolers? How 2004 of you! This year, there's a new stock of luxe amenities to get your hands on, if keeping up with the Star Joneses...
PERFECT TIMING
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amWHAT difference does a day (or a week, or a month) make? When it comes to selling your home or redecorating your digs - the difference is in dollars. Or...
STARE MASTERS - BEST NEW YORK CITY VIEWS - AND THEIR EYE-POPPING PRICES. HEY, GOOD LOOKIN' - THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD HAS VIEWS - AND PRICES - TO MATCH
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amFROM the laundry list of amenities Bernie Chavez desired in his next Manhattan pad, one, almost literally, stood above the rest: a sprawling view of the city. "You feel so...
HOME SHOPPING CLUB - WINTER'S WARMTH
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amBoConcept 105 Madison Ave., at 30th Street (212) 686-8188 Sale: through Jan. 31. Open: Sat., noon-6 p.m./Sun., noon-5 p.m./Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-7 p.m. A cherry veneer coffee table is now only...
MY NEW HOME
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amEXTENDED (and EXPANDING) FAMILY SEEKS HOUSE What they Bought: Mill Basin two-family, $735,000 Search Time: 4 months FOR Debra and James Donzella, housing - and house-hunting - is a family...
NAZIS INVADE BRITAIN - 'WAR' CHANNELS WWII STORY
January 22, 2005 | 5:00am"Masterpiece Theatre: Island at War" Tomorrow at 9 p.m. on Ch. 13 (four stars) THE British defense of their homeland against the Nazis during World War II was an inspiration...
'APPRENTICE' PREMIERE UP; BUT 'CSI' REPEAT STILL DOMINATES TIMESLOT
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amTHE DONALD was trumped by a "CSI" repeat - but the latest season premiere of "The Apprentice" did get off to a better ratings start this time around. About 15.6...
'DEEP' DISH : NEW DOC CHARTS EX-SMUT STAR'S HARD KNOCKS
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amPARK CITY, Utah - Thirty years after starring in the hard-core porn classic "Deep Throat," Harry Reems is about to realize a longtime ambition: a juicy role in a major...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amA Wisconsin teenager believes there's reason to the children's summertime rhyme "no more pencils, no more books" - so he's suing to make it state law. Peer Larson, 17, of...
NEW L.I. WARNING ON 'BATMEN' THUGS
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amLong Island cops warned restaurants yesterday not to respond to telephone food orders unless they can verify an address, after eight "very vicious" muggings by bat-wielding thugs - four of...
REV. BILLY: IT'S 'DIVINE' RE-ELECTION
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - President Bush yesterday capped off his inaugural celebration with a national prayer service, where the Rev. Billy Graham said God's "divine help" was behind Bush's re-election. "Our Father,...
IT'LL BE A BLAST; EXPECT AT LEAST A FOOT OF SNOW
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amThe good news about the first big snow of the winter is that it's happening on a weekend - and the city will have a big head start to get...
BUNGLING BANDITS BUSTED
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amTwo alert city cops on their way to work foiled four bumbling thieves yesterday who allegedly ripped off a payroll delivery at the discount designer store Century 21. Sgt. George...
DAPPER JUAN GOES FROM RAGS TO RUNWAY MODEL
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amJACKPOT crackpot Juan Rodriguez has got a whole lotto new clothes - and is looking a lot like the Cary Grant of garage atten dants. Yesterday, the formerly grungy car...
SOBERING SURVEY ROCKS 'BIG TIPPLE' ; WELL-OFF PROBLEM DRINKERS LEAD PACK
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amFifteen percent of New Yorkers drink too much - and the worst offenders have higher incomes and live in some of the city's best neighborhoods, the Health Department reported yesterday....
WIFE-NAPPER CRAZY: SHRINKS
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amThe Queens man who leaped from a speeding North Carolina police car in September after allegedly abducting his wife sees imaginary horses and slams his head against the wall of...
9G REALITY 'CHECK' FOR REP. WEINER
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amIt didn't take Rep. Anthony Weiner long to return $9,250 in questionable campaign contributions to his mayoral campaign. The day after it was reported that two "donors" had no idea...
UMA'S DIVORCE COURT
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amShe played an assassin called "The Bride" in the "Kill Bill" movies, but now Uma Thurman is close to becoming the divorcée. The stunning "Pulp Fiction" star and her estranged...
'SLASH' RAP FOR TEACH ; ATTACK ON PRINCIPAL
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amA disgruntled Brooklyn teacher was charged yesterday with having a friend slash the face of her school's principal last year, police said. Teacher Frances Levine, 41, of Clinton Hill, had...
'SOPRANO' GOONS; THREATENED TO WHACK WITNESS 'LIKE ADRIANA': DA
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amTwo friends of the men accused of killing Fairfield University football star Mark Fisher were charged with witness tampering yesterday - for trying to scare a witness by alluding to...
BERSERK 'KILLER' HUBBY; RAMS GAS TRUCK AFTER 'BLUDGEONING' WIFE
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amAn enraged Brooklyn man stabbed his wife and fatally bludgeoned her with a brick early yesterday, before ramming his car into a gasoline tanker truck in an apparent suicide bid,...
COME AND GET YOUR FLU SHOTS
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amRemember the panic about the shortage of flu vaccine? Well, it's officially over. The city's Health Department announced late yesterday that anyone who wants a flu shot can now get...
MONEY MAN IN FASHION ; HIGH-STYLE LOTTERY WINNER GETS FIRSTCUT OF HIS $149M IN COURT FIGHT
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amHard-luck lottery winner Juan Rodriguez turned up in court yesterday sporting a million-dollar makeover - and came away with $2 million of the $149 million jackpot he's been unable to...
BLOOMBERG SNATCHES AWAY GIFF'S KEY CAMPAIGN HOTSHOT
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg dealt a stinging blow to City Council Speaker Gifford Miller's bid for mayor by raiding his campaign and hiring away a high-ranking adviser with a big-bucks offer, The...
TRUMP WEDDING VEIL ; HIDES UNDER LACE PARASOL AFTER RITZY REHEARSAL DAY
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amShielded by a dainty lace parasol, a camera-shy Donald Trump yesterday emerged from the church where he rehearsed his blockbuster marriage today to knockout bride Melania Knauss. Dressed in a...
SPY'S '$HOPPING LIST'; SADDAM'S MAN BID TO REACH U.S. BIGS
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein's American oil spy targeted a "who's who" of Democratic and Republican foreign-policy bigwigs - including James Baker and Jeanne Kirkpatrick - as part of a clandestine...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amBROOKLYN *** Cops are seeking the public's help in finding this man (above), who allegedly murdered his stepfather in Bedford-Stuyvesant earlier this month. Brian Mack, 22, a k a Bryant...
CHECK-KITERS CRASH-LAND IN PRISON
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amA federal judge sent two diamond dealers to the slammer for their roles in a massive check-kiting scam. Pinhas Ben-Ari and David Klein pleaded guilty to bank fraud for disguising...
PARKER ROUGHED ME UP: EX-AIDE
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amAn ex-aide accused state Sen. Kevin Parker of putting her into a headlock in an angry confrontation two years ago that foreshadowed Parker's slugfest this week with a traffic agent,...
BUTT-HEADS BUSTED; KERIK PAL PART OF S.I. GROPE-GROUP DUST-UP
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amA butt-pinching incident in a Staten Island club ended early yesterday with the arrest of a city correction officer, a retired city detective and a former special assistant to ex-NYPD...
DETECTIVE HIT WITH ABUSE SUIT
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amA Staten Island detective has been hit with a lawsuit alleging he sexually abused the daughter of David Bowie's ex-wife while investigating her rape - two months after the cop...
'CUTTHROAT' SERIAL PHONER BUSTED ON CITY HALL HARASS RAP
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amOne of the city's most persistent gadflies has gotten under City Hall's skin again. Christopher Brodeur, a thorn in the side of the past two mayors, hassled members of Mayor...
'SLASH' RAP FOR TEACH; ATTACK ON PRINCIPAL
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amA disgruntled Brooklyn teacher was charged yesterday with having a friend slash the face of her school's principal last year, police said. Teacher Frances Levine, 41, of Clinton Hill, had...
COP HAD SEX WITH GIRL, 16: POLICE
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amAn NYPD lieutenant was arrested yesterday in Orange County by state cops for having sex with a 16-year-old girl, authorities said. Thomas Carroll, 32, who was appointed lieutenant in 1993,...
LEN THROWING IN THE TOWEL - HE'LL QUIT TODAY AFTER LATEST FIASCO;HERB MAY GET REINS
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amRockets 92Knicks 91 Knick coach Lenny Wilkens will resign this morning after a 40-minute meeting with team president Isiah Thomas following last night's heartbreaking 92-91 loss to the Rockets at...
AGGADAN CLASS OF BIG A FIELD
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amWeather permitting today at the Big A - snow showers are expected to begin about noon, with heavier snowfall of a foot or more predicted for tonight - Aggadan will...
BRODEUR: LET'S SAVE NEXT YEAR
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amGloom and doom settled yesterday on the NHL, its locked-out players and fans. Even Martin Brodeur admitted the 2004-05 season appears over. Brodeur told The Post the parties should return...
COLUMBUS NAMES NEW COACH
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amRoberto Perez said he's still not sure what happened, only that he got a call on Tuesday informing him he was the new varsity basketball coach at Columbus High in...
IT COULD BE REAL CHILLER
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH - The snow largely should be over here by kickoff of tomorrow's AFC title game, leaving behind cold even more bitter than the Raiders when they left town following...
PLAYERS BRACE FOR LONG STALEMATE
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amNOW, once and for all, NHL players know the league's agenda. Now, after hearing the message delivered in no uncertain terms in Toronto on Thursday by Gary Bettman mouthpiece Bob...
CONTESSA SWEEPS EARLY PICK 4
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amIt was a banner day for Gary Contessa, who saddled four straight winners in races 2-5 - Unknown Variable ($4.30), Bizzy Trick ($6.20), Simply Dana ($5.40), Prize Rose ($5.90) -...
TITLE GAMES: ON WITH THE SNOW! PHILLY WIND CUTS OFF PASS
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amAll the intricate factors and intimate strategy involved in tomorrow's NFC Championship Game between the Eagles and Falcons, all the analysis and speculation and projections and predictions, all of it...
A-ROD: BLAME ME; YANKS' CHOKE A 'BAD DREAM'
January 22, 2005 | 5:00am"I played well at times, I played terrible at times, and at the end of the day, I feel like my job was a failure . . . So if...
ROCKET RE-SIGNS FOR $18M
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amRoger Clemens remembers Albert Pujols' sixth-inning double in Game 7 of last year's NLCS. He still gets flashbacks of Scott Rolen's ensuing home run that won it for the Cardinals....
A BRONX TALE, TAKE TWO
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amTHERE are certain signs that you have been at one job too long. Here's mine: Roger Clemens signs a pitchers' record $18 million contract yesterday with the Astros and the...
THE BLAME GAME; VAN GUNDY: COACHES EASY TARGETS
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amRockets coach Jeff Van Gundy again came to the defense of embattled Lenny Wilkens yesterday before his club faced the Knicks last night at the Garden. Holding court for more...
STEELERS COUNT ON COLD-RELIABLE PLAN
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amPITTSBURGH - Steelers fans not only are accustomed to 20-degree kickoffs, but also to 180-degree AFC title game twists that have left them with much colder chills down their spines...
THEY'RE HARD CORPS - NEW ENGLAND LBS BEST IN BIZ
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amFOXBORO - None of them is a perennial Pro Bowl player, yet as a group, the Patriots' linebacking corps is arguably the best group in the NFL. Collectively, there's an...
KNEE PUTS HOU BACK ON BENCH
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES In what could lead to a week-long shutdown, Allan Houston sat out last night's game against the Rockets, suffering from left knee pain. Houston hinted last weekend that...
FALCONS COORDINATOR HOPES TO AVOID D-JA VU
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amNFC NOTES Pardon Falcons defensive coordinator Ed Donatell if no pleasant memories are conjured up tomorrow when he walks into Lincoln Financial Field for the NFC Championship game. Last year,...
STORM BLOWIN' THE RIGHT WAY
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amA visitor dropped by the St. John's basketball offices yesterday and found coach Norm Roberts with his feet propped on the desk, leaning back in his chair and chatting on...
RANGERS PU$H FOR DELGADO
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amThe Rangers made a take-it-or-leave-it offer to Carlos Delgado in Puerto Rico yesterday, apparently leapfrogging the Marlins' and Mets' bids by guaranteeing a fourth year. The one caveat: Texas wants...
SUDDENLY, NETS HAVE SOME HOPE
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amNets 104Celtics 98 The Nets head out on the road today as a last-place team, well under .500 and mired in the Atlantic Division cellar. But thanks to last night's...
ERR SHOW - LEN ON VERGE OF QUITTING AFTER KNICKS' LATEST DISASTER
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amRockets 92 Knicks 91 Another night, another final-second choke. And now Lenny Wilkens is likely to quit as coach of the reeling Knicks. Jeff Van Gundy and the Rockets got...
ATLANTIC KEEPING THE NETS AFLOAT - MEDIOCRE DIVISION STILL UP FOR GRABS
January 22, 2005 | 5:00amThe Nets came into last night's game with the Atlantic Division-leading Celtics looking up from the division cellar, but just four games out of first place - and the third...