March 7, 2006
SPITZ IS THE PITTS - EX-SEC BOSS RIPS AG
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amIT doesn't take much to get Harvey Pitt going on the subject of Eliot Spitzer. The former head of the Securities & Exchange Commission clearly isn't one of the New...
FORECLOSURES JUMP IN JAN.
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amForeclosure rates around the United States are rising from last year as more homeowners are caught in a web of rising interest rates and gimmicky mortgages. New York City foreclosures...
DESPERATE FOR RERUN BUYER
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe studio behind "Desperate Housewives" is hoping a cable network will cough up more than $200 million to buy the popular ABC show's repeats. Disney-owned Buena Vista Television is reportedly...
SEC OK'D 3 BIOVAIL FOES
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe Securities and Exchange Commission previously investigated and cleared three investment funds besieged drug company Biovail said are now part of a far-flung conspiracy to drive down its stock, The...
MACKLOWE'S MARCH - PLANS HOTEL/CONDOS FOR MIDTOWN CORNER
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amHARRY Macklowe is readying a major new hotel/condo development at one of Midtown's most valuable locations, just as central Manhattan has grown increasingly starved for first-class hotel rooms and while...
WITNESS SNAGGED IN OWN LIES
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe $800-an-hour lawyers fighting to keep Enron's two ex-chiefs out of jail earned every dime yesterday - by tripping up a key government witness to argue, essentially, "Trust me -...
$200M PHONE CHARGE - EVERCORE TO $CORE
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amBoutique investment bank Evercore Partners is in line to grab a slice of the roughly $200 million in fees Wall Street stands to rake in for brokering the mega-deal between...
BELLSOUTH CEO COULD RING UP $216M
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amBellSouth Corp. head honcho Duane Ackerman stands to take in over $216 million in stock if the sale to telecom giant AT&T passes muster with shareholders and regulators. Under the...
NYMEX 10% STAKE SALE NEARLY ON ICE
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe upstart Intercontinental Exchange made a lucrative, eleventh-hour bid late last week to break up the New York Mercantile Exchange's deal to sell a 10 percent stake to the private...
LOOKS LIKE A DEAL - PENGUIN APPARENT GREENSPAN PUBLISHER FOR $8.5M
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe feverish auction for the Alan Greenspan memoir appears to have broken with Penguin Inc. on top with a winning bid believed to be in the $8.5 million to $9...
NYMEX 10% STAKE SALE ALMOST PUT ON ICE
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe upstart Intercontinental Exchange made a lucrative, eleventh-hour bid late last week to break up the New York Mercantile Exchange's deal to sell a 10 percent stake to the private...
I'D DATE IVANKA: TRUMP - 'VIEW' REMARK 'JUST A JOKE'
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amDONALD Trump shocked "The View" yesterday when "The Apprentice" boss announced that, if he weren't her father, he'd like to date daughter Ivanka. "Who are you, Woody Allen?" "View" co-host...
JON STEWART BACK FROM EXCELLENT L.A. ADVENTURE
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amJON Stewart returns to host "The Daily Show" tonight - two days after his buzzworthy turn as host of the Oscars. Stewart boarded a 2 p.m. flight from L.A. to...
NAZI-ERA MEMENTOS ARE LETTER-PERFECT
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amTHEY were only letters and postcards, but they were all 16-year-old Sala Garncarz had to remind her of life outside the Nazi slave-labor camps. Even after she was freed five...
SLEEP OVER - 'HOPE' FOR REGIS & KELLY SLUMBER PARTY
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amWHO'S nightmare is this, Kelly's or Regis'? That's Kelly Ripa who wakes up horrified and screaming when she finds her pal, Regis Philbin, in bed with her on an upcoming...
LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT - ANOTHER SEASON, ANOTHER CROP OF TALKED-ABOUT RESORTS - CHRIS BUNTING FINDS THE REASONS WHY YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY GO
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amMOST IMPROVED Buccaneer's Creek Martinique Transforming old-school Club Meds from adults-only dens of iniquity into upscale, family-friendly resorts is no enviable task, but the franchise has been doing just that...
BOW, NO! - HOW CHARLIZE FLUNKED FASHION'S BIGGEST NIGHT; CHARLIZE'S FASHION LOW BOW
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amTHE biggest upset of Oscar night wasn't "Crash." It was Charlize Theron's gown. The South African actress shocked viewers and fashion insiders on the red carpet with her haute couture...
BLACK & WHITE & DEAD ALL OVER
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amIF THE Oscars are the "Super Bowl of Fashion" - as the commentators keep reminding us - this year's red carpet was one long fumble. On a black-and-white television. Possibly...
AWARDS WERE A STARLESS NIGHT
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amARE Hollywood's hottest stars too big to be bothered with Oscar? The M.I.A. list to this year's Academy Awards is a who's who of insiders and A-listers: Brad Pitt, Angelina...
GEORGE SWOON-Y
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amHERE'S a big picture of George Clooney, try not to drool too much. Dressed to the nines for Sunday's Academy Awards, the dapper ex-"ER" doc was no scrub. "I'm, you...
MISSING N.Y. - A FEW THOUGHTS OF HOME FROM LOCALS SERVING IN IRAQ
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amTRAVELING from unit to unit here in Iraq, I've asked New York-area soldiers what three things they miss most about the greatest city in the world. I told 'em not...
HEY, PARTNER, THIS TRIAL IS DEFINITELY NOT ABOUT YOU
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amRON KUBY, high priest of all liberals, mouthpiece to the guilty and the not so guilty, was talking about Curtis Sliwa throwing down the gauntlet. Kuby, who co-hosts a morning...
WHAT A RELIEF! GOV GOES HOME - STILL UNDER DOCS' WATCH
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Gov. Pataki yesterday left the hospital 2 ½ weeks after doctors removed a ruptured appendix, but he's not out of the woods just yet. "It's wonderful to be...
GOPER'S LIBERAL DOSE - HILLARY'S FOE 'LEFT' IN LURCH BY REVEALING NOTE
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - The newly announced Republican challenger to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton wrote a confidential memo last summer describing herself as a pro-abortion, pro-gay rights, pro-stem-cell research, "social liberal" who...
HAMAS YANKS ABBAS' POWERS
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amHamas began its first session of the Palestinian parliament yesterday by stripping President Mahmoud Abbas of new powers - in a move blasted as "a coup attempt" - and denouncing...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amSTATEN ISLAND * Police were searching yesterday for a Staten Island teen who may have run off with her baby boy to be with the child's father in Manhattan. Johanna...
POL WATCHERS' FUNDER STORM
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Less than 1 percent of New Yorkers contribute to state political campaigns - and more than half of the contributions made would be illegal under federal law because...
SUOZZI PULLS HAT OUT OF GOP'S RING
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Tom Suozzi, mounting an insurgent gubernatorial primary campaign against Democrat Eliot Spitzer, yesterday reluctantly said he would not accept the Republican line if offered. Senate Majority Leader Joseph...
IRAQ: THE UNTOLD TRUTHS - LIKE THE SUCCESS OF THE IRAQI ARMY, FOR STARTERS
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amBAGHDAD AMONG the many positive stories you aren't being told about Iraq, the media ignored another big one last week: In the wake of the terrorist bombing of the Golden...
TELECOMMUTERS BARELY WORKING
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amThere are 8 million stories in the naked city - and one says many employees who work on their computers from home often do so . . . naked! SonicWall,...
'ARMY OF DAVIDS'
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amIT'S only March, but I can guarantee you there won't be a more exciting or inspiring book published this year than "An Army of Davids." Glenn Reynolds, its author, is...
GIULIANI IS 'HOT' STUFF IN NEW POLL
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - America loves Rudy Giuliani. A new poll shows "America's Mayor" inspiring the warmest feelings nationwide among 2008 presidential contenders. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Secretary of State Condoleezza...
MAYOR: TIME TO BUILD 9/11 MEMORIAL
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amWith construction of the Ground Zero memorial slated to begin later this month, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday it's time to move forward even if everyone's not 100 percent happy with...
UNDERCOVER WITH ONLINE PERV PATROL - SEX PREDATORS ARE SUFFOLK COPS' PREY
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amFacing an onslaught of sophisticated online child pornographers and perverts targeting kids, Long Island cyberdetectives have greatly increased their undercover operations in the Internet infernos where the predators prowl, officials...
N.Y. CONGRESSMAN FLIE$ HIGH
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Upstate Rep. Tom Reynolds racked up $63,000 in expenses flying on corporate jets in the last five years - ranking him among the Top 10 jet-setters in Congress....
DEP'S LINES TAPPED IN PLUMBING PROBE
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amPhones at the city's Department of Environmental Protection have been wiretapped by mob investigators as part of a probe into a bribery scheme involving plumbing companies, The Post has learned....
BACK FROM THE DEBT
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amUpcoming budget gaps aren't as dire as the Bloomberg administration is predicting, the Independent Budget Office said yesterday. Mayor Bloomberg reported in January that the city was in good shape...
'STUNG' HACKS WIN
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amAfter letting the meters run for six years, the city yesterday agreed to settle a federal class-action lawsuit and pay 100 cabdrivers whose hack licenses were revoked during an aggressive...
SHEEHAN BUSTED AT U.N. RALLY
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amPolice interrupted a rally against the war in Iraq outside the U.S. Mission to the United Nations yesterday to arrest four protesters - including peace mom Cindy Sheehan. Sheehan, 49,...
WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN PARENTS' BASEMENT
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amA young Brooklyn woman was found dead yesterday morning in the basement apartment of her parents' Sheepshead Bay home, police said. Suzanne Lustig, 25, a former NYU grad student who...
'DRUNKEN' AIR DOC ON TRIAL
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amA Florida doctor was so drunk on a plane leaving JFK that he had to be dragged off the aircraft for terrorizing flight attendants, prosecutors said yesterday. Dr. Akram Ismail...
'HATE' STORM LOOMS - FUROR AT COLUMBIA
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amA professor who has drawn widespread criticism for declaring that some Jews use the memory of the Holocaust an "extortion racket" has ignited an outcry at Columbia University, where he...
TYCOON GIVES $7M TO CCNY
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amCity College has received a $7 million windfall from publishing magnate Larry Gralla to expand scholarships for students from elite public high schools. Gralla and his wife, Yvette, both CCNY...
MONSTER'S COOLNESS AN INSULT TO VICTIMS
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amAFTER all this time and all these tears, Gloria Talty never expected to feel such emotion at the sight of a face. She looked into the eyes of Zacarias Moussaoui,...
PRINCIPALS' FURY @JOEL.KLEIN.COM
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amAngry public-school principals from across the city have bombarded Schools Chancellor Joel Klein (left) with e-mail rants blasting contract demands he laid out in a recent letter to 1,400 school...
'MAFIA' COP IN A JAM - TRAFFIC ALMOST MEANS JAIL
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amA traffic jam almost landed reputed mob cop Louis Eppolito back in prison yesterday. The ex-NYPD detective, accused along with his partner, Stephen Caracappa, of being paid hit men for...
KUBY'S TESTIMONY RADIO-ACTIVE - JR. SAID HE WAS LEAVING MOB
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amJohn "Junior" Gotti's defense yesterday received an unexpected boost from Curtis Sliwa's radio partner, who testified that the ex-mob boss declared eight years ago he was leaving organized crime because...
PAROLE RULES BARRED BRUISER FROM JOB
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe career criminal held for questioning in the rape and murder of a Manhattan grad student was violating his parole by working in the SoHo bar where she was last...
TOUGH JOB FOR LABOR - FIGHTS 'BID RIG' MESS
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe New York state AFL-CIO went into crisis mode yesterday to respond to a federal probe linking powerful labor boss and Queens Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin to alleged bid rigging of...
'BULL' RAT IS DEAD - SAMMY SLAY RAP KO'D
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amNew Jersey prosecutors were forced to drop murder charges against Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano yesterday after their star witness, notorious killer Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski, died over the weekend. Kuklinski,...
IMETTE'S LAST CALL A SCREAM - ARGUED WITH BOUNCER SUSPECTED IN MURDER
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amA bouncer with a violent history argued with a John Jay grad student after booting her from a tavern the morning she disappeared - and a muffled scream was the...
AWARDS' RATINGS 'CRASH' & BURN
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amAnd the Oscar for plummeting ratings goes to . . . the Academy Awards. An estimated 38.8 million people watched Hollywood pat itself on the back Sunday night. But that...
2 CHILDREN SHOT IN BX.
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amA 13-year-old boy and 10-year-old girl became innocent victims yesterday when they were caught in the crossfire of seemingly unrelated shootings in the same Bronx neighborhood, cops said. The boy...
JACKO BUGGERS GUILTY
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Two charter jet operators pleaded guilty yesterday to illegally taping Michael Jackson hours before his kiddie-sex arrest in 2003. Jeffrey Borer and Arvel Jett Reeves will spend...
TWO HORRORS LINK TWO N.Y. BLOODLINES OVER 20 YRS.
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amIt's the chilling case of two infamous murders tied to two popular Manhattan watering holes - with the same two family dynasties inextricably linked to both. In 1986, there was...
MET UNVEILS $12M FACE LIFT
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amSome of the art inside may date back more than 5,000 years, but the landmark facade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is like new again. "It's one of the...
NYPD ON TRIAL OVER 'WILDING'
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amFirst, she helped put the thugs who gang groped her at the Puerto Rican Day Parade behind bars, and now Anne Peyton Bryant will have her day in court against...
'FUNDER' STORM
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Less than 1 percent of New Yorkers contribute to state political campaigns - and more than half of the contributions made would be illegal under federal law because...
MIKE'S PALS GO ON $CHOOL TRIP
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amThe mayor is turning up the heat on Albany lawmakers - enlisting the help of his friends to get them to send more money to the city to build more...
KIN FACE DOWN FIEND - TERRORIST WON'T LOOK 9/11 FAMILIES IN EYE
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amRelatives of 9/11 victims yesterday stared down terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui as they heard prosecutors say their loved ones might still be alive if he had come clean about the monstrous...
GROPED GAL VS. POLICE - 'WILDING'-SUIT TRIAL
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amFirst, she helped put the thugs who gang groped her at the Puerto Rican Day Parade behind bars, and now Anne Peyton Bryant will have her day in court against...
MET UNVEILS ITS EXTREME MAKEOVER
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amSome of the art inside may date back more than 5,000 years, but the landmark facade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is like new again. "It's one of the...
STARS UNDRESS - VALENTINO SWEPT OFF OSCAR CARPET
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amCall it the Valentino's Day Massacre. Designer Valentino Garavani (right) had expected to dress some of the biggest stars of the 78th annual Academy Awards - Uma Thurman (above), Keira...
TWO HORRORS LINK TWO N.Y. BLOODLINES
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amIt's the chilling case of two infamous murders tied to two popular Manhattan watering holes - with the same two family dynasties inextricably linked to both. In 1986, there was...
GAELS HOIST MAAC CROWN
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amMAAC FINAL: Iona 80 - St. Peter's 61 ALBANY - Marvin McCullough bounded around the Pepsi Arena floor with his jersey held aloft like a trophy. Ricky Soliver circled by...
JINTS SET TO MAKE PITCH TO MADISON
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amLeaving little doubt a proven cornerback is their most pressing need, the Giants moved quickly yesterday, bringing in former Dolphin Sam Madison for a visit. The Giants can strike immediately,...
WORLD SERIOUS - POSTSEASON FEEL TO USA'S OPENER
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amU.S. vs MEXICO - Today 4:00; ESPN2 PHOENIX - George Steinbrenner does not agree, but Derek Jeter knows that today's opening game for Team USA against Mexico in the World...
EVEN IN DEFEAT, HENRIK GOOD AS GOLD
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amHAVING conquered the world, Henrik Lundqvist returned unmasked last night to its biggest little city. There was no parade up the Canyon of Heroes for the Rangers' gold-medal goalie, only...
PRIDE SPURS DOMINICAN
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amKISSIMMEE, Fla. - When the team from the Dominican Republic talks about the World Baseball Classic, a common theme emerges. As U2 famously sang, it's pride (in the name of...
OWNERS HUDDLE UP - MEET TODAY TO VOTE ON PLAYERS' PROPOSAL
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amNow we get to see just how unified or divided NFL ownership is. Labor peace could come as early as today, when owners from all 32 NFL teams meet at...
TOM PITCHES IN - GLAVINE COUNSELS PROSPECT BANNISTER
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amMets 6 - Indians 3 PORT ST. LUCIE - Tom Glavine stood next to Aaron Heilman in the back of a bullpen at one point yesterday morning, with prospects Philip...
DIFFERENT PAGES - STEPH, LARRY AT ODDS OVER KNICKS' DIRECTION
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amEven now, with the Knicks coming off a victory and with the possibility of winning two straight games for the first time since a six-game streak at the beginning of...
JASON, SHEFF TAKIN' A SEAT - SHORTHANDED YANKS TO REST DINGED DUO
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amYANKEES 11 - BLUE JAYS 8 TAMPA - Empty seats at Legends Field are like Red Sox World Series wins: You don't see them often. However, with the WBC having...
LO DUCA: HAND'S NO ISSUE
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - After missing the first four days of exhibition games, Paul Lo Duca made his Mets spring debut yesterday. Lo Duca, who's been suffering from...
ARTEST MAKES KINGS DEFENSIVE ROYALTY
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amIt was no secret. Ron Artest was hoping his move from Indiana would bring him home to New York, home to the Knicks. "Everybody and their mother knows it was...
FOR ONCE, YOU REALLY DO NEED A PROGRAM
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amTAMPA - Take a good look around, and this is what you see: the stuff that dreams are made of, especially if you are dreaming those dreams in one of...
THESE REBIRTHS 'MOVING' STORIES
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amIS there anything more important in the NBA these days than relocation, relocation, relocation? How come one player after another after another is a nobody for one team yet becomes...
MALIK SENDS HIS MESSAGE
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Malik Rose won two NBA titles with the Spurs and has the ability to teach some of the Knicks' younger players what it takes to win. But Rose...
NO CURVES FOR PAVANO IN FIRST TEST ON MOUND
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amYANKEE NOTES TAMPA - Carl Pavano has taken two tests and aced both. Now the right-hander, a big part of the Yankees' rotation, will increase the degree of difficulty when...
LEGENDS DEPLETED BY WBC
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amTAMPA - Take a good look around, and this is what you see: the stuff that dreams are made of, especially if you are dreaming those dreams in one of...
RANGERS SPUTTER - RENNEY TALKS TOUGH AFTER 'L'
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amHurricanes 2 - Rangers 1 And so, just like the Devils at the Meadowlands on Saturday, the Hurricanes last night decided they weren't going to give Jaromir Jagr the time...
RECALLING THE GOOD TIMES
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amTAMPA - It's always best to remember them young, when they are still unburdened by the rust of time and the beast of public ridicule. So it should be with...
KINGS SHOW NETS HOW THINGS CAN BE
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amKings 109 - Nets 84 For 11 minutes against the Raptors Saturday, the Nets showed they can play clamp-down defense. For 48 minutes against the Kings last night, the Nets...
GAELS WEAR MAAC CROWN
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amMAAC FINAL: Iona 80 - St. Peter's 61 ALBANY - Marvin McCullough circled the Pepsi Arena floor with his jersey held aloft like a trophy, yelling "You see! You see!"...
HENRIK'S GOTTA BE GOOD AS GOLD
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amHAVING conquered the world, Henrik Lundqvist returned to its biggest little city last night unmasked. There was no parade up the Canyon of Heroes for the Rangers' gold-medal goalie, only...
'DIRTY' DARIUS A MARKED MAN - HATED, TARGETED BY FOES
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amIn each of the two games preceding last night's Garden match against the Hurricanes, the Rangers' Darius Kasparaitis has been a target of flagrant retaliation. Against the Flyers on Thursday,...
LATE TREY POWERS REGIS
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amRudy Quinn nailed a 3-pointer with eight seconds left to give Regis a 65-64 win over Sacred Heart at Mt. St. Michael last night, sending the Raiders into the CHSAA...
KEYDREN HAS PAL ON MIND
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - One by one, St. Peter's star Keydren Clark has passed the legends of college basketball, climbing to sixth best on the sport's all-time scoring list. Larry Bird. Elvin...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 7, 2006 | 5:00amVonette McKithern just had a package returned to her - 17 years after she mailed it to her daughter. The Louisiana mom had used Priority Mail to send the parcel,...