March 20, 2006
UBS UNDER FIRE - EX-BROKER SAYS HE WAS AXED TO GET HOLD OF HIS BOOKS
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amA former broker is stepping up a personal war against Wall Street's latest rampant abuse: eating its own. Evan Cole - the kid brother of designer Kenneth Cole - says...
OFFICE READS
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amAH, if only we had a nickel for every time we've uttered the title of this book at work. In "You Want Me to Work With Who?" author Jansen teaches...
BEUTEL DEATH HITS HARD
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amTHE death of Bill Beutel, a towering figure in New York TV news and the first host of the show that became ABC's "Good Morning America," rippled through local newsrooms...
FINICKY ON MORRIS
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amANYONE can arrange a few dance steps - but true choreographers such as Mark Morris, whose work burns into the memory after the curtain falls and the lights have dimmed,...
REALITY SHOW THAT FLOATS YOUR VOTE
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amREESE Witherspoon, eat your heart out. Political heavyweights James Carville and Mary Matalin have signed on as advisers for - get this - an election for high-school class president. It...
'LOST' & FOUND - HOW LAST YEAR'S HOTTEST NEW SERIAL GOT ITS CLOCK CLEANED BY CRUSTY '24'
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amABC'S hit serial "Lost" seems to be losing steam and viewers are blaming frequent repeats of the complicated castaway drama. On the flip side, "24," an equally sophisticated thriller, continues...
STARR REPORT
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amMaria 'Scrubs' in Maria Menounos, guest-starring on tomorrow's "Scrubs," called before leaving for Greece, where she's doing press for the Eurovision Song Contest, a huge televised event in Athens she's...
DREAM ON - BACK IN LA-LA LAND FOR 'SOPRANOS'
March 20, 2006 | 5:00am"I don't know about you, but after all the dreams and the therapy sessions with Dr. Melfi, I've learned all I need to know about the inner life of Tony...
PREP RALLY - WOMEN SPEND TWO YEARS OF THEIR LIVES GETTING READY. FOUR LADIES SHOW US WHY; IT'S A TOUGH TIME BEING A PRIMP
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amFRUSTRATED husbands and boyfriends now have some ammunition. According to a recent survey, women spend two years of their lives getting ready to leave the house. Men, meanwhile, spend less...
GOP HOPEFUL MISSED REAGAN VOTE
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Kathleen Troia McFarland (left), who repeatedly skipped New York elections, failed to vote for President Ronald Reagan even while working for him in Washington,...
EMTS TO TAKE HAZMAT CLASS
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amMedics with the city's Emergency Medical Services will soon be closer to the FDNY and NYPD's level of training when it comes to handling hazardous materials, The Post has learned....
LADIES' LAVS FLUSH $7.8M FROM FDNY
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amThere are just 33 women in the FDNY, but they're getting separate bathrooms - to the tune of $7.8 million, The Post has learned. The Fire Department is spending the...
MTA EYES TRACK-UUM CLEANER
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe MTA is stepping up its war on track crud. It hopes to procure a new vacuum train, one that will more quickly and efficiently suck up the paper and...
AMERICA'S THE LAND OF THE 'V'
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amA masked terrorist topped the box office as "V for Vendetta," a futuristic tale of revolutionaries destroying landmark buildings in a totalitarian Britain, blew away its rivals over the weekend....
NEW LEASH ON LIFE FOR STOLEN PUP
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amAn adorable Chihuahua puppy was found unharmed on a Long Island baseball field yesterday morning, two days after being swiped from a West Islip pet store. An unidentified man, accompanied...
2 IN 5: SLAP W
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Democratic Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold's bid to censure President Bush is backed by 42 percent of Americans, a new poll shows. The Newsweek poll found that 20 percent...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amBROOKLYN * A teenager was clinging to life last night after another patron shot him in the face in a Bedford-Stuyvesant nightclub, police said. Albert Santana, 19, exchanged angry words...
VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY SAID YESTERDAY THAT IRAQ IS NOT IN A CIVIL WAR ...
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney said yesterday that Iraq is not in a civil war - as his boss President Bush prepared to deliver a major speech in Cleveland...
THE FRIGHT OF THEIR LIVES - TYKE VANISHES AT 3 A.M. LOOKING FOR MOM
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amA 4-year-old Washington Heights boy who woke up in the middle of the night and went to "look for Mommy" embarked on a dangerous journey instead - taking the elevator...
'SOPRANO' STAR'S THUG PAST - 'WALNUTS' WAS NUTS IN 1970S
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amBefore he became knee-breaking "Sopranos" henchman Paulie Walnuts, TV tough guy Tony Sirico was a low-level, gun-toting shakedown artist who threatened to kill cops and hinted that he once whacked...
17 ARRESTED IN CITY PEACE RALLY
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amHundreds of anti-war protesters marched down Fifth Avenue yesterday - and 17 were arrested for moving into the roadway and blocking traffic, police said. Members of the War Resisters League...
HAMAS HAS CABINET FOR NEW GOV'T
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Hamas presented its Cabinet to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday after failing to persuade rival factions to join a government that Israel and the United States have vowed...
MARINES IN 'MASSACRE' OF CIVILIANS
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amMarines hellbent on avenging the death of one of their own went on a killing spree last year - shooting unarmed Iraqi men, woman and children dead in their own...
ICE-CREAM MAN SLICES OFF FINGER
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amAn ice-cream maker severed his finger yesterday while preparing a dessert in a cellar shop at Macy's Herald Square, a store official said. Asraful Islam, 19, was rushed to Bellevue...
JUMPING THE GUN - EMT HEROES NAB L TRAIN 'ROBBER'
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amA pair of fearless emergency-medical technicians tackled and subdued a heavily armed, 250-pound gunman who was allegedly trying to rob two straphangers with a sawed-off shotgun at a Brooklyn subway...
'TOON PROTEST IN MIDTOWN
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amMuslims held a rally outside the Danish Consulate in Midtown yesterday to further condemn the cartoons of their prophet that have appeared in overseas newspapers. "This [rally] is in response...
FAST TRACK - 'SUBWAY' EATERIES OUTPACE STATIONS
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amRapid transit is no match for fast food. There are now more Subway restaurants in Manhattan than there are subway stations. And though it took decades for the 129 subway...
CITY TRAINING 'HOOD HEROES
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe city's Office of Emergency Management is trying to get citizens trained in basic disaster-response skills so they can assist police, firefighters and other first responders in a crisis. OEM...
POLS URGE HYBRID 'VIC'
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amTwo Brooklyn Democrats urged Ford yesterday to make a hybrid version of its Crown Victoria - the most popular kind of Big Apple taxi - saying it would make our...
QNS. WIFE GRILLED IN HUBBY SLAY
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amA 43-year-old Queens man was found dead in his home last night with his throat slashed - and cops were questioning his wife, police sources said. John Shiwlall was discovered...
BX. HOSP PAYS $1M TO FAMILY
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe family of a Bronx grandmother has settled a lawsuit against St. Barnabas Hospital for about $1 million. The family's lawyer said Gloria Mariani went to the Bronx hospital for...
PLAYING 'GODFATHER' - VIDEO GAME HAS MAKINGS OF A 'HIT'
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amNow's your chance to be part of the family. "The Godfather: The Game" - featuring the faces and voices of much of the original movie cast - hits stores tomorrow....
SIS PIMPED ME TO SEX-SICKO LAWYER - GIRL SAYS SIBS FRAMED MOM
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amAn underage girl who claimed her mother pimped her out to a white-shoe lawyer for sex is changing her tune - insisting it was her older sister behind the sickening...
SPIN-CYCLE CHAIN DIZZY OVER TINY RIVAL SPA - EQUINOX REQUIRES STAFF LOYALTY OATH
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amIT'S enough to make your head spin. This is a tale of a corporate giant that got spooked by a tiny upstart - and tried to run it out of...
GUM CAUSE OF BIZARRE DOG DEATHS
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe number of dogs poisoned by sugarless gum and other foods containing xylitol has more than doubled in the past year, the Animal Poison Control Center is reporting. The sugar...
PAROLE OUTRAGE - EX-CONS WILL RATE OFFICERS
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amA detailed questionnaire that allows felons to judge the performance of their parole officers has the officers up in arms, claiming the ex-jailbirds are in no position to evaluate their...
VILLAGE BENEFIT WILL AID TERROR VICTIMS
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe second annual benefit to honor the memory of 9/11 victim Peter C. Alderman - and raise money to aid terror victims worldwide - is set to kick off next...
19 ARRESTED IN CITY PEACE RALLY
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amHundreds of anti-war protesters marched down Fifth Avenue yesterday, and 19 were arrested for moving into the roadway and blocking traffic, police said. Members of the War Resisters League carried...
CHENEY SHOOTS DOWN QUITTING
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney said yesterday that he will serve out his term, after he was asked whether it would make sense for him to step aside at...
GAY BEAU SOUGHT IN BODY-CHOP SLAY
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe gruesome slaying of a gay Brooklyn teen whose dismembered body was found in a subway tunnel - once sparking fears of a transit-worker killer - had an older lover...
MORE FDNY CIVILIANS GET FREE RIDE
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe Fire Department is blazing new trails around town, with 138 civilian employees now commuting in official vehicles - a 42 percent jump in two years. Records obtained by The...
HOSP GRIPES SURGE - 220% RISE WITH HOT LINE
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe number of gripes for shoddy care against New York's hospitals has skyrocketed 220 percent since the launch of a state complaint hot line, The Post has learned. The state...
POLS GET ON BOARD WITH TWU FOR REVOTE
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe Transport Workers Union trotted out several politicians yesterday to try to pressure the MTA into putting a member-rejected contract deal back on the bargaining table, but the agency again...
A JOY NAMED 'SUE' - COURT BEGS FOR LAWSUITS
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amSue - please! That's the plea from New York City Small Claims Court, where the amount of suits filed annually has dropped by almost 50 percent over the last decade...
PEDESTRIAN KILLED ON VAN WYCK
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amA man was killed yesterday when he was hit by two vehicles as he apparently tried to cross a busy highway in Queens. The victim, a man in his 50s...
'VERY WEAK' GOV LEAVES VACUUM
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amGOV. PATAKI and his spokesmen insist all is fine in state government, despite the governor's long recovery from an emergency appendectomy, but insiders tell a dramatically different story. "Pataki seems...
CENTRAL PK.'S LOVE MONKEY
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe first zoo baby of spring has arrived - a squeaky little monkey with big, curious eyes and long, soft fur, who's become the must-have accessory for fashionable females in...
COPS SEEK LOVER OF SUBWAY-DUMP SLAY VICTIM
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe gruesome slaying of a gay Brooklyn teen whose dismembered body was found in a subway tunnel - once sparking fears of a transit-worker killer - had an older lover...
GOLDEN BOY'S TRIBUTE - WINS SWIMMING MEDAL FOR TRAGIC THRUWAY GIRLFRIEND
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe grieving boyfriend of a 14-year-old Queens swimmer who was killed in a New York Thruway crash swam his heart out for her yesterday - capturing a gold medal that...
POLS ON BOARD WITH TWU
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe Transport Workers Union trotted out several politicians yesterday to try to pressure the MTA into putting a member-rejected contract deal back on the bargaining table, but the agency again...
FDNY GIVES ITS CIVILIANS A FREE RIDE
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amThe Fire Department is blazing new trails around town, with 138 civilian employees now commuting in official vehicles - a 42 percent jump in two years. Records obtained by The...
MCROBERTS: X-FACTOR FOR DUKE
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amGREENSBORO, N.C. - At Duke, the Sweet 16 is just a speedbump in the fast lane to the Final Four. And if the Blue Devils are to find their way...
MIKE APOLOGIZE? UCONN HOPE
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amTODAY could be a big one in radio history and Mike Francesa's career. He has, yet again, a fabulous opportunity to tell his audience that he was wrong, and then...
IT'S 'BIG BABY,' NOT 'BABY SHAQ'
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amJACKSONVILLE - Brace yourself, Atlanta. You're about to embrace Glen "Big Baby" Davis when he arrives with his LSU teammates tomorrow for their Thursday night Sweet 16 date with Duke....
GARDEN CAN CHEER LEETCH . . . AND RANGERS
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amTWENTY-FOUR months and 18 days later, Brian Leetch will skate onto the Garden ice, wearing the unfamiliar No. 22 on the back of his Bruins uniform. When he does so...
OUT OF CONTROL - BROWN VS. MARBURY COMING TO A HEAD
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amThat Larry Brown allowed himself to be misinterpreted again regarding the latest Stephon Marbury benching is another clear sign that New York is not the place for him to be...
NETS: WATCH US NOW
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amNets 100 - Mavs 89 Respect? The Nets might as well ask for the secret of life. It just won't happen anytime soon. National TV coverage? Occurs with the frequency...
LAND OF LINCOLN
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amPSAL BOYS FINAL: Lincoln 73 - Grady 51 After winning PSAL titles during his final three years with the Railsplitters, Sebastian Telfair cast a large shadow over the last two...
SHAQ STILL GENERATES HEAT
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amEven after 14 NBA seasons, there is no answer. Even though Shaquille O'Neal's 7-foot-1, 350-pound body is not as explosive as it once was, there is no way to neutralize...
LARRY'S FEELING MARCH MADNESS
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES After Wichita State's upset win over No. 2 seed Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament, Shockers coach Mark Turgeon named Knicks coach Larry Brown, North Carolina coach Roy Williams...
DAMON CONFIDENT HIS SHOULDER'S OK
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amYankees 2 - Indians 0 TAMPA - Johnny Damon returned to Yankee camp yesterday with Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Bernie Williams and confidently predicted his ailing left shoulder would...
PECORA REBUFFS HALL-ISH REPORT
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amAccording to a New Jersey television report late Saturday, Seton Hall will make a run at Hofstra coach Tom Pecora if the Big East school and Louis Orr decide to...
MARCO'S TALE CRUISES HOME
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amSECOND RACE: Seems we've seen this happen before over winter meet. Winterlily gunned to lead down backside, then Stormy Orange rushed up outside to duel for lead. Those two battled...
LEITER TELLS ROGER NOT TO CALL IT QUITS
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amYANK NOTES TAMPA - Al Leiter pressed him hard. Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon made pitches and Alex Rodriguez' scouting report glowed. Yes, we are talking about Roger Clemens, who...
BIG FAVORITES KNOCKED OFF HIGH HORSE
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amMerely by staying in the barn this past weekend, Brother Derek enhanced his stature atop the "Derby Dozen," as a number of short-priced 3-year-olds in Saturday's four major prep races...
ICHIRO: CLASSIC SURVIVOR
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amJAPAN vs. CUBA - Tonight 9:00 - TV: ESPN (Radio: 1050 AM) SAN DIEGO - When Japan plays Cuba tonight at Petco Park for the championship, Ichiro Suzuki is the...
RICE REJECTS CTK FOR STATE CROWN
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amCHSAA STATE TITLE: Rice 64 - CTK 58 Rice had a 20-point second half lead and seemed well on its way to a trip to the state Federation tournament before...
CARLOS: ELBOW OK
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amMET NOTES PORT ST. LUCIE - Until yesterday, March 3 had been the last time Carlos Delgado had swung a bat for the Mets. But the first baseman was in...
PEDRO TAKES BIG SIDE STEP
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amMarlins 5 - Mets 0 PORT ST. LUCIE - It will be one more side session for Pedro Martinez. Then it should be time for his first spring game of...
SOURCE: ABE SET ON FALCS
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amJACKSONVILLE - John Abraham, embroiled in an acrimonious staredown with the Jets, has his mind "set" on playing with the Falcons, according to a source close to the disgruntled defensive...
STEPH HITS BACK - SAYS HE'S TIRED OF BEING KNICK 'SCAPEGOAT'
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amStephon Marbury was irate again before the Knicks' 111-100 loss last night to the Heat, defending himself against the notion he was afraid to take a big shot Friday against...
PRINCE LEADS LADY BLAZERS TO 8TH STRAIGHT CROWN
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amPSAL GIRLS FINAL: Bergtraum 81 - F. Lewis 66 Epiphanny Prince began her basketball career at the Brooklyn Navy Yards on Atlantic Avenue, playing against boys. "That's where I first...
MIAMI GUARDS TOO HOT TO HANDLE
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amHeat 111 - Knicks 100 The Knicks have a lot of talented guards but none that can come close to the magic of Dwyane Wade. Wade scored 30 points and...
RILEY CAN FEEL KNICKS' PAIN
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Heat coach Pat Riley said Knick fans must relax and be patient. "I love their young players," Riley said before the Heat's 111-100 victory over the Knicks last...
SENS DEAL DEVILS OMINOUS BEATING
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amSenators 4 - Devils 0 Shut out and shut down, the intrepid but undermanned Devils opened their final stretch run with a flop. They didn't come close to reaching the...
PAT: DWYANE A LOT LIKE MIKE
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amPat Riley brought it up. He said the all-time great that Dwyane Wade - at this point in his career - should be compared to is Michael Jordan. "There are...
'NOVA PUTS AWAY 'OTHER' WILDCATS
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - It wasn't the thing of beauty that Villanova fans have grown to expect this season, but it really doesn't matter. The Wildcats, the top seed in the Minneapolis...
'NOVA CLAWS PAST 'OTHER' WILDCATS
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amVillanova 82 - Arizona 78 PHILADELPHIA - The NCAA tournament has become a joyous, wonderful place for the George Masons and Bradleys of the college basketball world. But for a...
PATRIOTS AND PRIDE
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amA week ago, George Mason seemed like it had stolen a bid to the NCAAs. The Patriots (25-7) grabbed an at-large berth despite losing to snubbed Hofstra (26-4) twice in...
ESCAPE FROM PHILADELPHIA - HUSKIES OUTLAST 'CATS
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amUConn 87 - Kentucky 83 PHILADELPHIA - There was no coronation here for UConn, no wire-to-wire domination that left any and all opponents quaking in their brackets, wondering how in...
RILEY FEELS THE KNICKS' PAIN
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amHeat coach Pat Riley, immaculately dressed as always, stood with his back against the wall outside the road locker room at the Garden last night and tried to avoid addressing...
DEVS BEGINNING A DIFFICULT RUN
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amTheir playoff berth is not yet assured, but the real symptom of the Devils' disappointing season is that they probably will finish below 100 points for just the second time...
SENS DEAL DEVILS A SOUND BEATING
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amSenators 4 - Devils 0 The Devils can thank the shootout for more than just their playoff-berth cushion. The NHL's new gimmick is disguising what otherwise looks to be their...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
March 20, 2006 | 5:00amTwo masked robbers locked a funeral-parlor worker in a coffin and kept him there while rummaging for cash. Serik Sarsenbayev said he was on his own late at night in...