January 9, 2007
Lapo of Luxury
Overdosing in the company of tranny prostitutes hasn't hurt the reputation of Fiat heir Lapo Elkann.The nattily dressed playboy who resurrected the flagging allure of the Fiat brand with a...
STAR TREK: Seeking Sanctuary
When the going gets tough, the messed-up check in to a spa. Who's that heading in to the cabana for a little exfoliation action? Why it's...Britney?PHOENIXWho went: Swinging single mom...
JUST SAY NO!
NO, the kids are not all right - they're out of control. Small wonder we're mesmerized by shows like "Nanny 911" and "Supernanny." But while we relish watching spoiled brats...
LOVE ME TECHER
RIGHT now, nerds, geeks and techies are drooling over hundreds of this year's hottest gadgets at the 40th annual International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Dozens of the world's...
WE'RE A HALL OF A TOWN
THE Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's class of 2007 will have a distinctly New York accent. Downtown punk poetess Patti Smith, Bronx rappers Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,...
SHOW HOPES TONY DANZA PRODUCES BIG TICKET SALES
NEVER mind that he's as kosher as a ham sandwich. By casting Tony Danza as Max Bialystock, the producers of "The Producers" clearly hope to sell more tix - even...
STARR REPORT
A not so great Dane Eric Dane, aka "McSteamy" from "Grey's Anatomy," isn't much of a be liever in "destiny" and "soul mates," even though he's been happily married to...
SLOW-MOTION MASSACRE
A bevy of local TV favorites continue to leave Ch. 2 - in what appears to be a major overhaul at the CBS-owned station. Roz Abrams and Audrey Puente are...
'HOUSE' NUPTIALS
AN office romance has blossomed on "House." Co-stars Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer, who met on the set, are engaged, according to People.com. Morrison plays Dr. Allison Cameron and Spencer...
'REAL WORLD' OFF TO SYDNEY
'THE Real World" is going down under. The next season of MTV's durable reality show - No. 19 - will unfold in Sydney, Australia. Filming is slated to begin early...
PLEASE IGNORE BREE'S BUMP
'DESPERATE House wives" is facing a se rious problem - how to disguise star Marcia Cross' obvious, growing pregnancy on TV. On Sunday night's episode of the hit prime-time soap,...
'IDOL' FRANCHISE WORTH $2.5 BILLION
IT'S a given that the "American Idol" franchise is valuable - but no one guessed its worth to be a staggering $2.5 billion. That's the pricetag slapped on the franchise...
TRUMP'S MALICIOUS MISSIVE
Donald Trump has fired at Rosie O'Donnell again, writing a nasty letter to her in response to an article that appeared on Page Six today about her blow-up at Barbara...
IT'S TIME TO BE A SNORE LOSER
'TO sleep, perchance to dream ... " You'll notice Hamlet makes no mention of snoring. That's because snoring stinks. And not just for the snorer, either. Snoring is actually the...
VERIZON SLAMMED FOR PHONE-REPAIR DELAYS
Verizon faces possible rebates for customers or other penalties for "chronic, poor performance" in repairing out-of-service home phones in Queens and some city suburbs, the state's Public Service Commission ruled...
MIKE RIPS 'NO-SKILL' POLS' MAYORAL HOPES
In a stinging potshot at some of his government colleagues, Mayor Bloomberg declared yesterday that legislators don't have what it takes to fill his shoes. "I would argue those who...
JAILBIRDS GET CHEEP LINE TO HOME NEST
ALBANY - Prison inmates will have an easier time talking to their families by phone under an order, issued yesterday by Gov. Spitzer, that heads off a legal case to...
N.Y. RISKS LOSING FED BUCKS FOR EDUCATION
More New York state public-school teachers than ever are "highly qualified" - but the state could lose millions in federal education aid unless all of its teachers meet the standard...
KIDD CRIES FOUL ON HIS WIFE
Hoops superstar Jason Kidd's troubled marriage to his former Budweiser-model wife has hit the skids again, sources told The Post yesterday. Joumana Kidd, 34, has been furious over the New...
TASER MAN HAD HEART PROBLEMS
The emotionally disturbed Brooklyn man who was zapped with a Taser gun by cops on Sunday died minutes later because of a pre-existing medical condition - not because a stun...
HE'S TAKING THE 'A' TRAIN TO JAIL
A federal judge slapped a would-be terrorist, who plotted to blow up the Herald Square subway station, with 30 years behind bars yesterday - heeding calls from prosecutors who said...
ANDY SEEKS HYNES SIGHT IN WAR ON MEDI-FRAUD
ALBANY - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo yesterday turned to Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes to review the AG's Medicaid-fraud control unit, last run by Gov. Spitzer when he held Cuomo's post....
N.J.'S P.U. RIPENS APPLE
Who cut the cheese? New Jersey, apparently. Across the length and breadth of Manhattan, people were asking, "What's that smell?" after a pungent odor like natural gas or rotten eggs...
'MOMMY MEANEST'
A Manhattan mother is charged with stealing her 8-year-old daughter's $186,000 inheritance - and using at least $50,000 of the money on a fancy new black Infiniti for a now-AWOL...
'05 MYSTERY SMELL WAS HEAVEN SCENT
Before the rotten eggs, there were the pancakes. The powerful odor that blanketed Manhattan yesterday reminded many New Yorkers of an earlier olfactory scent far more pleasing. Some said it...
CONEY IS. DIVER DIES
The Manhattan man who injured his neck when he dived into a wave during the annual Polar Plunge at Coney Island on New Year's Day has died from his injuries,...
FASHION STATEMENT: BE HEALTHY
It may have once been true that you can't be too rich or too thin, but that's no longer the case for models hoping to walk the runways in New...
PAINT-CAN TEENS AVOID JAIL
Three Virginia teens yesterday pleaded guilty to raining cans of paint down on cops last year from the roof of a Midtown hotel - and dodged a stint in jail....
SMART & SLIPPERY
The clever co-ed con who scammed her way into Ivy League schools under false identities is an "extremely manipulative" person always thinking a step ahead, and that will make her...
'GORGEOUS' FRAME: JAILBIRD
Bonanno boss Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano isn't a criminal - he's the victim, according to a fellow inmate who says the mobster's alleged plot to kill a judge and a...
BUTT-HEAD LAWYER A TAX CHEAT
A 70-year-old tobacco-industry lawyer will see $1.5 million go up in smoke for admittedly not paying a cent in taxes since at least 1998. Francis Decker Jr. must pay up...
B'KLYN COP FIRES AT CRASH THUGS
An off-duty cop from Brooklyn fired a shot at a group of armed thugs last night after their cars collided as he was pulling out of his driveway, police said....
BACK-SHOOT KILLER GETS LIFE
A 24-year-old ex-con and accused gang member was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison yesterday for shooting a man in the back. William Patterson apologized to his victim's...
PACE'S DOCU DRAMA
Pace University administrators threatened to sic the cops on a Jewish-student club if it went ahead with plans to screen a critically acclaimed film about radical Islam, the head of...
GIRL HELPS NAB SEX FIEND
A 12-year-old Brooklyn girl - allegedly snatched from the street by a convicted sex offender and then sexually assaulted in a Westchester County motel room - led cops to her...
MOTHER'S 'KIDNAP' PUZZLE
A Bronx mom reported her infant son had been kidnapped yesterday - before she confessed to a lie that sent cops on a frenzied search for the baby, sources said....
MURDER OF N.J. COP MAY BE LINKED TO ROB SPREE
The brazen murder of an off-duty New Jersey cop might be connected to a string of recent robberies in Paterson, city officials said yesterday as they offered a $50,000 reward...
$HOCK IN GAY SPLIT
A Westchester businessman is a not-so-gay divorcé after a judge ruled his same-sex marriage was illegal - but he still can't get back the $780,000 he paid in "alimony." Millionaire...
WHAT HAPPENED
What happened: * The city's Department of Environmental Protection believes the odor was caused by a natural emission of the gas mercaptan. * They think it originated in a New...
'BLOOD' MONEY
"Dracula's Castle" is for sale. A Westchester County man, who co-owns the medieval Romanian fortress, plans to sell it and sink his teeth into a juicy profit. Dominic Habsburg, 69,...
PRIMARY COLOR FOR KID$: GREEN
More is never enough for American kids, who adore money and shopping 'til they drop, a new survey has found. When 1,213 U.S. youngsters aged 8 to 18 were asked...
OBAMA, HILL ON TWIN BILL
Likely 2008 presidential contenders Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton took the podium at a black economic summit in Midtown yesterday - but hours apart. Sen. Obama (D-Ill.), speaking at...
'GRID' LOCK IN D.C.
WASHINGTON - Republicans and Democrats in the House found something they can agree on: cutting the work week short so they could watch a college football game last night. The...
GRADE-A CIG BAN
New York is the second-most aggressive state in the country in trying to discourage residents from smoking, according to a study released yesterday. The annual American Lung Association report card...
TOUGH LUCK, TEHRAN
WASHINGTON - President Bush has decided to reject the Iraq Study Group's recommendation to enlist Iran and Syria to help stabilize the fledgling democracy but will embrace the panel's plea...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Brooklyn * A Ditmas Park man was killed yesterday near his home in what police believe was a gang-related dispute, authorities said. Max Raymond, 21, was shot in the head...
RELICS OF WHITNEY'S BLOWN LIFE
IT'S enough to make a girl take up crack. I've seen where spent songbirds come to die. Along the saddest, slimiest stretch of New Jersey, inside a putrid warehouse that...
BRAVEST ADVICE
BEFORE President Bush had tomorrow night's speech about Iraq crafted, it might have helped a bunch to listen to Danny Swift. Danny is no politician - just a New York...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Numbers Mon.: 849 Midday Win-4 Mon.: 1295 Evening Numbers Mon.: 592 Evening Win-4 Mon.: 4878 Pick-10 Mon.: 3, 8, 9, 14, 17, 20, 21, 27, 41, 42,...
BARBER'S LAST CUT
The pro football season ended abruptly for area fans Sunday, as both the Jets and the Giants lost in the wild-card playoff round. But Gang Green and Big Blue were...
THE PELOSI PERIL
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who seems to be calling the Democratic policy shots on Iraq, is threatening to abort President Bush's new plan for Iraq - to be announced tomorrow...
CUOMO COMES THROUGH
State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo took a key first step yesterday in addressing one of the state's most dire problems: Medicaid fraud. Cuomo announced that he has enlisted Brooklyn DA...
NEW YORK'S 'PERFECT STORM'
IN October 1991, natural forces combined in the Atlantic Ocean to create a tremendous hurricane that was dubbed the "perfect storm." It overwhelmed those in its path. Today in New...
SMELL OF TERROR
ON the message boards of urbanbaby.com, the very fashionable Web site populated by the often shockingly well-to-do Manhattan parents of young kids, the smell of gas that permeated Manhattan island...
SPITZER TAKES ALBANY'S CORRUPTION TO TASK
THE ISSUE: Gov. Spitzer's inauguration speech and his commitment to reform Albany. Gov. Spitzer is about to be taught a lesson from two old pros ("From Rhetoric to Reality," Editorial,...
2007'S POSTER CHILD FOR HUMANITY
THE ISSUE: Wesley Autrey's heroic rescue of a stranger who fell on the subway tracks. I would like to congratulate Wesley Autrey for the unselfish behavior he exhibited to save...
WINCHESTER PARTNERS WITH THE DUKE, AGAIN
The Duke's got a bullet with his name on it. Literally. To celebrate the 100th birthday of John Wayne this May, his name is being stamped on a new line...
TAXING GRASSO
Embattled former New York Stock Exchange boss Richard Grasso is in trouble again, this time with New York tax authorities who want to hit him with millions in penalties for...
OIL FIND IN UGANDA MAY CHANGE GAME
Note to readers: Recently I was traveling in Uganda and was able to get an interview with that East African country's energy minister about an oil discovery in the northern...
LES' CES KEYNOTE SHOWS CONVERGENCE
When CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves steps onto the stage this evening to give a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show, his presence will be the clearest sign yet...
BEARS ON PARADE FOR AD $
Just when Madison Avenue had allowed some optimism to creep into its outlook for this year, the leading tracker of ad spending has released a startlingly bearish forecast. TNS Media...
ARNAULT ADVISER LEAVING LVMH
A longtime adviser to Bernard Arnault, chairman and chief executive of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, is expected to leave the company to start her own consulting firm, The Post...
PRESSLER'S SLICE: $220M
Embattled Gap chief Paul Pressler could take home about $220 million from stock options that immediately vest if the troubled retail giant decides to sell itself. Gap hired investment bank...
MINING THE GAP
With a turnaround nowhere in sight, Gap Inc. has hired Goldman Sachs to explore strategic alternatives, which could include selling all or part of the company, issuing debt to finance...
NYC SPACE HOT AS EVER
What real estate crisis? Bidding wars between investment banks and law firms over space in Manhattan's posh towers sent office rents soaring 35 percent in 2006 - a record and...
BIG DEAL AT 3 WFC
IN the latest downtown megadeal, Royal Bank of Canada just took the giant step first predicted by my colleague Lois Weiss last spring - it signed a lease to expand...
SECRET YOKO LETTER
Creepy chauffeur Koral Karsan's $2 million "extortion" letter to Yoko Ono was made public in Manhattan yesterday, and it's a doozy - at one point threatening to "astound the world"...
SPORTS SHORTS
BASEBALL: Big Unit passes physicalRandy Johnson passed his physical yesterday, and the Diamondbacks scheduled a news conference for today to introduce him. The physical completes the trade that sends the...
BREEDERS' CUP BOOST
The Breeders' Cup has undergone its biggest shakeup since first being run in 1984, adding three $1 million races to the previous eight-race lineup, and expanding to two days, effective...
NATIONAL CHOMPS
GLENDALE, Ariz. - The Florida Gators seethed in silence. For more than a month they had heard they did not belong in the BCS Championship game. They were one of...
GIANTS NEED URBAN RENEWAL
GLENDALE, Ariz. - You never know how these things will translate. There was a time when another University of Florida coach, name of Spurrier, looked like the surest kind of...
LOYAL RAFALSKI DESERVES EXTENSION
Imagine the Devils today if Brian Rafalski had looked out for No. 28 first two summers ago. No Scott Stevens, no Scott Niedermayer, no Rafalski. Imagine the same next July....
RUNAROUND BLUE
Tiki Barber no longer has a stake in Eli Manning's development and, as he stood by his corner locker for the final time, Barber challenged the 26-year old quarterback to...
JACOBS: I'LL CARRY LOAD
As Tiki Barber finished talking to the media yesterday, Brandon Jacobs made his way through the cameras and notebooks to deliver a hug and goodbye to the man who has...
FEELY RIPS CHEMISTRY
It's unusual when a kicker serves up biting and harsh analysis about what went wrong in an NFL season, but Jay Feely has never been bashful about offering his take...
THE MISSING LINC
QUARTERBACKS C+ Last drive is one Eli Manning (16 of 27, 161 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT) wants to take with him into the off-season. The dips in his per...
NBC COURTS BARBER
Is Tiki Barber giving ABC and ESPN a head fake? While ABC News in a combined bid with Disney sister network, ESPN, is still the favorite to land Barber, sources...
COUGHLIN IN LIMBO AS MANY LONG FOR CHANGE
Tom Coughlin's tenure as head coach of the Giants could be days or even hours away from coming to an embarrassing end, one-year shy of fulfilling his four-year contract and...
HE WOULD BE A STEEL
AS GIANTS ownership - John Mara and Steve Tisch - ponders the lunacy of a lame duck season with Underground Tom Coughlin, has lost too many of the fans and...
JAGR HIP BUT COOL ON START
Jaromir Jagr said he is uncertain whether the hip injury that forced him out of the game against the Canadiens will allow him to play tonight against the Islanders. Jagr...
RETIRING MARTIN WANTS TO 'STAY INVOLVED WITH TEAM'
Curtis Martin made a rare appearance in the Jets' locker room yesterday, and it was probably his last. Martin, who never suited up this season because of the bone-on-bone condition...
HANGING CHAD
Chad Pennington was good enough to overcome a second rotator cuff surgery in a year, emerge from a four-way training camp quarterback competition as the starter, lead the Jets to...
STAR SEARCH
THE Jets need a running back, a pass rusher, maybe a corner. They got to 10-6 and to the fourth quarter Sunday against the Patriots by not defeating themselves, as...
PAT-ENTED DEMISE
QUARTERBACKS C+ Chad Pennington (23-40, 300 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, 79.2 rating) got banged around a little bit but showed toughness and kept the Jets in the game into...
ISIAH NOT PLANNING LINEUP CHANGES - YET
Isiah Thomas isn't about to mess with the lineup that has led the Knicks to two straight victories and moved them one win from the top of the Atlantic Division...
BROWN: KNICKS 'GOOD YOUNG GROUP'
Former Knicks coach Larry Brown sounded optimistic about the club's future, but pointed out additions Isiah Thomas made since taking over as coach, and that emerging center Eddy Curry wasn't...
PUTTING THE 'W' IN WEIRD
I KNOW what you're thinking: It doesn't get any more bizarre. Here are Isiah Thomas' 15-21 Knicks returning to Madison Square Garden tomorrow from a 2-3 road trip, with Nate...
METS RE-SIGN SANCHEZ
Right-handed reliever Duaner Sanchez agreed to a one-year contract with the Mets worth a reported $850,000 yesterday. Sanchez, the team's primary set-up man before a July 30 auto accident, was...
WOBBLY NETS FACE UNLIKELY DIVISION FIGHT
On one side, wobble the Nets, coming off a disheartening defeat that left them five games under .500. On the other, stand the invading Raptors, who have not been over...
KEI CORNER IN THE BRONX
Kei Igawa spent two days preparing for yesterday afternoon's introductory speech at Yankee Stadium. He shocked everyone - including Japanese reporters - by speaking it in English. "Today my lifelong...
SURF'S UP
IF you require proof that there really is a Web 2.0, you aren't looking hard enough. For travelers, anyway, the internet couldn't look more different than it did a couple...
SLASHER FARES
IT'S a big wide Web out there. Wouldn't it be great to have someone to walk you through it?We asked George Hobica, creator of Airfarewatchdog.com, to share his top tips...
WORST EVER!
A new book calls out 50 of America's nastiest cities. But are they really that bad? JEFF KRAMER has his say WHAT -you've never been to Granite City, Illinois? According...
EXPRESS CHECK-IN
IT has now been one year and nearly five months since flood waters ravaged the city of New Orleans and surrounding parishes. The news is good and bad, but sometimes,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Neither rain nor sleet nor snow - nor decades. The U.S. Postal Service has delivered a letter - postmarked Oct. 26, 1954 - to a Ferndale, Pa., home. And the...
IT'S A BARGAIN!: Fly Midwest from $74 OW
You can get pretty much anywhere Midwest Airlines flies by showing up at LaGuardia, even if it means making a connection in Milwaukee or Kansas City.Really, though - isn't that...