February 6, 2006
GOOGLE'S WEB OF SPECULATION
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amConcerns that cable and phone companies want to charge Google and other new media companies for use of their networks are fueling continued speculation that the search giant is looking...
RENO AT WYNDHAM
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amThe former Wyndham Hotel at 42 West 58th Street was sold last month for $90 million to Korman Communities and BlackRock Realty. The company intends to renovate the 117,000-ft. building...
KNIGHT TREMORS - WHISTLEBLOWER BALKING AT TALKING AFTER THREATS
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amThe key witness in a regulator's case against a one-time Wall Street trading powerhouse is balking at testifying, concerned over death threats he said he has received. Bob Stellato, a...
I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THAT! - GETTING OVER THOSE OFFICE BLUNDERS; WORKING BLUNDER - MORTIFIED? RED-FACED? BOUNCE BACK AT WORK BY MAKING THE VERY BEST OF YOUR WORST
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amYOUR boss vigorously disses a project you've been slaving over, and you immediately open up a new, blank e-mail on your computer screen. You won't believe what that creep just...
OFFICE READS
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amBIG WINNERS AND BIG LOSERS: THE 4 SECRETS OF LONG-TERM BUSINESS SUCCESS AND FAILURE By Alfred A. Marcus Wharton School Publishing, $27.99 WHAT makes someone a consistently big winner -...
'TRAVIATA' TRIUMPHS
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amA beautiful, slightly aging courtesan (very beautiful and very slightly) relinquishes her gorgeous (very gorgeous) younger lover after the entreaties of his noble (very noble) father to preserve his family...
JIVING MR. SIX EXPOSED
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amWHO cares if the Loch Ness monster is real, we now know the true identity of Mr. Six, the rubber-legged dancing old guy from the Six Flags amusement parks ads....
THE SIREN CALL OF 'THE BACHELOR'
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amADDISON doesn't get it. You don't know Addison, but you will meet him if you watch tonight's two-hour edition of "The Bachelor: Paris" on ABC (9-11 p.m. on Ch. 7)....
STARR REPORT
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amTeri's a cover girl "Extra " anchor Dayna Devon (right) emcees tonight's Ladies' Home Journal shindig in Hollywood honoring March cover girl Teri Hatcher ("Desperate Housewives") as "Funny Lady We...
2 'LIVE' CREWS - DUELING BEHIND-THE-SCENES 'SNL' SERIES
February 6, 2006 | 5:00am'SATURDAY Night Live" star Tina Fey is reaching into the roster of the late-night comedy to cast her new, semi-autobiographical sitcom. Rachel Dratch, an "SNL" regular, is the latest to...
MESSAGE IN A MODEL - MTV SENT 'LAGUNA' GUYS TO SOUTH BEACH
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amMEET the hot bods set to sizzle on MTV's "8th and Ocean" the new reality/drama from the producers of "Laguna Beach." The show, set to debut in March, follows a...
IN YOUR FACE! - THESE PATCHES AND PLUMPERS ARE PLASTIC SURGERY WITHOUT PAIN; TWO-MINUTE MAKEOVERS
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amTHIS isn't makeup - it's a makeover. For those too scared to go under the knife or brave the needle, these new cosmetics promise extreme, quick results. Overplucked your unibrow?...
HE'S STILL A FINEST BUT NOT AN IDOL
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amRocco Berardi has faced characters a lot tougher than Simon Cowell and his fellow "American Idol" judges. "Those guys aren't as harsh as they seem on the show," said the...
BATTLE TO PROTECT N.Y. LOGO
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amIt seems like almost everyone wants to take the heart out of New York. The ubiquitous "I [LOVE] NY" logo is under attack from dozens of imitators professing their love...
HILLARY'S IRE ALARM
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The head of the national Republican Party unloaded a blistering attack on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday, calling her an "angry" candidate who cannot be elected president. "I...
BEAUTIES & BEASTS KEEP FANS AD-DICTED
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amSure, there was the game - but it was those ultra-pricey Super Bowl commercials that were the real stars last night. Spending hundreds of millions of dollars to push their...
SCARE TACTICS BOOST '$HOCKS OFFICE'
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amNow this is scary - despite some of the worst reviews of any movie in recent memory, the horror flick "When a Stranger Calls" rocketed with gory glee to No....
COLE FIEND BOLTS - ESCAPES YEMEN JAIL
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amA dozen al Qaeda convicts, including the mastermind of the attack on the USS Cole, are on the loose following a daring escape from a Yemen prison, Interpol said yesterday....
OPRAH STILL REIGNS AS TV QUEEN
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amOh! Oh! Oprah! Americans continue to have a heated love affair with the Queen of Daytime Talk - once again choosing her as their favorite TV personality in 2005. Oprah...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amBROOKLYN * A Bushwick man was arrested after he fatally stabbed one man and slashed another during an argument over a card game, police said yesterday. Victor Nuñez, 38, was...
BUSH'S $$ MEN NOW MCCAINICS
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Some the president's top fund-raisers are signing up to help Sen. John McCain, who fought a bitter primary fight against Bush in 2000. Even some of Bush's "pioneers,"...
BED-STUY LOSES A MAN OF GOD
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDr. William Augustus Jones Jr., a venerable Brooklyn minister recognized as the dean of African-American preachers, died Saturday after a long illness. He was 71. So revered was Jones' oratory...
GAZA RAID BLASTS TOP TERRORISTS
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - Israeli warplanes launched a raid in Gaza City yesterday, killing Islamic Jihad's top rocket maker and the militant responsible for launching the missiles. The aircraft fired two missiles...
BIG SLACK ATTACK THE BANE OF BIZ
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amThe Super Bowl always has a big winner. But there's also a big loser - American business. Companies across the United States lost more than $780 million last week, based...
POWER PANIC NEAR SEATTLE
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amMother Nature almost sacked Super Bowl coverage for many Seattle Seahawk fans in Washington state over the weekend. More than 200,000 people were left without power when a windstorm on...
BUSTA'S GEM GUARD SLAIN IN VIDEO SHOOT - RAP STAR & POSSE SCATTER AS BULLETS FLY
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amMega-rapper Busta Rhymes narrowly escaped death early yesterday as his bling handler was killed in a hail of bullets after several rowdies were booted from a Brooklyn soundstage where the...
SAND DOLLAR FUROR - VIRGIN I. ANTI-TERROR AID
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - The tranquil U.S. Virgin Islands are basking in a homeland-security funding windfall - raking in almost three times more federal dollars than New York per capita, The Post...
B'KLYN: SAVE OUR THEATER
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amBrooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is leading the latest community charge to save the majestic Loews Kings Theater on Flatbush Avenue from City Hall bulldozers. Markowitz is trying to persuade...
LAWYER SAYS JACKO OWES HER $75,000
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amLOS ANGELES - Lawyers want to pry open Michael Jackson's wallet and the singer's most private legal papers about his on-going child-custody battle, according to court documents. The lawyer for...
IT'S PAY-PER-YOU - CABLE CUSTOMERS MAY GET FREEBIE IN LAWSUIT
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amTime Warner Cable will offer a month of free service or two free pay-per-view movies to millions of subscribers if a judge signs off on a settlement to a lawsuit...
DUNKIN' DONUTS MANAGER SLAIN
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amA Baruch College student working at a Harlem Dunkin Donuts shop was shot to death yesterday by a would-be robber who fled empty-handed. The thug entered the store at 145th...
THREE-WEEK COP IN SAVE OF A LIFETIME
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amA rookie cop who just wouldn't take no for an answer saved the life of a woman who had passed out in her Brooklyn apartment Saturday night. Officer Greg Long...
STONES PLAY LIKE CRAFTY VETERANS
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amWHATEVER Mick Jagger is taking, I want some. At 62, this guy is some miracle of nature, as he demonstrated yet again last night when he led the Rolling Stones...
IRAN'S SECRET LAB - DISSIDENT GROUP IDS NUCLEAR SITE
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - This ordinary-looking industrial complex in a suburb northeast of Tehran is at the center of the global nuclear showdown with Iran. It is called the Modern Defensive Readiness...
SMOKE SCREEN - SECRET FILE SHOWS ACS FAILED QNS. FIRE KIDS
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amIT'S worse than we thought. You may add three small corpses to the list of children who've lost their lives since October at the hands of a savage - or...
VID BETTORS SPEND WHOLE SLOTTA CASH
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amALBANY - Video slot machines were the state's fastest growing lottery games by far last year, with a 53.1 percent jump in the cash gamblers pumped into them. The popular,...
SCHOOL DAZE STARTS TODAY
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amWith the city's public schools extending the school day by 37 ½ minutes for struggling students and letting others out 10 minutes early starting today, some anxious parents and teachers...
REPUBLICAN TRUMP BACKS ELIOT
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDONALD TRUMP, a billionaire Republican who flirted last month with running for governor, has decided to endorse Democratic Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for the state's highest office. The megabuilder star...
ZEROING IN ON N.J. CHEMIST'S KILLER - 3 SUSPECTS EYED 1 YR. AFTER WATER-PLANT SLAY
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amA brilliant chemist mysteriously murdered in a New Jersey water-treatment plant may have been sent to her watery grave by a subordinate who knew she was working in the facility's...
DUNKIN' DONUTS MURDER
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amThe hardworking manager of a Harlem Dunkin Donuts shop was shot to death yesterday afternoon by a would-be robber - who fled empty-handed when he couldn 't open the register,cops...
N.Y. LOVES SPENDING
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amNew York state spending has grown steadily in the last few years, even when the economy faltered, new Census Bureau data show. State government spent $6,892 for each New York...
VON-DERFUL AND SEXY - DIANE'S SIZZLING SKIRT SUITS
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDiane von Furstenberg works hard for the money, there's no doubt about that. The designer, who's built an empire on the sexy wrap dress, keeps reinventing the damn thing season...
MODEL IS THE OTHER WOMAN
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amMODEL-of-the-moment Jessica Stam can stomp on a rival mannequin's heart just as skillfully as she struts the catwalk. The Canadian cutie - for whom Marc Jacobs named his new "Stam"...
WELL-RED MADONNA - SCARLET FEVER IN NEW LOOK
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amThe Queen of Pop has traded disco chic for middle-aged stylish, donning a simple and elegant red dress for the March cover of Harper's Bazaar. A transformed Madonna 'fesses up...
HOLMGREN: OUR FAULT
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - In the days leading up to Super Bowl XL, Mike Holmgren did not really want to discuss his possible date with history. Good thing. History will have to...
JASON'S GOT TOUGH POINTS TO COUNTER
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amThis is an interesting week at home for the Nets' Jason Kidd. Tonight, Kidd sees the point guard of the future, Chris Paul, when the Hornets come to the Meadowlands....
ISLES MAKING THEIR MOVE
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amLIGHTNING at ISLANDERS Tonight 7:00 - FSN; WBBR (1130) And then there were three. Winners of four of their last five games, the Islanders continue to hang on to their...
HE'LL FIT RIGHT IN - ROSE GAFFE DOOMS KNICKS
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amRockets 93 - Knicks 89 Jalen Rose officially became a doomed passenger on Team Titanic yesterday. It could have been a storybook Super Bowl Sunday moment at the Garden -...
CROWN NOMINATIONS WAY UP
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amThe nominations to this year's Triple Crown, which closed Jan. 21 at $600 per horse, showed a dramatic increase: 426 3-year-olds, up from 358 in 2005, reflecting a resurgence in...
LAMORIELLO PLANS FOR DEVILS' FUTURE
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amLou Lamoriello's search to replace himself behind the Devils' bench continues, and now, sources say, he may be looking for the right person to take over some of his duties...
HALL OF FAME SHAME
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amYesterday's satire, today's reality . . . Being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame isn't nearly the honor the NFL would have you believe. In fact, there's now...
NEW FAMER HARRY HAPPY FOR HIS FANS
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - Yes, Harry Carson said, he promises to show up for the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Canton. But the newly-named member of that illustrious fraternity...
PRIDE OF THE RANGERS - JAGR SPURS SURPRISE SEASON
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amJaromir Jagr's pride is the key element that was universally overlooked before the season when the Rangers were picked by everyone in the hockey community to be farther out of...
RUNNING WILD - WILLIE: FAST & TOUGH
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - All Fast Willie Parker needed was a crack. And he was gone. Parker's 75-yard TD romp on the second play from scrimmage turned a 7-3 lead into 14-3...
WELL-ROUNDED CANTON CLUB
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - It will be quite a gathering come Aug. 5-6 in Canton, Ohio, when not only one of the largest classes in history is inducted into the Pro Football...
BATCH ENJOYS HIS BIG MOMENT
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - Though he expected to do little more than carry a clipboard and offer his support last night in Super Bowl XL at Ford Field, Steelers backup quarterback Charlie...
EVEN PARENTS RIDIN' BUS
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - For once, Gladys and John Bettis didn't have to travel very far to watch their son, Jerome, play football. They could have taken a bus to watch The...
SUPER? FAR FROM IT
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amTHE Knicks have been reduced to a Super Bowl appetizer. Six hours before the real game of the day, they tried to make it tasty at the Garden and on...
STEPH MAY BE SHUT DOWN
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Larry Brown said it might be the right move to shut Stephon Marbury down through the All-Star Break to let his left shoulder heal fully. The Knicks have...
MEL JOININ' YANKS AS 'CELEB' COACH
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amEven though the Yankees have a new pitching coach, their old one will still be joining them for spring training later this month. Mel Stottlemyre, who retired following the end...
STEELERS KNOW HOW TO COORDINATE
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - They are the brains behind "The Chin." They are the minds quietly and effectively at work orchestrating the Steelers' offense and defense for head coach Bill Cowher. Dick...
SEEKING THE GLORY PAYS OFF
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amEntries still available for 70G Sports Haven Handicapping Challenge this weekend (Feb. 11-12) at Conn. OTB in New Haven. Entry fee is $200; contestants must bet another $200 in contest...
JAMES PLAYS THE HEAVY
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amAs Jerome James paused to catch his breath before trying to get back on defense while everyone else on the court was already well on their way down the floor,...
DUCE'S WISH: MAKE DAD PROUD
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amSuper Bowl Confidential DETROIT - This has been a bittersweet period for Steelers' running back Duce Staley. After the Steelers won the AFC Championship, his father, Lannie, died from cancer...
FANS STILL NOT SURE ABOUT ORR
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amIt was just 34 days ago that riled-up fans in the Seton Hall student section were chanting "Fire Louie." The Pirates were trailing St. John's by 20 at the Meadowlands...
HALL RIGHT NOW - GUTTY PIRATES NAIL FIFTH WIN IN A ROW
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amSeton Hall 73 - Rutgers 67 One team was fighting for a coach it loves, playing to show up all the detractors who'd called for the head of a man...
HASSELBECK RUES ONE BAD DECISION
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - The losing quarterback of a Super Bowl can always look back at one or two plays he'd like to have back. For Matt Hasselbeck, it was a pass...
THE BUS MAKES HIS FINAL STOP
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - There will be no more Bus rides for Jerome Bettis. "It's been an incredible ride," Bettis said after the Steelers got one for the thumb and one for...
SECOND-BEST NO MORE
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - Bill Cowher joined an elite group last night. In the process, he distanced himself from another, less-impressive group. Cowher, the Steelers' head coach for the last 14 seasons,...
STEELER 'D' DESERVES RAVE REVIEW
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - The Steelers, dating back to their Steel Curtain days, have always been built on their defense as a foundation to success. Funny thing, though, entering last night's 21-10...
STEELERS HAIL HINES
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - It was perfectly fitting that Hines Ward won the Most Valuable Player award for Super Bowl XL last night, because the guy does everything but wash the dishes...
ALEXANDER WAS NOT SO GREAT
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - Shaun Alexander had hoped to play a big factor in Super Bowl XL. He did, but not big enough. Alexander rushed for 95 yards on 20 carries, but...
ABC LEAVES US ASKING 'WHY?'
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amWHO, what, where, when, WHY. From the moment ABC's Super Bowl telecast began, we found ourselves asking, "Why?" Why, if ABC felt the need to wait until the game started...
POWER TO COWHER - FINALLY JOINS ELITE CLUB
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - Bill Cowher joined an elite group last night. In the process, he distanced himself from another, less-impressive group. Cowher, the Steelers' head coach for the last 14 seasons,...
JERRAMY PLAYS IT LIKE MISTER SOFTEE
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - It seems Joey Porter was right. Jerramy Stevens had no right to say anything. Porter, Pittsburgh's emotional linebacker, was going to go off last week no matter what...
PLUNGE PEEVES 'HAWKS
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - In Seattle, they'll surely be talking about what appeared to be a phantom Ben Roethlisberger rushing touchdown late in the first half for a long time, wondering, "What...
RANDLE EL IS ON THE MONEY
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - He was a quarterback at Indiana. The Steelers never forgot. Big Ben Roethlisberger was Little Ben Roethlisberger. The Steelers were clinging to a 14-10 lead. This was the...
PORTER PLAYS IT LOW KEY
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - If you listened to his brash words and bold predictions during the week, then looked at Joey Porter's statistical line from last night's 21-10 Steeler Super Bowl victory...
PITTSBURGH FIVE-TALKIN' - STEELERS WIN FIFTH TITLE AFTER OUTLASTING HAWKS
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amSUPER BOWL XL: STEELERS 21 - SEAHAWKS 10 DETROIT - The team and coach that made a habit of losing the big ones last night erased their demons and returned...
SOME HAWKS ARE NOT WELL RECEIVED
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - It is one thing to feel or even believe that the opponent is dismissing you or that the rest of the league doesn't view you as anything special....
KEEPING UP WITH JONES - WALTER NOT EXPECTED TO FALTER ANYTIME SOON
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - Amid the hubbub surrounding Joey Porter's verbal eruption in the days leading up to last night's Super Bowl XL at Ford Field was the almost non-existent response from...
ROETH & ROLL - NO ONE SAW THIS COMING FROM YOUNG BEN
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - It has happened quicker for Ben Roethlisberger than Eli Manning and Philip Rivers, because it has happened quicker for him than anyone who has ever played quarterback except...
THERE GOES WILLIE
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - All Fast Willie Parker needed was a crack. And he was gone. Parker's 75-yard TD romp on the second play from scrimmage in the second half turned a...
SEAHAWKS FADE IN THE SPOTLIGHT
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - It took the Seahawks three decades to get to a Super Bowl, but when they arrived yesterday at Ford Field, they played as if they were blinded by...
HALL OF FAME SHAME GAME
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amYESTERDAY'S satire, today's reality . . . Being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame isn't nearly the honor the NFL would have you believe. In fact, there's now...
SEAHAWKS CAN BLAME THEMSELVES FOR DEFEAT
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - It took the Seahawks 3 decades to get to the Super Bowl, but when they arrived yesterday at Ford Field, they played as if they were blinded by...
TAYLOR-MADE 'D' SUITS STEELERS
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amSUPER BOWL CONFIDENTIAL DETROIT - It was a roller-coaster night of emotions and plays for Steelers' cornerback Ike Taylor. Taylor started the game off looking as if he might be...
ALEXANDER THE GREAT - SHAUN SIMPLY STEAL OF THE 2000 DRAFT
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - Shaun Alexander arrived at Super Bowl XL yesterday, thinking about the past as much as the future. That's what you do in these once-in-a-lifetime games. The chance to...
THE BUS RIDES AWAY AS A CHAMPION
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - There will be no more Bus rides for Jerome Bettis. "It's been an incredible ride," Bettis said after the Steelers got one for the thumb and one for...
ALEXANDER JUST WASN'T GREAT ENOUGH
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amDETROIT - Shaun Alexander had hoped to play a big factor in Super Bowl XL. He did, but not big enough. Alexander rushed for 95 yards on 20 carries, but...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
February 6, 2006 | 5:00amThe University of Vermont is offering a $10,000 reward for the return of its missing cat - but this is no ordinary kitty. It's a 200-pound, 9-foot-long, 7-foot-wide aluminum mascot...