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February 9, 2006

NYMEX CHAIR MAY JUMP WHEN BUYOUT GETS OK'D

The New York Mercantile Exchange's new deal with buyout firm General Atlantic is likely to push its current chairman out of a job. Should the deal get majority approval from...

LEHMAN PICKS UP $250K GREENSPAN DINNER CHECK

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is quickly finding out that dining out in New York can be a very rewarding experience. On Tuesday night, Lehman Brothers paid Greenspan $250,000...

ICAHN'S VISION: TAKEOVER OF TW PIECE$

Tuesday evening, after presenting his long-awaited report explaining why Time Warner should be broken up, Carl Icahn and Frank Biondi retired to the 21 Club to make a more personal...

YELLOW BK BUYS CLICK FORWARD

In a bid to bring its existing small-business advertisers to powerful search engines like Google and Yahoo!, independent yellow pages publisher Yellow Book USA has purchased closely-held Click Forward Marketing...

TRAVEL GLOSSIES TO CLOSE

The travel magazines relaunched barely a year ago by the late liquor baron Sidney Frank are shutting down, just one month after the Jagermeister billionaire died. Travel Savvy, which Frank...

MUSICAL CHAIRS - AMID SHAKE-UP, SONYBMG GETS NEW COO

SonyBMG is expected to name Tim Bowen, who oversees many of the company's international operations, its chief operating officer - the position at the center of the recent power struggle...

STOCK SALES RIPPED - TOP BERNSTEIN BANKING ANALYST IS FINED $200K

A well-known Wall Street analyst was slapped down by regulators yesterday for selling stocks he was recommending to clients. Charles "Brad" Hintz, a veteran banking and brokerage analyst at Sanford...

THEIR FAT CHANCE - STREET'S JUNK-FOOD JUNKIES ADD TO BOTTOM LINE

A junk-food revival is ringing up the fattest profits in years at fast-food chains and snack makers, making Wall Street hungry for more. The public's renewed embrace of burgers, chips...

FASHION STATEMENTS - PRODUCT PLACEMENTS FRONT & CENTER ON RUNWAYS

When the corporate sponsor asked, "Would you have your models drink our soda out of a can?" Hollywould designer Holly Dunlap had to draw the line. As sponsorships engulf Fashion...

TV, CABLE HELP BOOST NEWS CORP. 2ND QTR.

Profits at media giant News Corp. nearly tripled in the second quarter, led by a strong performance from the company's cable networks, television unit and its satellite business. News Corp....

SPITZER GOING AFTER RADIO CONGLOMERATES

Eliot Spitzer is turning up the heat on radio conglomerates, hoping to snare executives to sing about payola scams in pop music. New York's attorney general said yesterday he's subpoenaed...

POND WHETS APPETITE FOR FRESH ROCK

IN a music cycle when everything sounds either derivative or processed, Matt Pond's gig at the Bowery Ballroom Tuesday was refreshing. As an indie pop rocker, Pond, and his four-piece...

GET YOUR PHIL ON YOUR IPOD

CAN'T make it to Avery Fisher Hall in time for Mozart? Come spring, the New York Philharmonic will be as close as your iPod. Downloadable Debussy, Bach and more will...

PLAYING IT COOL - TOY FAIR'S FAB FIVE

JUST when you've managed to recover from the holiday hangover, the American International Toy Fair will start filling children's wish lists. Toy manufacturers from around the globe are descending on...

WILL THIS BE THEIR YEAR? - DAYTIME POWER COUPLE REGIS AND KELLY MAY FINALLY WIN EMMY

CBS led the way with 59 Daytime Emmy nominations yesterday - while stalwarts Pat Sajak ("Wheel of Fortune") and Bob Barker ("The Price is Right") were snubbed in the game-show...

HAIR'S TO DR. PHIL

HUH? Take a look at this man, otherwise known as "Dr. Phil" McGraw, and explain how his show, "Dr. Phil," copped a Daytime Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling."...

VIEIRA: MAYBE 'TODAY'

MEREDITH Vieira added fuel last night on reports she may replace Katie Couric on "Today" if Couric jumps to CBS. "You know our contracts are up in August, so I...

MICHAELS REVERSES THE CALL - 'BYE ESPN, HELLO NBC

ANNOUNCER Al Michaels' career at ESPN ended yesterday before it began. ESPN is letting an unhappy Michaels out of his newly signed "Monday Night Football" contract. Michaels is expected to...

STARR REPORT

ABC injury update "World News Tonight" co-anchor Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt continue to recover from the severe injuries they sustained in a roadside bombing Jan. 29 in Iraq....

SINKING SHIP - 'SURVIVOR' DOESN'T NEED GIMMICKS

I don't know about you (well, yes, I do), but I'm so over "Survivor" - in whatever incarnation they come up with - that I can't bear one more minute...

RHINESTONE REMBRANDT - DESIGNER TO STARS WILL DEBUT LINE IN N.Y.

IT was early 1956, just before the "I Walk the Line" tour, when Johnny Cash phoned designer Manuel Cuevas at his Hollywood atelier. "I got the suits I ordered from...

VALENSWINE'S DAY - FEBRUARY 13 IS FOR PRICEY WINE AND MISTRESSES; IN THE CHEAT SEATS

If February 14 is a Hallmark holiday, the 13th should be sponsored by Victoria's Secret. The night before Valentine's Day, as hush-hush tradition goes, is when every cheater in Manhattan...

WALLOWING IN THE GLORY OF A BREAKUP THIS VALENTINE'S

He seemed like the perfect guy. We had a whirlwind romance, then he dumped me - and my friends are all tired of hearing about it. But not authors Anna...

COME ON, GET HAPPY, HILLARY

SOUNDS as if Sen. Hillary Clinton could do with some anger management. Republican National Chairman Ken Mehlman seems to have really gotten under her skin by jabbing that she's one...

$1.5M CITY SCHOOL RIP-OFF

Two-thirds of the money that the Department of Education paid for certain computer consultants ended up in the pockets of a middleman under an illegal scheme that cost taxpayers $1.5...

POTTY-PATROL SCHOOL STINK

Teachers at a Bronx public school are pooh-poohing a school potty policy, charging that they are being discouraged from allowing children to use the bathroom outside of a set schedule....

SHOT 'MOBSTER' REFUSING TO SQUEAL - EX-COP COULD WALK

A retired cop who allegedly shot a reputed Gambino capo in the gut may get off scot-free because the "wiseguy" won't snitch, The Post has learned. Carmine Sciandra, who was...

HILL BOPS BUSH ON FAILED OSAMA HUNT

WASHINGTON - Sounding every bit the presidential candidate, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton insisted yesterday she takes "a back seat to nobody" on national security and mocked President Bush for failing...

GET THIS, LOUD & CLEAR - SUBWAY RECORDINGS BEAT LIVE VOICES

When it comes to subway announcements, studio recordings outperform live conductors, a new study has found. Newer trains with automated announcement systems almost always provide station and transfer information, while...

'MOB AND ROB' COP TWOSOME

Before they were mob cops, they were bad cops. On top of eight murders, disgraced NYPD detectives Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa are accused of other sordid deeds while wearing...

MOLINARO 'VICTIM': I'M OUTTA HERE

The brutally stabbed victim of an ice-pick-wielding mob that allegedly included the grandson of Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro said yesterday he is planning to move away over fear...

LIQUOR IS QUICKER ON WOMEN

Women and girls need less time and fewer cigarettes, drugs or drink to become addicts than their male counterparts, a new study says. A single cigarette smoked by a woman...

BRONX PAIR BUSTED IN SCALDING OF CHILD

A Bronx couple was arrested on child-endangerment charges yesterday after they failed to seek medical attention for a 2-year-old girl who suffered severe burns three days ago, police sources said....

BLESSED DAY FOR NYPD CHAPLAINS

The NYPD Chaplain's Unit celebrated its 100th anniversary yesterday, commemorating a century of spiritual strength, guidance and support for New York's Finest. Mayor Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Edward...

'NET SCUM PULL ½ OF ALL FRAUDS

Internet-related scams account for nearly half of all consumer-fraud reports last year, the Federal Trade Commission said yesterday. In New York state, Internet auctions prompted 22 percent of all fraud...

DE NIRO'S MRS. CLEAN IS GUILTY

A sticky-fingered maid-to-the-stars came clean in a Manhattan courtroom yesterday by tearfully admitting she swiped an 11-carat pair of diamond earrings from Robert De Niro's wife. Dastardly domestic Lucyna Turyk-Wawrynowicz,...

PRINCIPAL HIT WITH NEW WOE

The principal of a Harlem high school who was under investigation for urging parents to falsify income information on school-lunch forms is under the microscope again, The Post has learned....

DEATH-CRASH DRIVERS HELD

Two drivers were busted after fatal crashes in Queens yesterday, cops said. A Nissan Maxima driven by Ramchand Hansraj, 36, hit a light pole on North Conduit Expressway at 1:09...

MIKE DARES TO PAIR UP WITH BRUNO FOE

The war between Mayor Bloomberg and Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno went another round yesterday when the mayor headlined an event with a Democratic city councilman who is considering running...

SURRENDER IN DOUGHNUT SLAY

The ex-con suspected of gunning down a Dunkin' Donuts manager turned himself in yesterday, as the victim's father prayed that his son's killer would rot behind bars. "I want him...

LOVE-BOMB TALE GETS STRANGER

A dimwitted teen's tale about why she called in a bomb threat to an Atlanta-bound jet as it prepared to depart La Guardia Airport, baffled the mother of a man...

FALLEN GI TO GET CITY SERVICES

Grieving New York relatives of a slain GI yesterday helped convince the military to nix protocol and ship his body here for a memorial before he's buried in the Dominican...

BX. 'FRIENDLY FIRE' COP LOSES BRAVE FIGHT TO SURVIVE - KIN END HIS LIFE SUPPORT

At 1:03 p.m. yesterday, gravely wounded Officer Eric Hernandez died peacefully after his heartbroken family made the excruciating decision to end life support. Hernandez's dad, Efrain, who throughout the ordeal...

WHY, HEAVENS TO GRETZKY! WIFE BET '$500K'

Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky's actress wife had more than just a passing fancy in betting on sports - she plunked down a reported $500,000 in wagers in 40 days through...

FAKE-COP RAPE AN ECHO OF '87

The ex-con who posed as a state trooper when he abducted and sexually abused a 24-year-old medical student this week used a similar ruse when attacking another woman 19 years...

KERIK CONTRACTOR TALKS TO GRAND JURY

A contractor who worked on former city top cop Bernard Kerik's Riverdale apartment went before a grand jury yesterday, as the Bronx district attorney investigates the financing of the costly...

MOM 'KILLER' WEEPS IN COURT

A deranged Vietnam vet pleaded not guilty yesterday to murdering his 85-year-old mother in her apartment off Sutton Place - even as Manhattan prosecutors released his confession. "I stabbed my...

1ST HER BABY'S KILLED AND SHE'S AT DEATH'S DOOR, THEN HER HUBBY '$TIFFS' HER

Her year-old son was killed in her arms in a freak apartment collapse that left her clinically dead. Her right leg was nearly severed. She contracted hepatitis from the blood...

MTA, UNION PICK ARBITRATION REPS

The MTA and the transit union resumed negotiations this week, The Post has learned. During the "informal talks," both sides selected their representatives to a three-member arbitration panel that could...

MIKE: KNOW WHEN TO FOLD 'EM - COMPUTER SOLITAIRE GETS CITY WORKER AXED

ALBANY - Mayor Bloomberg had a city clerical worker fired after visiting his office - and getting enraged when he saw a solitaire card game on his computer, The Post...

'HORROR HOUSE' AUCTION

The wild kingdom owned by a Long Island animal nut - who kept his naked, abused wife chained in his basement, along with his live leopards - is up for...

PRINCIPALS: JOEL WOULD SPLIT UNION

The president of the union representing school administrators threatened to seek charges of unfair labor practice against Schools Chancellor Joel Klein yesterday after he appealed to some 1,400 principals to...

EYE DOC: ACCUSER A PHONY

A celebrity laser eye doc suggested yesterday that a soccer mom was faking or hysterical when she claimed he botched her surgery so badly, she can't drive her kids to...

TERROR CASE RESTS ON FIERY WITNESS

A controversial government informant who sensationally lit himself on fire outside the White House has been identified as the key to the feds' case against a New York jazz musician...

ROVE JOINS BEAT-HILL EFFORT

ALBANY - Top presidential adviser Karl Rove is getting directly involved in the effort to defeat Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Post has learned. Top Rove aide Sara Taylor and one...

BLOOMY SET FOR ELEX WAR VS. BRUNO BLOC

More than a half-dozen Republican state senators could be targeted for defeat by Mayor Bloomberg if the city can't get its share of court-ordered education funds out of Albany, City...

BUSTA SLIMED - FAMILY'S FURY AS RAPPER SKIPS WAKE

The sister-in-law of Busta Rhymes' slain bodyguard lashed out at the superstar rapper and other hip-hoppers for not paying last respects yesterday at an Upper West Side funeral home. Israel...

CLINTON GIVEBACK

WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has returned a donation from Ted Kennedy's felon brother-in-law, who wore a wire in a failed bid to help the feds nab one of...

'IDOL' KELLY TOPS MARIAH - GETS GRAMMY FOR BEST FEMALE VOCAL

"American Idol" cutie-turned-hardcore crooner Kelly Clarkson copped a top trophy at last night's star-studded Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, beating out such sexy singing heavyweights as Mariah Carey and Sheryl...

WELFARE WORKER IN PERV BUST

A caseworker for the city Human Resources Administration was arrested yesterday for sexually abusing a 10-year-old Brooklyn boy in the bathroom of an agency office, authorities said. Serafin Colon, 55,...

TWIST ON DONUT 'SLAYER'

Police are beginning to doubt that the ex-con who turned himself in yesterday is the killer who gunned down a Dunkin' Donuts manager on Sunday, law-enforcement sources said. Otis Cain...

MARIAH GETS HIT BY U2 'BOMB' - IRISH ROCKERS HAVE BLAST AT GRAMMYS

Curvaceous crooner Mariah Carey failed to cap her famous comeback bid with major wins at last night's Grammy Awards - leaving Irish rockers U2 to blow away the competition with...

ULYSSES S. GRANT - THE 18TH PRESIDENT

The hero Union general of the Civil War faced another battle when he took the nation's highest office. Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant,...

$1.5 MIL SCHOOL RIP-OFF - COMPUTER SCAM BARED SICKO'S

Two-thirds of the money that the Department of Education paid for certain computer consultants ended up in the pockets of a middleman under an illegal scheme that cost taxpayers $1.5...

MAKE YOUR BEAST OFFER - SICKO'S L.I. 'ZOO' FOR SALE

The wild kingdom owned by a Long Island animal nut - who kept his naked, abused wife chained in his basement, along with his live leopards - is up for...

BUSTA GUARD MOURNED - RAPPER NO-SHOW AT WAKE

Mourners began paying their last respects yesterday to the Busta Rhymes bodyguard who was gunned down protecting the superstar rapper. "When something like this happens, we all take it to...

DONUT SLAY SUSPECT SURRENDERS

The ex-con suspected of gunning down a Dunkin' Donuts manager turned himself in yesterday as the victim's father prayed that his son's killer would rot behind bars. "I want him...

AGENCY MAY SUE OVER PINCHED POSER

MODEL poachers, beware! The Elite agency is mulling a lawsuit against rival mannequin mecca Next for stealing Ukrainian newcomer Tetyana Piskun. Piskun, 19, was discovered overseas by Elite and flown...

STUDS FUEL DIESEL LINE - SLICK LEATHER LOOK 'GRACE'S STAGE

Grace Jones rocked the house at Diesel, wearing a slick, studded, leather outfit with thigh-high boots and garter belts and yodeling to "Rebel Rebel." The Hammerstein Ballroom stage was done...

A HIGH NOTE FOR MUSIC LOVERS

NEVER before in Grammy history has the Recording Academy been smart enough to place its emphasis on performance. But it did last night, so much so that it didn't seem...

A BRILLIANT BREAKOUT - HOW SUI IT IS WITH COLOR

Count on Anna Sui to break up what's become a black-and-white Fashion Week with a riot of color. Ever the rock chick, Sui referenced '60s Carnaby Street and Mary Quant...

NYPD DAILY BLOTTER

BROOKLYN * Cops are asking for the public's help in finding a teen who allegedly attacked two officers as they tried to arrest him in Brooklyn Heights. The officers were...

PAW & ORDER - KITTY GOES UNDERCOVER TO NAB 'VET'

It took a feline to catch a felon. Brooklyn detectives collared a self-styled veterinarian who allegedly had neither a license nor a degree - using a 9- month-old street kitten...

HILL RETURNS 'KENNEDY' CROOK'S 1G

WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has returned a campaign donation from Ted Kennedy's felon brother-in-law, who wore a wire in a failed bid to help the feds nab one...

KIDD NOT PHASED BY ALL-STAR SNUB

NET NOTES He can always use the rest. Jason Kidd, usually a fixture on the All-Star Game roster, will not be going to Houston in 10 days - unless he...

FRANK REFUSES TO DISS KNICKS

NET NOTES And in the area of "Don't Kick A Team That's Down," the Nets offered up the following sagebrush about the Knicks, winners of one game since Jan. 13,...

MAGIC MAN IS BEATING LONG ODDS

The WBC Continental Americas Super lightweight crown will be on the line tomorrow night at Foxwoods Casino, where Brooklyn's Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi (20-0, 5 KOs) will try to capture...

TIGER'S PURRING AS MASTERS NEARS

The Masters is less than two months away, and Tiger Woods, the defending champion and four-time winner of the Green Jacket, has won both events he's entered so far in...

BATTERED STORM ON BRINK

ST. JOHN'S at G'TOWN - Tonight 9:00 - ESPN2; ESPN (1050 AM) WASHINGTON - Egos bruised and a nose broken, an emotionally and physically battered St. John's team trudges into...

YANKS INTERESTED IF ROCKET RETURNS

Should Roger Clemens opt to continue his career, the Yankees will be interested. "If he wants to play, we will certainly give it consideration," GM Brian Cashman said yesterday. "Based...

EAST ALL-STAR RESERVES REVEALED

The Nets' Vince Carter and four Pistons are among the seven Eastern All-Star reserves to be officially announced today, The Post has learned. But in a huge surprise, the Wizards'...

RANGERS PUT SENS IN PLACE

Rangers 5 - Senators 1 In a game the Rangers no doubt were using to measure how good they really are, and how much better they've gotten since the last...

NETS DOING IT RIGHT WHILE KNICKS ARE ALL WRONG

THEY'VE got new "Hollywood Seats" next to the bench, a VIP Lounge, and a 12-game home winning streak at their jazzed up home in the swamp. They are by far...

ROMP IN SWAMP - BROWN'S CLOWNS DROP 7TH STRAIGHT

Nets 96 - Knicks 83 There was a jaw-dropping Vince Carter 360-degree spin to his right shoulder for a three-point play, one of his parade of circus moves. There was...

CONFIDENT JAGR WEATHERS THE STORM

JAROMIR Jagr stepped into the Star Chamber our country has become and professed his innocence to a crime with which he had never been charged. "Bets? What bets?" is the...

NOT ON SAME PAGE - FORMER KNICK: TEAM IS 'MESS'

A bitter Antonio Davis attempted to open a can of worms when he told Toronto reporters yesterday that Isiah Thomas and Larry Brown weren't getting along. "Larry and Isiah, they...

POLICE: RICK WASN'T ALONE - INDEFINITE LEAVE FOR TOCCHET

The dragnet is dredging for more big fish. New Jersey State Police are fanning across the nation to question NHL players and others they suspect have some connection to the...

POLICE: RICK WASN'T ALONE - OTHER NHLERS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION

The dragnet is dredging for more big fish. New Jersey State Police are fanning across the nation to question NHL players and others they suspect have some connection to the...

RIGHT OR WRONG, JAGR IN MIDDLE OF IT

JAROMIR Jagr stepped into the Star Chamber our country has become and professed his innocence to a crime with which he had never been charged. "Bets? What bets?" is the...

NO HEARTBREAK KIDD - NETS PG TO REST DURING ALL-STAR BREAK

Then again, he can always use the rest. Jason Kidd, usually a fixture on the All-Star roster, will not be going to Houston for the glitzy bash in 10 days...

OHNO, NOT AGAIN - APOLO WANTS MORE MEDALS, THIS TIME WITHOUT CONTROVERSY

TURIN, Italy - As if Apolo Anton Ohno didn't have enough going for him, the short track speed skater may have found the perfect girlfriend. While most men are scrambling...

GARDEN NUMB OVER SCANDAL

Surprise, shock and a lot of shrugging shoulders were the popular reactions last night at the Garden to the Rick Tocchet gambling scandal that's rocked the NHL. Players were quick...

DEVILS ARE ON ROAD TO BRUIN

DEVILS at BRUINS - Tonight 7:00 - FSN; WFAN (660) The Devils want to feel at home on the road. Into their second month of 2006 Meadowlands perfection, the Devils...

YANKS WOULD MAKE PITCH TO CLEMENS

Should Roger Clemens opt to continue his career, the Yankees will be interested. "If he wants to play we will certainly give it consideration," GM Brian Cashman said yesterday. "Based...

SEREY ENDS N.Y. DROUGHT

Juan Serey, former claiming king at Big A, returned to winner's circle in N.Y. for first time since March 14, 2002, when he saddled 10-1 shot Tropical Charm to win...

SEREY BACK IN WINNER'S CIRCLE

Juan Serey, former claiming king at Big A, returned to winner's circle here for first time since March 14, 2002, when he saddled 10-1 shot Tropical Charm to win fourth...

TAX WARRANT ROCKS NYRA

Just when it seemed that the New York Racing Association was out of the financial woods, the association has been slapped with a tax warrant by the state, issued Tuesday,...

WEIRD BUT TRUE

A retired Arkansas nurse breathed life back into her brother's chicken Boo-Boo by performing mouth-to-beak resuscitation on the bird after she found it face-down in a pond. "I breathed into...