September 26, 2005
AFFIDAVIT QUESTIONS MAY SAP OVERSTOCK CASE
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe affidavits of three ex-employees of research firm Gradient Analytics that are the centerpiece of Overstock.com's legal battle with short sellers may be tainted beyond effective use for the embattled...
SEARCH 'N' SELL - ADVERTISERS HOPE TO GET LUCKY WITH GOOGLE
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amAfter reinventing online advertising and shaking up traditional media companies, Google wants to be partners with the giants of Madison Avenue. Ad agencies still act as gatekeepers for big-spending clients...
UNDER SWAY OF THE PDA - CRACKBERRY SYNDROME CAN KILL GOOD WORK
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amTHEY don't call it a Crack-Berry for nothing. BlackBerry addiction - the compulsive, ceaseless need to check one's handheld wireless e-mail/phone device - is at a fever pitch, and its...
SPICE UP YOUR DESK - THESE HIP, BRIGHT OFFICE SUPPLIES COULD TURN ANYONE INTO INTO A PROFESSIONAL POWERHOUSE
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amLEAVE the black and chrome to the Bauhaus - this season's newest office supplies take their high-design colorful concepts and cues from the latest fashion and interior decorating trends. On...
TOE TOTABLES - SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR FRUMPY COMMUTER SHOES - AND HELLO TO CHIC COMFORT
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amASK just about any commuting career woman in Manhattan and you'll find she carries a spare pair of shoes in her bag - and not for vanity's sake. The fact...
TOP TEN
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amFROM terse statements, to acronym-heavy gibberish, to those instances of Too Much Information - Voila, a list of the top 10 things we'd rather not hear from our colleagues. Ever...
RITA DRIVES 'REAL WORLD' OUT OF KEYS
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amTHE cast of "The Real World: Key West" has been cooling its heels in West Palm Beach, Fla., where they were evacuated to avoid Hurricane Rita, according to reports. The...
WHITE STRIPES PAINT B'KLYN
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amBEFORE the White Stripes bowed at center field in Coney Island's Keyspan Park Saturday night, you'd think that there were going to be as many musicians onstage as the Brooklyn...
SECOND OPINION - CLASSY ACTORS CAN'T HEAL THIS 'PRACTICE'
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amA promising premise, like a promising premiere, doesn't always mean a promising future. Take "Out of Practice," please. Despite the super-high-octane leads - Stockard Channing and the Fonz himself (Henry...
THE CORPSE'S BRIDE - 'DESPERATE' OPENS WITH BREE IN BODY BATTLE
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amTHE plot thickens. Well, what did you expect? The families of Wisteria Lane lead complicated lives. And last night, as the sophomore season of "Desperate Housewives" got under way on...
STARR REPORT
September 26, 2005 | 4:00am'Judge Judy' turns 10 Believe it or not, Judy Sheindlin and "Judge Judy" have kicked off their 10th year together - and still remain TV's top-rated court show long after...
TIMES: RIVERA NO FAIR-A
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amNOW, even the New York Times thinks Geraldo Rivera was slimed in the Alessandra Stanley affair. Under the headline, "Even Geraldo Deserves a Fair Shake," the Times' ombudsman, Byron Calame,...
SCREAM IN YOUR COFFEE - 'SUPERNATURAL' HOPES TO CAUSE NIGHTMARES
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amCERTAIN things just aren't done on TV. Sexy things, sure. But also the kinds of jump-from-behind-the-bushes stuff that is a staple of scary movies in the theater - but are...
CARPET BAGGER - THE LIFE AND DREAMS OF A PAPARAZZI PRINCESS; SHE'S CALLED ON THE CARPET
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amWHEREVER there's a red carpet, you'll find Courtney Peldon. She rules it. She owns it. And if there were some exalted Operating Thetan level of sponsored event attendance and photographic...
OSAMA'S COURIER SERVICE
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amOsama bin Laden, believed to be hiding out with a small core of supporters, reportedly is sending human messengers to communicate with the outside world because his electronic networks have...
FIRE-UNION BOSS EYES CONGRESS BID
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amFIRE-UNION chief Steven Cassidy is seriously mulling a run for Congress in Suffolk County on the Republican line, sources say - and his GOP leanings could have an impact on...
KIM CUT DOWN TO SIZE - HAIR CLIPPED IN CLINK
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amPity poor Lil' Kim - the lusty, busty rapper's first week in the big house knocked her off her perch in very short order, inmates at her federal lockup in...
GENERALS WANT DISASTER PLAN
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amMilitary officials told President Bush at Randolph Air Force Base in Texas that the United States needed an overall national plan for coordinating rescue operations after emergencies. Bush received a...
SILENT THREAT TO KIDS - LUNCHBOX LEAD PERIL
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amSchoolchildren may be toting something more toxic than that Twinkie in their lunchbox. A California environmental group claims some vinyl lunchboxes emblazoned with popular cartoon characters are laced with exceedingly...
JIHAD HONCHO KILLED IN GAZA
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amTEL AVIV - An Israeli jet fired missiles at a Mercedes riding along a coastal road in Gaza City yesterday, killing a key member of Islamic Jihad and his deputy....
JODIE FLICK HAS WING$
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amJodie Foster's new thriller, "Flightplan," about a mom whose daughter vanishes aboard a jet, soared to the top of the box office over the weekend, piloting an impressive $24.6 million...
AL QAEDA KILLS 13 IRAQI COPS
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amIraq's al Qaeda wing has claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing that killed 13 Iraqi police commandos yesterday in Baghdad. "A lion brother of the Martyrs' Brigade on Sunday...
HEART ATTACKS HALF MENTAL
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amStress, anxiety and hostility can damage the heart almost as badly as obesity, smoking and high blood pressure, an alarming new report says. "Fifty percent of people who have heart...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amMANHATTAN * Police are searching for a 16-year-old boy who disappeared in Greenwich Village. Tirrel Santiago (above) was last seen getting into a cab with an unidentified man at West...
ARMY CORPS PUMPED UP FOR QUICK ORLEANS DRYOUT
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amAreas of New Orleans flooded by Hurricane Rita could be pumped dry in a week - far faster than initially predicted, the feds said yesterday. The Army Corps of Engineers...
HOLDING THE FORT AS WIFE IS CALLED TO ARMS
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amAT NIGHT, Joseph Abraham falls to his knees to pray for his soldier wife's safe return home from the war zone. Well, sometimes he gets a chance to pray. It's...
FREDDY: GOD PREFERS ME
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amFernando Ferrer is convinced he will beat Mayor Bloomberg on Election Day because "God is on my side." During a service at the Maranatha Baptist Church in Queens Village yesterday,...
ROCKER'S NEW DISC REFLECTS HEALTH SCARE
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amThere's a good reason why some of the songs on Neil Young's new record may sound a bit downbeat. He recorded it in the days before he underwent surgery earlier...
DEAD GIRL'S KIN CRY FOR JUSTICE - ACCUSE COPS OF COVERUP
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amA devastated Bronx family, grieving for a 12-year-old girl mowed down by an off-duty cop, yesterday accused the NYPD of protecting one of its own and hinted it's ready to...
PUBLIC'S NYPD BOOS - COMPLAINTS VS. COPS SKYROCKET
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amCivilian allegations of wrongdoing by members of the NYPD have risen a shocking 16 percent so far this year, new figures show. The number of complaints - each of which...
N.Y. NERDS MEET NINTENDO 'GOD'
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amHundreds of "Nintendo nerds" invaded Manhattan yesterday to meet the legend who gave birth to the Mario Brothers, Donkey Kong and Zelda. Shigeru Miyamoto came to Rockefeller Center's Nintendo store...
SNEAK PEEK AT NEW SUBWAY CAMS
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amHere's the first glimpse of the MTA's "intelligent" surveillance cameras - coming soon to a subway station near you. The Post spotted contractors testing the cameras last week at a...
THE TOWN WHERE GAS IS TOO CHEAP
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amA New Jersey gas station with the lowest prices in the area is filling up with customers, while local business owners and cops are fuming over the long lines. For...
MTA COULD TAP ITS SURPLUS FOR TERROR BATTLE
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amWith the MTA's counterterrorism program now expected to cost $130 million more than expected, the agency is considering dipping into its $833 million surplus to cover the difference, sources told...
COASTAL TOWNS GONE WITH WIND - 'OBLITERATED' REGION SEEKS BILLIONS IN FED AID
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amSome coastal towns were flooded to their rooftops. Others were nothing but splinters. Still others just washed away. As refrigerators and coffins bobbed in floodwaters, helicopters and rescue boats made...
DEMI THE KUTCHER'S WIFE
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amDemi Moore turned from cradle robber to blushing bride over the weekend as she finally married her longtime boy toy, Ashton Kutcher, it was reported last night. The 42-year-old Hollywood...
'LIE' DETECTIVES
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amDetectives will soon be strapping polygraph machines to suspects to see if they are lying, in a new tactic in the war on crime. The NYPD has trained a dozen...
FEDS FEAR MAFIA REBIRTH - DOZENS OF IMPRISONED WISEGUYS WILL BE UNCAGED IN COMING YEAR
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amA TIDAL wave of imprisoned mobsters, including ferocious Mafia bosses champing at the bit to hit the streets, will soon be freed to reclaim the reins of the city's five...
REP. BIDS TO BE CASH KING FOR NYC SECURITY
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amWASHINGTON - Long Island Rep. Peter King, Congress' new homeland-security chief, says job No. 1 is convincing his colleagues that New York City needs more cold, hard anti-terror cash. "What...
BRONX SLAY SUSPECT IS FACING 'WIFE'
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amCan a wife rat out her husband in a murder case? A Bronx judge is set to decide today whether a woman can testify against her husband, who is accused...
ZONING PLAN OBSTRUCTING 'HEIR' SPACE
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amA young Russian heiress' bid to build swanky condos could go kaputski if the Department of City Planning votes to enact new zoning restrictions in the West Village today. And...
QAEDA KILLS 13 IRAQ COPS
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amIraq's al Qaeda wing yesterday massacred 13 police commandos in a Baghdad car bombing, the terrorists boasted on the Internet. "A lion brother of the martyrs' brigade on Sunday launched...
MISSILES KILL JIHAD HONCHO ON GAZA ROAD
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amTEL AVIV - Missiles from an Israeli jet hit a Mercedes on a coastal road in Gaza City yesterday, killing an Islamic Jihad leader and his deputy. Islamic Jihad, calling...
NEIL'S NEW CD REFLECTS SCARE
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amThere's a good reason why some of the songs on Neil Young's new record may sound a bit downbeat. He recorded it in the days before he underwent surgery earlier...
FIVE DEAD IN AFGHANISTAN COPTER CRASH
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amA U.S. Chinook helicopter crashed yesterday in the mountains of southern Afghanistan, killing all five crew members, the U.S. military said. The aircraft did not appear to have been shot...
THREE WOUNDED IN BX. SHOOTOUT
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amThree men were shot on a Bronx street last night as terrified residents ran for cover, cops said. The gunfire erupted at about 9:30 p.m. near East 166th Street and...
DUMPED BABY RESCUED BY BX. KIDS
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amAn abandoned 2-month-old boy was found in a stroller last night by a group of kids playing in a Bronx housing project, police said. The infant, who appeared to be...
SNITCH SITE COULD LEAD TO INTERNET HITS ON RATS
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amWatch out, "rats" - a Web site claiming to expose snitches, informants and undercover cops is online and out to get you. The Who's A Rat site has law-enforcement officials...
GRAND PLAN IN BX. - RETURN TO GLORY FOR CONCOURSE
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amCity officials are readying a rebuilding double play in the South Bronx. The new $500 million Yankee Stadium will go up at the same time nearby stretches of the Grand...
ARUBA BOMBSHELL - MA: SUSPECTS ALL ADMIT TO SEX WITH NATALEE
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amTHE disgusted mom of missing teen Natalee Holloway told me yesterday that all three suspects in the Aruba disappearance of her daughter have admitted to having sex with her. The...
BRUNO IN PLEA TO TOM - URGES GOP GOV RUN
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amNEW YORK'S second-most powerful Republican, nervously eyeing a possible Democratic tsunami next year, has met secretly with Rochester billionaire Tom Golisano to urge him to run for governor. Senate Majority...
CONDI'S FANS EYE TV-SHOW BOOST
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice may get a political boost - from the first woman elected president on TV. A group dedicated to drafting Rice to run for president in...
MUAY THAI BOXING WITH KRU PHIL NURSE
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amToday's page looks at Muay Thai boxing champ, Kru Phil Nurse and his mastery of a sport that tones up the mind as well as the body. The sport of...
5 DIE IN AFGHAN AIR CRASH
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amA U.S. Chinook helicopter crashed yesterday in the mountains of southern Afghanistan, killing all five crew members, the U.S. military said. The aircraft did not appear to have been shot...
ALLEN'S PLAYING FOR JOB
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES SAN DIEGO - Cornerback Will Allen knew he should have come up with an interception last week off Saints quarterback Aaron Brooks, and the failure to come up...
SMALLER PADS WON'T ENLARGE NET: MOGILNY
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amSHOOTOUT: Devils 3 - Islanders 2 Alexander Mogilny can speak with some authority on the subject of goal scoring; only three players in NHL history ever potted more goals in...
MILLER SLIPS FROM USUAL SOLID FORM
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amAPPARENTLY, no one is immune from Mike Francesa Disease - the on-the-air-borne ailment that swells the ego while attacking the credibility system, the affliction that causes sportcasters to claim, after...
A TOUGH QUESTION FOR RANGERS
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amHistorically, toughness has not only always been a primary component of successful NHL clubs, but it's been a primary concern of coaches as they construct their respective teams. This year,...
SUBPLOTS IN SPOTLIGHT - TALE OF THREE QBS UNFOLDS AT QUALCOMM
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amSAN DIEGO - The Giants traded for Eli Manning so he could assume the mantle of franchise quarterback for the next decade. Getting him on the field was merely a...
THESE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amTHIS isn't the way the Yankees do things. They are supposed to be older than the editorial board of "Modern Maturity" magazine. There are usually more veterans on hand than...
RIVERA READY WITH YANKS' SEASON ON THE LINE
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amThe Yankees' season rests on their next seven games and Mariano Rivera said he's ready to pitch in all of them. "They might need me," Rivera said. "That's fine. As...
PLAYOFF FEVER - WIN OVER O'S SENDS BOSOX HOME DEADLOCKED
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amRed Sox 9 - Orioles 3 BALTIMORE - As the Red Sox were rolling to a 9-3 victory yesterday at Camden Yards, the big screen in center field flashed highlights...
KITTEN'S JOY RETIRED
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amKitten's Joy, America's champion male grass horse of 2004, is being retired to stud, his owner-breeder, Ken Ramsey, said yesterday, and will not race in the Oct. 29 Breeders' Cup...
CANO-IT-ALL - ROOKIE'S REDEMPTION POWERS PINSTRIPERS
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amYankees 8 - Blue Jays 4 Conceivably, yesterday could have been Bernie Williams' final game at Yankee Stadium. But Robinson Cano's finest moment in The Bronx means Williams and the...
THIS JETS LOSS 'EXTRA' PAINFUL - CHAD & JAY BOTH HURT SHOULDERS IN OVERTIME DEFEAT
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amOT: Jaguars 26 - Jets 20 The Jets' season, early as it is through a mere three games, stands in a state of crisis. Most alarming after yesterday's 26-20 overtime...
REF'S REVIEW KOS GANG GREEN 'W'
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amJET NOTES The Jets looked, for a fleeting moment, like they'd won yesterday's game 24-20 when Chad Pennington appeared to have connected with Wayne Chrebet in the back of the...
AMAZIN'S CLOSING WITH A FLOURISH
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amMets 6 - Nationals 5 WASHINGTON - The seasons are coming to an end for both Mike Piazza and the Mets. And with eight games to go, both player and...
WE GOT IT! - COUPLES, DIMARCO KEY U.S. VICTORY
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amGAINESVILLE, Va. - Fred Couples didn't dwell on his spotty play earlier in the week. Instead he drew on the good karma of past President Cups, asking captain Jack Nicklaus...
LEFTWICH WINS DUEL WITH CHAD
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amYesterday's Jets-Jaguars game came down to a duel of bloodied and battered former Marshall teammates, in quarterbacks Chad Pennington and Byron Leftwich. But in the end, only Leftwich was the...
SHEFFIELD PICKS UP RF SLACK
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amYANKEE NOTES Gary Sheffield estimated himself at only 90 percent. But with other Yankees needing a break down the stretch, Sheffield tested his strained left thigh in right field yesterday....
SLANT-AND-GO SWITCH CAUSES JET CRASH
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amAll afternoon, the Jets had been cheating up on Jacksonville's short patterns, jumping their routes. All day, CB David Barrett had wrapped up WR Jimmy Smith tighter than a sausage,...
BYE, BYE BERNIE?
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amIT as quite the sendoff Yankee fans gave Bernie Williams yesterday. A standing ovation each at-bat. At least five one-man Roll Calls from the bleachers. A summons from the dugout....
HEILMAN SHINES IN CLOSING ROLE
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amMET NOTES WASHINGTON - For the second time in three days, Aaron Heilman closed out a Met win. Heilman picked up the save on Friday night in the 10th (after...
PRADO SCORES STAKES DOUBLE
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amYesterday's pair of seven-furlong, 100G stakes for NY-bred 2-year-olds - Bertram Bongard for colts and geldings, Joseph Gimma for fillies - both produced upsets. In Bongard, 8-1 Sharp Humor set...
THE CUP IS OURS - COUPLES, DIMARCO KEY U.S. VICTORY
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amGAINESVILLE, Va. - Fred Couples didn't dwell on his spotty play earlier in the week. Instead he drew on the good karma of past Presidents Cups, asking captain Jack Nicklaus...
BURRESS DOESN'T GET START
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amGIANT NOTES SAN DIEGO - There was a glaring change in the starting lineup last night as the Giant offense took the field at Qualcomm Stadium. The towering Plaxico Burress...
NO DEFENSE FOR BIG BOO - MANNING SHINES, BUT CHARGERS ROLL OVER GIANTS 'D'
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amChargers 45 - Giants 23 SAN DIEGO - Eli Manning was the least of the Giants' problems last night. Dropped into a cauldron of vitriol and animosity of his own...
THE POST'S TOP 25
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amRank (prev) TEAM RESULT NEXT 1 Texas (3-0) Idle at Missouri (1) Will the Longhorns gain ground on the Trojans, who looked vulnerable for a half? 2 USC (3-0) Won...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
September 26, 2005 | 4:00amFind it hard telling needy beggars from the swindlers? Shanghai's new manual tells you how. The illustrated guide, "Recognizing Phonies," lists popular scams, from women faking pregnancies, to counterfeit monks...