January 4, 2007
IT'S A BARGAIN!: Scrape those nickels together
Should you have a hankering to go to Detroit, you know, midwinter and all, Spirit Airlines is selling $0.05 one-way fares (based on a round-trip purchase, of course!). These very...
SKI: High peaks, low prices
While Tuesday's cover story may have been a bit anti-skiing, don't take that the wrong way. We're definitely lovers of the downhill thing, and to prove it, we've got a...
Instant gratification on sale
Big sale now on at Net-a-Porter. Marni, Chloe, Miu Miu, Rick Owens, Stella McCartney, McQueen at steeeeeeeeep discounts.Best part? No wait.Order before noon and live in the New York Metro...
Courting Taste
Though the sales of some celeb designed duds have cooled a bit this year, one could only hope for a complete drop in 2007....unless your name is Gwen Stefani.But the...
Becoming whole again
By MARC BERMANDRIVING FROM PORTLAND-TO-SEATTLE - It is worth noting - and Isiah Thomas has noted it plenty - that the Knicks have yet to field their full alignment this...
¡Viva Vivier!
Today in the Haute List: The silver clutch from Roger Vivier everyone wants; makeup that tells you how to apply it; and our staff gets religion with Victoria Principal's skincare...
THE MOUSE THAT ROARED
THE feuds, the divorce, the child services investigations. But you know things have gotten bad when even the obsessive fans - the ones blogging about you at 2 a.m. -...
HAUTE LIST
Clutch too much NEVER mind that's it's only January and the city's yet to see the brunt of winter. Accessory fiends have already sniffed out this spring's It bag -...
'ANATOMY' OF A HIT SONG
RECENTLY at a cozy downtown hair salon, the stylist was buzzing about Teddybears and Peter Bjorn & John, two bands he had heard the previous night. But he didn't get...
TUNE INTO NEW FACES FOR '07
IT isn't that bloodsucking plant from "Little Shop of Horrors" bleating "Feed Me, Feed Me!" - it's your iPod demanding fresh meat. But don't fret. Here are a dozen top...
STARR REPORT
'Dancing' feat? Don't be surprised if former "Wonder Years" star Danica McKellar is seriously considered for a slot on "Dancing with the Stars." McKellar, late of "West Wing" and Life...
DONALD IS HIS OWN WORST ENEMY
DEAR Donald: We love you, but would you please shut up? That's what I would like to say to Donald Trump if I could get a word in edgewise. Lately,...
OPRAH, LOOK OVER HERE!
OPRAH Winfrey needs an education and needs one badly. So, please, let me be the first to offer her a big course in basic common sense. Right off: How in...
'THE O.C.' IS D.O.A.
SAY goodbye to "The O.C." Fox said yesterday it's ending its once-popular teen drama Feb. 22 after four seasons. New episodes will air until then beginning tonight (9 p.m./Ch. 5)....
'WILL & GRACE' STAR TALKED OUT: NBC
MEGAN Mullally's talk-show career has come to a screeching halt. NBC axed "The Megan Mullally Show" yesterday after only four months - shutting down production and notifying staffers of its...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
Someone you are involved with on an emotional level - a loved one, a friend or a family member - will be lucky for you financially over the coming 12...
CITY TARGETS MASSIVE MEDICAID FRAUD RING
The city's Department of Investigation is pursuing 13 cases of Medicaid fraud that could be ripping off taxpayers for millions of dollars, The Post has learned. Probers are zeroing in...
DOOMED BX. HOSP WINS A REPRIEVE
A Bronx judge yesterday temporarily blocked the state from shutting down Westchester Square Medical Center - a ruling that could also affect the planned closure of eight other struggling hospitals...
PERIL FROM SPACE
An unidentified falling object - possibly a meteor - streaked from the heavens and slammed into a New Jersey home, startling a family and setting off an out-of-this-world mystery, authorities...
A FAIR $HAKE & BAKE
Talk about a sweet deal! The owner of Magnolia Bakery - a wildly successful cupcake emporium that has become a top tourist draw - sold her business to an old...
'9/11' PROMPTS PRIMARY CONCERN
The City Council wants to change the date of this year's primary elections because it falls on Tuesday, Sept. 11. Brooklyn Councilmember Lewis Fidler introduced a widely supported resolution yesterday...
BEDBUGGED OPERA STAR DIVA-STATED
A lyric soprano who sings frequently with the New York City Opera is suing the Hilton Hotel chain for $6 million - saying she went from Madame Butterfly to Madame...
CITY PAID 'MOB' PAL GREEN FEES
Here's one city contract with plenty of holes in it. A Brooklyn man with links to the Colombo crime family has been operating a city-owned golf course for more than...
WALL ST. GUY WANTS OLD MONEY
A 56-year-old former managing director for Morgan Stanley suing the Wall Street company for $30 million claims he was wrongly fired because he was considered too old. Edward Sullivan, who...
SUPER DAY FOR A HERO
A day after leaping onto the tracks to rescue a fallen stranger from an oncoming train, Subway Superman Wesley Autrey was the toast of the town, getting applause from New...
WIDOWER IN WAKE TRAGEDY
An elderly man driving to his wife's wake in Queens last night crashed his car, killing the woman's sister, police said. Oswald Heavens, 80, was driving his Buick LeSabre north...
GOV: OUR KIDS DESERVE MORE
ALBANY - In his first State of the State Address, Gov. Spitzer yesterday promised to break "the army of the status quo" with sweeping ethics reforms, and radically overhaul the...
ELIOT SLAMS GROUND ZERO 'GRIDLOCK'
ALBANY - Gov. Spitzer yesterday vowed to "revitalize" Ground Zero, saying that under former Gov. George Pataki, it had become a "monument to government gridlock" - and he also raised...
WOMAN RAPED IN BX. SALON
A woman was raped at gunpoint inside a Bronx beauty salon yesterday, police said. The 19-year-old victim was the only person inside the salon in Mott Haven shortly after noon...
CHICKEN 'ROASTER' CONFESSES
A Bronx chicken-joint owner told cops he torched his competition after getting drunk on New Year's Eve, court papers revealed yesterday. The documents quote Kabeer Ahmad saying, "I went out...
TRAIN SHOOTER: THEY WERE AFTER ME
A man charged with opening fire in a crowded Brooklyn subway station, killing an innocent bystander, told detectives he was sorry - but insisted he had no choice but to...
LEGAL VULTURE PLUCKED
Nearly a dozen angry victims cheered and clapped as a Manhattan lawyer was sentenced yesterday to at least 3½ years in prison for stealing more than $1.6 million from his...
WORKER KILLED IN 3-STORY FALL
A construction worker plunged to his death yesterday when the mini-bulldozer he was driving tumbled off the third floor of a Bronx Terminal Market demolition site, police said. Carlos Reynoso,...
CHIEF OF FDNY'S FLEET PROMOTED
A 38-year member of the city's Bravest who helped bring the Fire Department's battered marine fleet back to life after 9/11 was sworn in yesterday as the chief of the...
PEEP & SWEEP FUROR
Being a janitor is a dirty job - but it shouldn't be that kind of dirty. Maintenance workers have filed suit against their old bosses at Equinox gyms, charging they...
'BIAS BUST' TEEN TO SUE CITY
A Queens teenager who claims cops broke his elbow and wrist in a racially motivated attack while wrongfully arresting him is expected to file a federal lawsuit against the city...
KILLER'S SICK BOOTS BOAST
A depraved killer joked that he deserved a kickback from Timberland when he was shown a photo of his victim, whose skeletal remains were found with a still-pristine pair of...
COPS WANT TO GRILL MAN IN BOXER SLAY
Police want to question Ahmet Gashi in connection with the death of a boxer who was run over outside a Bronx tavern after he tried to stop a barroom brawl....
CLASS ACTION TO HELP KIDS STUCK IN MIDDLE
Ask Jeannette Stern, president of the New York State Middle School Association, what seems to be the trouble with New York City middle schools and she might reply, "What middle...
TERRORIZED TEACHERS ARE BEING DRIVEN OUT
Experts say one of the keys to a successful middle school is a solid teacher-student connection, but many city middle schools are in such bad shape, they can't keep their...
N.J. STUDENTS OUTCLASS N.Y.'S
New Jersey is kicking New York's butt where it matters most: educating kids. A study released yesterday found students on the Jersey side of the Hudson ranked second in the...
FIREFIGHTERS, COPS GET TUNED IN
The FDNY, NYPD and other city agencies will finally be tuned to the same radio frequency thanks to a new radio that was unveiled yesterday. Holding a Vertex walkie-talkie, Fire...
NIXZMARY HORROR VID
Flailing her right arm in front of a room full of detectives and prosecutors, the mother of tragic Nixzmary Brown demonstrated on video how her husband allegedly delivered blow after...
CIG RAPIST GETS 18 YRS.
A Bronx man got 18 years in prison yesterday for raping his ex-girlfriend then torturing her with the lit end of his cigarette. Queens Supreme Court Justice Richard Buchter described...
COPS SEEK BRO IN TEEN'S SLAY
A teenager was fatally shot in his Manhattan apartment early yesterday, and cops want to question his older brother, authorities said. Rafael Urraca, 16, was discovered by his mother in...
CITY'S BRAVEST SMOKIN'
The FDNY is burning rubber. New York's Bravest got to the scene of emergencies a blazing 15 seconds faster on average last year than in 2005. In fact, the department...
BITE NAILS '86 SLAYER
A New York man could be sentenced to life behind bars today because he took a bite of pizza with a topping of murder. Anthony DiFrisco, 46, has admitted to...
BUSTA BUSTED
Rapper Busta Rhymes surrendered last night to police, who arrested him for allegedly punching out a former employee. Rhymes, 34, whose real name is Trevor Smith, was charged with assault...
SADDAM GUARDS IN 'CELL'
BAGHDAD - The highest-ranking Iraqi official to witness Saddam Hussein's hanging said the taunting of the ex-dictator moments before his execution was a "disgusting" act by guards who lost control...
NICOLE PUSHES 'BOND' BUTTONS
David Sims for W magazine To James Bond, Nicole Kidman is to die for. "She turns me on," Daniel Craig (right with Kidman in the new issue of W magazine,...
FLA.'S GOV. DENIES RUDY 'LEAK' ROLE
Aides to Florida's new governor confirmed yesterday that a Rudy Giuliani staffer left a bag behind on their plane last fall, but insisted they had no role in exposing the...
SPORTSCASTER LAMPLEY BUSTED
Veteran sports broadcaster Jim Lampley was arrested in California last night for beating up his girlfriend, authorities said. Lampley, 56, was charged with domestic violence, violating a restraining order and...
RANGEL BOOTS VEEP
WASHINGTON - Rep. Charles Rangel has evicted Vice President Dick Cheney from his office in the Capitol, and the Harlem heavyweight is moving into the prime digs today, The Post...
DEMS ARE LOADED FOR PORK
WASHINGTON - Democrats take control of Congress today with marching orders to rein in multimillion-dollar pet spending projects that for years have been secretly stuffed into larger spending packages. Democrats...
BACK TO SCHOOL
RALEIGH, N.C. - Duke University has invited two of the lacrosse players accused of sexual assault to return to school as students in good standing, a defense attorney said yesterday....
COKE RAP COULD KO TYSON FOR 7 YRS.
Former boxing champ Mike Tyson could be making another comeback - in prison. Tyson, who did a three-year stint for the 1991 rape of a beauty queen in Indiana, faces...
NYPD BLOTTER
MANHATTAN A man died of smoke inhalation after a suspicious fire broke out in his Washington Heights apartment building last night. The unidentified victim, described only as in his 40s,...
BOLD TALK MARKS END TO POLITICS AS USUAL
ALBANY - Like Eliot Spitzer himself, the State of the State Address delivered by the state's new governor was tightly wrapped, sharply focused, and menacing enough to leave no doubt...
D.C. ETHICS REFORM LOOKS LIKE A REAL CRYING SHAM
DEMOCRATS in Washington would do well to take a lesson from Gov. Spitzer - but they won't. Spitzer's ethics push looks credible because he first hit himself - banning a...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Numbers Wed.: 696 Midday Win-4 Wed.: 0560 Evening Numbers Wed.: 746 Evening Win-4 Wed.: 5592 Pick-10 Wed.: 2, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 22, 23, 24, 26,...
FROM RHETORIC TO REALITY
Lawmakers in Albany applauded yesterday as Gov. Spitzer told them the party's over - their party, that is. Odd behavior, frankly. Do the legislators know something Spitzer doesn't? In his...
ELIOT'S MIXED BAG
GOV. Spitzer won't present his first Executive Budget for another four weeks, but the essence of New York's financial situation could be distilled from three sentences in his first State...
4 KEYS TO REAL SCHOOL REFORM
GOV. Spitzer's State of the State message underscored his commitment to "a vibrant education system that demands accountability and rewards excellence." He promised more funding, too, so that "the debate...
MINIMUM WAGE: A SAD 'SIGNATURE'
A FEDERAL minimum wage is an idea whose time came in 1938, when public confidence in markets was at a nadir and the federal government's confidence in itself was at...
CORRUPT ALBANY TESTS NY'S 'REFORM' GOVERNOR
For four years, nowGov. Eliot Spitzer carried out a relentless campaign of self-promotion ("State House Spouse," Dec. 29). He used his office shamelessly to attack easy targets that could be...
OUR ROLE IN IRAQ: SELFISH OR JUST?
History is replete with men and women who have done great good and great evil ("Justice Served," Editorial, Dec. 30). Does history make the man, or does man make the...
FAKE-ID FUMBLE
I believe Mariane Garvey's endeavor to obtain a fake ID is somewhat misleading ("I Got A Fake ID In 5 Min Flat," Dec. 29). As a check-cashing storeowner in New...
FED KNOCKS STOX
Wall Street roared into the new year and scored trading highs, but got tripped up promptly by its lurking old demon: possible interest-rate hikes. Although blue chips hit a record...
NYBOT CHIEF HARRY FALK DEAD AT 66
New York Board of Trade chief Harry Falk - weeks away from closing an historic deal to sell the downtown commodities market to the IntercontinentalExchange, died suddenly yesterday morning after...
IT AIN'T EASY BEING GREENBACK WHILE EURO TAKES OFF
THE "almighty" dollar. You've heard it called that, usually when there is grousing at someone's focus on making money at any cost. Well, it's possible the dollar - the currency...
COURT TV, ECHOSTAR BATTLE
By his own admission, EchoStar CEO Charlie Ergen relishes a good fight. Small wonder then that his satellite television provider is currently duking it out with Court TV over carriage...
WHAT'S IN A BRAND? YET ANOTHER BRAND
Nike ran with Apple, Barbie got a makeover by M.A.C. cosmetics and Gap teamed up with Bono's Project Red to help Africa. It seems no brand - no matter how...
OUSTER IS DUBIOUS VICTORY
Investors angry over the bloated compensation packages paid out to corporate chieftains scored a high-profile win yesterday as Home Depot boss Bob Nardelli was ousted. Shareholder "pay rage" is set...
TAKE 'HOME' PAY
Home Depot Chief Executive Robert Nardelli resigned abruptly yesterday after refusing his board's directive to slash his pay package to placate a rising shareholder revolt. Nardelli's forced resignation brings an...
APPLE SUED FOR ANTITRUST
Hipster Apple is looking more like it's geeky rival Microsoft - and now antitrust lawsuits are coming its way, too. Apple is being sued for monopolistic practices related to its...
A GIANT IN RADIO ONE BUY
Radio One, an urban-music radio broadcaster, has purchased the struggling Giant magazine for a song. The broadcaster - which owns 70 radio stations in 22 urban markets - paid $275,000...
COSMOGIRL IS PICK FOR SEVENTEEN ED
Seventeen has finally found a new editor-in-chief to replace Atoosa Rubenstein, whose sudden departure in November surprised many in the mag world. The mag's new editrix is Ann Shoket -...
NOW HE HAS 100 PROBLEMS
JAY-Z's days at the Time Warner Center could be numbered now that the condo he's renting is about to be sold. The sky-high, four-bedroom, 51/2-bath pad on the 76th floor...
DREAM HOMES
Upper East Side $5.3 million In the middle of this golden stretch of 10021 - known as the "Gold Coast" - it's something of a treat to find a condo...
HOUSES OF THE WEEK
East Village $1.2 million Bedrooms: 1+ Bathrooms: 2 Square feet: 1,169 Common charges: $831 Thanks to prime condos like this one on East 12th Street, this once edgy neighborhood is...
JUST SOLD!
Manhattan CENTRAL PARK SOUTH $1,950,000 128 Central Park South Two-bedroom, two-bath co-op, 1,400 square feet, with marble floors with radiant heating throughout, wood-burning fireplace, new windowed kitchen, washer/dryer and marble...
MY SPACE
WINTER'S chill is teasing us with short days and biting winds. The tree folks recently delivered our wood for the fi replace. As my husband and daughter went outside to...
YOUR REAL-ESTATE HOROSCOPE FOR 2007
GET ready for a frenzied real-estate market! Modern New York City was "born" when the five boroughs consolidated at midnight on Jan. 1, 1898. With the dynamic energy of the...
ECLIPSE FIELD SET
Nominations for the Eclipse Awards honoring the top equine and human performers in thoroughbred racing were announced yesterday. The winners, as determined by voters from the National Turf Writers Association,...
NO GULFSTREAM FOR OTB
After failing to reach a compromise over a rate hike demanded by Florida horsemen, New York's OTBs did not take wagers on the opening-day races yesterday at Gulfstream Park. The...
SPORTS SHORTS
TENNIS: Henin-Hardenne out of Aussie In Sydney, Australia, Justine Henin-Hardenne will skip the Australian Open and a preliminary tournament because of undisclosed personal reasons. Australian Open spokesman John Lindsay confirmed...
CONFERENCE CALL
"No way I'm going to graduate from St. John's with a degree in sports management and not have played in the Big East Tournament."- St. John's center Lamont Hamilton With...
PATS WILL MISS LIGHTNING ROD
FOXBOROUGH - No parts have ever seemed more interchangeable than Patriot parts. They have only six starters remaining from the 2001 team that began this run of five division titles...
DEVILS MUST WAIT ON WHITE'S RETURN
The Devils are being ultra cautious with their No. 1 defensive defenseman. They hope Colin White's recurring groin injury doesn't become chronic. Meanwhile, defenseman Richard Matvichuk said he expects an...
NO STOPPING SHOCKEY
You can imagine the angst bottled up inside Jeremy Shockey when he was told he could not play in the Giants' final regular season game in Washington and was not...
TALK IS CHIRP
Antonio Pierce is readying himself for the first playoff game of his career, preparing for battle at that Philly loony bin called Lincoln Financial Field, where, he says, "They boo...
SHOCK TO HIS SYSTEM
WHEN the Giants stand in there Sunday against the venom-spewing mob at the foreboding Linc, the growing prospect that Jeremy Shockey will be standing in there with them sent an...
DAWKINS SEES ROCK-'EM, SOCK-'EM RUMBLE
PHILADELPHIA - Eagles free safety Brian Dawkins has faced the Giants 22 times in his career, so he knows what to expect Sunday when the teams meet in an NFC...
ISLANDERS HAVE LOST FOUR STRAIGHT
The Islanders have lost four straight, starting with a defeat in Ottawa, when captain Alexei Yashin is said to have again felt discomfort in his right knee, sprained in November...
SEYMOUR BACKTRACKS
In the moments following the Jets' 17-14 victory over the Patriots on Nov. 12 at Gillette Stadium, New England defensive tackle Richard Seymour was quoted as saying, "We were outplayed...
THE MIDWEEK NAME GAME
On a rather balmy winter day in the Northeast yesterday, a conspicuous thaw took place between New York and New England. Bill Belichick acknowledged Eric Mangini by name. It happened...
PENN HAS A CHANCE TO BE MIGHTIER ... AGAIN
THE feel-good portions of Chad Pennington's season are both behind him and in front of him now, a 16-game renaissance that reaffirmed his place in the NFL quarterbacking firmament sitting...
JUST ROSE-Y
PORTLAND - The Knicks made the Rose Garden sound like Madison Square Garden on a losing night. With a monster effort by Eddy Curry and a polished performance by Stephon...
SUCCESS WITH LEE START-LING
PORTLAND - The proof is in the only numbers that matter. The Knicks are 6-6 when David Lee starts. After last night's win over Portland, they are 8-15 when he...
METS OFFICIAL: CHRONICLE REPORT "NOT ACCURATE"
Yesterday, a Mets official labeled a recent San Francisco Chronicle report that Oakland was "likely" to trade Joe Blanton to the Mets for Lastings Milledge as "not accurate." Jim Masteralexis,...
PROBLEMS REMAIN AS MCINNIS GOES
The Nets finally rid themselves of Jeff McInnis yesterday, but that hardly means their troubles are over. The free agent bust was shipped to Charlotte in return for swingman Bernard...
PRUCHA POUNCES
Rangers forward Petr Prucha could not have picked a better time to break out of his season-long goal-scoring slump. Heading into Saturday's slugfest with the Capitals, Prucha had scored one...
YANKS, DOUG REACH TENTATIVE DEAL
While no agreement was reached regarding Randy Johnson yesterday, the Yankees did make one move. They reached a tentative deal with first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, and he will be undergoing...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Jason Pisarik is as fit as an athlete - or, at least, his butt is. The Chicago native beat all comers in sports viewing at the Ultimate Couch Potato Contest...