January 17, 2005
OFFLOADING EDDIE - SPIEGEL AGAIN CONSIDERS SALE OF BAUER CHAIN
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amJust a few months after pulling Eddie Bauer off the rack, Spiegel is again considering a possible sale, The Post has learned. Bankrupt Spiegel Inc., Eddie Bauer's parent, has reopened...
BAUER COMES BACK - SPIEGEL AGAIN MULLS SALE OF OUTDOOR-WEAR CHAIN
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amJust a few months after pulling Eddie Bauer off the rack, Spiegel is once again considering a possible sale, The Post has learned. Bankrupt Spiegel Inc., Eddie Bauer's parent, has...
MESSY DESKS ARE A MARK OF $UCCESS
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amDon't pick on co-workers with messy desks - they're probably rising up the ladder the fastest. A new study by the world's largest human resources firm says that the bigger...
MESSY DESKS AND $UCCESS
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amDon't pick on co-workers with messy desks - they're probably rising up the ladder the fastest. A new study by the world's largest human resources firm says that the bigger...
JOAN, STAR SHOULD BE RED-FACED
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amLAST night, the real tension wasn't just between the nominated stars at the Golden Globes, it was between the golden diva dames standing outside on the red carpet, Joan Rivers...
STARR REPORT
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amKen Tucker's new book, "Kissing Bill O'Reilly, Roasting Miss Piggy: 100 Things to Love and Hate About TV," is hilarious. (The New York magazine movie critic was Critic-at-Large for years...
BLUES CONTROL - AUTO SHOW TREATED LIKE A SPORT
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amNBC Sports is shifting into overdrive to produce a live two-hour, high-octane telecast of . . . the International Auto Show. Cars. On display. In Detroit. Surrounded by hordes of...
MRS. SIPOWICZ OPTS OUT OF 'NYPD' FINALE
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amIF you were rooting for a reuniting of Sipowicz and his long-lost wife before "NYPD Blue" ends forever in March, get ready for disappointment. The show's producers tried to get...
REUNION NIXED FOR SIPOWICZ
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amIF you were rooting for a reuniting of Sipowicz and his long-lost wife before "NYPD Blue" ends forever in March, get ready for disappointment. The show's producers tried to get...
SNEAKING PLUGS INTO TV RERUNS
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amIF they can bring back Steve McQueen and John Wayne to make new commercials, why not go back and put new products in old TV shows? The idea of dropping...
SOLD OUT - EMPTY-NESTERS OZZY AND SHARON PUT HOUSE ON BLOCK
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amWITH the fourth and final season of "The Osbournes" getting under way tonight, Sharon Osbourne is ready to move on. The famous house in Beverly Hills is up for sale....
NEW KEN BURNS HITS LIKE A HEAVYWEIGHT
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amIF you must apply a boxing metaphor to Ken Burns' new documentary about Jack Johnson, then score it a TKO. It's a technical knockout because it's the technical aspects of...
NOT READY TO R.I.P. - TORN STAYS TRUE TO INDIE FILM ROOTS
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amRIP Torn is making his very first trip to the Sundance Film Festival, which opens Thursday - but the 73-year-old acting legend cut his teeth in independent movies before most...
SUNDANCE SELECTIONS
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amHERE are some other buzz-worthy titles premiering at this year's Sundance Film Festival: * "HAPPY ENDINGS": Don Roos ("Bounce") directs a series of interconnected family yarns with Tom Arnold, Maggie...
UNLEASH YOUR INNER JOLIE; THE LOWDOWN ON HOW TO BE A GREAT BAD GIRL
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amANGELINA Jolie has been called many names recently - except for the obvious: America's ultimate sex goddess. Her rep as being the kind of gal who'll steal your husband (and...
NEW LAW COULD NAIL 'PERV'
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amThe feds are using a tough new anti-child-porn law that requires fiends convicted of even minor sex crimes to spend at least five years in prison. Matthew Adam Brand, a...
D'AMATO SALUTES SPITZER - SHOCK FOR GOP
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amFORMER Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, the man who got George Pataki elected governor 10 years ago, has opened the door to endorsing Eliot Spitzer for governor next year. D'Amato, in comments...
NYU'S CLUB ED.
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amClass is almost in session at the School of Used-to-Rock. Beginning tomorrow, New York University will begin holding classes at 15 West Fourth St. - the former site of the...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amMake West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise mad and he's liable to kick your butt - literally. That because the state's top pol has just won his black belt in the...
U.S. FREES 81 AFGHAN DETAINEES
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amU.S. forces yesterday released 81 suspected Taliban prisoners from military jail in Afghanistan - and many complained of being mistreated and tortured. "They poured water on me, deprived me of...
PIMP ENSLAVED TEENS: DA
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amA Queens man is facing 25 years in prison for allegedly raping, beating and then enslaving two teenage girls by forcing them into prostitution. The alleged pimp is 30-year-old Barrington...
BUSH: COLIN'S WRONG - POOH-POOHS '05 IRAQ WITHDRAWAL
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amPresident Bush yesterday said he disagreed with a recent statement by Secretary of State Colin Powell saying U.S. troops may begin coming home this year, instead saying it wouldn't happen...
'MANHATTAN MIKE' TAKES GIFF HEAT FOR BUS STRIKE
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amThe weeklong private- bus strike in Queens became a campaign issue yesterday when City Council Speaker Gifford Miller blasted Mayor Bloomberg for supposedly ignoring the outer boroughs. "If these were...
'COACH' WINS AT BOX OFFICE
January 17, 2005 | 5:00am"Coach Carter" got a slam-dunk over the weekend, while superhero "Elektra" was unmasked as a superdud. "Carter," The Samuel L. Jackson flick about a real-life high-school basketball coach who benches...
MAYORAL RIVALS' KING DAY PUSH
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amThe intense courtship of black voters for the 2005 mayor's race begins today, when Mayor Bloomberg and all those wishing to unseat him head uptown to the Rev. Al Sharpton's...
GAZA TANK FIRE KILLS MAN, MOM
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amIsraeli tank fire killed a Palestinian man and his mother in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday, Palestinian medics and witnesses said. The army had no immediate comment on the incident,...
SKAKEL JUROR NOW HAS DOUBTS ABOUT HIS GUILT
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amAn ex-cop who was on the jury that convicted Michael Skakel of murdering his young Greenwich, Conn., neighbor now has doubts about whether the Kennedy cousin actually killed her. "I'm...
'AVIATOR' AND LEO FLY HIGH - CAPTURE MOVIE AND ACTING AWARDS AS HILARY KOS RIVALS
January 17, 2005 | 5:00am"The Aviator" and its fair-haired pilot, Leonardo DiCaprio, took off with top honors at last night's Golden Globes, copping prestigious statues for best drama and best actor. DiCaprio brilliantly portrayed...
'PIMP' GALS UP TO OLD TRICKS - PLY TRADE AFTER 'BROTHEL' IS SHUT
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amTheir accused pimp is behind bars, but that hasn't stopped the $2,000-an-hour "Ultimate Girlfriends" of the NY Confidential escort service from carrying on business as usual, The Post has learned....
GUY NAILS IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amHe thought he got hammered, but he really got nailed. It took a Colorado builder six days and an X-ray to realize he drove a 3 1/4-inch nail into his...
GUARD & COUNTRY - N.Y. GIS INVITED TO ELITE INAUGURAL BALL
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - A trio of New York National Guardsmen will trade in their rifles and radar scopes for a trip to the nation's capital Thursday to rub elbows with President...
SUV JERK DRAGS B'KLYN COP
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amAn SUV driver pretending to be a cop yesterday scuffled with and dragged a female cop along a Brooklyn street after she tried to ticket his Mercedes, authorities said yesterday....
POLS URGE STATE TO HIKE STEM-CELL RESEARCH $$
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amThe state should invest $1 billion in stem-cell research over the next 10 years to keep scientists from leaving New York for California, three state senators said yesterday. On Nov....
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amTHE BRONX * Police yesterday identified a man who was shot dead outside a Fordham apartment building over the weekend. Jaci Agosto, 21, was shot several times in the head...
MYSTERY KILLING IN QNS. - WITNESS: IT WAS OVER PARKING SPOT
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amPolice yesterday were trying to unravel the mystery of a man found shot dead in an abandoned Queens gas station - possibly over a parking space. The body of the...
MOM GIVES BIRTH AT 66 - DELIVERY A RECORD-BREAKER
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amThis is the first photo of 1-day-old miracle, Eliza-Maria, whose Romanian mom is believed to be the oldest woman ever to give birth - at the age of 66. The...
CBS ASKS KATIE: BE NEW DAN
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amWith Dan Rather on the way out, CBS could be planning to become the "Cute" Broadcasting System. Katie Couric has been approached about taking over the anchor chair on the...
PLAZA TO SHUT FOR MAKEOVER
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amBetter call the Waldorf, Eloise! - The Plaza will be shut down this May for extensive renovations, a new report says. "Inquiries about booking special events at the hotel after...
TSUNAMI CHARITY DRAIN
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amNew Yorkers are neglecting local charities in favor of appeals for tsunami victims, according to a new report. Since the tsunami, contributions have all but dried up at Love Our...
OSCAR GETTING GROUCHY NOW - BID TO STEAL FOE'S THUNDER IN WAR OF AWARD SHOWS
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amThe awards are at war. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which hands out the famed Academy Awards, has fired the opening shots in its battle with its...
FATAL GOOD DEED -VICTIM HELPING PALS
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amA Westchester handyman, shot dead in a bizarre double slaying by the son of his boss, may have lost his life simply because he stopped by the family's home to...
N.Y. IMMIGRANTS EYE VOTE
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amIraqis joke about a man who once voted against Saddam Hussein. Terrified of revenge, he begs officials to change his no to yes. "Don't worry, we've already done it," they...
BIG HEART FOR TEENIEST TOTS
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amIt's not just an old wives' tale. Babies need a good hat to help contain their body heat - but for premature infants, few manufacturers produce hats small enough. That's...
DOGGED RELIEF EFFORT AIMS TO SAVE ANIMALS
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amAnimal activists say they're working feverishly to keep alive tens of thousands of pets and livestock in tsunami-ravaged villages, providing food and water and inoculating them to prevent diseases. "The...
TEEN BABY KILLERS - MOM, 13, AND DAD, 15 HELD; BABY-SLAY TEEN DUO 'CONFESS'
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amA 13-year-old girl and her 15-year-old boyfriend yesterday revealed in grisly confessions to cops the sickening events that led to the death of their newborn boy, whose body was found...
RACY JOAN AND STAR DIRTY UP RED CARPET
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amLAST night, the real tension wasn't just between the nominated stars at the Golden Globes, it was between the diva dames standing on the red carpet - Joan Rivers and...
VIDEO SLOTS HIKE N.Y. LOTTERY TAKE TO $6.1B
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - Lottery revenue in New York was up half a billion dollars last year, thanks in part to the opening of four upstate video slot-machine parlors, The Post has...
CANDIDATE AMBUSHED - NEW FEARS FOR IRAQI ELECTION
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amU.S. and Iraqi officials braced themselves for a new round of attacks from guerrillas determined to disrupt the upcoming election, as a car carrying a top candidate was ambushed yesterday....
HAILED IN SOHO & SOHO - LUXE LONDON CAB HITS CITY STREETS
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amAll hail the London Taxi. One of the roomy cabs - beloved around the world for its space and comfort - has crossed the pond and joined the city's yellow...
BEREAVED MOM SUES 'DEATH' SCHOOL
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amThe mother of a Brooklyn eighth-grader who died of heart problems while running laps at Ditmas JHS nearly two years ago has sued the city, claiming it failed to provide...
QUEENS PIMP ENSLAVED TEENS: DA
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amA Queens man is facing 25 years in prison for allegedly raping, beating and then enslaving two teenage girls and forcing them into prostitution. The alleged pimp, 30-year-old Barrington Heffenden...
THIEVING BUTCHERS - ROBBERY EYED IN FAMILY SLAUGHTER
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amRobbery emerged as a possible motive yesterday in the grisly slaying of a devout Jersey City family, though authorities have not ruled out the theory that they were targeted for...
5-YEAR MINIMUM FOR PERVS
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amThe feds are using a tough new anti-child-porn law that requires fiends convicted of even minor sex crimes to spend at least five years in prison. Matthew Adam Brand, a...
TV VIXENS WIN BATTLE OF FASHION
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amThe action that unfolded on last night's red-carpet could have been titled Attack of the Small-Screen Glamazons. Usually uber-glam Hollywood stars - including Nicole, Renée, Scarlett and yes, even Gwen...
EXEC'S 'BOGUS BADGE' - POSED AS FED: COPS
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amA wealthy Brooklyn real- estate developer was collared yesterday after flashing a badge in an attempt to keep his sports car off the towing hook, authorities said. Eddie Sitt, 35,...
LEO HAS ONE HUGHES NIGHT - PLANE TERRIFIC STAR SOARS WITH ACTING NOD AS 'AVIATOR'
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amHollywood's baby-faced golden boy Leonardo DiCaprio flew off with the best-actor award at last night's Golden Globes, widely considered the industry's best indicator of future Oscar winners. DiCaprio, who brilliantly...
SHARK TALE IN CONEY - $29M TANK UPGRADE
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amConey Island is about to become a world-famous destination for sharks. The New York Aquarium is preparing to announce a multimillion-dollar upgrade to its facilities, including a titanic expansion of...
SUIT VS. 'DEATH' SCHOOL - 'NO DEFIB' FOR TEEN
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amThe mother of a Brooklyn eighth-grader who died of heart problems while running laps at Ditmas JHS nearly two years ago has sued the city, claiming it failed to provide...
AMAZING BUY WINS BUSANDA
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amJockey Rich Migliore had issues with a headline in Sunday's Post that read: "Mig denies scam involvement," which ran over a story in which he recalled riding A One Rocket...
RULAND'S JOB NOT IN DANGER
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amAS much as anyone, Iona athletic director Pat Lyons wants to change what's ailing his men's basketball program. For now, he's only discovered whom not to blame for a 5-10...
CRAWFORD RETURNS; HOU STARTS
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Despite Jamal Crawford's expected return today vs. Chicago, a hobbled Allan Houston will remain in the starting lineup. But that's likely temporary. Houston's incompetence is the chief cause...
IT ALL FALLS ON HERM
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amIF you hope to be a championship coach and championship quarterback and champion team, you don't play scared of the other guys with the game on the line, even on...
JORDAN WANTS TO STAY - AND PLAY
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amThe most compelling personnel decision the Jets will have to make this offseason will be figuring out what to do with LaMont Jordan. Hopefully they'll figure it out, as Jordan,...
FLAMBOYANT FREDDIE MAKES MOST OF HIS CHANCE
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - It was time for Freddie Mitchell to show his gratitude. "I just want to thank my hands," he said, sounding dead serious, "for being so great." As the...
STEPH: DON'T BLAME LEN - GUARD SAYS INJURIES CRIPPLING TEAM
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amStephon Marbury took Lenny Wilkens off the hook for the Knicks' sickening slide, blaming injuries rather than coaching. On the verge of falling into the abyss, the Knicks (17-19) will...
NO MOSS, NO MAS: PHILLY DOES EVERYONE BIG FAVOR
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amPHILADELPHIA - Mr. Big Mouth was finally silent. Randy Moss was shut down and shut up by the Eagles yesterday. For those tired of seeing moon shots and butt wipes...
MIKE, MAD DOG PASS THE BUCK
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amWE DON'T care whom the other stations and satellite networks throw at them. When it comes to colossal gall, unmitigated hypocrisy and pure, unrefined arrogance, they'll never top our boys,...
MATES BACK BRIEN
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amJET NOTES With Doug Brien's two game-winning field goal attempts having been missed, almost as soon as the Steelers made the Jets pay in overtime by winning the game with...
'O' SO DISAPPOINTING
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amJet Report CardQUARTERBACKS: D Chad Pennington (21-33, 182 yards, 1 INT, 65.5 rating) wasn't at his best. His worst play was probably a short third-down pass to WR Santana Moss...
KELLY IN COMFORT ZONE AS RICE STAYS RED HOT
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amThe recruiting list for Curtis Kelly is long. Too long for him to list. Still, he hasn't shown the production everyone believes he is capable of. But the 6-8 junior...
OVERMATCHED NETS SEEKING MORE BODIES
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amATLANTA - It's not "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain." But the Nets' bench of late is basically "Smith and Best and forget the rest." Depth and Nets have...
EAGLES SPIKE VIKES - PHILLY LANDS IN FATEFUL TITLE GAME
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amEagles 27 - Vikings 14 PHILADELPHIA - Let the angst begin. One week and counting until the Eagles dare to go where they've gone before, where they've gone often during...
FIRED-UP FALCONS SET TO TAKE FLIGHT
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amATLANTA - Falcons linebacker Keith Brooking sensed it moments after Atlanta's 47-17 whipping of the Rams in Atlanta. There was a good deal of celebrating in the locker room, but...
NO TIME FOR EAGLES TO ENJOY VICK-TORY
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amVIKINGS-EAGLES NOTES PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles did not get to relish yesterday's 27-14 victory over the Vikings for too long before the inevitable question hit them: So how are you...
METS HAVE FOES IN DELGADO CHASE
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amIn exactly 37 days, the Mets will hold their first spring-training workout for position players. Question is, will Carlos Delgado be among them? The slugging first baseman is the third...
BRUSCHI BRUISES INDY
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amFOXBORO - The play looked rather routine. Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi tackled running back Dominic Rhodes, who had just caught a second-quarter Peyton Manning screen pass. But when Bruschi popped...
JETS AT A LOSS - GANG GREEN LEFT IN BLUE MOOD AFTER DREAM DERAILED
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amIn huge black block letters on the cover of yesterday's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sports section read the word: "Whew!" As they woke up yesterday hung over and still reeling from the...
NEXT SEASON MUST START NOW
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amTHEY will gather together this morning at Weeb Ewbank Hall, knowing in their hearts and in their heads that they should be diving into another work week, preparing for one...
COREYING THE LOAD - DILLON'S RUNS PROPEL PATS
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amFOXBORO - The dream fulfilled, Corey Dillon huffed and puffed along the Patriots' sideline. His 27-yard carry midway through the fourth quarter had pushed his team to the Colts' 1-yard...
COLTS CONTINUE FOXBORO FLOP - BRADY, PATS STORM INTO AFC TITLE GAME
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amAFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF: Patriots 20 - Colts 3 FOXBORO - The image of Peyton Manning told the tale better than any words could: The NFL MVP standing, forlorn, with his...
INDY CAN'T MAKE 'EM PEY
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amFOXBORO - The incredibly shrinking team made Peyton Manning come up small. No Ty Law, no Tyrone Poole, no Richard Seymour, was that snow blowing around Gillette Stadium or Bill...
COLTS THROWN AGAIN BY NASTY WEATHER
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amAFC NOTES FOXBORO - The light snowfall and cold temperatures didn't bode well for Indianapolis, which came in with seven straight losses here. Despite being 18-9 on the road in...
WINKFIELD STAKES ON TAP
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amToday's Martin Luther King Day card at Aqueduct honors a legendary African-American jockey from the turn of the century with the inaugural running of the $75,000 Jimmy Winkfield Stakes. Born...
FEELING LIKE FAVORITE SONS
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amLast week, the Patriots served as the target of a vengeful team. This week, they seek revenge, and as of last night, oddsmakers figured they'd get it. New England is...
COREYING THE LOAD
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amFOXBORO - Every day, somewhere in Gillette Stadium, Corey Dillon finds a fellow Patriot and offers a hug or handshake. The gestures come full of gratitude, part of a year-long...
NO SECONDARY CONCERN FOR PATS
January 17, 2005 | 5:00amAFC NOTES FOXBORO - The Patriots faced the Colts with CBs Ty Law and Tyrone Poole on IR, and undrafted rookie Randall Gay, street free agent Earthwind Moreland, WR Troy...