February 14, 2005
EBBERS' DEFENSE GIRDS FOR BATTLE
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amBernard Ebbers is probably hoping for a Valentine's Day massacre. After listening to Scott Sullivan, his longtime right-hand man, testify over four days about how he was well aware of...
OUT OF FASHION - GAP CEO PRESSLER TAKES HEAT FOR SLOW SALES
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe honeymoon is over for Gap's chief executive, Paul Pressler. Initially hailed for turning around the $16 billion-a-year clothing empire that includes the Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic, Pressler...
HE'S JOSH A KID, BUT WHAT A VOICE!
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amSQUEAKY-clean, clear-voiced Josh Groban is one of the most extreme punks in music. Punk? Josh Groban? Yeah. He doesn't have a Mohawk, and his face isn't pierced, but at Madison...
STARR REPORT
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amTim's time arrives Tim Vincent has gone from "interim" to "permanent" status - now that he's been named the official New York correspondent for "Access Hollywood." "Tim has the smarts...
EDGAR'S NEW LIFE ON '24'
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amHE was once best known as "that guy from 'The Sopranos,' " but now Louis Lombardi is getting identified by another name - Edgar Stiles. OK, so his own name...
PICK THE 'PROJECT RUNWAY' WINNER
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amIT'S down to the final thread. There are just three remaining finalists vying for the big prize on "Project Runway," the fashion-world reality show hosted by supermodel Heidi Klum. And...
STATE NIXES PERV POL'S INSURE JOB
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amALBANY - Former Assembly chief counsel Michael Boxley, who was indicted for rape almost two years ago, has been denied a license to sell insurance in New York, The Post...
LIBBY CHANGES STORY ON KIDS'-BOOK PROFITS
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amGOV. PATAKI'S wife, Libby, has abruptly dropped apparent plans to pocket profits from her just-published children's book, saying through a spokesman that she'll now donate the money to charity. The...
354G IN ASH CASH - CITY'S WEB-CIG $$
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amMore than 1,000 smokers caught buying cigarettes on the Internet have coughed up $354,000 to settle tax claims by the city, The Post has learned. And more checks are in...
SHE'S THE JUAN! - NABS NEW SWEETIE - & TELLS EX: DROP DEAD
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amMega Millionaire Juan Rodriguez has a new lady just in time for Valentine's Day - and is telling anyone who'll listen he wants his estranged wife to "drop dead." The...
BABY'S SECRET GRAVE - GRIEVING FAMILIES FEUD OVER TOSSED NEWBORN
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amBy the time Myra Fernandez got close to her newborn grandson, he was already buried in a Yonkers cemetery. On all fours and whispering gently at the dirt, the 47-year-old...
WTC COURT BLITZ - TOXIC SUITS PILE UP
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe courts are getting bombed with paper - thanks to Osama bin Laden. Sick Ground Zero workers have buried New York City and operators of the toppled World Trade Center...
HOWIE'S CHUTZPAH - NEW DEM CHIEF OBLIVIOUS TO IRAQ NEWS
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amHOWARD Dean had a chance to make a real political breakthrough in his speech after taking control of the Democratic party on Saturday - but he didn't care or dare...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amThere's not much of a social life in the Nebraska town of Monowi - it's got a population of 1. Over the years, residents have either died or moved from...
MIRACLE TOT SURVIVED 3 'ABORTIONS'
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amA baby miraculously survived at least three abortion attempts by his mother and was born alive at 24 weeks, it was revealed yesterday. The infant was delivered in a British...
U.S. DRONES OVER IRAN SKIES
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - U.S. spy drones have been sneaking inside Iran for more than a year, searching for nuclear weapon sites and probing air defenses in preparation for a possible military...
MOVIEGOERS GET 'HITCH'ED - WILL A THRILL IN RECORD WEEKEND
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amWill Smith got a gooey Valentine's weekend kiss from moviegoers, as they made his romantic comedy "Hitch" the No. 1 flick in North America. The film pulled in a better-than-expected...
LIZA A NO-SHOW FOR GRILLING
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe hits just keep on coming - Liza Minnelli has broken her Valentine's Day "date" with her estranged and allegedly abused hubby, David Gest, The Post has learned. The petite...
FEDS' TERROR-STUDY CENTER
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - Homeland Security officials don't know what makes terror thug Abu al-Zarqawi tick or what goes through his supporters' minds - but they'll spend $12 million at the University...
VICTIMIZED 2ND TIME - NOT TOLD REMAINS OF PAL ID'D
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amGeorge Cuellar had waited more than three years for news about the remains of his domestic partner, Luke Dudek, killed in the World Trade Center attacks. But when the medical...
RAY'S A RUCKUS AT AWARDS GIG - ALICIA KEYS & USHER ARE ALSO BIG WINNERS
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe late, great Ray Charles was the red-hot star of the Grammys last night as his final album, "Genius Loves Company," won six prizes. The soul legend, who died last...
EVA BIDS TO BE M'HATTAN BEEP
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amIt's official: Democratic City Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz announced her candidacy for Manhattan borough president yesterday. "My goal in seeking higher office is to hold government accountable and make it work...
SHIITES ROMP AT POLLS - FALL JUST SHORT OF MAJORITY IN IRAQ VOTE
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amParties backed by the majority Shiites, as predicted, won the lion's share of votes - nearly half - in Iraq's first free election in 50 years, according to official tabulations...
HUE AND CRY: WE'VE BEEN HAD BY CON 'ARTISTS'
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amWAKE me when these hideous things are gone! It's time to let the truth be known: "The Gates" - that manically promoted, ludicrously expensive sculpture project now infesting Central Park...
PANEL NIXES STADIUM VOTE
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amNew Yorkers will not get a chance to vote on whether they want a West Side Jets stadium. The Charter Revision Commission denied City Council Speaker Gifford Miller's request for...
OOPS: 'WRONG' CON ESCAPES
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amA Bronx con got a lucky break at a Pennsylvania jail yesterday - after Keystone Kops accidentally put him in a non-secured rehabilitation center. Brian McDonald, 22, disappeared from the...
BROKER GHOULS USE NAMES OF 9/11 VICTIMS
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe state Attorney General will investigate a pair of bogus brokerage firms that use the names of 9/11 victims to solicit foreign investors to buy shares of worthless U.S. stocks,...
ISRAEL FREES 500 ARABS
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amJERUSALEM - The Israeli Cabinet yesterday approved the release of 500 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. In addition, several hundred Palestinian workers from...
REV. BUTTS MIGHT BACK BLOOMBERG
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amIf Manhattan Borough President Virginia Fields doesn't win the Democratic primary, there's a good chance Mayor Bloomberg will get the support of influential Harlem pastor Rev. Calvin Butts III. "If...
PROFITEERS ARE TURNING CHRISTO'S ART INTO THE GATES OF SELL ...
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amProfiteers are turning Christo's art into the Gates of Sell. Hours after volunteers started handing out a million free swatches of the same saffron fabric used in Central Park, the...
RAY'S A RUCKUS AT AWARDS GIG - LATE LEGEND BAGS 8 WINS, ALICIA GETS 4
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe late, great Ray Charles pulled a stunning upset on his younger, hipper rivals at last night's Grammys - hauling off a whopping eight awards, including best album and best...
TEENS' FATAL FEUD - GRID STAR SLAIN
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe family of a Bronx high-school football star gunned down allegedly by an ex-pal said yesterday that the strapping teen had been targeted for years by the low-life and his...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amMANHATTAN * A 21-year-old man has been charged with having sex with a 14-year-old girl in Central Park, police said yesterday. Samuel Carmack allegedly began having relations with the girl,...
HELL'S KITCHEN COOK CHARGED IN STAB DEATH
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe cook at a Hell's Kitchen eatery was arrested for killing a former cashier with a steak knife and wounding two others - one critically - during a drunken late-night...
SUBWAY MAPS OUT HI-TECH FUTURE
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amNew high-tech trains slated for the subway system next year will feature electronic route maps that will list stations and transfer points along the line and have the potential to...
BLACK-HISTORY FOTOG FETED
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amPhotographer Ernest C. Withers froze millions of images from the civil-rights movement, the Negro baseball leagues, and the history of the blues - and today the 82-year-old lensman will be...
BROOKLYN CABBY FOUND SLAIN IN CONN.
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amA Brooklyn man who recently became a cabdriver to make ends meet was found shot in the head and dumped by the side of a road in Connecticut, authorities and...
BAUBLES, BANGLES AND BABES
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amLast night's Grammy awards were all about the bling. From dresses to jewels, the most talented voices in America turned out dressed to the nines - shining and brilliant from...
CABBY'S BODY FOUND IN CONN.
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amA Brooklyn cabdriver has been found shot in the head and dumped by the side of a road in Connecticut, authorities said yesterday. The body of Mureed Hussain, 34, was...
'PERV' ASST. PRINCIPAL NABBED IN DOM. REP.
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amAn assistant principal, wanted for allegedly molesting teenage boys at a Manhattan high school, was caught last night in the Dominican Republic, authorities said. Juan Taveras, 40, had skipped bail...
TEENS' FATAL FEUD - KIN: THREATS IGNORED
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amThe family of a Bronx high-school football star allegedly gunned down by an ex-pal said yesterday that the strapping teen had been targeted for years by the low-life and his...
PREGNANT WOMAN: I HAD TO KILL WOMB SNATCHER
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amA pregnant Kentucky woman who wrestled a knife from a baby-obsessed stalker poised to cut her unborn child from her womb killed the woman in self-defense, she said yesterday. Sarah...
OUR HERO: POST WORKER SAVES FIRE FAMILY
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amA New York Post deliveryman turned hero on his early-morning shift yesterday when he spotted a fire in a Brooklyn building, dashed inside and led seven panicked residents to safety....
CITY LAWYER IN UNDIE-SNATCH BUST
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amA lawyer for the city shoplifted sexy underwear and artificial roses on the eve of Valentine's Day, a police source said last night. Danielle Ilacqua, who works for the Corporation...
HILL & CHUCK NIX DIALLO BILL
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amFor the second year in a row, Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer have slammed the door on helping the family of police-shooting victim Amadou Diallo remain in the...
RIDING THE RAILS
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amGranville T. Woods' third rail is nothing to play with, but it's essential for keeping the trains running. Read on about this inventor who revolutionized electric train transportation. It's hard...
HILL & CHUCK NIX BILL TO LET DIALLO KIN STAY
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amWASHINGTON - For the second year in a row, Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer have slammed the door on helping the family of police-shooting victim Amadou Diallo remain...
A GREEN DAY & MAROON NIGHT - '5' SHOCKED TO BEAT OUT KANYE WEST
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amColor them hot - and now top Grammy winners. Alt rockers Maroon 5 and the punk band Green Day landed coveted honors at last night's star-studded music awards in Los...
AGING PENNY CAN STILL POST UP
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amWhen you watch the struggling Knicks these days, you might have noticed that Penny Hardaway in the post more. This is by design. "I'm trying to focus on his strengths,"...
LOOK WHAT THE 'CATS DRAGGED IN - CHARLOTTE BRINGS OUT BEST IN TIM
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amKnicks 102 - Bobcats 99 Tim Thomas' 3-pointer that banked high off the rim and went through the hoop as time expired gave the Knicks a tougher-than-expected 102-99 win over...
VINCE JUST ISN'T KENYON
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amVINCE Carter has spun 360 degrees back to the time where his sky was his limit. He came into last night's game averaging 33.4 points in his last eight games,...
JUMPIN' JASPERS - MANHATTAN MAKING NOISE
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amManhattan 86 - Marist 54 In a Manhattan Jaspers season where the hiccups have canceled the highlights, nothing so far has matched yesterday's performance at Draddy Gym. The game ended...
MOSSY SITUATION - 'FOOCH' FOOLISH TO LINK RANDY WITH JETS
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amYO, FOOCH! Cut it out! Ix-nay on the Os-may. We don't mind advocacy reportage, now and then, but Friday, on MSG's "SportsDesk," field reporter Anthony "Fooch" Fucilli was seen and...
MARTIN STIRS UP SWAMP
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amWhen Kenyon Martin claims he never wanted to leave New Jersey, wanted to stay in the Swamp and stay a Net, it wasn't empty rhetoric. Not the way he cupped...
A BUSY SLATE BEFORE THE ALL-STAR BREAK
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Last night's Garden clash against the lowly Charlotte Bobcats was the first of three games in four nights for the Knicks before pausing for the All Star break....
THOMAS SHOULD FLIP FOR SAUNDERS
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amFIRST let's give Herb Williams props for accepting the mess he was handed when Lenny Wilkins was fired/quit as the Knicks head coach in the midst of a freefall that...
DERBY LOOKS WIDE OPEN
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amIn a year when the Kentucky Derby, to be run May 7 at newly rebuilt Churchill Downs, appears to have many more viable candidates than the maximum field of 20...
KARL CAN'T BELIEVE VINCE DEAL
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES George Karl has seen a lot in his pro career. But the trade the Nets made to get Vince Carter, well, that was something. Aaron Williams wasn't playing,...
ARROYO BRINGS HOME A TRIO
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amNorberto Arroyo Jr. had a three-bagger to solidify second in jockey standings with 44 winners, six ahead of Shaun Bridgmohan and 11 behind Rafael Bejarano, who returns from suspension Wednesday.1ST...
TORRES MAKES SURE RAVENS' SENIORS ENJOY HOME FINALE
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amSt. Raymond 58 - St. Anthony 57 Ricky Torres raced to the corner of St. Raymond's gym, where he was playing for the last time, and let his teammates mob...
K-MART STOPPER - HOT-SHOOTING NETS WRECK OLD FRIEND'S HOMECOMING
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amNets 94 - Nuggets 79 Kenyon Martin brought so much to the Nets during his four-season stay in New Jersey. Oh, he brought points and rebounds. But he always brought...
CLOCK TICKS DOWN - FEDERAL MEDIATOR LAST SHOT FOR NHL
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amAs NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman's deadline expired, sources say federal mediators summoned both sides to Washington yesterday in another last-ditch bid to save the season. On another front, Devils' CEO/president/GM...
OWNERS HAVE NO EASY WAY OUT OF THEIR MESS
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amTHE league started this and now the league is going to have to finish this, one way or the other. Because like it or not, the NHLPA - emphasis on...
LOOK WHAT THE 'CATS DRAGGED IN - LITTLE LUCK GOES LONG WAY FOR TIM
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amKnicks 102 - Bobcats 99 The Knicks took the train to Philadelphia last night, but what they should have done was take the bus to Atlantic City after how lucky...
ACHING MOHAMMED WON'T YIELD TO PAIN
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amKNICK NOTES Give Nazr Mohammed credit. At least he's not giving up on the season, fighting through a painful groin strain to play the last two games through it. "You...
BEST'S EFFORT CRUCIAL
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amNET NOTES Three weeks ago, after sparking a home victory over Boston, Travis Best was the cure for the common cold, sliced bread and the wheel rolled into one. Then,...
K-MART STOPPER - NETS WRECK RETURN
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amNets 94 - Nuggets 79 Kenyon Martin brought so much to the Nets during his four seasons in New Jersey. He brought points and rebounds. But he always brought heart,...
CLOCK TICKS DOWN - LAST-DITCH EFFORT TO SAVE SEASON FAILS
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amEven federally-ordered mediation didn't work yesterday. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman's deadline has passed without progress, and the season is simply waiting to be cancelled. While the sides were insisting last...
NO 'ROID RAGE FROM BONDS OVER MISTRESS' ALLEGATIONS
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amBarry Bonds' club was quiet yesterday in the aftermath of a television report in which Bonds' alleged former mistress declared that the seven-time MVP had told her he'd used steroids....
CRAW CONFIDENT IN RETURN
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amLike snow melting from the side of building's edge, ice dripped from Jamal Crawford's skinny 6-foot-5 frame. As he sat in front of his locker following the Knicks' 102-99 win...
SICK AS DOGS - SHORTHANDED HUSKIES STUMBLE
February 14, 2005 | 5:00amUNC 77 - UCONN 70 HARTFORD - In the cab from Bradley International Airport to the Hartford Civic Center, one of the 33 NBA types who requested a credential for...