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Regional News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm REROUTED BUSES WILL SKIP GOP GARDEN PARTY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29057.htm By PATRICK GALLAHUE Seven bus lines will be rerouted away from Madison Square Garden during the four-day Republican convention, transit officials announced yesterday. CLOSED SCHOOL OWES STATE $4.8M: HEVESI: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29063.htm By KENNETH LOVETT ALBANY � A bankrupt business school that shut its doors after its chief executive was shot in May owes the state $4.8 million in student financial-aid money that was wrongly authorized, state Comptroller Alan Hevesi charged yesterday. SOUR TASTE FOR WHOLE FOODS' LUXE NEW WINE STORE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29064.htm By KENNETH LOVETT ALBANY � An upscale Columbus Circle liquor store is in trouble with the state Liquor Authority. POPCORN KILLS TOT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29078.htm By MICHAEL WHITE and LISA PULITZER A family night at the movies became every parent's worst nightmare when a toddler choked to death on popcorn after repeated efforts by his frantic folks to save him, Nassau police said yesterday. LEGAL EAGLE TRIED TO BROKER LAST-MINUTE DEAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29051.htm By RICH CALDER, STEFAN C. FRIEDMAN and ANDY GELLER A New Jersey lawyer emerged last night as the powerbroker in frantic, 11th-hour talks to reach a deal between New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey and ex-aide Golan Cipel. POLL: GOV SHOULD GET OUT PRONTO: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29065.htm By IAN BISHOP WASHINGTON � Grab your hat, it's time to hit the road, Gov. Jim McGreevey. JIM'S STORY OF HIS BROKEN LEG TAKES ON DOUBTFUL 'CAST': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29071.htm By JEANE MacINTOSH, ANGELA MONTEFINISE and ANDY GELLER Who was with New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey when he fell and broke his leg on the beach in Cape May on Feb. 1, 2002? MCGREEVEY: I'D QUIT NOW: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29086.htm By JEANE MacINTOSH, IAN BISHOP and DEBORAH ORIN Scandal-scarred New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey is willing to resign soon and allow a special election, but only if popular Sen. Jon Corzine makes a personal plea, a McGreevey ally told The Post. 'POLICE' PARKING 'SCAM': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29069.htm By MURRAY WEISS and NEIL GRAVES EXCLUSIVE The owner of a parking lot near Madison Square Garden has been busted for possessing a stolen NYPD vehicle placard and a dozen phony police and FDNY placards that he allegedly used in a lucrative scam, The Post has learned. GIRL, 8, AND MAN WOUNDED IN CROWN HTS. CROSSFIRE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29091.htm By JAMIE SCHRAM, PERRY CHIARAMONTE and ED ROBINSON Two innocent people, including an 8-year-old girl jumping rope, were shot last night on a Brooklyn street corner, police said. 'INNOCENT' KIM'S ON A 'GILT' TRIP: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29060.htm By IKIMULISA LIVINGSTON Hip-hop Queen Bee Lil' Kim vowed she's not guilty of perjury charges yesterday during a media event in which she announced her own charitable foundation � and hawked her line of flashy diamond and gold watches. 'PERV' COP STUNG: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29072.htm By LEONARD GREENE and LORENA MONGELLI A veteran NYPD detective � who was armed and on duty � was caught with his badge down yesterday when the 14-year-old boy he lured over the Internet for a sex date turned out to be Westchester cops. NO BUTTS: N.J. BAN HITS THE BEACH: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29085.htm Riding the smoke-free wave all the way to the beach, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection announced yesterday that Island Beach State Park now has a no-smoking section. WTC DEATH LIST: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29053.htm This name has been added to the list of confirmed dead in the World Trade Center attacks: Meredith Lynn Whalen, 23. SHYNE TARNISHED BY PRISON PHONE RAP: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29061.htm ALBANY � Jailed rapper Jamal "Shyne" Barrow's phone privileges were taken away yesterday by officials who said his calls to reporters, his record label and a studio violated inmate rules, a spokesman said. KIN TO READ OUT NAMES AT 9/11 SERVICE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29066.htm By STEPHANIE GASKELL About 200 parents and grandparents of victims of Sept. 11 will read the names of those who died in the Twin Towers during a ceremony marking the third anniversary of the attacks. RUDY SINGAPORES IT ON: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29055.htm SINGAPORE � Rudy Giuliani took his message of support for President Bush's re-election to Singapore yesterday, saying the president's decision to invade Iraq was just, while calling John Kerry someone who easily "changes positions." MAN SHOT 7 TIMES LIVES: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29067.htm By LARRY CELONA, HASANI GITTENS and DAN MANGAN A young Brooklyn man cheated death early yesterday after being shot seven times in a dispute over a woman � but the gunman managed to kill his buddy with just a single bullet to the leg, cops said. EXTRA BAIL FOR PLANE 'PERP': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29068.htm By ALEX GINSBERG The alleged manager of a mob-connected car-insurance fraud ring will have to cough up an additional $350,000 bail to stay out of prison after prosecutors accused him of trying to fly the coop by buying a plane. MIKE NIXES CITY BAN ON CAR ALARMS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29074.htm By DAVID SEIFMAN Car alarms � an infuriating staple of city life � were spared the ax yesterday by Mayor Bloomberg, who vetoed a bill that would have banned their installation in the five boroughs. BLOODY QUEENS HORROR: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29087.htm By JOHN DOYLE LARRY CELONA and RICH CALDER A Queens mental patient fatally stabbed his estranged wife yesterday after catching her in bed with a boyfriend, who chased him down the � street naked and covered with blood � screaming, "Murderer! Murderer!" police sources and neighbors said. COURT AIDES TOOK BRIBES: DA: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29073.htm By DENISE BUFFA Two court employees moved divorce and custody cases to a suspected corrupt judge in exchange for cash, computers and cameras, a prosecutor said at the opening of their trial yesterday. HAMPTONS DIARY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29046.htm KELLY RIPA and hubby Mark Con suelos have just signed for a $3 million farmhouse-style country home with a putting green and kiddie pool, which they had built in Water Mill by local builder Joe Farrell. 'HIGHER' EDUCATION: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29052.htm ALBANY � The State University of New York at Albany returned to the top of the list of party schools in the nation, while Brigham Young University kept its place as the country's "stone-cold sober" school, according to the latest Princeton Review survey. KILLER COP IN BID FOR PAROLE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29088.htm A notorious dirty cop who murdered a pimp and a prostitute and shook down the infamous "Happy Hooker" wants out of prison. TWO HELD IN WOMAN'S DRUG SLAY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29092.htm Two people have been arrested for strangling a woman in The Bronx last week because she owed them money for crack, sources told The Post. 'DECEITFUL' LAWYER SOCKED FOR 900G: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29075.htm By DAREH GREGORIAN A disgraced lawyer has found himself on the wrong end of a big-money verdict. A Bronx jury has slammed disbarred lawyer Michael Bressler with an $800,000 verdict for committing legal malpractice in a former teacher's case � an award a judge then increased to $900,000. DAD GIVES UP IN ASSAULT, KIDNAP: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29081.htm By LARRY CELONA and DAN MANGAN A Bronx man who allegedly assaulted his estranged wife and kidnapped their kids surrendered to cops yesterday. National News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm OPRAH'S ON THE CASE: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29084.htm By KATE SHEEHY Eleven angry men � and Oprah? Larger-than-life TV star Oprah Winfrey yesterday landed on a jury set to hear a Chicago slay case, court officials said. STORM VULTURES: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29059.htm PUNTA GORDA, Fla. � Survivors of Hurricane Charlie, many of whom lost their homes and all their possessions, had a manmade scourge to contend with yesterday � heartless looters. FLA. AID COULD BOOST BUSH: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29070.htm Hurricane Charley could help determine the outcome of the presidential election, a top pollster said yesterday. JACKO SISTER ACT: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29082.htm By DAVID K. LI SANTA MARIA, Calif. � Michael Jackson and his siblings � all dressed in pure white as if to proclaim the pop star's innocence � came to court yesterday to stare down his arch-foe, the prosecutor they say tormented him with child-molestation charges. BLUE BLOOD COUNTS: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29049.htm LONDON � When it comes to American presidential elections, blue blood counts, say researchers who predict Democrat John Kerry will oust President Bush. KERRY PICKS SEXIEST STARS: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29076.htm By RITA DELFINER John Kerry is voting for Charlize Theron and Catherine Zeta-Jones as his candidates for sexiest-ever Hollywood stars. BRING GIS HOME: W.: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29080.htm By DEBORAH ORIN WASHINGTON � President Bush yesterday unveiled plans to bring home up to 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia, with the biggest chunk coming out of Germany. HACKING BRINGS HIS VEST DEFENSE TO COURT: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29062.htm SALT LAKE CITY � Mark Hacking, charged with killing his wife after she confronted him over deceptions about his education, appeared briefly in a heavily guarded courtroom yesterday, wearing a bulletproof vest and guarded by armed deputies. KOBE SCORES HUGE VICTORY: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29056.htm By BARRY BORTNICK EAGLE, Colo. � Kobe Bryant's prosecutors got more bad news yesterday when the state Supreme Court said it will allow sordid details of his accuser's sex life to be revealed at trial � which will go on as planned this month. 'YOU DIDN'T ONLY LIE TO ME, SCOTT, YOU LIED TO A NATION': http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29079.htm By HOWARD BREUER REDWOOD CITY, Calif. � Stunning new phone tapes from Scott Peterson's slay trial yesterday depicted his miffed mistress demanding to know if he slept with wife Laci the night before she vanished � and Peterson insisting he told Laci about their affair after their first date. World News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm SADDAM'S WMD MAY BE IN SYRIA: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/29054.htm WASHINGTON � The CIA has discovered that in the weeks before the war, Saddam Hussein replaced Iraqi border guards with trusted intelligence agents who supervised moving truckloads of contraband materials into Syria. U.S. JOURNO KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ CITY: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/29083.htm BAGHDAD � A free-lance journalist from Connecticut and his translator were reported kidnapped yesterday in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah. ISRAEL TO 'MEAT' THUGS' DEMANDS: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/29058.htm JERUSALEM � Israeli prison officials said yesterday they may try to break a Palestinian hunger strike � with the smell of barbecues. CAVE MAY BE JOHN THE BAPTIST'S: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/29050.htm KIBBUTZ TZUBA, Israel � Archaeologists said yesterday they have found a cave where they believe John the Baptist anointed many of his disciples � a huge cistern with 28 steps leading to an underground pool of water. All Horoscopes: http://web1.nypost.com/cgi-bin/horoscope.pl ARIES You may be tempted to push yourself hard and get that backlog of work sorted out today, but the planets indicate there are more constructive ways you can spend your time and your energy. One area that does need more input from you is your home life. On the domestic front, it seems, you have been a bit neglectful of others' feelings of late. 1-900-990-7810* TAURUS Set your sights high today and don't think for even a moment that you do not have what it takes or that your rivals are in some way better than you. Jupiter, planet of good fortune, is smiling on you now, so believe in yourself and believe that the powers that be are on your side. Remember: Fate helps those who help themselves. 1-900-990-7811* GEMINI You will be in a ruthless mood today, especially with people who come to you with trivial complaints. You have some serious things on your mind at the moment and you really don't have the time or the energy to deal with others' petty issues. Just be aware that some of those petty issues might, one day, involve you in a big way. 1-900-990-7812* CANCER You will be in the mood to get out and about today, to see and be seen, but there will also be this nagging worry at the back of your mind - thanks to Saturn, planet of limitation, in your birth sign - that you should be taking care of more important matters. Maybe you should, but even a Cancerian is allowed to have fun once in a while. 1-900-990-7813* LEO If you need advice concerning a cash-flow problem, by all means, ask for it. However, if friends and family tell you, in good faith, what you should be doing, and then you ignore what they say - or, worse, do the opposite of what they suggest - it may be a long time before they agree to help you again. Listen and learn today, but, above all, act. 1-900-990-7814* VIRGO Jupiter in your birth sign makes you somewhat reckless, but a helpful aspect from Jupiter to Saturn, planet of wisdom, today will temper your enthusiasm with a large dose of common sense - and that can only be good. By all means, take some kind of risk, but weigh the odds first and make sure you are betting on a winner. 1-900-990-7815* LIBRA Someone in a position of authority will try to get you involved in a situation you would rather keep at arm's length today, and it will become a rather nasty battle of wills. No matter how influential he may be, you must insist that it has nothing to do with you and you have no intention of getting yourself tangled up in other people's conflicts. 1-900-990-7816* SCORPIO You know you are destined for something bigger and better in life, and you know that now is the time to do something about it, but what could that something be? Today's Jupiter-Saturn link will in some way or other point you in the right direction and get you started on the long road to success. Keep your eyes and ears open. 1-900-990-7817* SAGITTARIUS You seem to be in the good books of those in positions of power at the moment, and you really should be doing more to make it pay off. If an employer or senior colleague offers you some kind of promotion today, don't reject it just because it might lead to more work and responsibility. That's the price you pay for the success you crave. 1-900-990-7818* CAPRICORN Rarely have you been in such a no-nonsense mood. Rarely have you been so focused on a particular goal. That fact alone will take you closer to the rewards that you seek, but with Saturn, your ruler, on good terms today with Jupiter, planet of good fortune, your positive attitude could bring the kind of breakthrough that happens once in a lifetime. 1-900-990-7819* AQUARIUS Others may tell you that you have to give ground, or at least meet your rivals halfway, but you can sense that with just one more push, you can blow their defenses away - and you're right. This is no time to go soft. This is no time to make peace. You've got your opponents teetering on the edge - one more push and they'll go tumbling. 1-900-990-7808* PISCES If you have made an effort to get along with someone you live with or work with, it will pay off in a big way over the next 24 hours. Whatever good things come your way today - and there is sure to be something - don't let anyone tell you that you have been lucky. Luck has nothing to do with it - it was hard work all the way. 1-900-990-7809* Sports News: http://web1.nypost.com/sports/sports.shtml OFF THE MARK: http://www.nypost.com/sports/26990.htm By MIKE VACCARO ATHENS � So this is what it's like to lose a million dollars. You swim one of the fastest races of your life, and you finish third. You shatter your personal best time in the 200-meter freestyle, you set a new American record, you post a time that would have been good enough for gold in every other 200-meter Olympic final ever contested. And you wind up an afterthought. NOW, BACK TO REALITY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/26993.htm ATHENS � He wasn't going to get there. He wasn't going to catch them. It didn't matter that Michael Phelps was swimming the 200-meter freestyle race of his life, gliding through the Olympic Aquatic Center's waters more swiftly than he ever had before. A SURE THING? DREAM ON: http://www.nypost.com/sports/26988.htm ATHENS � Forget the death of the Dream Team. We knew that would happen sooner or later. The whole point of the Dream Team in the first place was to expose the rest of the earth to the highest level of basketball available on the planet. The Dream Team did that. It exposed the world to basketball royalty. WITH ELI ABOARD, KURT'S UNNEEDED: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/26995.htm ALBANY � One lousy exhibition game has been played, Kurt Warner not even playing especially lousy in it, and already Tom Coughlin is as annoyed with quarterback questions as he is with Tim Carter. IVERSON: IT'S WAR TIME!: http://www.nypost.com/sports/26985.htm By LENN ROBBINS ATHENS � Allen Iverson has exactly what he wants � an Olympic hoops war. BATTMAN: EASI-LEE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/battman.htm The Pirates survived some rough waters last night, and their win pushed Battman's bankroll to 1,295 rosens. SPANISH SPUR IS TOPS AT SPA: http://www.nypost.com/sports/26997.htm By ED FOUNTAINE SARATOGA SPRINGS � Last in the early going, Hall-of-Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard's 6-year-old gelding Spanish Spur weaved his way through the field under a heady ride by Cornelio Velasquez to win yesterday's $65,000 John's Call Stakes by three lengths. HAAS, CINK TAPPED FOR RYDER TEAM: http://www.nypost.com/sports/27001.htm By GEORGE WILLIS HAVEN, Wis. � Jay Haas wasn't sure he'd hear from Hal Sutton after failing to automatically qualify for the U.S. Ryder Cup team. AMATEURS SOAKED AT WINGED FOOT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/27002.htm By DAVE CURTIS In the morning, caddies carried umbrellas. Drives would plop to a stop in the fairways, and puddles grew on the greens, forcing the Winged Foot Golf Club greenskeeping staff to scramble for squeegees. GREEK DRUG-TEST ORDEAL: http://www.nypost.com/sports/26991.htm By LENN ROBBINS ATHENS � The bizarre account of the two elite Greek athletes who reportedly were in an early-morning motorcycle accident Friday, thus missing a random drug test, became crazier yesterday. OSTERMAN GRITTY IN TRIUMPH: http://www.nypost.com/sports/26994.htm By MIKE VACCARO ATHENS � One day after watching the United States suffer the biggest upset in the history of the men's Olympic basketball competition, the U.S. softball team barely avoided what would have been the biggest stunner in the history of that event, too. U.S. GYMNASTS SECURE SILVER: http://www.nypost.com/sports/26996.htm By LENN ROBBINS ATHENS � Blaine Wilson, the veteran of U.S. men's gymnastics, said the hardest part of last night's Olympic team competition was the waiting. MOUND OF DOUBT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/26989.htm By GEORGE KING MINNEAPOLIS � It was the No. 1 question from the first day of spring training. And now, with seven weeks left in the season and the Yankees running away from the Red Sox in the AL East, it remains the source of most Yankee fans' angst. BOMBERS RE-SIGN SPENCER: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/27000.htm By GEORGE KING MINNEAPOLIS � Shane Spencer could go from being released by the miserable Mets because of a DUI charge to being part of the Yankees' postseason plans. CAMERON HAS 30/30 VISION: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/26983.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY On June 11, Mike Cameron's average was .193. He hadn't homered in a month. He was lifted for a pinch hitter during a Mets loss at Kansas City. MLB: CHISOX MIGHT HAVE TAMPER CASE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/26998.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY White Sox GM Ken Williams apparently does have a tampering case, and Mets GM Jim Duquette might be reprimanded, a top MLB official indicated yesterday. DAWSON HAS AN 'IN': http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/26984.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ ALBANY � That JaJuan Dawson knows so much about Eli Manning and his family will not necessarily help his chances to land a roster spot with the Giants. But it doesn't hurt. SLOPPY PRACTICE IRKS COUGHLIN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/26987.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ ALBANY � Clearly not pleased with what he was getting from the Giants yesterday morning, coach Tom Coughlin called his team together in the middle of a practice session and berated the effort and intensity he witnessed. JET WR 'COTCHING' ON: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/26992.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO There's a number that keeps flashing before Herman Edwards' eyes. It happens in almost every practice and it happened in the first preseason game, Friday in New Orleans. MICKENS WILL SIT OUT WITH STRAIN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/26999.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO The Jets got some good news on cornerback Ray Mickens, who injured his left knee during Sunday's practice. Gossip: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/gossip.htm : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm WINANS SPILLS BEANS ON HEINZ By Richard Johnson FOR someone who is supposed to be lying low, writer and convicted felon R. Foster Winans is getting a lot of ink � and talking about his Pennsylvania neighbor, the reclusive H. John Heinz IV. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm QUESTIONS OVER JAZZY, ONE SAD YEAR LATER By Cindy Adams ONE year ago today my 31/2-year-old Yorkshire terrier, the only creature left in my life, was delivered to me � dead. Those who handed over Jazzy's cold, bloodied body never explained. Nor since called. Nor sent a note, condolence card, flower, message c/o a friend, his photo with just a scrawled: "We loved him, too." Nothing. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm GLORIA'S WITTY TALES By Liz Smith Weather: http://weather.nypost.com NEW YORK , NY Get the extended forcast here from the New York Post.: http://weather.nypost.com Traffic: http://traffic.nypost.com/ metrocommute HeadlineBronx Manhattan-bound 2 & 5 trains run express from E.180th St and 3rd AveManhattan-bound &trains run express from East 180 St to 3 Avenue.Weekend, 8 AM Sat to 7 AM Sun, Aug 14 -16 metrocommute Special EventManhattan Mulberry Street Pedestrian Mall till October 11, 2004Mulberry Street Pedestrian Mall through October 11, 2004. Mulberry Street between Canal Street and Broome Street: This street will be closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 10pm. Manhattan All Access Tour @ Madison Square GardenMadison Square Garden�s� All Access Tour allows fans to get an insider�s view of the inner-workings of The World�s Most Famous Arena�, providing them with little-known information and rarely seen viewpoints on the legendary showplace. Visitors taking part in the �All Access� one hour tour become a part of one of the busiest and most exciting sports and entertainment facilities in the world and are treated to a host of unique experiences. Visit the Knicks, Rangers and Liberty locker rooms; tour backstage of the Theater at Madison Square Garden; go inside the Star dressing rooms; learn how a basketball court becomes a sheet of ice; witness all the seldom seen build-up to a live event � players practicing, performers in production, casts in rehearsal or crews staging events! You�ll never know what you�ll see on the All Access Tour. Expect some extra traffic on 7th Ave., 8th Ave., and in the west 30s Business News: http://web1.nypost.com/business/business.htm : http://www.nypost.com/business/29021.htm SHOPPING SPREE By STEPHANIE O'BRIEN Good news from Lowe's, Kmart and the oil markets sent stocks skyrocketing yesterday. After being hammered late last week, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 129 points, or 1.3 percent, to close at 9,954.55. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 14.54, or 1.4 percent, to 1,079.39, and the Nasdaq composite was up 25.62, or 1.4 percent, to 1,782.84. The S&P 500 hit its 2004 low last week on concern that record oil prices will rein in consumer spending. EMBATTLED NYSE SEES PROFITS FALL BY HALF: http://www.nypost.com/business/29024.htm By JENNY ANDERSON The high cost of restoring its reputation both in court and in the media helped slash the New York Stock Exchange's profits by 53 percent in the second quarter. U.S. BIGS SEEK EU OK FOR TECH BUY: http://www.nypost.com/business/29003.htm Microsoft Corp. and Time Warner Inc. have made concessions to overcome European antitrust obstacles to their purchase of ContentGuard Inc., a maker of antipiracy software, the European Commission said. N.J. GETS GEICO, AGAIN: http://www.nypost.com/business/29005.htm Geico Corp., the auto insurer owned by billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said it will sell coverage to New Jersey drivers for the first time in 28 years after the state removed a requirement for insurers to cover all drivers. (CASH) POOR MARTHA! DIVA TRIES ILLIQUID DIET: http://www.nypost.com/business/29011.htm By JOHN CRUDELE HOW'S Martha Stew art doing? Ah! You say that you don't really care because she isn't particularly concerned about how you are doing. NORTEL ACCOUNTING WOES PROMPT CRIMINAL PROBE: http://www.nypost.com/business/29030.htm Nortel Networks Corp. said the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has begun a criminal investigation of its accounting. CIRCULATION SCANDAL COSTS BELO $26M, VP: http://www.nypost.com/business/29014.htm By HOLLY M. SANDERS Belo Corp. will spend more than $26 million to settle with advertisers after admitting to inflating circulation at the Dallas Morning News. CHARLEY BOOSTS TRAILERS: http://www.nypost.com/business/29022.htm Shares of mobile home manufacturers soared Monday on the hope business would increase after the destruction Hurricane Charley wreaked in Florida over the weekend, analysts said. GOOGLE'S READY: http://www.nypost.com/business/29028.htm By HOLLY M. SANDERS Google could become a publicly traded company as early as tomorrow after asking federal regulators to approve its much-hyped stock offering. FIDELITY TELLS NYSE: GIVE IT TO US STRAIGHT: http://www.nypost.com/business/29029.htm By JENNY ANDERSON Fidelity, one of the largest mutual fund companies in the world, lambasted the New York Stock Exchange for its proposal to make itself a faster and more automated market. MCI GOT $613M 'RECORD' ADVICE: http://www.nypost.com/business/29004.htm Consultants, lawyers and other advisers who helped rehabilitate MCI Inc. are seeking to be paid $613 million, the most ever in a bankruptcy case. PENTHOUSE CONSIDERS APPEAL OF REORG PLAN: http://www.nypost.com/business/29016.htm Penthouse International said it was considering an appeal of a court-approved reorganization plan for the publisher of its racy adult magazine. Real Estate: http://web1.nypost.com/realestate/index.htm HILFIGER HITS THE WEST SIDE: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/29018.htm By STEVE CUOZZO Tommy Hilfiger is leaving Fifth Avenue for the far, far west side. HOUSES OF THE WEEK: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/18618.htm Aquebogue, LI $529,000Nestled on the North Fork, this three-bedroom Contemporary has everything you'd expect from a nice Long Island home - dining room, eat-in kitchen, living room, full basement - plus "vacation specials" like multiple decks, an outdoor grill and a large Lshaped pool. Agent: Carll Austin, the Corcoran Group, North Fork (631) 298-4600, ext. 12. MARKET REPORT: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/18620.htm By ALISON ROGERS WHENI started this column, I wanted to talk about interest rates. Really. After all, the Federal Reserve hiked the short-term rate a quarter point this week. That caused lots of people to wonder what would happen to long-term mortgage rates. Some experts had been bandying about "7 percent"- you would have thought that was a magical number for long-term mortgage rates. But then I called Gregory J. Heym, chief economist of Brown Harris Stevens, the Manhattan-based brokerage firm. And he points out that there's a magical 7 percent stat, but hey, it's about the economy. "The city's economy grew 7 percent in the first quarter," Heym says. "That's the largest growth rate since the fourth quarter of 1999. " I have to tell you, 7 percent job growth is huge. "The city started to add jobs last year," Heym continues. "We had this tremendous boom in Manhattan real estate over the last five years, and the city lost jobs left and right.Now you have job growth." In other words, you had b uyers before, and now you have more people with jobs - more potential buyers. Thursday's 30-year mortgage rate of 5.8 percent (a fourmonth low!) probably won't stop them. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] YOUNG NEW YORKERS ARE NOW FINDING EXCITEMENT IN THE 'BURBS: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/18621.htm By LISA KEYS ANNMARIE BUTLER, 25, and her roommate, Kirsten Leahy, 26, know how to have fun. In the evenings, they hit the local bars with their friends; on weekends, they like to shop the boutiques on their street and linger over brunch. Meanwhile, Christine Simon, 29, and her husband, Eric, 36, own a beautiful, open loft. They love to frequent the bars on their block, and Christine somewhat sheepishly admits to "never cooking." These four may sound like typical young Manhattanites - except they're not living in Manhattan, or Brooklyn or even Staten Island. They're part of an increasingly younger generation that's moving out of the city and rockin' the suburbs instead. Take Butler, who shares a three-bedroom $1,800 rental in Rye. Every day, she commutes to Manhattan for her job at VH1, but in the evenings she's out and about close to home. "We're not sitting up here in Westchester on Saturday nights watching TV," she says. "There are plenty of things to do." Maybe it's a part of the grea t leveling of American culture, a phenomenon that has broughtBlahniks out to the 'burbs while ushering Applebees into Manhattan. Perhaps it's a function of the sky-high housing prices in the city. Whatever the reason, towns like Stamford, Greenwich and Bronxville are rapidly transforming from old-fashioned bedroom communities into lively mini-cities. And while sleepier suburbs remain familyoriented, there are increasingly youthful residents in the mix. "I think there's a lot more HOWARD'S HAMPTONS: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/18622.htm By BRADEN KEIL SHOCK-JOCK Howard Stern was so shocked over getting cut out of an East Hampton property, that he's suspended his search for a Hamptons home. "He's had enough of looking out there for a while," one insider tells us. Last month, Stern made an $18.5 million offer for a seven-bedroom oceanfront mansion in East Hampton that had an asking price of $20 million. His offer on the 7-acre estate on tony Further Lane was BYE-BYE, BUYER: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/18623.htm By JANE REILLY MOUNT Q:Can my condo board reject my buyer? The ownership documents say the building has "Right of First GARDEN PARTY: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/18624.htm Shop in the Garden The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road, The Bronx (718) 817-8073 Sale: through Aug. 31 Open: Tue.-Sun., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Selected plants, garden tools, home d�cor items, books, apparel, jewelry and toys are marked down 50 percent to 70 percent. Ceramic pots are now $10 to $24 (reg. $20 to $49), and large embroidered flower throw pillows are $32 (reg. $105). Felissimo Design NO. 31'S FLAVOR: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/18625.htm BY LISA KEYS LAST May, Yankees relief pitcher Steve Karsay was sidelined due to a shoulder injury. Some might see this as a majorset back, but Karsay saw opportunity - to decorate, that is. While undergoing rehabilitation after rotator- cuff surgery, Karsay, who is now getting ready to rejoin the Yankees, rented a two-bedroom HOOKING UP: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/18626.htm By ADAM BONISLAWSKI YOU know interest in a neighborhood is rising when realtors start naming it. Take the bit of waterfront SPECIALTY LENDERS CAN HELP WHEN YOUR TRADITIONAL BANK SAYS NO: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/18627.htm By JULIETTE FAIRLEY WHEN Maria Villafane's finances spiraled out of control in January 2004, she appealed to her long-time traditional bank for a consolidation equity loan of $500,000. Her Fort Greene, Brooklyn, four-family home was worth $1 million, but the bank loan officer rejected her application, saying her $35,000 credit card debt was too high. (An irony, given that she needed the money to help pay off her credit cards.) "I felt betrayed because I'd been with them for a while now, but they didn't support me or care about my situation," she says. A month later, the New York City Board of Education executive assistant resorted to a specialty lender who approved her refinancing request right away at an 8.35 percent interest rate. "I was afraid it would be a scam but I got immediate help from the beginning to the end. It was the best decision I ever made," Villafane says. With the proceeds from the refinancing, Villafane paid off the higher interest credit card debt (which was costing her $90 0 a month in payments) and the $145,000 mortgage on a second property. While her monthly mortgage payment went up to $4,026 per month - from $3,003 - she appreciates the freedom of having consolidated her bills. Villafane's loan is one of many refinancings. In the second quarter of 2004, JUST SOLD!: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/18628.htm MANHATTANCENTRAL PARK WEST$630,000382 Central Park WestOne-bedroom, one-bath condo, 800 square feet, with hardwood floors, separate dining area, renovated Entertainment: http://web1.nypost.com/entertainment/entertainment.htm HAMPTONS DIARY: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/29047.htm KELLY RIPA and hubby Mark Con suelos have just signed for a $3 million farmhouse-style country home with a putting green and kiddie pool, which they had built in Water Mill by local builder Joe Farrell. WANTED! AN ACTOR TO PLAY SUPERMAN: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/29034.htm By SARA STEWART IT'S a bird, it's a plane, it's ... you? Casting agents for the long-suffering "Superman" movie have turned to Craigslist.org to find a leading man - now that every A, B and C-minus Hollywood star has passed on the part. MEET THE NEW MR. HILTON: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/29035.htm By DAN KADISON, BRIDGET HARRISON and RUSSELL SCOTT SMITH SURE, they wed on a whim. But they're going to give their marriage a shot. That's what one of Nicky Hilton's friends said yesterday about the 20-year-old hotel heiress' quickie Las Vegas wedding over the weekend to New York party pal Todd Meister, 33. GET SET TO HOWL!: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/29009.htm By BILLY HELLER POETS, artists, musi cians and performers of all stripes will be out Howl-ing in the East Village and on the Lower East Side for a full week, beginning today. LOLLIPOP KID: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/29001.htm By MICHAEL GILTZ TORONTO, Canada � Just a few blocks from a downtown police station in Toronto, a new police station has sprung up in an old school administration building. SEE YOU NEXT 'SUMMERLAND': http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/29012.htm THERE'LL be more of "Summerland" this winter. The WB Network has ordered 13 additional episodes of the drama, which stars Lori Loughlin as a 30-something beach-babe whose sister's children move in after their parents are killed in an accident. JULIA SPECIALS ON THE MENU: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/29015.htm PBS is rushing on to the air its "American Masters" profile of Julia Child, the famed French chef who died last week. 24/7 GAMES A SLAM DUNK: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/29020.htm By DON KAPLAN NBC's 24-hour Olympic strategy � spreading its coverage over six channels � appears to be working. DVD FETCHES LASSIE'S TALE: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/29013.htm SOMEONE get that dog a bone, Lassie is turning 50. The famed collie who's been on TV since 1954 � her latest gig was using Kung-Fu to defend young Timmy from a mountain lion in a commercial for GE � is considered one of the most famous animals in the world. PGA FINAL RATINGS ABOVE PAR: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/29023.htm A three-way playoff helped the PGA Championship's final-round TV ratings increase from last year. THE STARR REPORT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/29017.htm By MICHAEL STARR Regis Philbin will man the skewer when Donald Trump gets roasted by The Friars Club in October. Reege will serve as roastmaster for the celebrity shindig, which un folds Oct. 15 at the New York Hilton � the 82nd celebrity roast in the club's century- old history. Movie Reviews: http://web1.nypost.com/movies/movies.htm DUMB VS. DUMBER: http://www.nypost.com/movies/18659.htm By Lou Lumenick OFFERING �Alien vs. Predator� � a deadly dull grudge match pitting the baddies of two moribund Rrated franchises � as a familyfriendly PG-13 makes about as much sense as staging Mike Tyson�s next heavyweight bout at Sesame Place. Unlike the far livelier (and Rrated) �Freddy vs. Jason,� which opened at this time last year, the unsatisfying AVP isn�t exciting, scary or even particularly gory � and the yawns far exceed the modest body count. Lifestyle: http://web1.nypost.com/living/living.htm HAMPTONS DIARY: http://www.nypost.com/living/29048.htm KELLY RIPA and hubby Mark Con suelos have just signed for a $3 million farmhouse-style country home with a putting green and kiddie pool, which they had built in Water Mill by local builder Joe Farrell. Lottery Results: http://web1.nypost.com/lottery/lottery.htm NEW YORK Midday Numbers Mon.: 460 Midday Win-4 Mon.: 3080 Evening Numbers Mon.: 046 Evening Win-4 Mon.: 3688 Pick-10 Mon.: 2, 5, 9, 17, 21, 27, 31, 32, 34, 44, 50, 52, 56, 58, 67, 70, 73, 76, 77, 80 OAS_AD('Middle'); //--> Take-5 Mon.: 9, 15, 29, 34, 39 NEW JERSEY Pick-3 Mon.: 059 Pick-4 Mon.: 9102 Cash-5 Mon.: 8, 16, 22, 32, 35 Pick-6 Mon.: 18, 20, 26, 28, 30, 48 CONNECTICUT Play-3 Mon.: 425 Play-4 Mon.: 6166 Cash-5 Mon.: 4, 9, 20, 23, 34 Travel: http://web1.nypost.com/travel/travel.htm ARCH SUPPORT: http://www.nypost.com/travel/29039.htm ST. Louis, despite having given us Joseph Pulitzer's go-getting journalism, Tennessee Williams' Southern Gothic prose and Masters & Johnson's sexual revolution, has long suffered the scorn of coastal dwellers. And that's too bad, because there's life in this not-quite Southern, not-quite Midwestern city, now revitalizing at rapid speed. EXPRESS CHECK-IN: http://www.nypost.com/travel/29040.htm WAKE up, people. Why are so many of you who are JFK-bound still complaining about Airtrain? It's not the Port Authority's fault that an overwhelming majority of New Yorkers take the A to Howard Beach, ignoring the repeated suggestions that they take the Long Island Rail Road to Jamaica instead. WHITE FRIGHT: http://www.nypost.com/travel/29041.htm FAT Tony, Maximus and Shredder. No, these are not wiseguys at Monte's Venetian Room. They're sharks - the "made men" of the sea - and their "pet" names are courtesy of Absolute Adventures' Shark Diver, which takes adventure seekers to Isla Guadalupe, Mexico, in search of great whites. SHARKS FOR SISSIES: http://www.nypost.com/travel/29044.htm THE safest way to see sharks? Go to an aquarium. Both the East and West coasts have great ones, and they're the perfect alternatives to diving in the deep blue sea. IN-FLIGHT SECRETS: http://www.nypost.com/travel/29042.htm Granted, people in airports are not always on their best behavior, but who can blame them? Solutions to things like lost luggage seem shrouded, if not in mystery, then in red tape. REEL WORLD: http://www.nypost.com/travel/29043.htm THE first thing I learned shark fishing in Montauk is that everyone has as story - but those come later, over draft beers with guys like Joey "Flapjaws" and Richie "the Bum" at the rickety fisherman's bar Salivar's. WHAT'S THE DEAL: http://www.nypost.com/travel/29045.htm Go-today has finally gone under - er, down under. The travel discounter has added Australian deals to its already fab repertoire, and one of its virgin offerings is a five-nighter in Melbourne, air included, for a relatively wee price. Opinion: http://web1.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/opedcolumnists.htm PUBLIC AFFAIRS: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29002.htm By RAY KERRISON THE abrupt downfall of New Jersey's Gov. James McGreevey, and all its nasty fallout, dramatically shatters the notion espoused by so many that there is no direct connection between private behavior and public policy. GUNS INTERRUPTED: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29006.htm By RALPH PETERS BRITISH military wags define ex perience as the ability to recognize a mistake the second time you make it. By that measure, we now have abundant experience in Iraq. NOT ALL INFIDELITY IS ALIKE: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29031.htm By ARNOLD AHLERT WHY did Jim McGreevey resign? Hasn't the New Jersey governor ever heard of Bill Clinton? THE NEXT PREZ? IT'S OSAMA'S CALL: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29032.htm By DICK MORRIS MORE than any other single individual, more than George W. Bush, more than John Kerry, it is Osama bin Laden who will determine the winner of the election in November. W. TRUMPS KERRY WITH TROOP MOVE: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29033.htm By JOHN PODHORETZ YESTERDAY, George W. Bush announced that the U.S. military would move some service personnel from bases in Europe and Asia to bases inside the United States. The total number of forces involved will range between 60,000 and 70,000. The change will take 10 years to complete. 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