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Regional News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm PLAZA KOOKS INN TROUBLE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27611.htm By TATIANA DELIGIANNAKIS, PHILIP MESSING and DAN MANGAN Four activists who hung a huge banner on the front of the swanky Plaza hotel yesterday in an early protest of the Republican National Convention face up to 25 years in prison because a cop was severely hurt during the quartet's roundup. MARCHERS GET A CLEAR PATH: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27615.htm The organizer of the largest planned protest of the Republican National Convention yesterday announced a deal with the Police Department to stage a march past Madison Square Garden to Union Square on Sunday. SECURITY NET SNARES TIMES SQUARE VAN: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27588.htm By LARRY CELONA and ANDY GELLER The heightened security for the Republican convention resulted in four Pakistani students from St. John's University being detained in Times Square last night. PANTS ON FIRE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27622.htm By MURRAY WEISS and MARSHA KRANES Two Bronx firefighters yesterday admitted they lied to investigators earlier this week when they denied having a firehouse sex romp with a self-described groupie, sources said. JAG KILLS TWO IN HAMPTONS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27627.htm Two pedestrians were killed when they were run down by a high-performance luxury car as they crossed Montauk Highway in East Hampton last night, police said. MCG NIXES CIPEL OFFER TO HALT SUIT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27629.htm By ANDY GELLER Golan Cipel would consider dropping plans to file a sexual-harassment suit against New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey if the governor apologized, Cipel's lawyer said yesterday. JUDGE KICKS FLESH CLUB IN THE BUTTS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27621.htm By DAREH GREGORIAN The dancers are smokin' at the famed strip club Scores � but the customers may not be for much longer. BIGAMIST BUSTED IN WIFE-SLAY TRY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27626.htm A Long Island bigamist � who was once deported from the U.S. only to return illegally � was arrested yesterday morning for allegedly stabbing one of his two wives in the neck, police said. MIKE'S GOOD NEWS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27617.htm By ERIKA MARTINEZ Taxi inspectors "may have exhibited poor judgment" when they handcuffed CBS News veteran Mike Wallace � and one of the arresting inspectors wasn't properly qualified to have used handcuffs, city officials admitted yesterday. FEDS BOO$T E. SIDE FERRIES: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27591.htm Ferry service will be expanded across the city after the feds pumped $9.5 million into a project to rehab two East River piers, officials said yesterday. SUIT IN 'FLIRT' CRASH: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27606.htm By PATRICK GALLAHUE The family of a high-school football star who died in a fiery Staten Island crash has sued the youths who allegedly chased his car, a former teammate who was driving, and even one of the girls involved in the flirting that sparked the tragedy. BROKER BROKE & BROKEN: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27607.htm By NEIL GRAVES A former stockbroker who allegedly hatched a harebrained plot to kidnap real-estate mogul James Weichert's son was a broken man in court yesterday when he showed up for a second time without a lawyer. 'ROB PLOT' IN MOM SLAY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27587.htm The thug who fatally mugged a Queens mother the day before her son's wedding may have known she had $2,000 in her purse, police say. BODY IN FLAMING TRUCK: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27628.htm By LARRY CELONA and RICH CALDER A 41-year-old Queens man with a long rap sheet and many enemies was found shot to death inside the cab of a burning truck, investigators said. JUDGE KOS 'PARTIAL' ABORT BAN: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27593.htm By CARL CAMPANILE A Manhattan federal judge yesterday struck down the U.S. government's ban on partial-birth abortions as unconstitutional because it offers no exception to protect the health of the mother. POLICE DOGS GO 'BULLETPROOF': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27596.htm MTA police dogs will be sporting bulletproof vests today for the first time, after a Manhattan doctor donated the protective gear so the pooches will be safer when on anti-terror duty. NASTY FAMILY BIZ: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27599.htm By PATRICK GALLAHUE A violent Brooklyn drug dynasty � spanning three generations � has been toppled after an 18-month undercover operation, authorities said yesterday. HAMPTONS DIARY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27600.htm AN ESTABLISHED Hamptons maga zine is having a little fun with the new magazines that have sprouted up on the East End lately. STADIUM FOES BID TO SACK CITY IN COURT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27602.htm By TOM TOPOUSIS Opponents of the enormous far West Side rezoning plan filed a lawsuit yesterday to block the city's race to get the project approved. 9/11 KIN SUIT MAY HALT WTC: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27610.htm By CARL CAMPANILE A coalition of 9/11 families sued the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. and the Port Authority yesterday, alleging the agencies are violating a federal law requiring them to preserve historical artifacts � a move that could halt construction at Ground Zero. KIDNAP MOM'S TEARS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27614.htm By JENNIFER FERMINO A Manhattan mom who spent a year in jail for taking her son to China during a custody fight broke down yesterday as she testified that she kidnapped the tot because his aunt was neglecting him. POST MOURNS LUCY LAMBERT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27594.htm Lucy Lambert, a beloved former personnel manager who worked at the New York Post for more than 30 years, died this week. She was 69. LAURA'S GUY OFF THE HOOK: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27603.htm By ALEX GINSBERG Prosecutors yesterday dropped charges against the man Judge Laura Blackburne spirited out the back door of her courtroom, but said her actions had done more harm than good. JAR CON GETTING THE CAN: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27598.htm By ALEX GINSBERG A three-time felon caught with his hand almost literally in the cookie jar was sentenced to 12 years yesterday for swiping hundreds of dollars from his neighbor's apartment in Queens. DRIVERS CRYING FOUL AT SLEAZY-PASS TOLL TAKERS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/27601.htm By KENNETH LOVETT ALBANY � Angry motorists have put the Thruway Authority on notice about abusive, leering and just plain goofy toll takers. National News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm ENEMY NEVER WOUNDED KERRY: ADMIRAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/27619.htm By ANDY SOLTIS An officer who served with John Kerry yesterday finally broke his silence about the Swift vets controversy - and said Kerry accidentally wounded himself before requesting his first Purple Heart. WILLIE HAUNTS ME: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/27618.htm By PATRICK ARDEN and RITA DELFINER The woman accusing William Kennedy Smith of sexually assaulting her five years ago on her 23rd birthday tearfully claimed yesterday "my innocence" was taken "in a violent act that will haunt me to the day I die." LACI-SLAY DA ONCE EYED FREY: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/27597.htm By HOWARD BREUER REDWOOD CITY, Calif. � Scott Peterson's lawyer was in full damage-control mode yesterday as the defense tried to recover from a damning barrage of phone wiretaps that captured Peterson lying to his family and snickering at efforts to search for his missing, pregnant wife. HOMEOWNERS SET FOR A $WEET NOV.: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/27605.htm By DAVID SEIFMAN More than 600,000 homeowners will have reason to give thanks in early November because that's when property-tax rebates of up to $400 should turn up in their mailboxes. MANY SKEPTICAL OF 'NAM'-INEE: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/27604.htm WASHINGTON � Nearly half of all voters believe John Kerry lied or exaggerated about his Vietnam valor, a new poll shows. AD AND SUBTRACT: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/27612.htm By DEBORAH ORIN, VINCENT MORRIS and IAN BISHOP President Bush yesterday teamed up with popular Sen. John McCain by vowing to go to court to curtail independent TV attack ads like those run by Swift boat veterans against John Kerry � but Kerry didn't get on board with the plan. GIULIANI STUMPS FOR W.: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/27623.htm ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. � "America's Mayor" Rudy Giuliani yesterday hailed President Bush as "a blessing for all of us in America" and a great president as they stumped together across the battleground state of New Mexico. AN ENDURING 'FRIENDS'HIP: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/27609.htm Let's keep up with old "Friends." Matt LeBlanc hit the streets of L.A. to film the opening scenes for his new NBC sitcom, "Joey." Casually dressed in jeans, sports shirt and sneakers, he donned a pair of cool shades and sat atop an old convertible, preening for the cameras. SEAGAL'S EXTORTER SORRY - FOR CUSSING: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/27613.htm By KATI CORNELL SMITH A gutter-mouthed goodfella begged forgiveness for peppering secret wiretap recordings with expletives and declared the Mafia "over" as he was hit with a lengthy sentence for extorting everyone from union officials to movie star Steven Seagal. JUDGE AND CROOKED LAWYER 'CLOSE': http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/27616.htm By DENISE BUFFA A court clerk testified yesterday a judge and a lawyer busted in a Brooklyn court-corruption case were so close that the attorney would come and go from the jurist's robing room as he pleased. DONALD'S LATEST SCHOOL OF THOUGHT: TRUMP U.: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/27608.htm By GERSH KUNTZMAN Instead of saying, "You're fired!" Donald Trump's new catchphrase may soon be, "You've graduated!" KOBE JUDGE RIPS DNA DELAY: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/27620.htm EAGLE, Colo. � On the eve of Kobe Bryant's rape trial, the judge chastised prosecutors yesterday for waiting until the last minute to challenge DNA evidence that the defense says shows the accuser had sex with someone else hours after her encounter with the NBA star. World News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm PEACE IN NAJAF: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/27589.htm NAJAF, Iraq � Iraqi militants in Najaf handed in their weapons and changed into civilian clothes this morning after the country's most revered Shiite leader persuaded a rebel cleric to accept a deal ending a three-week uprising. JET-CRASH PROBERS EYE PUTIN TERROR HIT: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/27624.htm By NILES LATHEM WASHINGTON � Russian authorities are investigating whether President Vladimir Putin was the target of a possible terrorist attack during this week's twin air crashes, The Post has learned. ARMY TRIES YANKING 'RETIRED' OFFICER INTO IRAQ: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/27625.htm By BILL SANDERSON Weekend warrior Michelle Levasseur thought she'd ended her eight-year ROTC stint in 2002 � but now the Army wants to ship her to Iraq. All Horoscopes: http://web1.nypost.com/cgi-bin/horoscope.pl ARIES Don't take on any more tasks. You are doing too much already. The sun in Virgo at this time of year is all about efficiency, about ordering your affairs so you can get the most out of them, not just at work, but in your personal life, too. Today's sun-Uranus aspect could cause unexpected, even painful, problems if you do not pace yourself sensibly. 1-900-990-7810* TAURUS It simply is not possible to agree with everyone, nor is it desirable. Progress comes through the clash of ideas and today's planetary setup warns that one particular clash will get rather heated over the next 24 hours. No matter, it is what you need to get you thinking in a new and, ultimately, more profitable direction. Don't be too fixed in your opinions. 1-900-990-7811* GEMINI The sun opposes Uranus, planet of sudden changes, across one of the most important angles of your chart today, so one way or another, your world will be rocked by what happens over the next 24 hours. What you must remember, today and for several days to come, is that change is good for you, that in the long run, everything must die and be reborn. 1-900-990-7812* CANCER This is generally an encouraging time for you, but you still sometimes wonder if it is all too good to be true and what happens today will reinforce the impression that you have allowed yourself to be lulled into a false sense of security. Maybe you have, but it's no big deal. You're tough enough to handle whatever fate sends your way. 1-900-990-7813* LEO You seem to be in one of those moods where you want to do everything the hard way, simply to prove that you still have what it takes. Not only is it unnecessary, but it could be self-defeating, because if you take on a task that is too big for you, there's a chance you might fail. Be who you are, not who you think others want you to be. 1-900-990-7814* VIRGO Some sort of challenge will come your way today, but you will overcome it with ease and that's good because you need to raise your confidence level quite a bit before the even bigger challenge of next week's full moon. Take action quickly and decisively and don't doubt for a moment that you will succeed - it may happen sooner than you expect. 1-900-990-7815* LIBRA It is important that you think things through carefully today before making your move. With the sun opposing Uranus, planet of surprises, across one of the more sensitive areas of your chart, there is a danger that you will act hastily and regret it later, so slow down, think about what it is you want, and work slowly and surely toward that goal. 1-900-990-7816* SCORPIO It's not often that you question your most deeply held beliefs, but you will do so today. Something will happen, either in your personal life or socially, that makes you wonder if maybe you have been too hasty in reaching certain conclusions about people whose way of life is so radically different from your own. It may be time to revise your opinions. 1-900-990-7817* SAGITTARIUS There will be times today when it feels as if you are at the beck and call of almost everyone you live, work and do business with, and to a certain extent, that is probably true. However, there is no point in getting uptight about it. This is one of those occasions when you have to sit tight and wait for the cosmic outlook to change. 1-900-990-7818* CAPRICORN You may be tempted to start a plan or project that takes you in a radical new direction today, but the planets warn this is not the best time to venture into areas you don't know much about. Wait until next week's full moon has come and gone before doing things that are outside your usual comfort zone. Don't be too adventurous. 1-900-990-7819* AQUARIUS No matter what happens today, you must stay calm and you must keep telling yourself that everything will come out all right in the end - and it will. Both today's sun-Uranus opposition and the approaching full moon warn you not to get hysterical about money matters or business issues. Despite what others might say, there is no reason to fear the worst. 1-900-990-7808* PISCES The ride may get a bit bumpy today as Uranus in your birth sign is opposed by the sun in Virgo, but if you sit tight and wait for the turbulence to pass, you will find you are none the worse for the experience. If others want to throw tantrums, that's up to them - you are under no obligation to do likewise and make a fool of yourself. 1-900-990-7809* Sports News: http://web1.nypost.com/sports/sports.shtml IT'S A FAB FINALE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/19004.htm By LENN ROBBINS ATHENS � The scene outside of the Karaiskaki Olympic Soccer Stadium last night told you just how far the Fab Five has taken U.S. women's soccer. More than an hour after winning Olympic gold with a dramatic 2-1, overtime victory over Brazil, more than 100 U.S. journalists remained crammed against a fence, waiting for the U.S. players to enter the mixed zone for interviews. JUST ANOTHER BROWN-OUT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/19007.htm ATHENS � Boos filled the Olympic Indoor Hall for most of the afternoon, meaning it was starting to sound, and look, the way so many recent Olympic basketball afternoons have sounded and looked. MARION'S RUN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/18995.htm ATHENS - For her sake, and for her country's, Marion Jones had better be telling the truth, now more than ever, because now, officially, she is no longer running alone in her quest to outpace the whispers and the shadows. REACTION TO HAMM GOLD DISAPPOINTS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/18993.htm U.S. gymnast Paul Hamm strikes us as a decent and devoted young man. And a terrific lab rat. We owe him our gratitude for serving as these Olympics' go-to, case-study guy, the fellow who reminds us that the human condition needs work. SOUNDS LIKE IT'S TIME FOR THE BLUES: http://www.nypost.com/sports/18985.htm LONG Island Sound's western end will be busy this weekend as thousands of anglers chase bluefish in hopes of taking the Big One. The one who does that will earn $25,000 in the Greatest Bluefish Tournament on Earth. U.S. UNSURE WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT FROM RUSSIANS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/19014.htm By CHUCK SCHOFFNER ATHENS - What a matchup, what a setting. The United States against Russia in Olympic basketball, so get ready for ... well, that's just the problem. SUPER STEPH: http://www.nypost.com/sports/19010.htm By MIKE VACCARO ATHENS � He'd only waited all his life for this kind of moment, for this kind of game, and so there was no way he was going to let anything intrude upon the ending. His whole life, Stephon Marbury believed he was destined to do great things on a basketball court. His whole career, Marbury has waited to fulfill that fortune. NIGHT TO REMEMBER: http://www.nypost.com/sports/19002.htm By MIKE VACCARO ATHENS - After the long month of worry and whispers, of rampant rumor and suspicious snickers, the U.S. track and field community finally had a night that it'll want to keep pressed between the pages of its scrapbook forever. TALE OF TWO ANDRES IS FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING: http://www.nypost.com/sports/19013.htm By LENN ROBBINS ATHENS � The middleweight and the light heavyweight knew they had something in common, beyond the same first name of Andre. Their families knew it, too. N.Y. HURDLER WINS GOLD FOR DOMINICAN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/19008.htm By MIKE VACCARO ATHENS � One day after windsurfer Gal Fridman earned the first-ever gold medal for Israel, a New York-born track star did the same thing for the Dominican Republic. EQUESTRIAN RIDING HIGH THROUGH ALL: http://www.nypost.com/sports/19000.htm By LENN ROBBINS ATHENS � Robert Dover doesn't think of himself as having done something courageous. That is often the case with those who have the courage of their convictions. BRONSON & BOSOX COOKING WITH GAS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/19020.htm BOSTON (AP) � Bronson Arroyo is giving the Red Sox what Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling have provided all season � a strong performance by a starting pitcher. CYCLONES IN DOGFIGHT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/19009.htm By NICK PARISH If you've been following the playoff race in the Penn League's McNamara division, a pattern has emerged: NHL: PLAYERS FORCING LOCKOUT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/18996.htm By MARK EVERSON Brandishing its Sept. 15 padlock, the NHL yesterday nonetheless emerged from collective bargaining negotiations accusing the strike-disavowing players' association of deliberately forcing a lockout. SHARAPOVA'S NO PHONE-Y: http://www.nypost.com/sports/19006.htm By MARC BERMAN Maria Sharapova's looks and sales pitch are currently sharper than her game. Sharapova signed her first major endorsement deal with Motorola yesterday, then attempted to paint herself as an ingenue entering Monday's U.S. Open. The 17-year-old, 6-foot blonde is just 3-3 since winning Wimbledon, a slump that included Tuesday's three-set loss to Mashona Washington in the Pilot Pen, the Open tune-up in New Haven. AZERI CONTINUES COMEBACK: http://www.nypost.com/sports/19012.htm By ED FOUNTAINE SARATOGA SPRINGS � Without a doubt, the most crowd-pleasing victory so far at this meet came when the 6-year-old mare Azeri, the 2002 Horse of the Year that many considered over the hill, snapped a three-race losing streak in the Aug. 1 Go For Wand Stakes, beating heavy favorite Sightseek by 13/4 lengths. NEXT TIME, 'BOOT' MAY BE SHOO-IN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/18984.htm By ED FOUNTAINE SARATOGA SPRINGS � Don Zimmer pinch hit for Joe Torre following yesterday's Union Avenue Stakes, leading Sugar Punch, Rick Dutrow Jr.-trained filly owned in part by Yankee skipper, into winner's circle. BATTLE SHAPING UP: http://www.nypost.com/sports/18990.htm By ED FOUNTAINE SARATOGA SPRINGS � Tomorrow's 135th running of the $1 million Travers Stakes (post time: 6:25 p.m.) at the Old Spa bears an eerie resemblance to last year's mile-and-a-quarter "Midsummer Derby." CARROLL'S TROJANS FAVORED FOR ANOTHER COLLEGE CROWN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/19015.htm By ANDREW MARCHAND The easy story is to say Pete Carroll has changed. He is a different coach from the one who was fired a decade ago by the Jets. But the reality is this: Carroll's circumstances are the ones that have been altered. 5 QUESTIONS FOR TED ROBINSON: http://www.nypost.com/sports/19017.htm This week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with Ted Robinson, the multi-sport broadcaster for NBC, USA and MSG/FSN. The 47-year-old Robinson spoke from Greece, where he is working his fourth Olympics. MARCHAND MATCHUP OF THE WEEK: LIVE VS. TAPE (WHAT'S THE BETTER WAY TO WATCH THE OLYMPICS?): http://www.nypost.com/sports/19018.htm After Paul Hamm fell in the all-around gymnastics competition, NBC's Al Trautwig and Tim Daggett basically said Hamm's chance at a medal was done. BATTMAN: EYES ON OSWALT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/battman.htm Battman lost with the Tigers last night to cut the bankroll to 1,540 gladdings. A-ROD BUSTS OUT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/19021.htm By GEORGE KING TORONTO � How big was it that Alex Rodriguez finally delivered a hit in the clutch last night? YANKS RADIO UP IN AIR: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/19016.htm By ANDREW MARCHAND With contracts up at the end of this season, the voices of Yankees radio (WCBS), John Sterling and Charley Steiner, said they expect to return. LOFTON HAS RIGHT STUFF FOR TORRE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/19022.htm By GEORGE KING TORONTO � Joe Torre said he wasn't ignoring George Steinbrenner's wishes that Kenny Lofton never play right field again after making an error there Aug. 9. Instead, Torre started Lofton in right last night against the Blue Jays in order to give Gary Sheffield's legs a night off on the unforgiving SkyDome turf. READ'EM & SWEEP: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/19005.htm By BRIAN LEWIS Art Howe talked more about spoiling than contending. Cliff Floyd sounded resigned to the fact the Mets are in an endless tunnel with no light at the end. In fact, their offensive funk is so deep that when Steve Trachsel lost his shutout in the fifth inning, yesterday's game seemed over. TALKS HEATING UP TO RE-SIGN BENSON: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/19011.htm By BRIAN LEWIS With Victor Zambrano hurt, all the Mets have to show for the slew of prospects they gave up at the deadline is Kris Benson. Now the question remains whether they'll have him to show next year, with contract talks just heating up for the 29-year-old right-hander. BIG BLUE'S SECONDARY FACES SCRUTINY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/19003.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ All the intense focus on the quarterback situation has allowed the struggles of the Giants' secondary to fly under the radar. KURT'S ON THE SPOT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/19001.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ There are, as Kurt Warner observes, "intangibles" involved in deciding on who starts at quarterback for the Giants in the Sept. 12 regular-season opener and beyond. NO MOSS, NO WAYNE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/18999.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO There is a growing concern among Jets' coaches and some players about the fact that receivers Santana Moss and Wayne Chrebet will enter the final preseason game, next Friday against the Eagles, without having played a down in the preseason. GIANT SCAR HASN'T FAZED CHAD: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/18998.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO Herman Edwards remembers the moment like it was an hour ago. Chad Pennington said he feels like it took place "a thousand years ago." RANGERS INK GOALIE WEEKES: http://www.nypost.com/sports/rangers/18986.htm He already has the flash wardrobe for Broadway. The Rangers need Kevin Weekes to look good in blue to solidify their goaltending � their biggest problem position. Gossip: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/gossip.htm : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm STARKS TAKES CURSE OFF HIS BIO By Richard Johnson FORMER New York Knicks guard John Starks has gotten his publisher to scrap all 15,000 copies of his ghost-written autobiography, "My Life," because it contains profanity offensive to the sensitive hoopster. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm HAMM TWINS TUMBLE INTO SHOW AT CASINO By Cindy Adams GYMNASTIC gold medallist Paul Hamm and brother Morgan got their first sleep since ascending Mount Olympus. The Letterman show flew them here business-class so they could actually stretch those aching limbs. The Greeks had a word for their flight into Athens. It's called steerage. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm A NEW TOY STORY By Liz Smith 'MY daughter reading poetry . . . in French." That's one of her favor ite sounds, Madonna tells Jane magazine. 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 HeadlineManhattan Republican Convention @ Madison Square Garden; Aug 30th - Sept 2ndThe Republican Convention will be in the city between August 30 and September 2nd at Madison Square Garden. The Convention will not be in session during rush hour and it has only one session during the day, on Monday from 10:00am to 1:00pm. The evening sessions will take place Monday through Thursday, from 8:30pm to 11:00pm. Street closures in the immediate vicinity of Madison Square Garden will begin on Sunday, August 29th and are as follows:West 31st to West 33rd Streets from 6th to 9th Avenues will be closed to vehicle traffic. Between 7th and 9th Avenues, pedestrians will need to have a business-related purpose to enter (like New Year's Eve in Times Square).West 32nd between 6th and 7th Avenue will be closed to vehicle traffic. It will become a Pedestrian Mall, providing access to Penn Station up through Penn Station's 7th Avenue entrance under the MSG marquee. People will be able to enter Penn Station through the entrance at 34th & 7th Avenue but not from 8th Avenue.7th Avenue will be closed from 42nd to 29th Streets during the 13 hours when the convention is in session. At other times, at least one lane will be open in the MSG area and all lanes will be open elsewhere.8th Avenue will be closed during the convention hours from 23rd to 34th Streets. Since 31st Street at 8th Avenue will be a designated protest area, additional lane or avenue closures are likely south of that point at other times during the week.The MTA will be re-routing bus service on both 7th and 8th Avenues. metrocommute Special EventNassau County American Idols Live @ Nassau Coliseum @ 7PMPop Tarts Presents: !American Idols Live! at the Nassau Coliseum. Tuesday, Aug 31, 2004 at 7pm. Expect some extra traffic on the Long Island Expressway, Southern State Parkway, Northern State Parkway, Meadowbrook Parkway and NY 24 Hempstead Turnpike, starting around 5pm before event and again after starting at 11pm.*Please arrive early due to new security measures. Manhattan Manhattan Festivals and FairsFestivals & Fairs in ManhattanFormation: 14th Street to 23rd Street; between 6th Avenue and 8th Avenue.March: North on 7th Avenue to 34th Street; West on 34th Street to the West Side Highway; South on the West Side Highway to Reade Street and the West Side Highway.Stage/Event Stage to be set up on West Side Highway at Reade Street-Chambers Street; both Northbound and Southbound lanes to be shut down.The above streets will be closed Sunday from 11am to 6pm for the United For Peace and Justice Queens Queens Fairs, Festivals & EventsQueens Festivals & FairsMerrick Boulevard between 225th Street and Francis Lewis Boulevard: This street will be closed Saturday from 10am to 7pm for the Federated Blocks of Laurelton Family Day. Manhattan 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. Brooklyn Brooklyn Fairs & FestivalsBrooklyn Fairs & Festivals18th Avenue between 67th Street and Bay Ridge Parkway: This street will be closed from August 19th through August 29th, for the Santa Rosalia Feast New Jersey New York Jets vs. New York Giants @ Giants Stadium @ 6PMNew York Jets vs. New York Giants at Giants Stadium starting at 7PM, Aug 27. Look for heavy traffic to build on the western spur of the NJ Turnpike, Route 3, Route 17, and Route 120, starting around 4 PM. Look for lots of extra traffic and delays when the game ends at about 10 PM. Please allow extra travel time due to new security procedures at the stadium parking lots and stadium entrances. Manhattan New York Liberty @ Radio City Music HallNew York Liberty will be taken on the:Charlotte Sting on 9/2Connecticut Sun on 9/10San Antonio Starzz on 9/12at the Radio City Music Hall. Expect very heavy traffic on 7th Ave., 8th Ave., and in the west 30s and 40's, especially 2 hours before and after the event.*Please arrive really early due to new security checks* Business News: http://web1.nypost.com/business/business.htm : http://www.nypost.com/business/27579.htm KRISPY KREME DISCOVERS BIG HOLE IN PROFITS By SUZANNE KAPNER Krispy Kreme Doughnuts yesterday reported sharply lower profits and reduced its sales forecast for the remainder of the year, further signs that a rapid expansion has gone awry and its sugary-sweet pastries have become taboo for a growing number of Americans following low-carbohydrate diets. UBS EYES SCHWAB: http://www.nypost.com/business/27584.htm By ERICA COPULSKY and JENNY ANDERSON UBS AG is nearing a deal to buy Charles Schwab Corp.'s institutional research and trading unit for as much as $300 million, The Post has learned. $4.6B TAX WINDFALL FOR VIVENDI: http://www.nypost.com/business/27572.htm By TIM ARANGO After months of negotiations with French tax authorities, Vivendi Universal will reap a $4.6 billion tax windfall. STAR SEARCH CROSSES POND: http://www.nypost.com/business/kelly.htm By KEITH J. KELLY AMERICAN Media CEO David Pecker is scouring Fleet Street for top editors and reporters for his supermarket tabloid. REPORT SAYS VIDEO GAMERS DON'T WATCH TV: http://www.nypost.com/business/27573.htm By HOLLY M. SANDERS Video games are pulling people away from the tube, according to a report that could spur renewed debate about the television viewing habits of young men. COO HAHN LEAVING STUDIO: http://www.nypost.com/business/27575.htm By TIM ARANGO DreamWorks SKG's chief operating officer Helene Hahn said yesterday she is leaving her post. NEWSDAY JUDGE TO PARTIES: ETTLE: http://www.nypost.com/business/27580.htm By HOLLY M. SANDERS A federal judge has demanded that Newsday and a lawyer for about 60 car dealers suing the paper over its ad rates head back into settlement talks. CLINTON TO GET LUXURY HIGH-RISE: http://www.nypost.com/business/27562.htm By LOIS WEISS The group that just spent $675 million on the Plaza Hotel has scooped up the mid-block SIR Studios site for $43 million, where it intends to construct the first high-rise luxury condos in Clinton. DEUTSCHE, WEISEL SETTLE FOR $100M: http://www.nypost.com/business/27578.htm By JENNY ANDERSON Deutsche Bank and Thomas Weisel Partners, the two lone holdouts from Wall Street's massive global settlement, agreed to fork over $100 million to settle regulators' allegations that they used stock research as a tool to win lucrative investment banking business. KIDS' VIDEO WARS RATTLE INDUSTRY: http://www.nypost.com/business/27554.htm By JENNIFER GOULD KEIL A battle of the kiddie videos has broken out as Nick Jr. and Baby Einstein invade each other's turf to get a bigger piece of the booming market. FUND EXEC IN SCANDAL RESIGNS UNDER FIRE: http://www.nypost.com/business/27582.htm By JENNY ANDERSON Well-known mutual fund manager Garrett Van Wagoner was barred from serving as a fund director or officer for seven years after the Securities and Exchange Commission alleged that he and his company duped investors about the value of his funds. Real Estate: http://web1.nypost.com/realestate/index.htm BUY-COASTAL TWINS: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/18887.htm BY BRADEN KEIL There are apparently no student-housing problems for NYU freshmen Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The thin twins have not only added more square footage to their as-yet unfinished penthouse apartment at Morton Square, they're now also buying a home for the holidays in California. NEW LOAN PRODUCTS GIVE BUYERS PLENTY OF OPTIONS: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/18881.htm By JENNIFER ROBISON After Alice London inherited two apartments at 2 Fifth Ave. five years ago, she took out a $400,000 loan to buy a third apartment next door. London combined the properties to create a three-bedroom, 3,200-square-foot haven with 3,000 square feet of outdoor terrace - and a mountain of equity. THERE'S A MANSION ON EVERY STREET IN JERSEY'S FANCIEST SUBURB, WHERE A 2-ACRE LOT IS $1.5M: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/18886.htm By DAKOTA SMITH ONE thing you see a lot of in Saddle River, N.J.: small homes being torn down to make way for large homes. On what seems like every street, European-style manors, sprawling Colonials and huge Tudors have replaced the tiny houses that once dominated this Bergen County town. HOUSES FOR SALE: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/18882.htm Midtown West $649,000The brochure for this renovated 900-square-foot corner one-bedroom loft has this to say about the apartment with 14 windows: "It's so sunny it hurts." Add to that a south-facing private patio with open views, and the pain becomes simply unbearable. ... Don't even get us started on the shiny new kitchen appliances. Agent: Fredrik Eklund, JC DeNiro & Associates; (212) 229-0231. DREAM HOMES: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/18885.htm East Hampton, L.I. $34.4 millionIn the Hamptons, this is what they call a bulk discount: For just a little more than the current payroll of the Cleveland Indians, you get not one, not two, but five separate, adjoining lots, ranging in size from 1 acre to 2.5 acres, all with beach access. But wait, there's more: One of the lots even includes two buildings - a 5,600-square-foot, four-bedroom main house, plus a slightly smaller guesthouse. Each house has its own pool and spa and separate gated entry. It should be noted that each lot in this do-it-yourself compound may be purchased separately - but is that any way to save money? Agents: Enzo Morabito and Jeanne Anderson, Prudential Douglas Elliman, (631) 765-5005, ext. 204 and (631) 329-9400, ext. 210. JUST SOLD!: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/18883.htm CHELSEA $1,360,000 324 W. 23rd St. Two-bedroom, 21/2-bath duplex condo, 1,455 square feet, with 1,000-square-foot terrace, hardwood floors, renovated bath, office and central a/c; building features part-time doorman, elevator and laundry. Common charges $1,303, taxes $701. Asking price $1,360,000, on market two weeks. (Brokers: Nancy Love, the Corcoran Group and JoAnn Schwimmer, Citi Habitats) Entertainment: http://web1.nypost.com/entertainment/entertainment.htm IT'S SPREE LOVE: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/27556.htm By DAN AQUILANTE IN pastel choir robes and shoulder-length, center-parted hair, Dallas' Polyphonic Spree presented their strange power-pop with "Godspell" passion at Irving Plaza Wednesday. HERC'S LAFFER: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/27571.htm HERCULES wants to put a little laughter in his life � and yours. THE STARR REPORT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/27553.htm By MICHAEL STARR Just shut up already: So are we supposed to feel sorry for Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nic ole Richie and Hilary Duff because they can't shop in peace? FORSOOTH, SUSANNAH SHINES: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/27555.htm By FRANK SCHECK BRITISH actress Susannah York is perhaps best known for her mes merizing turn as a schizophrenic in the film "Images," and she brings the same kind of intensity to this one-woman performance of Shakespearean monologues. ANOTHER DYNASTY: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/27574.htm By DON KAPLAN ABC News is quietly gun ning to launch what would be the newest kind of cable channel on the block � a heavy blend of local and national news. YET ANOTHER HONOR FOR OPRAH: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/27576.htm By MICHAEL STARR IS there nothing Oprah can't do? Daytime talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, who's already the richest woman in TV, with the top-rated daytime talk show, is now being honored by the United Nations with its Global Leadership Award. STARS COME OUT FOR 'LATE LATE' FAREWELL: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/27565.htm By DON KAPLAN IT'S curtains for Craig gers. Craig Kilborn will sign off of "The Late Late Show" after five years in the host seat at the end of tonight's episode. DISHING ON THE SILVER SPOON SET: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/27570.htm By LINDA STASI ON Sunday night, MSNBC premieres an hour-long documentary with the two-hour title "Brian Williams Reports � George Bush: The Father's Footsteps." Movie Reviews: http://web1.nypost.com/movies/movies.htm GALLO'S HUMOR: http://www.nypost.com/movies/27585.htm By V.A. MUSETTO THE BROWN BUNNY THERE'S more to "The Brown Bunny" than oral sex. Yes, the much-talked-about movie does climax with Vincent Gallo being serviced by Chloe Sevigny. But the graphic scene serves an artistic purpose, just as the film's other 90 or so minutes do. 'HERO' WORSHIP: http://www.nypost.com/movies/27566.htm By V.A. MUSETTO HEROLONG available on DVD, the 2002 Chi nese martial-arts thriller "Hero" makes its belated big-screen debut today. 'CHOOCH' CHEWS: http://www.nypost.com/movies/27569.htm By LOU LUMENICK CHOOCH 'CHOOCH" � a virtu ally unwatchable alleged comedy about two supposedly lovable Italian-American screw-ups from the Corona Heights section of Queens � is the sort of vanity project that gives amateurs a bad name. KERRY'S BAND OF 'BROTHERS': http://www.nypost.com/movies/27564.htm By LOU LUMENICK BROTHERS IN ARMS THOUGH it doesn't mention the current controversy over ads attacking John Kerry's war record, "Brothers in Arms," a new documentary on Kerry in Vietnam that is being rushed into theaters today, is certainly timely � if little more than an infomercial for the candidate. 'ZERO' THRILL: http://www.nypost.com/movies/27567.htm By LOU LUMENICK SUSPECT ZEROTHE clich�d and pre dictable "Suspect Zero" is the latest evidence that Holly wood has run the se rial-killer thriller into the ground through overuse � the same way it earlier exhausted, say, buddy action-comedies. THIS HITS THE 'BABY' BOTTOM: http://www.nypost.com/movies/27568.htm By LOU LUMENICK SUPERBABIES: BABY GENIUSES 2'SUPERBABIES: Baby Geniuses 2" is spectacu larly awful, way worse than you'd expect from a supposed family film being dumped into Hollywood's version of the Bermuda Triangle: a late-August release by a studio (Columbia) resorting to an alias (Triumph). SOLID POLITICAL DOC GIVES KARL LOW MARKS: http://www.nypost.com/movies/27560.htm By LOU LUMENICK BUSH'S BRAIN'BUSH'S Brain," a highly critical profile of pres idential adviser Karl Rove, is one of the better political documentaries flooding into theaters after "Fahrenheit 9/11" and before the election. IT'S SNAKE OIL: http://www.nypost.com/movies/27561.htm By MEGAN LEHMANN ANACONDAS: THE HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHIDWHY anyone felt the need to film a sequel to 1997's mediocre "Anaconda" � best known for Jennifer Lopez's hilariously earn est performance � is a mystery. IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE: http://www.nypost.com/movies/27426.htm By V.A. MUSETTO THIS AIN'T NO HEARTLAND ANDREAS Horvath, a filmmaker in Austria, took his video camera to America's rural Midwest to sample opinion on the war in Iraq. 'LEAVES' OF CLASS: http://www.nypost.com/movies/27423.htm By LOU LUMENICK A Harvard professor who created a new standard in personal documentaries with the wry, self-deprecating and intensely personal "Sherman's March" (1986), McElwee could have easily turned his new film into a full-blown attack on the tobacco industry headquartered in his native state, North Carolina. Lifestyle: http://web1.nypost.com/living/living.htm HAMPTONS DIARY: http://www.nypost.com/living/29415.htm WHILE local Dem ocrats were sloshing around in the mud to support John Kerry at Alan and Susan Patricof's home in East Hampton on Saturday, Republican bigwigs attended a drier dinner at Carroll Petrie's Southampton home, held in honor of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Lottery Results: http://web1.nypost.com/lottery/lottery.htm NEW YORK Midday Numbers Thu.: 841 Midday Win-4 Thu.: 3375 Evening Numbers Thu.: 941 Evening Win-4 Thu.: 9833 Pick-10 Thu.: 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 21, 27, 31, 33, 43, 44, 49, 65, 66, 67, 71, 74, 75, 76, 79 Take-5 Thu.: 6, 8, 24, 27, 32 OAS_AD('Middle'); //--> NEW JERSEY Pick-3 Thu.: 946; Pick-4 Thu.: 9976 Cash-5 Thu.: 9, 16, 25, 31, 39 Pick-6 Thu.: 8, 10, 27, 28, 34, 44 CONNECTICUT Play-3 Thu.: 109; Play-4 Thu.: 5517 Cash-5 Thu.: 2, 21, 22, 23, 31 Opinion: http://web1.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/opedcolumnists.htm BLAME REACHES TO THE PENTAGON'S TOP: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/27549.htm By RALPH PETERS WHAT went wrong at Abu Ghraib prison? Two reports released this week agree: Woefully deficient planning for post-war Iraq, too few troops and inadequate leadership at the top. DEM DOUBLE STANDARD: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/27548.htm By ARNOLD AHLERT I'M sure John Kerry must have de manded that the Democratic Party condemn Michael Moore and "Fahrenheit 911" for attacking President Bush. Celebrity Photos: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/celebp/index.htm : http://www.nypost.com/gossip/celebp/08232004/photo01.htm August 23rd:Celeb Photos: Reese Witherspoon, Jenna Jameson, and more...: http://www.nypost.com/gossip/celebp/08232004/photo01.htm Movie News: http://web1.nypost.com/entertainment/movies/news/news.htm News, Aug. 26: Guy Ritchie's Corvette Ad Pulled, Dave Matthews Band May Face Criminal Charges, Danny Glover Arrested in Protest, Guylaine Cadorette -- Hollywood.com Staff Corvette ad not a gas for Guy Ritchie Is director Guy Ritchie, aka Madonna's husband, encouraging devious behavior in children? Safety groups seem to think so--at least when it comes to Ritchie's latest endeavor: his innovative Corvette ad General Motors Corp. 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