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Good morning, nelayan! Regional News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm CIPEL NIXES LAWSUIT AGAINST MCGREEVEY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29698.htm By JEANE MacINTOSH and ANDY GELLER Golan Cipel won't file a sexual-harassment suit against New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, his lawyers said yesterday � but the Israeli still insists he is the wronged victim of unwanted advances. FIRE-DRAGON PROTESTER BURNED BY 200G BAIL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29649.htm By LAURA ITALIANO A judge yesterday threw the book at a protester arrested for setting fire to a papier-mach� dragon near the Garden during the protest march on Sunday. UNLAWFUL MARCHERS HURT COP: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29695.htm By HASANI GITTENS and MATTHEW SWEENEY A cop was in serious condition with head injuries today after he was knocked off his scooter and stomped by protestors at an illegal march, police said. EX-DEM BLOOMY EARNS HIS GOP STRIPES: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29654.htm Former Democrat Mayor Bloomberg yesterday welcomed Republicans to their convention, removing any doubt about where his political allegiances lie. He threw his support behind President Bush and thanked the GOP for aiding New York in the wake of 9/11. CHANGES JOLT JERSEY JAUNT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29687.htm David Curnow's commute from Morristown, N.J., into Midtown started out a bit rocky yesterday. ISLAND-HOPPING NIGHTMARE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29694.htm The ride into Penn Station on the Long Island Rail Road yesterday proved to be a headache. PAIN IN THE TRAIN: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29708.htm By JEANE MacINTOSH and CLEMENTE LISI An unattended package on an NJ Transit train in Hoboken wreaked havoc on the evening commute for thousands of riders on a day when commuters experienced a smooth ride into Penn Station, despite extra security on the rails and traffic restrictions on the streets. BUFFED WIVES HIT THE NAIL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29652.htm Talk about polished GOPers. More than 60 wives of federal and state lawmakers, as well as a few convention delegates, were off and running early yesterday to the posh Exhale spa at Madison Avenue near 77th Street for a freebie event dubbed "Manicures and Muffins." GOV WALKS INTO ROOM OF GLOOM AND DOOM: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29669.htm By FREDRIC U. DICKER IT was anything but a stellar opening yester day as Gov. Pataki was greeted at the New York delegation breakfast with several empty tables and only polite applause. EASY TO $WALLOW: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29704.htm By MARSHA KRANES Veteran restaurateur Georges Briguet considered closing Le Perigord this week because of the demonstrations, the terrorist warnings and the street closings � but he opted to stay open, and he's delighted he did. KID SEEKS FIERY REVENGE: COPS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29711.htm By JOHN DOYLE A teen whose mother had thrown him out of their home after an argument almost killed four relatives � including a 2-year-old cousin � after setting a fire yesterday, police sources said. OLD MAN KILLED WITH HIS CANE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29719.htm An argument between two acquaintances ended in bloodshed yesterday when one of them, a man in his 70s, was bludgeoned to death with his own cane in Queens, police sources said. MAN SHOT DEAD PLAYING CARDS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29724.htm Gunmen fired more than a dozen shots at three people playing cards outside a Harlem housing development yesterday, killing one of them. CARWASH IS THUG'S FINAL HEIST: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29726.htm By JOHN DOYLE and LARRY CELONA An 18-year-old thug, recently released from a South Carolina jail after doing time for setting a man ablaze, was shot dead by Brooklyn cops early yesterday when he fired at them during a botched bid to rob carwash workers of $37, police and witnesses said. BUST SPURS 'RIOT': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29650.htm By MARK BULLIET and ZACH HABERMAN A near-riot broke out between cops and neighborhood residents of an upper Manhattan street last night after witnesses said an officer beat a handcuffed man. TENNIS FANS BEEF ABOUT FOOD PRICES: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29689.htm By BRADEN KEIL The real feeding frenzy at the U.S. Open is the annual one about the high prices at the tennis center's food court. RIKERS DALI THIEF 'FESSES UP: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29705.htm A correction officer pleaded guilty yesterday to his role in the theft of a $250,000 Salvador Dali painting from Rikers Island jail, prosecutors said. HAMPTONS DIARY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29727.htm SINGER Paul Simon appeared as the special guest Sun day at an impromptu Amagansett charity concert for local chef Sean Rafferty, who was diagnosed with a bladder tumor two weeks ago. ARREST IN DOG-EAT-DOG TRAGEDY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/29699.htm A Harlem man was arrested yesterday for allegedly abandoning his two dogs in his apartment � where one apparently ate the other. National News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm HEART DISEASE IS AN EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY KILLER: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29716.htm By CAROLYN ABRAHAM A landmark study has found that the causes of heart disease are the same in all people, regardless of age, sex, color, culture or where they live. DURST SUES KIN: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29715.htm By ANDY GELLER Cross-dressing millionaire Robert Durst sued a brother and a cousin yesterday, saying they were trying to prevent him from leaving family assets to his wife � whom he married on the lam. RE-ELECTING BUSH IS DEBT AMERICANS OWE VICTIMS OF 9/11: RUDY: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29653.htm By DAVID SEIFMAN President Bush must be re-elected because the nation owes it to the victims of 9/11 to continue his unrelenting war on terrorism, Rudy Giuliani declared last night. MCCAIN: MOORE'S CELLULOID ZERO: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29659.htm By VINCENT MORRIS Sen. John McCain ripped renegade filmmaker Michael Moore last night, prompting thousands of Republican convention-goers to boo Moore loudly as he shrugged off the insult by displaying an "L" for loser hand symbol. SECURITY SCARE FOR CHENEY: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29725.htm Secret Service agents last night hauled away a man who got too close to Vice President Dick Cheney in a VIP area at Madison Square Garden. WARTIME PRESIDENT RALLIES HIS HOME FRONT: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29679.htm By DEBORAH ORIN NASHUA, N.H. � At a town-hall huddle full of military families with loved ones in Iraq, President Bush yesterday vowed to cheers, "We'll complete the mission." VETS' AD GOES HEAVY 'MEDAL': http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29670.htm By DEBORAH ORIN EXCLUSIVE Vietnam veterans against John Kerry today are launching a new TV ad that shows the Democrat renouncing his war medals � timed to zing Kerry just before he speaks to vets tomorrow at the American Legion convention. MR. 'RIGHT' FOR A NIGHT: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29691.htm By DAREH GREGORIAN Who says New Yorkers don't love Republicans? Big Apple residents have taken to the Internet with all sorts of offers for GOP conventioneers, including invitations for dinner, drinks, a tour of the town � and plenty of opportunities to make love, not war. NEW POLL: BUSH AHEAD OF KERRY IN FLA. & TIED NATIONWIDE: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29710.htm By ANDY SOLTIS President Bush has turned the race around in Florida, where he leads John Kerry by 48 percent to 46 percent, according to a new poll. DEMS' MUTED 9/11 BARB: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29673.htm Democrats warned President Bush yesterday against using 9/11 to help him get re-elected � though the criticism was far more muted than it was earlier this summer. ABUSER LYNNDIE HAD 'GOOD TIME': http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29696.htm FORT BRAGG, N.C. � Pfc. Lynndie England stomped on fingers and toes and appeared to be having a good time as she ridiculed naked, hooded Iraqi detainees while others took photographs at the Abu Ghraib prison, a fellow soldier testified yesterday. BOTHER-IN-LAW: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29730.htm By HOWARD BREUER REDWOOD CITY, Calif. � Laci Peterson's angry brother confronted his beloved sister's cheating hubby, Scott, over the phone soon after Laci vanished, demanding to know about Scott's torrid affair with a masseuse, court transcripts revealed yesterday. WILLIE RESIGNS AMID RAPE SUIT: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29731.htm CHICAGO � William Kennedy Smith said yesterday he has resigned from the humanitarian group he founded, while he fights rape allegations leveled by a former employee. 2 CHEERS AS HOSP SPRINGS MIRACLE TWINS: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29683.htm By CARL CAMPANILE They came in the hospital as one and left yesterday as two. That's the heart-warming story of the 2-year-old twins, Carl and Clarence Aguirre, who were joined at the head before they were separated less than four weeks ago in a series of groundbreaking operations. I STUNG JUDGE: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29707.htm By DENISE BUFFA A blond bombshell whose amateur sleuthing helped crack a corruption case against the judge handling the custody of her kids, told jurors yesterday how a businessman's boasts of having the jurist in his pocket prompted her to call authorities. THE KOBE QUIZ: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29674.htm By BARRY BORTNICK EAGLE, Colo. � Questions about race, police, sexual assault and basketball dominate an 82-item questionnaire filled out by potential members of Kobe Bryant's rape jury. BIZARRE CRASH-DECAPITATION HORROR: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/29718.htm MARIETTA, Ga. � A drunken driver sideswiped a telephone-pole support wire, decapitating his best friend who was hanging out the window, cops say. World News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm ISRAELI GOVERNMENT DENIES SPYING ON UNITED STATES: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/29681.htm WASHINGTON � The Israeli government acknowledged yesterday that one of its diplomats met with a Pentagon analyst under investigation for espionage � but denied charges of spying on the United States. FAST GAZA WITHDRAWAL NIXED: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/29682.htm By ANDY SOLTIS Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday tried to speed up the withdrawal of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip, but was blocked by his top ministers. REBEL SHEIK ORDERS END TO FIGHTING: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/29676.htm BAGHDAD � Rebel Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has told his militia to end attacks on U.S. and Iraqi government forces, aides said yesterday. UPSTATE SOLDIER DIES AS TRUCK HITS LAND MINE: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/29677.htm An Army reservist from upstate who had just arrived in Iraq was killed Friday when the truck he was driving hit a land mine, the Army confirmed yesterday. FRENCH HOSTAGE DRAMA: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/29701.htm By ELAINE GANLEY PARIS � A French journalist being held hostage along with a colleague in Iraq called on French President Jacques Chirac to save their lives by giving in to militants' demand to rescind a head-scarf ban, according to a video shown yesterday. AIR-CRASH SUSPECTS WERE PALS: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/29729.htm By NILES LATHEM WASHINGTON � Two Chechen women suspected of the near-simultaneous blowing up two Russian airliners were roommates who worked together in a market � and who both had brothers who disappeared during the bloody Chechen civil war, it was revealed yesterday. All Horoscopes: http://web1.nypost.com/cgi-bin/horoscope.pl ARIES If you put others' needs ahead of your own today, you will more than make up for it later when the roles are reversed and it is you who needs a favor of some kind. Also, if a much younger or much older family member comes to you for advice, try seeing things from his point of view before laying down the law. 1-900-990-7810* TAURUS This will be one of those days when you find it rather hard to communicate. Although you know what it is you want to say, the words just don't seem to come out the way that you intended, if they come out at all. Perhaps you should take the cosmic hint and save it for another day. Sometimes silence is the best way to get your point across. 1-900-990-7811* GEMINI You will be lucky with cash today, but as Saturn, the taskmaster of the zodiac, is moving through the money angle of your chart, you may find it hard to hold on to your gains for any length of time. If you cannot resist the urge to spend, spend, spend, make sure you buy things that come with a no-questions-asked, money-back guarantee. 1-900-990-7812* CANCER You may need to do some work on your self-image today, especially if you are one of those Crabs who seems to believe that no one could love a shy, introverted person like you. How others see you is largely a matter of how you choose to see yourself, and the fact is, there is a lot in the Cancerian nature that is admirable and lovable. 1-900-990-7813* LEO It may not be your way to shun the limelight and the adoration that goes with it, but you need to spend some time alone to think through your plans and come to terms with your feelings. Today's planetary setup will make that quite easy to do, so find yourself a private place away from the crowd and get to know yourself better. 1-900-990-7814* VIRGO If you make friends with someone today, you will be friends for life. Planetary activity in the area of your chart that governs your opinions and beliefs will bring you into contact with someone who looks at the world the same way as you and you will instantly hit it off. Just be careful you do not encourage each others' prejudices. 1-900-990-7815* LIBRA The most important thing today is that you stay cool and refuse to let the pressure get to you. Employers and other authority figures will pile a lot of work on you over the next 24 hours and there may be times when you doubt that you are up to the job - but you are, so don't let feelings of inadequacy take a hold on your mind. 1-900-990-7816* SCORPIO You may want to set yourself new targets, maybe even move to a new working or living environment, but the planets indicate this is not the right time to make changes. The danger today is that you will let others persuade you that it is time to move on. It isn't, so don't let their sweet talk fool you - it's for their benefit, not yours. 1-900-990-7817* SAGITTARIUS You may find it hard to be ruthless today, but what happens over the next 24 hours will leave you no choice. Where money matters and business issues are concerned, you must think only of the bottom line and not let personal feelings get in the way of what has to be done. There is a lot more at stake than friendships and past associations. 1-900-990-7818* CAPRICORN This is one of those days when you should sit back and let others guide you. You may not much enjoy being in the back seat, but planetary activity in your opposite sign of Capricorn means you have no choice in the matter. It also means you have nothing to fear - one way or another, you'll get where you are supposed to go. 1-900-990-7819* AQUARIUS Stop worrying so much about the little things that are going wrong in your life because the big things are still going right and will continue to go right, no matter what happens over the next two or three days. If others want to run around like chickens minus their heads, that's up to them - you must stay calm and serene. 1-900-990-7808* PISCES Venus, planet of emotional and material values, close to Saturn in the most creative and dynamic area of your chart, will make you quietly confident that you are on the right track. Others may say that you have bitten off more than you can chew, but you are aware of your limits and know that you are not close to them yet. Your best is still to come. 1-900-990-7809* Sports News: http://web1.nypost.com/sports/sports.shtml RACE IS ON AGAIN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/27808.htm By GEORGE KING Spin it any way you want. Convince yourself the Yankees are in the midst of a colossal collapse and on the verge of being shut out of the postseason. Or calm your nerves by pointing to the Red Sox facing Anaheim, Texas and Oakland while the Yankees feast on Cleveland, Baltimore and Tampa Bay. No matter which way you look at it, the Red Sox are back in the AL East hunt and no longer relegated to a battle for the Wild Card entrance into the postseason. DAMNED YANKEES & DARN SOX: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/yankssox.jpg In the past two weeks, the Yankees have seen their once-hefty 10�-game lead over the Boston Red Sox sliced to only 4� games, thanks to Boston roaring to a 12-2 mark while the Yankees have gone 6-8. Here's who has been hot - and not - through that fortnight, and how the two teams' fortunes have gone in opposite directions. NHL POSITION: OUR WAY OR HIGHWAY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/27797.htm MONTREAL � Say I offer you a dollar bill in exchange for that piece of candy in your hand. You say no. So then I offer 100 pennies. And then 10 dimes. And then 20 nickels. And then, feigning exasperation at your obstinacy, I finally tender a bid of four quarters. And I announce to the world that you don't want to make a deal with me and the proof is that I've made five different offers and you've said "no" to each and every one of them. THEY PULLED IT OFF: http://www.nypost.com/sports/27798.htm ATHENS � The guy kept pushing these turtles on us, spooky little critters that look like they were made in a remedial arts and crafts class. We were sitting at our cafe table for hours, because it takes half the night to eat dinner, and the guy wouldn't give up. BATTMAN: TRACH MEET: http://www.nypost.com/sports/battman.htm Battman won with the Tigers last night to increase the bankroll to 1,550 fosters. PLETCHER, VELAZQUEZ TEAM FOR FIVE MORE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/27799.htm By ED FOUNTAINE SARATOGA SPRINGS � What an easy game! To make a killing yesterday at the Old Spa, all you had to do was notice that Todd Pletcher is running away with the training title, John Velazquez is doing the same in the jockeys' race, then bet every horse that Pletcher saddled and Velazquez rode. AGASSI STRUGGLES EARLY, BUT SURVIVES: http://www.nypost.com/sports/27809.htm By MARC BERMAN and BRIAN LEWIS On the night Todd Martin retired from tennis, Andre Agassi, who may be playing his last U.S. Open, carried on, despite a first-set scare from young American Robby Ginepri. RUNNIN' & GUNNIN': http://www.nypost.com/sports/27802.htm By MARK EVERSON MONTREAL � The World Cup of Hockey began yesterday, but it opens up tonight. HURRICANE JENNY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/27806.htm By BRIAN LEWIS Jennifer Capriati joked about wishing Hurricane Charlie had swept past her Florida home, just because after all these years in the Sunshine State, she'd never seen a hurricane. PAPA WILLIAMS: 'WE'RE GOING TO WIN': http://www.nypost.com/sports/27804.htm By MARC BERMAN Not only are the Williams sisters back at the U.S. Open but so is their father, Richard Williams, chomping on his trademark brown cigarillo, and weaving guarantees among his metaphors with the dexterity of Muhammad Ali. BOOT-IFUL START: http://www.nypost.com/sports/27807.htm By MARC BERMAN Only Serena Williams could get away this one. Serena said she has more risqu� outfits to debut at this U.S. Open other than last night's denim biker look, but it will be hard to top. Especially if she keeps wearing the knee-high black boots (actually covers for her black tennis shoes) that she danced in during warm-ups. REHABBING JASON BACK IN NEW YORK: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/27815.htm By GEORGE KING Jason Giambi has left Tampa and is on his way to New York where he will likely continue his comeback from a benign tumor that has kept him out since July 23. CALLUP LATEST VICTIM: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/27811.htm By MARK HALE It was almost as if Heath Bell got baptized last night. Get promoted, serve up a lead, take the loss, officially join the Mets. PIAZZA TELLS METS: SPELL OUT MY ROLE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/27813.htm By MARK HALE Mike Piazza doesn't care what position he plays, so he's preparing for both catcher and first base. But he would like the Mets to decide where they want him to play and let him know. WRIGHT LIVES UP TO THE HYPE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/27814.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY David Wright's homers should henceforth be called "silver bullets." While the Mets continue their wretched play, the rookie third baseman remains one of the team's few silver linings. METS HEDGING ON BENSON: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/27810.htm By MARK HALE It may not be so safe to assume the Mets will re-sign Kris Benson. In an interesting twist, an industry source told The Post that despite speculation to the contrary, the Mets are not necessarily committed to signing Benson to a contract extension. Instead, the team could pass on the talented 30-year-old right-hander as long as that money is allocated for one of this offseason's other premier free agent pitchers. SHOCK FOR THE SYSTEM: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/27800.htm By DAN MARTIN Kurt Warner has barely even been on the same field with Jeremy Shockey since signing with the Giants, but roughly 24 hours after learning he would be the starter, Warner was already looking forward to building a rapport with the tight end. COACH CALLS OUT OL: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/27812.htm By DAN MARTIN The Giants' offensive line looked shaky in the loss to Friday's 17-10 loss to the Jets, and coach Tom Coughlin again challenged the unit yesterday. QUICK STUDY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/27803.htm By DAVE CURTIS Perhaps the only man who wasn't surprised by fifth-round draft pick Erik Coleman's tremendous training camp laughs at the other end of the phone. MICKENS IS LIKELY OUT FOR OPENER: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/27801.htm By DAVE CURTIS Ray Mickens fiddled with the wrap on his leg, a frown on his face as he echoed the thoughts of his head coach. Gossip: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/gossip.htm : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm DROWNING MARS VMA BASHES By Richard Johnson : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm N.Y.'S UNDER LOCK-DOWN TO PROTECT VISITING GOP By Cindy Adams TO ANCIENT Dutch it was Nieuw Amsterdam. To modern civilization it's New York. To us walking the city it's Stalag 17. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm IT'S THE LION'S SHARE 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 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 DelayNew Jersey GB TO SI OKGoethals Bridge to Staten Island has no delays Staten Island GB TO NJ OKGoethals Bridge to New Jersey has no delays New Jersey LT TO MAN 5 min delaysLincoln Tunnel to Manhattan has 5 min delays Manhattan LT TO NJ OKLincoln Tunnel to New Jersey has no delays Manhattan GWB TO NJ OKGeorge Washington Bridge to New Jersey has no delays Manhattan HT TO NJ OKHolland Tunnel to New Jersey has no delays 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. Queens Marlins vs Mets @ Shea StadiumThe Florida Marlins take on the New York Mets at Shea Stadium. Expect some extra delays on the Grand Central Parkway, the Van Wyck Expressway, the Long Island Expressway, the Whitestone Bridge, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Cross Island Parkway and the Triborough Bridge after about 2 hours before the game, and after the game at about. Remember to allow extra time, due to new security procedures at the Stadium and on the East River bridges, and new restrictions at the ballpark parking lots. You can also take the train or the MTA LIRR Port Washington Branch to the Shea Stadium stop. Game could be delayed or postponed due to weather.: http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/lirr/html/ttn/p.htm 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. Bronx Yankees vs Indians @ Yankee StadiumThe New York Yankees take on the Cleveland Indians. Expect very heavy delays on the Major Deegan, Cross Bronx Expressways, Harlem River Drive, Willis Avenue Bridge, George Washington Bridge, Triboro Bridge, Throgs Neck Bridge, Whitestone Bridge, Lincoln and Holland Tunnels starting at about 2 hours before and, then again, after the game. It's an especially good time to consider using the , or trains to the Stadium. 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/29697.htm $PENDING DAYS By HOLLY M. SANDERS The American shopper is back. U.S. consumers, whose free-spending ways have been carrying the economy, boosted their spending in July, rebounding from last month and raising hopes that the summer doldrums are over. The gain of 0.8 percent stood in stark contrast to the 0.2 percent decline in June, when skyrocketing energy prices and a sluggish job market made buyers more cautious. VANGUARD ATTACKS 30% OF BOARD MEMBERS: http://www.nypost.com/business/29709.htm By JENNY ANDERSON Vanguard Group, the second-largest mutual-fund company behind Fidelity Investments, challenged the nominations of board members in more than half the companies in its massive portfolio last year. ANGEL SOFT FLUSHING TOUR IS PENN STATION ATTRACTION: http://www.nypost.com/business/29657.htm By JOHN CRUDELE IN honor of all the Re publicans in town, I'd like to dedicate this column to some convention-al, as well as un-convention-al, company and financial news. STOCKS, DOLLAR, OIL END LOWER: http://www.nypost.com/business/29700.htm U.S. stocks fell in the second slowest trading this year as the Republican National Convention got under way in New York, prompting many traders to take vacations and rekindling concerns about terrorism. Treasury notes gained and the dollar fell against the euro. AUDIT BUREAU RIPS ZIFF-DAVIS: http://www.nypost.com/business/29706.htm By KEITH J. KELLY High-tech publisher Ziff-Davis was ripped by the Audit Bureau of Circulations for overstating flagship PC Magazine's paid circulation by 9 percent last year. DEAL NEARS FOR FOUR CASINOS: http://www.nypost.com/business/29713.htm A group led by Colony Capital is close to an agreement to buy four properties from Harrah's Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment for about $1.26 billion, Dow Jones Newswires reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. FILING LAGS AT TOP BAKER: http://www.nypost.com/business/29680.htm Interstate Bakeries, the maker of Wonder Bread and Hostess Twinkies, hired turnaround firm Alvarez & Marsal after it again delayed filing its annual report with U.S. regulators. The shares fell 42 percent. OVER THE HEDGE: http://www.nypost.com/business/29692.htm By JENNY ANDERSON The Securities and Exchange Commission is pushing through opposition that wants to stomp out the SEC's plan to regulate hedge funds, the private investment pools that cater to the super-rich, agency insiders and industry pros said. MARTHA'S BROKER BACANOVIC SENT PACKING BY SEC: http://www.nypost.com/business/29703.htm By JENNY ANDERSON Peter Bacanovic, the personal stock broker to Martha Stewart, will never work in this town again � at least not on Wall Street. HOLLINGER WARNING ON SEC: http://www.nypost.com/business/29720.htm Hollinger Inc., used by Conrad Black to control his media empire, said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may begin civil proceedings against the company for securities violations. U.S. TECH EXECS' OPTIMISM IS UP: http://www.nypost.com/business/29662.htm U.S. technology executives are increasingly optimistic about the business climate, although plans for increased technology spending remain modest, according to a study released yesterday. CIRCUIT CITY DROPS T-MOBILE FOR VERIZON: http://www.nypost.com/business/29678.htm Circuit City Stores said it will phase out the sale of T-Mobile wireless service as Verizon Wireless stores are put in Circuit City stores. Real Estate: http://web1.nypost.com/realestate/index.htm DOWNTOWN ABUZZ WITH POSSIBILITIES: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/29665.htm By STEVE CUOZZO REAL estate is at a pause. Everyone's out of town. Nobody returns calls. What better time is there to share the buzz going around about deals trying to happen but not yet done? YOU CAN BUY A MULTI-FAMILY HOME WITH THIS COMMUNITY MORTGAGE: http://www.nypost.com/realestate//realestate/19046.htm By ADAM BONISLAWSKI It helps when other people pay your mortgage. Traditionally, buyers who have found single-family homes too expensive have bought multi-family homes - in return for taking on the burden of tenants, they've had the rental income to help with expenses. PRICE POINTS: http://www.nypost.com/realestate//realestate/19049.htm By LISA KEYS OH this market. We keep hearing that the average Manhattan apartment costs more than a million bucks. MY NEW HOME: http://www.nypost.com/realestate//realestate/19048.htm By LISA KEYS PIANO MAN FINDS ROOM TO PRACTICE - AND LIVE SEARCH TIME: three monthsWHAT HE BOUGHT: ground-floor 2-BR co-op, $715,000MOST young New Yorkers share cramped apartments with a crowd of roommates. DOGGIE DOS: http://www.nypost.com/realestate//realestate/19050.htm By JANE REILLY MOUNT Q:My neighbor has lived in our building for 15 years and recently got a dog. JUST SOLD!: http://www.nypost.com/realestate//realestate/19047.htm ManhattanGRAMERCY PARK$1,065,000305 E. 24th St.Two-bedroom, 21/2-bath coop, 1,500 square feet, with formal dining room, passthrough kitchen with granite countertops, dining alcove/den, 36-foot balcony and N/S/W exposures. Maintenance $1,680, 55 percent tax-deductible. Asking price $1,089,000, on market one day. (Brokers: Jared M. Wiener and Kevin Kurland, Kurland Realty, Steve Nardoni, Nardoni Realty and Benita Cohen, the Corcoran Group) HOUSES OF THE WEEK: http://www.nypost.com/realestate//realestate/19028.htm Woodstock, N.Y.$825,000The stone fireplaces in this four-bedroom, three-bath Colonial date back to its original 1774 construction. The 50-foot-long swimming pool and three-car garage were added later. The wooded 5.58-acre property is secluded, set back from the road, but still just a short drive from the center of town. Agent: Thea Millen, Coldwell Banker Village Green, (845) 679-2255. DURST LOOKS TO BREAK $100 PER SQUARE FOOT: http://www.nypost.com/realestate//realestate/29356.htm By STEVE CUOZZO DOUGLAS Durst hopes to score the highest rents ever for a jumbo-size block of Manhattan office space: $100 per square foot for 1 million square feet at One Bryant Park, the 51-story skyscraper he is developing at Sixth Avenue and 42nd Street. BUY-COASTAL TWINS: http://www.nypost.com/realestate//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//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//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. Entertainment: http://web1.nypost.com/entertainment/entertainment.htm HAMPTONS DIARY: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/29686.htm SINGER Paul Simon appeared as the special guest Sun day at an impromptu Amagansett charity concert for local chef Sean Rafferty, who was diagnosed with a bladder tumor two weeks ago. RAGE OVER 'RACE': http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/29688.htm NO wonder they're not going to have a "The Amazing Race" reunion this season. SHARK TALE: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/29741.htm By DON KAPLAN THE Discovery Channel is putting the finishing touches on a quickly produced documentary about an 11-year-old boy who was mauled last month by a shark and saved himself using a maneuver he learned ... on the Discovery Channel. BAD HAIR OF THE 'DOG': http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/29742.htm By LINDA STASI ANDY Warhol was al most right. In the fu ture, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes � but only because everyone in the future will have a reality show. 'COMPLEX': IT'S ABOUT LOCATION: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/29658.htm FINDING a location to film Fox's new ren- ovation/reality show "The Complex" turned out to be very, uh, complex. 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/29728.htm SINGER Paul Simon appeared as the special guest Sun day at an impromptu Amagansett charity concert for local chef Sean Rafferty, who was diagnosed with a bladder tumor two weeks ago. HIP-HOP HAUTE: http://www.nypost.com/living/29734.htm By ORLA HEALY and TOM SYKES THEY'RE putting the hip back into hip-hop. The thug look is officially out - and urban music's trend-setting peacocks are ushering in a new era of chic elegance. FIT TO BE TRIED: http://www.nypost.com/living/29684.htm By PETER HYMAN WHEN it comes to suits, most men prefer the feel of a tailor-made garment. Lottery Results: http://web1.nypost.com/lottery/lottery.htm NEW YORK Midday Numbers Mon.: 295 Midday Win-4 Mon.: 8169 Evening Numbers Mon.: 363 Evening Win-4 Mon.: 0917 Pick-10 Mon.: 1, 12, 17, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 33, 41, 47, 51, 52, 57, 61, 62, 73, 74, 78 OAS_AD('Middle'); //--> Take-5 Mon.: 12, 23, 34, 35, 38 NEW JERSEY Pick-3 Mon.: 176 Pick-4 Mon.: 3624 Cash-5 Mon.: 3, 12, 33, 38, 40 Pick-6 Mon.: 2, 17, 27, 34, 36, 38 CONNECTICUT Play-3 Mon.: 957 Play-4 Mon.: 2151 Cash-5 Mon.: 1, 19, 21, 24, 32 Travel: http://web1.nypost.com/travel/travel.htm MAKING NICE: http://www.nypost.com/travel/29736.htm TOURISTS - aristocratic ones - have been coming to Nice, grand dame of the C ote de Azur, since the 1700s. And thanks to its acres of gardens, tree-lined avenues, fountains and museums, it remains one of the busiest, and least provincial, towns in Provence. GET OUT OF TOWN!: http://www.nypost.com/travel/29737.htm Think it best to stay home this weekend? CHRIS BUNTING has 10 great reasons why you're wrong JUST A TOUCH OF CLASS: http://www.nypost.com/travel/29738.htm It's back-to-school time, and food maven LORIN GAUDIN takes a look at some of the country's most interesting cooking courses CUE UP QUEEN CITY: http://www.nypost.com/travel/29739.htm Never been to Cincinnati? DREW GREENBERG reports that if there ever were a time to go, it would be now EXPRESS CHECK-IN: http://www.nypost.com/travel/29740.htm CELEBS and yachts - a match made in heaven. The A-listers who use them get the privacy they need plus luxury accommodations, room for guests, 24-hour chefs and fun in the sun in far-away destinations (in the summer, it's the Med, in winter, the Caribbean). Opinion: http://web1.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/opedcolumnists.htm PARENTS' EYES ON THE '04 GUYS: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29656.htm By TOM CARROLL EDUCATION will be center stage tonight when First Lady Laura Bush and Education Secretary Rod Paige address the GOP convention. Let's hope this helps trigger a serious debate involving both parties over the direction of our nation's schools. HOMELAND SOBRIETY: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29671.htm By NICOLE GELINAS NEW York isn't getting its fair share of homeland se curity funding. The prob lem is solvable � but Gotham's congressional delegation would rather use the shortfall as an excuse to complain that the city is getting shafted by President Bush and the Republican Congress. STEMWINDER: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29651.htm By JOHN PODHORETZ THE only word for Rudy Giuliani's amazing speech last night is an archaic one. Make allowances for the 21st-century informality and what you heard was a rousing address in the manner of a 19th-century orator � what used to be called a "stemwinder." SILENCING THE CITIZENS: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29664.htm By GEORGE F. WILL THIS year's political rap tures are perfunctory. In Boston, Democratic del egates, who loathed the Vietnam War partly because they thought it unrelated to America's defense, dutifully applauded John Kerry's revisionism: "I defended this country as a young man." This week Republicans will try to achieve a Molly Bloom moment, exclaiming "And yes I said yes I will Yes." But yes to what? BULL'S-EYE: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29672.htm By DICK MORRIS NO wonder Rudy Giuliani, Ed Koch, Mayor Bloomberg and Sen. John McCain brought the Republican Convention to its feet with their stirring pleas to fight terror and re-elect President Bush. CONNECTING WITH THE MOMS: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29714.htm By DAVID WINSTON LAST night, the Republican National Con vention and cable viewers were treated to a rare moment � the appearance of two gen uine American heroes on the speakers' platform. They did themselves proud and did the candidacy of George W. Bush much good. GOP POSTER CHILD: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29660.htm By MYRON MAGNET HOW bizarre, you might think, to see the clean-cut, well-pressed GOP dele gates flock to edgy Gotham for their convention. What business have such red-state characters in the city of the hipster and the homeboy, the feminist and the Timesman? FEELING THE MOMENTUM SHIFT TO BUSH: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29702.htm By PETER KING Rep. Peter King (R-Nassau) will be sharing his convention observations with Post readers all week. 'MODERATE' MISCUE: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29712.htm THE broadcast networks may have passed up the first night of the Repub lican convention, but that didn't stop them from hammering home the message that the GOP enclave is, as NBC's Tom Brokaw called it, "the political equivalent of a popular con game in this tough town � three-card monte." 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 Singer Laura Branigan Dies Kit Bowen -- Hollywood.com Staff Laura Branigan, the Grammy-nominated pop singer best known for her 1982 platinum hit ''Gloria,'' has died, the Associated Press reports. She was 47. Branigan died of a brain aneurysm Thursday in her sleep at her home in East Quogue, New York her brother Mark Branigan told AP. Style: http://web1.nypost.com/style/style.htm KNIT WITS: http://www.nypost.com/style/29587.htm Green V-neck, $34.90, denim A-line skirt, $34.90, and belt, $14.90, at H&M. Neck wrap, $18, at Urban Outfitters.TOTAL: $102.70 TIPS FROM A SHOPAHOLIC: http://www.nypost.com/style/29588.htm By FARRAH WEINSTEIN DURING tax-free week, you have a VIP discount at every store in the city. But that doesn't mean you should slap down the credit cards everywhere. Here are some spending tips I've learned from designers I've interviewed for ThePost's "Shopaholic"column that will ensure you make the most of the discount. DRESSED TO THE NINTH: http://www.nypost.com/style/29589.htm By PRUE LEWINGTON THE catch with tax-free shopping? The price limit. While it's tricky finding trendy fall fashion under $110, it's not impossible. 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