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Good morning, nelayan! Regional News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm CITY'S ARTIFICIAL FIELD OF DREAMS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28134.htm Synthetic turf made its debut on a city ball field yesterday as Mayor Bloomberg cut the ribbon at a Queens recreation complex. 'BEAT' THE CROWD: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28165.htm By JENNIFER FERMINO and BILL HOFFMANN Heart doctors across the city were swamped with calls yesterday from men and women who � in the wake of Bill Clinton's quadruple bypass surgery � worry they may have heart disease. CLINTON'S RECOVERY GOES WELL, DOCS SAY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28153.htm By ERIN CALABRESE and BILL HOFFMANN Just a day out of the operating room and Bubba is already starting to feel like his old self again. OVERSTUFFED SCHOOLS A REAL CROWD SCENE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28144.htm By DAVID ANDREATTA Three out of four students in city public high schools are learning in overcrowded classrooms � despite declining enrollment, according to a study released yesterday. N.Y. POLS BLAST BID TO 'FIX' SECURITY $$: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28146.htm By VINCENT MORRIS WASHINGTON � A Republican plan to give New York more anti-terror funding in time to mark Saturday's 9/11 anniversary hit a wall yesterday after Mayor Bloomberg and other lawmakers said the proposal is useless. CHARTERS GET HIGH GRADES IN REPORT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28148.htm Kids in charter schools do better on reading and math tests than traditional public-school students, a new national study shows. STATE WON'T PAY 'PERV' JUDGE'S SEX-HARASS PENALTY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28140.htm By DAREH GREGORIAN A disgraced former judge has lost his bid to get the state to pay the damages for his alleged 12 years of sexually harassing his secretary with crude comments and perverted pawing. SUBWAY 'X'PRESS ORDEAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28168.htm By ZACH HABERMAN A subway motorman invited a teenage girl into his cab and let her operate the train from Times Square to Downtown Brooklyn � fondling her during the ride, law-enforcement sources said. FATAL RX FIGHT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28166.htm By TATIANA DELIGIANNAKIS and MURRAY WEISS NYU student Joanne Leavy jumped to her death from the roof of her graduate-school building after an angry argument with her father about her failure to take her medication, police sources said. MCG PRAYED OVER QUITTING: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28170.htm New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey answered questions for the first time in public yesterday about his decision to resign, telling a supportive audience that it was "a process of transformation and prayer." BRIDGE-CRASH GRIEF: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28126.htm By SELIM ALGAR Relatives of a Long Island family killed in a fiery car wreck on the Tappan Zee Bridge were devastated to learn the victims had considered returning home from a vacation a day earlier � a decision that would have saved their lives. KING-SIZE SLAY SUSPECT NABBED: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28142.htm Police tracked down a 300-pound accused killer and arrested him at a Queens hotel early yesterday, police said. VEGAN DAD BATTLED NINE COPS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28157.htm Fanatic vegan dad Raphael Spindell was so out of control that it took nine cops to subdue him when he was busted during a custody battle last month, prosecutors said yesterday. GRIEVING PARENTS PULL PLUG: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28163.htm By HEATHER GILMORE and LARRY CELONA A Brooklyn family said a heartrending last goodbye as they pulled a 15-year-old boy off life support early yesterday, just hours after he was shot in the head and mortally wounded on a street corner Monday night. N.Y. CHRISTMAS TREES BRACE FOR BEETLE INVASION: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28128.htm ALBANY � The pine shoot beetle, a pesky insect that can weaken or kill Christmas trees and other valuable pine nursery and forest products, is gaining ground in New York and elsewhere in the East and Midwest. 'SOPRANO' CAR-WHACKED AGAIN: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28130.htm By FELIX BRYANT, STEVEN HIRSCH and GERSH KUNTZMAN James Gandolfini and cars � an unlucky combination. On Saturday night, the "Sopranos" star's car was hit by a drunk driver. Then, yesterday, his loaner SUV wouldn't start. MAN, 88, SLAYS WIFE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28150.htm By HEIDI SINGER and PHILIP MESSING The son of an 88-year-old Alzheimer's victim walked in on his dad bludgeoning his elderly mom to death in their troubled home in Queens yesterday, law-enforcement sources said. CRUEL KID KILLS 2 PIT BULLS: COPS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28162.htm A Bronx teen viciously attacked two female pit bulls � killing them both by smashing their skulls with a stick, authorities said yesterday. JOINT FUNERAL SET FOR SLAIN DAD, SON: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28135.htm The Brooklyn father and son brutally slain by the son's love rival will have a double funeral Friday morning at St. Mary Mother of Jesus Church, 2326 84th St. Wakes for Vincent Rotunda Sr. and Jr. will be 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. today and tomorrow at the Cusimano & Russo Funeral Home on Avenue T and West Sixth Street in Gravesend. Heidi Singer ANDRE SHOWS OFF HIS CHAMPION-DAD FORM: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28137.htm ANDRE AGASSI alter nated between tennis star and soccer dad yesterday. WACKY SNACK ATTACK: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28143.htm By LAURA ITALIANO He's accused of shooting a fellow Greenwich Village construction worker in the head in a fight over an apple. TOILET TAPE FLUSHES OUT B'KLYN COURT CLERK'S 'BRIBE': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28154.htm By KATI CORNELL SMITH An embattled court clerk may have had his hopes of beating a bribe rap sent down the drain yesterday as prosecutors played a tape of him allegedly taking $2,000 in cash during a bathroom break with a dirty lawyer. PERV EXPLOITS BANKRUPTCY TO BEAT 430G HIT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28145.htm By DAREH GREGORIAN An upstate businessman can use bankruptcy law to escape justice, a judge has reluctantly ruled. The businessman, Daniel Busch, had filed for bankruptcy as a ploy to get out of paying a $430,000 sexual-harassment judgment � and the judge is letting him, even though he admits it's a "grave injustice" to the victim. BOY IN SKATING HORROR: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28167.htm By HASANI GITTENS, ZACH HABERMAN and ED ROBINSON A 13-year-old Brooklyn boy on in-line skates, who was hitching a ride behind his friends' bikes, was decapitated yesterday when he was hit by a truck, cops and witnesses said. DANGEROUS DAN: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28158.htm By KIERAN CROWLEY and ANDY GELLER Calling Danny Pelosi a loose cannon, a prosecutor said yesterday that if the Long Island contractor takes the stand at his murder trial, he will be "his own worst witness." CITY TARGETS TOW SCAMMERS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28164.htm The city is cracking down on corrupt towing companies after getting complaints about three businesses accused of price gouging and towing cars that were legally parked. '50 HOUR' TRAFFIC JAM: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28149.htm By TOM TOPOUSIS Drivers commuting to work in and around New York spend 50 hours a year � more than two full days �stuck in rush-hour traffic, a national study has found. BOY, 8, IDS DAD'S BLOODY 'STABBER': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/28156.htm By ZACH HABERMAN An 8-year-old boy, who witnessed his father being stabbed outside a Brooklyn bodega, helped finger the suspect after cops followed a blood trail to the assailant's apartment, law-enforcement sources said. National News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm POLL'S GOOD TWIN SPIN: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/28138.htm By DEBORAH ORIN The Bush twins' widely panned Republican convention speech � spiced with hipster talk and risqu� jokes � didn't do anything to hurt their popularity, according to a new poll. PARTY POOPER SCOTT: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/28159.htm By HOWARD BREUER REDWOOD CITY, Calif. � A friend of Laci Peterson's family wept yesterday as she detailed the tragic mom-to-be's lonely holiday season � attending a Christmas party without her husband, who was out cavorting with his mistress. DEM WIN A TERROR RISK: VP: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/28151.htm By DEBORAH ORIN Vice President Dick Cheney yesterday contended that America will be at greater risk of terror attack if John Kerry wins the White House � and Democrats shot back that he's using "scare tactics" that cross the line. FEDERAL DEFICIT PEGGED AT RECORD $422B: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/28131.htm WASHINGTON � The Congressional Budget Office projected yesterday that this election year's federal deficit will hit a record $422 billion, a shortfall that would be smaller than analysts predicted earlier this year. BUSH RESISTING MO. DEBATE: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/28169.htm President Bush may skip one of the three debates that have been proposed by the Commission on Presidential Debates and accepted by Sen. John Kerry, Republican officials said yesterday. CONGRESS RIVALS UNITE FOR 9/11 REFORMS: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/28147.htm By VINCENT MORRIS WASHINGTON � Sens. John McCain and Joseph Lieberman yesterday said they will ask the White House and Congress to adopt all of the 9/11 commission's 41 recommendations, a package aimed at shaking up the CIA and the FBI. RAPPER INJURED IN DEATH CRASH: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/28171.htm ERIE, Pa. � The rapper Twista, known for hits such as the No. 1 "Slow Jamz" and the current "So Sexy," was hurt in a van crash that killed a member of his security staff. FORD RECALLS '04 MINIVANS: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/28133.htm DETROIT � Ford Motor Co. is recalling about 40,000 minivans because their wheel hubs may develop cracks. JAILBIRD JOEY GETS A BREAK: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/28141.htm LOS ANGELES � Infamous Long Island sex offender Joey Buttafuoco got out of jail early, walking away after serving 51/2 months for auto-insurance fraud. 'VID SPY' DENIES LYING RAP: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/28132.htm CHARLOTTE, N.C. � A Pakistani man arrested while videotaping the city's skyline pleaded not guilty yesterday in federal court to six charges that are not terror-related. World News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm CHILLING PEEK INSIDE HORROR: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/28161.htm By GERSH KUNTZMAN The world got its first look inside the horrifying terror attack on a Russian school with the release yesterday of a video showing scores of terrified kids cowering in the sweltering gym as masked attackers walk around with bombs and guns. MOM OF 2 CHOSE TO LEAVE 1 BEHIND: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/28160.htm By JEREMY PAGE BESLAN, Russia � On the second day of the Beslan school siege, the hostage-takers gave Zalina Dzandarova a choice that changed her life forever. AXIS OF BACKSTAB: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/28139.htm By NILES LATHEM WASHINGTON � France, Russia and China supplied Saddam Hussein with missiles, arms, defense technology and spare parts before � and after � the start of the Iraq war, an explosive new book claims. LATEST DEATHS PUSH U.S. TOLL PAST 1000: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/28172.htm BAGHDAD � The U.S. military death toll in Iraq passed 1,000 yesterday. PALESTINIAN PM DEFENDS TERROR: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/28136.htm By URI DAN JERUSALEM � Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia yesterday condoned terror against Israel, saying an attack is a justified response after the airstrike that killed 14 Hamas members yesterday. OSAMA TAPE PLAYED AT TERROR TRIAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/28152.htm By CARL CAMPANILE A chilling video of Osama bin Laden and terror warlords urging followers to attack and kill Americans � in a bid to free blind terror sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman � was shown yesterday at the terror trial of radical lawyer Lynne Stewart and two defendants. THATCHER SON SET FOR COURT: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/28125.htm CAPE TOWN, South Africa � Margaret Thatcher's son will face questioning in a court here within two weeks over claims that he helped to finance a coup plot against an oil-rich west African country. All Horoscopes: http://web1.nypost.com/cgi-bin/horoscope.pl ARIES You've had quite an easy ride in recent weeks and deep down you know that at some point you will have to pay for it. That pooint will arrive when Mercury joins the sun and Mars, your ruler, in the work area of your chart on Friday, so make the most of your freedom now because soon you will be under orders again. 1-900-990-7810* TAURUS Your luck seems to be good at the moment and it will get even better over the next 48 hours. Part of the reason for that is that you will no longer be confused about what it is you should be doing with your life. So many of your problems will fade into nothingness once you set yourself a goal that is within your reach. 1-900-990-7811* GEMINI It is important that you let others know what you believe, what you desire and what you will and will not put up with in life. One of the reasons there have been so many petty arguments lately is that partners and colleagues have got the impression that you can be easily manipulated. It's time you did something to change their minds. 1-900-990-7812* CANCER Someone you think you can trust may try to trick you today, so be on your guard and don't take anything or anyone for granted. You should know by now that it is when you feel most relaxed and secure that you are most likely to be cheated, so make sure you know what's going on around you - it could save you a fortune. 1-900-990-7813* LEO You may be tempted to work twice as hard as normal today so that you can get through the backlog of jobs that have to be done. However, before you begin, ask yourself one simple question: Is it really necessary? It's quite likely that most of those jobs can be put off to another day, or another week or even another month. 1-900-990-7814* VIRGO Your self-confidence is high at the moment and it will get even higher when Mercury, your ruling planet, joins the sun, Mars and Jupiter in your birth sign on Friday. Before then, make sure you have tied up all loose ends and make sure your plans are foolproof. Not that you're a fool, but even a Virgo can't be too careful. 1-900-990-7815* LIBRA You seem to be remarkably unconcerned with what is going on in the world around you, or even what is going on in your own back yard. Solar and planetary activity in the most meditative area of your chart means you are more concerned with what is going on inside your head. The more you think now, the more right decisions you will make later. 1-900-990-7816* SCORPIO You may not be much of a team player by nature, but you are learning that cooperation has its benefits, and what happens today will reinforce that belief. What you do by yourself may be important, but what you do with others can change the world for the better. Remember, too, that the more you help others, the more you help yourself. 1-900-990-7817* SAGITTARIUS This is an amazingly important time of year for you, especially if you have big aims and ambitions. Don't worry if you are still not decided what exactly you should be aiming for in your life because that will become clear when Mercury, planet of the mind, crosses the midheaven angle of your chart on Friday. You've got to be patient. 1-900-990-7818* CAPRICORN Once Mercury, planet of the mind, moves into your fellow earth sign of Virgo on Friday, you will realize that so many of the things you have been worrying about are simply not worth the time or the effort. Once you understand that, you will find it much easier to focus on what is genuinely important - and you will achieve something spectacular. 1-900-990-7819* AQUARIUS If you need to win people over to your way of thinking, or win their approval for something you are planning, you have got to be quick. Once Mercury, planet of communication and the mind, leaves your opposite sign of Leo on Friday, others may not be so easy to get through to. They may also put a rather high price on their support. 1-900-990-7808* PISCES If you are going to make some kind of change to your everyday routine, you must make it immediately. If you don't make the change today or tomorrow, you might as well forget about it because the powers that be will conspire to stop you. Astrology is all about time and timing, and the time to make your move is now. 1-900-990-7809* Sports News: http://web1.nypost.com/sports/sports.shtml YANKS & A-ROD: TWO GOOD: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30087.htm By GEORGE KING His left shoulder was sore from trying to separate Brook Fordyce's head from the rest of his body during a collision at home plate. But the rest of Alex Rodriguez felt very good about his new spot in Joe Torre's revamped batting order. "It's pretty cool being there," A-Rod said of hitting second between Derek Jeter and Gary Sheffield. "Hitting early in the first inning is something I have always enjoyed and I feel comfortable. Sheff has been a machine all year, and hitting behind Jeter is a very cool spot to be." PLAYING SMALL BALL: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30103.htm NEITHER 12-15 inches of rain, 60-70 mph winds, nor the gloom of Esteban Loaiza and Brad Halsey starting this evening's doubleheader will stay the Yankees and Devil Rays from playing five games this week. Not only is this how it should be, but how the most successful franchise in sports history should want it. LIFE JACKET PROP A REAL SINKER: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30095.htm AS THE boating season draws to a close, a major national debate on whether recreational boaters should be required to wear a life jacket ended last week, with little support for the proposal. SERBY SINGING HAIL TO THE CHIEFS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30080.htm IT'S too easy to pick the Bill Belichick Dream Team in New England. So I won't. Bill Parcells will miss the playoffs this year with Vinny Testaverde but Tuna will be back next year once Drew Henson gains experience. Joe Gibbs will be back in the playoffs thanks to Clinton Portis. Terrell Owens won't get Andy Reid and Donovan McNabb over the hump. John Fox and the Panthers will be the hunted. NOW & 10: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30079.htm By STEVE SERBY IT has been fourth-and-so-long for the Giants and Jets. Now, finally, it's first-and-10. TEAMS TAKING AIM AT PATS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30085.htm AFC EAST 1 PATRIOTS RB Corey Dillon makes QB Tom Brady more dangerous, and Bill Belichick hasn't had this much talent on defense since 1986, particularly on defensive line, where Richard Seymour, Ty Warren and Vince Wilfork are No. 1 picks. Charlie Weis is back as offensive genius; Romeo Crennel is back as defensive genius; Adam Vinatieri is back as place-kicking genius. TAKING OFFENSE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30073.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ If they're no good well, fine, say it, but wait until after they're awful before declaring them such. That's all Shaun O'Hara asks. NO PEY-BACK FOR COLTS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30106.htm By DAVE BLEZOW PEYTON Manning had been virtually perfect through the first two playoff games when he led the Colts into the AFC Championship game at Foxboro last January. THE ODD COUPLE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30107.htm Has the world really survived seven months without The Odd Couple (Dick Klayman & PeterTocco)?The same Odd Couple that, last season, had its annualwinning regular-season record against thespread. JETS AREN'T RIGHT AT HOME: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30108.htm Over the past nine years, TheWildcat's published pigskin forecastshave made a deep impressionon the sporting world. BATTMAN TACKLES WEEK 1: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30109.htm BATTMAN, having a fairly successfulbaseball season takingover for Hondo, will try for a similarwindfall here in the Bettor'sGuide. THE FAN'S CORNER: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30110.htm By MIKE FORDE If you ask LloydSobel, The Best SportsIn Town doesn't justmean New York City.Add Los Angeles to thelist, too. O/U RICO!: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30111.htm After finishing with a winningrecord last year (129-124-3,31-27-1 on Best Bets) on theover/unders, Rico is looking fora fast start this year. TKACHUK KEEPS U.S. HOPES ALIVE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30101.htm By MARK EVERSON ST. PAUL � Team, team, team is fine, but star power is why the Stars and Stripes still wave, more proudly than before, in this World Cup. BATTMAN: RAY OF HOPE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30092.htm Battman got roughed up with losses by the White Sox and Reds last night, cutting the bankroll to 1,285 sorrentos. ROSENBERG'S WFAN RETURN UP IN AIR: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30090.htm By ANDREW MARCHAND After meeting with WFAN executives yesterday, the suspended Sid Rosenberg still doesn't know when he will be back on the air. JEN GAINS AS BAD CALLS DOOM SERENA: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30094.htm By BRIAN LEWIS For Jennifer Capriati, last night's U.S. Open quarterfinal win was like Christmas in September. For Serena Williams, it was like getting her wallet lifted � or a berth in the U.S. Open semifinals stolen. RODDICK REMAINS ON TRACK: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30097.htm By BRIAN LEWIS and EVAN GROSSMAN OPEN NOTES Andy Roddick needed no controversial calls or good luck to dispose of Tommy Robredo in a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 straight-sets laugher. Roddick, the No. 2 seed, hasn't dropped a single set so far in Flushing and looks solid in his bid to become the first man to successfully defend his U.S. Open title since Patrick Rafter in 1998. YANKS TO BASEBALL: SHOW US THE MONEY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30099.htm By GEORGE KING The Yankees are expected to send Major League Baseball a bill for between $2 and $3 million in an effort to recoup the money lost when the first game of Monday's doubleheader was canceled because the Devil Rays didn't make it out of Florida due to Hurricane Frances. PINIELLA MAY SKIP KAZMIR: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30100.htm By DAN MARTIN Scott Kazmir was originally scheduled to pitch at Yankee Stadium tomorrow, with a chance to show Mets fans up close what they're missing since he was shipped to Tampa Bay. GIAMBI HEADS FOR CLIPPER REHAB: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30086.htm By GEORGE KING YANKEE NOTES Jason Giambi will start a minor league rehab assignment tonight with Columbus in the International League playoffs against Richmond. YA GOTTA BE SKIDDING: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/30102.htm By MARK HALE MIAMI � The real questions now are, how long this can go? How bad this can get? How pitiful can this become? KAZ WON'T 2ND-GUESS MOVE TO SHORTSTOP: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/30098.htm By MARK HALE MET NOTES MIAMI � To hear Kaz Matsui tell it, it's not a problem, not an issue, not even a knock to his pride. KICK START: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/30088.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ The Giants are now counting on the right foot of Steve Christie, who nearly had one foot out the door not long ago as he contemplated the end of an extended NFL stay. GETTING WARNER A BIG BLUE BREAK: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/30077.htm By JAY GREENBERG What goes 'round comes 'round, so the former grocery-store stocker is now an item on the shelf. FOR GIANTS, A MATTER OF TOM: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/30081.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ MOST IMPORTANT OFFENSIVE PLAYER David Diehl. The second-year lineman enters his first season as right tackle and must hold up, or else. SHOCK TREATMENT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/30074.htm By STEVE SERBY The quarterbacks are not Joe Willie White Shoes, they are Goody Two Shoes. Kurt Warner, whose head is spinning learning a new offense and teammates, reads from God's playbook. Eli Manning's nickname "Easy" speaks for itself. SACK TO WORK: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/30104.htm By GEORGE WILLIS Change isn't always easily embraced, especially when you're a 12-year veteran who has accomplished more in his career than others could dream of. Michael Strahan has not only accepted the changes made within the Giants' organization this year, but they have invigorated him. TAKE IT EASY, TIKI: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/30105.htm By JAY GREENBERG Tiki Barber, giving up 50 pounds to persons who have been pounding on him for seven seasons, keeps rolling, just like his eyes when told this is the season the Giants absolutely, unequivocally, will be lessening his load - maybe. JONES IS PSYCHED FOR PHILLY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/30089.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ GIANT NOTES There is one education Mark Jones doesn't need as he returns to his home state on Sunday when the Giants face the Eagles in Philadelphia. COWART VOWING VINTAGE SEASON: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/30093.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO Sam Cowart came to the Jets three years ago carrying a reputation that rivaled that of Ray Lewis, considered by most to be the best linebacker of this generation. JETS' ENGINE NOW BUILT FOR SPEED: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/30082.htm MOST IMPORTANT OFFENSIVE PLAYER Chad Pennington. Everyone saw how the season went in 2003 after Pennington went down in preseason. MCCAREINS BRINGS JETS TO NEW HEIGHTS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/30075.htm By BRIAN LEWIS Since trading away Keyshawn Johnson after the 1999 season, the Jets have desperately searched for a big receiver, an imposing wideout capable of catching quick slants, braving dangerous crossing routes, and converting third downs into firsts. CATCHING UP: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/30083.htm By BRIAN LEWIS Speed was never a problem for Jets receiver Santana Moss. Now he's added savvy and regained his swagger. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/30078.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO Don't mention the P word around the Jets' defensive linemen. Potential might as well be the worst of all curse words to John Abraham, Shaun Ellis, Jason Ferguson, Josh Evans and Dewayne Robertson. 'BACKERS EXPECT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/30084.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO For a couple of years now, you've heard everything you need to hear about the Jets' linebackers. Too old. Too slow. Can't cover. Can't blitz because they won't get to the passer in time. Can't stop the run because there's no burst to their pursuit. All in all, a bad combination for a linebacking corps. OFF & RUNNING: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/30076.htm By GEORGE WILLIS It would seem there is little left for Curtis Martin to do in his career - except win a Super Bowl. LONGSHOTS CASH IN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/30096.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO JET NOTES Four players who made the Jets' final 53-man roster entered training camp as longshots and certainly could have been excused if there were some nervous moments on Sunday's final cutdown. Gossip: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/gossip.htm : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm MARTHA WAITS OUT CELL CRUNCH By Richard Johnson MARTHA Stewart will surrender to start serving her five-month sentence for obstruction of justice as soon as there is a vacant cell at the Danbury federal prison for women, sources say, leaving her daughter Alexis, 38, to oversee her company. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm BILL'S QUICK RECOVERY FROM BYPASS SURGERY By Cindy Adams WANT to know how Bill Clinton's doing? Great, that's how he's doing. Forget those carefully worded, clinically phrased statements squeezed out with eyedroppers from his medical team. This guy's doing great. William Jefferson is � to use a popular expression � something else. He has beaten so much in his life that it would appear bypass heart surgery is just another thing to overcome. Monday night, same night of the day of his operation, he was already on the phone. Mind, I'm not saying the man was calling his pizza shop for a quick delivery or anything. I am just saying he was on the phone. With close associates. For a significant time. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm BORN FOR TALK TV By Liz Smith 'LIFE CONTINUES to unfold, I am so grateful to have had this second chance, and this is still the thing I want to do forever. As I said, when the show began, I hoped it would be my last job." 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 DelayQueens Under 30 mph on CE-NB: 3 to SIE 15Under 30 mph on Clearview Expressway/I-295 northbound Exit 3 to Staten Island Expressway/I-278 Lily Pond Ave metrocommute Special EventNew Jersey Sesame Street Live - Elmos Coloring Book @ Continental Airlines ArenaSesame Street Live "Elmo's Coloring Book" at the Continental Airlines Arena from Sep. 16 to Sep. 19. Expect delays on the Garden State Parkway, Route 34, 35, 36 and 520. Before and after the event. Doors will open around 2 hours before show. Please arrive early due to new security checks. Manhattan Ricardo Montaner & Franco De Vita @ Theater at Madison Square GardenRicardo Montaner & Franco De Vita on Musi Kellogg's Tour 2004 at Theater at Madison Square Garden on Sep 18 at 8PM.Expect extra traffic on 7th Avenue., 8th Avenue, and in the west 30s, starting about 6pm, and after the event around 11pm. *Make sure to get there early due to security measures* Nassau County Sesame Street Live - Elmos Coloring Book @ Nassau Coliseum @Sep 9-12Sesame Street Live - "Elmo's Coloring Book" at the Nassau Coliseum. Sep 9-12, 2004. 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. New Jersey New York Giants vs. Washington Redskins @ Giants Stadium @ 1PMNew York Giants vs. Washington Redskins Giants Stadium, Sep. 19 at 1PM. Look for heavy traffic to build on the western spur of the NJ Turnpike, Route 3, Route 17, and Route 120, starting around 11AM. Look for lots of extra traffic and delays when the game ends at about 5PM. Please allow extra travel time due to new security procedures at the stadium parking lots and stadium entrances. Manhattan Gloria Estefan @ Madison Square Garden at 8PMGloria Estefan on her Re-Wrapped tour Sep. 21 starting at 8pm. Expect extra traffic on 7th Avenue., 8th Avenue, and in the west 30s, starting about 6pm, and after the event around 11pm. *Make sure to get there early due to security measures* Manhattan Fashion Rocks @ Radio City Music Hall @ 8PMFashion Rocks at the Radio City Music Hall on Sep 8; 8PM. Experience todays most extraordinary musicians for one unprecedented night of style and sound. Expect delays on 5th, 6th and 7th Avenue between 48th Street and 51st Street and on Broadway starting around 6pm and after the show around 11:30pm. Please arrive early due to new security mea帜Ss and for parking.Also expect delays from earlier shows. Manhattan A Final Evening with Phil Collins @ Madison Square Garden @ 6 PMA Final Evening with Phil Collins at Madison Square Garden, beginning at 7 PM. Sep. 17-18 Expect some extra traffic on 7th Ave., 8th Ave., and in the west 30s, especially at 5 PM, after the event at about 11PM Queens US Open @ Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park The US Open at the US Tennis Center in Flushing Meadow Park, starting at 11 AM until about 11 PM. Come see stars like Andy Roddick, Maria Sharapova, Andre Agassi and Serena Williams battle it out at the highest attended annual sporting event in the world. Enjoy world-class tennis at the US Open where sport, celebrity and entertainment all come together to form an electrifying showcase you won't want to miss. Expect delays on the Van Wyck Expressway, Long Island Expressway and Grand Central Parkway starting at about 9 AM and continuing throughout the day. Expect capacity crowds at the Open. Please arrive early because of heavy delays and security checks. The Open ends Sunday, September 12th. Advised to use mass transit. Take the train to Willets Point � Shea Stadium or the LIRR to Shea Stadium. Nassau County Home Improvement & Remodeling Expo @ Nassau Coliseum Expo Center @ Sep 17-19Home Improvement & Remodeling Expo at Nassua Coliseum Expo Center, Sep 17-19. Expect some extra traffic on the Long Island Expressway, Southern State Parkway, Northern State Parkway, Meadowbrook Parkway and NY 24 Hempstead Turnpike, starting before event and again after event. *Please arrive early due to new security measures. The Expo Center is located in the Lower Lobby. Nassau County Welcome Back Concert - MA$E & Friends @ Nassau Coliseum @ 7:30PMWelcome Back Concert - "MA$E" & Friends at Nassau Coliseum on Sep. 25th, 2004 7:30pm. Expect some extra traffic on the Long Island Expressway, Southern State Parkway, Northern State Parkway, Meadowbrook Parkway and NY 24 Hempstead Turnpike, starting around 5 pm for the evening event and again after starting at 11:30 pm.*Please arrive early due to new security measures. 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. New Jersey New York Jets vs. Cincinnati Bengals @ Giants Stadium @ 1PMNew York Jets vs. Cincinnati Bengals at Giants Stadium, Sep. 12 at 1PM. Look for heavy traffic to build on the western spur of the NJ Turnpike, Route 3, Route 17, and Route 120, starting around 11AM. Look for lots of extra traffic and delays when the game ends at about 5PM. Please allow extra travel time due to new security procedures at the stadium parking lots and stadium entrances. New Jersey MetroStars vs. New England Revolution @ Giants Stadium @ 7PMMetroStars vs. New England Revolution at Giants Stadium starting at 7PM, Sep. 11. 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 Kiss 98.7 Presents A Night of Healing @ Theater at Madison Square Garden @ 8 pmA Night Of Healing presented by 98.7 KISS FM at the Theater at Madison Square Garden on Sep. 14.Talent line-up includes:Donnie McClurkin, Byron Cage, Hezekiah Walker, Martha Minuzzi, Israel and New Breed Allen liturgical Dancers - more to be announced starting at 7pm. Expect extra traffic on 7th Avenue., 8th Avenue, and in the west 30s, starting about 6pm, and after the event around 11pm. *Make sure to get there early due to security measures* 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 Bronx Yankees vs Devil Rays @ Yankee StadiumThe New York Yankees take on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. 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:Connecticut Sun on 9/10San Antonio Starzz on 9/12Indiana Fever on 9/16Washington Mystics on 9/19at 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/28096.htm SOGGY GROVES TO HIKE N.Y. CITRUS FRUIT PRICES By PAUL THARP New Yorkers could be paying twice as much for their ripe grapefruits, oranges and tangerines this season as a result of Florida's hurricane crisis.Savage storm devastation to Florida's $7 billion agriculture industry is expected to ripple through the economy for months to come, with price hikes looming in crops ranging from greenhouse goods � such as fresh flowers and houseplants � to fresh citrus favorites that generally hit produce bins here in time for cool weather. 2 FUND GIANTS COUGH UP $450M: http://www.nypost.com/business/28104.htm By JENNY ANDERSON Mutual fund giants Invesco and AIM Advisors yesterday coughed up $450 million to settle charges that they bilked investors by cutting shady deals with favored customers. NEED A DATE? PLAYBOY CAN HELP: http://www.nypost.com/business/28088.htm Playboy Enterprises Inc., the publisher of the most widely read men's magazine, will this month begin a low-cost Web subscription service to attract more customers and is considering starting an online dating service. MAKEOVER AT TRUMP WORLD: http://www.nypost.com/business/kelly.htm By KEITH J. KELLY LIKE The Donald him self, Trump World the magazine is trying to stage a comeback. TIME WARNER, DISNEY MAY BID FOR BBC UNIT: http://www.nypost.com/business/28107.htm LONDON � The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has invited three of the world's largest media companies to discuss possible bids for its commercial sales and publishing arm, the Financial Times reported. CBS BOSS MOONVES SHUFFLES KEY EXECS: http://www.nypost.com/business/28091.htm By TIM ARANGO In his first big move since taking on a wider role at media giant Viacom, CBS chief Les Moonves promoted several key network executives yesterday. FIT FOR UPSCALE: http://www.nypost.com/business/28103.htm By SUZANNE KAPNER In a move that goes against the current fashion trend of making designer labels more accessible to the masses, Nicole Miller is launching a new, more exclusive line to be priced at double her namesake collection. SAKS VET TAKES A WALK: http://www.nypost.com/business/28105.htm By SUZANNE KAPNER Saks Fifth Avenue is losing a key executive in shoes, handbags and accessories, even as it attempts to make those categories a cornerstone of its repositioning, The Post has learned. US AIR PILOTS BALK AT NEW RESCUE PLAN: http://www.nypost.com/business/28087.htm US Airways Group's pilot union rejected proposed pay and benefit cuts, threatening to derail the carrier's plan to wrest $800 million in labor concessions in time to avoid a second bankruptcy filing. KENSICO GRABS 350 MAD.: http://www.nypost.com/business/28101.htm By LOIS WEISS A quiet local investor has snatched the classy 350 Madison Ave. from Max Capital Mangement Corp. for a price real estate sources claim is around $225 million. STOCKS RALLY AS OIL SLIDES: http://www.nypost.com/business/28092.htm U.S. stocks advanced yesterday, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to a two-month high, as a drop in crude-oil futures eased concern that higher energy costs would erode corporate profits. NETFLIX, TIVO HOOKUP CLOSE: http://www.nypost.com/business/28102.htm By HOLLY M. SANDERS and TIM ARANGO Netflix and TiVo are in late-stage talks on a partnership that would let subscribers use the Internet to download Netflix movies directly into their TiVo box, The Post has learned. Real Estate: http://web1.nypost.com/realestate/index.htm REALTY PLAYERS WAX OPTIMISTIC: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/30007.htm By STEVE CUOZZO THE city's real estate players return from their summer holidays this week more optimistic than they have been in three years. HALLE'S CATHOUSE: http://www.nypost.com/realestate//realestate/29788.htm BY BRADEN KEIL Catwoman Halle Berry has found herself a purr-fect new sandbox. The recently divorced actress has just gone to contract on a beach house in tony Malibu, right on the sand, for close to the property's $8 million asking price. THE LITTLE CHILL: http://www.nypost.com/realestate//realestate/29787.htm By JANET HUEGE HOUSES that were built decades ago can be tough to update. Central air, for instance, requires attic space that a lot of historic homes don't have. NOW UNDER CONTROL: http://www.nypost.com/realestate//realestate/29789.htm By JANE REILLY MOUNT Q:What exactly is rent control - and how is it different from rent stabilization? A HUGE COMPLEX WILL OFFER FANCY APARTMENTS AND A WHOLE FOODS: http://www.nypost.com/realestate//realestate/29794.htm By DAKOTA SMITH It's not the Second Avenue Subway; that rumbling noise you hear on the Lower East Side is the ongoing construction of Avalon Chrystie Place, a sprawling new complex that will dramatically change the landscape of the Bowery. CITY ISLAND IS A WATERFRONT PARADISE IN THE BOOGIE-BOARD BRONX: http://www.nypost.com/realestate//realestate/29795.htm By TINA TRASTER WANT to break in those deck shoes? It may be high time to pull up anchor and tow your boat to City Island, a salty-dog maritime community that is, somewhat unbelievably, part of The Bronx. CHELSEA UPSTATE: http://www.nypost.com/realestate//realestate/29786.htm By TINA TRASTER THINK SoHo's a mall, and DUMBO and Williamsburg are just so over? Then head for Beacon, a gritty but picturesque Hudson River city that's become the It scene for art galleries and cheap fixer-uppers. BEFORE YOU BORROW, TRY THIS MONEY PLAN: http://www.nypost.com/realestate//realestate/29792.htm By JENNIFER ROBISON If you're in the market for a new home, you want to get the best mortgage possible. One key is to look at your financial picture - especially your debt - the way a bank would. Then try a shape-up plan for your finances. Just as a crash diet can help you fit in that bathing suit, you can get a great loan by reducing debt in the right places. MY NEW HOME: http://www.nypost.com/realestate//realestate/29793.htm BY LISA KEYS SWM Iso bachelor pad, insists on perfection search time: 5 months What he bought: 1-bedroom condo with roof deck and fireplace Chris Cunningham's last apartment - a sprawling East 34th Street rental shared with four buddies from college - was known as "the ranch." HOUSES OF THE WEEK: http://www.nypost.com/realestate//realestate/29784.htm Madison, Brooklyn$739,000Need lots of room to eat? You can find it inside this three-bedroom detached brick duplex in an on-the-rise neighborhood. The home features a dining room as well as an eat-in kitchen. Or you can set up a picnic table in the spacious basement. Agent: Ann Tracey, Tracey Real Estate, (718) 376-4994. MARKETREPORT: http://www.nypost.com/realestate//realestate/29791.htm BY ANDREW WANG With a new Target store and a potential NBA stadium raising excitement and real-estate prices in Brooklyn neighborhoods from Prospect Heights to downtown, it's getting harder to find an affordable home in this part of the borough. Entertainment: http://web1.nypost.com/entertainment/entertainment.htm HOW TO BE AN HEIR-HEAD: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/28078.htm By MAUREEN CALLAHAN WANT Paris Hilton's glowing complexion and super-slight figure? Sleep in your make-up, don't go to bed until 3 a.m., gobble down as much junk food, chocolate and carbs as you want - and never, ever drink diet soda. 'WONDERFUL' FROWN: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/28108.htm By MICHAEL RIEDEL HAVE Eileen and her sister gone back to Ohio? Donna Murphy and Jennifer Westfeldt, who play the spunky Sher wood sisters in the limp ing revival of "Wonderful Town," skipped out on the show for most of last week, and one of them � Westfeldt � has no plans to return. BUG FLICKS BACK FOR TV: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/28082.htm SCI FI channel is remak ing two chilling classic films, "The Thing" and "The Andromeda Strain" as mini-series. SECRETS OF 'STAR WARS' SPILLED IN 2-HOUR SHOW: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/28094.htm By MICHAEL GILTZ 'STAR Wars" creator George Lucas says he almost landed Steven Spielberg to direct "Return of the Jedi." BUNNY POWER: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/28083.htm A silk pajama-clad su perhero fights crime with the aid of a superbuxom team of specially trained Playboy bunnies. HAMMOND HOSTS NEWS EMMYS: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/28093.htm 'SATURDAY Night Live" cut-up Darrell Hammond will host the 25th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards in New York next week. THE STARR REPORT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/28079.htm By MICHAEL STARR 'Listen' to this one Not that there's anything wrong with that . . . Jason Al exander, who's star ring on the new CBS sitcom "Lis ten Up" as sports writer Tony Kleinman, wrote the "My Turn" column appearing in the Sept. 13 issue of Sporting News, which hits newsstands today. Movie Reviews: http://web1.nypost.com/movies/movies.htm A DOGGONE SHAME: http://www.nypost.com/movies/28084.htm By LOU LUMENICK A LETTER TO TRUE DOG lovers may want to add a star or two, but for the rest of us, Bruce Weber's "A Letter to True" is about as exciting as watching someone else's home movies � albeit, beautifully photographed ones. MAN SHOWS WILL IN BRAZIL: http://www.nypost.com/movies/28085.htm By V.A. MUSETTO I HATE SAO PAULOWELCOME to Sao Paulo, Brazil, where Daniel is one of the better-off residents of the city of 17 million people. He has a lavish home, an attractive, high-maintenance wife and a bright young daughter. A financial trader, 40-year-old Daniel (Wolney de Assis) is whisked to work each morning in a private helicopter. Lifestyle: http://web1.nypost.com/living/living.htm HAMPTONS DIARY: http://www.nypost.com/living/30025.htm PLEASURE and fun were doubled over the Labor Day weekend when the Olsen Twins visited the South Fork. Lottery Results: http://web1.nypost.com/lottery/lottery.htm NEW YORK Midday Numbers Tue.: 683 Midday Win-4 Tue.: 0194 Evening Numbers Tue.: 499 Evening Win-4 Tue.: 8701 Pick-10 Tue.: 2, 11, 12, 15, 17, 19, 20, 25, 28, 31, 36, 40, 50, 52, 58, OAS_AD('Middle'); //--> 61, 66, 68, 71, 73 Take-5 Tue.: 9, 12, 14, 31, 37 Mega Millions Tue.: 13, 30, 36, 38, 51; Mega Ball: 35 NEW JERSEY Pick-3 Tue.: 231; Pick-4 Tue.: 9385 Cash-5 Tue.: 1, 5, 19, 28, 34 CONNECTICUT Play-3 Tue.: 414; Play-4 Tue.: 9884 Cash-5 Tue.: 4, 8, 11, 12, 17 Opinion: http://web1.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/opedcolumnists.htm CLINTONCARE VS. CLINTON'S CARE: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/28080.htm By MICHAEL F. CANNON THE speed with which Presi dent Clinton received quad ruple bypass surgery pro vides an important lesson in health-care reform that voters should keep in mind this election season. TERRORIZING SCHOOLS: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/28124.htm By RALPH PETERS THE horror of the terror attack on a Russian primary school still resounds. From security officers to soccer moms, the sudden question is, "How can we protect our children from terror?" THE NEW NEW KERRY: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/28081.htm By ERIC FETTMANN Here's a word of advice for all the Clintonistas who are being re cruited for John Kerry's presidential campaign: Never forget that this isn't Bill Clinton at the head of the Democratic ticket. 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