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Regional News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm CITY HMO PREMIUMS IN SICKENING $URGE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31695.htm By KENNETH LOVETT EXCLUSIVE ALBANY � HMO premiums in New York City soared over the past year by as much as 35 percent, boosting subscribers' health-care costs by hundreds � and sometimes thousands � of dollars, The Post has learned. CITY ON TRACK FOR 'RECORD' MURDER DECLINE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31699.htm By DAVID SEIFMAN Murders in the city this year could be the fewest "since we started keeping records," Mayor Bloomberg boasted yesterday. JURY SELECTION IN 2ND WTC TRIAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31712.htm Jury selection starts today in Round 2 of World Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein's attempt to increase his $3.5 billion insurance payout. 'GOTTI' LOT YIELDS HUMAN BONES: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31720.htm By KATI CORNELL SMITH Four human bones were unearthed yesterday at a reputed Gambino family burial ground on the Brooklyn-Queens border, where FBI forensic teams have been digging for eight days. VELELLA D-DAY LOOMS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31709.htm By STEPHANIE GASKELL City investigators are expected to determine this week whether a city commission broke any laws when it sprung former Sen. Guy Velella from jail early, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. S.I. PERV ATTACKS VISITING KID: COPS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31711.htm An 8-year-old girl visiting relatives at a Staten Island housing complex was sexually assaulted in the courtyard over the weekend by a male neighbor, cops said. BOY STABS MOM TO DEATH: COPS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31715.htm By KIERAN CROWLEY, ERIKA MARTINEZ and RITA DELFINER A troubled teen stabbed his correction-officer mother to death when she tried to lay down the law after finding out his older girlfriend spent the night, Long Island cops said yesterday. MCGREEVEY $TIFFING JOHN IN JERSEY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31732.htm By DEBORAH ORIN Soon-to-resign New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey is doling out only $25,000 from his state Democratic party's $2.5-million war chest to help John Kerry, even though recent polls show a tight presidential race in the Garden State. COP PASSED HS 'RAPISTS' WITH GIRL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31724.htm By ERIN CALABRESE and JEANE MacINTOSH A New Jersey cop may have seen two high-school football players in a Montclair park with the 15-year-old girl they're accused of raping � without realizing the teen was in danger, a top police official told The Post. GIRL'S KIDNAP FRIGHT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31735.htm By GERSH KUNTZMAN and ED ROBINSON Every parent's worst nightmare almost became a reality yesterday afternoon on a quiet Staten Island street as a man tried to kidnap a 5-year-old girl by pulling her over the white picket fence in her grandmother's front yard, police said. GIRLS' FIGHT TRAGEDY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31698.htm By PERRY CHIARAMONTE and JAMIE SCHRAM A 15-year-old Queens girl was stabbed to death last night in an angry dispute over a boy, police said. BRAWL ENDS IN FATAL STABBING: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31701.htm By JAMIE SCHRAM A man was fatally stabbed last night in a fight in the Rockaways, police said. NYERS RAISE 10G FOR TOT TOMBSTONE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31723.htm New Yorkers opened their hearts and dug into their pockets for the family of tragic Brooklyn toddler Zaire Gonzalez � raising more than $10,000 to put a tombstone over his unmarked grave. TRAGIC PLAYTIME: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31727.htm By HASANI GITTENS and ERIKA MARTINEZ A mischievous 10-year- old Brooklyn boy was killed after being hit by a minivan apparently just minutes after sneaking out of the house to go play with friends in a park, cops and kin said. B'BALL DEATH PUZZLE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31722.htm By DAN KADISON Authorities yesterday were trying to unravel the circumstances surrounding the mysterious death of 41-year-old baseball All-Star Ken Caminiti in The Bronx over the weekend. JERSEY SPCA IN DOG HOUSE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31694.htm The New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has told its Hunterdon County chapter to close, citing its failure to prosecute former NBA star Jayson Williams on charges he shot and killed his dog after losing a bet. DEATH-CRASH PLANE HITS HOUSE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31731.htm A single-engine plane crashed into a house in Connecticut last night, killing the pilot and passenger, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said. DEAD MAN LIVES: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31728.htm By MARK BULLIET, LARRY CELONA and ANDY GELLER Call it the case of the dead man walking. At 6 a.m. yesterday, a man was shot dead outside a Brooklyn restaurant. Cops identified the victim as Ariel Reyes. At 7:20 a.m., the real Ariel Reyes got up, got dressed and took his 3-year-old daughter, Trinity, to day care. FIRE DEATHS AT 77-YR. LOW: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31726.htm By STEPHANIE GASKELL The number of people killed in fires this year has dropped by nearly 35 percent to its lowest level in 77 years, FDNY officials said yesterday. JETSONS JITNEY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31693.htm By CLEMENTE LISI It's "The Jetsons" meets mass transit. Travelers could someday hop into an oval-shaped capsule and zip off to work or the store, as part of a proposed transportation project in New Jersey that aims to reduce gridlock and cut down on pollution. SLAIN GRIDDER MEMORIAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31719.htm By LARRY CELONA The shattered family of tragic college grid star Mark Fisher is set to mark the one-year anniversary of his murder today by holding a prayer vigil on the Brooklyn street where his body was found. National News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm THE ROLE OF A WIFE-TIME: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31713.htm By DON KAPLAN The hottest star of fall's hottest show is no longer desperate � or a housewife. DURST FREE IN 'DAYS': http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31718.htm By LESLIE T. SNADOWSKY and ANDY GELLER Cross-dressing millionaire Robert Durst could be a free man by the end of the week. TATUM TOME RIPS EX & DAD: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31716.htm By DAN KADISON John McEnroe was a self-absorbed pothead, his ex-wife Tatum O'Neal says. "When he wasn't playing, he was sometimes in a pot fog," the actress reveals in her sensational autobiography, "A Paper Life," which goes on sale today. VICTORY IS SWEET FOR LAURA BUSH: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31707.htm By KEITH J. KELLY It's Bush in a landslide! No, not the election for the White House � the Family Circle cookie bakeoff pitting challenger Teresa Heinz Kerry against incumbent First Lady Laura Bush. NUISANCE NONSENSE: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31714.htm By IAN BISHOP WASHINGTON � Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani yesterday ripped John Kerry for saying he could live with a "nuisance" level of terrorism and demanded the Democrat explain that "to the innocent people who are killed." AMERICA HAILS A MAN OF ZEAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31717.htm By BILL HOFFMANN The nation poured its heart out yesterday over the death of Christopher Reeve � fondly remembering the strapping star who brought Superman to life, and who then became a real-life superhero as he battled a crippling spinal injury. JFK RAIL LINK NIXED: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31708.htm By VINCENT MORRIS WASHINGTON � A corporate tax bill that doles out tens of millions of dollars from Alaska to Florida stiffs New York City by excluding a critical measure that would have helped create a new rail line from lower Manhattan to JFK Airport. RIVERA BARES GRIEF: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31721.htm By DOUGLAS MONTERO, LORENA MONGELLI and BRIDGET HARRISON Mariano Rivera said he feels "tired, devastated and weak" following his family's double-electrocution tragedy, and couldn't say whether he'd be able to pitch in the Yankees' postseason showdown with the Red Sox tonight. COLLEGE KIDS DON'T COME TO OWN 'AID': http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31733.htm A new study says hundreds of thousands of college students who may be eligible for federal financial aid don't get it for a simple reason � they don't apply. MIRACLE TEEN'S 8-DAY ORDEAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31734.htm REDMOND, Wash. � A teenager was found alive in her wrecked car after being missing for eight days. PARK WILL HONOR LEWIS AND CLARK: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31739.htm WASHINGTON � Congress has passed a bill that would establish the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park in Oregon and Washington state. MARTHA'S LONELY DAY IN PRISON: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31696.htm ALDERSON, W. Va. � Martha Stewart was alone for the holiday. The imprisoned doyenne of domesticity had not a single visitor yesterday � even as the visiting room at the federal prison here was swelling with relatives and friends of other cons, taking advantage of the Columbus Day holiday. MARY KAY & VILI ENGAGED: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31691.htm By GERSH KUNTZMAN Mary Kay Letourneau is engaged to her boy-toy former student � and has the ring to prove it. 27% OF WORKING FAMILIES POOR: STUDY: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31725.htm WASHINGTON � More than a quarter of all working families in the United States are considered low-income or poor, an independent report said yesterday. KOBE WANTED �ELITE� JET TO TRIAL: JACKSON: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31741.htm NBA superstar and accused rapist Kobe Bryant was unhappy with the private jet that the Los Angeles Lakers had hired to ferry him to court appointments, his former coach claims in his new book. World News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm U.S. RELEASES 3-YR. DETAINEE: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/31692.htm NORFOLK, Va. � A U.S. citizen, captured by GIs on the Afghanistan battlefield and held without charges for nearly three years, has been freed and sent home to Saudi Arabia, his lawyer said yesterday. KARZAI HAS MAJORITY: POLL: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/31702.htm KABUL, Afghanistan � Interim Afghan President Hamid Karzai would win the country's first presidential election with the outright majority needed to avoid a second round, an exit poll projected yesterday. ABDUCTORS BEHEAD 2 MORE IN 'NET VIDEO: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/31703.htm BAGHDAD � An Islamic Web site yesterday showed the beheading of two hostages � one a Turkish contractor and the other an Iraqi Kurdish translator wearing a badge of the Titan security company. QNS. GI DIES IN SANDSTORM: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/31704.htm By NEIL GRAVES A Queens man, who was stationed in the relative safety of South Korea last summer, was killed Sunday just weeks after his regiment was sent to Iraq, the military said yesterday. FREED FIEND STRIKES: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/31705.htm By ANDY SOLTIS A Taliban commander who was freed from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay earlier this year has returned to terrorism, surfacing in Pakistan where he is threatening to murder two Chinese engineers being held hostage. All Horoscopes: http://web1.nypost.com/cgi-bin/horoscope.pl ARIES It will pay you to go out of your way to be nice to the people you meet and do business with today, because you are going to need a lot of help over the following 48 hours. A smile and a few kind words will go a long way toward winning important people over to your side - and everyone you meet will be important this week. 1-900-990-7810* TAURUS If someone you thought was a friend says something hurtful about you today, you are advised not to take it too seriously. Most likely he is having an extremely bad day and just needs to blow off steam. You will be the best of friends again tomorrow, so don't harbor feelings of resentment, and certainly not of revenge. 1-900-990-7811* GEMINI If you listen to what other people are saying today, you might learn something to your advantage. The approaching solar eclipse means there are some pretty big opportunities coming your way, but not all of them will be obvious or up front, so keep your eyes and ears open and, if you hear something to your advantage, act on it immediately. 1-900-990-7812* CANCER If the stresses and strains of life are beginning to get to you, it might be time to plan a vacation. If that isn't possible, take an hour or two out of your schedule to take a walk in the park or just to sit somewhere quiet where you can refresh both your body and mind. No matter how busy you are, you must find time to relax. 1-900-990-7813* LEO There is no point worrying about how you are going to make ends meet because worrying never solves anything. Also, experience should have taught you by now that something always comes up - you seem to be one of those people who, no matter how far they fall, always seem to land on their feet. Must be the big cat in you. 1-900-990-7814* VIRGO Think ahead to where you would like to be a month or even a year from now and start doing the things that can make it happen. Planning is an essential stage in any successful endeavor, and the more you think about the direction you want your life to take, the more likely it is to happen. Form follows thought like night follows day. 1-900-990-7815* LIBRA The next few days will be extremely important, especially if you are the kind of Libran who is always dreaming of bigger and better things. The most important thing of all is that you remind yourself at regular intervals that anything is possible; that you alone create the path you take through life. Believe that and you will accomplish great things. 1-900-990-7816* SCORPIO If you have a brilliant idea today, and the planets suggest you will, don't immediately try to do something about it because this is not the time for starting new things. Put it on your mind's back burner and let it simmer there for a while. When the sun moves into your birth sign later this month, your idea will be cooked to perfection. 1-900-990-7817* SAGITTARIUS Life is for enjoying, and that is exactly what you intend to do with it today. You have no time for people who wail that fate is unkind, because you know that each and every one of us creates our own destiny. That kind of attitude will serve you very well indeed over the next two or three days. You're the perfect example of positive thinking. 1-900-990-7818* CAPRICORN Everyone has a story to tell and every story has some kind of lesson to impart, so don't just switch off if someone is talking about a topic that does not particularly interest you. The planets indicate that if you pay attention to what they are saying, you might learn something to your advantage - then you'll have a story of your own to tell. 1-900-990-7819* AQUARIUS You are not materialistic, but you know the value of a dollar and you know when someone is trying to part you from your hard-earned cash. The only danger is that with so many marvelous things going on in your life at the moment, you might let down your guard and let others make decisions that are profitable for them but costly for you. 1-900-990-7808* PISCES You are entitled to your opinion and you are entitled to be heard, but not everyone will agree with that today, so you may have to raise your voice to get your message across. On the other hand, do you really want to waste your wisdom on people who don't want to listen? What's that old saying about casting pearls before swine? 1-900-990-7809* Sports News: http://web1.nypost.com/sports/sports.shtml YANKEES MAY GO MINUS MO: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30134.htm By GEORGE KING The Yankees are girding for the possibility Mariano Rivera may not be available for Game 1 of the ALCS tonight against the Red Sox at a sold-out Yankee Stadium.On Sunday, Rivera � who returned home to Panama to attend the funerals of two beloved relatives electrocuted Saturday on his property in Puerto Caimito � told the Panamanian newspaper La Prensa he would "comply with my family obligations, and I will return to New York on Tuesday." SERIES STOPS FOR NO ONE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30133.htm THE baseball goes on, blissfully unaware of mitigating circumstances, no matter how terrible or tragic. The series all of baseball has coveted for 12 months begins tonight as scheduled. The Yankees will play the Red Sox, the teams throwing a century of conflict and a year of contempt on the table, winner take all. THIS ACE ISN'T IN BOSS' DECK: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30138.htm GEORGE Steinbrenner wants every trophy in the case and one at each position, too. Curt Schilling, the primary reason a fourth consecutive World Championship got away in 2001 before he got away himself last winter, will not be just a dreaded presence on the Stadium mound tonight for the hated Red Sox, but a galling one, too. YANKS: LOSE TO SOX? NOT US: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30149.htm LOOK into the eyes of the Yankees yesterday and this is what you saw. "Not us. We don't want to be the first Yankee team since 1918 to let the Red Sox walk over us and then win the World Series." Babe Ruth didn't let it happen. Lou Gehrig didn't. Same goes for Whitey, Mickey, Yogi, Reggie, Thurman, Andy and Roger. KIDD AT POINT OF NO RETURN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30139.htm THOUGH no trade con- versation actually took place between the Nets and Mavericks in early August, which is contrary to widespread reports, Mark Cuban was seriously considering the acquisition of Jason Kidd, for the appropriate (bad) contracts once his knee rehab was confirmed a success. BATTMAN: BOMBERS AWAY!: http://www.nypost.com/sports/battman.htm Battman lost the game with the Braves but won the series with the Astros last night, and the bankroll grew to 2,040 bellingers. NO DISTRESS FOR 'DAMSEL': http://www.nypost.com/sports/30135.htm By ED FOUNTAINE Fortunate Damsel went right to front under Javier Castellano, set relaxed pace, opened daylight stretch, just held off fast-closing 4-5 favorite Venturi to win Columbus Day feature, Grade 3, $100,000 Pebbles Stakes for 3-year-olds fillies going mile-and-eighth on turf. First stakes winner for trainer Heriberto "Ocala" Cedano, who took over barn of his longtime Hall-of-Fame mentor, Phil Johnson, following P.G.'s death this summer. NO PROBLEM: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30150.htm By GEORGE WILLIS ATLANTA � Houston, there is no problem. After failing to win a series in its eight previous postseason appearances, the Astros finally tasted October champagne last night, capturing Game 5 of their NLDS against the Braves with a hitting barrage that's bound to make the Cardinals nervous. MLB TAKES SHIRTS OFF FANS' BACKS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30129.htm By The Associated Press BOSTON � Yankees fans will need more than a T-shirt to taunt the Red Sox. BROWN, FLAHERTY MOURN CAMINITI: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30130.htm By GEORGE KING Yankees Kevin Brown and John Flaherty, who played with Ken Caminiti in San Diego, spoke glowingly yesterday of the former NL MVP who died in The Bronx Sunday at 41 of an apparent heart attack. DUQUE NOT SURE FOR 4: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30140.htm By GEORGE KING Joe Torre and Mel Stottlemyre liked what they saw from Orlando Hernandez in a bullpen session yesterday, and left him on the ALCS roster. However, they stopped short of naming El Duque the starter for Game 4 on Saturday night in Fenway Park. MO'S MATES FEEL HIS PAIN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30147.htm By LENN ROBBINS Mariano Rivera looked into Luis Sojo's eyes Saturday night and knew he had a kindred spirit. UMP CREWS SET TO GO FOR LCS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30148.htm Umpires Tim Welke and Randy Marsh were picked as crew chiefs for the league championship series and will start out Game 1 behind the plate. MANNY, JOHNNY DRIVE SOX: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30142.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY Johnny Damon, the official sound bite of the Red Sox, was asked about oddsmakers installing Boston as the ALCS favorite. MANNY, JOHNNY DRIVE SOX: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30143.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY We know Manny Ramirez marches to a different beat, and yesterday was no different. THIS RIVALRY READY TO BOIL OVER AGAIN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30144.htm By JOE GIRARDI THERE is a ton of extra pressure on the Yankees against the Red Sox to not be the team to lose to Boston. It is kind of like the 2000 World Series when the Yankees beat the Mets. CURT: ANKLE'S NOT GONNA SLOW ME DOWN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30145.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY According to an observer, Curt Schilling walked into Yankee Stadium's visiting clubhouse the same way he navigated Fenway Park the past few days: with a limp. MOOSE IS THE MAN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30146.htm By LENN ROBBINS Ever since Mike Mussina has been a Yankee, the pitching staff has been loaded with pitchers who possess sexier or more sensational stories. FLASH SET TO SHINE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30141.htm By LENN ROBBINS On any other team, the possible loss of a closer the stature of Mariano Rivera would be devastating. But the Yankees are not any other team. They can turn to Tom Gordon. OMAR PAL RUDY UP NEXT FOR AMAZIN'S: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/30132.htm By MARK HALE Rudy Jaramillo's first audition will come on Friday. The Mets will interview their second managerial candidate three days from now when Jaramillo, the Rangers' vaunted hitting coach, comes to New York. Last Friday, the Mets interviewed former Toronto skipper Carlos Tosca. COUGHLIN'S WINNING GAMES � & HEARTS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/30128.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ In slightly longer than a month's time, Tom Coughlin has transformed the Giants from a skeptical team that viewed him with either disdain or distrust into a group that now sings his praises. HIGH MARKS FOR ALL: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/30126.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ QUARTERBACKS Remarkable how Kurt Warner (18 of 33, 217 yards, 1 TD) has reinvented himself in the second chapter of his career. Tosses beautiful lobs and spread the wealth with expert skill. JINXED CARTER LOOKS LOST FOR SEASON: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/30131.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ For the third consecutive year, it looks as if Tim Carter's season has come to a premature end because of an injury. 4-0ERS SHOULDN'T LOOK PAST 49ERS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/30137.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO The goal for Herman Edwards this week is to seek out a mini-goal to attract his players' attention, because the 1-4 San Francisco 49ers might not be enough � particularly with the showdown against the rival Patriots looming a week from Sunday. A SWARM OF B'S: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/30127.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO QUARTERBACKS Chad Pennington (31 of 42, 304 yards, 1 TDs, 1 INT) did just about everything right until he threw fourth-quarter INT that sparked Buffalo comeback. Redeemed himself, though, by engineering game-winning drive. JET GUARDS HURTING: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/30136.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO The Jets' victory over the Bills on Sunday was a costly one. After going the first few weeks of the season staying relatively healthy, the Jets will likely be faced with playing two backup guards for Sunday's game against the 49ers at Giants Stadium. ARIZA'S KNICK STOCK ARISING: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/30124.htm By MARC BERMAN The whispers why Knicks rookie Trevor Ariza fell in the draft, into the mid-second round, centered on his supposed overbearing mother. If that's the case, those GMs should have their wages garnished. MERCER GOING ALL OUT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/30125.htm By FRED KERBER The Nets' tight intra-squad scrimmage was winding down. Pride, bragging rights and maybe an extra lap for the losers were all that lay on the line. But it meant more to Ron Mercer. Gossip: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/gossip.htm : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm CAT'S DEMISE CRUSHES KIMORA By Richard Johnson TV host Kimora Lee Simmons is mourning the death of her beloved cat, Max, who inspired the logo for her Baby Phat fashion line. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm PARALYZED BODY UNABLE TO FIGHT OFF INFECTIONS By Cindy Adams SUNDAY dinner at Primola with Rick Friedberg and his wife Francine LeFrak, reprising their recent schedule. Events like, Denise Rich's wedding reception last weekend for her daughter; Princess Yasmin Khan's Alzheimer's benefit last week in honor of her late mother Rita Hayworth; today's Chie Chic luncheon for Chie Imai's Royal Chie furs. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm CAPITOL CONNECTIONS By Liz Smith 'ONE OF my favorite 'operations' was 'Operation Just Cause.' Whenever I heard it, I had acted out a little dia logue in my head. 'Why are we invading this country?' one voice would say. 'Just cause,' the other would reply. Clearly, the government could do a better naming 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 HeadlineNassau County Overnight Construction on LIE EB btwn Exit 43 & Exit 44There is overnight construction closing all lanes on the eastbound Long Island Expressway/I-495 between Exit 43 - South Oyster Bay Road and Exit 44 - Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway from 11PM to 6AM Nassau County Overnight Construction on LIE EB btwn Exit 33 & Exit 40; 11PM-6AMThere is overnight construction closing all lanes on the eastbound Long Island Expressway/I-495 between Exit 33 - Lakeville Road and Exit 40 - Jericho Turnpike from 11PM to 6AM Nassau County Overnight Construction on LIE WB btwn Exit 40 & Exit 32; 9PM to 5AMThere is overnight construction closing all lanes on the westbound Long Island Expressway/I-495 between Exit 40S/N - Jericho Turnpike and Exit 32 - Little Neck Parkway from 9PM to 5AM. metrocommute Special EventManhattan MS Bike TourOver 5,000 cyclist are expected to participate in the 20th annual MS Bike Tour on Sunday, October 17, to benefit the New York City Chapter of the National MS Society. Travelers should be aware of the following schedule of road closings for Sunday morning, October 17:Soute Street Seaport(South Street from Maiden Lane to Peck Slip - 3AM to 9AM.FDR/Hudson River Drives - 7AM to 9:30AM10th (204th - 218th Street) - 7:45AM to 9:45AMHenry Hudson Parkway - 8:20AM to 11:05AM11th Avenue (56th - 23rd Street) - 8:45AM to 11:20AMLincoln Tunnel (North tube, westbound only) - 6AM to 11:15AMFor more information about the MS Bike Tour, please call the Bike Tour hotline (212)463-9791 or visit www.msnyc.org Manhattan All Access Tour @ Madison Square GardenMadison Square Garden�s� All Access Tour allows fans to get an insider�s view of the inner-workings of The World�s Most Famous Arena�, providing them with little-known information and rarely seen viewpoints on the legendary showplace. Visitors taking part in the �All Access� one hour tour become a part of one of the busiest and most exciting sports and entertainment facilities in the world and are treated to a host of unique experiences. Visit the Knicks, Rangers and Liberty locker rooms; tour backstage of the Theater at Madison Square Garden; go inside the Star dressing rooms; learn how a basketball court becomes a sheet of ice; witness all the seldom seen build-up to a live event � players practicing, performers in production, casts in rehearsal or crews staging events! You�ll never know what you�ll see on the All Access Tour. Expect some extra traffic on 7th Ave., 8th Ave., and in the west 30s Business News: http://web1.nypost.com/business/business.htm : http://www.nypost.com/business/31682.htm SICK KIDS VS. DISNEY IN 'PETER PAN' DUSTUP By HOLLY M. SANDERS It's a story that would make Peter Pan glad that he never grew up. Walt Disney Co. is caught in a feud with a U.K. children's hospital over the copyright to J. M. Barrie's classic novel, "Peter Pan." London's Great Ormond Street Hospital is talking with its lawyers about whether a book published in August by Disney and billed as a prequel to the original infringes on the hospital's ownership rights to the fairy tale. MERCK NEEDS RX FOR CEO: http://www.nypost.com/business/31736.htm By PAUL THARP Embattled drug giant Merck is seeking miracle cures for its own ailments - in both its executive suite and development labs. TEENS RAVE FOR IPODS: http://www.nypost.com/business/31674.htm After clothes, money and a car, an iPod is what U.S. teenagers want most this holiday season. ABBOTT SWALLOWS DIET BAR MAKER EAS WITH $320M BID: http://www.nypost.com/business/31676.htm By HOLLY M. SANDERS Abbott Laboratories struck a $320 million cash deal to buy EAS Inc., a top maker of nutrition bars and dietary supplements, from investment firm North Castle Partners. MERRILL ATT'Y OK'D ENRON $$: http://www.nypost.com/business/31686.htm Merrill Lynch & Co. attorney Kathy Zrike testified that she approved a $7 million stake for her firm in three Enron power barges with no guarantee that the former energy trader would buy back the investment. LAZARD IPO PROGRESS: http://www.nypost.com/business/31669.htm PARIS � Private investment bank Lazard's discussions about selling shares to the public are advancing and could possibly lead the board to meet at the end of the week to review the plan, a source close to the matter said yesterday. DESIGNING MEN TAKE RAP FASHION UPSCALE: http://www.nypost.com/business/31673.htm By SUZANNE KAPNER Usher liked the RyanKenny suit, a seersucker with rainbow-colored pinstripes, so much he wore one to MTV's Total Request Live and another to the Teen Choice Awards. MILLER BOOSTS NETFLIX STAKE: http://www.nypost.com/business/31675.htm Mutual-fund manager Bill Miller, making another bet on an Internet company shunned by investors, more than doubled his stake in movie-rental service Netflix to 11.5 percent in the third quarter OIL PEAKS ON STRIKE IN AFRICA: http://www.nypost.com/business/31679.htm Oil futures surged to a new high yesterday as a strike began in Africa's largest exporter of crude, exacerbating global supply concerns at a time of strong demand and reduced output in the hurricane-ravaged Gulf of Mexico. E-MAILS PROBED IN BEAR INQUIRY: http://www.nypost.com/business/31681.htm By PAUL THARP Bear Stearns is probing records of a half dozen of its top officials in the wake of federal investigations of whether the firm let big insiders feed illegally on mutual funds. STEADY RATES BELIE DEFICIT FEAR: http://www.nypost.com/business/31670.htm Markets are signaling "confidence" in President Bush's pledge to pare a record budget deficit, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said yesterday. FEDS TOOK A DIVE IN DIVA INK EXPERT CASE: http://www.nypost.com/business/31672.htm By JOHN CRUDELE FEDERAL prosecutors took a dive in the case against the Martha Stewart ink expert. That, at least, is what friends and fans of Stewart are now thinking and discussing among themselves. EXEC: PEOPLESOFT WON'T SURVIVE SOLO: http://www.nypost.com/business/31680.htm PeopleSoft Inc.'s profit may drop "significantly" this year, and the company may have trouble surviving on its own, Oracle Co-President Safra Catz testified at a trial to eliminate PeopleSoft's takeover defenses. Real Estate: http://web1.nypost.com/realestate/index.htm MYSTERIOUS SALE OF 57TH ST. BUILDING FOR $14.25M: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/31678.htm By STEVE CUOZZO IN infinitely complex Manhattan, the apparently simple sale of a small building on a glamorous Midtown block can often conceal a tangle of agendas and might-have-beens. Entertainment: http://web1.nypost.com/entertainment/entertainment.htm PLASTIC & PROUD: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31740.htm By FARRAH WEINSTEIN STEVE Carl used to be an ugly duckling. But after spending $10,000 on plastic surgery, plus another $15,000 on personal training, Carl transformed himself from a grumpy, 230-pound "big cake eater" to a muscle-bound 160-pound stud. WOULD YOU GET PLASTIC SURGERY?: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31742.htm "No. I'm not that interested in changing the way I look. I mean, hey, look at me. I can't imagine doing it. I think some stuff is pretty silly - pec implants, calf implants. That stuff is creepy." TOWERING JOB: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31743.htm By FRANK SCHECK PETER Dinklage may be short of stature, but as anyone who saw "The Station Agent" can attest, he's long on talent. WATCH SIX TIMES THE TELEVISION: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31688.htm By DON KAPLAN SONY has unveiled the ultimate digital record ing device � a monster machine that can record six TV channels for almost a week straight. SUPER BOWL ADS PRICIER: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31689.htm THE asking price of a TV commercial on next year's Super Bowl is going up again. LAST MOVIE HIT CLOSE TO HOME: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31690.htm By ADAM BUCKMAN FOR his last film, Chris topher Reeve chose a topic he knew well � paralysis: the toll it takes and the courage it inspires. Movie Reviews: http://web1.nypost.com/movies/movies.htm CREAKY �FRIDAY�: http://www.nypost.com/movies/29903.htm By LOU LUMENICK FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTSHIGH school football is a religion in some parts of the country, and �Friday Night Lights� � despite another expert performance by Billy Bob Thornton � is for the most part content to preach to the converted. The movie�s source, a book by Buzz Bissinger, was a fairly damning indictment of this obsession, focusing on the 1988 season in Odessa, an impoverished west Texas oil community that boasts the largest high school stadium in the country and where losing is considered a sin. ARNA'S CHILDREN: http://www.nypost.com/movies/29877.htm By V.A. MUSETTO THERE is little shortage of films about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but few that take the approach of "Arna's Children." ARE WE THERE YET?: http://www.nypost.com/movies/29866.htm By LOU LUMENICK AROUND THE BENDCHRISTOPHER Walken, who has briefly enliv ened many a terrible movie (such as "Gigli") with his distinctive supporting work, works overtime in a rare lead role in the mawkish "Around the Bend," which casts him as archaeologist Michael Caine's black-sheep son, Turner. 'HEAVEN'S' DOWN TO EARTH: http://www.nypost.com/movies/29883.htm By LOU LUMENICK FINAL CUT: THE MAKING AND UNMAKING OF 'HEAVEN'S GATE' THIS documentary tries to make the case � mostly through gorgeous, extended clips � that Michael Cimino's "Heaven's Gate," perhaps the biggest disaster in Hollywood history, is an unfairly maligned masterpiece. THE HILLSIDE STRANGLER: http://www.nypost.com/movies/29878.htm By MEGAN LEHMANN FROM the producers of "Ed Gein" and "Bundy" comes "The Hillside Strangler," another repulsive, fetishistic trawl through the life and crimes of a serial killer. NUMB FROM NERDS: http://www.nypost.com/movies/29882.htm By LOU LUMENICK PRIMER SHOT for $7,000 in a self-storage facility, a hotel room and someone's garage, Shane Carruth's "Primer" is a real head-scratcher that somehow won the grand jury prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival. AH, PIPE DOWN: http://www.nypost.com/movies/29870.htm By LOU LUMENICK RAISE YOUR VOICEJOHN Corbett, the "Sex and the City" hunk who has a thankless role as Hi lary Duff's singing teacher in the treacly "Raise Your Voice," told reporters at the movie's press junket he was retiring from acting because he was bored. 'SILENT' RUNS DEEP: http://www.nypost.com/movies/29876.htm By V.A. MUSETTO SILENT WATERS SET in 1979 Pakistan and based on true events, "Silent Waters" builds its story around Ayesha (Kiron Kher), a middle-aged widow with a strapping teenage son. PRETTY BOY FOILED: http://www.nypost.com/movies/29868.htm By MEGAN LEHMANN STAGE BEAUTYMUCH ado has been made about the real-life romance between the two lead actors in "Stage Beauty," and Claire Danes and Billy Crudup certainly spark a terrific chemistry on screen. 'ALLO, 'VERA': http://www.nypost.com/movies/29879.htm By LOU LUMENICK VERA DRAKEBRITISH actress Imelda Staunton, playing an ordin ary, middle-aged, working- class woman on a secret crusade in 1950 London, gives the year's first Oscar-worthy female performance in Mike Leigh's beautifully realized "Vera Drake." CHILLED 'VODKA' IN HIGH SPIRITS: http://www.nypost.com/movies/29869.htm By V.A. MUSETTO VODKA LEMON'WE'RE in deep sh - - here," Hamo, a 60-ish gentleman with a white beard and a full head of matching hair, tells his dead wife during one of his daily visits to her grave. Lifestyle: http://web1.nypost.com/living/living.htm ASK DR. MICHAEL FOX: http://www.nypost.com/living/31448.htm DEAR DR. FOX: I have a deli cate situation with my 16-year-old male tabby cat. Although he was neutered at six months of age, for the past 15 years he has had sexual relations with any type of stuffed animal, blanket, pillow or knitted sweater. He has even gone to the extreme of dragging stuffed toys into the living room for a little midnight action. He seems to have some idea that this behavior is inappropriate since it occurs predominantly late at night when the house is quiet. This has been very embarrassing, since he howls loudly, thereby waking up everyone in the house, not to mention the difficulty of inviting guests to spend the night. I have tried to stop this behavior by putting all stuffed items on high shelves (which he still manages to knock down) or squirting him with water. Nothing seems to deter him from his amorous affairs with anything plush. Must I resign myself? I would greatly appreciate any suggestions you may have. � M.V., Washing ton, D.C. WHOA, DOGGIE: http://www.nypost.com/living/31482.htm By JULIA SZABO Many dogs can pull several times their own weight, prompting wisecracking passersby to ask, "Who's walking who?" Lottery Results: http://web1.nypost.com/lottery/lottery.htm NEW YORK Midday Numbers Mon.: 091 Midday Win-4 Mon.: 6614 Evening Numbers Mon.: 641 Evening Win-4 Mon.: 6068 Pick-10 Mon.: 2, 6, 8, 15, 18, 20, 25, 26, 27, 29, 34, 38, 48, 54, 56, 57, 66, 67, 73, 79 Take-5 Mon.: 2, 3, 4, 6, 20 OAS_AD('Middle'); //--> NEW JERSEY Pick-3 Mon.: 812 Pick-4 Mon.: 1077 Cash-5 Mon.: 1, 5, 16, 19, 33 Pick-6 Mon.: 3, 10, 29, 34, 39, 48 CONNECTICUT Play-3 Mon.: 820 Play-4 Mon.: 2615 Cash-5 Mon.: 5, 15, 18, 20, 30 Travel: http://web1.nypost.com/travel/travel.htm HOT FOR HUNGARY: http://www.nypost.com/travel/31745.htm LESS than 10 years ago, you would have been hard-pressed to find a good reading light at Budapest's best hotels. This year, at the newly opened Four Seasons Gresham Palace, you can swim in an indoor "infinity" pool and curl up by a roaring fire in your Danube-side suite. EXPRESS CHECK-IN: http://www.nypost.com/travel/31746.htm IT seems as if they've been promoting the movie "Shall We Dance" nigh forever, but finally, it's almost here. WHAT'S THE DEAL?: http://www.nypost.com/travel/31747.htm Though it's situated on the University of Connecticut campus in the Quiet Quarter, Nathan Hale Inn is anything but a dorm - it's a full-service hotel offering deluxe rooms for up to 25 percent off if you stay two nights any day of the week, all winter long. . GOING PUBLIC: http://www.nypost.com/travel/31748.htm COMMUTER ferries are among the best - and cheapest - ways to gain new perspectives on signature sites, sniff out local ambience and rub shoulders with the natives. As proud New Yorkers know, out-of-towners who don't boat to Staten Island are remiss. Opinion: http://web1.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/opedcolumnists.htm JOHN KERRY'S OIL SLICK: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/31663.htm By NICOLE GELINAS FIFTY dollars buys a barrel of oil and some cheap demagoguery � witness John Kerry's new television ad. BIG-BIZ BAILOUT: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/31665.htm By ROBERT M. GOLDBERG JOHN Kerry claims that President Bush has "cho sen to help his special-in terest friends instead of cutting the health-care costs of ordinary Americans." In fact, it's the Kerry health plan that boosts big business (and big government) at the expense of the average working fellow. GOP TOBACCO TWO-STEP: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/31664.htm By ROBERT A. LEVY REPUBLICANS love to criticize judicial shakedowns � using the court system to redistribute income from unpopular industries to "more deserving" plaintiffs. So why has a Republican-run Justice Department embraced the mother of all baseless lawsuits � the crusade against tobacco? 'NUISANCE' NONSENSE: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/31668.htm By DICK MORRIS SEN. John Kerry has just explained, clearly and lucidly, the difference be tween the Democratic and Republi can approaches on how to fight terrorism: He told the New York Times Magazine that, as a "former law-enforcement person," he knew that we could not wipe out terrorism, but hoped we could repress it until it became a "nuisance," not a mortal threat. SMOKING GUN: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/31677.htm By JOHN PODHORETZ CONSERVATIVES are up in arms about the memo written by the chief pol itics producer at ABC News, which leaked out on Friday. They shouldn't be. Mark Halperin's memo is very useful: It reveals as no other document ever has the existence of a deeply ingrained double standard in the way political news is reported in the United States. Celebrity Photos: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/celebp/index.htm : http://www.nypost.com/gossip/celebp/10042004/photo01.htm October 4th:The NYC Premieres of 'Taxi' and 'Ladder 49'...: http://www.nypost.com/gossip/celebp/10042004/photo01.htm Movie News: http://web1.nypost.com/entertainment/movies/news/news.htm News, Oct. 7: Michael Moore Counters GOP Charges, Rape Charges Against Anthony Anderson Dropped, Andie MacDowell Divorces, More� Kit Bowen -- Hollywood.com Staff Moore shoots back at GOP Michael Moore got in his own two cents Wednesday, responding to Republicans' charge that the filmmaker be prosecuted for offering underwear and food to college students in exchange for their promise to vote, The Associated Press reports. Style: http://web1.nypost.com/style/style.htm HOW NOT TO LOOK FAT: JEANS THAT JUNK THE JIGGLE IN YOUR WIGGLE: http://www.nypost.com/style/31540.htm By DANICA LO SHOPPING for jeans is like dating in New York - aggravating and depressing. No matter how many pairs I lug into the fitting room and no matter how much I sweat and how many tears I shed while sucking in my tummy and hoping for a flattering fit, I'm always left wondering: If jeans are supposed to be a basic, why is finding the right pair so profoundly difficult? THE BEST SALES OF THIS WEEK: http://www.nypost.com/style/31541.htm CLOTHES Triple Five Soul 15 W. 24th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues; no phone Sale: Oct. 15-31. Open: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Samples from this urban label are selling at wholesale prices and below. Find Outlet 361 W. 17th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues; (212) 243-3177 Sale: Oct. 14-17. Open: noon-7 p.m. Boucle double-breasted coats, now $250 (reg. $530), distressed brown leather blazer, $150 (reg. $329), wool gabardine trousers, $110 (reg. $235). To modify your account settings go to: http://www.nypost.com/newsletter/acctmgr.htm To unsubscribe, go to: http://www.nypost.com/newsletter/unsubscribe.htm
