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Regional News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm 'FLIPPING OUT': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30405.htm By TODD VENEZIA The woman accusing Bill O'Reilly of sex harassment threw a hissy fit inside a tony Midtown hotel bar last week and then sneered to onlookers that she works for "The O'Reilly Factor," a Manhattan chef told The Post yesterday. BX. COP BUSTED IN COKE STING: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30372.htm By ZACH HABERMAN and JOHN VASQUEZ A Bronx cop was busted in an undercover sting in Rhode Island yesterday for trying to buy a kilo of cocaine from federal agents in a motel, law-enforcement sources said. FLU-SHOT LONGSHOT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30417.htm By MATTHEW SWEENEY and ANDY GELLER Hundreds of desperate seniors, shrugging off a steady drizzle that could give them a cold, endured a bone-chilling four hours yesterday to get flu shots at a city clinic in Chelsea. METROCARD HIKE WOULD $LAP 'MONTHLY' RIDERS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30392.htm By CLEMENTE LISI Straphangers who buy monthly MetroCards could be hit with the brunt of next year's fare hike. FREE-VELELLA PANEL'S BOSS TIED TO $24M APPLE GRANT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30414.htm By STEPHANIE GASKELL and DAVID SEIFMAN A nonprofit group tied to the chairman of the commission that sprung state Sen. Guy Velella from jail early received a $24 million city grant six days before the panel's vote, it was revealed yesterday. CITY MAY SEND $350 EACH TO 17,000 HOMELESS CLANS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30420.htm By FRANKIE EDOZIEN The city is prepared to send checks of $350 each to 17,000 homeless families as part of a settlement on claims that they weren't provided proper services, but a feud is delaying the payout, The Post has learned. BUSH TAKING JERSEY JAUNT TO SURPRISE SWING STATE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30377.htm By STEFAN C. FRIEDMAN President Bush will stump in southern New Jersey on Monday � a major sign that Republicans believe they can win in the traditionally Democratic state. JUDGE RAPS SOROS BOO$T AS ILLEGAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30398.htm By KENNETH LOVETT ALBANY � A small political party bankrolled by billionaire George Soros illegally involved itself in a Democratic primary for the Albany County district attorney's race, a judge ruled yesterday. DEBATE BARELY EDGES YANKS-SOX GAME IN THE RATINGS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30383.htm By MICHAEL STARR New Yorkers voted to watch Wednesday's final presidential debate over their hometown Yankees � by thisclose of a margin. COMMISH MAKES VOW TO TRAGIC DAY-CARE PARENTS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30389.htm By FRANKIE EDOZIEN Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden yesterday consoled the grieving parents of the Queens baby who died at an understaffed day-care center, and said their son's death would change the way the city deals with child-care providers. WINTOUR NANNY TELLS OF E.R. DASH: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30403.htm Vogue editor Anna Wintour's husband rushed their nanny to the hospital in a limo after she was "overcome" by toxic fumes in their Greenwich Village house � an exposure she says had a devastating impact on her life. AMMON 'GAY BASH': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30406.htm By KIERAN CROWLEY Hours before he was murdered, multimillionaire Ted Ammon spent thousands of dollars on a pair of sweaters and visited a gay beach, witnesses said yesterday � before an irate prosecutor complained that accused killer Danny Pelosi is trying to besmirch the victim as a closet bisexual. CITY NIXES TRANSFERS FOR KIDS STUCK IN FAILING SCHOOLS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30396.htm By DAVID ANDREATTA Kids who think they can get out of failing high schools this year better think again. MIKE INKS 'JODIE'S' LAW VS. CON ED: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30399.htm By FRANKIE EDOZIEN Mayor Bloomberg signed into law yesterday a bill that would ensure that utility companies like Con Ed undertake swift repairs of damaged infrastructure on city sidewalks and streets. JUDGE THROWS AWAY KEY ON SEX-FIEND GRAMPS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30400.htm By LAURA ITALIANO A heinous senior-citizen sex fiend stared down his petite victim in a Manhattan courtroom yesterday � and as she successfully begged the judge to put him away forever, he muttered in annoyance from the defense table. GRAND CAM SLAM: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30402.htm By ADAM BUCKMAN and MARK HALE Jorge Posada got down and dirty with a pair of minicameras embedded in the dirt in front of home plate at Yankee Stadium. HIT-RUN KIDS 'FORGIVING': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30384.htm By JOE McGURK and CYNTHIA R. FAGEN Two hospitalized Bronx brothers mowed down by a hit-and-run driver at an unguarded school crossing told their mom yesterday they would forgive the heartless person who left them for dead � if he came forward to apologize. BUSTS IN MOB WHACK: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30401.htm By KATI CORNELL SMITH Two top-ranking mobsters � including the Colombo crime family's former acting boss � were busted yesterday on murder charges in the mysterious disappearance of Colombo underboss William "Wild Bill" Cutolo. MIKE SUES OVER 'PARTNER' LAW: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30388.htm By FRANKIE EDOZIEN Mayor Bloomberg yesterday filed suit to block enactment of a law that would force contractors who do business with the city to offer benefits to domestic partners of their employees. PARENTS RALLY VS. PERV: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30404.htm By SELIM ALGAR Parents in a Long Island community are standing together to get a convicted sex offender who's living in their neighborhood off the streets and away from their kids. EX-CONS DROVE KIDS TO SCHOOL: PROBERS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30407.htm By DAVID ANDREATTA More than two dozen drivers and emergency medical technicians under contract with the city to transport disabled schoolchildren earlier this year had criminal records ranging from manslaughter to drunken driving, according to a report released yesterday. SLAY SUSPECT IS BACK IN JAIL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30409.htm By ALEX GINSBERG A Queens man facing charges in a rap-rivalry killing turned himself in yesterday after being improperly freed from jail last week. WTC KIN TO SUE CITY OVER ASHES: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30386.htm World Trade Center victims' family members announced yesterday they have filed a notice of claim against the city, the Port Authority and the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. over the treatment of their loved ones' ashes. BOOKIE CRUMBLES: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30387.htm By SELIM ALGAR and RITA DELFINER Lady Luck ran out on one of the largest sports gambling rings in Long Island history, with the arrests of eight members of a $35 million-a-year bookie operation, authorities said yesterday. I DESERVE WHAT I GOT: LENNON KILLER: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30393.htm By KENNETH LOVETT ALBANY � The man serving a life sentence for the murder of John Lennon said he deserves exactly what he got "because of the pain and suffering I caused," a newly released transcript from his recent parole hearing shows. CUSTODY CHAOS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30410.htm By ALY SUJO New York's twisted divorce courts have become a judicial labyrinth for child-custody cases "straight out of Alice in Wonderland," angry parents told a packed public hearing in the West Village yesterday. NEWBORN TAKES THE EXPRESS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30416.htm By LORENA MONGELLI and PHILIP MESSING A Queens woman took the term "rush hour" literally yesterday morning, going into labor on a Flushing-bound No. 7 train and giving birth less than an hour later on her way to the hospital � assisted by a rookie EMT. CITY'S STALLING LEAVES INJURED AT SEA: LAWYERS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30385.htm By KATI CORNELL SMITH and CLEMENTE LISI Ferry-crash victims and their families, who have sued the city for more than $1 billion, have been "left in a legal limbo," their lawyers charged yesterday. WORKER SHOT AT GARAGE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30390.htm By MIKE WHITE, JENNIFER FERMINO and MURRAY WEISS A brazen gunman shot a Manhattan garage attendant yesterday, emptied his cash drawer, and made off with a SUV � then returned to steal another. SLAIN COPS ON HEROES' WALL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30413.htm By ERIKA MARTINEZ The names of two NYPD detectives who were murdered in the line of duty last year were added to the Police Memorial Wall in lower Manhattan yesterday. 'GOODFELLA,' BAD FATHER: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30376.htm Growing up in the mob was a life filled with sex, drugs and violence, according to GREGG and GINA HILL, the children of Luchese mob associate Henry Hill, whose life story inspired the film "Goodfellas." MCG'S BIG NIGHT 'OUT': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30408.htm By FRANKIE EDOZIEN New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey made an appearance at a mammoth gay fund-raiser in Midtown last night � the first such appearance since coming out as a "gay American." SANIT WORKER CLOBBERS HIS PARTNER: COPS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30418.htm A round of trash talk turned violent on the Upper West Side last night when an on-duty Department of Sanitation worker cracked his partner over the head with a shovel, officials said. MOBSTER GUILTY IN BIG UNION $CAM: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/30419.htm A high-ranking member of the Genovese crime family pleaded guilty yesterday to plundering four construction unions for the mob. National News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm VEEP TO KERRY: HOW DARE YOU!: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/30395.htm By IAN BISHOP and DEBORAH ORIN TEMPE, Ariz. � Vice President Dick Cheney, calling himself an "angry father," yesterday blasted John Kerry for mentioning that Cheney's daughter is gay during the presidential debate. GUN RAP HITS DURST ON DAY OF RELEASE: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/30411.htm By LESLIE T. SNADOWSKY GALVESTON, Texas � On the day of his parole, cross-dressing millionaire Robert Durst yesterday was unexpectedly hit with federal gun charges that could keep him behind bars for another two years. DEMOCRAT PRIMER: PLAY A PHONY RACE CARD BY CHARGING VOTE 'INTIMIDATION': http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/30397.htm By VINCENT MORRIS WASHINGTON � Republicans ripped into John Kerry yesterday over a stunning new internal manual that advises Democrats to launch "pre-emptive" strikes charging the GOP with voter intimidation � even if none exists. World News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm EX-GITMO THUG'S MEN WIPED OUT: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/30379.htm CHAGMALAI, Pakistan � Pakistani special forces attacked kidnappers holding two Chinese engineers near the Afghan border yesterday, killing all five of the al Qaeda-linked militants, who were followers of a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner. GREEN ZONE BOMBED: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/30380.htm BAGHDAD � Rebels penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone and detonated explosives at a market and a popular cafe yesterday, killing 10 people, including four American civilians, in the first bombings inside the compound housing the U.S. and Iraqi government headquarters. FIENDS POST BEHEAD VID OF TURKISH DRIVER: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/30381.htm An Iraqi militant group has beheaded a Turkish driver it was holding hostage, according to a video posted on the group's Web site yesterday. ENVOY WHO SNUBBED GI HEROES QUITS: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/30382.htm By NILES LATHEM WASHINGTON � Rend al-Rahim Francke, Iraq's ambassador-designate to the United States, has resigned from her historic appointment months after coming under fire for refusing to visit wounded U.S. troops in the hospital. All Horoscopes: http://web1.nypost.com/cgi-bin/horoscope.pl ARIES You were born under the sign of the Ram, which means you charge at life without restraint, but that is not always the best way to go about things and what happens today will remind you that sometimes you need subtlety as well as strength of character. To get what you desire, you may have to give others what they desire first. 1-900-990-7810* TAURUS It is not enough to merely assume that other people know what you are talking about - you must make sure they get the message. Don't worry that by spelling things out in plain and simple language you may offend their sense of dignity - on the contrary, they will thank you for taking the time and making the effort to get it right. 1-900-990-7811* GEMINI As Mercury, your ruling planet, changes signs today, it might be wise to change your attitude about your working routine and the effects it could have on your health. Not even a Gemini can keep up the same frenetic pace day after day - sooner or later, it will take its toll. You need to start thinking about slowing down. 1-900-990-7812* CANCER You will receive good news of some kind today. It may be news of something that is happening in the future rather than something that is happening right now, but it will cheer you up no end to realize that your luck is not as bad as you thought it was. Perhaps that's your problem; perhaps you think a bit too much! 1-900-990-7813* LEO Don't waste your time trying to give friends and colleagues good advice today because they won't listen. Don't take it personally, either. Some people just have to make their own mistakes before they learn and perhaps that is the way it should be. If you think about it, you will realize that is the way you learned as well. 1-900-990-7814* VIRGO You will be in a more carefree mood today than you have been for quite some time, thanks in no small part to Mercury, your ruler, moving into the most open and outgoing area of your solar chart. This is also a good day for writing letters and e-mails and getting in contact with friends you have not seen for a while. 1-900-990-7815* LIBRA You are not always as straightforward in your dealings as you like to make out - in fact, sometimes you can be rather crafty. According to the planets, you have been telling partners and colleagues one thing when you actually mean something different, simply to throw them off the scent. Be careful your underhanded methods do not rebound on you. 1-900-990-7816* SCORPIO As Mercury, planet of communication, moves into your birth sign today, it won't be long before you find your voice and let others know what it is you expect of them. It might be wise, however, not to say anything too offensive to those you live and work with, at least not until the sun also moves into your sign a week or so from now. 1-900-990-7817* SAGITTARIUS It might be wise to keep your suspicions to yourself today, not because they are wrong, but because this is a time when you should be looking for reasons to work with other people, not find fault with them. No one is perfect, not even you, so turn a blind eye to others' more obvious failings - later on, they'll turn a blind eye to yours. 1-900-990-7818* CAPRICORN What is right for you may be wrong for other people, and what is right for other people may be wrong for you. As long as you keep that in mind today, you won't go far wrong - more to the point, you won't waste your time and energy trying to convert people to your point of view. There is room in this world for all shades of opinion. 1-900-990-7819* AQUARIUS Mercury, planet of the mind, crosses the midheaven angle of your chart today, increasing your chances of material success by making sure you know what it is you desire and what it is you have to do to make it your own. Most people fail simply because they don't know what it is they want. Fortunately, you're not most people. 1-900-990-7808* PISCES Although you have quite rightly kept your head down lately, the entry of Mercury, planet of the mind, into your fellow water sign of Scorpio means you will be a lot less fearful about the path your life appears to be taking. You won't, of course, overcome all your anxieties, but beginning today, you will look on the bright side more often than not. 1-900-990-7809* Sports News: http://web1.nypost.com/sports/sports.shtml BORE OF WORDS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/31823.htm By GEORGE KING BOSTON � They have spanked Curt Schilling and beaten Pedro Martinez, and Schilling can't pitch Sunday due to a barking ankle. So, all that stands between the Yankees and celebrating an ALCS triumph over the dead-bat Red Sox at Fenway Park are two victories in the three games slated for this weekend. Win two and do a Pinstripe Cha-Cha-Cha on the pitted olive grass of New England's living room and spray champagne in the bowels of the old ballpark that has more dump to it than charm. MEL STILL WORKING HIS MAGIC: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/31831.htm BOSTON � The most valu able member of the Yankees traveling party slipped unnoticed into a back trainer's room at Fenway Park yesterday, earlier than just about anyone else. He fired up a laptop computer and went to work: studying, tinkering, fiddling, thinking, calculating. PEN NOT ALWAYS MIGHTIER: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/31824.htm BOSTON � Curt Schilling won't pitch Sunday, or maybe for the duration, because of a subluxation in the sheath that holds his right ankle tendons. So they're bringing in the sheaths for the Sox for an 86th straight year, no rejoicing here for sure, down 2-0. LAPDOG SID DOES IMUS' DIRTY WORK: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31802.htm IN the scheme of things, it's the scheme of things. Of course Sid Rosenberg, on the Imus In The Morning WFAN/MSNBC simulcast, this week had a good time with the tragedy that killed two of Mariano Rivera's wife's relatives. Rosenberg suggested that the electrocutions were the result of a failed set-up that was supposed to have rid Rivera of his wife. 'IDIOTS' NEED TO SMARTEN UP: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31816.htm BOSTON � The Red Sox revel in their self-proclaimed role of being idiots. The truth is, the Yankees starting pitching has made them look like idiots. CALL HIM JUDAS JACKSON: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31825.htm GIVE Phil Jackson this much � at least when he rats out his team in this printing, he doesn't do it anonymously. ACTION'S HOT AND HEAVY ALONG COAST: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31804.htm THE autumn harvest along the Atlantic coast has been nothing short of spectacular with an abundant supply of stripers, porgies, bluefish and sea bass being taken by anglers. CARDS ARE BIG FANS OF RAMS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31834.htm By GEORGE WILLIS ST. LOUIS � Do you think the Yankees would rush through their warm-ups before a postseason game to watch the Giants or Jets on television? Likely not. ROCKIN' 'N' ROLEN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31832.htm By GEORGE WILLIS ST. LOUIS � So much for Scott Rolen's slump and so much for the Astros trying to steal a win in St. Louis. SCHILL-SHOCKED: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31826.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY BOSTON � Curt Schilling won't pitch Game 5, and at least some teammates are admitting the harsh reality of the ramifications. ARROYO AIMS TO KEEP THINGS OFF-BALANCE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31819.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY BOSTON � A guitar-strumming, corn-rowed Pirates reject holds Boston's season in his right hand. NIT WINS OPENER VS. NCAA TOURNEY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31801.htm By CARL CAMPANILE A Manhattan federal judge gave the green light yesterday to a lawsuit over NCAA rules that allegedly keep top college hoop teams from playing in the annual National Invitation Tournament in Madison Square Garden. CHAVEZ, AGENT PART WAYS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31829.htm By ED FOUNTAINE Jockey Jorge Chavez and Gary Gullo, his agent for the last year-and-a-half, have split. Gullo will return to training next month. Chavez' new agent reportedly will be Harry "The Hat" Hacek. BAILEY'S BACK IN THE SADDLE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31817.htm By ED FOUNTAINE Jockey Jerry Bailey returned to the saddle yesterday at Belmont Park for the first time since Sept. 1 when he broke his wrist falling off a ladder at his Florida home. DRAFT GURU, NETWORK PARTING AFTER 22 YEARS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31795.htm By ANDREW MARCHAND Mel Kiper Jr. is off ESPN's draft board, NYP TV Sports has learned. After a 22-year run as ESPN's NFL draft expert, Kiper is being let go by the network. 5 QUESTIONS FOR MIKE EMRICK: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31797.htm This week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with Devils' play-by-player Mike Emrick. With the NHL in a lockout, Emrick is calling college hockey for CSTV. When the NHL resumes, Emrick is expected to be the voice of the Stanley Cup Finals on NBC. He declined to comment on his expected new role. THOM BRENNAMAN VS. JOSH LEWIN (WHO'S A BETTER PLAY-BY-PLAYER?): http://www.nypost.com/sports/31796.htm Fox' No. 2 MLB play-by-player, Thom Brennaman, is Brent Musburger Lite. When calling big events, he hypes things that don't need hype. He also seems to force some sort of "announcer voice," which comes across as unnatural. THE ODD COUPLE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31799.htm All they needed for their first winning week of the season was the Niners NOT scoring 16 points in the final 4:35, or the Rams NOT scoring 17 points in the final 5:34, or the Vikings NOT scoring a TD in OT, or . . . JET PROPULSION: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31813.htm BY DAVE BLEZOW THE gloom-and-doomers are out in force: The Jets are walking into a double trap vs. the 49ers � a division-sandwich game with a major look-ahead to next week in Foxboro. The spread's too large. The Jets' two starting offensive guards are out, and Santana Moss might be, too. They're historically bad bets as hefty home favorites. O/U RICO!: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31798.htm Rico went 8-6 (2-2 on Best Bets) last week on the over/unders to bring the season record to 38-35-1 (8-8). The selections for Week 6: MS. CHARLEEN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31800.htm Her one-week reign atop the Best Bet world came to a sudden end when Ms. Charleen went 1-2 on her BBs last week to fall 1/2-game behind Battman. As for her overall 4-10 against the spread, MC suggests you forget the past and look to this future: THE FAN'S CORNER: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31803.htm By MIKE FORDE Rob Kuhn just missed the cutoff to be part of one of the most famous concert groupies ever. BATTMAN READY TO CASH IN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31809.htm BATTMAN, fresh off nabbing a share of The Post's play-for-points pool, tries for more with these Week 6 selections: BATTMAN: THREE & EASY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/battman.htm The Astros left the game on base last night, and their loss cut Battman's bankroll to 2,115 polonias. TIME FOR YANKS TO END ALL HOPE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/31822.htm BY JOE GIRARDI Joe Girardi, a member of three Yankees championship teams and now an analyst on the YES Network's pregame and postgame playoff coverage, is writing an exclusive column for The Post throughout the team's postseason run. As told to Andrew Marchand. JASON'S YANKS' FORGOTTEN MAN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/31821.htm By MARK HALE BOSTON � You can still see him if you look carefully. You have to come early to watch batting practice. Be on the bench while he's giving his teammates support. See him when he's going over charts with Don Mattingly. JOE GIVES EL DUQUE GAME 4 NOD: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/31827.htm By MARK HALE BOSTON � He has pitched only once since Sept. 22. But Orlando Hernandez is ready to take the ball tomorrow night. GIRARDI MAY MOVE TO MARLINS' BENCH: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/31835.htm By GEORGE KING BOSTON � Joe Girardi may be leaving the Yankees broadcast booth to become Florida manager Jack McKeon's bench coach, The Post has learned. MOUND OF PRESSURE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/31818.htm By MARK HALE BOSTON � Joe Torre cannot guarantee victory with Kevin Brown tonight in Game 3 of the ALCS. Torre wouldn't do that. A-ROD PUTS APRIL 'MESS' BEHIND HIM: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/31828.htm By MARK HALE BOSTON � Back in April at Fenway, Alex Rodriguez had what you can call a slightly difficult four-game series. TURNOVER RATIO BOOSTS BIG BLUE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/31807.htm By BRIAN LEWIS Of all the good the Giants have done through their surprising 4-1 start, of all the statistics that have contributed to Big Blue's turnaround from doormat to contender in the NFC East race, the most telling number is 11. HERM'S OFFENSE AILING: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/31830.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO The Jets are facing the very real possibility of being without three offensive starters when they face the 49ers Sunday at Giants Stadium. JETS PUT TRUST IN GUARDS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/31820.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO You hope, as a Jets fan, not to hear their names at all during Sunday's game against the 49ers at Giants Stadium. They, too, hope not to hear their own names or numbers called. JETS WILL GO AS FAR AS MARTIN TAKES THEM: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/31805.htm By ANDREW MARCHANDBy ANDREW MARCHANDBy ANDREW MARCHAND When breaking down why an NFL team is doing well, one of the reasons rarely is: The star is a good person. KNICKS BECOMING 'HOT TICKET' AGAIN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/31839.htm By MARC BERMAN WILKES-BARRE, Pa. � Before preseason opened, Knicks president Isiah Thomas said his goal was to make the Knicks "a hot ticket" this season. JAMAL ELECTRIC IN KNICK DEBUT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/31838.htm By MARC BERMAN WILKES-BARRE, Pa. � As Jamal Crawford came out with 1:58 left to complete his Knicks debut, he got a bear hug from Knicks coach Lenny Wilkens. NETS SET TO EXTEND CEO THORN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/31837.htm By FRED KERBER WILKES BARRE, Pa. � Rod Thorn says he likes a challenge. Well, he's got one with the Nets, but he'll also have five more years to figure it out. RICE WANTS SPOT ON NETS' MENU: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/31836.htm By FRED KERBER WILKES BARRE, Pa. � Darius Rice looked at the final stat sheet and shook his head. Gossip: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/gossip.htm : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm COMICS' IRAQ TREK ON SCREEN By Richard Johnson EX-Marine Drew Carey and a posse of fellow comics entertained the troops in Iraq's war-torn Sunni Triangle last year, and now their joke-filled journey is headed to the Hamptons International Film Festival. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm ANOTHER SIDE OF THE DUCHESS By Cindy Adams OHHH, I have something juicy to tell you. Ohhh, so good, so tasty that I want to kiss myself all over just for the fact that I my very own self learned this and can spill this before anyone else hears this. Now, you won't believe it, I don't believe it, but believe it . . . : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm SUITS HIM TO A T By Liz Smith 'FROM A PURELY comic perspective, you'd want Mr. T to be president. That would be truly fun. But no, I don't cheer for the demise and erosion of the world purely for my own professional standing. I can write jokes about anything!" 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 E/W btwn Exit 43 & Exit 44There is overnight construction closing all lanes in both directions of 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 Suffolk County Overnight Construction on LIE WB @ Exit 65There is overnight construction closing all lanes on the westbound Long Island Expressway/I-495 at Exit 65 - Horseblock Road from 9PM to 5AM. Suffolk County Overnight Construction on LIE EB btwn Exit 49S & Exit 50There is overnight construction closing all lanes on the eastbound Long Island Expressway/I-495 between Exit 49S - NY-110 and Exit 50 - Bagatelle Road from 9PM 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/30332.htm MEDIA TAG SALE By ERICA COPULSKY and TIM ARANGO Viacom Inc. is screening its options for its Famous Players movie theater chain, in what may be the first in a series of asset sales as the media empire re-evaluates its strategy. The New York entertainment giant is preparing to put Famous Players, its Canadian movie theater operator, on the block, according to sources familiar with the situation. TV AUDIENCES DECIDE REALITY BITES: http://www.nypost.com/business/30358.htm By HOLLY M. SANDERS Tired of swapping wives, eating cockroaches and getting fired? So, apparently, is the rest of America. FIRM BUYS AGENCY IN SECOND BIG DEAL: http://www.nypost.com/business/30338.htm By TIM ARANGO Hollywood talent agency The Firm continues to expand, announcing yesterday that it has bought the music management company Spivak Sobol Entertainment. GOOGLE DEBUTS NEW SOFTWARE: http://www.nypost.com/business/30361.htm Google Inc., the world's most-used Internet search engine, introduced software that lets users search for files from their own computers, as well as the Web, entering a new area of competition with Microsoft Corp. WHO'S KISSING-ER NOW?: http://www.nypost.com/business/kelly.htm By KEITH J. KELLY FORMER Time maga zine editor Walter Isaacson is caught in a Danish twist. HARVEY, DISNEY TALKING TURKEY: http://www.nypost.com/business/30330.htm By TIM ARANGO Miramax and Disney are discussing terms of an agreement for Harvey and Bob Weinstein to leave the movie studio they founded, The Post has learned. JUDGE LETS HOLLINGER REFILE AGAINST BLACK: http://www.nypost.com/business/30346.htm By TIM ARANGO Hollinger International's legal fight against its disgraced former CEO Conrad Black is far from over. US AIR GIVEN MORE TIME TO USE $745M: http://www.nypost.com/business/30353.htm US Airways Group, Inc., the No. 7 U.S. airline, won an extension of a financing agreement allowing it to use $745 million pledged as collateral to the federal government and other lenders. KICKBACK CITY: http://www.nypost.com/business/30360.htm By PAUL THARP New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer yesterday accused insurance industry giants of rigging bids and using widespread payoffs to soak American businesses for hundreds of millions in ill-gotten gains. NO BUYBACK PLEDGED, CLAIMS ENRON EXEC: http://www.nypost.com/business/30342.htm Ex-Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow never promised Merrill Lynch a risk-free purchase of three energy-generating barges in a 1999 call about a sale prosecutors claim was a sham, a witness said. MERCK MAY RUSH NEW DRUGS: http://www.nypost.com/business/30347.htm Merck & Co. Chief Executive Officer Raymond Gilmartin said the drugmaker might accelerate new-drug development and cost-cutting after it withdrew the Vioxx painkiller because of a link to heart risks. MAD AVE. BISTRO TO SING ALTO: http://www.nypost.com/business/30352.htm By LOIS WEISS Three-star chef Scott Conant, whose L'Impero in Tudor City won the James Beard Award in 2003, will create a new restaurant at 520 Madison Ave. ON STREET, FASTER BUCK CAN BE MADE IN A TAXI: http://www.nypost.com/business/30366.htm By PAUL THARP Wall Street may not be the home for quick bucks anymore. It now costs an enterprising dreamer more to lease a taxi to roam streets than it does to lease a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. CITI, B OF A EARNS UP: http://www.nypost.com/business/30341.htm Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. said third-quarter profits rose, boosted by lending to individuals and higher fees from consumer banking. Corporate loan demand showed no sign of reviving amid a two-year slump. FIDELITY SLASHES COST OF ONLINE TRADES BY 33%: http://www.nypost.com/business/30343.htm Fidelity Investments said it reduced the cost of online stock trades by one-third for entry-level brokerage customers, keeping pace with Charles Schwab Corp. DOW ENDS UNDER 10K, OIL JUMPS OVER $54: http://www.nypost.com/business/30356.htm By SUZANNE McGEE Losses at General Motors and indictments in the insurance industry took their toll on already shaky stocks yesterday and knocked the Dow Jones industrial average below the 10,000 mark. 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 POLITICAL FUN-RAISING: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/30317.htm By FRANK SCHECK ON a sheer laughs-per- minute ratio, there's no funnier show in New York than the 65-minute comedy written by � and starring � "Urinetown" author Greg Kotis. 'RECKLESS' IS JUST A WRECK: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/30359.htm By CLIVE BARNES THE revival of Craig Lucas' "Reckless" isn't so much reck less as plain stupid. COLD NORTH: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/30363.htm By MICHAEL RIEDEL BLAME Canada. A Toronto production company has failed to come up with the mil lions of dollars it had planned to in vest in several of this season's new Broadway musicals, leaving the producers of those shows scrambling to fill significant last-minute gaps in their budgets. 'SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE' GIVES YOU TOTAL IMMERSION: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/30368.htm By FRANK SCHECK BASIL Twist's under water puppet show is back, this time in a 1,000-gallon water tank set up at Dodger Stages, the spanking-new off-Broadway theater complex. DEARS IN ENDEARING LINEUP: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/30355.htm By MARY HUHN AS if the ongoing CMJ Music Mara thon weren't enough, tonight also brings the opening night of the DUMBO Arts Festival (see dumboartscenter.org). BELOW THE BELT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/30334.htm By DON KAPLAN DOGGED by rumors of dissent behind the scenes and the failure of a similar show on Fox, NBC's heavily hyped boxing show, "The Contender," is facing an uphill battle. 'AMERICAN IDOL' FOR SOAP OPERAS: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/30336.htm 'AMERICAN Idol" guru Simon Fuller is developing a soap opera for American TV. ROCKING THE OSCARS: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/30340.htm THE Oscars have a piece of the Rock. Chris Rock, that is, who was named yesterday to host the Academy Awards telecast in February. JON VOTES KERRY: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/30344.htm 'DAILY Show" host Jon Stewart, who makes a living out of lampooning politicians, says he's casting his presidential vote for John Kerry on Nov. 2. MEL TRIES TV: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/30348.htm MEL Gibson will make a rare TV appearance, on his own show, when he plays a '70s-era cop on ABC's "Complete Savages." 'SURREAL' LOVE AFFAIR SPAWNS REAL SERIES: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/30354.htm By DON KAPLAN RAPPER Flavor Flav and '80s action star Brig ette Nielsen, the most improbable couple to come out of a reality TV show yet, now have their own series. THE STARR REPORT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/30321.htm By MICHAEL STARR "Six Feet Under" cast members Joanna Cassidy and Robert Foxworth are reunit ing on "Star Trek: En terprise" � sort of. Movie Reviews: http://web1.nypost.com/movies/movies.htm PUPPET MASTERS: http://www.nypost.com/movies/30369.htm By MEGAN LEHMANN TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE PREPOSTEROUSLY juvenile but fiendishly clever, the latest offering from Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the lunatic creators of "South Park," tickles a whole new set of funny bones. 'HELL' IS FOR ZEROS: http://www.nypost.com/movies/30327.htm By V.A. MUSETTO ANATOMY OF HELLFRENCH filmmaker Catherine Breillat has made a career out of cerebral perversion like "Romance" (with real sex!) and "36 Fillette." She likes to see audiences squirm, and usually succeeds. 'JULIA' A JEWEL: http://www.nypost.com/movies/30328.htm By MEGAN LEHMANN BEING JULIA'BEING Julia" is a pleasantly di verting period romp that An nette Bening turns into a wick edly funny tour de force. FRANTIC FAMILY FEUD: http://www.nypost.com/movies/30337.htm By LOU LUMENICK EULOGY'EULOGY" is yet an other over-the-top black comedy about a highly dysfunctional family gathered for the patriarch's last rites. IF MEMORY SERVES, BETTER 'CUT' AND RUN: http://www.nypost.com/movies/30349.htm By LOU LUMENICK THE FINAL CUT TAMPERING with memories has lately been a popular theme, with examples including one of the year's best movies, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," and now, one of the worst, "The Final Cut." WELL-MEANING FLICK HAS A BAD 'HAIR' DAY: http://www.nypost.com/movies/30339.htm By MEGAN LEHMANN HAIR SHOW 'HAIR Show," a sitcommy trifle set in a Los Angeles hair salon, has a big heart, but it stretches the fatigued "let's put on a show" premise to the breaking point. EXPOSING THE SHAME: http://www.nypost.com/movies/30316.htm MOOLAADE WELCOME to the Jersey Meadowlands and the bi-annual gathering of horror-film geeks at a convention called Chiller Theater. (AND, 'P.S.', IT'S HOPELESS): http://www.nypost.com/movies/30351.htm By LOU LUMENICK p.s.LAURA Linney gives a lovely perform ance in "p.s." as a love-starved Co lumbia University admissions officer who falls for a much-younger M.F.A. applicant (Topher Grace) � but flawless work by the two actors can't quite save this mushy, chick-lit fantasy. SAINTS AND SOLDIERS: http://www.nypost.com/movies/30371.htm By MEGAN LEHMANN THE WWII drama "Saints and Soldiers" wants to be an epic in the mold of "Saving Private Ryan," but it's hindered by its modest budget. SHALL WE BARF?: http://www.nypost.com/movies/30350.htm By LOU LUMENICK SHALL WE DANCEJENNIFER Lopez's butt-hug ging costumes are the most memorable thing about "Shall We Dance," a lead- footed and otherwise in stantly forgettable remake of the charming 1997 Japanese musical of the same title. UNCONVENTIONAL: http://www.nypost.com/movies/30316.htm By V.A. MUSETTO WELCOME to the Jersey Meadowlands and the bi-annual gathering of horror-film geeks at a convention called Chiller Theater. Lifestyle: http://web1.nypost.com/living/living.htm RED SCARE: http://www.nypost.com/living/20174.htm By MAUREEN CALLAHAN THEY are the most victimized people in New York: cursed at, taunted, mocked, socked and, once a year, utterly devastated. GET RUBBED THE RIGHT WAY FOR LESS: http://www.nypost.com/living/20175.htm By SARA STEWART THERE'S nothing New Yorkers love more than a bargain - whether it's tax-free shopping or cut-rate meals during Restaurant Week. Lottery Results: http://web1.nypost.com/lottery/lottery.htm NEW YORK Midday Numbers Thu.: 809 Midday Win-4 Thu.: 8911 Evening Numbers Thu.: 149 Evening Win-4 Thu.: 2706 Pick-10 Thu.: 1, 3, 5, 7, 16, 17, 18, 21, 31, 32, 35, 39, 42, 52, 57, 58, 60, 65, 70, 75 Take-5 Thu.: 15, 21, 22, 27, 28 NEW JERSEY Pick-3 Thu.: 858; Pick-4 Thu.: 2359 OAS_AD('Middle'); //--> Cash-5 Thu.: 6, 8, 26, 32, 39 Pick-6 Thu.: 10, 12, 26, 36, 38, 47 CONNECTICUT Play-3 Thu.: 104; Play-4 Thu.: 1970 Cash-5 Thu.: 4, 15, 27, 31, 33 Opinion: http://web1.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/opedcolumnists.htm RETHINKING THE INTIFADA: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/30322.htm By AMIR TAHERI EARLIER this month, Ahmed Qureia, the Pales tinian prime minister, suggested a review of the four-year-old intifada as the starting point for a debate on a new strategy. Qureia's proposal was quickly dismissed by Yasser Arafat, who regards any debate as a challenge to his one-man show. BUSH'S BIGGEST FLAW: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/30331.htm By JOHN PODHORETZ WITH debate season finally over, the presidential race is almost exactly where everybody predicted it would be eight or nine months ago. Polls say the race is dead even, which is what people mean when they say the election is going to be close. The key battlegrounds remain Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio, just as everybody anticipated. THE DOMESTIC CHOICE: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/30326.htm By GEORGE F. WILL 'IT would be an irony of fate," said the governor as he left home and headed to Washington for his presidential Inauguration, "if my administration had to deal chiefly with foreign affairs, for all my preparation has been in domestic matters." George W. Bush leaving Austin in January 2001? No, Woodrow Wilson leaving Princeton in March 1913. BUNKER-BUSTER BROUHAHA: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/30329.htm By PETER BROOKES PRESIDENT Bush and Sen. John Kerry agree upon one thing � at least for the moment: The prolif eration of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), especially into the hands of terrorists, is the single greatest threat to American national security. 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 Chris Rock Set To Rock 77th Academy Awards Kit Bowen -- Hollywood.com Staff The Oscars are getting funnier and funnier--literally. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has appointed Chris Rock as host to the 77th Academy Awards telecast. This will be Rock's first stint as Oscar host. 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
