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Regional News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm SHEFF SHAKEDOWN: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20702.htm By KATE SHEEHY A self-proclaimed minister tried to blackmail Gary Sheffield over alleged threesome sex tapes featuring the Yankee slugger's gospel-singer wife, another woman and R&B star R. Kelly, the player's rep and sources said yesterday. BONNIE AND CLOD: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20703.htm By TATIANA DELIGIANNAKIS and ERIKA MARTINEZ A Bonnie-and-Clyde team spent hours casing the Upper East Side for targets yesterday, then held up a bank and went on a wild getaway ride that ended in a spectacular crash, cops said. MIKE TAKES TAX WHACK AT GARDEN: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20664.htm Escalating his war of words with Cablevision, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday called on the cable giant to voluntarily give up a massive tax break on Madison Square Garden. SEX ATTACKER 'APOLOGIZES': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20700.htm Cops nabbed a Brooklyn rapist after he returned to the scene of a brutal sex attack in which he gave his victim a kiss and offered a mock apology for raping her, authorities said. MCG LAUDS 'SUPPORTIVE' FRIENDS, KIN: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20660.htm After living through three "painful" months since announcing he was gay and would resign, former Gov. Jim McGreevey said yesterday that friends and relatives have been "incredibly supportive." CITY TO BUILD $30M HOMELESS CENTER: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20672.htm By STEPHANIE GASKELL The city will spend $30 million to build a new temporary housing intake center in The Bronx, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday. APPLE OF THEIR EYE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/207031.htm By BRIDGET HARRISON Coffee shops, bars, chat rooms - so 2003. SoHo's Apple Store has become the latest singles hotspot. The techie's paradise on Prince Street is a hive of young, hip New Yorkers who stop by to read their e-mail, load their iPods and check out new digital gizmos - and each other. I AIDED JENNINGS' ACCUSER, GIFF SAYS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20682.htm By FRANKIE EDOZIEN City Council Speaker Gifford Miller yesterday testified before the City Council panel that is probing sexual-misconduct allegations against member Allan Jennings. GUY THUMBS NOSE AT PANEL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20693.htm By STEPHANIE GASKELL . You can't send me back to jail. So said former state Sen. Guy Velella yesterday as his lawyer shot off a defiant 37-page letter to the board that sprang him from Rikers Island after he had served just three months of a one-year sentence for bribery JURY TO PROBE GRIDDER'S SLAY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20689.htm A grand jury has been convened in the case of a Connecticut college football star mysteriously murdered after a party in Brooklyn last year, The Post has learned. 'PHONE BILL' SLAY STUNS NEIGHBORS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20701.htm By JEANE MacINTOSH and RITA DELFINER A neighbor knew something was wrong when Coleen Garris didn't meet the school bus to pick up her adored 5-year-old son, but never imagined she had just been murdered � allegedly by her blind ex-beau. VICTIM KIN IN PLEA ON HOMELESS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20691.htm The brother of the kindhearted Queens painter killed by a homeless man he'd helped called on the mayor yesterday to control the city's vagrants. GOV TAKES 2ND SHOT AT ADVISER: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20699.htm By FREDRIC U. DICKER ALBANY � Gov. Pataki bashed his longtime political consultant for a second time yesterday, calling Arthur Finkelstein's claim that the "Christian right" has taken over the GOP "wrong and stupid." KIDS' CHESS MES$: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20668.htm By DAVID ANDREATTA Distraught young chess phenoms say the new principal of their Brooklyn middle school is trying to checkmate their chance at a national title by banning them from raising funds. BOUNCER'S KILLER CONVICTED: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20685.htm A Queens martial-arts expert was convicted yesterday of killing an East Village bouncer in a melee that began when the victim ordered a clubgoer to stop smoking. FRIENDS HAIL NUN CUT DOWN BY TRUCK: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20669.htm By TATIANA DELIGIANNAKIS and CLEMENTE LISI Colleagues of a beloved elderly nun � a tireless, warmhearted woman accidentally run over and killed at a dangerous Manhattan intersection � mourned her yesterday, as the devastated driver who hit her went back to work. PELOSI 'ADMITTED MURDER': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20670.htm A jailhouse informant testified yesterday that Danny Pelosi admitted he murdered millionaire Ted Ammon by breaking "every bone in his body" � but wished he'd blown him away with a pistol instead. FLAMING INFORMANT A WITNESS IN B'KLYN TERROR CASE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20663.htm By KATI CORNELL SMITH The man who set himself on fire outside the White House Monday while shouting, "Allah, Allah" was a disgruntled FBI informant slated to play a starring role in the upcoming Brooklyn trial of a Yemeni cleric accused of financing terrorism. ACCUSER IN LEAGUE WITH GEST: LIZA: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20690.htm By DAREH GREGORIAN The chauffeur accusing Liza Minnelli of sexually assaulting him is in bed with her estranged husband, David Gest, the songstress says. HELLISH HAZING: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20680.htm By ALEX GINSBERG The victim of a twisted hazing ritual told a Queens jury yesterday he urinated blood and suffered seizures after three members of a St. John's frat pummeled him on the buttocks with a two-pound paddle. STUDENT SLAIN NEAR L.I. SCHOOL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20681.htm By HASANI GITTENS A 17-year-old Long Island student was brutally knifed to death just steps from school yesterday, cops and local residents said. PAIR CAGED FOR TEEN'S KIDNAP: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20688.htm A Queens couple accused of kidnapping a 15-year-old runaway and forcing her into prostitution was hit with a 3- to 9-year prison sentence yesterday, prosecutors said. SINGING 'SOPRANO': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20684.htm By CARL CAMPANILE and ANDY GELLER A former "Soprano" sang yesterday � fingering Peter Gotti as the head of the Gambino crime family. BRAVE AVENGER: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20687.htm By LAURA ITALIANO Jenae Aragosa was stabbed in the neck last year at her FIT dorm. Her date died in a plunge. CROOKS TRAVEL 'LIGHT': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20683.htm By ERIKA MARTINEZ A cargo plane coughed up 150,000 cartons of illegal cigarettes at JFK Airport yesterday � the largest federal seizure of contraband smokes from overseas in state history, officials said. SPRUNG 'COP-SHOOTER' FACES TRIAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20686.htm By ALEX GINSBERG An accused cop-shooter set free by a controversial Queens judge two years ago will have to return to court to face charges of attempted murder, according to a ruling made public yesterday. 'DWI' BOY LEARNS BUDDY DIED: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20694.htm A 12-year-old boy who survived a DWI accident in October was finally told his best friend didn't survive the ordeal, his tearful mother said yesterday. National News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm 'NATION NEEDS CONDOLEEZZA': http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/20676.htm By IAN BISHOP WASHINGTON � President Bush yesterday nominated Condoleezza Rice to be secretary of state � installing a loyal and like-minded aide to run an agency that hasn't always been on board with his agenda. GOP COVETS COLIN TO CHALLENGE HILL: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/20673.htm By FREDRIC U. DICKER ALBANY � Republicans yesterday touted outgoing Secretary of State Colin Powell as a possible challenger against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2006. VIBE 'STABBER' ID: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/20697.htm By DAVID K. LI & ALY SUJO Cops yesterday issued an arrest warrant for a rapper in the popular hip-hop group G-Unit � saying he's the one who stabbed a man at the Vibe magazine awards show. WHAM, SCRAM! 7,000-MPH JET RACES INTO RECORD BOOK: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/20692.htm LOS ANGELES � A tiny unmanned NASA jet broke a world speed record yesterday by accelerating to roughly 7,000 mph � 10 times the speed of sound � in a successful demonstration of a radical new engine technology. REALITY TV MAY HAVE WILD FLING: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/20679.htm By DON KAPLAN A new show could turn cheating spouses into the next wave of reality TV stars. SECRET LIFE OF AMERICA'S MOST POWERFUL WOMAN: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/20678.htm By MARSHA KRANES The world knows Condoleezza Rice as President Bush's smart, soft-spoken, high-energy, no-nonsense national security adviser � a workaholic who is always at his side in the White House or on vacations at his Texas ranch. AN EVEN STEPHEN TAKES OVER: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/20659.htm WASHINGTON � Stephen Hadley, President Bush's next national security adviser, built a reputation within the White House as a soft-spoken team player comfortable toiling in the shadows of his powerful boss, Condoleezza Rice. REEVE SON HAS DAD'S SOUL: WIDOW: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/20698.htm By BILL HOFFMANN The gutsy widow of Christopher Reeve says the spirit of the tragic "Superman" star is still very much alive � and she's seen it in the soul of their 12-year-old son. TIME'S LIST FOR PERSON OF YEAR: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/20675.htm White House adviser Karl Rove tops the unofficial list of contenders for Time's 2004 Person of the Year, according to a panel assembled by the magazine yesterday. World News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm SADDAM TURNED AID INTO BLOOD MONEY: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/20658.htm By NILES LATHEM WASHINGTON � Saddam Hussein used illegal spoils from the U.N. oil-for-food program to pay cash rewards to the families of Palestinian terrorist bombers, according to congressional investigators. ARAFAT MYSTERY SOLVED: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/20661.htm By URI DAN JERUSALEM � In a new clue to the mysterious cause of his death, Yasser Arafat suffered from cirrhosis of the liver that wasn't caused by drinking, a French journal is reporting. FIENDS MURDER ANGEL OF MERCY: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/20666.htm By NILES LATHEM and GERSH KUNTZMAN Iraqi humanitarian worker Margaret Hassan, kidnapped a month ago in Baghdad, has been ruthlessly murdered by her captors � the first woman to be executed by thugs there, according to British officials who have seen the videotape of her murder. 'EXECUTION' MARINE WAS WOUNDED & UNDER STRESS: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/20662.htm By NILES LATHEM WASHINGTON � A U.S. Marine being investigated for allegedly killing an unarmed, wounded Iraqi was acting under extreme combat stress, comrades said yesterday. DEFIANT RESERVISTS FACE DISCIPLINE: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/20667.htm WASHINGTON � U.S. Army investigators recommended disciplinary action against about two dozen reservists who refused orders to deliver fuel along a dangerous convoy route in Iraq, officials said yesterday. HATEFUL CLERICS FACE DAS BOOT: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/20674.htm BERLIN � Germany will take tougher action against Islamic "hate preachers" in the future and expel them if necessary, German Interior Minister Otto Schily said yesterday. FIGHT BEGINS TO RETAKE MOSUL FROM REBELS: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/20696.htm MOSUL, Iraq � U.S. and Iraqi forces launched an offensive in Mosul yesterday to retake control of rebel-held areas after a week of anarchy that has seen the enemy attacking across Iraq's third largest city. All Horoscopes: http://web1.nypost.com/cgi-bin/horoscope.pl ARIES You will enjoy life today, but you may also be a bit too free and easy with your cash. That won't bother you now, but it will bother you later when there is something you want to buy and you are no longer able to afford it. One way you can save more is to stop being so generous with your friends. Hold on to your wallet and let them pick up the tab for a change. 1-900-990-7810* TAURUS You will hear something to your benefit today, but because it contains information you would prefer not to admit is true, you may be tempted to ignore it. That would be a mistake. Swallow your pride and act on what you are told - it may be a bit embarrassing now, but it will save you a lot of time and trouble later on. 1-900-990-7811* GEMINI Your wish has been granted but, for one reason or another, you are now having second thoughts about it. That is too bad because it is too late to change things, and even if you were able to do so, it would cost you too much. Let this be a lesson to you: Sometimes it is better to wait than to push full steam ahead with your plans. 1-900-990-7812* CANCER If you think you are being taken for a ride or cheated in some way, you must speak up. The longer you leave it, the more likely it is you won't get your money back. It may be that you have got the wrong end of the stick and it may be nothing is amiss, but until you know that for sure, you cannot afford to take chances. 1-900-990-7813* LEO You must make a conscious effort to avoid all forms of negative thinking today. If you let even one little doubt enter your mind, it will grow alarmingly quickly, and before you know it, you will think the world is coming to an end. Everything in your life is unfolding exactly as it should. You have absolutely nothing to worry about. 1-900-990-7814* VIRGO This is probably not the best of times to make decisions you may not be able to back out of later, so consider all the options and all the possibilities before deciding what you are going to do next. Better still, don't decide anything at all. Others may be annoyed that you are dragging your feet, but what can they do about it? 1-900-990-7815* LIBRA If you made a promise of some kind, you must keep it - it's as simple as that. The planets warn that if you try to get out of it now, you will damage your reputation, maybe not beyond repair, but certainly to the extent that certain people won't trust you so easily again. Next time, don't make promises quite so easily. 1-900-990-7816* SCORPIO You like shocking people. It's one of the things you seem to have a natural talent for, and what you say or do over the next 24 hours will certainly shake things up a bit, both at home and at work. Just take care you don't upset those on whom your domestic happiness and professional success depend. You can go too far sometimes. 1-900-990-7817* SAGITTARIUS What others tell you today may appear to be backed up by the facts, but if something still does not seem quite right to you, by all means ignore what others say and follow your own instincts. Maybe it will turn out that you were wrong to be so suspicious, but the sun in Scorpio at this time of year means it is not a good idea to take chances. 1-900-990-7818* CAPRICORN Just because you do not get along on a personal level with a certain individual does not mean you cannot co-operate - in fact, the planets indicate that you will have to work together closely over the next few days. Put your feelings to one side and make an effort to get along with him. You may be surprised how smoothly it goes. 1-900-990-7819* AQUARIUS The only thing you can be sure of at the moment is that you cannot be sure of anything. If you need to make a decision concerning your health or your career, wait until Friday when an excellent sun-Saturn aspect will make sure you make the right decision. Don't let anyone, no matter how well-meaning, persuade you to act before then. 1-900-990-7808* PISCES Someone you live, work or do business with will make a big deal out of what to you is of no real significance, but you are advised to pretend that you sympathize with him. A day or two from now, he will have forgotten all about why he got so upset in the first place. There is no point in jeopardizing your friendship by making an issue of it. 1-900-990-7809* Sports News: http://web1.nypost.com/sports/sports.shtml PITCH FOR PEDRO: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/34334.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY Is the Boss about to become a daddy? George Steinbrenner met with Pedro Martinez yesterday in Tampa, perhaps setting the stage for the most mind-blowing defection between enemies since Babe Ruth. Or Benedict Arnold. "We had a good meeting," Steinbrenner said through spokesman Howard Rubenstein. "We had a good meeting," Martinez's agent, Fernando Cuza, echoed a few hours later. BOWHUNTERS BALKING AT 2005 PROPOSALS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/34325.htm THE opening of the Southern Zone firearms big game season in New York is Monday, but concerns about the proposals for the 2005 season have many bowhunters on the warpath. BOSS MAKING BIG MISTAKE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/34326.htm DON'T do this, George. Don't do this to your fans. Don't do this to your clubhouse. Don't do this to yourself. GIANTS' BEST WEAPON: MANNING-TO-SHOCKEY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/34333.htm NOW that Eli Manning has the ball, the most critical order of business for Tom Coughlin, right up there with the embattled offensive line raising its game to keep the crown jewel alive, is making Jeremy Shockey Jeremy Shockey again. HERM CAN'T LET JETS THROW IN THE TOWEL: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/34328.htm AS poor a job as Herman Edwards did Sunday is how as good he has to be this week as he tries to scrape the Jets off the mat after their self-inflicted knockout blow. CITY CARD SUITS SALITA: http://www.nypost.com/sports/34327.htm By JOSEPH BARRACATO If undefeated junior welterweight Dmitriy "Star of David" Salita found it exhilarating when he made his professional New York boxing debut on his home turf in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, two months ago, wait until he headlines Lou DiBella's card tomorrow night at the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center. VLAD BACK ON TOP AS AL'S MVP: http://www.nypost.com/sports/34335.htm By MARK HALE During All-Star weekend this past July, Vladimir Guerrero was asked how his back was feeling. DADDY'S HOME?: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/34320.htm Pedro Martinez has hit 20 Yankees batters in his career, more than any other team. In 33 career starts against them, he's 11-12 with a 3.32 ERA. Here's a look at some highlights in Pedro's relationship with the Bombers: SOSA NOT RISK-FREE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/34338.htm By MARK HALE If the Mets acquire Sammy Sosa, it will rank as one of the more controversial moves in their recent history. HIGH HOPES AS ELI ERA DAWNS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/34329.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ There is nothing future-oriented in Tom Coughlin's move to Eli Manning as Giant starting quarterback � unless, of course, the future is defined as Sunday's game against the Falcons. BRO: KID IS AMPED: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/34331.htm By PETER FINNEY Jr. NEW ORLEANS � The way Cooper Manning describes the laid-back nature of his kid brother Eli, the Giants rookie quarterback usually is so unflappable and impassive he might not be able to fog a mirror. AGENT: KURT IS TEAM GUY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/34330.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ When he received the call from Kurt Warner's agent in the spring, Giant GM Ernie Accorsi said he had one immediate question. KNICK LOSS ALARMS MARBURY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/34324.htm By MARC BERMAN SAN ANTONIO � Tim Duncan did not kill the Knicks last night. The Knicks offense killed the Knicks. YESSSS! MARV GETS THE CALL: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/34337.htm By ANDREW MARCHAND Marv Albert will be back doing Knicks games � but just for one night. Albert will call tomorrow night's Knick game in Houston on TNT. CHANEY WANTED SHOT WITH MARBURY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/34336.htm By MARC BERMAN POST EXCLUSIVE SAN ANTONIO � In breaking a nearly 10-month silence, Don Chaney says he has one regret from his Knick coaching stint. He wished Isiah Thomas would've given him a legit chance to win with Stephon Marbury as his point guard. NETS 'O' SO AWFUL: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/34332.htm By BRIAN LEWIS So far this season, the Nets' offense has been so bad, last in the NBA in so many categories, it defies description. And after heaping the blame on his own shoulders, Lawrence Frank said they won't scale back their complex triangle offense, just tweak how it's run. Gossip: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/gossip.htm : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm JONES TRASHES 'VIEW' CO-HOSTS By Richard Johnson STAR "Bridezilla" Jones' wild wedding rampage continued yesterday on live TV as she called her "View" co-hosts liars and berated them for breaking "rules" during her nuptials last weekend. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm ANYBODY GOT AN APT. FOR DENZEL? By Cindy Adams DENZEL � and don't ask Denzel who. Like there's another Denzel, right? Denzel Schwartz maybe? Denzel O'Keefe? Denzel Robertson? Anyway, he's hunting a NYC flat. The man's coming in, as you know, to play Brutus in "Julius Caesar." He always wants to do stage stuff. Always wants Broadway. But there's never time. Suddenly he has a window � what with a movie he was working on getting killed � and he's headed our way three months. Pauletta � that's Mrs. Washington � is apartment hunting in Manhattan. They have kids so a studio is out. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm THE DEVIL YOU SAY By Liz Smith 'I'M SO tried of hearing about men who do 'the little things.' How about a guy who does the big things � like paying a month's rent." 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 Special EventNew Jersey New Jersey Nets @ Continental Airlines Arena in NovemberThe New Jersey Nets play at the Continental Airlines Arena in the month of November. Expect some extra traffic on the NJ Turnpike, Route 3, Route 17, and Route 120, starting about 2 hours before, and again after the game.*Please try to arrive early due to new security checks. Opponents, dates and times of games are:Dallas Mavericks, Nov. 13, 1PMHouston Rockets, Nov.15, 7:30PMSeattle Sonics, Nov.17, 7:30PMWashington Wizards, Nov.20,8PMCharlotte Bobocats, Nov.30, 7:30PM 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/20645.htm JIL-TING PRADA By SUZANNE KAPNER Jil Sander has left the fashion company she founded � just 18 months into her return � after once again clashing with owner, Patrizio Bertelli, chief executive of Prada Holdings. TWO MORE UNDERWRITERS PLEAD GUILTY: http://www.nypost.com/business/20632.htm By RICHARD WILNER The insurance industry continued taking its lumps yesterday. Hours after state regulators unfolded for a Senate subcommittee a laundry list of crimes allegedly committed by some of the biggest names in insurance, two more underwriters pleaded guilty to submitting false bids to Marsh & McLennan Cos. HOLLINGER MOVES TO SELL JERUSALEM POST: http://www.nypost.com/business/20625.htm By TIM ARANGO Newspaper chain Hollinger International continued to unwind yesterday, agreeing yesterday to sell The Jerusalem Post for $13.2 million to an Israeli media company. MSO BOSS LYNE GETS 900G+: http://www.nypost.com/business/20627.htm Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. signed new Chief Executive Susan Lyne to a three-year employment contract that will pay a base annual salary of $900,000 and make her eligible for a bonus of as much as $1.35 million per year. THE BIG BLOW BY BLOW: http://www.nypost.com/business/kelly.htm By KEITH J. KELLY RICHARD Blow, one- time executive editor on John Kennedy Jr.'s George magazine, is blowing off his surname. OVITZ BUS-TED!: http://www.nypost.com/business/20636.htm By HOLLY M. SANDERS GEORGETOWN, Del. � Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner portrayed former top deputy Michael Ovitz as a Hollywood prima donna who clashed with top executives and lavished himself with exorbitant perks. SOARING PPI ROCKS STOCKS: http://www.nypost.com/business/20638.htm By SUZANNE McGEE Inflation is back � with a bang. The prices that U.S. manufacturers paid for their goods soared in October by the greatest amount seen in 14 years, thanks to skyrocketing energy prices and higher food prices. GORDON GETS $3M FOR HOME: http://www.nypost.com/business/20641.htm By BRADEN KEIL The Connecticut estate belonging to disgraced former Merrill Lynch executive Daniel Gordon was sold at auction yesterday in Old Lyme. ABERCROMBIE SETTLES BIAS SUIT FOR $40M: http://www.nypost.com/business/20646.htm LOS ANGELES � Abercrombie & Fitch has agreed to pay $40 million to black, Hispanic and Asian employees and job applicants to settle a class-action federal discrimination lawsuit that accused the clothing retailer of promoting whites at the expense of minorities, lawyers said yesterday. TRIMARAN SEALS FORTUNOFF BUY: http://www.nypost.com/business/20628.htm By ERICA COPULSKY Fortunoff, one of New York City's best-known discount retailers, has sealed a deal to be sold to buyout firm Trimaran Capital Partners. JAPANESE EATERY SIGNS WITH TRUMP: http://www.nypost.com/business/20634.htm By LOIS WEISS THE exquisite Japanese eatery, Megu, has been given a go-ahead to open its second city spot in the coveted restaurant space at Trump World Tower. M'SOFT IS HARD ON 'EXCEL' FIRM: http://www.nypost.com/business/20637.htm By RICHARD WILNER It might be the mismatch of the year. The president of a 15-person Manhattan software company said yesterday he was itching for a fight after Microsoft Corp. warned his tiny outfit to stop marketing its "TurboExcel" product. Real Estate: http://web1.nypost.com/realestate/index.htm MONDAY MONIKER FOR MAX CAP: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/34214.htm By LOIS WEISS Anthony Westreich completed his $26 million buyout of Max Capital Management Corp. from former partner Adam Hochfelder and renamed the firm Monday Properties. DEAL AT 425 LEX. MAKES FULL HOUSE: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/34218.htm By STEVE CUOZZO IN a complex, three-way deal that reflects the vitality of the Midtown leasing market, a law firm and a financial giant have shuffled their decks at 425 Lexington Ave. near Grand Central, ensuring the Hines-managed tower will be fully occupied through 2018. Entertainment: http://web1.nypost.com/entertainment/entertainment.htm LOCKERROOM JOKE: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20639.htm By ANDREW MARCHAND 'MONDAY Night Football's" steamy opening segment featuring "Desperate Housewives" star Nicollete Sheridan, wearing only a towel, and Philadelphia Eagles receiver Terrell Owens was way off-sides, officials ac knowleged yesterday. ROYAL PAIN: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20651.htm By LINDA STASI SOMEONE has to stop Bridezilla Jones be fore she wrecks "The View" so badly that the Red Cross will have to step in. SHEPARD'S PLAY 'HELL' GOD-AWFUL: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20629.htm By FRANK SCHECK SAM Shepard's new play was apparently written and staged hastily in a burst of political fervor, and it reveals the strain. BRUTUS FORCE: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20640.htm By MICHAEL RIEDEL IN an industry known to leak like the Titanic, it was quite an accom plishment to keep under wraps for so long the news that Denzel Washington will be starring in "Julius Caesar" on Broadway this spring. DRUNKEN VALO TRASHES H.I.M SELF: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20633.htm By DAN AQUILANTE BOOK Ville Valo for being DWS � that's drunk while singing. Valo, lead singer for Finnish quartet H.I.M., was so smashed onstage at Irving Plaza that he took what started out as a fairly good set and proceeded to crash it into the dirt. 'EXTREME MAKEOVER' HEARS WEDDING BELLS: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20622.htm ABC is planning to pump up some lucky viewer's nuptials with "Extreme Makeover: Wedding Edition." ODB SHOW HAUNTS SPIKE: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20631.htm By DON KAPLAN RAPPER Ol' Dirty Bas tard, who died last Sat urday, could return from the grave soon on a new Spike TV show. THE NEXT LEFT EYE: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20620.htm THE remaining members of singing group TLC � Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas � are creating a reality series aimed at replacing member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, who died in a car crash two years ago. 'ALIAS' AT NEW TIME: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20630.htm 'ALIAS" finally has a home. The spy thriller will air on Wednesday nights � after being displaced from its Sunday night time slot by the big, new-season hit, "Desperate Housewives." 'AMERICA' EXPOSED: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20649.htm By JOE CUNNINGHAM Andres Serrano will forever be associated with a certain infamous 1989 photo of a crucifix submerged in urine. TEMPO TOP 10 HOT LIST: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20652.htm 1) ALBERTO GONZALES: If confirmed, Gonzales will be the first Latino U.S. Attorney General. 2) JOHAN SANTANA: The Minnesota Twins lefthander is the first Venezuelan to win a Cy Young Award. STAND-UP GUY: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20653.htm By RUBY MILLIEN IN 1989, stand-up comedian Joey Vega met a 19-year-old aspiring singer by the name of Marc Anthony with whom he'd form a life-long friendship. DIGGING THEIR ROOTS: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20655.htm By MARIEL CRUZ The threefold nature of Puerto Ricans' ethnic heritage - a mixture of the Indians native to the island, the African slaves who replaced them as workers, and the Spanish colonizers who brought them - has always been a source of pride for the people of La Isla del Encanto. Movie Reviews: http://web1.nypost.com/movies/movies.htm DEPP CHARGE: http://www.nypost.com/movies/20530.htm By LOU LUMENICK FINDING NEVERLAND PORTRAYING "Peter Pan" creator J.M. Barrie in Marc Foster's movingly lyrical "Finding Neverland," Johnny Depp adds yet another indelible, Oscar-worthy portrait to his gallery of memorable characters. FILE ISLE CAPER UNDER SCENIC BUT PREDICTABLE: http://www.nypost.com/movies/20457.htm By LOU LUMENICK AFTER THE SUNSETBAHAMAS scenery, Woody Harrelson's pratfalls and Salma Hayek's itsy-bitsy bikini are the main attractions in "After the Sunset," a slick if hyper-predictable comic caper from one-man hit squad Brett Ratner ("Rush Hour"). SPACEY 'JONES': http://www.nypost.com/movies/20455.htm By LOU LUMENICK BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON'BRIDGET Jones: The Edge of Reason" doesn't have nearly enough Hugh Grant and is a little short on laughs, but it gets by on Ren�e Zellweger's charms as everyone's favorite neurotic, clumsy and chubby � at least by Hollywood standards � singleton. NEESON TO BELIEVE: http://www.nypost.com/movies/20460.htm By LOU LUMENICK KINSEYTHOUGH it's perhaps the least salacious major movie ever made about sex, the biopic "Kinsey" is hardly clinical � it's as purely entertaining as it is thought-provoking and timely. 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Lifestyle: http://web1.nypost.com/living/living.htm ASK DR. MICHAEL FOX: http://www.nypost.com/living/34008.htm DEAR DR. FOX: I'm writing in regard to a recent column of yours on PetsMart and the beta fish in tiny containers. A BREED APART: http://www.nypost.com/living/34009.htm By JULIA SZABO A recent cover story called "The Perfect Dog?" in the newly re launched Life magazine has touched off an alarming new trend: "designer" dogs. 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The words come back to me today, amid NJ Transit's announcement that it will be thumping for a fare hike of as much as 15 percent to close a looming $65 million budget gap. WHY THE DOGS DIDN'T BARK: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/20618.htm By RALPH PETERS IN April, al-Jazeera won the First Battle of Fallujah with lurid anti-American lies. This time around, the Middle- Eastern media continued to mill propaganda, but the fury was missing as Fallujah fell. QS FOR CONDI: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/20619.htm By GEORGE F. WILL CONDOLEEZZA Rice, a sports buff, knows that, as a professional basketball player has said, "It's not going to be peaches and gravy all the time." 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