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Regional News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm CITY'S LOGO MOTIVE IS BIG-BUCK SALES: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35917.htm By STEPHANIE GASKELL EXCLUSIVE New Yorkers will soon be able to go to sleep with the Fire Department and wake up with the Sanitation Department. STATE'S LOWEST-PAID WORKERS TO GET RAISE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35932.htm By KENNETH LOVETT ALBANY � The state's minimum wage will go up next month for the first time in five years, after lawmakers yesterday overrode Gov. Pataki's veto of the increase. N.Y. KID KING OF CHESS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35945.htm By ED ROBINSON Move over, Bobby Fischer� there's a new chess prodigy in town. Hikaru Nakamura, 16, of White Plains, yesterday became the youngest U.S. chess champion since Fischer did it in 1958 at 14. MORE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AT RI$K: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35903.htm By DAVID ANDREATTA The head of Catholic education in Brooklyn and Queens has warned that subsidies to elementary schools this year could be more than double what was budgeted � meaning more schools are at risk of closing. CITY WEIGHS 'EARLY COLLEGE': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35919.htm By DAVID ANDREATTA Plans are under way to open three "early-college" high schools on City University campuses next year, allowing students to graduate with a diploma and two years of free college credits, The Post has learned. $100M FLAME THROWER: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35931.htm By CARL CAMPANILE and LEONARD GREENE A firefighter who was nearly killed in a New Year's Eve firehouse brawl sued the FDNY for $100 million yesterday, blaming negligent supervision for the chain of events that allowed a drunken colleague to bash his head with a chair. JUILLIARD-SLAY SUSPECT RAGES: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35933.htm By ERIN CALABRESE, MURRAY WEISS and BRIDGET HARRISON The prime suspect in the murder of Juilliard student Sarah Fox angrily denied yesterday that he killed her � repeatedly protesting his innocence as he raged at reporters and photographers. TAKE A TIP, LOTTO MAN - LEAVE ONE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35927.htm The millionaire is a cheapskate. Mega Millions winner Juan Rodriguez left nothing for the maid early yesterday when he checked out of a Midtown hotel after a 14-day stay � and vanished. THE DUNCE CAPO: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35928.htm By CARL CAMPANILE Peter Gotti gets no respect � not even from his closest subordinates. A mob turncoat said yesterday he rejected a top post in the Gambino crime family because he had no confidence in then-street boss Peter Gotti as a Mafia leader. MTA LOSES ITS BID FOR A TAX HIKE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35930.htm By KENNETH LOVETT and DAN MANGAN The MTA's bid to close a $16 billion budget shortfall by hiking several taxes is DOA, a top state legislator said yesterday. MIKE: PARTY ON!: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35938.htm By DAVID SEIFMAN Thumbing his nose at critics, Mayor Bloomberg last night roundly praised the Independence Party and said it is growing at the expense of the floundering Republican and Democratic parties because voters are "not going to take it any more." WEB STEROID-RX DOC FINED: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35915.htm BY KENNETH LOVETT ALBANY � A Long Island doctor who wrote steroid and human-growth hormone prescriptions for an offshore Internet company was fined $10,000 yesterday, The Post has learned. CABBY DRIVES OFF WITH BABY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35918.htm A mother taking her infant son to a doctor's appointment got the fright of her life yesterday when her taxi took off with the baby while she retrieved a stroller from the trunk. PULL PLUG ON MSG ELECTRIC DEAL: POLS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35929.htm By TOM TOPOUSIS and KENNETH LOVETT Madison Square Garden's electricity subsidy � worth $1 million a year and charged to every New Yorker's utility bill � is one more reason to end a decades-old sweetheart deal for the arena's owners, two state lawmakers said yesterday. 'SLAYER'S' WITNESS ADMITS LIE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35916.htm By DEVIN SMITH A Long Island man convicted of butchering his parents saw his chances of a new trial dwindle yesterday when a witness who claimed he had exculpatory new evidence admitted he lied. 'DRAG RACE' RAGE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35934.htm By PERRY CHIARAMONTE and TATIANA DELIGIANAKKIS A woman seriously hurt in a head-on crash that killed one man and severely injured her 4-year- old daughter claims the other driver was drag-racing when the accident occurred. JENNINGS IN FOTO $HOCK: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35921.htm By FRANKIE EDOZIEN EXCLUSIVE Embattled City Councilman Allan Jennings has cost taxpayers $6,500 as a result of a deal he made � and then reneged on � with a Queens photographer, The Post has learned. SHELLY: PROBE GOV'S $5M ADS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35908.htm By FREDRIC U. DICKER ALBANY � The state's top Democrat yesterday called for an official probe of the use of $5 million in taxpayer funds for national TV commercials featuring Gov. Pataki. 'EASE DRUG LAWS': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35909.htm By LAURA ITALIANO Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau is urging state lawmakers to begin overhauling the Rockefeller drug laws as they return to Albany this week. TEEN-IUSES SPLIT 50G TECH PRIZE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35911.htm By DAVID ANDREATTA A high-school junior from Queens and her research partner accomplished in five months what doctors have never been able to do � develop a new process for regenerating human tissue. FLU 'SMUGGLER': IT'S ILLEGAL?: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35953.htm CAMDEN, N.J. � A convenience-store owner has been charged with smuggling up to 20,000 doses of flu vaccine into the United States in an effort to cash in on the national shortage of the inoculations. PELOSI'S PASS ON WITNESS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35910.htm By KIERAN CROWLEY In an unexpected move yesterday, Danny Pelosi's lawyers cut their defense case short � saying they're confident the prosecution hasn't proven he killed millionaire Ted Ammon. STUDENT BRAWL SHUTS L.I. SCHOOL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35943.htm A lunch-hour brawl involving more than 200 students forced officials to close a Long Island school yesterday � and to keep it closed today. PARENTS' VIGIL FOR BIKE BOY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35948.htm By JOSEPH MOLLICA The next few days will be critical for a Brooklyn boy who was struck by a car while biking home from a neighborhood Christmas-tree lighting. TURKEY GAL RECOVERY A 'NIGHTMARE': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35936.htm By DEVIN SMITH and BILL HOFFMANN Turkey-toss victim Victoria Ruvolo continues to recover from the horrific prank that nearly killed her � but the gutsy Long Island woman remains in terrible pain and faces months, possibly years, of rehabilitation, her doctor and family say. W'CHESTER PERV A 2-TIME LOSER: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35923.htm A Westchester man who was caught two years ago in an Internet sex sting was caught again over the weekend, authorities said yesterday. 'TWIN' WIN FOR LARRY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/35950.htm By TOM TOPOUSIS and CARL CAMPANILE Ground Zero developer Larry Silverstein won a crucial court victory yesterday when a jury agreed that the 9/11 terror strikes on the World Trade Center were two attacks � boosting his insurance payout by $1.1 billion, to $4.6 billion. National News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm J.LO'S SLIP IS SHOWING: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/35906.htm By MARSHA KRANES J.Lo is as low as she can go and still remain on the list of Hollywood's top-earning actresses. FINALLY! 9/11 MEDALS: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/35935.htm By IAN BISHOP EXCLUSIVEWASHINGTON - The hero cops and firefighters who gave their lives on 9/11 will finally receive special presidential medals, under legislation approved by Congress last night. HOLDOUT OK WITH INTEL BILL: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/35944.htm By IAN BISHOP WASHINGTON � The sweeping intelligence reform sought by President Bush cleared a major hurdle yesterday after a leading Republican opponent said he would back a compromise plan. WENDY'S HOLDING THE TOMATOE$ ON BURGERS: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/35926.htm By RITA DELFINER Wendy's used to wonder "Where's the beef?"� but now the fast food chain's customers are asking "Where's the tomato?" EBERSOL, SON LEAVE HOSP: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/35925.htm NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol and his son were released from a Colorado hospital yesterday, a week after they were injured in a jet crash that killed Ebersol's youngest son and two others. GOP REPS WANT KOFI TO RESIGN: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/35924.htm WASHINGTON � Five House Republicans yesterday joined a call for U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to resign amid allegations of corruption in the oil-for-food program. SCOTT'S PALS PLEAD FOR LIFE OF 'REAL GOOD PERSON': http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/35922.htm By HOWARD BREUER REDWOOD CITY, Calif. � More than a dozen of Scott Peterson's relatives, friends and teachers paraded before jurors yesterday to insist that the panel made a dire mistake in convicting the fertilizer salesman of murder. CARTER GRANDSON BUSTED: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/35947.htm PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. � A teenage grandson of former President Jimmy Carter has been charged with burglary and possession of marijuana after breaking into a house of a former friend and taking a video-game console, police said. WOMAN RUNS DOWN KIDS WHOSE BALL HIT SUV: COPS: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/35907.htm ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. � A woman ran over two teenage brothers who accidentally hit her vehicle with a golf ball, officials said. One suffered life-threatening injuries. BLAKE-CASE 'CRACKPOT': http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/35937.htm By DAVID K. LI LOS ANGELES � A key prosecution witness in the murder case against actor Robert Blake recently spent time in a mental ward after suffering a drug-induced breakdown, lawyers claimed yesterday. KOBE FACING SEXXX QUIZ: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/35952.htm Lawyers for the Colorado woman who accused Kobe Bryant of rape want to grill the NBA superstar today � in graphic detail � about his sexual habits. World News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm CELLPHONE TURNS INTO A FLOWER: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/35913.htm AMSTERDAM � Scientists said yesterday they have come up with a cellphone cover that will grow into a sunflower when discarded. Pvaxx Research & Development, at the request of cellphone maker Motorola, has come up with a polymer that looks like any other plastic but that degrades into soil when thrown away. AL QAEDA THUGS LED SAUDI RAID: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/35946.htm By ANDY SOLTIS The Saudi wing of al Qaeda claimed responsibility for an attack yesterday on the heavily fortified U.S. consulate in the Saudi city of Jeddah in which at least nine people died. BUSH CALLS BRAVEST'S KIN: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/35905.htm By MICHAEL WARNER President Bush was so moved by the death in Iraq of hero New York firefighter Chris Engeldrum, he took the time to make a personal phone call to his grieving widow. BRONX-BORN SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAQ: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/35939.htm Last week, 25-year-old mom Jessica Irizarry was planning a surprise getaway for her Bronx-born soldier hubby when he came home for Christmas leave � this week, she's planning his funeral. TILLMAN'S DEATH GETS NEW PROBE: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/35940.htm WASHINGTON � The Army has opened a new probe into the death of Cpl. Pat Tillman, the former pro football star killed in a "probable" friendly-fire incident in April, officials said. SHEIK WARNED OF U.S. TERROR: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/35912.htm A Yemeni sheik with ties to Osama bin Laden threatened that his arrest for funneling millions to terrorists would "bring storms to . . . America," new court documents show. SCHOOLBOY HOSTAGE DRAMA: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/35951.htm BANGKOK, Thailand � A knife-wielding construction worker held a 9-year-old schoolboy hostage for four hours this morning before police shot the man with rubber bullets and a crowd beat him severely. The boy, Jiranon Kerdphum, was rescued unharmed. All Horoscopes: http://web1.nypost.com/cgi-bin/horoscope.pl ARIES It is not good to have too fixed an opinion on anything in life, so try to be a bit more flexible today, especially when making plans that involve travel arrangements or social activities. You may think you are an irresistible force, but experience should have taught you by now that there is always an immovable object some place up ahead. 1-900-990-7810* TAURUS You will know just what to say to get things done today - flattery will get you just about anywhere. However, try not to make promises you might not later be able to keep because it won't do your reputation much good. It might have an adverse effect on your income, too. Words can cause problems as well as heal rifts. 1-900-990-7811* GEMINI What you say today is important, but the way in which you choose to say it is more important still. With Mercury, your ruler, close to Pluto in your opposite sign of Sagittarius, there is a danger you will make what you say sound more like a command than a request, and that could be counter-productive. You're on the same team, so keep it friendly. 1-900-990-7812* CANCER Common sense should tell you that certain routines and methods no longer get the job done, and if for some reason that still isn't obvious, what happens today will make it so. Sometimes you can be a bit too stuck in the ways of the past for your own good. If you don't move with the times, you'll get left behind. 1-900-990-7813* LEO You will be in a go-getting mood today: Whatever it is you desire, you will find a way to make it your own. Some people may be alarmed by your aggressive manner, but they have nothing to fear as long as they do as you say - and do it right, and do it again if they don't do a good enough job on it the first time. 1-900-990-7814* VIRGO Sometimes you just have to say what you think and not worry too much about how other people might react. Today's alliance of Mercury, your ruler, and Pluto, planet of power, means you are not in the mood for long discussions - you know what you want, and if one person can't give it to you, you will find someone else who can. 1-900-990-7815* LIBRA It might be possible to bluff your way through a situation when you don't have all the facts and figures at your fingertips, but do you want to take the chance? Think how badly it might reflect on you if someone who does know what he is talking about catches you at it. You don't know it all - and no one expects you to. 1-900-990-7816* SCORPIO Today's cosmic alignment will in some way remind you that true happiness comes not from having what you want, but from wanting what you have. There is more than enough in your life to satisfy your needs and desires, so why do you think the grass next door looks greener? Believe it or not, your neighbor is envious of you. 1-900-990-7817* SAGITTARIUS Any doubts you may have about what you are doing will be swept away by what happens today. Some way or other, you will get a sign that you are on the right track; that if you keep doing what you are doing, everything will work out exactly as you planned. Focus on the one thing that means the most to you - success is a foregone conclusion. 1-900-990-7818* CAPRICORN There is no point being stubborn and sticking to a course of action that is getting you nowhere. That is the message of the stars for you today, and if you heed it, there is still time to alter course and do something more in keeping with your special Capricorn talents. At some stage, you will have to change anyway, so it might as well be now. 1-900-990-7819* AQUARIUS This will be one of those days when it is better to wait and see what happens before making any plans. Solar and planetary activity in the friendship area of your chart means that other people will be calling the shots, but there is no reason to believe they will be shots you do not agree with. On the contrary, you'll have a lot of fun together. 1-900-990-7808* PISCES How far you can go in the world depends entirely on how far you think you can go. Your mind is a powerful tool, and if you believe in yourself and what you are doing, it will create the conditions that make it happen. But the opposite applies, too: If you lack faith in your abilities, your mind will create obstacles that need not be there. 1-900-990-7809* Sports News: http://web1.nypost.com/sports/sports.shtml MANY HAPPY RETURNS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/32577.htm By FRED KERBER The start of the game suggested that Jason Kidd was back for the Nets. The end of the game confirmed it. There were attempts at running � real, honest to-gosh, up-tempo sequences � from the outset that came complete with turnovers and wild passes. But as the game wore down, where every possession was significant, there was big play after big play. And they came with Kidd usually right in the middle. COMEBACK KIDD: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/32576.htm WITHOUT Kenyon Martin and Kerry Kittles, the ship already has sailed, a leaky lifeboat in its place. But Jason Kidd, as contractually obligated, reported back to the dock last night with a pail and an oar, ready to furiously row the Nets and simultaneously himself as far away as possible. NO REST FOR DONNIE 'D': http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/32562.htm HERE is the word from Herm Edwards on the day he found out he won't be able to unleash his wounded predator, John Abraham, on Big Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers, and may not have him until the playoffs: SHINING A-SPUR-ATIONS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32571.htm LOST in the reams of replays of players running into the stands are the San Antonio Spurs running away in the standings. Lookity, lookity, NBA holiday shoppers, the Alamo Alliance entered last night's game at Chicago owning seven consecutive wins and a franchise-best start 15-3. TAFT WANTS TITLE BEFORE HE LEAVES: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32565.htm By DAN MARTIN There were times when Chris Taft was at Xaverian when he looked like the dominant player everyone expected him to be, the kind of player who could take over a game and one day perhaps take himself to the NBA. GAME'S BEAUTY BUOYS BOEHEIM: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32573.htm By LENN ROBBINS Jim Boeheim still isn't tired of this process, the one that begins every October and ends each March, or in the best of years, early April. FORDHAM HITS REAL LOW POINT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32575.htm By DAVE CURTIS With five minutes left in the game, Fordham basketball coach Dereck Whittenburg winced again. This time, he leaned back in his chair and, to cover the anguish, stuck his face in his palm. 'ROIDS ALL THE RAGE AT UNION'S CONFAB: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32566.htm By MARK HALE PHOENIX � Normally, the Major League Baseball Players Association's executive board meetings gather about as much attention as a Brewer-Pirate game. GIAMBI: I WANT TO STAY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/32569.htm By GEORGE KING Five days after his grand jury testimony leaked out, steroid-scandalized Jason Giambi yesterday spoke out for the first time � through his agent, anyway. WITH RANDY TALKS STALLED, BOMBERS EYE PLANS B, C...: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/32572.htm By GEORGE KING The Yankees still covet Randy Johnson, and nobody will be shocked if The Big Unit landed in pinstripes. LEIT'S OUT ON AL'S MET DAYS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/32567.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY Al Leiter's tenure with the Mets will officially end at midnight, when the club declines to offer him arbitration. That's when a new era in Flushing will truly begin. GROWING PAINS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/32564.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ Tom Coughlin was concerned enough about Eli Manning's emotional state that Sunday night, following another futile performance by the rookie quarterback, the veteran head coach approached Manning in the locker room. CHANGES NOT GONNA COME: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/32560.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ This is the time in a season when everyone calls for lineup changes. The Giants are in free-fall, losers of five consecutive games, and the only move Tom Coughlin has made that wasn't injury-driven was benching quarterback Kurt Warner in favor of rookie Eli Manning. A RERUN OF 2003: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/32554.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ QUARTERBACKS Eli Manning really got nothing accom plished (12 of 25, 113 yards) and actu ally inflated numbers with garbage-time 48-yard completion. Is there a fast- forward but ton around somewhere? BERTH DAY PLANS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/32561.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO That flicker of light at the end of the regular-season tunnel for the Jets is a playoff spot, now much more visible than at any time this season. COLLATERAL DAMAGE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/32563.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO The Jets will be without defensive end John Abraham for at least this week and perhaps longer depending on how his sprained right knee heals. SMOOTH SAILING: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/32555.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO QUARTERBACKS Chad Pennington (20-27, 155 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT, 97.0 rating) is back from his three-game rehab. His only sin was an un derthrown INT. HOU NO GO AGAIN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/32570.htm By MARC BERMAN MEMPHIS � The babying of Allan Houston continued yesterday. Suddenly now, it's Isiah Thomas' decision to keep the All-Star guard sidelined another two games in the latest strange twist to the Houston Watch. FRATELLO FEELS NO ILL WILL: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/32568.htm By MARC BERMAN MEMPHIS � There are no sour grapes for new Grizzlies coach Mike Fratello. He thinks Knicks president Isiah Thomas made a good choice when he hired Lenny Wilkens to coach his club. RJ HANDS DEFENSE TO KIDD: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/32574.htm By FRED KERBER Richard Jefferson knew Jason Kidd's defensive reputation. And he knew the refs knew it, too. So he wanted Kidd to cover Vince Carter's attempt to tie at the buzzer. Gossip: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/gossip.htm : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm LOHAN 'SINGS' WITH MOUTH SHUT By Richard Johnson TODAY'S teen pop queens are too young to remember the shame that befell lip-synchers Milli Vanilli in 1990. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm YOU CAN TAKE THIS BLACKBERRY AND . . . By Cindy Adams A major medical problem awaits our next generation. The health issue in decades of yore � healed via scien tific breakthroughs � was consumption. But coming up, the big situation? Terminal carpal tunnel. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm MOVING FROM MOMA TO MIRAMAX By Liz Smith Weather: http://weather.nypost.com NEW YORK , NY Get the extended forcast here from the New York Post.: http://weather.nypost.com Traffic: http://traffic.nypost.com/ metrocommute HeadlineNassau County Overnight Construction on LIE EB btwn Exit 32 & Exit 40; 11PM-6AMThere is overnight construction closing all lanes on the eastbound Long Island Expressway/I-495 between Exit 32 - Little Neck Parkway and Exit 40 - Jericho Turnpike from 11PM to 6AM Manhattan 2004 Holiday Season - Traffic Adivsory Due to the upcoming 2004 Holiday Season there will be heavy congestion in Midtown Manhattan caused by shopping and festivities that will be taking place. It is advised for people to use mass transit as much as possible therefore helping traffic to move along smoothly. So please plan ahead for early travel and leave at least 20 minutes before schedule. There is also a 10 Day Gridlock Alert Day designated for the Holiday Traffic. These Days are as follows:Friday, November. 19: The Friday before Thanksgiving.Wednesday, November. 24: The day before Thanksgiving. Matinee day at Broadway theaters adds to traffic congestion in the midtown theater district.Tuesday, November. 30: Tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center.Friday, December. 10: A popular shopping day.Wednesday, December. 15: Matinee day at Broadway theaters and a popular shopping day.Thursday, December. 16: A popular shopping day.Friday, December. 17: A popular shoppin g day.Wednesday, December. 22: Matinee day at Broadway theaters and a popular shopping day.Thursday, December. 23: The day before Christmas Eve. metrocommute Special EventManhattan Knicks @ Madison Square Garden thru November & DecemberThe Knicks host at the Madison Square Garden in the months of November & December. Expect some extra traffic on 7th Ave., 8th Ave., and in the west 30s, 2 hours before the game, after the game.*Please arrive early due to new security checks*Opponents, dates and times of games are:Atlanta Hawks, Nov. 23, 7:30 PMToronto Raptors, Nov. 27, 1:00 PMMemphis Grizzlies, Dec. 01, 7:30 PMOrlando Magic, Dec. 03, 7:30 PMDenver Nuggets, Dec. 12, 12:00 PMDetroit Pistons, Dec. 15, 8PMUtah Jazz, Dec. 19, 3PMDallas Mavericks, Dec. 21, 7:30PMCharlotte Bobcats, Dec. 26, 1PM Manhattan Radio City Christmas Spectacular @ Radio City Music Hall; November 23 thru January 2The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, starring the world-famous Rockettes, returns to Radio City Music Hall, November 23, 2004 thru January 2, 2005 Be a part of this American tradition and enjoy such show-stopping scenes as the "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers", and the majestic "Living Nativity." Also, witness Santa's return to the Music Hall through an exciting 3-D sleigh ride. Expect delays on 5th, 6th and 7th Avenue between 48th Street and 51st Street and on Broadway starting around 2 hours before and after the show. Please arrive early due to new security measures and for parking. Visit thegarden.com site for information on showtimes.: http://www.thegarden.com 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/35886.htm A NEW ENDEAVOR By ERICA COPULSKY and TIM ARANGO One of Hollywood's top talent brokers is looking to broker a deal of its own. The Endeavor Agency � which reps the likes of Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck, Michael Moore and the Osbourne family � could be the next to go in the consolidating world of Hollywood talent agencies. Endeavor co-founder Ari Emanuel is said to be making the rounds of Hollywood looking for ways either to cash out or bulk up. DJER IS SURPRISE PICK FOR BUSINESS WEEK EDITOR: http://www.nypost.com/business/35878.htm By KEITH J. KELLY Business Week gave a jolt to insiders when it tapped Steve Adler, 49, a top Wall Street Journal lieutenant, to take the editor-in-chief job at the McGraw-Hill Cos. flagship magazine. JOBS-DATA DISTORTIONS FRUSTRATE EASY COMPARISONS: http://www.nypost.com/business/35862.htm By JOHN CRUDELE BACK in the 1970s, Western economists would chuckle at the way the Soviet Union compiled its economic statistics. EX-BLOOMIE'S TYCOON IS NOT A HAPPY CAMPEAU: http://www.nypost.com/business/35875.htm By PAUL THARP Disgraced tycoon Robert Campeau just wanted his dutiful wife to hide his assets until his financial woes eased. CUTS AT LAZARD PRE-IPO: http://www.nypost.com/business/35877.htm By ERICA COPULSKY As he prepares to take the world's biggest privately held investment bank public, Lazard Chief Executive Bruce Wasserstein is showing bankers the door. FOX, CLEAR CHANNEL DEAL: http://www.nypost.com/business/35867.htm Clear Channel Communications Inc., the largest U.S. radio broadcaster, named News Corp.'s Fox News Radio the primary service for national news on more than 100 of its stations in markets including Los Angeles, Phoenix and Atlanta. CROWN PAYS $4.5M TO PUBLISH TENET BOOK: http://www.nypost.com/business/35876.htm By SARA NELSON After nearly two months of meetings, discussions and deliberations, former CIA Director George Tenet has chosen a publisher for his book. DOLLAR DAYS: http://www.nypost.com/business/35882.htm By RICHARD WILNER New York City tourism brass are expecting the weak dollar to attract a flood of 200,000 additional international tourists to the Big Apple in the final few months of the year � jamming the streets, restaurants and store aisles. PRIEST-DIRECTOR SAW 'PROPER' OVITZ FIRING: http://www.nypost.com/business/35884.htm By HOLLY M. SANDERS Father Leo O'Donovan, a Walt Disney Co. director and Jesuit priest, testified that he believed CEO Michael Eisner had the "proper authority" to boot Michael Ovitz from the company. H'WOOD WOMEN GAIN CLOUT: http://www.nypost.com/business/35885.htm By PAUL THARP Hollywood's female power players have more clout than ever. The Hollywood Reporter's new list of entertainment's most influential women shows that top players are chairwomen and presidents, not merely executives as in the past. OIL UP AFTER SAUDI ARABIA TERROR ATTACK: http://www.nypost.com/business/35869.htm By SUZANNE McGEE A terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, contributed to another jump in the price of crude oil and delivered a setback to stock prices. CARDIN SEEKS $1B FOR EMPIRE: http://www.nypost.com/business/35871.htm PARIS � French fashion legend Pierre Cardin is putting much of his empire up for sale, seeking $1 billion for his couture and licensing businesses as well as the Maxim's restaurant concerns, he told weekly L'Express magazine. AD SPENDING TO TOP $280B: http://www.nypost.com/business/35874.htm By HOLLY M. SANDERS Madison Avenue � hold on to your hat. In a year without an Olympics or a presidential election, U.S. ad spending is expected to climb 6.4 percent and outpace economic growth, according to a leading industry forecaster. --> Real Estate: http://web1.nypost.com/realestate/index.htm 57TH ST. IS LOOKING EMPTIER: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/35873.htm By STEVE CUOZZO EVEN in the retail won derland of Midtown, prime store sites sometimes fall empty. The exit of snooty jeweler David Webb Inc. from 445 Park Ave. has left a third prime corner of 57th Street embarrassingly vacant. Entertainment: http://web1.nypost.com/entertainment/entertainment.htm DIDDY'S SHINING HOUR: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/35902.htm Sean "P.Diddy" Combs gets a shoeshine and shelter yesterday as he plays Hollywood Nicky in "Carlito's Way: The Beginning," filming in Harlem. 'MODERN' TALE OF HANNAH AND HER MISTERS: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/35900.htm By FRANK SCHECK SOME plays can be very funny without being particularly good. Such is the case with "Modern Orthodox," a sitcom-style comedy about the collision between an upwardly mobile secular couple and an angst-ridden Orthodox Jew. CHONG AND BONG: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/35857.htm By FRANK SCHECK TALK about typecasting: Tommy Chong, who as one-half of the '60s comedy duo Cheech & Chong became the archetypical stoner, is stepping into the off-Broadway show "The Marijuana-Logues" for two weeks beginning today. GLOWING PERFORMANCES FROM A 'GEM' OF A CAST: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/35901.htm B y CLIVE BARNES PLAYING a 287-year-old African-American matriarch � that's right, 287 � Phylicia Rashad is the lustrous jewel of August Wilson's "Gem of the Ocean," which opened last night at the Walter Kerr Theatre. HER $8M RETURN: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/35866.htm By DON KAPLAN and TIM ARANGO MARTHA Stewart is preparing for a TV comeback that will pay her up to $8 million a year, industry sources say. 'DREW' STAR'S LATE SPOT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/35887.htm By MICHAEL STARR FORMER "Drew Carey Show" co-star Craig Ferguson will be named the new host of "Late Late Show" on CBS, The Post has learned. WORST HOLIDAY SONGS: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/35888.htm By JOHN MAINELLI EVER been driven up the chimney by a Christmas song that you really, really hate? BIG MAC TO BIG D: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/35865.htm By MICHAEL STARR DONNY Deutsch doesn't want to be compared to John McEnroe, the man he's replacing on CNBC. 'JEOPARDY!' KEN'S TRIVIAL PURSUIT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/35870.htm By MICHAEL STARR HERE'S your chance to beat "Jeopardy!" whiz Ken Jennings � in the comfort of your own living room. 'O.C.' GIRLS KISS: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/35872.htm MISCHA Barton's love lorn character on "The O.C.," Marissa Cooper, is slated for a lesbian love scene later this season, according to reports. THE STARR REPORT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/35864.htm By MICHAEL STARR David Groh, best remem bered as Rhoda's (Valerie Harper) husband, Joe Ge rard, in "Rhoda," will do something on tomorrow's "Law & Order" that not many actors get the chance to do � revisit the same character fourteen years later. Movie Reviews: http://web1.nypost.com/movies/movies.htm FOUR PLAY: http://www.nypost.com/movies/32343.htm By LOU LUMENICK CLOSER'CLOSER," an impeccably acted and directed - but quite icy - portrait of deception and betrayal starring Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen and Jude Law, is the sort of movie that is easier to respect than to like. AFTER MIDNIGHT (DOPO MEZZANOTE): http://www.nypost.com/movies/32347.htm By LOU LUMENICK 'CINEMA Paradiso" meets "Jules and Jim" in Davide Ferrario's charming if slight "After Midnight," an Italian romantic comedy that's irresistibly set in Mole Antonelliana, the cavernous Museum of Cinema in Turin. NOW IT'S BLING TIME FOR HITLER: http://www.nypost.com/movies/32317.htm By LOU LUMENICK THE ARYAN COUPLE 'THE Aryan Couple," a hokey soap opera set against the backdrop of the Holocaust, is the second vanity production helmed by John Daly, who would be better off sticking to just producing ("Platoon" and "The Terminator"). CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE: http://www.nypost.com/movies/32338.htm By V.A. MUSETTO THE Irish drama "Conspiracy of Si lence" touches on issues raised in "Bad Education," but without Pedro Almodovar's flamboyant elegance. CHARMING SET PIECE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE: http://www.nypost.com/movies/32339.htm By V.A. MUSETTO DESERTED STATIONTHE Iranian charmer "Deserted Station" � directed by Ali-Reza Raisian from an autobiographical script by Abbas Kiarostami, the country's leading filmmaker � opens with a man driving along deserted roads against a stark landscape. GAME OVER: KASPAROV AND THE MACHINE: http://www.nypost.com/movies/32346.htm By LOU LUMENICK THOUGH everyone who cares knows that world chess champ Garry Kasparov was defeated by a computer called Deep Blue in a highly publicized match in 1997, Vikram Jayanti's solid documentary is still fairly suspenseful. 'HOUSE' BEAUTIFUL: http://www.nypost.com/movies/32340.htm By LOU LUMENICK HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERSTHIS year's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," Chinese director Zhang Yi mou's martial-arts epic "House of Flying Daggers" is the movie equivalent of a 12-course feast crammed with unforgettable images and mind-boggling stunts. 'JESUS' LISTENS IN ON UNANSWERED PRAYERS: http://www.nypost.com/movies/32345.htm By V.A. MUSETTO JESUS, YOU KNOW AFTER taking a break to direct the kinky drama "Dog Days," Ulrich Seidl returns to his documentary roots with the powerful "Jesus, You Know." Lifestyle: http://web1.nypost.com/living/living.htm LET THERE BE LATKES: http://www.nypost.com/living/35899.htm By ANNA JANE GROSSMAN IT'S beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. But before Santa comes, the Midtown tree-peep ers disperse and Starbucks puts its red snow-flake cups back into storage, we have eight days of Hanukkah to celebrate, starting tonight. Lottery Results: http://web1.nypost.com/lottery/lottery.htm NEW YORK Midday Numbers Mon.: 258 Midday Win-4 Mon.: 3385 Evening Numbers Mon.: 453 Evening Win-4 Mon.: 5107 Pick-10 Mon.: 1, 2, 7, 9, 11, 13, 21, 23, 24, 31, 34, 37, 43, 45, 46, 61, 63, 64, 71, 76 Take-5 Mon.: 6, 8, 17, 28, 31 OAS_AD('Middle'); //--> NEW JERSEY Pick-3 Mon.: 145 Pick-4 Mon.: 4170 Cash-5 Mon.: 5, 8, 19, 20, 40 Pick-6 Mon.: 1, 3, 8, 31, 47, 49 CONNECTICUT Play-3 Mon.: 536 Play-4 Mon.: 5713 Cash-5 Mon.: 1, 4, 10, 14, 32 Travel: http://web1.nypost.com/travel/travel.htm HIDDEN HILLS: http://www.nypost.com/travel/35889.htm ANDREA BENNETT trades in Sun Valley for the next big thing: the secret slopes of western Idaho OUT COLD: http://www.nypost.com/travel/35891.htm High up in the Colorado Rockies, a weakened DAVID LANDSEL fights the good fight AT THE TOP OF THE HEAP: http://www.nypost.com/travel/35892.htm We surveyed nearly 30 resorts. Now, NYP Travel picks the top five Northeast slopes for well-rounded ski breaks STOWE NOT HAPPENING: http://www.nypost.com/travel/35893.htm WE are quite depressed over the state of Stowe, long considered one of the East's best. Everything here is showing its age, and a 10-year plan to build Spruce Peak, a new base village, can't be implemented fast enough. NYP TRAVEL SKI REPORT: http://www.nypost.com/travel/35894.htm THEY SKI THERE?: http://www.nypost.com/travel/35895.htm If it's India, Korea or Russia we're talking about, the answer is yes. DOUGLAS ROGERS drops in on five unlikely ski destinations HEY, AMAN: http://www.nypost.com/travel/35896.htm ORIGINALLY Le Savoy, this hotel on the Bellecote slope was rebuilt and reopened in 1992. The only Amanresort in France, Le Melezin is stylish and luxurious, characterized by finishes of pale and dark wood, and beautiful fabrics. Opinion: http://web1.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/opedcolumnists.htm RANDI'S BIG GAMBLE: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/35883.htm By TOM CARROLL SIX years ago this month, Gov. George Pataki pushed through the state's charter- school law. Oh, what a difference a few years make! SING A SONG OF BIGOTRY: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/35860.htm By ARNOLD AHLERT "I support the ban on religious music in the schools, because I feel that it makes children, who do not celebrate a particular holiday or have a particular religion . . . uncomfortable." � A parent from the Maplewood, N.J. school district, which has banned "religious music" in a holiday concert. WHAT 'FUELED' THE SAUDI RAID: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/35861.htm By AMIR TAHERI WHEN oil stocks are low and petrol prices high, governments across the globe repeat one magic formula: Saudi Arabia. WHAT'S WRONG WITH PLAYERS ON STEROIDS?: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/35859.htm By JOHN R. LOTT JR. & SONYA D. JONES SO athletes use steroids to perform better. Wall Street traders take Ritalin and everyone uses caffeinated drinks during work to stay alert. News anchors get face lifts and actors take Botox so more people watch them. What's different about athletes? DUBYA: A RUTHLESS, ELEGANT PRESIDENT: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/35868.htm By JOHN PODHORETZ FOR years now, liber als and leftists have been unable to de cide whether they dislike George W. Bush because they think he's a doofus or because they think he's evil. So they've come up with a peculiar new political caricature to make sense of the president they simply cannot understand: To them, he's the Evil Doofus. 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