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Regional News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm N.Y. CHANNELS ITS HISTORY IN TV DEAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36047.htm By DAVID SEIFMAN City Hall Bureau Chief The History Channel made its own history yesterday by entering into an agreement to promote New York City through ads, historical tours and a program for restoring historical monuments. CITY SPENDING BLOWOUT SHOCK: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36057.htm By DAVID SEIFMAN City Hall Bureau Chief Spending by the city is growing at nearly four times the rate of inflation, state Comptroller Alan Hevesi reported yesterday. THOSE DAD-BURNED LAPTOPS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36038.htm Researchers studying male fertility have a warning for men who use laptop computers: Keep them off your lap. KOSHER PARTY SUIT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36066.htm By CARL CAMPANILE and CYNTHIA R. FAGEN An Orthodox Jew is suing his employer � claiming he couldn't get kosher fare at his office Christmas party. 5TH AVE. ROOST ROUST: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36060.htm By GERSH KUNTZMAN, BRADEN KEIL and LETITIA ROWLANDS Two red-tail hawks evicted from their posh Fifth Avenue nest tried in vain to rebuild their destroyed home yesterday � as bird lovers squawked in protest 12 stories below. THREE-WAY TRYST HOOKED BROTHEL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36067.htm By LAURA ITALIANO, JEANE MacINTOSH and MURRAY WEISS A menage a trois turned into a mess of trouble for two hookers in a Manhattan madam's brothel when a john who walked into a bedroom turned out to be an undercover cop, prosecutors said yesterday. DAN DRAGS 'SLAY PLOT' GENEROSA FROM GRAVE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36034.htm By KIERAN CROWLEY and MARSHA KRANES Accused murderer Danny Pelosi yesterday claimed in bombshell testimony that the late Generosa Ammon had once asked him to whack her estranged millionaire husband Ted � but he refused. PROPHETIC WORDS IN EXTORT PLOT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36058.htm By LAURA ITALIANO That's what a 29-year-old Bronx man admitted when he was hauled in as the alleged kingpin of a plot to extort $3 million from NBA star Carmelo Anthony. CALLOUS CAPO'S VINTAGE WHINE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36063.htm By KATI CORNELL SMITH In a dramatic courtroom showdown, a Mafia leader going to prison for engineering a botched hit that killed a city judge yesterday coldly confronted the dead man's son � a mob-busting former prosecutor who was the intended victim. GOTTI RAT A CASH COW: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36064.htm By CARL CAMPANILE Mob rat Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo testified yesterday that he was a cash machine for reputed Gambino boss Peter Gotti and nephew John "Junior" Gotti � personally delivering more than $2 million to them in construction kickbacks and other extortion scams. SPITZER STOMPS PATAKI: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36037.htm By FREDRIC U. DICKER State Editor ALBANY � A day after he threw his hat into the ring, a new poll showed state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer trouncing Gov. Pataki in the race for governor. L.I. BROS' ROW ENDS IN DEATH: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36050.htm A tragic drunken brawl between two brothers on Long Island left one sibling stabbed to death and the other under arrest for the slaying, cops said yesterday. GOV OKS ADDITION TO JAVITS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36053.htm By STEPHANIE GASKELL Construction on the expansion of the Javits Convention Center will begin next spring, now that Gov. Pataki has signed a bill authorizing the project. ARMED SIEGE AT L.I. HOME: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36046.htm By DEVIN SMITH A mentally disturbed man, known as a friendly neighborhood oddball, went berserk yesterday inside his Long Island home and fired several shots into the street, forcing cops to shut down portions of Montauk Highway, police said. 12 TEENS BUSTED IN HS MELEE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36055.htm By DAVID ANDREATTA and PHILIP MESSING A dozen teenage boys were arrested yesterday after a massive brawl � possibly sparked by gang rivalry � at a Midtown high school, officials and witnesses said. JAILHOUSE ROCKED: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36061.htm By DENISE BUFFA The suspect in the Brooklyn shooting death of college grid player Mark Fisher came to court yesterday with bruises on both sides of his face � the result of a fight at Rikers Island. National News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm DICK CLARK SUFFERS STROKE: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36071.htm By BILL HOFFMANN Dick Clark � the legendary pop-music czar who has ushered in the New Year from Times Square for the past 32 years � suffered a stroke this week, it was revealed yesterday. NEW DRUG TESTS BEST VS. BREAST CANCER: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36039.htm SAN ANTONIO, Texas � A newer drug clearly outperforms tamoxifen at preventing breast cancer from returning, and should become the first-choice treatment for most women who have had the disease, doctors are reporting. DEM: FEDS DI$$ING N.J.: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36056.htm By IAN BISHOP Post Correspondent WASHINGTON � A New Jersey senator yesterday launched a border war over homeland security funding by slamming New York's growing piece of the pie while decrying the Garden State's shrinking share. BUSH URGES STEROID CURB: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36040.htm WASHINGTON � President Bush yesterday called on Major League Baseball to take "strong steps" to confront the use of steroids. W. INKS $388B '9/11' BILL: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36048.htm By IAN BISHOP Post Correspondent WASHINGTON � President Bush yesterday signed into law a massive, $388 billion spending package that also contains a provision ensuring the hero cops and firefighters who died on 9/11 will finally receive special medals for their sacrifice. SPARE MY SON: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36042.htm By HOWARD BREUER Post Correspondent REDWOOD CITY, Calif. � Scott Peterson's mother yesterday tearfully begged jurors not to take her son's life when they enter penalty deliberations today. POCKET SHOCK ROCKS YOUR CELLPHONE: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36045.htm By BILL HOFFMANN Our cellphones are suffering � and tight pants are to blame. A new survey reveals the No. 2 cause of broken cellphones is squeezing them into the pockets of tight pants. TOP-SPY POST UP FOR GRABS: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36059.htm By DEBORAH ORIN and IAN BISHOP Post Correspondents WASHINGTON � The creation of a new national superspy post touched off a flurry of speculation about whether President Bush will promote CIA chief Porter Goss to the new job, or go for someone else. D.A. CHARGES 12 NBA BRAWLERS: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36049.htm By SARAH KARUSH PONTIAC, Mich. � Five Indiana Pacers players and seven Detroit Pistons fans were charged yesterday in one of the worst brawls in U.S. sports history � the melee last month that broke out on the basketball court and spread to the stands. CONDIT DUNNE IN: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36062.htm By CARL CAMPANILE Former California Rep. Gary Condit must answer embarrassing questions about his sex life with Chandra Levy and other women as part of his defamation suit against crime author Dominick Dunne, a federal judge ruled yesterday. DMX BEATS JAIL, GETS 'POPPED': http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36070.htm By ALEX GINSBERG Tough-guy rapper DMX copped a plea to avoid the clink yesterday, but ran into more trouble after he was slapped for a second time with paternity papers outside a Queens courtroom. FOX-SLAY SUSPECT: A LIFE OF HATE: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36065.htm By DOUGLAS MONTERO, MURRAY WEISS and BILL SANDERSON ROBERT HUGHES was walking his cocker spaniel in Inwood Hill Park a few years ago when he saw Dimitri Sheinman's gigantic Rhodesian ridgeback, off the leash, attacking a woman's chihuahua. KID-SEX KILLER CAGED: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36041.htm By HEIDI SINGER and BILL HOFFMANN A child-killing fiend got life behind bars yesterday in the chilling kidnapping of a 7-year-old who vanished 23 years ago � but not before he sickened the victim's mom by offering to console her in his arms. TRAGIC TRIBUTE: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36052.htm By LEONARD GREENE The story of an unarmed teen who was shot to death earlier this year by a cop on a Brooklyn rooftop has been immortalized by his best friend in a movie � and it's going to the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. World News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm JAILED TERRORIST WILLING TO QUIT RACE: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/36035.htm RAMALLAH, West Bank � Imprisoned terrorist Marwan Barghouti will quit the Palestinian presidential race if his demands are met by his rival, former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, a Fatah official said yesterday. ELECTION DEAL MARKS NEW PEACE PROGRESS: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/36068.htm By URI DAN Mideast Correspondent JERUSALEM � Israel and the Palestinians yesterday agreed on how to hold next month's election to replace Yasser Arafat � the latest evidence of progress toward peace in the post-Arafat era. GIS SPAR WITH RUMMY: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/36069.htm CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait � Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld came under friendly fire yesterday from troops who took up his invitation to ask tough questions about Iraq. All Horoscopes: http://web1.nypost.com/cgi-bin/horoscope.pl ARIES Others can dwell on their worries and woes if they want to, but you have better things to do with your time and your energy. Unlike certain more negative members of the zodiac, you know that life is what you make of it; that you are not at the whim of forces outside your control. Expect great things of yourself today, and great things will happen. 1-900-990-7810* TAURUS You may not be in the most sociable mood at the moment, but that's OK because the more time you spend alone with your thoughts, the less likely it is you will make any major mistakes when the time comes to act. When will that time be? Most likely when the sun moves in your favour on the 21st. It's not so long to wait. 1-900-990-7811* GEMINI You probably cannot be bothered to make much of an effort today, and why should you when others are quite happy to make an effort for you? If there is something you want done but you don't want to do it yourself, use your powers of persuasion to convince a friend or colleague to do it for you. Don't forget to lavish him with praise. 1-900-990-7812* CANCER There is no point in arguing over what, to you, is a trivial matter. It is a waste of your time and your energy. If others want to make an issue of it, that is up to them, but you are under no obligation to join in. The most important thing now is your physical, mental and emotional health, so be kind to yourself and give confrontation a miss. 1-900-990-7813* LEO You can quite easily heal a rift with a partner or loved one if you want to, but you will have to say one or two things you may not entirely believe. On this occasion it is OK to tell a few little lies, because your motives are good and you are thinking of other people as much as you are of yourself. Just don't make a habit of it. 1-900-990-7814* VIRGO If you speak without thinking, you might say something that makes your domestic situation even more of a problem than it has been lately - and that won't be good for you or for those with whom you share your day-to-day existence. If you can't say something nice, say nothing at all. Pretend you've got a sore throat for the next 24 hours. 1-900-990-7815* LIBRA You will either say too much or not say enough today - it will be one extreme or the other. Libra may be the sign of the balance, but there is precious little about you that is balanced at the moment. Both in your personal life and at work, avoid people who you know are likely to annoy you. Or maybe they'll be smart and avoid you! 1-900-990-7816* SCORPIO Mars in your birth sign endows you with plenty of energy, but are you using it wisely? That is the question that needs to be answered today. The fact is, you are wasting too much of it on things that are of no importance and on people who care nothing for you personally. It might be time to rethink your priorities. 1-900-990-7817* SAGITTARIUS You will get the chance to do a good deed for someone today and it will be as beneficial for you as it is for him. It's not true that you think only of your own needs and desires, although it might sometimes look that way, and you will get the opportunity to prove it over the next 24 hours. There's a big heart under that tough exterior. 1-900-990-7818* CAPRICORN Your secret feelings for someone won't be secret much longer. According to your solar chart, friends and colleagues are beginning to notice the way you behave when a certain person comes by, and they have put two and two together and come up with the correct answer. Don't be embarrassed: There is nothing wrong with having a crush on someone. 1-900-990-7819* AQUARIUS Be very careful what you say to and how you deal with people in positions of power today because if you give them the impression that you are getting too big for your boots, they won't hesitate to cut you down to size. You don't have to be dishonest about the way you feel, but you do have to respect their position. 1-900-990-7808* PISCES Duty calls and you must answer, but you won't be too happy about it - there are so many other more interesting things you want to be doing. The good news is that if you knuckle down and do what is expected of you today, it won't be long before you get your freedom, certainly no later than when the sun changes signs on the 21st. 1-900-990-7809* Gossip: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/gossip.htm : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm 'TORMENT' AT SPITZER DAD FIRM By Richard Johnson STAFFERS at the engineering firm owned by Bernard Spitzer � the father of state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer � are accused of driving the office's lesbian receptionist positively batty. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm LOSER'S WHOLE NEW MEANING By Cindy Adams THERE currently exists a glut of reality show losers, most of whom are turn ing to be winners. All have agents, p.r. reps, managers, moxie and chutzpah up the kazoo. Not one is humble, quiet, modest, unassuming or afraid of the spotlight. Each wants to be a star. The entertainment ethos will soon be peopled by more reality types than real types. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm DIANA'S ROYAL FLUSH By Liz Smith 'I WANT TO know all about you." 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 HeadlineSuffolk County Overnight Construction on LIE EB btwn Exit 52 & Exit 57There is overnight construction closing all lanes on the eastbound Long Island Expressway/I-495 between Exit 52 - Commack Road and Exit 57 - Veterans Memorial Highway from 10PM to 6AM. Nassau 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. Suffolk County Overnight Construction on LIE EB btwn Exit 49S & Exit 51There is overnight construction closing all lanes on the eastbound Long Island Expressway/I-495 between Exit 49S - NY-110 and Exit 51 - Deer Park Avenue from 9PM to 6AM. metrocommute DelayNassau County Under 20 mph on SSP-EB: 21 to 22Under 20 mph on Southern State Parkway eastbound Exit 21S/N to Exit 22S/N 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/36023.htm NEW PRICE WAR By SUZANNE KAPNER Hot consumer electronic items like digital cameras and Plasma TVs that were priced out of reach of mainstream consumers last holiday season are now cheap enough to attract the masses, making them the surprise hit of the holiday season, analysts said. The price of 42-inch Plasma TVs, for instance, has fallen to $1,800 for some models, compared with $2,500 a year ago. BOUTIQUES, DRUGSTORES GET PIECE OF DIGITAL ACTION: http://www.nypost.com/business/36024.htm Holiday shoppers looking for portable radios, digital cameras and DVD players will find those items in some surprising locations, including specialty clothing shops and drug stores. CHAPPELLE GOES BACK TO WELL: http://www.nypost.com/business/36003.htm BY SARA NELSON YOU know that David Chappelle book you were looking forward to, the one Hyperion supposedly signed up with the Comedy Central comedian almost a year ago? BUSH KEEPING SNOW AS TREASURY SEC'Y: http://www.nypost.com/business/36005.htm WASHINGTON, D.C. � President Bush asked Treasury Secretary John Snow to stay in his job Wednesday and Snow agreed to do so, ending a frenzy of speculation that the 65-year former railroad executive was about to be replaced. OVITZ PAY WAS WORTH IT: WITNESS: http://www.nypost.com/business/36019.htm By HOLLY M. SANDERS An expert witness testifying in the shareholder suit over Michael Ovitz's $140 million payout said the jump in Walt Disney Co.'s stock the day his hiring was announced more than made up for the cost of his generous compensation contract. JAY-Z TAKES A SUITE JOB AS ISLAND DEF JAM PRESIDENT: http://www.nypost.com/business/36004.htm By TIM ARANGO Superstar rapper Jay-Z is moving from the recording studio to the executive suite. SWEET REVENGE: http://www.nypost.com/business/36012.htm By PAUL THARP Revenge is sweet. For entertainment executive Susan Lyne, the splashy deal she arranged for Martha's Stewart comeback is nice payback for being fired from ABC by Disney chief Michael Eisner. BIG PERKS AT COLGATE: http://www.nypost.com/business/36018.htm By PAUL THARP Colgate-Palmolive is drawing sharp rebuke for firing 4,400 people in time for Christmas while giving bosses perks of up to $11,500 a year for dog walkers, golf lessons and movie rentals. NEWSDAY AX PAUSES: http://www.nypost.com/business/36025.htm Newsday will stop swinging the ax in the newsroom after enough volunteers apparently stepped forward to accept the company's buyout offer. MARTS UP AS OIL, $ BOTH RISE: http://www.nypost.com/business/36006.htm Oil prices firmed after touching a four-month low yesterday, as a government report showing that U.S. supplies of heating oil rose only slightly last week kept dealers on edge ahead of Friday's OPEC meeting. NEW YORK WINE LOVERS MAY SAVE BIG IN 2005: http://www.nypost.com/business/36009.htm By RICHARD WILNER New Yorkers could see wine prices drop by about 20 percent next year by ordering direct should the U.S. Supreme Court strike down the state's prohibition-era law which bars them from ordering directly from out-of-state vineyards. FRANKEL'S GEM SALE: http://www.nypost.com/business/36014.htm NEW YORK � Just in time for holiday shopping, hundreds of diamonds seized from disgraced financier Martin Frankel went on sale yesterday in an auction intended to provide restitution to the victims of his schemes. U.S. HOUSING DATA ARE IN TOUCH WITH UNREALITY: http://www.nypost.com/business/36022.htm BY JOHN CRUDELE IT might come as a big surprise to anyone who bought a house in 2004 that prices were up just 2.7 percent from the year before. IT might come as a big surprise to anyone who bought a house in 2004 that prices were up just 2.7 percent from the year before. 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 DICK CLARK SUFFERS STROKE: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36026.htm By BILL HOFFMANN Dick Clark � the legendary pop-music czar who has ushered in the New Year from Times Square for the past 32 years � suffered a stroke this week, it was revealed yesterday. SHUDDER BUGS: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36029.htm By DAVID KOEPPEL YOU can run - but you can't hide. That might be the message for celebs as high-tech cellphone cameras are turning star-crazed fans into amateur paparazzi. THAT'S WHAT WE CALL HOLIDAY SPIRITS: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36030.htm By KATHRYN MATTHEWS ALL over town, bartenders are getting into that holiday spirit - make that spirits - with cocktails that might easily be confused with dessert. IT'S ANYTHING BUT OLD HAT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36031.htm INTRODUCING the iHat. Burton's new "Headphone Beanie" - which was designed to keep snowboarders in tune while they're shredding - is bound to become a fave of city kids, thanks to the removable, hi-fi headphones built into the earflaps which can plug directly into an iPod (or even, gasp, a Walkman). YOU THINK YOU HAD A BAD YEAR?: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36032.htm By LINDA STASI WHY is thesmokinggun.com so hot that it's (sorry) smokin'? Are you on drugs? It's the mug shots, stupid! NEW 'MASH' IS A SMASH: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36002.htm PROVING that rap and rock is a winning combination, "MTV Ul timate Mash-Ups Presents Jay-Z/Linkin Park: Collision Course" debuted at No. 1, dethroning last week's chart-topper, U2. FRESHMAN CLASS: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36015.htm By COREY SEYMOUR GETTING a Grammy nod for Best New Artist has always been a double-edged sword. 'NUMBER' DOESN'T ADD UP: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36033.htm By FRANK SCHECK FOR Caryl Churchill's new play, the New York Theatre Workshop has undergone an elaborate reconstruction: What was once a traditional stage is now a tiny playing area partly surrounded by raised tiers of seats, creating a much greater sense of intimacy. RIVERS HEAD FOR SHOWDOWN VS. STAR: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36010.htm IT'll be an interesting mix at next month's Golden Globes when Joan Rivers squares off against Star Jones Reynolds � who replaced her at E! CON AIR: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36013.htm By DON KAPLAN and RICH CALDER MARTHA Stewart, the jailed diva of domesticity, will host her new daily show in front of a live audience � just like Oprah � officials said yesterday. GIRL TALK: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36007.htm By MICHAEL STARR WATCH out, world � here come the "Gastineau Girls." Lisa Gastineau and Brittny Gastineau, the ex-wife and daughter of Jets legend Mark Gastineau, are headlining their own reality show for E! FRANKEN RE-UPS: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36008.htm ALL-liberal Air America, which had a shaky launch earlier this year, has signed pit-bull humorist Al Franken for another two years � crowing that the left-leaning radio network is here to stay. THE STARR REPORT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36011.htm The Sheen is off Fans of CBS' "Two And a Half Men" know that Charlie Sheen's character, Charlie Harper, is a helpless woman izer who's left a trail of angry women in his path. Well, on this Monday's episode (9:30 p.m./Ch. 2), Charlie becomes the object of a bilious Web site, www.charlieharper sucks.com, on which his past conquests compare notes about him. Movie Reviews: http://web1.nypost.com/movies/movies.htm HEY, FANGS FOR NOTHIN': http://www.nypost.com/movies/21151.htm By V.A. MUSETTO BLADE: TRINITY QUICK, get the garlic! In "Blade: Trinity," Wesley Snipes re turns for the third go-round as the titular character, a half-human, half-vampire who has declared war on all other bloodsuckers. BORN INTO BROTHELS: http://www.nypost.com/movies/21120.htm By V.A. MUSETTO AT first glance, the chil dren look rather ordinary. In fact, they live in brothels in Calcutta's red-light district, where their mothers are prostitutes. OTHER PEOPLE'S PICTURES: http://www.nypost.com/movies/21152.htm By V.A. MUSETTO ROD Stewart's "Every Picture Tells a Story" would make a great theme for "Other People's Pictures," a documentary about a strange hobby: collecting discarded or lost home snapshots. 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. 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