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Regional News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm CITY'S SCRAPE WITH WINTER: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36858.htm By BILL HOFFMANN and STEPHANIE GASKELL New Yorkers battled icy wind chills - and windshields - yesterday in their first snowy brush with winter. HS SEX FIENDS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36942.htm By DAVID ANDREATTA and MURRAY WEISS Two male assistants to the principal of Lehman HS held female students in a reign of sexual terror, luring them to a dingy utility room for sex and offering one of them to a neighborhood pimp, school probers charged yesterday. JENNINGS 'TRIAL' PUT OFF UNTIL JAN.: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36920.htm After months of testimony in the closed-door trial of City Councilman Allan Jennings (D-Queens), the proceedings were adjourned yesterday until Jan. 3, when it is expected the last witness will finish testifying, sources said yesterday. LAWYER TOLD MOBSTER TO SHOOT MAN: FEDS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36922.htm By CARL CAMPANILE Federal prosecutors accused a lawyer retained by Gambino family members � including John "Junior" Gotti � of participating in a shooting with mobsters in the late 1980s. YOU CAN BUY A $5M 'STEAK' IN WALL STREET: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36923.htm The beloved bull sculpture that symbolizes Wall Street capitalism is for sale, and bidding starts at $5 million. But any prospective buyer will have to keep the 7,000-pound bronze "Charging Bull" where it is, in a park near the New York Stock Exchange � and that's no bull, said its creator. BERNIE MIGHT PULL A BUBBA: SEX SUIT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36940.htm By CARL CAMPANILE and VINCENT MORRIS While Bernard Kerik's Cabinet appointment was pending, a former city prison warden tried to air lurid details of Kerik's sex life in a federal lawsuit. AFTER RAT SHOWER, GAL CLEAN$ UP: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36925.htm By LAURA ITALIANO A Bronx woman yesterday collected a $65,000 settlement check because her bathroom ceiling collapsed as she showered, raining down on her a pile of debris, filthy water � and a half-dozen wet rats. GUY JAIL 'BREAK': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36937.htm By DAREH GREGORIAN Guy'll be home for Christmas?! Freed felon former state Sen. Guy Velella has been ordered to go back to jail � but not until after Christmas weekend. BUST IN SLAY OF GRID KID: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36916.htm By LARRY CELONA EXCLUSIVE A second man has been arrested for the murder of a Connecticut college athlete who was killed on his first trip to Brooklyn. YANKS: BIDDER UP!: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36948.htm By TIM ARANGO The Yankees have already figured out a way to cash in on their heartbreaking loss to the Red Sox last year. SECURITY SCARE AT GRACIE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36955.htm An anti-Bloomberg activist breached security at Gracie Mansion last night by crashing the mayor's invitation-only press party. DRIVER IS BAD 'NEWS': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36933.htm By MURRAY WEISS, PERRY CHIARAMONTE and MARSHA KRANES A veteran Daily News driver and union bigwig was nabbed on drug, DWI and reckless-driving charges after he fell asleep behind the wheel and sideswiped four parked cars on a Brooklyn street with his newspaper delivery van, police said yesterday. BRAVEST INJURED IN B'KLYN BLAZE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36960.htm By MURRAY WEISS, PATRICK GALLAHUE and TATIANA DELIGIANNAKIS A firefighter suffered serious burns yesterday battling a Brooklyn inferno that sources said erupted when a tenant left his stove on because of the cold. HOW PRECIOUS CHILD BECAME TRASH: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36938.htm By LAURA ITALIANO Stephanie Ramos was born dark-eyed, black-haired, full-term and motionless in a Bronx bathroom. DEM'S ACCUSERS 'SORE LOSERS': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36943.htm Extortion and other criminal charges against Brooklyn Democratic boss Clarence Norman should be dropped because the complaints came from two judges who wanted to dine with the Democrats but dodge the tab, his lawyer said yesterday. HIGHWAY HORROR: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36951.htm By PERRY CHIARAMONTE and MARSHA KRANES Two teenage pals � at least one of them bent on suicide � raced along a New Jersey highway at more than 100 mph and slammed into a utility pole early yesterday, investigators said. $100M HARLEM HOUSING PLAN: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36926.htm Harlem will soon get about 3,000 new units of affordable housing, thanks to a $100 million loan from Bank of America. FINANCE BAN TOO LATE: MAYOR: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36934.htm If the city bans political contributions from people who do business with the city, it likely won't happen by Election Day next year, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday as he attacked a potential rival over the practice. LUCKY'S KIN, 82, IN MOB PLOT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36936.htm Most octogenarians who head to Florida seek warmth and relaxation, but not the 82-year-old nephew of infamous gangster Charles "Lucky" Luciano � this snowbird migrated to the sunshine state to buy guns for the mob. FLEECE MARKET: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36949.htm By ALEX GINSBERG Authorities busted 17 vendors and seized more than 9,000 knockoff clothing items and pirated CDs and DVDs in a weekend raid on Aqueduct Racetrack's bustling flea market, Queens prosecutors said yesterday. COP SHOT IN B'KLYN PROJECTS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36958.htm By LARRY CELONA and JOSEPH MOLLICA A cop was shot and lost the tip of his finger during a routine patrol in the stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project last night, police sources said. QUEENS 'BRASCO' BONES ID'D: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36921.htm By KATI CORNELL SMITH Human remains unearthed from a mob burial site in Queens have been positively identified as two Bonanno capos who were killed more than 20 years ago in a grisly Mafia hit depicted in the movie "Donnie Brasco." L.I. FIRE HERO IN GUN BUST: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36939.htm A Long Island hero credited with saving four lives last Friday was arrested less than 48 hours later for possessing a stolen handgun, cops said yesterday. LETHAL GAS SICKENS FAMILIES: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36956.htm Two families living in a house undergoing extensive renovations were almost killed by carbon monoxide yesterday, police said. LIFE FOR B'KLYN TRIPLE KILLER: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36931.htm An ex-con who has spent half his life behind bars learned yesterday he'd spend the rest of his days in prison for fatally shooting two young men and one of their mothers in Brooklyn last year in a petty dispute. RENTERS' PINCH: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36950.htm By ANDY SOLTIS Low-paid New Yorkers earn less than half the money they need to live in a one- or two-bedroom apartment, an advocacy group reported yesterday. 'FREE $$' HUCKSTER'S GI DEFENSE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36952.htm ALBANY � The man the state charges has misled Americans into believing that there are billions of hidden federal dollars to pay their bills fought back yesterday � asking how bad can he be if the Army used him to help GIs returning from Iraq. TEARS FOR PET-SHOP VICTIMS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36961.htm More than 100 hundred shivering mourners huddled outside the ruins of a Long Island pet shop yesterday to pray for the puppies, kittens and exotic animals that died in a vicious fire over the weekend. BEGGAR'S BACK: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36927.htm By DAN MANGAN A "bogus beggar" who cowers on Fifth Avenue pretending to be hungry and homeless was back on deceptive duty yesterday � as The Post discovered she has a lengthy rap sheet for drug crimes and petty pay-phone thefts. B'KLYN WIFE KILLER GETS LIFE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36930.htm A man who pumped at least five bullets into his wife's head got slapped yesterday with a sentence of 25 years to life. TREE GROWERS: SNOW GREAT FOR BUSINESS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36932.htm Christmas-tree growers say yesterday's snow was great for business � but that's all the white stuff they want to see until Dec. 25 comes and goes. KID DIES IN SLED HORROR: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36953.htm By MICHAEL WHITE A 4-year-old Long Island boy � gleefully sledding in the year's first snowfall with his two older brothers � was killed yesterday when he suddenly veered off the family's lawn and under the wheel of a school bus, cops and neighbors said. National News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm ACUPUNCTURE RX FOR ACHY, BREAKY KNEES: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36962.htm Acupuncture eased the suffering of people with arthritis of the knee, but was less effective against chronic neck pain, according to two studies due out today. SNIPES: KID IS NOT MY SON: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36941.htm Actor Wesley Snipes is suing to block the city from busting him on a child-support claim filed by a woman he says is delusional. FATEFUL DAY WHEN BUTCHER MET VICTIM: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36957.htm By JEREMY OLSHAN and LEONARD GREENE It was a big weekend for Bobbie Jo Stinnett. She and her husband, Zeb, traveled from their Missouri home to Abilene, Texas, where they entered one of their prize rat terriers in a dog show. DRINK CAME TO 'SHOVE': http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36935.htm By DAN KADISON Diane Lane and hubby Josh Brolin were bending elbows at a movie wrap party the night he shoved his "Perfect Storm" bride in a domestic incident, cops and sources said yesterday. ONLINE PERV COPS PLEA ON E-MAILS: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36947.htm By ALEX GINSBERG A decorated Navy veteran will spend five months in jail after copping a plea yesterday to settle charges he sent filthy e-mails and pictures to a detective posing as a 14-year-old girl � and then tried to set up an illicit rendezvous. BAD ACTOR BLAKE: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36945.htm By DAVID K. LI and KATE SHEEHY Murder victim. Hollywood tough guy Robert Blake tried to pull off the acting job of a lifetime after murdering the wife he hated � but his lousy performance gave him up, a Los Angeles prosecutor charged yesterday. 'CURSED' LOTTO MAN'S TRAGEDY: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36946.htm By RITA DELFINER He's been cursed with trouble ever since he won the nation's biggest-ever lottery jackpot, and yesterday Jack Whittaker suffered the most heartbreaking blow possible � his 17-year-old granddaughter was found dead. VIBE-STAB RAPPER AND DA CUT DEAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36915.htm LOS ANGELES � Rapper Young Buck yesterday bucked an attempted-slay rap with the help of California prosecutors, who downgraded the charges against him stemming from an awards-show melee. 'SPENDING' THE HOLIDAYS: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36928.htm By BILL HOFFMANN Americans are really on the go this holiday season � spending at least 25 percent more on travel than last year. World News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm IRAQI COPS SEIZE 55 BOMBING SUSPECTS: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/36918.htm BAGHDAD � Police rounded up dozens of suspects yesterday after twin suicide car-bombings killed 66 people in Iraq's Shiite holy cities � attacks that intensified fears of sectarian violence during elections on Jan. 30. W. DEFENDS RUMMY: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/36924.htm By VINCENT MORRIS WASHINGTON � President Bush yesterday brushed off criticism that Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld is out of touch, and defended him as a "caring fellow" who will soon win over his critics in Congress. U.S. SETTLES NAZI 'GOLD TRAIN' SUIT: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/36944.htm MIAMI � The federal government has agreed to settle a lawsuit with tens of thousands of Hungarian Holocaust survivors over a trainload of gold, jewelry and other property seized by the U.S. Army at the end of World War II, lawyers said yesterday. All Horoscopes: http://web1.nypost.com/cgi-bin/horoscope.pl ARIES It's a good thing you enjoy being the center of attention because the sun's transit of the midheaven angle of your chart today will put you in the spotlight - all eyes will be on you. It is possible that you will be offered a promotion, but think carefully before you accept because there will be extra work to go with the extra prestige. 1-900-990-7810* TAURUS Life has been a serious business lately and there have been precious few opportunities to have fun, but that will change beginning today as the sun moves into one of the more adventurous areas of your chart. The more you have been held back these past few weeks, the more you will be on the move over the holiday season. 1-900-990-7811* GEMINI Partners and colleagues will be rather demanding today, and although it might be unreasonable of them to believe that everything should be done their way, on this occasion you are advised to play along. The planets indicate that over the next few weeks you are going to be at least partially dependent on others' goodwill, so try to avoid confrontation. 1-900-990-7812* CANCER The only danger today is that you will overreact to criticism and make a scene where none is warranted. If partners and loved ones say things that sound critical, it is not because they want to put you in your place, but because they want to help you out of the rather large hole you appear to have dug for yourself. Don't be so sensitive. 1-900-990-7813* LEO Some people seem to believe you are a soft touch and can be persuaded to do almost anything. Some people obviously don't know you as well as they think they do. As the sun changes signs today, you will be a lot less forgiving than you have been lately, especially on the work front, where you need more than anything to reassert your authority. 1-900-990-7814* VIRGO One of the best times of the year begins for you today as the sun moves into the sympathetic sign of Capricorn. Even if you are the kind of Virgo who prefers to keep a low profile, you will push your way to the front of the queue and demand the very best of whatever it is that's offered - and others will give it to you. 1-900-990-7815* LIBRA The sun's change of sign today heralds a change of pace in your personal life, too and seeing as you have been moving at top speed lately, that is probably not a bad thing. At this time of year more than most, you need to put romantic and family relationships first and let career issues take care of themselves. It's people that matter. 1-900-990-7816* SCORPIO You seem to have been going through the motions lately, doing what you have to do, but without your usual degree of passion. That will change now the sun is moving into one of the more outgoing areas of your chart and by the end of this week you will be back to your best, or at least very close to it. You have much to look forward to. 1-900-990-7817* SAGITTARIUS The sun moves out of your birth sign today, but you won't notice much of a change, at least not yet. You have built up so much momentum in recent weeks that you can probably keep going at your present pace for some time to come, but sooner or later you will run out of steam, so it might still be wise to cut back on your activities. 1-900-990-7818* CAPRICORN The sun's entry into your birth sign today marks the start of a new solar year and there is every reason to believe it will be a success. That is more likely, of course, if you are clear in your mind what it is you want to accomplish, so don't just throw yourself at life willy-nilly - draw up a plan and stick to it. 1-900-990-7819* AQUARIUS It will pay you to disguise your feelings today, especially if they are the kind of feelings that others might not approve of. Of course, being an Aquarius, approval is the last thing you care about, but on this occasion it might be wise to keep your thoughts to yourself. There is no point in stirring things up for no good reason. 1-900-990-7808* PISCES Don't waste time lamenting all the things you planned to do but for one reason or another never quite got around to, because there are still plenty of things you can do to make your life more exciting and fulfilling. For starters, you can look up some friends you have not seen for a while - you should have lots to tell each other. 1-900-990-7809* Sports News: http://web1.nypost.com/sports/sports.shtml CHAD'S CHIDING GOESON AND ON: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/36816.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO The Chad Pennington saga, which began with his oddly-timed boycott of reporters' questions following the Jets' resounding 37-14 win over the Seahawks Sunday, turned into a second chapter yesterday in what can be best be described as something of a Seinfeld episode � in that it's been a show about nothing. QB NEEDS TO QUIET DOWN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/36817.htm LISTEN up, Chad Pennington: It isn't the media that is standing between you and the Lombardi Trophy. It is the Patriots. So play like a champ and beat the Patriots Sunday and get your Jets into the playoffs and you won't have to suffer questions about whether you and your team can win a big game. SNOW DESERVES BETTER THAN DISSIN' FROM SILAS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/36822.htm SO Eric Snow was sus pended a game by the Cavaliers for giving Paul Silas some profane lip Thursday at Detroit. Like whoa! You mean to tell me his check will be light 54G and the hard-working, middle-class veteran didn't even curse out an obnoxious fan? THE WAITING GAME: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/36820.htm By GEORGE KING Now that the Dodgers are close to signing free agent J.D. Drew as a replacement for Shawn Green, the 10-player trade that will deliver Randy Johnson to the Yankees is two easy steps away from being completed. BOMBERS BEAR DOWN ON BELTRAN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/36819.htm By GEORGE KING Carl Pavano will be introduced tomorrow at Yankee Stadium. Randy Johnson is likely coming soon. But the biggest point of emphasis in the Yankees' universe today is Carlos Beltran. MO GETS WISHES FOR CHRISTMAS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/36818.htm By BRIAN LEWIS There are precious few things Mariano Rivera either doesn't have or can't afford, from palatial abodes to luxury BMWs to four World Series rings. But this Christmas he will get the two things atop his wish list, when his family returns from Panama, and his Yankees bolster a staff that cost them another ring. WHEELIN' & DEALIN': http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/36821.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY After a weekend mixing business and pleasure in the Dominican Republic, Mets GM Omar Minaya burned up the phone lines stateside yesterday. WRIST SURGERY KOS CAMERON: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/36815.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY Mike Cameron probably won't be tracking down fly balls for Pedro Martinez on Opening Day. In fact, Cameron might not be playing until May. BIG BLUE BUMMER: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/36810.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ In other years, the Giants would be huffing and puffing to the close of another horrid season amid conjecture as to how the desire to win can be offset by the hope generated by a high first-round pick in the next NFL draft. The Giants don't even have that debate to lean on. POUNDING A PATSY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/36809.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO QUARTERBACKS Chad Pennington (18-of-24, 253 yards, 3 TDs, no INTs, 148.1 rating) played his best game of the year. He spread the ball around, was accurate, efficient and dynamic. JETS PROVE TO BE REAL 'HOME BOYS': http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/36813.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO It was one of the objectives Herman Edwards set for the Jets as soon as he took over as head coach: Turn Giants Stadium into a home-field advantage. THE FACES OF CHANGE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/36823.htm By MARC BERMAN The Knicks held their Christmas Party last night but it should�ve been an anniversary bash � celebrating one year of Isiah Thomas. LAYDEN'S NOT BITTER, PAL SAYS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/368230.htm By MARC BERMAN Former Knicks GM Scott Layden never believed he got a raw deal. "He wished they would've had more success," said Nuggets assistant GM David Fredman, who worked with Layden at Utah and was best man at his wedding. "I don't think Scott's the type of person who blames anybody but himself." STAR POWER IS BACK IN SWAMP: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/36814.htm By FRED KERBER FORT MILL, S.C. � Charlotte veteran Steve Smith was discussing Vince Carter joining the Nets. Here was a case, Smith said, where a superstar truly would need to adjust to a team, instead of a team adjusting to a superstar. Carter would have to run with the Nets, the Nets would not operate on Carter's pace. VINCE WON'T FLARE UP: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/36811.htm FORT MILL, S.C. � Vince Carter couldn't believe all the fuss and didn't want to comment. So, naturally, he commented. The newest Net refused to let reports he "tipped off" the Sonics about an impending Raptors' play last month spoil the excitement of a fresh NBA start with the Nets. SEARCH FOR SIZE GOES ON: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/36812.htm By FRED KERBER FORT MILL, S.C. � The Nets' search for a big man continues. They've talked around the league, basically looking at guys with short time left on contracts, with indications they were close to getting something done. Among those being considered or pursued: Golden State's Cliff Robinson (who has this year and next remaining on his contract), as well as Washington's Kwame Brown and Toronto's Donyell Marshall, who both have this year remaining. Gossip: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/gossip.htm : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm JEALOUSY DWARFS PEDRO BOW By Richard Johnson LITTLE person-loving Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez is caught in the middle of a dissing match between two dwarves. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm CLINTON DISHES OUT HIS LIBRARY TREATS By Cindy Adams : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm A FRANK LOOK AT FILM'S FOLLIES By Liz Smith 'TOO MANY modern pictures have no story to tell, nothing remotely like 'good' dialogue, no interesting characters . . . to be brief, I don't know if there is any reliable correlation between scripts and films. I'm not even sure there should be in a medium so open to the vagaries of performance, accidental shifts in light, or improvisational brainstorms." 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 HeadlineManhattan 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 shopping day.Wednesday, December. 22: Matinee day at Broadway theaters and a popular shopping day.Thursday, December. 23: The day before Christmas Eve. metrocommute DelayNassau County Under 20 mph on SSP-WB: 16 to 15Under 20 mph on Southern State Parkway westbound Exit 16N to Exit 15 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/36898.htm TIFFANY BLUES By SUZANNE KAPNER Sales of luxury items, especially jewelry, are red hot this holiday season, but not at Tiffany & Co., where demand for the little blue box appears to be cooling. Sales at stores open at least a year missed Tiffany's internal projections in the third quarter, causing the company to lower its guidance for the remainder of the year. SURPRISE! RETAIL SALES MAY SPARKLE AFTER ALL: http://www.nypost.com/business/36896.htm By SUZANNE KAPNER This season's dismal holiday-sales numbers may be hiding strong results from online operations, home improvement, consumer electronics and luxury stores that can offset the nation's mall malaise. CALVINS CLASH OVER NEW CLOTHING LABEL: http://www.nypost.com/business/36888.htm HARRISBURG, Pa. � A Scranton clothing manufacturer is suing apparel giant Calvin Klein Inc., accusing its parent company of "a frontal assault" over a trademark that threatens to run the Calvin Clothing Co. Inc. out of business. 'SPAWN' CREATOR'S BIZ, LONG BALLS LOSING VALUE: http://www.nypost.com/business/36893.htm By RICHARD WILNER It's been a tough month for legendary comic book artist Todd McFarlane, who sprang into the headlines after paying $3 million for Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball and $450,000 for Barry Bonds' 73rd home run ball. AT $2.8K, SILVER CROSS IS GLAM PRAM FOR HOT TOTS: http://www.nypost.com/business/36876.htm By JENNIFER GOULD KEIL The definitive status stroller has just quadrupled in price. At $2,800, the handmade Silver Cross Balmoral pram far outpaces the $700 Bugaboo Frog � which until now was considered outrageously expensive. PSEG SOLD FOR $12.8B: http://www.nypost.com/business/36883.htm Exelon Corp., owner of the largest power companies in Illinois and Pennsylvania, agreed to buy New Jersey's Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. for about $12.8 billion to create the biggest U.S. utility operator. EDWARD JONES SETTLES: http://www.nypost.com/business/36887.htm Edward Jones & Co., a brokerage firm, agreed to pay $75 million to settle regulators' allegations that it didn't disclose hidden marketing deals with mutual funds. The penalty is the largest imposed by regulators over so-called revenue-sharing agreements, and resolves claims by Securities and Exchange Commission, the NASD, the New York Stock Exchange and the U.S. Attorney in St. Louis, the company said in a statement. The five-member SEC still must approve the settlement, the company said. GAS $$ AT XMAS HIGH: http://www.nypost.com/business/36889.htm WASHINGTON � While U.S. retail gasoline prices have declined for seven weeks in a row, they are still at the highest level ever recorded by the government heading into the busy Christmas travel week, the Energy Department said yesterday. NYSE TRADER PROBE WIDENS: http://www.nypost.com/business/36895.htm By RICHARD WILNER The New York Stock Exchange has widened its probe of traders at two market makers � LaBranche & Co. and Van der Moolen. HOW NOS. CAN HURT REAL PEOPLE: http://www.nypost.com/business/36874.htm By JOHN CRUDELE TO Wall Street, the economic statistics spewed out by the Feds are a source of amusement and opportunity. For politicians, the numbers mean getting elected or not. DISNEY IN DEAL OVER PERKS: http://www.nypost.com/business/36897.htm WASHINGTON, D.C. � The Walt Disney Co. agreed to settle federal regulators' charges that it failed to disclose benefits received by some directors and their relatives, including former directors Roy E. Disney and Stanley Gold, who led a shareholder revolt this year against Chief Executive Michael Eisner. Real Estate: http://web1.nypost.com/realestate/index.htm LEHMAN SIGNS MIDTOWN LEASE: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/36894.htm By STEVE CUOZZO WALL Street giant Lehman Bros. just gave the Midtown office market a super-size bundle of Christmas cheer by signing a long-term lease for 306,700 square feet at Equity Office's 1301 Sixth Ave. � all additional space, and a financial-services expansion of a size virtually unheard of since late 2000. Entertainment: http://web1.nypost.com/entertainment/entertainment.htm THE KINGS OF BROADWAY QUEENS: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36900.htm By LETITIA ROWLANDS THERE'S plenty of nudge, nudge and lots of wink, wink going on along Broadway at the moment, possums. With no fewer than four shows currently featuring men in dresses (well, maybe five, if you count the guys in kimonos in "Pacific Overtures"), The Post decided to send two real New York drag queens along to judge how the productions measure up. DAME MOVES TO 'SEVILLE': http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36901.htm By BARBARA HOFFMAN SHE'S been a talk-show host, swami, psychic and, in her own words, "a glittering giga-star." CITY'S MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTING ISN'T WORTH IT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36902.htm By JAMES GARDNER YOUR assignment is to stand in front of the Met's newly acquired Duccio "Madonna and Child" without fixating on its $45 million price tag, perhaps the highest a museum has ever paid for a painting. RUNNING WITH SCISSOR SISTERS: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36878.htm By DAN AQUILANTE ON paper, the Scissor Sisters' dance music doesn't beat rock. But after seeing this wild band of glam-jammers Sunday at the Hammerstein Ballroom, you realize they not only deserve a Grammy, they should get their own TV show, complete with Scissor action figures. 'RACE' WITH THE DEVIL: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36884.htm By DON KAPLAN JONATHAN Baker � the foul- tempered, world-trekker on "The Amazing Race 6" who has scandalized fans with his berating abuse of his wife on the streets of Berlin � was so out of control producers told him to "chill out" before last week's infamous shoving episode. TWO-HOUR 'BLUE' FINALE SET FOR MARCH: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36886.htm THE date has been set for the final episode of "NYPD Blue" � March 1. SAVED FROM HORRID TV JUST IN TIME: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36914.htm By LINDA STASI If there were only more hours in the day, we'd never have to channel surf. It could be all "24" all the time. SOLDIER 'SWAN' SURVIVES DIVORCE TO TAKE CROWN: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36871.htm By DAVID K. LI AN Army captain-turned-knockout was crowned "The Swan" last night. MARTHA TYPES FOOD FRIGHT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36881.htm There are real advantages to staging a reality- show hunt for the next Martha Stewart � the food. DO OR DIET: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36892.htm By MICHAEL STARR 'FAT Actress" Kirstie Alley will have to forego that next cheeseburger � now that she's inked a deal to promote the Jenny Craig weight-loss program. THE STARR REPORT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36873.htm By MICHAEL STARR The "NFL on Fox" team � James Brown, Terry Brad shaw, Jimmy Johnson and Howie Long � will all be sporting the National Niemann-Pick Disease Founda tion lapel pin during this Sunday's broadcast (noon/Ch. 5). Movie Reviews: http://web1.nypost.com/movies/movies.htm CLOUD PLEASER: http://www.nypost.com/movies/36591.htm By LOU LUMENICK THE AVIATOR'THE Aviator," Martin Scorsese's ambitious, entertaining and largely successful epic biography of Howard Hughes - vividly portrayed by a somewhat miscast Leonardo DiCaprio - often soars until it loses altitude in its third act. 'SEA' SPACEY TRYING TO BE DARIN': http://www.nypost.com/movies/36559.htm By LOU LUMENICK BEYOND THE SEATHE willfully eccentric "Beyond the Sea" seems to be telling us a lot more about its star and director, Kevin Spacey, than its ostensible subject, Bobby Darin, a largely forgotten American pop singer who died in 1973 at the age of 37. 'THE SEA' SWALLOWS THE STORY: http://www.nypost.com/movies/36570.htm By V.A. MUSETTO THE SEA INSIDEJAVIER Bardem gives such a brilliant performance in "The Sea Inside," it's a crime that the film itself drowns in tears. LA VIDA LOCO: http://www.nypost.com/movies/36580.htm By LOU LUMENICK SPANGLISHAS confused as the wealthy manic-depressive played by T�a Leoni who overwhelms this unpleasant comedy-drama, James L. Brooks' "Spanglish" gives short shrift to the Mexican immigrants who are nominally the movie's focus. SUBURB SURVIVAL: http://www.nypost.com/movies/36566.htm By V.A. MUSETTO IMAGINARY HEROES IF you think you've seen "Imaginary Heroes" be fore, you're right � only it was called "The Ice Storm," or maybe "Ordinary People." CARREY ON, KIDS: http://www.nypost.com/movies/36592.htm By LOU LUMENICK 'LEMONY Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events," derived from the first three of Daniel Handler's best-selling children's novels, is a lavishly mounted blockbuster that has little personality of its own except on a purely visual level. 'PHOENIX' REMAKE STAYS STUCK IN THE ASHES: http://www.nypost.com/movies/36593.htm By LOU LUMENICK 'FLIGHT of the Phoenix" has such a great premise that a remake was inevitable - though this new low-octane version is hardly going to make anyone forget Robert Aldrich's semi-classic, testosterone-laden original starring Jimmy Stewart. Lifestyle: http://web1.nypost.com/living/living.htm KITTY CASTS: http://www.nypost.com/living/36679.htm By JULIA SZABO What do you give the pet who has everything? The ulti mate gift: immortality. ASK DR. MICHAEL FOX: http://www.nypost.com/living/36673.htm DEAR DR. FOX: I have a Lhasa Apso who recently developed what the veterinarian described as a "hot spot." Our vet prescribed a cream and a HOTTIES ARE PEOPLE, TOO: http://www.nypost.com/living/36726.htm By MICHAEL KANE The recently reopened "Pieces (of Ass)" at Dodger Stages is, in short, a monologue parade about the pains and pressures of being a beautiful woman, as told by pained and pressured beautiful women. Lottery Results: http://web1.nypost.com/lottery/lottery.htm NEW YORK Midday Numbers Mon.: 578 Midday Win-4 Mon.: 8206 Evening Numbers Mon.: 620 Evening Win-4 Mon.: 2134 Pick-10 Mon.: 1, 2, 8, 13, 14, 15, 24, 29, 32, 33, 39, 43, 44, 45, 57, 60, 61, 64, 69, 78 Take-5 Mon.: 2, 19, 20, 36, 39 NEW JERSEY OAS_AD('Middle'); //--> Pick-3 Mon.: 023; Pick-4 Mon.: 0207 Cash-5 Mon.: 2, 19, 28, 33, 40 Pick-6 Mon.: 5, 15, 16, 19, 31, 36 CONNECTICUT Play-3 Mon.: 610; Play-4 Mon.: 8136 Cash-5 Mon.: 3, 7, 8, 20, 29 Travel: http://web1.nypost.com/travel/travel.htm OUT WITH THE OLD: http://www.nypost.com/travel/36904.htm LAURIE HEIFETZ asks, where are the bold-faced ringing in the New Year? FAR, FAR AWAY: http://www.nypost.com/travel/36905.htm Need some distance from New York? CHRIS BUNTING finds the ingredients for some great last-minute flings HOLIDAY ON ICE: http://www.nypost.com/travel/36906.htm Skate with the preppies on this 54-foot-square rink, christened this month in the forecourt of a riverfront luxury hotel. CONSTELLATION CITY: http://www.nypost.com/travel/36908.htm Take three steps in Park City and you'll trip over a dressed-down, faux-rustic star. Certain spots, though, are even more crowded than others with celebrities. Try these places out for size. SCREEN SAVINGS: http://www.nypost.com/travel/36907.htm Festival veteran DIANE VADINO writes the poor man's guide to acing the Sundance power party EXPRESS CHECK-IN: http://www.nypost.com/travel/36909.htm OUR spy and Katie Couric were in Miami this past weekend - not together. But they were both there for the purpose of honoring Carnival's newest Conquest Class ship, the Valor. NYP TRAVEL SKI REPORT: http://www.nypost.com/travel/36910.htm MUSIC OF THE NIGHT: http://www.nypost.com/travel/36911.htm THERE are two kinds of love in my new film," says Joel Schumacher, director of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera." "One is wholesome, romantic, loving. The other is dark, mysterious, obsessive. You know - the good kind." 'RINGS' AROUND OLD OXFORD: http://www.nypost.com/travel/36912.htm RIGHT now, "Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban" are hitting DVD shelves. If you're in London over the holidays, journey one hour by train to Oxford, the city where The Rings were born (J.R.R. Tolkien's inspiration for the Shire was in Oxfordshire) and where many of Harry Potter's Hogwarts scenes were filmed. Opinion: http://web1.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/opedcolumnists.htm THE BIG SQUEEZE: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/36879.htm By NICOLE GELINAS JANUARY is budget season � when Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Pataki will take turns squeezing the ghost of the old Wall Street to see if a few more billion dollars in tax revenues ooze out. But as New York's pols infuse their budgets with a fresh trickle of blood from a fading apparition, the next generation of the financial-services industry is set to quietly flourish elsewhere. BELTWAY BLUNDER: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/36885.htm By JOHN PODHORETZ THIS is a story about how not to get your way in George W. Bush's Washington. IRAQI ELECTION OF DOOM, NOT: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/36880.htm By AMIR TAHERI HERE we go again. With the start of the Iraqi cam paign season, doomsters are back with predictions of disaster for the newly liberated nation. Celebrity Photos: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/celebp/index.htm : http://www.nypost.com/gossip/celebp/lastone/photo01.htm December 14th:'Life Aquatic' Premiere...: http://www.nypost.com/gossip/celebp/lastone/photo01.htm Movie News: http://web1.nypost.com/entertainment/movies/news/news.htm Kit Bowen's Weekly Role Call, Dec. 17 Kit Bowen -- Hollywood.com Staff Hating Her from here Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker and Dermot Mulroney have signed on to the untitled Fox romantic comedy previously known as Hating Her. Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams and Luke Wilson are also in negotiations to project. Style: http://web1.nypost.com/style/style.htm To modify your account settings go to: http://www.nypost.com/useradmin/useradmin.htm To unsubscribe, go to: http://www.nypost.com/newsletter/unsubscribe.htm
