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Regional News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm JUNK GUY JAIL LAW: MIKE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36894.htm By STEFAN C. FRIEDMAN An obscure provision in the law that has allowed the clock to continue running on Guy Velella's jail sentence � even as he's appealed his sentence from the comfort of his own home � should be scrapped, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday. DRIVEN TO SUICIDE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36912.htm By JEANE MacINTOSH and MARSHA KRANES The two teen pals involved in the horrific New Jersey crash that killed one had made a "Thelma and Louise" suicide pact, a source close to the case told The Post. HILLARY TOES DEM LINE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36909.htm By VINCENT MORRIS WASHINGTON � Sen. Hillary Clinton is one of the most loyal Democrats in the Senate, while Sen. Charles Schumer is slightly less inclined to vote with the party, according to a 2004 vote summary. COLIN GLAD TO DROP NEW YEAR'S BALL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36908.htm Secretary of State Colin Powell will return to the city of his birth and drop the famous Waterford Crystal ball in Times Square on New Year's Eve, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday. A HIGH FLYING PHONY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36916.htm BY LAURA ITALIANO and DAREH GREGORIAN He had a phony client list that included the likes of Samuel L. Jackson and Gary Sheffield, but scamming stockbroker Calvin Darden had a very real taste for the high life, racking up over $160,000 in credit-card charges in a single month, court papers show. CATFIGHT MARS S.I. KID SHOW: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36920.htm A children's Christmas show at a Staten Island school was anything but jolly after a mother and a grandmother got in a "catfight" over seating arrangements, police said. CLASS INACTION: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36925.htm By DAVID ANDREATTA and MURRAY WEISS A school aide, accused of having sex with a teenage girl at Lehman HS, could have been removed from the Bronx school on other charges a year before the alleged incident � but the city Department of Education took no action. ICY APPLE TURNS UP THE JUICE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36929.htm Cold weather is turning up the heat on Con Ed's electric system, with Monday's deep freeze bringing record wintertime electricity demand. KERIK 'FESSES UP TO AFFAIR WITH CORRECTIONS GAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36930.htm By CARL CAMPANILE Bernard Kerik has admitted to having sexual relations with a female corrections officer while serving as first deputy commissioner of the department. GULOTTA SON A SUICIDE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36928.htm By KATE SHEEHY The 30-year-old son of former Nassau County Executive Thomas Gulotta committed suicide near an elementary school Monday night, authorities said yesterday. 'PRINCESS' PLEA DEAL CRUMBLES: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36899.htm By LAURA ITALIANO Manhattan prosecutors are becoming a royal pain for a certain fake princess. CAR INSURER SET TO TRIM RATES: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36906.htm ALBANY � For the second time in a week, the state Insurance Department is set to announce that a major auto-insurance company will reduce its rates next year, The Post has learned. 'DO IT RIGHT': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36913.htm By LARRY CELONA, MURRAY WEISS and DENISE BUFFA The second Brooklyn thug charged in the slaying of a popular college athlete last year was dragged before a judge yesterday, accused of providing the murder weapon with the cold-blooded instructions, "Do it right," authorities said. PRIVATE BUSES LEAVE RIDERS IN COLD: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36918.htm By FRANKIE EDOZIEN Hundreds of Brooklyn commuters were stranded yesterday when drivers for a private bus company called in sick, leaving riders to fend for themselves on a frigid morning. WTC DEATH LIST: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36902.htm Robert D.W. Higley II, 29, has been added to the list of confirmed dead in the World Trade Center attacks. ELEVATOR FALL AFTER HS FIGHT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36907.htm By HASANI GITTENS A school administrator and a student he was pulling out of a fight at Brooklyn's troubled Lafayette HS plunged down an empty elevator shaft when the door of the 65-year-old unit gave way. SHOTGUN MANIAC: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36927.htm By JOHN DOYLE, ERIKA MARTINEZ and DAN MANGAN Cops shot and seriously wounded a shotgun-wielding maniac on a Bronx street yesterday, narrowly missing another man who was in his apartment while the drama unfolded outside. SAY IT AIN'T SEW: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36911.htm By ERIKA MARTINEZ Police shut down a veritable mall for counterfeiters on Broadway � seizing more than $12 million worth of phony brand-name clothes in the biggest trademark-counterfeiting raid in NYPD history. JUDGE WANTS EGAN QUIZZED OVER PERV: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36885.htm A Connecticut judge is asking New York authorities to enforce a subpoena for Edward Cardinal Egan to testify in a sexual-abuse case. HAWK FANS' PREYERS ARE ANSWERED: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36888.htm New York's most famous hawks could be home for the holidays � their Fifth Avenue perch will be rebuilt tomorrow. 'KILLER' IS TOO CRAZY FOR TRIAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36895.htm By ALEX GINSBERG The heartbroken wife of a Queens bridge painter senselessly gunned down by a homeless man under an overpass last month exploded in rage as a judge pronounced the vagrant unfit to stand trial. TRIO'S TERROR IN QNS. POSTAL HEIST: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36926.htm By ZACH HABERMAN Three terrified postal workers and the young daughter of one of them were bound and shoved inside a Queens post-office vault last night while two armed robbers stole more than $20,000 from the facility, law-enforcement sources said. CITY PET SHELTERS PLAY SANTA CLAWS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36898.htm By HASANI GITTENS and HEIDI SINGER Animal-welfare officials are begging New Yorkers not to buy puppies and kittens from pet stores this Christmas, when they can save a life and adopt a grateful new friend from city shelters instead. HAMMER HUBBY HUFFY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36904.htm By ALEX GINSBERG A three-time felon, convicted last month of trying to hire a hit man to kill his wife, launched into a rambling tirade in his own defense yesterday before a Queens judge sentenced him to 10 to 20 years. FAKE GROOM KILLS LONG ISLAND JEWELRY-STORE CLERK: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/36924.htm By LORENA MONGELLI A robber who posed as a groom-to-be blasted a clerk to death yesterday inside a Long Island jewelry store. National News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm LIFE AFTER DEATH: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36917.htm By JEREMY OLSHAN and LEONARD GREENE America yesterday got this first look at the miracle baby who survived being ripped from her mother's womb, as the tragic mom was laid to rest. BLAKE STOOD BY AS WIFE DIED: WITNESS: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36905.htm By DAVID K. LI LOS ANGELES � Robert Blake never came to the aid of his wife as she lay dying in his car, leaving a bewildered stranger to tend to Bonny Lee Bakley's mortal wounds, a prosecution witness said yesterday. DURST JAILED 9 MONTHS FOR GUN: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36922.htm PHILADELPHIA � Millionaire real-estate heir Robert Durst, acquitted last year of murdering a neighbor in Texas, was sentenced yesterday to nine months in prison for taking a gun across state lines while a fugitive. RED FACES OVER KERRY BLUE-BOO: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36915.htm WASHINGTON � What's in an initial? New York voters may think the state went for John F. Kerry. But New York's 31 Electoral College votes are currently on the books for John L. Kerry, whoever he may be. HOTTER 'POTTER' DUE IN JULY: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36892.htm Get ready for a Harry Potter summer! The sixth adventure of the famed boy wizard will hit stores next July 16, it was revealed yesterday. TINIEST BABY MAKES BIG SPLASH: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36893.htm My, how she's grown! Rumaisa Rahman, who weighed 8.6 ounces at birth on Sept. 19, and not much than that three weeks later (above), was formally introduced (left) to the world yesterday at an Illinois hospital press conference. GRANDPA BUSTED IN '90S HEISTS: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36890.htm A 65-year-old man accused of conspiring in a string of citywide bank robberies nearly 10 years ago has been arrested in Lake Worth, Fla., where he was living under an assumed name, prosecutors said yesterday. JACK NEWFIELD, COLUMNIST, DIES: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/36919.htm By ANDY SOLTIS Jack Newfield, the iconoclast columnist whose friends ranged from Robert Kennedy to Muhammad Ali, has died after a brief bout with cancer. World News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm DARK DAY FOR GI LIBERATORS: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/36923.htm By ANDY GELLER In one of the deadliest single terror attacks on U.S. troops since the Iraq war began, 15 soldiers were killed yesterday when a blast ripped through a mess tent at a base outside Mosul. LATEST ATROCITY BY UNHOLY MONSTERS: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/36903.htm The Iraqi terrorist group Ansar al-Sunnah, which claimed to be behind yesterday's attack on the U.S. military base, is one of the most feared extremist organizations in Iraq. 'I CAN'T HEAR! I CAN'T HEAR!' CAME THE CRIES AMID SMOKE & BLOOD: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/36897.htm By JEREMY REDMON Richmond Times-Dispatch FORWARD OPERATING BASE MAREZ, Iraq � It was a brilliant, sunny day with blue skies and warmer than usual weather in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. BUSH'S SORROW: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/36910.htm WASHINGTON � A somber President Bush said yesterday that U.S. troops killed in an attack in northern Iraq were on a mission of peace as the heavy death toll presented him with a fresh challenge in the war. BLAIR FLIES IN TO CHEER BRIT TROOPS: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/36932.htm BASRA, Iraq � Britain's Tony Blair flew into Iraq yesterday in a surprise show of political bravado designed to boost prospects for Iraqi elections and raise morale for British troops before Christmas. THUGS RELEASE FRENCH SCRIBES: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/36933.htm PARIS � Joy swept France with the release yesterday in Iraq of two French reporters held hostage for four months. U.N.'S KOFI SCOLDS HIS PRODIG-OIL SON: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/36901.htm By NILES LATHEM WASHINGTON � U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday publicly rebuked his son for claiming that investigations of the U.N. oil-for-food program are a Republican "witch hunt." $39M BANK ROBBERY IN N. IRELAND: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/36887.htm BELFAST, Northern Ireland � Thieves stole more than $39 million from the Belfast headquarters of Northern Bank � the biggest robbery in Northern Ireland history, authorities said yesterday. MYSTERY WASH FOR MARS ROVER: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/36886.htm LONDON � An unexplained phenomenon akin to a space-borne car wash has boosted the performance of one of the two U.S. rovers probing the surface of Mars, New Scientist magazine said yesterday. All Horoscopes: http://web1.nypost.com/cgi-bin/horoscope.pl ARIES It may seem as if you are at the mercy of events, but there is still plenty you can do to make life more comfortable for yourself. For starters, you can resist the urge to tell people in positions of authority what you really think of them because they won't take kindly to your unasked for comments. Remember, they have the power and you do not. 1-900-990-7810* TAURUS This is potentially one of the very best times of the year for you, but to make the most of it, you have to be a lot less cautious than you have been in recent months. New ideas, new people and new places will all figure prominently over the next few weeks, but what's really needed is a new you - or at least a less old-fashioned one. 1-900-990-7811* GEMINI The world is full of possibilities, so why are you so reluctant to take the plunge? No doubt the sun, now moving through one of the more fearful areas of your chart, has something to do with it, but you cannot really blame things on the stars and planets because you still have free will - so don't be a slave to your emotions. 1-900-990-7812* CANCER Even if you are the kind of Cancerian who keeps your thoughts and feelings to yourself, it might be a good idea to let at least one trusted friend or relative know what is going on in your life at the moment. Your troubles won't be so bad if you can find a way to share them. There is healing in talking things over. 1-900-990-7813* LEO It is important that you get going on what you have to do as early in the day as possible, because the longer you leave it, the harder it will be to get started - then you will have twice as much to do tomorrow just to catch up to where you should have been. You don't have to do much, but you have to do something. 1-900-990-7814* VIRGO Even the most sensible, responsible, play-it-by-the-book Virgo needs to let his hair down once in a whilem and by the look of your solar chartm you need it more than most. Now that the sun is moving through your fellow earth sign of Capricorn, you are more likely to take chances than at any other time - and they are more likely to pay off. 1-900-990-7815* LIBRA You create your own luck in life, so don't start complaining that you don't get the breaks just because one or two little things start to go wrong. The most important thing today, and for several days to come, is that you steer clear of negative thinking, because as you think now, so it will be later. Life is only a problem if you make it a problem. 1-900-990-7816* SCORPIO You won't stop moving today - you will be on the go from the crack of dawn to last thing at night. The sun in Capricorn boosts your desire to explore further afield, also to meet new people and exchange ideas. Just be careful you don't lose track of time and miss the last bus home - or is that what you are hoping will happen? 1-900-990-7817* SAGITTARIUS A friend or colleague will see you are struggling today and offer a helping hand - don't be too proud to accept it. Even a Sagittarius bites off more than he can chew occasionally, and you have bitten off more than most in recent weeks, so you must either swallow your pride or get something uncomfortable stuck in your throat. 1-900-990-7818* CAPRICORN Go on, smile. You certainly have more to smile about than you seem to appreciate. The sun in your birth sign means that anything is possible, but only if your attitude is right. You have to believe that life is worth living. You have to believe that the world is a marvelous place. And a smile always helps. 1-900-990-7819* AQUARIUS Stop looking so hard for the answers to a question that has been plaguing you for weeks, months, maybe even years. If you have not found it yet, there is a very good chance you never will, so you might as well forget about it and focus on something you understand, something that does not tax your brain so much. Not everyone can be Einstein. 1-900-990-7808* PISCES You have more in common with certain people than you seem to realize, and if you make the effort to talk to them and listen to what they have to say, you could get along very well. The world is full of people who could be friends but, for one reason or another, erect barriers between each other. You're smarter than that - or you should be. 1-900-990-7809* Sports News: http://web1.nypost.com/sports/sports.shtml DEAD DEAL: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/36991.htm By GEORGE KING and JOEL SHERMAN Randy Johnson to the Yankees through L.A. is dead and the Yankees are livid at the Dodgers. The Diamondbacks and Yankees believed the three-way, 10-player trade was close enough for Johnson to undergo a physical today in Tampa. However, the Dodgers squashed the deal for several reasons, including Javier Vazquez's threat to either not take a physical and/or not report to spring training, according to a person who was briefed on the matter. TIME FOR METS TO CHASE CARLOS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/36980.htm IT IS George Steinbrenner. It is Scott Boras. So it is a fight you do not enter with a weak heart and a flimsy wallet. BRADWAY DESERVES KUDOS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/36989.htm A second Vince Lom bardi Trophy doesn't yet reside inside Weeb Ewbank Hall. In fact, despite an already-successful first 14 games to the 2004 season, a playoff berth hasn't even been secured yet. ISIAH ANNIVERSARY HAS SOUR ENDING: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/36982.htm THE honeymoon on Isiah Thomas' first year as the Knicks president officially ended at 8:43 last night. That's when his Knicks left the court headed for their dressing room amid a flood of boos that filled the Garden after a first half where the visiting Mavericks out-hustled, outmuscled and thoroughly embarrassed the home team en route to a 75-36 lead. HALL'S CLOSE CALL HAS SWEET RESULT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/36987.htm By BRIAN LEWIS Perhaps this is just how things are going to be this season for Seton Hall. Maybe every single game with be a tooth-and-nail affair, every possession hard-fought and every basket hard-earned. As usual, last night's 58-54 win came down to the bitter end � bitter for Drexel, sweet for Seton Hall. BELTRAN, BOSS TALK IN TAMPA: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/36990.htm By GEORGE KING YANKEE NOTES The Yankees' courting of Carlos Beltran began yesterday in Tampa where the jewel of the free-agent class met with George Steinbrenner at The Boss' Legends Field office. MOOKIE HAPPY TO MANAGE CYCLONES: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/36977.htm By MARK EVERSON For now, Mookie Wilson said he prefers being the top guy on the minor team to being the minor guy on the top team. For now. TOSCA: DELGADO'S A RANDOLPH CLONE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/36979.htm By JOEL SHERMAN Carlos Tosca describes himself as "a big fan" of Carlos Delgado, a sense that magnified over the 21/2 years he managed the slugging first baseman in Toronto and realized Delgado reminded him of another player from his past. LAME DAYNE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/36972.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ Two more games and the agony/mistake/silliness will come to an end. At long last, Ron Dayne will be free of the Giants and the Giants will be free of Ron Dayne. The expiration of this five-year contract should be viewed as liberating for all concerned. INJURY A FITTING END FOR GREEN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/36978.htm BY PAUL SCHWARTZ GIANT NOTES Linebacker Barrett Green underwent arthroscopic surgery Friday to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. That procedure went well, but the prognosis wasn't all good, as Green was surprised and dismayed that day to learn he also has a partially torn anterior cruciate ligament. WHEN THE GOIN' JETS TOUGH...: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/36973.htm By ANDREW MARCHAND When CBS Sports' Phil Simms was asked yesterday about Chad Pennington's media critique, the Giants' Super Bowl-winning quarterback bellowed a hearty been-there, done-that laugh. CALL IT MADISON SQUARE GARBAGE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/36988.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY A year ago, Isiah Thomas took over the Knicks. A lot has changed since then, but it's obvious his club still can't hang with the NBA's big dogs. STUCK-IN-SUIT PENNY'S STILL ALL TORN UP: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/36984.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY and EVAN GROSSMAN KNICK NOTES Penny Hardaway's right hamstring tear is even bothering him when he sits on the bench. That's a pretty big clue that he won't be back anytime soon. DIRK SINKS TEETH INTO LISTLESS KNICKS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/36985.htm By EVAN GROSSMAN Dirk Nowitzki had a couple of brand new teeth in his mouth last night at the Garden and if his performance against the Knicks was any indication, the Dallas big man might want to get fitted for new choppers before every game. JEFFERSON STARSHIP: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/36983.htm By FRED KERBER CHARLOTTE � Vince Carter was sitting on the bench in street clothes, along with Travis Best. Nenad Krstic was sitting in the locker room having been ejected for an elbow foul in his first NBA start. Rodney Buford was back on the bench having fouled out. The Nets were in trouble. KRSTIC BOUNCED IN FIRST START: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/36986.htm By FRED KERBER NET NOTES CHARLOTTE � Nenad Krstic got his first NBA start last night. And he also got his first NBA ejection. Gossip: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/gossip.htm : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm FASHION PHENOM SOAKS SINGER By Richard Johnson MEMBERS of hip fashion design collective As Four violently turned on one of their own after he embarrassingly doused Icelandic songstress Bjork with ice water at a Chelsea bar early Saturday morning. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm AHNOLD SHAPES HIS NEW BIO By Cindy Adams SCHWARZENEGGER is poised to become immortal. His biography has been sold to St. Martin's, and we get it in June � if you can all manage to hold your water that long. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm UNLIKELY MINISTER By Liz Smith 'I'VE NO time for broads who want to rule the world alone. Without men, who'll do up the zipper on the back of your dress?" 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/36856.htm VOOM AND DOOM By TIM ARANGO Cablevision's announcement yesterday that it may sell off its Voom satellite business and three cable channels could mark the beginning of the end of the company in its current form. The announcement � which came in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission � amounted to an admission of failure by Cablevision founder Chuck Dolan, who long had dreams of launching his own satellite company. FANNIE MAE GIVES RAINES THE BOOT: http://www.nypost.com/business/36872.htm By PAUL THARP The two top officers of embattled mortgage giant Fannie Mae were fired yesterday for bungling their books in a massive $9 billion loss undermining Fannie Mae's soundness. COOKBOOK: TWINKIE SUSHI, TACO, KABOB: http://www.nypost.com/business/36861.htm By PAUL THARP Thousands of recipes for cooking with Twinkies are going into a cookbook to help chefs find new sugar buzzes and boost company fortunes. ILL WIND TWISTING AMI: http://www.nypost.com/business/kelly.htm By KEITH J. KELLY AFTER weeks of ru mors, American Media has acknowledged that its chief financial officer John Miley is exiting for health reasons. WASH. POST GETS CLEAN SLATE: http://www.nypost.com/business/36870.htm Microsoft has unloaded Slate, its online magazine, to the Washington Post Co. H&R BLOCK FINED $500K: http://www.nypost.com/business/36857.htm H&R Block Inc. was fined $500,000 for helping a hedge fund customer hide "market-timing" trades at the expense of other investors. BULLS RAM DOW PAST '01 LEVEL: http://www.nypost.com/business/36858.htm By SUZANNE McGEE Santa Claus came early on Wall Street. Investors celebrated as the Dow Jones industrial average romped to a three-year-and-half year high, and technology stocks on the Nasdaq pushed that market bellwether to further gains. IT'S EXPEDI-ENT: http://www.nypost.com/business/36864.htm By RICHARD WILNER So much for Barry Diller's vision thing. After years of chastising Wall Street and others who, he believed, didn't get the beauty and formulaic synergies that his InterActiveCorp. brought to the table, Diller went for the value play. KERIK ALLY BORROWED BIG $$ FOR CLUB: http://www.nypost.com/business/36867.htm By CHRISTOPHER BYRON Former Bernard Kerik ally Lawrence Ray borrowed $350,000 from Frank DiTommaso, the co-owner of a Mafia-linked construction company that had just hired Ray for a "no show" job after Kerik vouched for him, The Post has learned. FEDS TARGET UBS OVER HEALTHSOUTH: http://www.nypost.com/business/36868.htm By PAUL THARP Europe's biggest bank � UBS � is being targeted for federal charges that it helped to cover up financial scams at HealthSouth Corp. that cost investors $328 million. MIAMI'S FISHER I. SOLD FOR AS MUCH AS $250M: http://www.nypost.com/business/36862.htm By BRADEN KEIL Fisher Island, the private, super-upscale Miami Beach enclave, has just been sold. CHURCH SELLS PRIME CORNER: http://www.nypost.com/business/36865.htm By LOIS WEISS Aheavenly Upper East Side site that's been in flux for more than eight years may finally turn into a luxurious condo development. 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 PLOD 'COUPLE': http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36871.htm By MICHAEL RIEDEL CONTRACT negotia tions for the eagerly awaiting Broadway revival of Neil Si mon's "The Odd Couple" � starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick � are proving to be messier than Oscar Madison's bedroom. 'WORLD' WITHIN AUSTIN CITY LIMITS: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36859.htm By DON KAPLAN THE next edition of the "Real World" is headed to the Lone Star State. THE STARR REPORT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36849.htm By MICHAEL STARR Ed Gordon, who recently joined "60 Minutes Wednes day," has added another job to his resume � hosting a show for NPR. The New York-based Gordon will host "News & Notes with Ed Gordon," which kicks off next month and will air on 86 NPR member stations, includ ing WNYC. REBOUND: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36853.htm By MICHAEL STARR TWO weeks from today, the calendar will read Jan. 5, 2005 � but it'll be 1979 all over again on ESPN Classic. KEEPING ABREAST OF OLYMPIC CASE: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/36860.htm By DON KAPLAN THE viewer complaints that have sparked a con troversial FCC investigation into NBC's handling of the 2004 Summer Olympics � made public for the first time yesterday � include emails claiming the network showed an exposed female breast and aired athletes using the F-word. Movie Reviews: http://web1.nypost.com/movies/movies.htm DELETE THE 'FOCKERS': http://www.nypost.com/movies/36883.htm By LOU LUMENICK MEET THE FOCKERS'MEET the Fockers" - a sloppy and not-funny-enough sequel to "Meet the Parents" - inexplicably under-exploits the casting coup of the year, Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand as Ben Stiller's parents. HEARTBREAK 'HOTEL': http://www.nypost.com/movies/36850.htm By LOU LUMENICK HOTEL RWANDADON Cheadle takes his rightful place among America's greatest actors in "Hotel Rwanda," masterfully play ing an African Oskar Schindler in Terry George's devastating docu drama. A FULL 'HOUSE': http://www.nypost.com/movies/36855.htm By V.A. MUSETTO THE KEYS TO THE HOUSE THE physical and emotional toll of living with a disabled child is brought to life in the Italian drama "The Keys to the House." HOARSE 'OPERA': http://www.nypost.com/movies/36866.htm By LOU LUMENICK THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERAJOEL Schumacher has not so much directed the movie version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hugely successful "The Phantom of the Opera" as embalmed it. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A DIRTY OLD MAN: http://www.nypost.com/movies/36851.htm By V.A. MUSETTO IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL 'HE was in his own little world," someone says of Henry Darger, the subject of the documentary "In the Realms of the Unreal." Lifestyle: http://web1.nypost.com/living/living.htm MEN MOAN NEW DATING BOOK IS KILLING ROMANCE: http://www.nypost.com/living/36711.htm By MACKENZIE DAWSON PARKS MEN just aren't into this book. That's the verdict on the new romance bible that's changing the rules for New York women and the men who date them (or just string them along). 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. 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PUTIN'S BIG BLUNDER: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/36843.htm By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN RUSSIAN Presi dent Vladimir Putin's brazen scheme to rebuild the old Soviet Empire by annexing Ukraine has backfired. The backlash is brewing throughout the former Soviet republics that Russia calls its "near abroad." ARE THERE ANY 'SAFE' DRUGS?: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/36842.htm By MARC K. SIEGEL IN the fall, my Vioxx patients fled to Celebrex. Last week they fled to Aleve. This week they don't know what to do. DESPERATE MEASURES: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/36847.htm By FREDERICK J. CHIAVENTONE AS if it was not bad enough for thousands of American soldiers to be far away from home at Christmas, now comes the latest assault � a devastating attack on the dining facility at Forward Operating Base Merez, just outside of the city of Mosul. 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