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Regional News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm FED COURTNIXES SPECIAL N.J. GOV VOTE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20196.htm A federal appeals court yesterday rejected an attempt to force a special election for New Jersey governor due to the pending resignation of Gov. James McGreevey. SPITZER HALTS 'SCAM' 9/11-TRIBUTE COINS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20204.htm By NEIL GRAVES A Westchester company is trying to "profit from a national tragedy" by peddling 9/11 commemorative coins to gullible customers ready to believe they're real dollars made from silver found at Ground Zero, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer charged yesterday. CITY COUNCIL MOVES TO CUT CHILD-CARE DEATHS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20206.htm By FRANKIE EDOZIEN A bill to create an independent panel of experts and municipal workers to probe child-care deaths was introduced into the City Council yesterday as lawmakers move to tackle the rising fatality rates. MIKE SACKS VELELLA'S GET-OUT-OF-JAIL PANEL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20211.htm By DAVID SEIFMAN City Hall Bureau Chief Mayor Bloomberg cleaned house yesterday at the commission that released former state Sen. Guy Velella from jail just three months into his one-year sentence for taking bribes. FOX IN THE XXX FACTOR: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20209.htm By TOM TOPOUSIS and LEONARD GREENE Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly yesterday launched a pre-emptive legal strike against his associate producer, charging that she's trying to extort $60 million in "blood money" by threatening charges of sex harassment. UH, OH, DANNY BOY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20193.htm By KIERAN CROWLEY Danny Pelosi's own father will testify against him at his trial for allegedly slaying financier Ted Ammon, and admit his son sought advice on what to do with "something that you wanted to get rid of," a prosecutor said yesterday. FIRESTORM AS HEVESI OKS GAY-WED BENEFITS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20192.htm By KENNETH LOVETT Post Correspondent ALBANY � Gay partners of New York state government workers married in Canada are entitled to the same public pension benefits as married heterosexuals, state Comptroller Alan Hevesi has determined in a landmark ruling. MTA IN GEAR FOR $325M BUS UPGRADE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20199.htm By CLEMENTE LISI Transit Reporter The MTA is seeking to allocate $325 million to buy 800 new buses in a bid to replace the city's aging private-bus fleet, officials said yesterday. 'NO NAME' JURORS FOR GOTTI TRIAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20207.htm Jurors' names will be kept secret to ensure their safety in the mob trial of Peter Gotti, a federal judge ruled yesterday. TYCOON TRIUMPHS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20212.htm By RICH CALDER and JENNIFER FERMINO Billionaire Ron Perelman's Goliath vs. David fight against an Upper East Side restaurant scored its first victory last night, as a Manhattan community board voted down a sidewalk-cafe permit for the eatery. SCHOOL 'RAPISTS' GO HOME: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20208.htm By JEANE MacINTOSH Two New Jersey high-school football players accused of raping a 15-year-old classmate have reportedly been released to their parents under a house-arrest deal that requires them to wear ankle monitors. GOP GALA COST $81M TO STAGE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20210.htm By STEFAN C. FRIEDMAN and DAVID SEIFMAN The New York City Host Committee spared no expense putting on the Republican National Convention, spending $81 million to stage the gala � including a small fortune on the best restaurants, hotels and other goodies, documents show. SMOKED Y THE SALMON: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20200.htm By JAMIE SCHRAM and HASANI GITTENS A Brooklyn woman was knocked out cold by a can of salmon when a family feud turned into food fight with her niece. BLOOD IS THINNER THAN WATER FOR 'BIG DIG' MOB RAT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20203.htm BY STEVE DUNLEAVY TREACHERY in the mob normally ends with a quick bullet to the heart. Treachery of the blood doesn't end lives, but it does break hearts eternally. TUNNEL VISION: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20205.htm By CLEMENTE LISI Transit Reporter A proposed rail tunnel linking New Jersey to Manhattan would give passengers a no-transfer ride into Penn Station by 2014, officials said yesterday. National News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm 'SWING' VOTE POLL: DEM WON: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/20214.htm By IAN BISHOP Post Correspondent TEMPE, Ariz. � There's no debating the fact that John Kerry cleaned up last night in the eyes of a group of Arizona swing voters taking part in a professionally run focus group. LEFT JAB VS. RIGHT HOOK: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/20190.htm By DEBORAH ORIN Post Correspondent TEMPE, Ariz. - President Bush last night slammed rival John Kerry as a far-left liberal who wants to tax America, while Kerry shot back at their final debate that Bush has turned his back on America's "wellness." WIDOW DANA TO SCATTER REEVE'S ASHES: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/20188.htm By BILL HOFFMANN The body of Christopher Reeve has been cremated and his widow Dana is planning to scatter the ashes of the beloved star in the wind, The Post has learned. FRANCE IGNITES OIL WAR: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/20198.htm By NILES LATHEM Post Correspondent WASHINGTON � French diplomats yesterday launched a bitter counter-offensive against the United States in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal, unveiling a list of American companies that did business with Saddam Hussein through subsidiaries in France. GHRAIB GUARD GIVES BIRTH: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/20189.htm RALEIGH, N.C. � Pfc. Lynndie England, the soldier seen in some of the most notorious photos with naked Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, is a new mother. MOMSTER: MY GAY LOVER ABUSED ME, TOO: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/20194.htm By LAURA ITALIANO A Harlem woman charged with the bludgeoning murder of her 23-month-old boy told cops her gay lover not only beat their son � but beat her as well. World News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm TERRORISTS BEHEAD IRAQIS: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/20195.htm BAGHDAD � A videotape that was posted yesterday on an Islamic Web site showed militants affiliated with wanted Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi beheading two Iraqis purported to be intelligence officers. CIA'S 'JAIL' IN JORDAN: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/20197.htm JERUSALEM � The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is holding top al Qaeda suspects in a secret Jordanian jail where they are subjected to interrogation methods banned in the United States, an Israeli newspaper said yesterday. HAMAS FIEND SURRENDERS IN HIS SKIVVIES: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/20201.htm By URI DAN Mideast Correspondent JERUSALEM � A terrorist commander who had sent homicide bombers to blow themselves up surrendered meekly in his underwear yesterday after Israeli paratroopers surrounded his West Bank hideout. All Horoscopes: http://web1.nypost.com/cgi-bin/horoscope.pl ARIES A solar eclipse in your opposite sign of Libra means partners and colleagues and loved ones will be full of themselves over the next 24 hours and there may be times when you wish they would tone down their act a bit. Instead of getting uptight and angry with them for being so full of life, why don't you join in the fun? 1-900-990-7810* TAURUS Others may crack the whip and insist that you work harder, but you are under no obligation to drive yourself into the ground, or let anyone else do it for you. The most important thing now is your health, and if you don't stand up for yourself and call a halt when you have to, you will suffer both physically and emotionally. Be good to yourself. 1-900-990-7811* GEMINI You will be feeling on top of the world today, and why not - it's where you belong. A solar eclipse in the most dynamic area of your chart endows you with unlimited energy, and whatever you put your mind to will be an outstanding success. The only danger is that you might do too much and spread yourself too thin. No change there then! 1-900-990-7812* CANCER This is the perfect day to take care of family matters, especially those that have been causing you some concern. You will not only have the desire to do something about them, but partners and loved ones will for once be co-operative, so make the most of the situation and make sure your home life brings the happiness you deserve. 1-900-990-7813* LEO Short trips of all kinds will be wonderfully productive today, so don't even think of staying in one place all day long. The more you are on the move, the more likely it is that you will meet people who can be of some use to you socially or in your career. Not only that, but they will turn out to be more fun than you expected. 1-900-990-7814* VIRGO What happens today will boost your confidence no end. It will also make you realize that money is not as important as you once thought. Yes, you need to make a living; yes, you need to make ends meet; no, that does not mean you should put those things ahead of everything else. Do what makes you smile, no matter how much it might cost. 1-900-990-7815* LIBRA A solar eclipse in your birth sign today gives you a massive advantage over everyone else, and if you are smart, you will take full advantage of it, because this really is as good as it gets. You will never again have this much energy or enthusiasm or self-confidence, so aim higher than you have ever aimed before - and then go higher still. 1-900-990-7816* SCORPIO You have nothing to fear and everything to look forward to. Keep repeating that mantra over and over in your head and sooner or later it will sink into your subconscious and become a part of you. It may sometimes seem as if you are alone in the world, but that is an illusion. Your guardian angel is always watching over you. 1-900-990-7817* SAGITTARIUS Not only is there a solar eclipse in the area of your chart that governs group activities, but the moon also eclipses Mars, planet of ego and energy. What this suggests is that you can, if you wish, take a leadership role in group activities. Others will follow you willingly if you are willing to take responsibility and lead from the front. 1-900-990-7818* CAPRICORN Because today's solar eclipse takes place in the career sector of your chart, you can expect something pretty big to occur on the work front over the next 24 hours. But why wait for things to happen to you? Why not make them happen yourself? Show you're willing and show those in positions of power you are ready to be promoted. 1-900-990-7819* AQUARIUS It is your mind that creates your world, and because today's eclipse falls in the area of your chart that governs your belief system, it is important that you allow yourself to have only positive thoughts. What you think about now will be what occurs later, so focus on the highest truth that you know. One day soon it will be your reality. 1-900-990-7808* PISCES It would be easy to believe that your friends have deserted you, that no one is on your side any more. Easy but wrong. Solar and planetary activity in one of the more sensitive areas of your chart gives you a rather negative view of events, but it does not have to be that way. What happens today will confirm that you are loved and admired. 1-900-990-7809* Sports News: http://web1.nypost.com/sports/sports.shtml YANKEES 'TWO' TOUGH FOR SOX: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30284.htm By GEORGE KING ALCS GAME 2 Yankees 3 Red Sox 1 Who is Pedro's daddy? Jon Lieber. Is it possible for a pitcher to earn $8 million in one night? It is if you're Lieber and you accomplished what he did last night at Yankee Stadium in Game 2 of the ALCS against the Red Sox. Pitted against Pedro "Who's Your Daddy" Martinez, Lieber clearly was the better pitcher, the same way Mike Mussina dominated Curt Schilling in Game 1. SCRAP HEAP TO HERO: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30277.htm JOHN Olerud was out of baseball at age 36, designated for assignment, which is the euphemism for "nobody wants you." Of course, after all he had done so quietly throughout a fine career, and as many people as he had quietly impressed, you would want to break news like that to such a gentleman gently. BOSTON'S BAFFLED: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30282.htm IT'S hard not to feel the duel ing tugs of history and destiny now. It's difficult to ignore all the things that have separated these teams for 86 years, because it's all on display, the mythical and the mystical, the tangible and the touchable. PIGSKIN PROFIT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30290.htm BY LENN ROBBINS NAVY vs. NOTRE DAME Noon NYRA SET TO NAME HAYWARD NEW BOSS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30296.htm By ED FOUNTAINE Charles Hayward, former president of the Daily Racing Form, is expected to be named the new chief executive officer and president of the New York Racing Association, according to industry sources. The appointment could come today or tomorrow following yesterday's meeting of the NYRA board of directors. Hayward, who resigned his position at the Form after it was sold earlier this year, is a former member of the NYRA board and publisher of Little, Brown. CARDS & ASTROS PLAYIN' 2ND FIDDLE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30275.htm By GEORGE WILLIS NLCS ST. LOUIS � The Astros or Cardinals don't seem too perturbed with the lack of attention their NLCS is getting compared to the ALCS. Both series were played at the same time last night with the Yankees-Red Sox game being broadcast to three-quarters of the country. FOX PREFERS TWO-AT-A-TIME: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30293.htm By ANDREW MARCHAND Last night Fox chose to show the Yankee-Red Sox ALCS Game 2 on Ch. 5 and the NLCS Game 1 on Fox Sports Net simultaneously because historically more viewers are able to watch at night compared to the late afternoon when most people are still at work. CARDINALS FLEX THEIR MUSCLES: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30302.htm By GEORGE WILLIS GAME 1Cards 10Astros 7 ST. LOUIS � In retrospect, there was virtually no chance of the Astros beating the Cardinals in Game 1 of the NLCS. Sure stranger things have happened: Roy Jones getting knocked out twice in a row, four hurricanes pounding Florida and the football Giants starting the season 4-1. RED SOX BRACE FOR BIG CLIMB: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30286.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY The Red Sox go home licking their wounds, down two games to none and with Curt Schilling possibly out for the ALCS. LOWE'S READY TO PITCH IN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30279.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY Derek Lowe didn't think he'd be a factor in the ALCS � and didn't mind saying so. Now he might be the X-factor. CURT'S FACING SURGERY ON ANKLE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30300.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY That popping sound Curt Schilling heard in his right ankle Tuesday might be the bursting of the Red Sox' World Series hopes. GORDON'S 2ND FLOP CONCERN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/30278.htm By MARK HALE Once again, he was summoned from the bullpen to quell a possible rally. And once again, he made the game closer than it needed to be. JETER STIRS THE DRINK VS. PEDRO: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30280.htm By LENN ROBBINS This was no time for a lapse in Concentration, yet distractions were everywhere. YANKS HOPE FOR ORLANDO MAGIC: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30298.htm By DAN MARTIN Orlando Hernandez may finally be ready to rejoin the Yankees' starting rotation after his best bullpen session since he suffered a dead arm at the end of the regular season. SCRAP HEAP TO HERO: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30277.htm BY JAY GREENBERG JOHN Olerud was out of baseball at age 36, designated for assignment, which is the euphemism for "nobody wants you." Of course, after all he had done so quietly throughout a fine career, and as many people as he had quietly impressed, you would want to break news like that to such a gentleman gently. BEAT GOES ON FOR PEDRO VS. YANKS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30283.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY You could say Pedro Martinez was dwarfed by Jon Lieber. While Lieber mowed down Boston hitters like a John Deere last night, Martinez came up short during a 3-1 loss to the Yankees. YANKS LEAVE IT TO LIEBER: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30281.htm BY KEVIN KERNAN SO, which team has the better pitching now? Could Jon Lieber be Pedro's daddy? MARIANO TOUCHED: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30285.htm By MARK HALE After the ninth inning was over Tuesday night, after his magical performance had once again cemented his place in Yankee lore, Mariano Rivera put baseball aside. YANKS' ACHILLES HEEL STOMPS ON SOX: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30301.htm By LENN ROBBINS They were supposed to be the rotation of the weak, the hurlers of the poor, the Achilles heel of a Yankees team no longer built on starting pitching but brute power. BOSTON'S BAFFLED: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30282.htm BY MIKE VACCARO IT'S hard not to feel the duel ing tugs of history and destiny now. It's difficult to ignore all the things that have separated these teams for 86 years, because it's all on display, the mythical and the mystical, the tangible and the touchable. METS SHAKE UP COACHING STAFF: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/30299.htm By MARK HALE The shakeup continues. As expected, the Mets took several more steps in their end-of-the-year house-cleaning yesterday, announcing multiple changes on the coaching and medical staffs. JINTS MAY REPLACE CARTER WITH TAYLOR: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/30292.htm By BRIAN LEWIS If any Giant knew Tim Carter's pain, it was Jamaar Taylor. When Carter suffered a season-ending hip injury Sunday, Taylor could sympathize � and empathize. A torn ACL had ended his senior season at Texas A&M, and caused a potential first-round talent to fall all the way to pick No. 168. JETS GUNNING FOR 5-0 START: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/30295.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO The first goal of every NFL team is securing a playoff berth. Historically, teams with 10 wins get to the playoffs. A Jets' victory over the 49ers Sunday at Giants Stadium not only gets them to 5-0 for the first time in franchise history, but it gets them halfway to that 10-win benchmark. FIRST & GO FOR JETS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/30297.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO JET NOTES Jets, who have outscored opponents 35-7 in first quarter, are hoping to take advantage of slow-starting Tim Rattay (left) and Niners, who have been outscored 48-3 in opening quarter. WireImage THOMAS STILL HUNG UP OVER CLOTHESLINE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/30287.htm By MARC BERMAN In Tim Thomas' view, the Nets center should be renamed "Jason Coward." Thomas is still waiting by the phone for a Jason Collins apology. Not that Thomas expected one from the Nets center who changed the tone of last April's first-round Nets series with a nasty clothesline on the Knicks small forward. KNICKS NAME KURT TRI-CAPTAIN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/30288.htm By MARC BERMAN KNICK NOTES Kurt Thomas still doesn't have a starting job locked up, or a secure Knick future, but nevertheless he was named a tri-captain yesterday, joining Stephon Marbury and Allan Houston. Marbury was named the captain last week. NETS: IT'S TOO LATE TO RETALIATE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/30289.htm By MIKE FORDE The Knicks had three games to retaliate for Jason Collins' Game 1 hard foul of Tim Thomas. They didn't hunt for vengeance then, so don't think they'll do it during tonight's Knicks-Nets preseason game in Wilkes Barre, Pa. ISLANDERS UNVEIL COLOSSAL UPGRADE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/islanders/30291.htm By EVAN GROSSMAN When Islanders owner Charles Wang purchased the team four years ago, no part of the deal hinged on any kind of arena renovation project. His first priority, he said yesterday at Eisenhower Park, was to first fix the product on the ice. Having qualified for three straight playoffs, though, without a series win, Wang now turns his attention to improving Nassau Coliseum, the second oldest arena in the NHL. Gossip: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/gossip.htm : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm EX-PAL CALLS PARIS A 'RACIST' By Richard Johnson HOLLYWOOD oil heir Brandon Davis just poured gasoline on the Paris Hilton N-word furor, claiming that Hilton regularly uses the racial slur as well as slurs against other minorities. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm EDWARDS IS A PRO ON & OFF TV By Cindy Adams KAMP Kerry's offering Vice President- maybe John Ed wards' dog- and-pony shtick to any available outlet. Car dealers are reflecting his face on shiny windshields. Eskimos are drawing pictures of him in yellow snow. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm EVERYONE'S AN ACTOR By Liz Smith 'WHEN WE ARE ourselves � not just actors but anybody in terms of how you present yourself � how often are you completely authentic? When are you adjusting yourself slightly to the situation that you're in? Do we perform our lives?" So asks Annette Bening, on the cusp of great acclaim in "Being Julia," wherein she is an actress who "performs" her life � onstage and off. Weather: http://weather.nypost.com NEW YORK , NY Get the extended forcast here from the New York Post.: http://weather.nypost.com Traffic: http://traffic.nypost.com/ metrocommute HeadlineNassau County Overnight Construction on LIE E/W btwn Exit 43 & Exit 44There is overnight construction closing all lanes in both directions of Long Island Expressway/I-495 between Exit 43 - South Oyster Bay Road and Exit 44 - Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway from 11PM to 6AM Nassau County Overnight Construction on LIE EB btwn Exit 33 & Exit 40; 11PM-6AMThere is overnight construction closing all lanes on the eastbound Long Island Expressway/I-495 between Exit 33 - Lakeville Road and Exit 40 - Jericho Turnpike from 11PM to 6AM Nassau County Overnight Construction on LIE WB btwn Exit 40 & Exit 32; 9PM to 5AMThere is overnight construction closing all lanes on the westbound Long Island Expressway/I-495 between Exit 40S/N - Jericho Turnpike and Exit 32 - Little Neck Parkway from 9PM to 5AM. metrocommute Special EventManhattan MS Bike TourOver 5,000 cyclist are expected to participate in the 20th annual MS Bike Tour on Sunday, October 17, to benefit the New York City Chapter of the National MS Society. Travelers should be aware of the following schedule of road closings for Sunday morning, October 17:Soute Street Seaport(South Street from Maiden Lane to Peck Slip - 3AM to 9AM.FDR/Hudson River Drives - 7AM to 9:30AM10th (204th - 218th Street) - 7:45AM to 9:45AMHenry Hudson Parkway - 8:20AM to 11:05AM11th Avenue (56th - 23rd Street) - 8:45AM to 11:20AMLincoln Tunnel (North tube, westbound only) - 6AM to 11:15AMFor more information about the MS Bike Tour, please call the Bike Tour hotline (212)463-9791 or visit www.msnyc.org 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/20172.htm SEC PAPER CHASE By HOLLY M. SANDERS Federal regulators have set their sights on the newspaper industry after several major papers admitted inflating their figures and duping shareholders and advertisers. The Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement division, headed by Stephen Cutler, has sent letters to half a dozen publicly traded newspaper chains asking for information about their circulation practices as part of a wide-ranging probe. The New York Times Co. TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION: http://www.nypost.com/business/20163.htm BY SARA NELSON WHETHER or not book awards increase sales, nominations and awards give publishing houses another chance to compete for prominence, if not cash. IPOD PEOPLE FUEL APPLE RISE: http://www.nypost.com/business/20166.htm Apple Computer Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit more than doubled, beating analysts' estimates, as surging sales of iPod digital music players drove revenue to its highest level for the period in nine years. BBC MAY BRING IN PARTNER: http://www.nypost.com/business/20170.htm LONDON � The BBC played down the chances of its commercial subsidiary, BBC Worldwide, selling any assets, but BBC Chief Operating Officer John Smith told staff yesterday he was interested in bringing in an outside partner. ON THE HOT SEAT: http://www.nypost.com/business/20160.htm By TIM ARANGO Move over Bob Iger and make way for Jeff Zucker. With ABC's ascendance in the network television ratings, Disney's Iger has for the moment sidestepped the scrutiny that dogged him for the last several years for overseeing ratings-challenged ABC. EX-TYCO BIGS WANT PAYBACK: http://www.nypost.com/business/20171.htm Former Tyco International Ltd. executives L. Dennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz, awaiting retrial on charges they looted the company of $600 million, sued a unit of Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. seeking to force the insurer to pay part of their legal bills. STREET GIANTS FACE SUITS OVER RIGGED IPOS: http://www.nypost.com/business/20173.htm Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse First Boston Inc. and other investment banks will face at least six class-action suits over claims they rigged initial public stock offerings in the 1990s. A U.S. PLANT WOULD BOOST PRIUS SALES: http://www.nypost.com/business/20159.htm Toyota Motor Corp., Asia's largest automaker, would be able to sell more gasoline-electric cars and trucks if it builds the hybrid vehicles in the U.S., the company's U.S. sales chief said. MARTHA BREAKING OUT NEW HOME LINE: http://www.nypost.com/business/20167.htm By SUZANNE KAPNER Less than a week after Martha Stewart reported to a West Virginia prison to begin serving her five-month sentence, the domestic diva's company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, announced the expansion of a partnership yesterday that would see more Stewart-inspired furniture grace store shelves by early next year. LABOR DOES PHONE-WORK FAVOR FOR PREZ ON JOBS REPORT: http://www.nypost.com/business/20155.htm BY JOHN CRUDELE IT may not have looked like the Labor Department did the White House any favors in last Friday's employment report, but it did. BLOOD ON STREET: http://www.nypost.com/business/20165.htm By SUZANNE McGEE Plunging prices of metals dragged down stocks yesterday, as the Dow Jones industrial average briefly fell below the 10,000 mark before staging a late comeback. Real Estate: http://web1.nypost.com/realestate/index.htm MYSTERIOUS SALE OF 57TH ST. BUILDING FOR $14.25M: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/31678.htm By STEVE CUOZZO IN infinitely complex Manhattan, the apparently simple sale of a small building on a glamorous Midtown block can often conceal a tangle of agendas and might-have-beens. Entertainment: http://web1.nypost.com/entertainment/entertainment.htm DE NIRO MAY 'STAGE' COMEBACK: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20153.htm By MICHAEL WARNER Screen legend Robert De Niro has hinted he may return to where it all began � the New York stage. HIDING FROM THE MOB: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20168.htm "At the age of 12, my ambition was to become a gangster," Henry Hill once said. "To be a wiseguy was better than being president of the United States. To be a wiseguy was to own the world." 'GEORGE & MARTHA' BARELY WORTH THE FUSS: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20149.htm By FRANK SCHECK PROVOCATEUR Karen Finley is up to her old tricks again with this profane and irreverent theater piece lampooning not the father of our country and his wife, or the warring spouses of Albee's "Virginia Woolf," but George Dubya and Martha Stewart. THE RISE OF USHER: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20151.htm USHER'S "Confessions" skyrocketed to the No. 1 spot on Billboard's 200 Top Albums charts, jumping from last week's No. 24. PLAYOFF SHOWDOWN BANGS OUT HOMER: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20158.htm By MICHAEL STARR GAME One of the Yanks- Bosox ALCS scored big numbers on Fox � and even bigger numbers on Ch. 5. 'DESPERATE' TALK ABOUT NEW PHENOM: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20169.htm By MICHAEL STARR FORGET huge ratings and national buzz, the women of "Desperate Housewives" are featured on tomorrow's "Oprah." WE GET IT ALREADY: OPRAH'S HOT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/20178.htm BY LINDA STASI OPRAH Winfrey, who was never out of style, is for some reason, back in style. 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The flick, set on the Upper West Side, is de scribed as a male version of "Annie Hall" and revolves around a guy who wants to be in a committed relationship � but finds it hard to achieve his goal. The movie's 9 p.m. screening sold out so quickly that a 10:30 p.m. screening was added. Movie Reviews: http://web1.nypost.com/movies/movies.htm FAMILY PORTRAITS: A TRILOGY OF AMERICA: http://www.nypost.com/movies/30175.htm By V.A. MUSETTO JUDGING by his "Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America," underground filmmaker Douglas Buck's formative years on Long Island were traumatic. KOREAN 'LIAISONS' HAS A GOOD LOOK: http://www.nypost.com/movies/30203.htm By V.A. MUSETTO UNTOLD SCANDAL JUDGING by his "Fam ily Portraits: A Trilogy of America," underground filmmaker Douglas Buck's formative years on Long Island were traumatic. Lifestyle: http://web1.nypost.com/living/living.htm RED SCARE: http://www.nypost.com/living/20174.htm By MAUREEN CALLAHAN THEY are the most victimized people in New York: cursed at, taunted, mocked, socked and, once a year, utterly devastated. GET RUBBED THE RIGHT WAY FOR LESS: http://www.nypost.com/living/20175.htm By SARA STEWART THERE'S nothing New Yorkers love more than a bargain - whether it's tax-free shopping or cut-rate meals during Restaurant Week. 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As the campaign heads into the post-debate homestretch, legal eagles across the country are lining up to sue the pants off any state where the results fall within the margin of error. DUBYA'S BIG WORRY IRAQ & THE CARTER 1980 PRECEDENT: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/20179.htm BY ERIC FETTMANN THE specter of Jimmy Carter hangs over this year's presidential election. No, not the Jimmy Carter of today, the Nobel laureate and self-important national scold, but President Jimmy Carter, whose inability to come to grips with a festering Middle East crisis projected an air of hopeless incompetence and led the voters to throughly repudiate him in 1980. LET'S DEFINE 'NUISANCE': http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/20184.htm BY ARNOLD AHLERT JOHN Kerry has decided that reducing terror to a "nuisance level" is the only realistic goal his administration could attain. A more succinct definition of "nuisance" seems to be in order. DRAW, ADVANTAGE KERRY: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/20185.htm BY DICK MORRIS WHO was the genius who felt President Bush could debate John Kerry � or any Republican could debate any Democrat � over the economy, health care and Social Security, and expect to win? THE FINAL DEBATE: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/20187.htm BY RAMESH PONNURU �P�RESIDENT Bush exploded two pieces of conventional wisdom last night: 1) that he is stronger on foreign than on domestic policy, and 2) that John Kerry is the candidate who is the "strong closer." 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No matter how many pairs I lug into the fitting room and no matter how much I sweat and how many tears I shed while sucking in my tummy and hoping for a flattering fit, I'm always left wondering: If jeans are supposed to be a basic, why is finding the right pair so profoundly difficult? THE BEST SALES OF THIS WEEK: http://www.nypost.com/style/31541.htm CLOTHES Triple Five Soul 15 W. 24th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues; no phone Sale: Oct. 15-31. Open: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Samples from this urban label are selling at wholesale prices and below. Find Outlet 361 W. 17th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues; (212) 243-3177 Sale: Oct. 14-17. Open: noon-7 p.m. Boucle double-breasted coats, now $250 (reg. $530), distressed brown leather blazer, $150 (reg. $329), wool gabardine trousers, $110 (reg. $235). To modify your account settings go to: http://www.nypost.com/newsletter/acctmgr.htm To unsubscribe, go to: http://www.nypost.com/newsletter/unsubscribe.htm
