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Regional News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm 'ANTI-SEMITES' AT COLUMBIA: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32872.htm Columbia University will investigate claims by Jewish students that some Middle Eastern professors use the classroom as a pulpit for spreading hate against Jews and Israel, officials said yesterday. BIG-BUCKS TUTORING FIRM BEING PROBED: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32890.htm By DAVID ANDREATTA Education Reporter A company that has been paid millions by the federal government to tutor students at struggling schools in New York and elsewhere is under investigation by the city, The Post has learned. THE BOO-LYWEDS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32880.htm By GERSH KUNTZMAN A Staten Island couple's dream of a perfect wedding at a Massachusetts inn turned into a nightmare when a Red Sox-loving busboy got drunk, chanted, "Yankees suck!" and threatened to beat up the groom and guests, according to police in Salem, Mass. MY SLAY-DAY SEX WITH TED: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32894.htm By KIERAN CROWLEY and MARSHA KRANES Ted Ammon's girlfriend yesterday testified that she had sex with the millionaire financier in his East Hampton mansion on the last day of his life � in the very bed in which he was found bludgeoned to death. L.I. WIFE GETS 2 YEARS FOR KILLING THUG HUBBY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32879.htm By DEVIN SMITH A Long Island woman who fatally stabbed her abusive common-law husband after a Father's Day barbecue was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday. 'KINKY WACKO KILLED ROOMIE': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32893.htm By HASSANI GITTENS and LARRY CELONA A Brooklyn cross-dresser with a penchant for bizarre porn, religious artifacts and Vietnam War memorabilia was charged with beating his elderly roommate to death after an argument over the rent, officials said yesterday. SUBWAY RIDE TO THE PAST: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32871.htm By CLEMENTE LISI Transit Reporter The city marked a century of subway service yesterday with Mayor Bloomberg driving a vintage train to re-enact the first-ever trip. THREE FALSE BUSTS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32884.htm By ALEX GINSBERG Alexis Caba looks familiar � and that's why he's the unluckiest man in the world. JAILBIRD CAN DIVORCE JAILBIRD: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32867.htm ALBANY � A female inmate who, like her husband, is in prison for killing a cabdriver in 1984, can seek a divorce on the grounds that the husband has been incarcerated for three or more years, the state's highest court says. 'FIEND' WITHOUT A NAME IS ID'D: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32888.htm By LAURA ITALIANO To his 20-year-old victim, he was an anonymous fiend � the nameless beast who'd tried to rape her at gunpoint against the grimy wall of a Canal Street subway station. PEACE TABLES: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32875.htm By DAVID SEIFMAN City Hall Bureau Chief The city's most bitter sidewalk food fight was settled yesterday in the time it takes to scarf down a Happy Meal. SLAY PLOT JUST AN ACT: BIZMAN: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32883.htm By KATI CORNELL SMITH An aging businessman, accused of trying to hire a hit man to rub out a partner, told jurors he was set up by an FBI informant � and was only play-acting the part of a "gangster" when he was secretly taped talking tough. BOBBY HAS HISTORY OF BRITISH HEROICS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32886.htm By BRIDGET HARRISON and PHILIP MESSING The brave British bobby who tackled a knife-wielding man in the Diamond District is no stranger to heroics, his boss said yesterday. BABY SITTER IN SICK SLAY CONFESSION: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32881.htm By DEVIN SMITH and BILL HOFFMANN Prosecutors yesterday hit a Long Island baby sitter with murder charges in the brutal death of a 5-month-old girl � as they released portions of her chilling confession to the crime. QNS. 'BUMP' SLAY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32882.htm By IKIMULISA LIVINGSTON, JAMIE SCHRAM and RITA DELFINER A bump of a shoulder in a Queens deli led to murder after a pack of punks jumped a stranger and shot him in the chest on the street as he and his brother ran from them. ATM GANG'S HEAVYWEIGHT WITHDRAWAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/32896.htm By LARRY CELONA A gang of ATM thieves believed to have stolen 20 bank machines in the past year apparently struck again last week, hitting a Subway sandwich shop during the night and taking off with its cash machine, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. National News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm COUGH 'COVER-UP' AMID NEW YORKERS' FLU PHOBIA: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/32876.htm By DAN MANGAN Flu-fearing New Yorkers are telling each other to cover their mouths each time they cough, stay home from work when they're sick, and even stop kissing. MORE TESTS FOR NEWBORNS: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/32877.htm ALBANY � Babies born in New York would be required to undergo testing for 44 genetic diseases under an expansion of the state's newborn screening program announced yesterday. AMERICANS WALKING TALL - BUT GETTING FAT, TOO: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/32865.htm WASHINGTON � Americans are getting taller on average, but they are much heavier, too, according to government figures released yesterday showing that the U.S. population is, literally, growing. LAST W. AD VOWS 'WHATEVER IT TAKES': http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/32889.htm By DEBORAH ORIN Washington Bureau Chief President Bush unveiled his final TV ad of the campaign yesterday, pledging to do "whatever it takes" to defend America � and prodding voters to see the war on terror as the key issue in picking between him and Democrat John Kerry. 'QAEDA' VOTE-TERROR VOW: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/32891.htm WASHINGTON � The CIA and FBI are analyzing a new videotape in which a man claiming to be an al Qaeda terrorist warns of bloody new attacks inside the United States, but the agencies haven't confirmed its authenticity. BUSH DELIVERS A JERSEY JOLT: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/32895.htm By DEBORAH ORIN Washington Bureau Chief A shock New Jersey poll shows John Kerry and President Bush are in a dead heat, with Bush boosted by fears of terrorism � now the top issue in the state just across the river from where the Twin Towers once stood. SERIAL 'STALKER': http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/32892.htm By JENNIFER FERMINO in Nantucket, Mass., and JEANE MacINTOSH and ANDY GELLER in N.Y. LOCKED UP:Tom Toolan (right) is arraigned yesterday for the Nantucket murder of his wealthy ex Elizabeth Lochtefeld (above). AP COPS FIRE TEAR GAS AT SOX FANS: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/32898.htm By JOHN DOYLE Post Correspondent BOSTON � Tears were shed in Beantown last night � some from joy and some from gas fired by cops when the celebrations got out of hand. SURPRISING 'END' FOR LACI JURY: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/32885.htm By HOWARD BREUER Post Correspondent REDWOOD CITY, Calif. � Scott Peterson's jurors entered court yesterday expecting to hear a long roster of witnesses, but were told immediately they'd already heard all the testimony attorneys had to offer. MARTINA RACKET: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/32870.htm By GERRY WAGSCHAL Tennis great Martina Navratilova claims a New Jersey politician is out of bounds for conning her into taking a photo with him � then using it to suggest she had endorsed him. World News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm ARAFAT ON DEATH BED: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/32897.htm By GERSH KUNTZMAN Palestinian President Yasser Arafat was near death last night after blacking out for about 10 minutes � sending the entire Palestinian leadership and foreign doctors rushing to his West Bank compound, according to one of his top aides. All Horoscopes: http://web1.nypost.com/cgi-bin/horoscope.pl ARIES What you start over the next 24 hours could make you a lot of money, or lose you a lot of money - maybe both! If you are smart, you won't start anything new at all but will finish what you are already halfway through. You will finish it more quickly, of course, if you join forces with other people. You don't always have to go it alone. 1-900-990-7810* TAURUS Don't be too hasty when dealing with partnership or relationship issues. Today's lunar eclipse in your sign will make you a lot more emotional than you usually are and that could cause serious problems in the not too distant future. Be aware that not everyone sees things the same way as you do, nor is there any logical reason on earth why they should. 1-900-990-7811* GEMINI If someone lets you down today - and, according to the planets, someone will - you must resist the urge to say something that might be hurtful, both to him and to you. It may seem like a big deal to you now, but a few days hence you will look back and wonder how and why you allowed yourself to get so worked up about it. 1-900-990-7812* CANCER It might be wise to take nothing for granted because even friends and family members will let you down. It's not what they want to do, of course, but today's lunar eclipse will play havoc with almost everyone's plans, so take life as it comes and don't expect too much of anyone - so when something goes right, you will be pleasantly surprised. 1-900-990-7813* LEO Something you have been working on for the past six months or so has reached the stage where you must decide whether to carry on with it to the end, be it triumphant or bitter, or whether to call it a day and move on to something else. Only you can decide which it will be, but think long and hard before making your move. 1-900-990-7814* VIRGO News from afar will be anything but music to your ears and you may be tempted to reply with sarcasm or even with anger. That would be a mistake. Today's lunar eclipse cuts across the communications angle of your chart, so if you say the wrong thing, or even the right thing in the wrong way, you will regret it. Keep your thoughts to yourself. 1-900-990-7815* LIBRA Listen carefully to what other people are saying today, even if they are not saying it directly to you, because you might get lucky and hear something that could make you some money. It is amazing what useful information you can pick up, simply by being aware of what is taking place around you. It's not immoral - they shouldn't talk so loud. 1-900-990-7816* SCORPIO Partners and colleagues will be either overly secretive or overly emotional today - whichever one it is, they will go to extremes, thanks to the lunar eclipse in your opposite sign of Taurus. You know all about extremes, of course, but this time it will be you who tries to find the middle way. Whatever happens, you have nothing to fear. 1-900-990-7817* SAGITTARIUS Your work and your health are all-important, and if you cannot see the link between them, you will by the end of the day. Resist the urge to push yourself hard over the next 24 hours because you are not as strong physically as you seem to believe. Your powers of recovery may be remarkable, but that is still no reason to make yourself ill in the first place. 1-900-990-7818* CAPRICORN If you act on your hunches today, you will be amazed by what you accomplish. This is no time to be reticent or to entertain thoughts of failure because almost anything is possible for you now, if you believe in yourself and in your mission. There is nothing wrong with the world at large that cannot be put right by people like you. 1-900-990-7819* AQUARIUS Because today's lunar eclipse takes place in the area of your chart that governs your home and your family life, there are sure to be some emotional ups and downs on the home front. What you must remember is that no matter what might be said or done over the next 24 hours, none of it is to be taken seriously. Forgive and forget and move on. 1-900-990-7808* PISCES Travel plans and social activities are under stressful aspects at the moment, so don't expect everything to go your own way - in fact, don't expect anything to go your own way. The good news is that although you may experience delays and disappointments now, by this time next week you will have nothing to worry about. In reality, you never do. 1-900-990-7809* Sports News: http://web1.nypost.com/sports/sports.shtml RED SOX SWEEP AWAY THE CURSE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31218.htm By GEORGE KING GAME 4Red Sox 3Cardinals 0 ST. LOUIS � The Yankees' worst nightmare is real and promises to soak many bed sheets for a long time. And if Theo Epstein is to be believed, it will be repeated again next year. Say hello to the World Champion Boston Red Sox. That's right, for the first time since 1918 the Red Sox sit atop the baseball universe. A PERFECT ENDING: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31217.htm ST. LOUIS � The ball stuck in Keith Foulke's glove, and it wasn't going anywhere. There were no ghosts to pry it loose, no goblins to steer it sideways. It turns out, winning a World Series is as simple as bringing the best team to the party, then playing that way. DING-DONG, CURSE IS DEAD: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31219.htm ST. LOUIS � This is how it started. "I am going to sell Ruth to the Yankees," Red Sox owner Harry Frazee told his manager, Ed Barrow, on Dec. 28, 1919, in the cafi of the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York, two days after the deal had been signed. THE KID WHO BROKE THE CURSE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31199.htm HE is the 16-year-old who lives in Babe Ruth's old house, and in and around Sudbury, Mass., they will forever know him as The Kid Who Broke The Curse. 'PLEASANTLY' PERFECT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31209.htm GRAND PRAIRIE, Tex. � Ace trainer Richard Mandella served notice yesterday that his superlative stayer Pleasantly Perfect is "as good as, or even better" than he was last year when he stunned the Breeders' Cup Classic at 14-1. COUNTDOWN TO THE BREEDERS CUP: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31191.htm RACE 6 JUVENILETwo-year-olds. Purse: $1.5 million. Distance: Mile-and-onesixteenth. Post time: 4:20 p.m. EDT. Bets: WPS, exacta, trifecta,superfecta, Pick 3, head-to-head. BREEDERS' CUP ENTRIES: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31189.htm Distaff 1 1/8m; $2 million; 3YO & up (f&m) PP HORSE JOCKEY ODDS FIELDS OF DREAMS SET: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31213.htm By ED FOUNTAINE GRAND PRAIRIE, Tex. � The stars will shine big and bright deep in the heart of Texas Saturday when 92 of the world's top thoroughbreds head for the starting gate in Breeders' Cup XXI at Lone Star Park. RED STORM DEEMED LEAST OF BIG EAST: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31211.htm By LENN ROBBINS New Red Storm coach Norm Roberts takes questions yesterday at Big East Conference media day at Garden. Kevin Coughlin Yesterday may be remembered as the most bizarre day in the history of Northeast sports. ZAKOCITY CAPTURES DISCOVERY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31212.htm By JOHN DaSILVA Javier Castellano sent Zakocity to lead and they never looked back, wiring field to win Grade 3 $110,100 Discovery Handicap for 3-year-olds. Stolen Time was second, 31/2 lengths behind winner, and Mahzouz was three-quarters of length further back in third. Pat Reynolds trained winner, who paid $15 and ran mile and an eighth in 1:49.78. BATTMAN: INTO THE OFFSEASON: http://www.nypost.com/sports/battman.htm Battman lost with the Cardinals (game and series) last night to put the final bankroll at 1,575 ruths. POST STANDINGS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31207.htm OVERALLWLTPct.GB Rico 65503.562-Robbins 60553.5225Battman 59563.5136Cordasco 58573.5047Curtis 55603.47810Lewis 53623.46112Klayman 53623.46112Gallo 46693.40019 JOCKEY CHALLENGE A BC WARMUP: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31215.htm By ED FOUNTAINE GRAND PRAIRIE, Tex. � As an appetizer for Saturday's Breeders' Cup, Lone Star Park today serves up its annual International Jockey Championship with nine riders competing in three races: the sixth, seventh and ninth. EUROPE'S BEST PUT TO THE TEST: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31214.htm By ED FOUNTAINE GRAND PRAIRIE, Tex. � Ever since France's Lashkari, a 53-1 outsider, won the inaugural Turf at Hollywood Park in 1984, European shippers have been a force in the Breeders' Cup. Yesterday, Alistair Donald, director of the England-based International Racing Bureau, gave The Post the lowdown on this year's Euro-invaders. CURT WORTH EVERY SCHILLING: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31220.htm By MARK HALE ST. LOUIS � The pain was irrelevant last night, the ailing right ankle forgotten for one magical evening. Curt Schilling wasn't feeling anything but good last night. DAMON HELPS DISPEL DEMONS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31226.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY and GEORGE KING ST. LOUIS � Before the playoffs began, Johnny Damon famously quipped, "We are just the idiots this year." BIRD BATS A TOTAL NO-SHOW: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31221.htm By MARK HALE ST. LOUIS � Growing up, Scott Rolen imagined playing in the World Series, dreaming what it would be like to take part in such a fantasy. VANQUISHED CARDS HAIL BOSTON: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31224.htm By MARK HALE ST. LOUIS � When the final out was recorded, the Cardinals filed into their clubhouse, shook hands and congratulated themselves on their season. NOW SOX CAN LOOK TO 2005: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31225.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY ST. LOUIS � The tough part is over, considering it took 86 years. Now Boston's front office decides who stays and who goes from a championship team. AT LAST! NO MORE '1918' CHANTS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31223.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY ST. LOUIS � Red Sox owner John Henry had termed his team's pursuit of a world championship "a real-life Arthurian quest." Finally, baseball's Holy Grail is returning to Boston. LOWE WANTS ENCORE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31222.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY ST. LOUIS � A few weeks ago, Derek Lowe must have thought the Red Sox cost him millions of free-agency dollars. But with two straight superb performances, Lowe might have recouped it all. MVP MANNY IS HAPPY HE STAYED PUT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/31227.htm By MICHAEL MORRISSEY ST. LOUIS � For a few days last winter, Manny Ramirez had no control of where he'd play in 2004. In contrast to Nomar Garciaparra, Ramirez accepted that and moved forward. AGONY OF DEFEAT HAUNTS A-ROD: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/31186.htm By GEORGE KING ST. LOUIS - Alex Rodriguez awakes and the pain of losing hasn't budged from the location it was before he went to sleep. METS STILL HAVE EYE ON LEYLAND: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/31210.htm By MARK HALE ST. LOUIS � The end is nearing for the Mets' first round of managerial interviews, and a new hire could be in place sometime next week. MINNESOTA SPLATS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/31216.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ Each week it's about numbers. Numbers, numbers, numbers. Look at the opponent, analyze the numbers. GREISEN'S STOCK STILL ON THE RISE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/31205.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ GIANT NOTES After a one-game punishment for not adhering to team rules, Barrett Green on Sunday will be back in his starting spot at weakside linebacker. But it's not the exact role Green is accustomed to playing. JET SECONDARY GETS A TWEAK: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/31208.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO JET NOTES The Jets Achilles' heel has been inconsistent play in the secondary. Every week it seems, there are a couple of big pass plays that hurt what has otherwise been a vastly-improved defense. HERM: NO PATS ON BACK: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/31203.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO Herman Edwards had a loud, "YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME" moment yesterday. Was it real anger? Legitimate agitation? Or a motivational tactic as his team readies itself to try to beat the 1-6 Dolphins Monday night for the second time in a month? 'W'S, NOT POINTS FUEL STEPH: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/31200.htm By EVAN GROSSMAN The Knicks are younger, longer and quicker than they've been in years, and nobody is happier about that than Stephon Marbury. MERCER FEELS 'SWELL' AFTER HUGE GAME: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/31201.htm By FRED KERBER The 12-of-18 shooting, 30-point, 10-rebound performance by Nets' guard Ron Mercer against the Knicks led to one obvious question: MOURNING IFFY FOR PRESEASON FINALE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/31204.htm By MIKE FORDE NET NOTES A day after Alonzo Mourning vowed he'd return for the start of the season, the Nets center was still unsure � even a little indignant � when asked about whether he'll play in tonight's final exhibition game. Gossip: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/gossip.htm : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm NICK IN FIX OVER JESSICA NO. 2 By Richard Johnson JESSICA Simpson's husband, Nick Lachey, could be in hot water with his ditzy missus over published reports that he two-timed her with porn star Jessica Jaymes at a wild bachelor party. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm PUFFY TO STAR IN CARLITO' PREQUEL By Cindy Adams 'CARLITO'S Way" is about to have its way with us again. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm BING TO BUGS BUNNY By Liz Smith 'THE ART of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life or death, a road either to safety or ruin. One ignores it at one's peril," wrote the Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu. 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 Suffolk County Overnight Construction on LIE EB btwn Exit 49S & Exit 50There is overnight construction closing all lanes on the eastbound Long Island Expressway/I-495 between Exit 49S - NY-110 and Exit 50 - Bagatelle Road from 9PM 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 DelayNassau County Under 20 mph on SSP-WB: 31 to 29Under 20 mph on Southern State Parkway westbound Exit 31 to Exit 29 metrocommute Special EventManhattan 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/32850.htm THEY CUT ME OUT By PAUL THARP Hollywood dealmaker Michael Ovitz spun his own drama of his ouster from Walt Disney � he was knifed in the back, carved "out like a cancer" and pushed from a headquarters window. Ovitz used his second day of testimony yesterday to tell how his former "very close friend," Disney Chairman Michael Eisner, and his executives sabotaged his every move to improve Disney, just to get him to leave. HARD-PRESSED MICHAEL KORS TO LAY OFF 25: http://www.nypost.com/business/32845.htm By SUZANNE KAPNER Michael Kors has laid off a sizable chunk of its work force in the latest sign of trouble for the designer and his business partners, The Post has learned. GDP REPORT IS THE LAST BIG STAT BEFORE ELECTION: http://www.nypost.com/business/32833.htm BY JOHN CRUDELE IT'S the bottom of the ninth, fourth down and a buzzer shot all in one. J.C. PENNEY TURNS HEADS BY MAKING MACY VET CEO: http://www.nypost.com/business/32857.htm By SUZANNE KAPNER In a surprise decision, J.C. Penney yesterday named Myron E. Ullman III � the former head of R.H. Macy & Co. � to succeed Allen Questrom as chairman and chief executive officer, passing over company insider Vanessa Castagna. WALL ST. RALLY IS A WINNER: http://www.nypost.com/business/32858.htm By SUZANNE McGEE Investors jumped into the market yesterday and sparked a rally that gave the Dow Jones and Nasdaq indexes one of their best days this year. YANKEE FAN SETS PRESSES FOR SOX CHAMPIONSHIP T'S: http://www.nypost.com/business/32841.htm By RICHARD WILNER On Brooklyn's commercial waterfront, one die-hard Yankee fan is trying to see the silver lining in a Boston Red Sox World Series victory. ACE CEO: WE HAVE LOCATED BAD GUYS: http://www.nypost.com/business/32844.htm By RICHARD WILNER Twelve days after a vice president at Ace Ltd.'s excess casualty unit pleaded guilty to bid-rigging charges, CEO Evan Greenberg and his crack legal team finally discovered the "improper conduct." MSG, FOX CRY 'FOUL' OVER METS: http://www.nypost.com/business/32854.htm Cablevision moved yesterday to strike out the Mets' deal to form a regional sports network beginning in 2006. TIME WARNER: 'REALITY BIDS': http://www.nypost.com/business/32842.htm By PAUL THARP Time Warner is said to be offering $2.5 billion for the studio that created reality TV hits "Fear Factor" and "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." WAL-MART REFUSES CARLIN'S NEW BOOK: http://www.nypost.com/business/32843.htm BY SARA NELSON ADD George Carlin to the ranks of rankled comedians whose books have been banned from Wal-Mart's shelves. ESPRIT GOES ON A STORE SPREE: http://www.nypost.com/business/32849.htm By SUZANNE KAPNER Esprit is poised to open two more stores in Manhattan, bringing the total in the metro area to eight by spring, The Post has learned. Real Estate: http://web1.nypost.com/realestate/index.htm BOYD'S STORE TO TAKE THIRD: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/32714.htm By STEVE CUOZZO BOYD'S Chemists, the legendary Madison Avenue beauty-products emporium that's moving to Columbus Avenue, has nailed down a new East Side location, too: 968 Third Ave., where Steve Roth's Vornado is building it a two-story showplace on the site of an old tenement. Entertainment: http://web1.nypost.com/entertainment/entertainment.htm SUIT VS. LIZA OPEN & SHUT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/32851.htm A chauffeur's sensational big-buck assault suit against Liza Minnelli will remain under seal � for now � after an "open" closed-door hearing yesterday. ROD STEWART'S ON TOP: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/32846.htm REFORMED rock star Rod Stewart leaped to the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Top Album chart with his latest collection, "Stardust . . . The Great American Songbook: Volume III." BAILING OUT 'OCEAN': http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/32855.htm By MICHAEL RIEDEL A group of top Broad way producers, who have backed some of the most important American plays of the last several years, may throw a lifeline to "Gem of the Ocean." INTO THE WOOD: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/32847.htm By CLAUDIA PARSONS CONSIDERED the worst filmmaker of all time, Ed Wood won a cult following after his death � and now fans can finally see his long-lost last film, "Necromania," a work some say shows he was so bad that he was brilliant. 'PLAYBOY' IS REMARKABLY UNSEDUCTIVE: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/32864.htm By FRANK SCHECK IT isn't polite to criticize foreign visitors, but this new production from Ireland's famed Abbey The atre makes it difficult to resist: a revival of J.M. Synge's 1907 "The Playboy of the Western World" that boasts authentic Irish accents but very little else. SECRET ADMIRER: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/32835.htm BY ADAM BUCKMAN 'The O.C." has no right to be this addictive. Its characters are shallow, their lives pampered and their predicaments trivial. And yet, "The O.C.," which starts its second season one week from tonight, is Fox's most appealing series. RADIO STERN AMBUSH 'UPSET' FCC BIGWIG: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/32837.htm By DON KAPLAN FCC Chairman Michael Powell "showed some discomfort" on Tuesday when a caller on a newsradio show he was appearing on turned out to be Howard Stern. 'RACE' PICKS PAIR OF QUEENS: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/32838.htm By MICHAEL STARR TWO Queens gals and a couple of Brooklyn school chums are among the contestants on "The Amazing Race 6," which kicks off Nov. 16 on CBS. STARR REPORT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/32856.htm Let the battles begin "The Tony Danza Show" got off to a strong start here in New York, and is still win ning its 10 a.m. timeslot on Ch. 7 � but "The Ellen De Generes Show" (Ch. 4) is showing signs that it's girding for battle. Movie Reviews: http://web1.nypost.com/movies/movies.htm 'GRUDGE' MISMATCH: http://www.nypost.com/movies/30810.htm By V.A. MUSETTO THE GRUDGEWELCOME to Japan, which, by the look of "The Grudge," has been overrun with Americans. How else do you explain the shortage of Japanese characters in a horror flick set smack dab in the middle of bustling Tokyo? IN LATEST CAMPAIGN FILM, MORE IS LESS: http://www.nypost.com/movies/30811.htm By LOU LUMENICK CELSIUS 41.11'CELSIUS 41.11," a hastily made rejoinder to "Fahrenheit 9/ 11," is the first conservative documentary to join the bumper crop of liberal political films riding Michael Moore's coattails into theaters. EYES WIDE OPEN: http://www.nypost.com/movies/30806.htm By MEGAN LEHMANN THE MACHINISTCHRISTIAN Bale lost 60 pounds � a third of his body weight � to turn himself into a haunting special effect for the bleak, nerve-jangling psychodrama "The Machinist." BLUES'LL CHEER YOU UP: http://www.nypost.com/movies/30812.htm By MEGAN LEHMANN LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLEONLY a couple thousand fans scored tickets to 2003's Tribute to the Blues concert at Radio City Music Hall, but Antoine Fuqua's soulful documentary "Lightning in a Bottle" provides a close approximation of being there. FINE VINTAGE: http://www.nypost.com/movies/30835.htm By MEGAN LEHMANN SIDEWAYSALEXANDER Payne, the clear-sighted director of "Election" and "About Schmidt," always treats his characters' flaws with compassion, and his latest keenly observed comedy is the most humanistic yet. BROTHERS CRY UNCLE IN SOUTHERN GOTHIC TALE: http://www.nypost.com/movies/30805.htm By MEGAN LEHMANN UNDERTOWA vicariously excruciat ing scene, soon after the opening credits, sets the tone for the Southern Gothic drama "Undertow." HAPPY HOUR: http://www.nypost.com/movies/32425.htm By V.A. MUSETTO IT'S doubtful you'll want to go out for a drink after seeing "Happy Hour," yet another tale of a boozy writer, or as antihero Tulley describes himself, "A drinker with a writing problem." FAMILY SPLATTERS: http://www.nypost.com/movies/32430.htm By V.A. MUSETTO THE MANSON FAMILY IT'S taken all of 15 years for under ground auteur Jim Van Bebber to com plete his eagerly awaited "The Manson Family." STELLA STREET: http://www.nypost.com/movies/32426.htm By MEGAN LEHMANN 'STELLA Street," the movie-length version of a cult British TV comedy series, is a sporadically amusing curiosity that falls short of effectively satirizing the public's fixation with the minutiae of celebrity lives. FISH WITHOUT A BICYCLE: http://www.nypost.com/movies/32427.htm By V.A. MUSETTO 'BEVERLY Hills, 90210" hunk Brian Austin Green tries his hand at directing, but the result, "Fish Without a Bicycle," never rises above the level of a second-rate TV sit-com. 'POSTMEN' RINGS NICE: http://www.nypost.com/movies/32429.htm By MEGAN LEHMANN POSTMEN IN THE MOUNTAINS THE contemplative Chi nese film "Postmen in the Mountains" is as straightforward as its title suggests. Lifestyle: http://web1.nypost.com/living/living.htm HEIDI KLUM'S SPITTING GARGOYLE, A PUKING HOBO & OTHER CHIC DECORATIONS: http://www.nypost.com/living/32859.htm By MAUREEN CALLAHAN COMING up with the perfect costume is its own unique pressure - but for party hosts, finding decorations that don't fall into clich� can be sheer torture. SCARE YOUR WAY INTO THESE CLUBS: http://www.nypost.com/living/32860.htm By BRIAN NIEMIETZ EVERYBODY always wears some kind of a costume when they go out to New York nightclubs - usually, a chic one. But on Halloween weekend, a totally different kind of costume rules, as creativity takes precedent over looking like a model. SCARE UP SOME MAKEUP: http://www.nypost.com/living/32861.htm By FARRAH WEINSTEIN FORGET costly costumes. Just in time for the holiday, MAC cosmetics is creating more than 25 theatrical looks, from a sexy swamp creature to a mortifying mummy (or they'll work with your own vision). LAST-MINUTE NO-FAIL COSTUMES: http://www.nypost.com/living/32862.htm By AARON RASMUSSEN FOR every clever costumer who's planned their outfit months in advance, there are those who give it no thought until the first trick-or-treater rings the bell. But Ashley Dodd and Birdie Clark - authors of the new book "The Halloween Handbook" (Workman, $12.95) - insist you don't need much time at all to come up with a clever getup for this weekend's bashes. 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SHARON'S STUNNER: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/32839.htm BY JOHN PODHORETZ IN any other week, at any other time, the world's news would have been dominated by the astounding story out of Israel. THE MYTH OF THE 'MISSING EXPLOSIVES': A SHAMELESS LIE: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/32832.htm BY RALPH PETERS SHOULD the United Na tions decide who be comes our president? Sen. John Kerry wouldn't mind. He's shamelessly promoting the lies that the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency is telling about Iraq. KERRY CAMP'S FINAL FUMBLE: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/32831.htm BY DICK MORRIS ONCE again, John Kerry shows his instinct to go for the capillaries, rather than the jugular. TIMES' WEAPON OF BUSH DESTRUCTION: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/32840.htm And so we finally have the October Surprise � a last-minute live politi cal grenade tossed smack dab into the middle of the campaign by The New York Times and CBS' "60 Minutes," the latter still smarting from its Dan Rather Memogate fiasco. Celebrity Photos: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/celebp/index.htm : http://www.nypost.com/gossip/celebp/10262004/photo01.htm October 26th:The Tribeca Theater Festival & Mario Cantone's 'Laugh' Whore'..: http://www.nypost.com/gossip/celebp/10262004/photo01.htm Movie News: http://web1.nypost.com/entertainment/movies/news/news.htm News, Oct. 26: Simpson Blames Acid Reflux for Snafu, ''SNL'' Creator Honored, Feverish Lohan Hospitalized, More... Guylaine Cadorette -- Hollywood.com Staff The Simpson blame game: It was acid reflux Rather than fading away quietly, Ashlee Simpson's lip-synching debacle on Saturday Night Live is gaining momentum, thanks in part to the plethora of excuses the pop sibling's given about her not-so-live performance. 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
