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Regional News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm NOW, $HUT UP!: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31330.htm By DAREH GREGORIAN TV talk-show host Bill O'Reilly and accuser Andrea Mackris buried the hatchet last night, settling their dueling extortion and sexual-harassment lawsuits. 25 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FACING CLOSING BELL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31300.htm By DAVID ANDREATTA The Brooklyn Diocese could shutter as many as 25 schools next year, since dwindling enrollment at Catholic elementary schools in Brooklyn and Queens has become "a problem of monumental proportions," officials said yesterday. HELL ON WHEELS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31320.htm By GERRY WAGSCHAL, ERIKA MARTINEZ and ERIN CALABRESE An out-of-control SUV veered onto a Chinatown sidewalk yesterday � plowing into eight people in front of a church where mourners were about to remove the casket from a hearse. RIP OFF THE HOOK: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31319.htm By LAURA ITALIANO Rip Torn was acquitted of drunken-driving charges yesterday by Manhattan jurors who believed he could have been merely tired and angry when he flamboyantly cursed at his arresting officers in a police video. STATE EASING TEACH STANDARDS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31304.htm By KENNETH LOVETT ALBANY � The state is quickly backing off tougher standards for certifying new teachers after complaints they could lead to instructor shortages. PROBE INTO PRIVATE TUTORS HEATING UP: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31310.htm Schools Investigator Richard Condon has launched a probe into the private tutoring industry serving city kids, his spokeswoman said yesterday. ED. BIGS BACK OFF 'HALLOW' THREAT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31321.htm By DAVID ANDREATTA and RICH CALDER Education officials who wanted to put the kibosh on Halloween costume parades, parties and candy handouts in schools have apparently been scared off. MUSIC-SCHOOL BOSS ADMITS PULLING PURSE STRINGS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31303.htm By DAREH GREGORIAN A Bronx woman yesterday pleaded guilty to ripping off $43,000 from the famed East Harlem music school that inspired the Meryl Streep movie "Music from the Heart." COPS NET ISLANDERS 'EMBEZZLER': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31311.htm By LEONARD GREENE and SELIM ALGAR A former New York Islanders accountant is skating on thin ice after being arrested yesterday for allegedly funneling nearly $174,000 in team money into her personal account, police said. GEEZER GUILTY IN BIZ HIT PLOT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31314.htm An elderly businessman was convicted yesterday of attempted extortion after prosecutors charged he tried to hire a hit man to whack a partner who owed him $1.6 million. DANNY SHOCKER: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31327.htm By KIERAN CROWLEY Hard drive was removed from the surveillance system before the murder. CHUCK RIVAL'S POLL-VERIZED: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31294.htm ALBANY � Sen. Charles Schumer holds an overwhelming 72-to-16 percent lead over little-known Republican challenger Howard Mills, a new poll yesterday showed. CROSS-DRESSING 'SLAYER' IN JAILHOUSE WHINE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31302.htm By DENISE BUFFA The cross-dressing Orthodox Jew charged with killing his elderly roommate in Brooklyn gave a judge a wish list yesterday for his prison stay: psychotropic drugs, protective custody, pastoral care and a prayer book. GOTTI RAT COPS MURDER PLEA: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31318.htm Reputed Gambino mobster Frank "Frankie Fapp" Fappiano � expected to testify against Peter Gotti in an upcoming racketeering trial � has pleaded guilty to plotting four murders. 'HE'S A PSYCHO': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31325.htm By JENNIFER FERMINO and JEANE MacINTOSH and ANDY GELLER In the final hours of her life, a successful Manhattan businesswoman confided that her ex-boyfriend was a "psycho" � and that she just wanted him out of her life. WRIST SLAP FOR BUST-NIX COP: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31292.htm A cop who refused to arrest a homeless man was put on probation yesterday for one year for disobeying an order. 'DWI KILLER' MAY FACE SLAY RAP: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31305.htm The families of two 12-year-old boys run down last Friday in Queens left a meeting with the district attorney yesterday hopeful the driver � already hit with a DWI rap � will face tougher charges. RECREATION GUY'S FIELD OF $CHEMES: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31309.htm A former kids recreation official went from the fieldhouse to the jailhouse after he was busted for allegedly stealing $69,000 from the nonprofit where he worked, prosecutors said yesterday. BUST IN 'BUMP' SLAYING: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31328.htm By PHILIP MESSING A 22-year-old man was arrested yesterday for fatally shooting another man in front of a Queens deli in a fight law-enforcement sources say was started by the victim. FLIPPING OVER PANCAKES: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31296.htm By DAVID SEIFMAN Six years ago, when a group of eight Harlem doctors came up with the idea of opening an International House of Pancakes franchise on 135th Street, the chain politely told them to look elsewhere. DAD-SLAY SON, 19, KILLS SELF: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31315.htm By PHILIP MESSING and BILL HOFFMANN A Bronx teen who was the prime suspect in his auto-mechanic dad's grisly murder hanged himself yesterday � apparently tormented by guilt in the crime, cops and family members said. 9/11 SHOOK UP 'TERROR' LAWYER LYNNE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31322.htm By CARL CAMPANILE Radical lawyer Lynne Stewart said yesterday she has second thoughts about representing terrorists in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. MAN SAVAGELY BEATS EX: COPS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31331.htm A Brooklyn man has been busted for brutally attacking his ex-girlfriend, authorities said yesterday. BABY BOON: EMS SAVES THE DAY AGAIN: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31293.htm By ERIKA MARTINEZ City EMS workers helped a young mom twice � they raced to a subway to deliver her newborn, then donated baby furniture for her struggling new family. HORROR OF 'BUM HUNT': http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31307.htm By LORENA MONGELLI and ALY SUJO Five bored and brutal New Jersey high-school students who made a sport of "bum hunting" were arrested after allegedly beating at least three homeless people with golf clubs, baseball bats, bricks and hockey pucks. TOT'S MOM-SLAY ORDEAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31312.htm By TATIANA DELIGIANNAKIS, PHILIP MESSING and JAMIE SCHRAM A 29-year-old Queens woman was found dead in her SUV yesterday, her head covered with a coat � and her terrified 2-year-old daughter in the back seat, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. WHEEL OF JUSTICE FAVORS CYCLISTS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31326.htm Cyclists won the initial battle against the NYPD over organized bike rides on city streets, in a federal court ruling handed down yesterday. OLIVER'S TWIST: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31316.htm By CARL CAMPANILE A man who was cleared on charges he was a cybersex fiend � after spending 20 months in prison � has slapped a famed sex-crimes prosecutor and police with a $20 million civil-rights suit for "malicious abuse" and false arrest. CONDUCTOR ARRESTED AT MET: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31291.htm A distinguished Israeli opera conductor was arrested at The Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center last night for failing to pay child support, police sources said. HEAT ON SLAY-PLOT DUO: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31313.htm Prosecutors are challenging a federal appeals-court decision that freed two men convicted of plotting a double mob murder, according to court papers obtained by The Post. DADDY KILLED ME: 911 BOY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31329.htm By ANDY GELLER The 911 call came in a minute after 4 a.m. "My daddy killed me with a knife and I'm gone," the 8-year-old boy calmly told a dispatcher in Tacoma, Wash. "Can you please send the Army men or the ambulance?" National News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm NOW PITCHING FOR DUBYA - SCHILLING: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31301.htm DAYTON, Ohio � Yankee-slaying stud Curt Schilling yesterday took the mound for President Bush and hurled a brush-back pitch at Red Sox fan John Kerry. CASH & KERRY BUSH-HATERS: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31317.htm By DEBORAH ORIN Bush-hating billionaire George Soros and four other super fat cats have poured nearly $74 million into an all-out push to defeat President Bush � about as much tax-payer money as Bush received to fund his entire fall campaign, records show. 'EXPLOSIVE' CHARGES AS W. HITS BACK: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31324.htm By IAN BISHOP and STEFAN C. FRIEDMAN President Bush called John Kerry "the wrong man for the wrong job at the wrong time" yesterday as he and GOP backers launched a blistering counteroffensive in the battle over missing explosives in Iraq. BATTLEGROUND POLLS HINT AT EDGE FOR W.: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31332.htm By DEBORAH ORIN Two new polls yesterday claimed President Bush has 2-point leads in Pennsylvania and Michigan � must-win states for Democratic rival John Kerry. $70M HOME RON: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31297.htm By BRADEN KEIL Cosmetics mogul Ron Perelman is putting on a happy face after selling his oceanfront mansion in Palm Beach for $70 million � the highest price ever paid for a home in the United States. World News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm WEEKEND AT YASSER'S: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/31308.htm By URI DAN Yasser Arafat, possibly suffering from leukemia or another life-threatening blood cancer, will be flown to Paris for emergency treatment today � but only after his aides set up a bizarre photo opportunity to show the 75-year-old Palestinian leader was still conscious. APOCALYPSE NOW: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/31323.htm By NILES LATHEM WASHINGTON - A masked terrorist declaring that he's an American member of al Qaeda warned that a deadly new attack inside the United States could come "at any moment," according to a chilling new videotape broadcast last night. ASIAN IRAQ HOSTAGE FOUND DEAD: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/31290.htm BAGHDAD, Iraq � The body of an Asian man � with gunshot wounds to the head and body � was reportedly found in Tikrit last night after the deadline passed for Japanese hostage Shosei Koda, who had been shown in a video aired early yesterday. All Horoscopes: http://web1.nypost.com/cgi-bin/horoscope.pl ARIES Don't worry too much if an important relationship has been a bit strained in recent weeks because now that Venus, planet of harmony, is moving into your opposite sign of Libra, it will be easy to kiss and make up. The important thing is that you put people first and work second. Better still, get organized and leave time for both. 1-900-990-7810* TAURUS It is important that you focus only on realities and don't waste time on wishful thinking. Venus, your ruler, moves into one of the more practical areas of your chart today, so concentrate on everyday matters and make sure that each and every time you exert yourself, you balance it with plenty of rest. Nothing matters more than your health. 1-900-990-7811* GEMINI Although the sun has moved out of the most dynamic areas of your chart, Venus, planet of harmony, is now moving in, so there is still plenty you can do to further your creative potential. However, where before you were rather assertive, now you must be a bit more laid-back. This is also a great time for affairs of the heart. Have fun! 1-900-990-7812* CANCER You will be inclined to turn down a social invitation in order to spend more time with someone you are close to emotionally, and you are right to do so. According to the planets, this person is feeling a little bit neglected and you must do something about it before a little becomes a lot. It does not have to be much, but it does have to be sincere. 1-900-990-7813* LEO Friday night is party night and as Venus, planet of love, moves into the most open and outgoing area of your chart, it might be something more, as well. Whatever else the next 24 hours brings, it certainly won't be dull, so dress up in something seductive and hit the town. Put everything serious out of your mind - this is a time for fun and games. 1-900-990-7814* VIRGO Virgo has a reputation for being a bit cautious with cash, but every now and then you go in the opposite direction and spend money as if it is going out of fashion. The entry of Venus into the area of your chart that governs your earnings will bring a new source of income, but it will also bring lots of lovely new things to squander it on! 1-900-990-7815* LIBRA Venus, your ruling planet, moves into your birth sign today, so for starters you will be feeling at one with yourself, and maybe with the world as well. The only danger is that you could become a bit too laid-back for your own good and let someone take advantage of you but, of course, as dangers go, there are worse things that could happen. 1-900-990-7816* SCORPIO You may have to put others' needs ahead of your own today, but, somewhat surprisingly, you will be happy to do so. If someone comes to you with a sob story of some kind, you will for once be ready to listen, but you must still keep your wits about you because there are some serious con artists out there. Don't reach for your wallet. 1-900-990-7817* SAGITTARIUS If you have to deal with groups of people today, whether they are small groups or large groups, you will find you have a talent for getting everyone to work together as a team. As Sagittarius is a fire sign, you usually like to take the lead, but on this occasion, you will be content to be one among many - but an important one, nonetheless. 1-900-990-7818* CAPRICORN Not everyone in a position of authority wants to make life tough for you. On the contrary, some would like nothing better than to see you succeed. One such person will take you under his wing today and show you how to make the most of your talents. What you learn from him over the next few weeks is sure to bring future success. 1-900-990-7819* AQUARIUS Someone a bit different, maybe even a bit exotic, will come into your life today and before you know it, you will be the firmest of friends. It is even possible that, in time, you will become more than friends, but even if there is that spark of attraction there, don't rush things. It will happen when it is meant to happen. 1-900-990-7808* PISCES If you want to sort out any money matters or business issues that have been causing you problems, you must be ready to meet others halfway, even if you think you deserve more than a mere half-share. There is no point getting angry or making wild threats because that will only make matters worse. If you are reasonable, others will be reasonable, too. 1-900-990-7809* Sports News: http://web1.nypost.com/sports/sports.shtml LOOK FOR SIGNS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32936.htm By GEORGE KING ST. LOUIS � Do it again! After waiting 86 years for a World Series title the World Champion Red Sox face (still sounds funny, no?) the daunting task of going back-to-back. When they wake up from the mother of all hangovers, the reality looking at them in the mirror is this: They probably won't wait another 86 seasons for a championship, but winning next year will be a huge challenge. RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32921.htm ST. LOUIS � It may be hard for Yankees fans to appreciate this right now, of course, because they are too busy bemoaning the dissolution of Boston's 86-year championship drought. But in many ways, they are about to receive one of the great gifts of their lifetimes. CURSE IS FOILED FOREVER: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32931.htm BD+>NO CURSE, Mass. � Along Yawkey Way, past beaming old Fenway Park, along came this green UPS truck, adorned with banners saluting the world champion Boston Red Sox, past faces dizzy with an intoxicating euphoria they never knew existed. As it chugged through the golden sunshine, seemingly at a pace of three mph as if to taunt The Bambino, a line of souvenir shop worshippers that stretched around the corner onto Van Ness Street began cheering as the green truck began honking. SOX JUST WARMING UP: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32923.htm NOW that the Red Sox are World Series champions for the first time since 1918, the casual thinking is they won't be able to remain on top of the baseball world. ISIAH WON'T FLIP ON LENNY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/32932.htm ONLY in the NBA are head coaches reported to be in job jeopardy before getting a chance to screw up a solitary substitution or a huddle that counts. MOLDING JETS INTO WINNERS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/32935.htm NO moral victories for one of the most moral guys in sports. No hidden agendas either from Herm Edwards, who says what he means, thinks everybody should, and therefore wanted to brain mind-reading writers for presuming self-satisfaction in his players. LATE GAMES ALARMING: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32913.htm PLEASE indulge this self-indulgence, but I hadn't missed the last out of a World Series game since 1960, when Bill Mazeroski broke my Yankee-loving, eight-year-old heart. BLUEPRINT TO BREAK BC BANK: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32929.htm GRAND PRAIRIE, Tex � Down here in the wide-open prairies, among the cowboys and oil drillers, they'll run the 21st Breeders' Cup tomorrow at Lone Star Park, a modern, handsome track with a Tex-Mex howdy flavor. OUTDOOR OPTIONS ABOUND: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32914.htm IT'S the time of year when you have to decide whether to pick up a fishing rod, hunting rifle, shotgun or bow. OTB TAKING CUP BETS TODAY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32919.htm By JOHN DaSILVA With Tom Durkin at Lone Star for the Breeders' Cup, Steve Levar, the track announcer from Singapore, filled in for him. Levar will be calling the races through Sunday. During the day, his unique style of race calling made for plenty of conversation and phone calls to the press box, most not complimentary. It was evident that Levar adjusted his style midway through the card. It will be interesting to hear how he sounds the rest of the week after he had a few hours last night to digest his performance and hear critiques of his style. RU WOMEN FACE TOUGH HAUL AGAIN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32930.htm By BRIAN LEWIS At yesterday's Big East's women's media day, Rutgers' C. Vivian Stringer sat tucked away in the back corner of the room, surrounded by microphones and recorders. The image was fitting, because there had to be times she felt backed into a corner during an injury-plagued 2003-04 season and a worse offseason. TRANSFER CHAOS HITS GRIDIRON: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32937.htm By DAN MARTIN The transfer chaos that has descended upon the PSAL this year has not been contained to the basketball court. SHAKEN MIG WILL STILL RIDE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32925.htm By ED FOUNTAINE GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas� Jockey Rich Migliore, who rides Artie Schiller in tomorrow's Breeders' Cup Mile and Bwana Charlie in the Sprint, had a scare yesterday at Aqueduct when his horse flipped in the starting gate before the fourth race. FRANKEL MAKES BIG NOISE WITH CLASSIC 'ZAPS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32924.htm By ED FOUNTAINE GRAND PRAIRIE, Tex. � The aw-shucks, howdy-pardner backstretch at Lone Star Park got juiced with some down-and-dirty New York trash talk yesterday when Hall-of-Fame trainer Bobby Frankel arrived for tomorrow's Breeders' Cup XXI, the Super Bowl of racing. TNT'S BARKLEY EYES GM GIG: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32900.htm BY ANDREW MARCHAND Charles Barkley might not be long for TNT's NBA studio. "I'm going to be a GM sooner or later," Barkley told NYP TV Sports this week. "There is no rush for me.'' MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK: PHIL SIMMS VS. CRIS COLLINSWORTH (WHO IS MORE FORTHCOMING?): http://www.nypost.com/sports/32903.htm While CBS' Phil Simms explains a lot, he doesn't tell viewers everything. When watching Simms, there is a sense he could say more than he does, but that he has an edit button that prevents all his thoughts from escaping his mind. 5 QUESTIONS FOR MARV ALBERT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32902.htm This week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with TNT's Marv Albert. After nearly four decades, Albert will not be the voice of the Knicks this year. For TNT this year, Albert's first game at the Garden will be on Feb. 24 for Knicks-Sixers. HOUSE OF HORRORS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32945.htm BY DAVE BLEZOW YOU have to figure that after losing at home to the Giants the past two seasons, including the game that started the Vikings' journey from 6-0 to out of the playoffs in '03, that Mike Tice has spent quite some time plotting how to win this game. JAGUARS LOOK LIKE PURR-FECT PICK: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32942.htm The Wildcat Over the past nine years, The Wildcat's published pigskin forecasts have made a deep impression on the sporting world. Including the 1997-2003 season in The Post, Cat's record in print for the period stands at 259-199 (56.6 percent) against the spread. THE ODD COUPLE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32943.htm They're baaaaaaaaack! Sure, it took until Week 7, but The real Odd Couple (Dick Klayman and Peter Tocco) finally awoke with its first winning week of the season, giving the spread a 10-4 pounding, going 2-1 on Best Bets, vacating the basement in both the overall and BB standings and moving from 15 to 10 games back of the fraudulent Fan. Now, with 10 weeks to go, The Couple prepares its annual charge to the top. MS. CHARLEEN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32944.htm Another winning week for the suddenly hot Ms. Charleen, who went 8-6 against the spread and a perfect 3-0 on Best Bets (Vikings, Chargers, Chiefs) to stay a mere half-game back of Battman in the all-important BB wars. O/U RICO!: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32915.htm Rico dipped under .500 for the first time this year, going 5-9 (1-2 on Best Bets) on the over/unders, bringing the season record to 50-51-1 (10-12). The selections for Week 8: PIGSKIN PROFIT: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32917.htm Lenn Robbins PICKS THIS WEEK'S GAMES OKLAHOMA at OKLAHOMA ST. Noon BATTMAN CASTS HIS VOTE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/32927.htm BATTMAN, fresh off another share of the Post's play-for-points pool, and closing in on first place in the Bettor's Guide, heads to the polls and selects the following: BATTMAN: NOT IN THE CARDS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/battman.htm Battman's baseball season ended with losses by the Cardinals (game and series) on Wednesday. His final bankroll was 1,575 buckners. YANKS AWAIT DECISIONS ON MEL, WILLIE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/32934.htm By GEORGE KING While George Steinbrenner's Inner Circle ended three days of meetings yesterday in Tampa to discuss how to pick up the shattered pieces of the brutal meltdown against the Red Sox, Joe Torre's 2005 coaching staff awaits what happens with pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre and bench coach Willie Randolph. THE BOSS SALUTES CHAMPS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/32933.htm By GEORGE KING George Steinbrenner tipped his hat to the champion Red Sox yesterday at the same time vowing to make his shell-shocked club better next year when the Yankees will be chasing their blood rivals. WALLY TO METS: NOT INTERESTED: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/32918.htm By MARK HALE Randolph remains the frontrunner for the job, with Jaramillo a close second. There won't be any return home for Wally Backman after all. TENTATIVE TOOMER: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/32922.htm By DAN MARTIN "He's got real good strength, he's just sore."TOM COUGHLIN on Amani Toomer Amani Toomer sat on the sidelines a second straight day with a strained hamstring, in jeopardy of missing a game for the first time since his rookie season of 1996. INJURY BUG CENTERS ON O-LINE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/32916.htm By DAN MARTIN The Giants' offensive line, which struggled to protect Kurt Warner in last week's loss to the Lions, could be in trouble again Sunday against Minnesota, since center Shaun O'Hara missed practice yesterday with a leg infection. TONGUE BITTEN BY BAD BREAKS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/32928.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO Reggie Tongue's locker stall is located in the furthest corner of the Jets' locker room, yet he's been unable to hide from a series of negative experiences since he joined the team. HERM: PRO BOWL AWAITS DEWAYNE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/32926.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO Herman Edwards had some bold words yesterday about second-year defensive tackle Dewayne Robertson. ISIAH'S CODE TAILOR MADE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/32938.htm By MARC BERMAN Isiah Thomas has installed stricter dress codes for players, practice uniforms for coaches and has even changed the way the players stand during the national anthem. KNICKS OPEN REGULAR SEASON WITH FIRST-PLACE DREAMS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/32899.htm By ANDREW MARCHAND A new style plus a new-look division could bring the good old days back to the Knicks, according to TNT's Charles Barkley. GOOD PHIL-OSOPHY: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/32939.htm By MARC BERMAN While emphasizing the Knicks have no coaching vacancies, team president Isiah Thomas called the unemployed Phil Jackson "an attractive candidate" for a coaching spot. ZO BACK WITH BANG: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/32941.htm By FRED KERBER Only 5,556 were on hand, but there was a distinctive murmur when Alonzo Mourning took his seat on the Nets bench, dressed not in street clothes, but a uniform. And when he jumped up and checked in at 6:15 of the first quarter, most of those on hand stood and cheered. KIDD MUM ON FUTURE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/32940.htm By FRED KERBER Alonzo Mourning and Jason Kidd were to be the duo to drive the Nets to an NBA title. But fate and circumstance had other designs. But last night, while Mourning played in his first competitive game in nearly a year after a life-saving kidney transplant, Kidd sat and watched in street clothes, one day removed from approval to start running on a surgically repaired knee. Gossip: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/gossip.htm : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm DELI SLICES HOMELESS GOLDSTEIN By Richard Johnson DOWN-on-his-luck smut sultan Al Goldstein has finally hit rock bottom. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm ANOTHER LOHAN IS JOINING STAR ROSTER By Cindy Adams THE latest on Planet Lohan. Lindsay's been released from an L.A. hospital, where she spent several days being treated for an undisclosed illness. According to Lohan's press rep, the busy teen star is expected back on the set of her new movie, "Herbie: Fully Loaded," on Monday. This you know. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm 'BIRTH' EXPERIENCE By Liz Smith 'WHO'S THE starriest star in the world?" as the song from "Peter Pan" might go. No, it's not Cap tain Hook; he's just the "swiniest swine in the world." For my dough, the starriest is little Miss Nicole Kidman, who is not only an acknowledged box-office hit maker, she also has an Oscar under her 21-inch belt and scads of other academy, Golden Globe, Berlin Film Festival honors. 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 metrocommute DelayNassau County Under 20 mph on SSP-EB: 26 to 27Under 20 mph on Southern State Parkway eastbound Exit 26 to Exit 27S/N 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/31265.htm CNNFN FINALLY PULLS PLUG, ENDING DIFFICULT 9-YR. RUN By RICHARD WILNER Time Warner's CNNfn waved the white flag yesterday, saying it was shutting down after nine years of unsuccessfully competing with CNBC for the top business cable station. Jim Walton, CNN president, said the network, available in 30 million homes, would close shop in mid-December, replaced, perhaps, with CNN International, which is now broadcast on the weekends over the same channel. TRIARC, BEAR TO BID FOR BARNEYS: http://www.nypost.com/business/31268.htm By ERICA COPULSKY and SUZANNE KAPNER Two late entrants � Bear Stearns Merchant Banking and financier Nelson Peltz � have emerged as bidders for Barneys New York, The Post has learned. CIRC FALLS AT L.A. TIMES, TRIBUNE: http://www.nypost.com/business/31264.htm By HOLLY M. SANDERS Tribune Co.'s two largest papers, the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, disclosed steep circulation declines the same day the company reported lackluster quarterly results. OVITZ IS TARRED BY SEX-HARASS RUMOR: http://www.nypost.com/business/31277.htm By PAUL THARP Michael Ovitz defended himself from attacks that he nearly wrecked Walt Disney Co.'s relations with China and planted a sex-harassment rumor involving TV executive Jamie Tarses. APPEARANCE NETS $1M BILL: http://www.nypost.com/business/kelly.htm By KEITH J. KELLY PRESIDENT Clinton could receive up to $1 million worth of pro bono ads for his presidential library as compensation for his Tuesday appearance before magazine executives and editors at the American Magazine Conference in Boca Raton. ALLEGED NEWS PRACTICES SIMILAR TO THOSE PROBED BY FEDS AT NEWSDAY: http://www.nypost.com/business/31253.htm By TIM ARANGO and HOLLY M. SANDERS Federal investigators are questioning Newsday home-delivery agents who are alleging that the newspaper is inflating circulation figures � allegations similar to those of home-delivery dealers and agents for the Daily News. NEWS DEAL QUESTIONS: http://www.nypost.com/business/31261.htm By HOLLY M. SANDERS and TIM ARANGO The Daily News' explanation of questionable circulation practices detailed in a Post story this week raises new concerns about the accuracy of circulation numbers reported by the News to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. THOMSON IS EXPANDING: http://www.nypost.com/business/31256.htm By STEVE CUOZZO Thomson Financial, the largest tenant at Peter Kalikow's landmark 195 Broadway, just added 50 percent more space in one of downtown's biggest new leases this year. MARTHA-LESS MSO RACKS UP BIG LOSS, SALES DROP: http://www.nypost.com/business/31275.htm By SUZANNE KAPNER Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia yesterday reported a wider third-quarter loss, but said the closure brought by Martha Stewart's decision to begin serving her jail time would provide the foundation for a rebound. WHITING$ GIVE AUTHORS LIFT: http://www.nypost.com/business/31258.htm By SARA NELSON Three weeks before the National Book Awards, the lesser-known but higher-paying Whiting Awards were given out in New York yesterday. METS, CABLEVISION HAVE COURT DATE: http://www.nypost.com/business/31263.htm By RICHARD WILNER A Manhattan judge yesterday told Cablevision and the Mets to return to her courtroom on Nov. 17 to argue about the cable company's attempt to temporarily freeze the Mets deal to form its own regional sports network beginning with the 2006 season. ENRON A 'SNAKE PIT': ATT'Y: http://www.nypost.com/business/31267.htm A lawyer for former Merrill Lynch executive James Brown said his client was wrongly caught up in a financial "snake pit" at Enron Corp. after the bank bought three of the firm's power-generating barges. ANIMATED MAGIC: http://www.nypost.com/business/31274.htm By PAUL THARP DreamWorks Animation woke up Wall Street with a stock debut that soared a dazzling 38 percent. 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 JURY HAS APPEAL: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31262.htm By CLIVE BARNES WHEN the chips are down and the verdict's in, you can take "Twelve Angry Men" out of TV drama, but you can't take TV drama out of "Twelve Angry Men." It's corny and it's obvious. P. DIDDY MAY BE A 'GEM': http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31276.htm By MICHAEL RIEDEL THE fight to save August Wilson's "Gem of the Ocean" was still underway yesterday as Jujamcyn Theaters and the Araca Group, which is managing the show, sought new investors. THE SEASON OF THE WARLOCKS: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31282.htm By MARY HUHN DRESS like a witch, but skip the pa rade and check out the black magic of the Warlocks, the guitar-heavy psychedelic L.A. band. DIMINISHED EMINEMINENCE: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31289.htm By DAN AQUILANTE WITH the showman ship of a modern P.T. Barnum, hip- hop's favorite Caucasian, Eminem, rede fined self- promotion last night at the Roseland Ballroom. KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE, LIZ GETS HOOK: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31255.htm By DON KAPLAN THE grossly underesti mated college kid, Andy Litinsky, took top honors on last night's edition of "The Apprentice" � and flip-flopping Elizabeth Jarosz got the axe. BEST SERIES SINCE 1995: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31266.htm By MICHAEL STARR BOSTON'S four-game sweep of St. Louis � in which the Red Sox "Reversed the Curse" after 86 years � was the most-watched World Series in nine years. THE FAMILY PLOTZ: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31241.htm By LINDA STASI IF you've about had it with answering the door to trick or treat ers by 9 o'clock Sunday night, lock the door and hunker down for some wickedly good fun with the CBS original Sun day night movie, "The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel." THE STARR REPORT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31245.htm By MICHAEL STARR Ch. 4 political reporters Melissa Russo, Jay DeDap per and Gabe Pressman will try to make sense of the is sues surrounding Tuesday's presidential election in a spe cial airing Sunday morning. Movie Reviews: http://web1.nypost.com/movies/movies.htm OSCAR ON MY MIND: http://www.nypost.com/movies/31280.htm By LOU LUMENICK RAY JAMIE Foxx should start clearing some space on his mantle - his extraordinary, transcendent performance as music legend Ray Charles in the exuberant "Ray" is the one to beat for Best Actor come Oscar night. SCATTERSHOT ODE TO WESTERNS: http://www.nypost.com/movies/31285.htm By V.A. MUSETTO 800 BULLETS JUDGING by his over-the-top comedy "800 Bullets," Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia doesn't know the meaning of restraint. 'BIRTH' IS A HARD LABOR: http://www.nypost.com/movies/31248.htm By MEGAN LEHMANN BIRTH NICOLE Kidman gives an other stunning perform ance in "Birth," but it is a riddle wrapped in a mys tery inside an enigma that ultimately reveals . . . not much. 'LOVE' WILL MAKE YOU THINK: http://www.nypost.com/movies/31251.htm By LOU LUMENICK ENDURING LOVEHOW a relationship unravels in the wake of tragedy is the theme of "Enduring Love," an unnerving and cerebral British thriller loosely based on a novel by Ian McEwan. FARMINGVILLE: http://www.nypost.com/movies/31259.htm By LOU LUMENICK 'FARMINGVILLE" is a thoughtful, old-school documentary about immigrant workers in that Long Island community receiving a theatrical run after premiering at this year's Sundance Film Festival and running on PBS in June. IN THE FACE OF EVIL: REAGAN'S WAR IN WORDAND DEED: http://www.nypost.com/movies/31250.htm By LOU LUMENICK A season of political documen taries limps to a close with this dubious conservative attempt to lionize Ronald Reagan and link his battle against Communism to the Bush administration's adventures in Iraq. COLD-HEARTED: http://www.nypost.com/movies/31252.htm By MEGAN LEHMANN IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVETHOMAS Vinterberg's "It's All About Love" is a weird hybrid of cloning thriller and futuristic love story, with hints of "The Godfather" and "Ice Castles" � and it wears its disjointed nature like a badge of honor. 'MAGNIFICO' WORTH A GOOD CRY: http://www.nypost.com/movies/31254.htm By V.A. MUSETTO MAGNIFICO BET you can't watch "Magnifico" without sobbing like a baby during its tragic finale. YOU'LL BE SORRY IF YOU GO TO SEE 'SAW': http://www.nypost.com/movies/31247.htm By V.A. MUSETTO SAW'SAW' is a bloody mess. Promoted as "the year's scariest movie," it's anything but. A SILENT LOVE: http://www.nypost.com/movies/31286.htm By V.A. MUSETTO A film professor in Montreal marries a Mexican woman young enough to be his daughter, then falls for her more-age-appropriate mom in "A Silent Love." VOICES OF IRAQ: http://www.nypost.com/movies/31287.htm By LOU LUMENICK 'VOICES of Iraq" is a surpris ingly upbeat look at that Middle East hotspot, edited from some 450 hours of footage shot by residents themselves. 'NURSE' HAS CURE: http://www.nypost.com/movies/31284.htm By LOU LUMENICK YES NURSE! NO NURSE! ERFULLY goofy if over long, "Yes Nurse! No Nurse!" is a campy, brightly colored musical comedy based on a popular '60s Dutch sitcom that's unlike any other film out there. 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. Lottery Results: http://web1.nypost.com/lottery/lottery.htm NEW YORK Midday Numbers Thu.: 308 Midday Win-4 Thu.: 4956 Evening Numbers Thu.: 982 Evening Win-4 Thu.: 5234 Pick-10 Thu.: 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 37, 39, 43, 49, 50, 59, 60, 62, 65, 73, 78, 79, 80 Take-5 Thu.: 12, 22, 23, 29, 38; Trick or Treat Extra: 33 NEW JERSEY Pick-3 Thu.: 466; Pick-4 Thu.: 4196 OAS_AD('Middle'); //--> Cash-5 Thu.: 11, 12, 24, 31, 36 Pick-6 Thu.: 2, 6, 30, 36, 42, 43 CONNECTICUT Play-3 Thu.: 580; Play-4 Thu.: 2175 Cash-5 Thu.: 5, 6, 7, 14, 17 Opinion: http://web1.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/opedcolumnists.htm SEX WARFARE: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/31242.htm By NICOLE GELINAS JOHN Kerry has a new riff on John Edwards' old "Two Americas" � this time it's one for men, and one for women. "Today, for far too many women, the American dream seems a million miles away," Kerry waxed in Milwaukee last Friday. "Because when you've barely got time to sleep � who's got time to dream?" JOHN KERRY'S FANTASY FRIEND: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/31246.htm By AMIR TAHERI THE main criticism that John Kerry has leveled against President Bush's foreign policy is that it has alienated U.S. allies. Kerry proposes to "bring back the allies" with a multilateralist approach. WHY BUSH WILL WIN: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/31249.htm By DICK MORRIS HERE'S a two-part test to determine who will win on Tuesday: a) Ask yourself: What is the issue we are talking about these days? Are we focused on terrorism and Iraq, or on health care and jobs? The answer is obvious: terrorism and Iraq. JOHN KERRY, FOOT IN MOUTH: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/31269.htm By JOHN PODHORETZ HERE'S a question for which only Tuesday will provide an answer: Did John Kerry make a colossal blunder by deciding to spend the last week of the campaign highlighting the fact that Saddam Hussein's Iraq was one giant ammunition dump? TONE DEAF: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/31278.htm By ROBERT A. GEORGE LIKE any recent Demo cratic presidential can didate, John Kerry's hopes hinge on an overwhelming share of the black vote � about 90 percent. But Kerry's hinge may be rusty. 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 Capote Lisa Collins -- Hollywood.com Staff On assignment to write an article for the New Yorker, Truman Capote traveled to a small Kansas town, where he began to investigate and report on the gruesome murder of a local family. 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
