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Regional News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm 'DWI' NIGHTMARE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31784.htm By ANGELINA CAPPIELLO, SELIM ALGAR and HEIDI SINGER A Long Island teen took her best friends on a booze-fueled midnight ride that ended in every parent's worst nightmare � when she careened into an SUV and killed two of the girls, police said yesterday. STATE AID TO $OFTEN MTA FARE INCREASES: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31779.htm By CLEMENTE LISI Straphangers will be hit with a smaller-than-expected fare hike and no major service cuts next year under a new MTA proposal that takes into account higher-than-expected government subsidies, officials said yesterday. CITY TAB FOR JETS' STADIUM COULD DOUBLE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31780.htm By TOM TOPOUSIS A Jets football stadium on the West Side could cost the city $600 million � double what was expected � if lawmakers don't approve the state's share of the project, state economic officials said yesterday. F-16 'ATTACKS' N.J.: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31767.htm By GERSH KUNTZMAN A fighter pilot strafed a New Jersey school, firing 25 rounds from his wing-mounted cannon in what the military is calling an accident during a nighttime exercise. SECURITY WIN FOR WALL ST.: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31782.htm A Manhattan judge has given the green light to plans to tighten security on streets around the New York Stock Exchange. BUMBLERS ON CITY JAIL PANEL IGNORED LAWS TO SPRING GUY & NIX OTHERS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31786.htm By DAVID SEIFMAN Members of the tiny commission that sprung former state Sen. Guy Velella from Rikers Island were ignorant of the panel's rules and may have bungled hundreds of other cases that will now have to be revisited, investigators reported yesterday. COMMISSION IMPOSSIBLE: LOWDOWN ON ALL ITS GOOFS: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31766.htm By DAVID SEIFMAN The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight had nothing on the Local Conditional Release Commission. REGENTS EYE NEWER MATH: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31750.htm ALBANY � The state Board of Regents moved closer yesterday to overhauling how mathematics is taught to establish a clearer progression from pre-kindergarten through high school and better instill in students "the power, the beauty and the elegance of mathematics." TEEN BUSTED IN NUN ROBBERY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31762.htm A young man was busted yesterday for holding a gun on a nun and stealing $4,000 in tuition money from a Brooklyn Catholic school, police said. LOTS OF HOOP-LA IN HARLEM EVICT SUIT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31774.htm A Harlem community group says the National Basketball Players Association has unleashed a full-court press to try to bounce them out of their offices. THIEF RAPES SHOP GAL AT GUNPOINT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31785.htm By PHILIP MESSING and HASANI GITTENS A woman was raped at gunpoint in the back room of a Brooklyn cellphone store by a thug who ran off with an armful of wireless equipment, police said. DEAD WRONG: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31768.htm By KATI CORNELL SMITH A Queens undertaker and his wife 'fessed up to pocketing $3.1 million through a ghoulish fraud scheme that involved fabricating five fictitious deaths in order to cash in on lucrative insurance policies. MONTCLAIR KIDS BASK IN FREEDOM: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31775.htm By LEONARD GREENE and ERIN CALABRESE Two New Jersey high-school football players cleared on charges of raping a classmate could be back on the sideline tomorrow after celebrating the biggest win of their lives. SAYING GRACIE: B'KLYN HONORS BRAVE KID: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31776.htm By RITA DELFINER Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is proclaiming tomorrow "Amelia-Grace Day" � the day the 3-year-old's community is throwing a block party to raise money for her lifesaving bone-marrow transplant. PIMP GUILTY OF BEATING HOOKER: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31788.htm A Queens jury yesterday found a 32-year-old pimp guilty of savagely beating a prostitute. BIG APPLE FAREWELL FOR N'TUCKET GAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31752.htm By JENNIFER FERMINO The heartbroken family and friends of a murdered Nantucket woman are gathering in Manhattan today to honor the slain self-made entrepreneur. QNS. TOT TRAGEDY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31756.htm By MICHAEL WHITE and JAMIE SCHRAM A chubby, cherub-faced toddler was killed yesterday when a van plowed into his stroller at a Queens intersection, police said. HORRIFIED DINERS WITNESS RESTAURANT MURDER: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31787.htm By MICHAEL WARNER and PHILIP MESSING A delivery man who was recently fired from a Midtown restaurant returned to his former workplace yesterday and stabbed his boss to death in front of 20 horrified diners, police said. ZONGO COP PREPS FOR JAN. TRIAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31745.htm The young plainclothes cop who fatally shot an unarmed African immigrant in a Chelsea warehouse is gearing up for a manslaughter trial tentatively scheduled for mid-January, his lawyer said yesterday. SCARY JURY DUTY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31753.htm By CARL CAMPANILE New Yorkers admitted yesterday they fear serving as jurors in the Peter Gotti mob trial � even though their identities will be kept under wraps. MUDSLINGERS TRIED TO OUT CANDIDATE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31757.htm By PATRICK GALLAHUE Vitriolic campaigners took a page from New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey's resignation script and tried to falsely "out" a candidate as a lesbian. CASINO WORKERS SHUFFLING BACK: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31772.htm Thousands of Atlantic City cocktail waitresses, housekeepers, bellhops and other workers returned to their jobs yesterday, ending a monthlong strike in the Jersey resort-casino town. PERP'S CRAZED 'ESCAPE' LEAP: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31790.htm By MURRAY WEISS and ZACH HABERMAN A man being held on drug charges cheated death last night after jumping from a fifth-story window of a lower Manhattan courthouse building, officials said. BOATER SUICIDE: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31781.htm By JOHN DOYLE and BILL SANDERSON A Brooklyn man despondent over losing his fishing-boat home to a developer was found dead of a bullet wound yesterday, along with a note saying he couldn't bear the idea of moving. THE BEAR FACTS IN N.J. COURT: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31739.htm TRENTON � A state appellate court is to hear arguments next week on a lawsuit that seeks to force a second black bear hunt in New Jersey. BRIDAL GOWNTOWN: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31769.htm By RITA DELFINER Legendary Brooklyn bridal salon Kleinfeld is saying "I do" to a marriage with Manhattan. DANNY DEMON DELAY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31741.htm By KIERAN CROWLEY Danny Pelosi's murder trial came to a screeching halt yesterday when his lawyer asked Pelosi's sister � a key prosecution witness � if her relatives thought Ted Ammon's widow was a devil woman who put a "spell" on the family. B'KLYN TEEN BUSTED IN HS SEX ATTACK: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31771.htm A 16-year-old boy was arrested on charges he put his hand over a classmate's mouth, dragged her upstairs in their Brooklyn school and fondled her, authorities said yesterday. LANDLORD FROM HELL IS EVICTED: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31749.htm By JOE McGURK and MARSHA KRANES Tenants cheered yesterday when a court-appointed manager � accompanied by armed federal housing agents � seized control of their foul-smelling, violation-ridden Harlem apartment building. TUPAC FEAR HAUNTS R. KELLY: http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/31770.htm By JOHN MAINELLI The vicious feud between R. Kelly and Jay-Z could have ended with bullets flying rather than a $75 million lawsuit, one of them hints in a radio interview airing this weekend. National News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm CANCER SHOCKER: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31773.htm By BILL HOFFMANN Elizabeth Edwards received a devastating blow just hours after watching her husband and John Kerry admit defeat � doctors diagnosed her with breast cancer. BUSH TO PUSH A BIG AGENDA: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31783.htm By DEBORAH ORIN President Bush yesterday claimed a national mandate, saying he earned "political capital" with a re-election victory that gave him a record 59 million votes � and intends to use it to press a broad agenda, including the war on terror and tax reform at home. MUPPETS GOING POSTAL: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31742.htm WASHINGTON � It isn't easy being green. It isn't easy getting on a U.S. postage stamp either, but Kermit the Frog will manage it next year, along with his Muppet friends. ONE WOMAN WHO FOUGHT IT TWICE - AND WON: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31751.htm By BILL HOFFMANN Stay positive, Elizabeth � you're going to beat this thing. That's the optimistic word from 67-year-old Susan Pollack of Manhattan, a gutsy breast-cancer survivor who's overcome the killer disease � twice. HER ODDS ARE GOOD IF IT WAS CAUGHT EARLY: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31763.htm By DAN KADISON Elizabeth Edwards' chances of beating breast cancer depend on how early it was detected and whether it spread. INAUGURAL A PRICEY-PARTY TIME: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31747.htm By BRADEN KEIL Forget Springsteen and Bon Jovi � now it's "red state" conservatives who are going to party like rock stars during Dubya's presidential inauguration in January, paying up to $1 million for a sweet suite with every conceivable luxury for the rich but not-so-famous. SHE'D BE A 'HILL' OF A PREZ: CHUCK: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31765.htm By VINCENT MORRIS and FRANKIE EDOZIEN Sen. Chuck Schumer yesterday said his junior partner in the Senate, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is the "front-runner" in the battle to win the White House in 2008. MEET THE DUBYA PUPPY: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31789.htm WASHINGTON � There's a new resident at the White House. First Dog Barney now has a pal named Miss Beazley. SIX HURT ABOARD JFK JET: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31733.htm By THOMAS LIDDY Six people were injured when an American Airlines flight bound for Kennedy Airport hit severe turbulence last night as it was about to land. JACKO SLAPS AWAY: http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/31754.htm By DAVID K. LI SANTA MARIA, Calif. � A judge yesterday rejected Michael Jackson's bid to boot local prosecutors from his child-molestation case � but not before Jacko's lawyer lobbed fresh misconduct allegations against the Santa Barbara district attorney. World News: http://web1.nypost.com/news/news.htm AT DEATH'S DOOR: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/31759.htm By URI DAN Yasser Arafat is in "grave condition" with little chance of recovering from a mystery illness, officials at his French hospital said yesterday. BURIAL SITE COULD CAUSE GRAVE PROBLEMS: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/31755.htm By URI DAN The first conflict between Israelis and Palestinians in the post-Arafat era will be where to bury the longtime PLO chairman. AFGHAN WARLORDS HISTORY: KARZAI: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/31737.htm KABUL, Afghanistan � Afghan President Hamid Karzai said yesterday there was no future for the warlords or drug barons who flourished during three decades of conflict in Afghanistan. SHELLS SMASH FOE AS FALLUJAH BATTLE STARTS: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/31746.htm By NILES LATHEM WASHINGTON � U.S. military forces pounded terrorist strongholds in the Iraqi city of Fallujah with thundering air and artillery assaults yesterday ahead of an all-out military offensive designed to break the will of the insurgency. IRAQ BOMB KILLS 3 BRIT SOLDIERS: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/31748.htm LONDON � A suicide car bomber killed three British soldiers and a translator at a checkpoint near Baghdad yesterday. EU BIGS TO OFFER IRAN NUKE BRIBE: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/31777.htm PARIS � Diplomats from France, Britain and Germany will meet their Iranian counterparts today to discuss an EU offer of incentives in exchange for a termination of Iran's uranium-enrichment program. BECKHAM'S A WORK OF ART: http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/31735.htm LONDON � He may not measure up to Michelangelo's David, but England's own favorite David � soccer captain David Beckham � has a similar knack of inspiring artists. All Horoscopes: http://web1.nypost.com/cgi-bin/horoscope.pl ARIES You must give partners and loved ones room to be themselves. You won't gain anything by trying to restrict their freedom or stifle their creativity - on the contrary, you will only encourage them to be more rebellious. The main problem, of course, is not with them but with you. You fear losing them. That is more likely to happen if you overreact. 1-900-990-7810* TAURUS Promise yourself that no matter how annoying and irritating certain people may be, you won't let them get under your skin. On the work front, especially, you need to relax and let things take their appropriate course. Don't try to force issues that don't want to be forced. Nothing is so important that you should get too worked up about it. 1-900-990-7811* GEMINI Venus close to Jupiter in the most passionate area of your chart indicates that this will be a day to remember. Both creatively and romantically, you must take more chances and you must believe that you deserve to succeed. More important, don't feel guilty about taking advantage of all the good things fate is about to send your way. 1-900-990-7812* CANCER Why are you so afraid of the future? Why do you always hark back to the past? The planets suggest that if you are a bit more adventurous, you won't want to look back any more because what comes up over the next few weeks will be so much better than what went before. Actually, that has always been the case, only you don't let yourself see it. 1-900-990-7813* LEO If there is something you want to tell the world, something you think it should know, now is the time to get vocal about it. Jupiter in the communications area of your chart endows you with a big voice to go with your big ego, but as Jupiter is now softened by Venus, you will be able to get your message across without sounding too pompous about it. 1-900-990-7814* VIRGO According to your solar chart, an unexpected windfall will cheer you up no end today, but there is also a danger that you will squander what you gain on things you don't need and people who only care about having a good time at your expense. You will kick yourself if you waste what fate gives you. Others may kick you too! 1-900-990-7815* LIBRA Jupiter in your birth sign makes all things possible, but for some strange reason you have never believed that with your whole and entire being. Until now. Today's union between Jupiter and Venus, your ruler, will in some way or other convince you that Lady Luck is on your side. Whatever opportunities come your way, you must take advantage of them. 1-900-990-7816* SCORPIO The sun in your birth sign makes you more adventurous than usual, but other aspects suggest you may be a bit hesitant where relationships are concerned. If there is someone you have been admiring from afar, someone you would like to get close to, now is the time to let him know how you feel. If you don't, there will always be a barrier between you. 1-900-990-7817* SAGITTARIUS You must put your heart and soul into what you are doing. No matter how proficient you may be in a technical sense, if you do not truly enjoy your work, it will always lack that spark of creativity that distinguishes a work of art from just plain work. Don't just go through the motions - invest what you do with love. 1-900-990-7818* CAPRICORN Someone in a position of authority will ask you to do something for him today, and although you might not want to, you will feel unable to say no. In a way that's good because it will force you to do something you would otherwise have been too lazy to do for yourself. In time you will look back and be glad you were pushed. 1-900-990-7819* AQUARIUS If you get the chance to go somewhere different today, you must take it without a moment's thought or a backward glance. Venus close to Jupiter in the most adventurous area of your chart promises that your journey will go smoothly and what you find at the end of it will fill you with joy. Foreign places and foreign people are especially good for you now. 1-900-990-7808* PISCES Listen to what your conscience tells you and don't worry that it seems to be a very different message from the one you hear on the streets every day. Too much of what you are told by other people is based on fear and ignorance and is therefore of no, if not negative, value. The answers you seek are to be found in your own heart. 1-900-990-7809* Sports News: http://web1.nypost.com/sports/sports.shtml METS EXPECT TO WIN WITH WILLIE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/33415.htm By MARK HALE There had been so many interviews for Willie Randolph over the years that he couldn't remember the total anymore. Was it 11 or 12? Even Randolph wasn't sure. What Randolph was sure about was that for so long he wanted the opportunity to manage a big-league club. And now that the Mets have finally given him that chance, the thrilled Randolph also knows one other thing. He knows he has to prove he deserved it. A REAL FAMILY MAN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/33408.htm WILLIE Randolph's wife Gret chen sat in the front row, to her left was their son Andre, who was drafted by the Yankees, and next to Andre was family friend Bob Scott, who pitched and played first base in the Negro Leagues for the New York Black Yankees. VALENTINE'S WAY IS PATH TO TAKE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/33423.htm The job is different from any other, and for that alone Willie Randolph may have been the only candidate capable of doing it properly. For that reason alone, he should be embraced as the right man for the job of manager at this critical juncture of Mets history. GANG GREEN'S GOING GREAT, BUT CLOCK'S TICKING: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/33416.htm THE Jets have won six of seven games because they have six or seven players on their way to the Pro Bowl. THE MAGIC'S BACK IN ORLANDO: http://www.nypost.com/sports/33409.htm "IT'S never too early to revolutionize opinions or retract them." That's my saying. Only two nights into the NBA schedule and I'm already going the other way. I've already seen quite enough to persuade me to change up on various issues and formulate fresh convictions on numerous other fronts. HENRY'S BEHAVIOR SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/33388.htm IT WAS one of those easy, day-after and day-after-that stories from the college football weekend. It made all the papers. Last Saturday, Chris Henry, West Virginia's gifted, 6-5 junior receiver, became so full of himself that he was ejected from the game at Rutgers. FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, ACTION'S STILL STRONG: http://www.nypost.com/sports/33390.htm THE wrecks and reefs in New York's marine waters saw a decisive upswing in blackfishing this past week and, now that the second half of the porgy season has begun, bottom fishing has a lot to offer the saltwater angler. LATE KICK MAY BOOST RADCLIFFE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/33410.htm By NICK PARISH If Paula Radcliffe is looking for a low-profile re-entry into competition, she's picked the wrong race. BROWNE SOLDIERS ON: http://www.nypost.com/sports/33406.htm By BRIAN LEWIS Dan Browne was meant to be a marathoner, not so much for his athlete's physiology but his warrior's psychology. After all, is a grueling, 12-mile hump over hills lugging a backpack that much different than a 26.3-mile run, or his spartan West Point lifestyle all that dissimilar to his stoic marathoner's life? HAYWARD'S NEW BOSS AT NYRA: http://www.nypost.com/sports/33411.htm By ED FOUNTAINE Charles Hayward, former president and chief executive officer of the Daily Racing Form and a self-professed "big racing fan," was named president and CEO of the New York Racing Association yesterday, effective immediately. YA GOTTA BELIEVE!: http://www.nypost.com/sports/33422.htm BY ANDREW MARCHAND Phil Simms treats hype the way he used to treat Dexter Manley barreling down for a sack. He sidesteps it, watching it pass by to avoid being swarmed by it. ALBERT, YES STILL TALKING: http://www.nypost.com/sports/33419.htm BY ANDREW MARCHAND With the NBA season already underway, Marv Albert, incredibly, is still in negotiations with Net ownership to call games on YES this year, sources tell NYP TV Sports. 5 QUESTIONS FOR MIKE DITKA: http://www.nypost.com/sports/33420.htm This week, NYP TV Sports' Andrew Marchand spoke with ESPN's Mike Ditka. The 65-year-old former player and coach is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. MARCHAND'S MATCHUP OF THE WEEK GEORGE W. BUSH VS. JOHN KERRY (WHO DID BETTER ON SPORTSCENTER?): http://www.nypost.com/sports/33421.htm On the eve of the election, ESPN's SportsCenter aired interviews with both George W. Bush and John Kerry. LOADED FOR BEAR: http://www.nypost.com/sports/33403.htm BY DAVE BLEZOW WHILE the Giants' true colors probably lie somewhere between their dismal home loss to Detroit and rousing win in Minnesota, it's doubtful Tom Coughlin will allow them to stink up the Meadowlands on successive home games. THE ODD COUPLE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/33395.htm Was it really only two weeks ago that the revered Odd Couple (Dick Klayman and Peter Tocco) was 15 games out of first, 13 games under .500, all alone in last place and the object of extensive ridicule? Well, check these numbers! MS. CHARLEEN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/33391.htm There are two ways of looking at this: Way One: Ms. Charleen took a 3-11 pounding by the spread to fall into sole possession of last place. O/U RICO!: http://www.nypost.com/sports/33392.htm Horrible, just horrible! Rico went 2-11-1 (0-3 on Best Bets) last week on the over/unders to bring the season record to 52-62-2 (10-15). The selections for Week 9: GET MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/33396.htm Over the past nine years, The Wildcat's published pigskin forecasts have made a deep impression on the sporting world. Including the 1997-2003 seasons in The Post, Cats record in print for the period stands at 259-199 (56.6 percent) against the spread. THE FAN'S CORNER: http://www.nypost.com/sports/33404.htm By MIKE FORDE Nine-year-old Dominique Blackman has had all kinds of time on his hands since he broke his leg two months ago. BATTMAN WANTS TO BOUNCE BACK: http://www.nypost.com/sports/33394.htm BATTMAN, coming off a subpar five-win week, will look to recover with these Week 9 selections: METS HIRED RIGHT GUY, JETER SAYS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/33418.htm By GEORGE KING The Red Sox are world champions and Willie Randolph is the Mets' manager. Welcome to Derek Jeter's upside-down world. MEL'S DEPARTURE IS STILL UP IN AIR: http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/33417.htm By GEORGE KING The Mel Stottlemyre Saga has more pieces than Earth, Wind & Fire. Tuesday, the long-time Yankees pitching coach gave off signals he was retiring that were so strong George Steinbrenner told two members of his Tampa Inner Circle that Neil Allen would replace Stottlemyre. NEW SKIPPER HAS WRIGHT STUFF: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/33414.htm By MARK HALE Willie Randolph's new players already know plenty about their new manager, with one thing in particular standing out. H.S. COACH: WILLIE PERFECT FOR METS: http://www.nypost.com/sports/mets/33405.htm By STEVE SERBY Willie Randolph's baseball coach at Tilden High School believes the Mets have hit a home run. GIANT REVIVAL IS SOMETHING VERY 'SPECIAL': http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/33401.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ He figures it will be what he calls "teach tape material," surely must-see viewing in darkened meeting rooms where special-teams players are assembled. David Tyree assumes the play that he, Curtis Deloatch and Jeff Feagles combined to make last weekend in Minneapolis will be the standard that others will seek to match. WILSON WINS DEFENSIVE HONOR: http://www.nypost.com/sports/giants/33402.htm By PAUL SCHWARTZ The word is getting out on Gibril Wilson. Once a well-kept secret among the Giants, the rookie safety is starting to attract major attention. Wilson yesterday was named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month for October, continuing his incredible rise since moving into the starting strong-side safety spot once Shaun Williams was lost for the season with a knee injury. UNDER THE RADAR: http://www.nypost.com/sports/jets/33407.htm By MARK CANNIZZARO When you weigh 305 pounds and stand 6-foot-3, it's difficult to find yourself lost anywhere. DAZZLING DEBUT FOR TREVOR: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/33412.htm By MARC BERMAN For those who arrived late to the Trevor Ariza preseason party, he officially arrived into Knick fans' consciousness with 5:21 left in the first half in Wednesday's opener in Minnesota. LEN DEFENDS LINEUP MOVES: http://www.nypost.com/sports/knicks/33413.htm By MARC BERMAN Knick coach Lenny Wilkens defended his fourth-quarter rotation in Wednesday's season opener, saying he will always go with the hot hand. NETS: WE'LL IMPROVE: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/33386.htm By FRED KERBER CHICAGO � In recent seasons, the Nets carried certain identifiable traits like badges of honor. FRANK GETS EXTENSION: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/33398.htm By FRED KERBER CHICAGO � You know the story. Little guy � literally � has big dreams of playing basketball. No way. So Lawrence Frank figured he'd coach. KIDD TRADE REPORT IRKS THORN: http://www.nypost.com/sports/nets/33399.htm By FRED KERBER CHICAGO � If Jason Kidd or someone representing him tried to broker a trade to a contender, it was done without the Nets' permission. Gossip: http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/gossip.htm : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm CULPRITS IN THE KERRY CAMP By Richard Johnson JOHN Kerry campaign insiders are blaming some of the high-profile people surrounding the candidate for helping President Bush win re-election. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/cindy.htm BIG ADO FOR BILL IN LITTLE ROCK By Cindy Adams THE Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock opens Nov. 18, with a four-day celebration that begins Nov. 14. President Clinton Avenue will be turned into a mall. Bands, singers, stalls, merchants, gifts, arts and crafts, big video screens, bleachers, whatevers enough for 27,000 guests. No room to accommodate the 35,000 requests for invites. The leftover 8,000 will have to watch on TV or read my description today. : http://web1.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm EDIE'S 2ND 15 MINS. By Liz Smith 'ONCE YOU are a star, people start asking you about politics, astron omy, archaeology and birth control!" said Marlon Brando. 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 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 DelayNassau County Under 20 mph on SSP-EB: 18 to 28Under 20 mph on Southern State Parkway eastbound Exit 18 to Exit 28S/N Nassau County Under 20 mph on SSP-WB: 29 to 28AUnder 20 mph on Southern State Parkway westbound Exit 29 to Exit 28A Nassau County Under 20 mph on SSP-WB: 24 to 22Under 20 mph on Southern State Parkway westbound Exit 24S/N to Exit 22S/N Nassau County Under 20 mph on SSP-WB: 19 to 18Under 20 mph on Southern State Parkway westbound Exit 19S/N to Exit 18 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/31702.htm BODY COUNT RISES By RICHARD WILNER The casualties of Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's probe of bid-rigging and restraint of trade in the insurance industry are beginning to pile up. Ace Ltd., a Bermuda-based insurer headed by Evan Greenberg, said yesterday it had fired two executives, including the president of its casualty risk unit, and suspended three others. ALTRIA BREAKUP OF PHILIP MORRIS, KRAFT IN WORKS: http://www.nypost.com/business/31710.htm By ERICA COPULSKY Altria Group Inc., the owner of Philip Morris and Kraft Foods Inc., is preparing for a possible breakup of the company in order to increase value to shareholders. SHOE DRIVE STEPS ON TOES: http://www.nypost.com/business/31711.htm By SUZANNE KAPNER Kenneth Cole is accusing rival Cole Haan of big footing its annual shoe drive. DA EYES DESIGN GROUP: http://www.nypost.com/business/kelly.htm By KEITH J. KELLY THE Manhattan District Attorney's office is investigating alleged financial misdeeds at the nonprofit Society of Publication Designers and its recently ousted executive director. SEC EYES ANNUITIES: http://www.nypost.com/business/31697.htm More U.S. insurers will be disciplined for allowing market timing in mutual funds linked to variable annuities, a U.S. Securities and Exchange official said. The first two already paid $20 million in fines. WACHOVIA IS HIT WITH $37M FINE: http://www.nypost.com/business/31700.htm WASHINGTON � Wachovia Corp. agreed to pay a $37 million civil fine yesterday to settle federal regulators' allegations that the banking giant violated disclosure rules in connection with its 2001 merger with First Union Corp. N.Y. STORES FORESEE BIG HOLIDAY BOOM: http://www.nypost.com/business/31705.htm By PAUL THARP New York stores can expect their best holiday shopping season in five years. STOCK GUSHER: http://www.nypost.com/business/31707.htm By PAUL THARP Tumbling oil prices loosened their costly grip on Wall Street at last in a post-election rally that's pushed stocks higher for two days. FEINBERG TO RUN CA COMPENSATION FUND: http://www.nypost.com/business/31701.htm By RICHARD WILNER Kenneth R. Feinberg, the lawyer who oversaw the distribution of $7 billion to victims of the 9/11 terror attacks, was appointed yesterday to head up the Computer Associates shareholder compensation fund. FBI AGENT FED STOCK GURU RISKY INFORMATION: http://www.nypost.com/business/31706.htm A corrupt FBI agent in cahoots with inside traders revealed a steady stream of sensitive information � including one corporate executive's alleged ties to the Russian mob and an undercover agent's presence at another firm, according to court testimony yesterday. COURTING GAYS: http://www.nypost.com/business/31693.htm By PAUL THARP Big companies are hoping to marry their brands to gays and lesbians this weekend � about 20,000 of them. REBA GROWS EMPIRE WITH SPORTSWEAR LINE: http://www.nypost.com/business/31694.htm By JENNIFER GOULD KEIL "Annie Get Your Gun" is now packing designer clothing instead of heat. Reba McEntire � the country singer, author, Broadway and sitcom star � is teaming up with Dillard's to launch a new women's sportswear collection this March. ADELPHIA FUNDS 'NOT MISUSED': http://www.nypost.com/business/31698.htm A lawyer for Adelphia Communications Corp. founder John Rigas and his sons told a court the company cannot win its $3.2 billion lawsuit against the family because the Rigases used the money to benefit the company. MCTEER QUITS DALLAS FED: http://www.nypost.com/business/31699.htm U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert D. McTeer Jr. resigned from the central bank to become chancellor of the Texas A&M University system. Helen Holcomb was named the bank's acting president. HURTING CHARTER MAY HAVE TO RAISE CASH: http://www.nypost.com/business/31704.htm ST. LOUIS � Charter Communications, the cable TV system controlled by billionaire Paul Allen, said yesterday it lost nearly $3.3 billion in the third quarter and may need extra funding to repay debts. Real Estate: http://web1.nypost.com/realestate/index.htm SPORTS HALL SWITCHES SIDES: http://www.nypost.com/realestate/33195.htm By STEVE CUOZZO THE heavily hyped Na tional Sports Museum has walked away from a widely reported deal to open in the landmark 26 Broadway and is negotiating instead with the owners of a different landmark building across the street, The Post has learned. Entertainment: http://web1.nypost.com/entertainment/entertainment.htm 'SEA' DOESN'T HOLD WATER: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31723.htm By SHIRLEY FLEMING CHARLES Wuorinen has a reputation for writing "diffi cult" music, but the recent world premiere of his first complete opera at New York City Opera proved not so much difficult as tiresome. EARLIMART MELODY IN PAL'S MEMORY: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31726.htm By MARY HUHN EARLIMART has nailed the lush me lodic sound of Elliott Smith. 'WRONG' NOT QUITE RIGHT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31727.htm By FRANK SCHECK SOMETIMES, high spirits and irrever ence aren't enough. Clearly seeking to recapture the youthful appeal that made "Avenue Q" such a success, this new musical, a co-production by the Vineyard Theatre and the Target Margin Theater, boasts an appealing rock score and a likable cast of young, energetic performers. PLAYING IT BY ART: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31728.htm By MICHAEL RIEDEL WHILE theater own ers, lawyers and general managers are still scram bling to get Au gust Wilson's play "Gem of the Ocean" back on track for a Broadway run, the playwright himself says he won't be disappointed if it doesn't happen. LOVER BOY LOSER: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31722.htm By DON KAPLAN RAJ Bhakta, the long- winded lothario who stood out on "The Apprentice 2" as much for his bow ties as he did for hitting on beautiful women, was the latest board room casualty on last night's episode. LOCAL WEATHER CHANNEL STORMS THE CITY: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31724.htm NBC is preparing to launch a 24/7 digital weather channel that will air here on Time Warner Cable. THE STARR REPORT: http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/31713.htm By MICHAEL STARR Rare images of legendary boxer Jack Johnson will be flashed on the Garden's Jum botron during next Saturday's (Nov. 13) fight card to promote Ken Burns' upcom ing PBS documentary, "Un forgivable Blackness." Movie Reviews: http://web1.nypost.com/movies/movies.htm FAMILY JEWEL: http://www.nypost.com/movies/31730.htm By LOU LUMENICK THE INCREDIBLESSHREK who? The jolly green animated box-office giant and Oscar contender better watch his back. "The Incredibles,'' a spectacularly rendered tale of a family of superheroes, takes the art form to a whole new level. WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?: http://www.nypost.com/movies/31720.htm By MEGAN LEHMANN ALFIE MILLIONS of women would happily watch the aesthetically pleasing Jude Law read the phone book, but if you're not among them, his endless blabbing to the camera in the shiny new remake of "Alfie" is just maddening. BEAR CUB: http://www.nypost.com/movies/31725.htm By V.A. MUSETTO WARNING: If you're thinking of taking the kids to "Bear Cub" because the title sounds like something they'd enjoy � don't! THEY'RE UPTOWN GUYS � THEN AND NOW: http://www.nypost.com/movies/31731.htm By MEGAN LEHMANN BROTHER TO BROTHER WRITER-director Rodney Evans announces himself as a talent to watch with his feature debut, "Brother to Brother." CALLAS FOREVER: http://www.nypost.com/movies/31732.htm By V.A. MUSETTO ASHLEE Simpson, who got caught lip-syncing on live TV, might take comfort in "Callas Forever," a fictional account of Maria Callas' final years. FAWNING DOC SEES JAY-Z 'FADE' AWAY: http://www.nypost.com/movies/31721.htm By LOU LUMENICK FADE TO BLACKRAPPER Jay-Z, who's in the headlines for being sued by crooner R. Kelly for $75 million after Kelly walked out of Jay-Z's "farewell" concert last week, is headlining "Fade to Black," a filmed record of Jay-Z's "farewell" concert from last year. Lifestyle: http://web1.nypost.com/living/living.htm WAYS TO BEAT DEM BLUES: http://www.nypost.com/living/33334.htm The Jets and Jints Football isn't an obvious choice to cheer up bummed-out Democrats. After all, this is a game usually associated with Texas, Florida and everyone's new favorite, Ohio. CHEER UP, NEW YORK!: http://www.nypost.com/living/33333.htm WELL, Dems, it's finally over. All those months you spent in the throes of political fervor have paid off in a massive, citywide hangover of heartbreak and anger. DEMOCRATS' SURVIVAL TIPS: http://www.nypost.com/living/33335.htm By DEBRA BIRNBAUM and SARA STEWART DEMOCRATS, don't despair. You made it through the first four years. Here's a survival guide for the next four. Lottery Results: http://web1.nypost.com/lottery/lottery.htm NEW YORK Midday Numbers Thu.: 756 Midday Win-4 Thu.: 2959 Evening Numbers Thu.: 441 Evening Win-4 Thu.: 3777 Pick-10 Thu.: 4, 6, 7, 10, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28, 31, 33, 39, 47, 48, 54, 61, 67, 72 Take-5 Thu.: 6, 12, 20, 24, 38 NEW JERSEY Pick-3 Thu.: 492 OAS_AD('Middle'); //--> Pick-4 Thu.: 0361 Cash-5 Thu.: 1, 16, 29, 34, 38 Pick-6 Thu.: 9, 10, 14, 43, 45, 46 CONNECTICUT Play-3 Thu.: 231 Play-4 Thu.: 3053 Cash-5 Thu.: 13, 23, 25, 28, 35 Opinion: http://web1.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/opedcolumnists.htm ALLIES ON ISRAEL: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/31696.htm By COLLIN LEVEY PRESIDENT Bush had barely finished his victory speech Wednesday before an accounting of his IOU's began. Lucky for Israel, the Evangelicals who got out the vote are at the top of the list. VOTING FOR THE ANGLOSPHERE: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/31703.htm By JOHN O'SULLIVAN WHEN the pro-American Spanish prime minister, Jose Maria Aznar, lost the national elections last spring, the British satirical magazine Private Eye published a famous photograph of Aznar alongside President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the mid-Atlantic "Iraq war summit" in the Azores � under the menacing caption: "One Down, Two To Go." AN 'IMMORAL' LAMENT: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/31695.htm By ARNOLD AHLERT "It's immoral to send someone so young. They should have sent an adult who understands the meaning of his deeds." 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, Nov. 3: Networks Cautious With Election Coverage, Jackie Chan Not Retiring, Kim Delaney Joins ''The O.C.,'' more� Guylaine Cadorette -- Hollywood.com Staff Networks tread lightly on election results TV networks were determined not to repeat the same mistake they did in the 2000 election by calling out an early winner and instead dubbed the results ''too close to call''--with the exception of Fox News Channel and NBC. 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
