RETURN BOY TO CUBA IN 72 HRS. - FIDEL

GARMENT EXEC FACING BANK FRAUD CHARGES SAID HIDING OUT IN CHINA

WORLD & NATIONAL REPORT BARAK RAPPED OVER SETTLEMENT INCREASE

MCCAIN HANGS HOPE ON RELEASE OF MED FILES

GIANTS TOSS BLUES AWAY KERRY HELPS AIR OUT PROBLEMS AS OFFENSE SHOOTS DOWN JETS

SPRINGER'S A CLASS ACT PS 99 HONORS FAMED ALUM AT 75TH ANNIVERSARY GALA

RALLY RIPS RUDY ON HOMELESS

CAMERAS EYE SUBWAY VANDALS' ESCALATING WOE

FORUM SET ON LIPA BUDGET $2.1B PLAN IS IN KEEPING WITH GOV'S RATE REDUCTION

CONE WILL STAY IN PINSTRIPES 1-YEAR DEAL KEEPS HIM IN THE BRONX

MAKING GLOBAL CONNECTIONS ON INTERNET

BMG HEAD PRIMED TO WIELD THE AX

RETURN BOY TO CUBA IN 72 HRS., SEZ FIDEL

VOGUEING TO HIP HOP BEAT Music stars step out at fashion awards fest

PROTECTION VS. HOLIDAY SCAMMING

JAKE MAGIC LIFTS CARDS; LIONS END REDSKINS' HEX

KICKING OFF THE SEASON

TRUMP: MAYOR'S BEST EVER

SEHORN, MITCHELL, WILLIAMS INJURED

KNICKS COLLAPSE VS. DENVER FOURTH QUARTER WOES COST GAME

A LIVING MEMORIAL HONORING A BROTHER'S LIFE BY HELPING OTHERS

SWISS BANKS LIED: STUDY Say up to $1.3B Holocaust money hidden

UNSTEADY O'CONNOR SKIPS MASS

EDGERRIN'S RUSH JOB KEEPS DOLPHINS ON RUN

KEEPIN' UP WITH THE E-BEAT Clickin' onto success ain't easy when hawking CDs online

CURTIS WINS CITY TITLE QB HASSELL HAS 1 FINE DAY

EMBEZZLE-CASE EX-UNION CHIEF BACKS HOPEFUL

ON DASHER - ON HONDAS

SWISS BANKS LIED: STUDY Says up to $1.3B Holocaust money hidden

AFTER BIGGEST LOSS, NEW LIFE FOR FASSEL

THE TICKER

COST OF 911 CENTER BACKUP SKYROCKETING

FEAR HURTS CENSUS EFFORTS Immigrants may dodge count to avoid deportation

NO DOUBTING THOMAS KURT PLAYS WITH PAIN; KNICKS GAIN

NEWS BEAT

Illegal apartments plague boro Affordable housing key to ending troublesome trend

IT'S A PITCH-PERFECT 'GOODNIGHT MOON' & 'CINDERELMO' TO ENCHANT KIDS

GIANTS TOSS BLUES AWAY KERRY HELPS AIR OUT PROBLEMS AS BIG BLUE OFFENSE EXPLODES

METS EYING BORO SITE FOR MINORS

POTVIN'S TRADE VALUE PLUMMETS

EX-GOP BOSS FACES NEW LEGAL WOES

VICTIM OF THE ILLNESS STRIVES TO RECOVER

GIANTS DEFENSE LEAVES MARTIN WITH BIG BLUES

HEAVENLY TOOLS OF THE TRADE

TV TONIGHT

UNION BULLY IN SCHOOLYARD

SUFFERING JET LAG PARCELLS ASHAMED OF DISASTER

MSNBC MAGIC: IMUS VANISHES!

JFK WINS FOR PSAL VS. MOLLOY

CURTIS WINS CITY TITLE QB HASSELL HAS 1 FINE DAY

STARS ARE UNHITCHING FROM IMPRESARIO'S WAGON

Museum reaches for the skies New York gets on astro turf with new out-of-world space center

DOG DAY OF DECEMBER

IONA PAYS BACK MARIST IN BIG WIN

NEW OWNERS FOR PAPER ON SHELTER I.

DONNA DIVES INTO HOLIDAY SHOPPING

SHE GOES ONLINE FOR TOYS - BUT SEZ STORE PLAYS GAMES

26 DAYS UNTIL YEAR 2000 This Day In History

MIGHTY QUINN

WORLD & NATIONAL REPORT ALBRIGHT IS FACING MIDEAST DEMANDS

CABBIES FEARING BLACKS NEED NEW CALLING: GLOVER

FOES ASK VETO OF BILL TO ARM HOSP GUARDS

MIDSEASON GAME'S AFOOT

KNICKS COLLAPSE VS. DENVER 4TH-QUARTER FAILURES COST BALLGAME

TODAY IN NEW YORK

BRIGHT BEGINNINGS

B'KLYN BOXER, IN A COMA SINCE NOV. 20 BOUT, DIES

SECRETS IN SONG & DANCE YEMENITE WOMAN PERFORMS TO KEEP A TRADITION ALIVE

FOR A START, L.J. COMING OFF BENCH

HOLIDAYS SET PACE FOR DELIVERY COS.

WAR ON MOSQUITOES City launches huge offensive to swat deadly W. Nile threat

TITLE BOUT: FSU-HOKIES

ON THE SHELF Bill Bell reviews four paperbacks well worth reading

CELEBS BOOST AUCTION BIZ Internet also a big factor in raising stakes

EVEN GIMPY, MARCUS MAKES DIFFERENCE

THE DAY AT THE RACES

BULLETIN BOARD

PEYTON OUTGUNS DAN MANNING, FG LIFT INDY OVER MIAMI

WAGNER GETS FOILED AGAIN

GIANTS ALL HEART, WHILE JETS PROVE THEY'RE ALL TALK

AFFLECK EYES SWITCH-HITTER ROLE

SILENT SPREE NOT IN MOOD FOR TALKING

Inside story on fitness Don't let cold weather terminate your exercise program: Simply head for one of the city's indoor recreation centers

REFURBISHED, RENAMED SPOFFORD IS REOPENING

SECOND START SNAP FOR COLLINS

FOR MISFIRING NETS, SEASON IS OFF TARGET

JOE RUNS WITH HIS CHANCE

FANS WEATHER WINTER WITH GLOVES TRADITION

HOSP OFFERS VITAL RX HYPERBARIC CHAMBERS FOR CHRONIC CARE CASES

L.J. RUSTY IN HIS RETURN FOR STARTERS, WILL BE ON VAN'S BENCH

SALUTE TO ONE OF WORLD'S WONDERS

SUFFERING JET LAG PARCELLS ASHAMED OF DISASTER

GOING FROM MINDLESS TO POINTLESS 'Springer,' WWF can soften their acts, but to what end?

COPS MUST DIG DEEPER ROOTS IN THE CITY'S NABES