November 8, 2006

Atty Gen Eliot Spitzer is elected New York governor in historic Democratic sweep of statewide offices, which includes huge victory by Hillary Rodham Clinton that positions her for possible presidential bid in 2008; rounding out party's triumph is Andrew Cuomo, elected atty gen, and State Comptroller Alan G Hevesi, who wins re-election; Spitzer scores record percentage for governor's race, beating Gov Mario M Cuomo's 64.6 percent in 1986; Clinton wins fifth of vote of Republicans, and conservatives; Spitzer photo (M)

When State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi cast his vote at his local polling station, his hiding amid scandal was interrupted.

Diego Pillco is charged with second degree murder in death of Adrienne Shelly, actress found hanged in apartment she used as office in West Village section of Manhattan; medical examiner says Shelley was alive after Pillco, illegal Ecuadorian immigrant working on construction project in building, struck her during argument over noise; police say he hung her from shower curtain rod, believing she was dead, in attempt to make it appear that she had committed suicide; photo (M)

The Mets’ No. 1 priority is a No. 1 starter, and they have Dontrelle Willis of Florida and Jake Peavy of San Diego on their radar.

Phaidon Press has embarked on ambitious program of reissuing cartoons of French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempe; will publish children's book Martin Pebble, Nicholas Again, series of children's novels Sempe illustrated for Rene Goscinny, graphic novel Monsieur Lambert and four volumes of collected cartoons dating from 1962, 1963, 1999 and 2003; Sempe comments; photos (M)