Message-ID: <29098651.1075855133107.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 06:31:01 -0800 (PST) From: nytdirect@nytimes.com To: don.baughman@enron.com Subject: Today's Headlines from NYTimes.com Sunday, December 16, 2001 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: The New York Times Direct @ENRON X-To: Baughman Jr., Don X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Edward_Baughman_Jan2002\Baughman Jr., Don\Deleted Items X-Origin: Baughman-E X-FileName: dbaughm (Non-Privileged).pst [IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE] Search NYTimes.com Today's News Past Week Past 30 Days Past 90= Days Past Year Since 1996 =09 [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Customize This E-Mail [IMAGE] Customize This E-= Mail =09 December 16, 2001 QUOTE OF THE DAY "People may say, 'Let Tom Ridge wat= ch out for our shores. I'll watch out for my doors.'" JAMES ALAN FOX, prof= essor of criminal justice, on the sharp rise in gun sales since Sept. 11. = TolkienArchives Examine the World of J. R. R. Tolkien - This sponsored fea= ture includes articles from the New York Times archives, slide shows of Tol= kien's artwork, multimedia presentations from New Line Cinema, weekly trivi= a quizzes and more. Explore Tolkien Today . NATIONAL Equal Opportuni= ty Recession: Almost Everyone Is Feeling It In the three months since Sept= . 11, the economic downturn has quickly become one of the broadest on recor= d. Steep Rise in Gun Sales Reflects Post-Attack Fears Since Sept. 11, mo= re Americans are taking what many consider to be the most personal step tow= ard feeling safer: arming themselves. Anthrax Shot Considered for Civilia= ns The government is considering making the anthrax vaccine that is now us= ed by the military available to postal workers and others at high risk of e= xposure. MORE NATIONAL NEWS Advertisement Learn a Language in Your C= ar...or Anywhere - Special Offer! Bravo! Formidable! Fantastico! 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Parsons's elevation to chief executive over AOL's Robert W. Pittman coul= d augur a comeback for Ted Turner, the bad boy of business. Visions of a = Brand-Name Office Empire Even as the real estate market weakens and as Wal= l Street analysts question his deals, Sam Zell says he is writing a new= chapter in real estate history. Enron Board Comes Under a Storm of Cri= ticism As more questions emerge over the Enron board's independence and ro= le in the collapse of the company, its outside directors are coming under= sharp criticism. MORE BUSINESS NEWS TECHNOLOGY Problems and Promise= for Personal Computers Kimberly Alexy, an analyst at Prudential Securitie= s who follows computer makers, took some time last week to talk about the i= ndustry and what ails it. TV's, DVD's: All Yours, But First Do the Math = While President Bush has urged consumers to spend more of their money, Rent= -a-Center offers an important reminder that some kinds of spending can do m= ore long-term harm than short-term good. Miniature Movie Screens for Smal= l Critics Many parents have turned to in-car video systems providing distr= actions and serving as built-in backseat baby-sitters. MORE TECHNOLOG= Y NEWS POLITICS Navy Missile Defense Plan Is Canceled by the Pentagon T= he Pentagon has canceled a Navy program intended to shoot down short-range = ballistic missiles. Government Fiddles and the Economy Burns As they con= front this economic downturn, Democrats and Republicans are facing the like= lihood that the hopeful possibilities of recent years may have vanished. = This Time, Dissent Stops at the White House Door President Bush's White Ho= use is remarkably devoid of infighting and more disciplined and loyal than = any administration in decades. MORE POLITICS NEWS SPORTS Giants Stil= l Breathing After Rally The Giants' victory over Arizona was lifeless and = unskilled for all but the final five minutes of play, when the Giants sudde= nly came to life and rallied for a win. Quarterbacks Top the Lineups of B= owl Games Quarterbacks are the focus of this year's bowl games, as they we= re for the Heisman Trophy and are likely to be in next year's N.F.L. draft.= Jets' Season Is Now Only Four Games Long The Jets' season, once floatin= g on a cloud of confidence, has been reduced to the equivalent of scroungin= g through your pocket to get enough change to buy a cup of coffee. MORE= SPORTS NEWS ARTS The Atlanta Symphony Gets a Jolt of Energy For Robert= Spano, while keeping his post as music director of the Brooklyn Philharmon= ic, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is now his official home. Gene Hackman= , Hollywood's Every Angry Man At 71, Gene Hackman continues to occupy a = middle ground between character acting and movie stardom that has earned hi= m the bland appellation "Everyman." Art in Earnest: The (Self) Importan= ce of Being Isadora Peter Kurth's new biography, "Isadora: A Sensational L= ife," leaves little doubt that the mother of modern dance found few things= amusing, least of all herself. MORE ARTS NEWS NY REGION Victims' Fa= milies Find No Salve in Holidays Even as the nation seems to crave the war= mth of the holiday hearth with a special fervor this year, there are hundre= ds of homes where gaiety is lacking. 500 Officers to Be Issued High-Power= ed Weapons Used by Elite Unit The assault rifles and submachine guns will = be used in a sharper focus on fighting terrorism and will double the number= of officers with high-powered weapons. Followers of Kahane Are Subjects = of Inquiry In announcing charges in Los Angeles against two followers of B= rooklyn Rabbi Meir David Kahane, authorities say complaints of them singlin= g out Middle Easterners should be put to rest. MORE NY REGION NEWS O= P-ED Vanity Foul By MAUREEN DOWD Familiar forms of egotism are piddling= compared with the grandiosity of religiosity displayed by Osama bin Laden = on tape last week. Spiritual Missile Shield By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Wha= t was most chilling about the bin Laden tape was the unidentified Saudi she= ik sitting next to him eagerly nodding his head in agreement. Tribunals W= ithout the Military By BURT NEUBORNE We need not choose between the unpa= latable extremes of secret military proceedings or an international version= of the O. J. Simpson trial. MORE OP-ED NEWS Contribute to The Need= iest Cases Fund Make an online donation this Holiday Season to The New York= Times Neediest Cases Fund to help thousands of people. 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