Message-ID: <4179375.1075862595089.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 05:45:43 -0800 (PST) From: nytdirect@nytimes.com To: don.baughman@enron.com Subject: Today's Headlines from NYTimes.com Monday, November 19, 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: \DBAUGHM (Non-Privileged)\Baughman Jr., Don\Deleted Items X-Origin: Baughman-D 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 November 19, 2001 QUOTE OF THE DAY "I think the most important thing is= that he is not able to function any longer, and we're agnostic as to how= that happens. I rather doubt just given the circumstances here I rathe= r doubt we're talking about a long, drawn-out trial." CONDOLEEZZA RICE, o= n whether United States troops expect to kill Osama bin Laden or capture hi= m for trial. HolidayShopping Holiday Shopping Take advantage of special = offers and discounts -- on gifts, travel and luxury items from NYTimes.com'= s premium advertisers -- with the Holiday Shopping E-Mail. Sign up now . = NATIONAL Laid Low by Last Recession, California Is Ready for Next Exper= ts are expressing guarded optimism over California's economic future, sayin= g the state may come through the tough times in better shape than other reg= ions. Challenge Revives SAT Test Debate The challenge being mounted agai= nst the SAT exam by the University of California has brought attention to a= previously arcane debate. Ford Motor Workers Get on the Job Training in = Religious Tolerance Several hundred Ford workers of many faiths and jobs t= urned out on Thursday for "An Islamic perspective on the events of Sept. 11= ". MORE NATIONAL NEWS Advertisement The most comprehensive Real Es= tate listings site in town NYTimes.com/realestate combines The New York Ti= mes Classified ads with listings from nearly every broker in the city- more= searchable New York listings than you'll find anyplace else. Most listing= s feature: neighborhood maps, photos, floor plans and virtual tours. [IMA= GE] INTERNATIONAL More U.S. Troops in bin Laden Hunt; Hide-Outs Bombed W= ith the rapid collapse of the Taliban, the United States has intensified it= s pursuit of Osama bin Laden and his network. Afghan Victors Agree to Tal= ks on Interim Rule Bowing to American pressure, Northern Alliance official= s agreed Sunday to attend a meeting of Afghan opposition groups somewhere o= utside the country. Foes Claim Taliban Are Killing Soldiers Who Seek to D= efect Foreign soldiers fighting for the Taliban have begun killing their A= fghan Taliban comrades in a desperate effort to hang on to the encircled ci= ty of Kunduz. MORE INTERNATIONAL NEWS BUSINESS Phillips and Conoco t= o Form U.S. Gasoline Giant The Phillips Petroleum Company and Conoco agree= d to merge, creating an oil company with a market value of $35 billion. C= ompanies Compete to Provide Saudi Internet Veil Nearly a dozen software co= mpanies are competing for a contract to help Saudi Arabia block access to W= eb sites the Saudi government deems inappropriate. Wild Welcome Greets Ri= vera at Fox News Geraldo Rivera's hiring as a war correspondent for Fox Ne= ws has ruffled feathers inside and outside the network. MORE BUSINESS= NEWS TECHNOLOGY Companies Compete to Provide Saudi Internet Veil Nearl= y a dozen software companies are competing for a contract to help Saudi Ara= bia block access to Web sites the Saudi government deems inappropriate. E= xecutive Moves From Ticketmaster to Trade Shows Fredric D. Rosen turned Ti= cketmaster into a multibillion-dollar behemoth, but doing the same with tra= de show operator Key3Media is turning out to be a tough second act. Willi= am Daley Will Assume Post at SBC William M. Daley, the campaign chairman o= f Al Gore's unsuccessful presidential bid, will be the next president of SB= C Communications. MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS POLITICS Sept. 11 Attacks Ref= ocused the Spotlight The terrorist attacks have considerably altered the p= rofiles and power of many of the nation's leading political figures. To= rricelli Backed Donor's Bid for a Korean Project, a Letter Shows Senator R= obert G. Torricelli recommended a political donor for a contract on a sensi= tive nuclear-reactor project in North Korea. Top Democrats Politic Throug= h Rural Mexico Thousands of miles away from their own constituents, the tw= o top U.S. Democrats took a ride Sunday through a rural stretch of central = Mexico. MORE POLITICS NEWS SPORTS Jets Continue Mastery of the Dolph= ins The Jets trounced the Dolphins for the eighth straight time to vault= into first place in the A.F.C. East. Hoping for an Appealing Match This= week's rankings suggest the potential for an appealing championship game i= n the Rose Bowl: Miami against Nebraska. Strahan Runs Down Success Giant= s defensive end Michael Strahan is sacking quarterbacks at a pace more furi= ous than any defensive player in N.F.L. history. MORE SPORTS NEWS AR= TS 'Potter' Movie Sets Box Office Record "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's = Stone" sets the record for the biggest movie opening of all time, earning a= n estimated $93.5 million in its first three days. Iconoclastic Physicist= for All Occasions Peter Parnell's "QED" is such a textbook example of bi= ographical theater that it's hard to watch it without seeing the diagram b= eneath. Hemingway's Blessing, Copland's Collaboration A pastiche of the = adventures of young Hemingway, with a dramatic script written by A.E. Hotch= ner in 1957 and music composed by Aaron Copland, will finally have its prem= iere. MORE ARTS NEWS NY REGION United in Grief and Prayer, Sharing t= he Common Language of Tears Thousands attended a service in Rockaways, Que= ens, to honor victims of the Flight 587 crash. Torricelli Backed Donor's = Bid for a Korean Project, a Letter Shows Senator Robert G. Torricelli reco= mmended a political donor for a contract on a sensitive nuclear-reactor pro= ject in North Korea. With Water and Sweat, Fighting the Most Stubborn Fir= e Experts are calling the World Trade Center site the longest commercial b= uilding fire in United States history. MORE NY REGION NEWS OP-ED Th= e Vanishing Act By BOB HERBERT The end of welfare faces the cold reality= of a recession that threatens to leave millions of American families job= less, and all but helpless as well. Big Mo By WILLIAM SAFIRE The elder= Bush once called political momentum "the big Mo." Nothing gathers support = like a sense of inevitability. The younger Bush has it now. The Job Nob= ody Trained For By ROBERT M. GATES For all practical purposes, the fed= eral government started homeland defense from scratch on Sept. 11. MORE= OP-ED NEWS About This E-Mail You received these headlines because you = requested The New York Times Direct e-mail service. To sign up for other ne= wsletters, cancel delivery, change delivery options or your e-mail address,= see http://www.nytimes.com/email . Check or un-check the headlines you w= ould like to receive or cancel and remember to go to the bottom of the page= and click on "Save Selections." Suggestions and feedback are welcome at f= eedback@nytimes.com . 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