Message-ID: <14016575.1075855590081.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 21:14:00 -0700 (PDT) From: nytdirect@nytimes.com To: mike.grigsby@enron.com Subject: Today's Headlines from NYTimes.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: The New York Times Direct X-To: mike.grigsby@ENRON.COM X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Michael_Grigsby_Jun2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Grigsby-M X-FileName: mgrigsb.nsf TODAY'S HEADLINES The New York Times on the Web Wednesday, May 9, 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------ For news updated throughout the day, visit www.nytimes.com QUOTE OF THE DAY ========================= "Classically, the eyewitness is the king of the trial process. It was very hard for the courts to say scientific inquiry could call into question a person who has direct evidence to give." - PROF. PAUL G. CHEVIGNY, of New York University, on a state ruling about challenges to eyewitness testimony. Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/nyregion/09WITN.html NATIONAL ========================= Gains Found for the Poor in Rigorous Preschool http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/national/09SCHO.html In Study of Nation's Worst Traffic, New York Must Yield http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/national/09TRAF.html Bomb's Effects Linger Along Road to Infamy http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/national/09ROUT.html Bargaining Is Under Way in Spying Case of F.B.I. Man http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/national/09SPY.html /--------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------\ Unique Mother's Day Gift Idea! Get her a Rio500 MP3 Player for $49* and each month she can download any two audiobooks for only $12.95. Now she can enjoy listening to her favorite books without using those silly looking bifocals. Plus, she will be the "coolest" mom or grandmom on the block. MP3 Player - they're not just for music anymore. http://www.audible.com/nyt/feboffer3 \---------------------------------------------------------/ POLITICS ========================= Blacks and Hispanics in House Balk on Campaign Finance Bill http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/politics/09DONA.html Impeachment Figure in Line for Drug Enforcement Post http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/politics/09DRUG.html Bush to Nominate 11 to Judgeships http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/politics/09JUDG.html House Threatens to Hold Back U.N. Dues for Loss of Seat http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/world/09NATI.html INTERNATIONAL ========================= House Threatens to Hold Back U.N. Dues for Loss of Seat http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/world/09NATI.html Military Analysis: U.S. Weighing Future of Arms Pacts http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/world/09ARMS.html Rumsfeld Plan Skirts Call for Stationing Arms in Space http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/world/09SPAC.html China Says It Won't Let U.S. Spy Plane Fly Home http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/world/09PLAN.html BUSINESS ========================= Utility Says Prices of Gas Were Inflated http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/business/09GAS.html Management: Telecommuting's Big Experiment http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/technology/09TELE.html Northrop Grumman Joins Bidding for Shipbuilder http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/business/09SHIP.html After 6 Years, First-Quarter Productivity Fell in U.S. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/business/09ECON.html TECHNOLOGY ========================= Cisco Takes $3 Billion Charge and Posts Its First Loss http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/technology/09CISC.html Management: Telecommuting's Big Experiment http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/technology/09TELE.html Comcast Shows Profit as Customer Base Surges http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/technology/09CABL.html Education: School District Buys 23,000 Laptops http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/08/technology/09EDUCATION.html NEW YORK REGION ========================= Despite Denial, Torricelli Helped in Donor's Deal http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/politics/09INQU.html Court Opens Door to Data on Eyewitness Fallibility http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/nyregion/09WITN.html Tales of New York Divorce: Breakups and the Turf Wars http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/nyregion/09DIVO.html Sharpton Gives Ferrer a List of Conditions http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/nyregion/09MAYO.html SPORTS ========================= Twins' Milton and Guzman Tame Yankees http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/sports/09YANK.html Baseball, Not Revenge, in the Bronx http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/sports/09VECS.html Mets' Starters Find It's Not Pretty at Coors Field http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/sports/09METS.html Johnson Is Third Pitcher to Strike Out 20 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/sports/AP-BBN-Reds-Diamondbacks.html ARTS ========================= Latin Cinema Is Finding Its Voice http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/arts/09LATI.html A New Show at the Apollo Raises Hopes in Harlem http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/arts/09APOL.html 'About Adam': Adam Romances Eve and Her Sisters http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/arts/09ADAM.html 'Conquistadors': PBS Examines the Spanish Invasion of the New World http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/arts/09GENZ.html OP-ED COLUMNISTS ========================= By PAUL KRUGMAN: The Unrefined Truth A look at the causes of the current gasoline shortage suggests that conservation ought to be a major element in our energy strategy. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/opinion/09KRUG.html By MAUREEN DOWD: Donna, Prima Donna The mayor of New York City and his wife are locked in a titanic twilight struggle over a house they don't even own. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/opinion/09DOWD.html HOW TO CHANGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------ You received these headlines because you requested The New York Times Direct e-mail service. 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